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September 29, 2007

Well, Well

Hello long lost blog friends. Are any of you still speaking to me? I have a whole list of excuses, but they're just excuses. I got out of the habit of blogging and that's really all there is to it. The good news is that while I've been gone I've been knitting and sewing, not spinning, but I've been feeling the itch of that lately too.

Rogue has been taking up the bulk of my knitting time and I'm pleased with the progress I'm making on it. I'm on the hood and I'm still enamored with it. However, there are still sleeves to be knit, so who knows how I'll feel about it about 1/2 way into the second sleeve. Time will tell I suppose.

I finished the muslin for the dress and I didn't like it. My chest is too large for that particular style of dress, at least that was my take on it at the time. So, I'm looking for a pattern that will work with the gorgeous black and white knit fabric I have. This is one that I found that I'm considering. The style I would make is the long sleeve v-neck with the rushed waist (or at least that's what it looks like to me from the little drawing). What do you think?

Since I can't decide on a dress, I've moved on to a pair of pants (a Hot Patterns pattern that is no longer available). I'm still in the muslin stage, but so far they're looking promising. I'm going to have to add a bit to the thighs and maybe take in the waist a smidge (I'll know more after the waistband is on). I was hoping to have them done before my trip to Philadelphia next weekend, but it isn't looking good. Oh well, I suppose I have other pants I can take.

Now, as for life ... well that's been interesting. I quit my job - again. This is becoming a nasty habit of mine, I know. Sigh. Criminal prosecution really wasn't for me. I didn't find it very intellectually stimulating. I learned that I prefer appellate work to trial work - which I suppose is good to know. I also found that working in an office with a group of insecure bitchy women is not a place I want to work. Wow, that is not a good time and not something that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning. So, for now I'm working at the yarn store once in awhile, teaching a few knitting classes, trying to finish some contract work I agreed to do, and looking for a job. I am finding that looking for a job is an interesting exercise. But, we'll see what time and patience has to offer. The one thing I'm pretty sure about is that private practice isn't for me, so I'm not sure where that leaves me.

Anyway, I have been meaning to post for oh about 3 weeks and have come up with one reason after another not to. I finally just got tired of myself and missed you guys too much to stay away any longer. I am as behind on my blog reading as I am on my own posting, so at this point I think the only option is to mark everything as read and start over from here. I'm very sorry for all that I have missed. I promise to try to be a better blog friend in the future. Have a great weekend.