Been busy with my mom visiting and now that she's left, Steve's mom is due to be here in a day and I've got lots of cleaning to do. It's chilly and rain is coming soon and I just want to sit and knit, because that's way more fun than cleaning. I had my half-finished sweaters out yesterday to show my mom what I've been working on and now I'm itching to work on them.

One sweater (the Manos one) needs just a button band, which is a really lame thing to have it sitting around for. I was going to rip out the bottoms of the sleeves because they came out a bit long, but upon trying it on last night, they aren't as long as I remembered them being, and they'll be just fine the way they are. That's why I've ignored it so long, I didn't want to rip out those sleeves. They were slightly tight too, around the biceps, but since I've lost 5 lbs they fit perfect now... woo hoo for that. The other sweater is my Mariah, which is gonna be so freaking awesome, but that still needs lots of work. I'm almost done with the sleeves, the back and fronts are done and ready to be joined with the sleeves to finish with the yoke. I'm still thinking that I'm going to nix the hood on this sweater and make a collar instead.

I've started knitting Kalen's socks, they are pink and purple and very girly... I'm slightly nervous that they are going to be a bit big, but she has wide feet and is growing every day so I should just stop thinking about it and just knit. She got the most kick-ass shoes for school, they're really funky mary janes. Her girly socks will look really awesome with those shoes since they'll be visible.

I'm expecting some of the new Knitpicks needles this week. I ordered a couple of US1s, so I can have 2 pairs of socks going at the same time. I also got a US0 needle and a ball of their Gloss yarn (merino/silk) to make wrist cuffs for the girls. I haven't been able to find black fingering weight yarn here locally. (That's not including sock yarns, which I didn't want, because of the nylon content)