Having lost an hour this weekend, I have to make serious use of the rest! Not to mention that I’ve pretty much disappeared for a while, it is time for an update. Work has been busy for certain. I’ve spent the last week learning Java Servlets and JSP. Ain’t going to bore you all, but from a technological standpoint, they aren’t a huge departure from what I’ve been working with just the underlying programming language is different. But since c# was based on Java, it is proving to be a relatively easy transition.
Enough geek talk…
If I didn’t have enough time-sucks in my life, I got another one. I’ve been eyeing these things for years and finally gave in. I’ve developed a serious addiction to Katamari Damancy. Oy. Not a lot of knitting time at home in the week since this toy entered my life. Okay, so I was sick and going to sleep at 9:30 for a couple of those nights, but still, its been a week. Knitting has been relegated to the train and home when the kids are up. I just LOVE rolling around collecting things. Stuck on Make a Star 8 though but will get past it. Took me three evenings of playing to finaly get through the last level. Good fun! Oh and there’s more than a possibility that I’ll be playing Katamari on the train soon as I found a used PSP through Craigslist that is being delivered today 
And yes, I bought the PSP version of the game. Addict indeed!
Yes, there has been knitting. I finished the Decadence socks. Again, it took me one skein The joys of having small feet. I think I’ll exchance the second skein of brown for a different color or possibly make some lacey-like scarf with it. I’m leaning that way actually. Anyway, here are the socks. The color is far deeper than the photo indicates, but this one gave the best shot of the lace.
I finsihed it during 24 last week. Letting no moss grow under my sock needles, and having another 40 minutes of show to knit through, I started another pair. This picture was taken on the train Friday morning, shortly before we hit a car at an intersection giving me an additional 20 minutes knitting time. No one was hurt fortunately, but this brings up a huge peeve of mine, specifically people who don’t know better than if that they cannot cross a train track entirely, DON’T GO. They sit on the %#@@# track and far too often, get trapped with an unmoving car in front of them, a gate behind them and a train bearing down. This happened on Friday during my commute in. The idiot was fortunate that it was an east bound local and not a westbound train. We just hit the end of the car. The westerly train would have t-boned her at the drivers’ door. I bet she never sits on the tracks again but waits until her whole car can clear before she proceeds. DUMB.
Off my soapbox… here are the socks. Any guesses as to yarn/color?
I’m further on both the sock and the book since this picture
It’s not all socks, all the time at Chez CFL. I got some motivation to dig a much neglected project out of dormancy. Alex’s Dale of Norway sweater. I saw an episode of Knitty Gritty with the fair isle bear sweater that went through the construction! Thank goodness for DVR’s. Armed with this new knowledge, I dug out the sewing machine and over the course of a Saturday, finished the sweater. I ordered (and got) buttons this week and will hopefully end this project!
I made a few modifications though. The button band was picked up and knitted along the edge rather than sewn on. Due to a serious yarn quantity limitation, I did a basic 1" collar rather than the one called for in the pattern. I don’t think anyone will be wiser for it. I ordered pewter buttons from SpinBlessings that look perfect with it. Now I just need the motivation to sew them on 
There’s also been a little lace work going on to. Namely, Icarus from IK in some divine Claudia Handpaint Silk. The colorway is Just Plum. LOVE IT. Again, much progress has been made since I snapped this shot as I’m on the 4th repeat of chart 1.
Finally, I leave you with some Kat and cat zen. The two girls were napping on my bed the other day..
Craft on!
