Look...she really does something this week!

Thanks for all the congrats about becoming a matriculating student.  I've gotten my head wrapped around it as much as I'm going to until I talk to advisor in a few weeks, which must be why I actually got some stuff done this week.

One of the nephew's birthday is in early April, his 1st birthday this year.  I wanted to do something a little nicer for him than the usual stuffed animal and sweater, and I wanted to learn a new quilting technique - flying geese.  Combine the two and we get -

A Beatrix Potter quilt! 

Its just the right size for his car seat and stroller, its going to be 35" once its finished.   The wonderful bit is that a friend has agreed to do the quilting and put the binding on for me.  Not because I can't, but because I'm going away for 9 days and don't have time and can't take it with me. 

The other thing I've worked on is Juno from the Fall 07 Knitty.  (by the way...the spring issue is out!)

I'm using the Atacama Alpaca that I brought back from Scandinavia a few years ago...using the stash!

And I started a sock...with the intention of its going with me on vacation...Veil of Leaves from Cat Bordhi's new book -

So far its a fun little sock to knit...hoping to have a matched set when I get back...where am I going?

To the gloriously warm, wonderful island of Oahu!  For 9 days, no work,  no cold, no rain (I hope).  I'm going to visit a friend and hide for a bit...still figuring out what I'm taking to work on..maybe I'll know next week!