Yes, Virginia, there is some knitting

A few of you, whose blogs I normally comment on, might have noticed a short hiatus in my presence... well, you see there was a computer crash, meltdown, fritz, smoosh, bump, and eventually a fizzle. It wasn't pretty. What began as slow subtle grinding type of function, eventually ended in a grand halt...and there might have been a couple of less than lady-like words resounding through wizard-land... (as well as gratitdue for typepad's ability to have pre-written blog posts with future publication dates, and public access to answer emails.... you probably didn't even miss me! heh heh)
I kept trying to do as our famous fearless leader does, and "make it go", yet alas, it was totally kaput-ski.

Thank the skies for some dear friends who quickly built me a a spiffy gently used system, then delivered it  a little while ago. There was, I admit, a bit of breath-holding on my part as they transferred almost 2300 photographs (ahem.. yes, I like pictures just a bit), assorted documents, programs etc, and then cloned hard drives (sounds rather ominous doesn't it ? ). And then ultimately the moment arose to take it off the umbilical cord to the old hard drive, and let it run on its own.
I climbed into my wizard chair, and away we went! It worked, it did its thing - all systems go Scotty - warp drive please.

Back in business now (with only a few more gray hairs).

In the meantime, there has been progress on all knitted objects in this dwelling.

Gust is almost complete   (only about 7 more rows - woo hoo)

knit in Dicentra Designs Lace Weight Alpaca..

This amazing lace weight hand dyed alpaca yarn can be purchased on line here at CMF

more details when it's complete very soon..

Socks on the needles (but of course, 'my dears)

"Go with the Flow" by  Evelyn Clark from Favorite Socks 

Knit in Fleece Artist Merino

Polar Sea colorway

Purchased at Simply Socks Yarn about a year ago

This yarn is so deeply saturated with color that it almost squeaks! I love it.

Hedgerow Socks - designed by my friend, Jane Cochran - a free internet download

knit in Claudia's Handpainted Yarn

(which was a gift somewhere awhile ago from a sock swap pal.. muchas gracias)

And finally,

Turtleneck Tube Vest from Fitted Knits

(oh how I love me a clever pattern like this one!..more on that soon)

Knit in Craft Yarn by SWTC gifted to me by Klaus over at CMF  (another thank you !) I think he still has some in stock if you contact him fast

This yarn was originally seen in a project that got frogged last year, but those details will all be explained in the near future. I'll get specific on each project (or write me if you want to know more right away)

I just noticed as I wrote this post that I am on a "BLUE" kick. How funny.

So here's to computer-wizards everywhere, and thank you to my friends Kara and Michael (you totally rock).

Now I'm off to attempt to catch up on all those blogs......

Comments

[Dave]

Welcome back! And yes, you covered your tracks very well. :-) Glad it worked okay, and I'm also glad you're knitting lots of pretty blue stuff!!

[Carole]

Computer issues can be so frustrating! I'm glad yours are resolved now.

[margene]

You ARE on a blue kick and they are all beautiful! It's you who must have my sock mojo...

[Wool Winder]

Glad you didn't lose everything in the crash. I have you beat in the photo department--currently over 7000. But, you have me beat in the knitting department--great projects on your needles! I'm very interested in the Hedgerow Socks.

[Chris]

Whew! I am SO glad to hear that they were able to transfer your stuff from the old computer. Always scary, that.

[Emily]

At least it gave you time to knit! Glad you're up and running!