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My wild out of control stash has finally been tamed and is hanging out waiting for moving day! Did you know zip-lock makes HUGE 8 gallon (and bigger!) size storage bags? brilliant! They're much cheaper than big plastic containers and will organize an unruly stash in a snap. See that wooden chest? It's absolutely STUFFED and bursting with wips...it's really quite scary just how many I have!

It's good that I'm not that great of a spinner... I'm sure my stashy tendencies would take over! The clear bag above the blue container is my cute litte (very manageable!) fiber-stash.

Knitting progress! I've worked the fair-isle section of the tank, it's one I found in 1000 Great knitting motifs. It's categorized under the traditional Scandinavian section, though it looks a lot more modern to me (maybe it's the squares). It's worked in the round, so the band goes around the entire top.

I'm probably going to add a lighter blue duplicate stitch to the inside of the very center square (or maybe the center of all the squares) Here's a closeup of the F-A action...

a think a nice blocking will do it good!The plan is to still have a square neck, maybe even something like the top on the cover of the latest Interweave.

I've been running around like crazy trying to pack up my apartment and pack for Chicago. I'm moving right after I get back on the 28th! I'll be sure to show pictures of my work when I get back...I just didn't have time to get it done before leaving. Must go pack!

oh, and any must see knitty/ fibery places in Chicago?

This blog was starting to depress even me....so....A  good things LIST!

* Moving into a one bedroom apartment at the end of May that is just be for ME is a very good thing! It's over 700 square feet with a huge living room that will be part painting studio part living room. SUPER EXCITED! The best part? The rent is only $375 (this is even low for Lubbock!) I've moved all the yarn I've found into my painting studio and have started cataloging them...it's been crazy...

This is only part of it!

* Yarn, of course. My most recent addition from WEBS' Anniversary sale (beware...it's dangerous!) 10 luscious skeins of a beautiful pink Elsebeth Lavold Silky wool

Nothing like gorgeous yarn to cheer a gal up!

* Managing to get some knitting time amid all the craziness is a very good thing!

mmm, dreamy, soft Plymouth DreamBaby

It's going to be a tank with a cool fair-ilse boob-band with a square neck-line. But I'm still not sure since I'm just making it up as I go. Did I really need ANOTHER ufo? Probably not...but inspiration struck, so I went with it!  Plus, most of my other ufos have already been packed up.

* DOGGIES! I'm dog/cat sitting Ranger and Ms. Alice this week. Ranger is a crazy joy-machine with boundless energy, and is positively ADDICTED to playing fetch!

eww, VERY slobbery ball

* And the #1 reason I'm absolutely jumpy and giddy? I've been accepted into SNAG's national slide show AND student show. SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) is  THE society of metalsmithing in the US. This is BIG!! I'll be in Chicago next week at their big BIG conference and I'll get to attend the opening at the Mars Gallery! Hearing the stats made me EVEN giddier!!

Thoughts Materialized- student exhibition at Mars Gallery in Chicago

My piece "Roulette:HBV" was one of of 98 works  chosen from a field of 664!
(Side note: Texas Tech's Jewelry/Metals program is in a 4 way tie with San Diego State University, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign and University of Wisconsin- Madison. Each school had 6 works accepted into the exhibition. These are some of the TOP programs in the country!)

InFlux -Slide show presented at the conference, images will be housed in SNAG's permanent collection

The slide of my piece "Bound"  and the process slide from my sketchbook was one of 87 works  accepted from a field of 360. 14 of the 87 works came from Texas Tech.

Yippeee! I'll probably share these images next week.

Many things to get done (gosh, and many blogs to catch up on!)

Happy knitting!