Home Stretch

So, the semester is winding down and I'm definitely starting to feel the pinch of it. My last final and paper is due just under two weeks from now, along with two completed IRB's (or, research propoals for those of you not in the psychology loop), and a set of measure to use for pilot testing when I go home for Christmas. I've got a decent head start on the research stuff, and I'm planning for the paper in plenty of time, but I'm still in a very nose-to-the-grindstonish kind of mindset.


But....guess what else is winding down?! That's right! The damned Christmas knitting! I've only got 1 1/2 projects left and then I'm free to finally knit something for myself. As you can see, the first of the Glaistig armwarmers for He of the Big Fat Hands is essentially done. All that's left is to do is weave in the ends. I'll roll the other skein of Malabrigo into a ball and cast on for the mate tonight.


And look what came in the mail today! The yarn for Mandy's bag in the colors she asked for! I think I'm going to make a stranded two-color cabled bag, with pink as the background and the cables in green. I suspect that this won't take very long to finish since I've been using knitting to take breaks between all the academic stuff.