I guess I will start with the bad new. I got fired from the LYS I was working at. The owner said it was because her manager will need more time off, & she needs to hire a knitter that can teach advance classes to replace her. What that has to do with letting me go, I have no idea. Seems to me she is creating a bigger hole. The real reason I think she let me go, because she hires a new employee(me) & 2 weeks later said employee(me) has a horrible back ache & calls in sick. A week later, said employee(me) suffers a misscarriage (back ache was beginning of m/c) & had to take a month off. She will never admit it, but I wish they would have told me, I would have kept the booties I knitted & gave them as a gift. Oh well. Fuck them.

Betterh knitting news, I made a wool soaker for a friend. I used the punk knitters pattern, link: http://community.livejournal.com/punk_knitters/110889.html It is a very VERY easy pattern, and from what I hear, it works really well. I used a double stranded 2 ply worsted wool, handpained. The ribbing & cuff is some Pattons Merino I had lying around. I checked the owners website & she does not mind if you make them to sell, so I am going to do that. I have another in the works now. Here are a few pics:



First is before the cuffs are added






I taught myself DPN's. I had been fearing them...no longer....it was not hard.

Finished soaker!!!
Lastly, I made some stitch markers for a friend. I think they turned out cute!