And Miss Aubrey is getting big. And more adorable all the time.
Last weekend we went to the zoo. Fun times. My nephews are sadly going through a phase where they don't like to look at the camera when you ask them to, so the good pictures were few and far between. 
Can I just say that I hat Blogger? This post is taking an absurdly long time to put together because it won't let me move my pictures like it normally does.
So that's my new sock. To be worked on on vacation. I started it the other night and have only worked on it during my lunch breaks. The pattern is Circle Socks and I'm using Sereknity yarn in the colorway "Beach Glass" - perfect for vacation knitting.
I also started this new lace stole. Because I'm crazy. It's Sherwood, using KnitPicks Palette yarn in Verdant Heather. With beads!
And this is a Quant, using my Redwood Forest BFL handspun yarn. This one will be for mom, and then I've got another one to make for myself, probably using some blue and grey KnitPicks I've got.
On the knitting front, I have to tell you how happy I am that June is over. It became pretty clear to me that just about all project started/worked on in June had a curse upon them. Something major went wrong with just about all of them. That will be a post later this week, I think. Things are moving much smoother this month. Alright, I know this isn't the best blog post ever, but had to get caught up so that my brother would lay off a bit.
Miss Aubrey mostly slept, it's what she does best, but I did manage to get a shot of the whites of her eyes.
Ellie had to work that night but she supplied the superb, non-WW approved cake.
Mom's gonna be so mad I featured her on the blog - but she's in Jersey and can't hurt me at the moment. Anyway, when you're the birthday girl, you have to get at least one solo shot. The nephews continued in their particular brand on "good photo ops while eating cake" - I think we might have to trademark that for the two of them, wonder if Aubrey will join in the fun when she's old enough...
Having picked strawberries the day before, we had some with the fruit salad, and I introduced my nephews to them. Funny to me that they had never tried them before, but my SIL doesn't like them (craziness). Elliott isn't too big on trying new things, so we'll try again next year. But Mason... wow, I think he ate 2 bowlfuls (is that a word?). 
He couldn't get enough. So I guess he's got a bit of the Colton blood in him. And speaking of strawberries, here's the shortcake that I made that Monday:
It was fantastic, if I do say so myself. Mmmm, want some now. 
Outside the Shoe before the ceremony.
The sock as it was before I started knitting it in the Shoe.
Wow, June. Wow. About a month ago I couldn't wait for this week - now, not so much. It's my last week at school - physicals were last night. So the next 3 days are all paperwork, cleaning, and moving. I found out yesterday that my basketball training room has to be empty by Friday. Ha. I would love to know exactly where they expect me to put everything. As it is, it's crazy enough putting everything into the inner office to attempt to stem theft over the summer. 
So that was my view last Saturday afternoon. My baseball team warming up for the Regional semis. A game that was originally scheduled for Thursday, but was rained out. Twice. What a game. 12 innings. Lost. Walk off homerun. Heartbreak. Due to the length, and use of all 3 decent pitchers, it probably would have been really hard to beat the team (that won 12-0 in 6 innings) we would have had to face on Sunday, but you never know.
Pretty darn cute if you ask me. I did get a little tired of working on it because it was all blanket all week, but so glad to have it done. Maddie also likes it alot.
It's one of her new favorite sleeping spots. Never mind that there are 4 other blankets draped over various pieces of furniture in that same room.
I got this hat done as well. It's not my favorite, but it'll do. Kinda hard to see the pattern in that pic, sorry about that.
That's the progress on the fronts of the sweater. It seems to be going slower than the back did - I think because the initial burn to knit this has flickered out. Still love it - just don't have that crazy urge to work on it 24/7.
Because I finished up all the HP stuff early - I let myself spin this weekend. As you can see by the very full bobbins. I'm going to work on plying it up this weekend. It's gonna take forever. But it'll be very pretty laceweight - my first ever handspun lace weight! Gotta get myself worked up for it.
That's the start of the second sock. And the curse is continuing. The book knocked over a can of soda, I used the wrong needles to start and had to rip and re-start. Very cursed socks. Hopefully it gets better from here on out. 
Kaylee is also getting big, as you can see. It was a very nice little parade - only one marching band, which I thought odd. But there were plenty of lollipops - and that was all that mattered.
It's going quickly, which is good, but mostly due to the fact that I didn't do much else but work on it on Monday. This will actually end up pulling triple duty - HC, baby blanket contest at 
The book scarf. In all of it's double knitted coolness. Even if you think I live in a realm beyond Dorkdom, you need to see the coolness in this technique. Both sides get knit at the same time, on the same needle, no sewing the 2 pieces together. Seriously cool. And if you don't think so, please don't leave a comment telling me so - I'm enjoying my new trick. I didn't manage to get a decent picture of the hat I finished. I'll do that some other time.