Happy Friday

And a sunny one to boot! Such an awesome spring day here in Ottawa...looking forward to more days like this! This weekend looks like it's shaping up to be nice as well-now, don't get me wrong, it's not exactly beach weather, but certainly warm by Ottawa standards!My yearly meltdown has begun. I obsess over my lawn...I mean it, I obsess! I loose sleep thinking about the carnage that is waiting to appear once all of the snow is gone. One year I was greeting by a nasty case of grubs...ick. Another year, moles...cute little buggers, but can't they eat somewhere else. I've worked and worked to get our lawn to behave. Water and fertilize (organically of course) religiously, mow to a specified height, put weeds by hand, aerate, top dress, over seed, you name it. Then, I sit back an wonder how my neighbours get away with NEVER watering and barely even mowing their lawn, not to mention no fertilizers, etc. WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!? It's become a joke in our house (and probably many other houses as well). Maybe this will be the year I won't fret and stew...or maybe not. If my behaviour a few days ago is any indication of what will be this summer, I would say I am a long way away from curing this addiction I have for my lawn. I was actually jealous that my neighbour (one of the ones that never waters, etc...his lawn literally looks like a dust bowl,and his weird mutant weeds are ALWAYS on my lawn!!!) had his lawn aerated before us. I need help people.Onto a happier topic...I've completed a few projects, and I must say, I'm pretty happy with these snazzy, and easy, bags. The yarn for both was pretty decent to work with, although, the Lopi was picky. Here's a closeup of the weave on the trio bag...I ended up using 7mm needles, since it was virtually impossible to find 8 mm dpn's! These are such awkward things to knit with. I definitely like my petite addi's.And I've done a few more rows on the hubby's simple raglan as well.... This is a boring, no brainer knit and I'm not "into" the colour-I like it, but it's a fall-ish kind of knit. So, I decided to grab a few skeins of springy yarn for a few projects for me!This is for my Honeymoon cami...I'm too impatient to wait for my Rowan to come in from The Knitting Garden, so that lovely stuff will be destined for another summer project. I did receive a couple of Rowan books though...I love Rowan...simple as that!This is Baby Pima-80% pima cotton and 20% alpaca. I'm loving this shade of green lately...can you tell?Here's my selection for Tempting, what do you think? I loved these colours and thought, what the heck, lets try a stripey version...hopefully this will work out.A very Tempting tower....The new Spring Knitty is up! I love this, this, and this! Yikes! Good bye yarn budget!Startitis has hit with a vengeance...Noah was kind enough to share yet another cold with us, so I think I'll wrap up with a cozy blanket, a cup o' tea and my yarn...will I start Tempting, Honeymoon???