My knitting has really taken off lately.  I've had people emailing me and asking me to make them stuff, and I have...the snood has been blocked and is ready to go, and the green mobeius is getting blocked this evening and can also go out this week.

I've got a skull illusion on the go for my daughter, and a snowflake illusion one for her friend's birthday next week.  It looks like this:

I have the rest of the week to knock that one out.  In the meantime, I'm making a 'hot head' hat for the kid's pediatrician, Dr V.  This is the same hat that I made for PhoenixBoi back in '04 (it's the one on the right):

Dr V is an awesome person.  He's more than a pediatrician, he's rapidly becoming a family friend, and we are going to be royally screwed when he leaves and goes to another base.  His successor is going to have some incredibly large shoes to full.

Anyway, back to knitting.  I found out that the attorney I worked for over at the legal office is having a babay (actually, his wife's having the kids, but you get the picture).  I wanted to make them something really special; both Dave and I have a lot of time and respect for him.  So, in addition to making the obligatory beanie, I'm making them a baby blanket out of some higher-quality yarn:

You can see from the picture that it's knit with a border around the edges, but it looks like 4 different squares swen together - but there's no sewing involved; it's all knit in one piece.  Rather than make it in the traditional baby colors of pink, blue or yellow I decided to make it in a soft sage green yarn that has flecks of copper, wine and champagne in it - it's going to be a fall baby, and I wanted to reflect that with the fall colors.  I'm making them a beanie, of course, and I'm also making a pair of booties to match. 

I knitted a pink newborn beanie for a fellow blogger's adorable littel girl a little over a year ago, and I'm sure she's outgrown it by now.  So, when I saw this in another knitting book I have:

..I knew exactly who I was going to make it for.  I have some incredibly soft and fuzzy pink chenille yarn that I'm going to use for it instead of the standard worsted weight yarn that it's made of in the photo.  I'ts going to look gorgeous on her....sweet little Maddie's getting herself a bunny hat!

I also have this in mind for a couple of fellow bloggers:

I don't have that exact color yarn, but I do have a couple of variagated yarns that will work for it.  I just love the wavy rib pattern on it.

My kids saw the following in my pattern book and immediately declared that they'd be the happiest kids in the world if I made these for them:

I have the beads all ready to go; all I have to do is find time to start knitting them!

After all this knitting for other people, I decided that I want to knit something for myself.  I found this on the 'net:

It's called a 'hug', and it's just the sleeves and a band across the back.  I have tons of t-shirts that I love to wear, and this will be perfect to cover up my chilly arms in cooler weather.  Besides, it's kind of a funky piece....it'll suit my personality perfectly!

Somewhere in the middle of all this knitting I'm going to have to make time for a class that I'm going to start taking on the 15th of the month.  I've decided that I need to be gainfully employed, and whilst I LOVE knitting it's simply not going to give me the kind of income I want (yet).  So, I've decided to take a medical transcription class.  If I'm lucky, I might even be able to work from home.  With the advent of the internet and more and more people having computer's in their homes, more and more hospitals are tapping into the stay-at-home mom demographic and are having their transcriptions done over the internet. If I cant work from home...well, then I'll get a full-time job in a doctor's office or a hospital (lord knows there are enough of them around here) and wait until a at-home opportunity presents itself.  As long as I'm earning and I can be somewhat independent, I'll be happy.  Besides, I'll be making money to buy more yarn with....I really am hoping to one day make a little business out of my knitting.  I was waiting on Dave in the barbershop the other day, and I took my knitting with me.  One of the ladies in there waiting with her husband has a little concession booth in front of the main store, and she came over to talk to me.  After I had showed her what I was making and a couple of the other things I had made (I was wearing a scarf and a hat that I made myself) she told me that I ought to knit up a storm all summer and then rent a booth next to her next fall.  She said she thought my work would be very popular and I wouldn't have a problem selling it.  Yeah, I know...y'all have told me that before too.  I'm simply not very confident about myself or my capabilities right now; my self esteem has been taking a beating lately and it's starting to reflect in my personality.  I'm thinking about what she said....I'm going to see how school goes, and if I find that I have time then I'll start making stuff with the aim to hire a concessions stall to sell it this fall.

I have so many projects and so little time......and I'm loving it!