Recent Knitting

So for the last little while I've been working on a test-knitting pattern so there hasn't been a whole lot of blogable knitting, hence the lack of blogging. Recently however, I lost my beautiful green hat (it might still be in the apartment but I can't find it). This meant that I needed an ear covering and fast. I didn't really have the time to devote to making another one, even though it is a quick knit, but I needed something to prevent my ears from falling off so I made Calorimetry

I used some yarn that Robyn had destashed at some point and knit it up while watching a movie. I used some Lego pieces from JF's Lego stash for the closure, I got the idea on Ravelry from someone else who had made it. Here she is:

I also fell upon a pattern that reminded me of my childhood, I remember these mittens and they were aptly named Newfoundland Mittens so I just couldn't resist. I cast them on and started with Noro Kureyon, but the colours just weren't coming out like I wanted, so I switched to the silk garden I had sitting in my stash. As of last night I was ready to do the hand decreases and tonight while knitting at Ariadne I finished the first one. I will post a picture of the finished mitt later, I haven't photographed it yet.

I have almost finished the secret project so hopefully I will resurface and get a little better at this blogging stuff.

In non-knitting news, I am no longer working at my thankless job, and I am quite happy about that (it's been two months, but I just kept forgetting to talk about it). I hope to get back into web programming or maybe do a switcho changeo and get into teaching. I'd probably teach English because there is a big shortage of English teachers in Quebec. Also if ever I leave Québec, I'll be able to teach French. I haven't quite figured out all the details, and am very much in limbo right now. Hopefully things will start to clear up on that front, but for now, I'm quite happy to sleep in 'til noon and knit my days away.