we had knitting group over at our house this morning - the kids played in the pool and i got to show off my new cardigan. i'm really happy with how it turned out. the fit is pretty good afterall, the yarn is super soft, and it is really comfortable to wear. now i'm starting to get impatient about fall coming so i can wear all of my wooly soft knitty things! i'll post pictures soon. in fact, i am planning to draft amy to take some pictures of me wearing the cardigan (you hear that, amy? you've been selected!) during our three hour co-op duty tomorrow morning. today at knitting i finshed up one block of the kitchen rug. there will be three or four blocks just like this one, all seamed together to make the rug, and then some kind of border around it all. and more exciting news (yes - even more exciting than a knitted kitchen rug, believe it or not) - beth came to knitting today with rachel and little lucas! i snapped a few pictures of the little guy, and got to hold him for a while too! adella was pretty interested in lucas, and immediately ran to get him a blanket to cover up! here's the wee cutie with his mama: he makes the other kids look like giants! hard to believe adella was that tiny not so long ago...