I'm back

Time to start paying attention to the blog again! I want to try to work this into my regular routine so that I don't have such huge gaps between postings.

I've continued taking knitting classes. I've now worked up to fair isle knitting, which is knitting with a ball of yarn in each hand so that you can make beautiful multicolored sweaters. I'm still sticking with my violin lessons and somehow I was talked into making a wedding dress for my violin instructor. I must be certifiably crazy! And it's not an easy(as if a wedding dress were ever easy?) task such as following a predefined pattern. She has an idea in mind so we are grabbing pieces from all different patterns and trying to fit them into the sketch she has drawn. A corseted, goth-like wedding dress, with a skirt of streaming chiffon strips.

As you all know from earlier blog entries, I finally graduated back in December. We finally have my graduation party date pinned down, and now we need to work out details, such as food. If anyone has ideas for easy food for 50 people that can be prepared ahead of time, feel free to drop me an email.

Speaking of school, I absolutely love my textile class. So far we've studied all sorts of fibers -- natural such as cotton, wool, silk and manmade including rayon, polyesters, nylon, asbestos, kevlar, spectra, fiberglass and so many fibers that I never knew existed. We've just finished learning about all the different methods of spinning yarns, and next we'll start up on fabric weave structures after the spring break.

Even better news on the school front -- A lot of classes are being offered in the evening hours this next year so I can take at least 2 classes each semester. When the year is over, I will only have 2 more classes to take and I will already have my second degree. Degree #1 -- 18-1/2 years. Degree #2: 1-1/2 years. Much better! I'm already playing around with ideas for degree #3. Another bachelor degree or do I bite the bullet and go for the Master's program? I'm tempted by the idea of Graphic Design or Geographic Information Systems, or Linguistics in the undergrad fields, but possibly continue the textile program for a Master's. I still have a year to decide.