Those are the Bella tights, but the color is so far off you wouldn't believe me if I told you it was the same Cascade Heritage sock yarn that I posted a few months back-hows that for a cellphone camera?
And the yarn leftover from the Cloud armwarmers became the mini purse, made from Leigh Radfords' One Skein design, with some handle modifications because I was running out of time.

Happy December!!!

The countdowns on-24 days to knit, block, and seam my way into completion! The Bella tights are down, moms present is done, Debbie's is still on the needles and almost done, and then all the rest are impatiently waiting in the wings. too soon, too soon the holidays come...

some flickr photos of the recent knits

rearranging furniture.

today, after teaching my morning class and actually completing my morning workout without stopping to talk on the phone, I decided to rearrange the living room. Mind you, my living room is not big but my furniture is. I pushed everything to the center, pushed it away, rotated it 30 degrees, pushed it to the center, and so and and so forth for two hours. In that time, however, I found 14 stitch markers, 3 straight needles and 6 double pointed of various sizes. I also found a photocopy of a pattern I must have decided I like at some point, because it was cleverly stashed between two books on the bookshelf (yes, even that was rearranged!) As I had the pattern, I of course needed to see if I had the yarn required. Hmm, surprise, I did! So, as a break from the moving although my place was littered with misplaced belongings and no longer memorable mementos that fell out during the rearranging, I cast on. Knit 15 rows on a scarf, then cast on for a sweater. WHAT! you scream in disbelief? I remembered that the in a trunk that was now my tv stand, there was a cone of alpaca from my first trip to Peru, and it was patiently waiting its turn to shine-now I am searching for patterns that I can use to knit a top down raglan sleeve sweater, and not putting my living room back together. Heres to rearranging furniture...

sleeves, and more tights

I FINALLY put a sleeve on that mohair hoodie, after knitting and unknitting numerous shaping rows, and ended the cuff with Cascade 220 in the same color. Now, the next sleeve will only needed to be completed in the next 45 days, or so....
Yesterday, I had an all day staff training from way-too-early in the morning to evening (I normally work swing shifts), so I occupied my fingers and the eyes of everyone in my 'workgroup' with the lovely set of top-down tights I started with Cascade Heritage sock yarn-this pair will be for little miss Bella, and the pattern will be correctly recorded so that I can start sharing it with others. My mom always told me to share, but I don't want to mislead in the process. I haven't been knitting as much as I could, but I started that Spanish teaching in the mornings.

ravelry related reasons

I don't have a camera. Right, you knew that. BUT, I do frequently pester visitors to my house and beg them to take pictures of my knitting projects, and then load them onto my flickr account. Do you know how time-consuming it is to move pictures from there to here? Despite the fact that my friends are doing the dirty work for me and I don't really have to spend that much time on my photos...I use flickr for obvious ravelry related reasons, but my dear friend Captain Obvious pointed out that not everyone is on Ravelry, or knows Ravelry, or even cares about Ravelry. So, to those that aren't in the know, I apologize. Most of my finished objects end up in that cool little flickr box the the right of this post....you can have a mini-look!

Dressed, hatted, and gloved

The dress was stunning, neck and neck with the brides own get-up for compliments, and a few pre-orders placed by fellow wedding attendees. If only I hadn't shown it to you first, I could have used it for a Knitty pattern submission! In any case, it is done, the Noro hat is done, and I am already well into the second glove of the pair I just started Friday (Christmas knitting has begun, officially). These particular arm warmers, knit in Di.Ve Butterfly, should be for one of the sisters. Three more sisters, four brothers, two dads, one mom, two nephews, seven nieces, and I will be done with the immediate family! Pray to the gods of knitting for me, please.

photos....

Kerouac Socks:

Pisac Pocketbook:

overdress(ed)


Picture Update!!! I told you I was knitting!

holey goodness

still knot knitting the lacy dress, it is a whole 15 inches of holey goodness. I can't follow my own advice and not start new projects, so now I am using some thicker than tree trunk hemp to knit sandals, slow going on slowly bending aluminum needles. also, since someone else was showing interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle socks, I had to finish them-not finish, finish them, but work on them for a bit. The second sock is now past the heel, just up to the cuff and its done. yah.

checking me-self

the mask is done as of yesterday, I nearly cast-on for that blue vest thing in the fall Interweave and then checked myself-I MUST FINISH THE DRESS....Carrie's wedding is in 24 days-this is my deadline. I am half heartedly working on another brimmed newsboy, this time out of the noro silk that hangs out on my coffee table-it is great mindless knitting when the feather and fan lace gets to be too much.
I was hoping for a camera for my birthday, but apparently no one can read minds. Hmm. Might have to go buy myself one.

kerouac socks, and lucha libre

while I do not have the pictures to prove it, I did whip out a pair of comfy socks this past Thursday/Friday, and I finally started on the Lucha Libre pattern from Son of Stitch n' Bitch to make the snazzy balaclava for one of my coworkers. I am also modifying a feather and fan tanktop pattern from the yarn lady to make a lacy slip-dress-cover-thingy to hopefully wear to Carrie's wedding next month-no promises on that one. I spent the last couple of days teaching one of the young residents at my job to knit, and as she couldn't hide her amazement that she was knitting ("can you f-ing look at me, ME, knitting? I mean holy sh*t, I am knitting like a little ole f-ing lady!), I was secretly beaming with pride inside that she found something else to focus all of her intense generally misguided energy on!

Shame on ME

I don't have any new pictures to add, and I am hanging my head in shame at my inexcusable lack of posting. I received a polite reminder phonecall from a fan the other day, and she not-so-kindly informed me that it had been over a month and a half since I had written anything. FOR SHAME, I am wagging my finger at myself in that childish antagonistic way.
I was in Peru {again} last month, and didn't knit much but was inspired often~a friend took me to a museum in Ancon, where I ogled some impeccably well preserved knit and woven clothing, ceremonial wraps, and straps. I envy his weaving abilities, he admired my sock knitting prowess, and now I feel I must get this page up to snuff before he takes a look.

wow, sorry, where have I been?

yeah, there is no excuse for procrastination like this! holy hell, over a month? what was I thinking? Just so you know, I didn't die in the last 40 days, I was just finishing up that bachelors degree that has been hanging over my head for the last ten years (graduated on Friday the 13th, eek?) and still knitting like a mad fool. I am currently occupied by completing this circular shrug, so far I am moving along at about an inch or two a day, not good if I want to finish it before fall arrives...
The akira pants were a hit, if you have ravelry you can see them on my page, otherwise I have been procrastaknitting while studying, not much more progress on any of my current projects. Enough with the excuses, I must work, knit, and take pictures so you don't lose faith...
{by the way, you can always check my project pictures on flickr.com, I am procrastaknitter there also}

here you go!

I don't have a computer at home, and everytime I get with in twenty feet of one I feel this unimaginable urge to check my email, my school webpage, and my ravelry notebook-somehow this little blog squeezed into the backlogs of my mind with bill paying, dusting, and car maintenance. I have mostly been focusing on knitting some pants for little Akira Rayne(next niece to be) using more Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo,inching out the window curtain, and I knit and gifted a couple more coffee cup cozies. Little projects to occupy my little bits of free time as they come......
And today I couldn't help but sneak into Diva Yarn while visiting the family here in Port Townsend-and Theresa definately did NOT twist my arm into buying these few skeins....Noro Cash Iroha (x4)& Cascade Heritage

Still knitting

my goodness, how time flies when you are forgetting to blog! okay, so I am still knitting but mostly just keeping up with the ravelry project book-that addiction of mine, thankfully a socially acceptable addiction-and I am not the only one. Some of my projects are still on the needles because I can't seem to focus for long enough, but others are slowly but surely getting done. Here, let me show you....

lately....

Currently knitting a shrug using Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo-the pattern called for aran weight yarn, which this is NOT, so I have done tons of swatching to make a fabric I like that will look nice on baby. The curtain is on the needles still, but thats because its the boring stockinette stitch part that doesn't hold my interest long enough to feel like anything is getting done. Also, just had a brilliant idea for a watchband-we'll see how soon that happens!! Can't do anything with my pictures at the moment, since my cable is 100 miles away, but as soon as I can you will see where I am.

the kitchen window...

I have a lovely new house, with a lovely little window to look out as I wash the dishes (by hand, couldn't afford the dishwasher), but this morning I was distraught by the power pole that is right at the edge of the yard, where it meets the treeline. I don't won't to block out the greenery, but I wanted to obscure the powerpole as much as possible. Well, now I am knitting the Pom Pom Awning by Kat Coyle, from Greetings from Knit Cafe book-but entirely in mohair and on larger needles, to give the halo appearance but still not block out the out-of-doors. Right now it would be hiding the suprise snow that is happening, by the way!

new house and soap socks

I finally found a house! No more sleeping on couches or floors, no more feeling out of sorts as bathe in someone elses' shower, or put my soymilk in their refrigerator. With that being said, I haven't made too much progress on any of my knitting projects. Wait, scratch that. I joined the two toe sections on my second toe sock, and completed about an inch of knitting-and knit a couple of these funny little soap socks. It is not an entirely original idea, but the yarn and needles were available while I was at work teaching residents how to knit garter stitch-if you'd like the pattern, here it is:



Mission Falls 1824 Cotton
size 4 or 5 dpns, set of 4 (I used both, one stretches out a bit more when wet)
4 stitch markers
darning needle to sew in the ends


CO 26 stitches using long tail method (for sewing up opening later) Join
*K4, pm, K9,pm; repeat once from *. You shouldn't need to place last marker-this is where the tail hangs down.
K three rounds, slipping markers as you come to them
next round: K to marker, make one stitch, slip marker, repeat at every marker.
next round: K to newly made stitch, slip this stitch, repeat at every marker.
next round: K all stitches
next round: *P4,slip corner stitch before marker,P9,slip corner stitch; repeat from *
Repeat last two rows 22 more times, 12 garter ridges total.
this creates the slipped edge stitch that gives the sock rigid corners, and alternating purl and knit rows creates the garter stitch when knitting in the round
go back to knitting every round, mainting the slipped stitches every other round for 6 more rounds.
next round:{K1,K2tog,YO} to last two stitches, K2
K 2 rounds even, then BO. Sew up opening at bottom using CO tail, and sew in any ends left from color changes and BO
make an i-cord 8 inches long and run through eyelet row, or purchase cord/ribbon.

Hannah Hats, for Debbie and I

I took a break from the Koolhaas hat, and whipped out two ponytail hats for Debbie and I~found the free pattern on Ravelry, and half the fun is picking out the buttons, knowing that they are the only stimulating addition to the straightforward design (seriously simple knitting) Debbie is the black, I am the blue/green


I also managed about four rows on the Malabrigo scarf while trail cruising yesterday, and another pattern repeat on Koolhaas while sitting at a road-construction-stop on Highway 101 today. Nothing jaw-dropping, procrastaknitting as usual...........


BUT I did just get home today and found a lovely little package with a lovely little cone of natural color Mission Falls 1824 Cotton yarn (a whopping $5.14 on eBay), and tomorrow I plan to take it down to Diva Yarn and wind it into skeins that I can dye, hopefully tomorrow. Lots of plans for yarn tomorrow, probably won't be a lot of knitting

one more picture!!

it had to be shared-pink boots -AND- bunny ears!!!

technicolor tights

wouldn't you know! they fit like a glove, look fabulous with the pink cowgirl boots, and apparently inspire spontaneous {jiggy-butt} dances-Rhapsody is by far my happiest customer!

no mas...

the tights are no longer in my posession, relinquished to the little one just last night. hopefully I will see her wearing them, and soon.

ode to odessa

three days from start to finish
not one dropped stitch
or ripped back row


lovely colors
swirling and stairstepping
around, and up and down


happiness
of a fibery sort

Pic of Odessa, 6 months

Here it tis, as promised~ the Odessa hat, before decreasing for the top round. I checked out some other ravelers comments on this hat, and most seem to agree that it is more of a beanie than a winter hat because if you decrease as indicated you end up with a tiny hat. The pattern says knit to 5 1/2 inches, then begin decreases-I think I will go to 7 inches before decreasing, in order to cover my inarguably ginormous dome piece.
And by the way, today marks six months without smoking (cigarettes, not that there was anything else ;))

Odessa and the tights

so the tights are pretty much done, the top for the second time. The short row shaping eluded me until the end, so I had to rip out the top and start over. They did NOT make it into the gift bag on the birthday girls' day, but she'll have plenty of time to wear them since I don't think the winter is going to be over anytime soon. Yesterday I really started knitting the Odessa hat, using the Fancy Image yarn that I bought last week-and it is a lovely piece indeed. I brought my camera to Olympia, but not the USB cables, so I can't take a picture of the work in progress... maybe tomorrow

oh yeah

and here is what the tights look like right now, with the leggies joined together...


(thats lots of ribbing from the upper thigh on into the panty part, to make them stretchy enough for diapers, but not too baggy for panties)

and here's the new yarn that I picked up from Myra at Fancy Image


and promptly cast on to become the Odessa hat from Grumperina, as provided by MagKnits.

Plus my latest endeavor: I picked up this fleece turtleneck from OldNavy a couple of weeks ago, 3.97, and wore it exactly once-before I realized that I am not much of a turtleneck sort of girl. So I am going to use this lovely Noro, my scissors, a crochet hook and some knitting needles, and about 2000 brain cells to somehow create a funky-yet-fabulous jacket. Wish me luck!!

updates

long long time ago, when i was young-scratch that-awhile back I was knitting a green messenger bag, and ran into some technical difficulties with the felting process-whatever should I do? well, the procrastaknitter that I am won out on that one, and up until last week that partially felted monstrosity was tied up in a plastic bag, smelling to high heaven and awaiting the journey north of the equator, to a place where washing machines were connected to hot water..................
and ta-da! a star is born! I love this bag, it is the perfect size for my many weekend trips down to Olympia-although right now it is back on the finishing board-because it needs a zipper to inhibit the insides from falling by the way side-but perfect none the less, and lots of compliments to appease its/my ego.

And another felting project, the second of the lovely Leigh Radford's felted laptop cases (Jenni has my original)-but I finally added some felted straps to this one because although I no longer own a laptop, I have a case for the next one.



So nothing too mind-blowing, but I am so happy to have these two projects felted and done that I am almost willing to go clean out my parents wool logged washing machine waterlines. but I did say almost

Tights have TWO legs!!!

Tights in Spanish is media-panties (media=socks, panties=panties, entonces, mediapanties), which quite frankly makes a far sight more sense than tights-they are socks connected to underwear, after all...
Not to digress, but that was just pointed out to me this morning, as I was joining the two legs together. Yes, I wrote joining-I might actually have these done by Rhapsody's birthday on Wednesday! Once I finish with the awkard rounds just after the join, I will take a picture or two for you.
I also ran by Fancy Image on Friday night, as I was making a quick run to work in Olympia. Myra was cloistered in the corner downstairs, labelling and tagging new colorways, and I snagged a discounted skein of my favorite colorway (one little part of the skein was slightly un-plied, no me importa) That will eventually become the Koolhass Hat (if I gauge it correctly), and I also scouted out some potential future baby clothes for little miss Akira Rayne (yes, another sibling is having another baby, this one belonging to my brother Jared and his wifey)
So, pictures forthcoming, as always.

Rhapsody's tights, among other things....

So, I have been obsessed with getting thesse tights perfect PERFECT PERFECT, so they don't do that characteristic tight thing-you know, how on all babies and toddlers the crotch seems to fall somewhere between the knees and the diaper? In any case, I measured and remeasured the length and circumference of five points on Rhapsody's leg, but somehow, after the first leg was off the needle and I was well onto the second leg, I realized that the first leg wasn't quite long enough. Is that from the fabric not stretching up because it was stretched around, or is that because one of her legs is significantly different than the other? Of course its the first reason, but I hate to admit my mistakes.....but heres the pictures so you can see what I'm talking about. And just for the record-the feet do fit, even though in that picture it looks like the toe is flopped over-she was curling her toes and it created the flap effect. I have exactly eight days to get things straightened out, before I can go back to working on other things, like spending my earned store credit at Diva Yarn, maybe to get the yarn to make the Koolhaas Hat by Jared Flood?
And by the way, I am still wholly addicted to Ravelry-my god, everyone is on there!!!

un-ravelry-ing

I have been knitting, but somehow getting that ravelry log-in figured out has stolen my time-do you know how many knitters are on that site?!? I am sucked in to the number of knitters working on the same projects as me, and curious about what yarns they used, what they thought about things, etc. etc. I feel incomplete as I covet others stashes, and look at their well-rounded project lists, or peruse their libraries-is it still breaking one of the ten commandments if I want my INTERNET neighbors belongings?
Well, downloading pictures is also on my to-do list, so once I find my USB stick I will get right on it-being a roaming gnome with a broke-down laptop means I have to save everything to the USB, or leave my pics and things on some family members PC.

sorry, lo siento, disculpame.....

wow.
I just came back to the states, and was perusing favorite blogs when I remembered that I had one of my own. I cannot believe it has been since mid-December! So much has happened, so many things have been knit and gifted out already, without photos or anything. ahhh. Well, first things first. I am Mrs. Procrastaknitter now, ran off and married a Peruvian while I was supposed to be studying-and now I just need to figure out how to get him into the country. I celebrated Christmas with my family this past Sunday, the day I got back-and almost every single person had a handknit present, thank you very much! I think that I may need to commit myself to the two knits a month, considering how rapidly my family is expanding. I may have a few pictures of things I have knit that I can attach here, so I'll stop before I run out of excuses for my lack of postings.
once again, sorry about the delay.

Playing around

Meet penguin numero dos, and his friend the be-sweatered bear. The bear just left surgery, where I spent an hour stitching him up without feeling proud of what I had done. The last time I made this bear, The yarn was a fluffy mohair that hid the poor joint-work; this time he looks slightly crooked and more than just a little bit choked. The penguins are easy, the hard part is remembering which directions their fin/wings angle away from their body.
Not much, but two Christmas presents done and ready to go.

still knitting

So, heres a few pictures for those that may think I have abandoned all knitting endeavors. First, the harf, as modeled by the charismatic Fany-she said it was ridiculously warm considering the weather here currently, but didn’t want to give it back. The Malabrigo scarf is looking lovely, slightly puckery but hopefully that will disappear with some decent blocking. The brown mass is the head to a future teddy bear, and the penguin that I made yesterday (in one day) has already been gifted to one of the little people in the house. Honestly, not much knitting has been happening the last two weeks, since the festival of the Virgen of Guadalupe has taken precedence over everything else-and when it ended on Monday it wasn’t a day too soon. But things are slowly returning to normal, so hopefully by next week I will have something more substantial to share.

oh my goshness!

I just realized as I was checking some of my favorite blogs (knitandtonic, glampyre, katcoyle) that I couldn't remember the last time I had updated my own. Well, well, looks like it has been two weeks plus (but no ones counting)...
The harf is done, now a two color harf since I received the two skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas to make it with an extra long scarf section. I don't know if I have the will power to give this one away, but I will try, although I love it so!
The Malabrigo laceweight changed from being the pompom awning to being the flame lace scarf from Wendy (knitandtonic)and that one grew by a couple of rows just this morning.
The sweater is being packed up and shipped back to the states-it is not quite done, but it is way too hot down here to keep lugging that one around. The socks, the socks, the socks. What can I say? Not done, and mocking me from their hiding spot-so small, but so difficult to finish. Mohair leaves-found! Not done, or getting any bigger, but no longer in the lost category.
Pictures are forthcoming, as soon as I find someone to model the harf in this unbearable heat.

Yeah, still here, procrastaknitting. Sorry for the huge delay in getting the pictures out there, but you understand. Right? Okay, the little red skirt was a hit with little Miss Lizbet, so now the black and red tank is on the needles to match. The Malabrigo, well that showed up in a care package from Mom, yarn I had ordered from Jimmy Beans Wool back in August that didn’t get to Washington before I left. I wound up one ball, and perused my pattern binder-visions of a shawl-y thing for Jadine in order to keep my end of the deal-she made me a gorgeous quilt earlier this year. I started using the Kat Coyle pompom awning pattern from Greetings from the Knit Café – I’ll save final decision making until I’ve finished at least one lace pattern repeat. The socks are progressing; one is a footie, the other an anklet. The brown Fancy Image Yarn is being worked with leftover Sockotta sock yarn from Eli last year-I am cutting my teeth on the syncopated caps pattern from the Spring (or was it Summer?) issue of Interweave knits. Not sure of how far this one will make it before it is retired, because it has already caused some cursing and frogging that was undeserved.
So, there it all is, my recent knitting adventure/attempts in one quickie paragraph. And now here’s the pictures….

Penelope

I need to figure out who this Penelope character is. For the past five days I was traveling around the beaches of Northern Peru and on in to Ecuador with the graduating classes from one of the local private schools. There was a handful of parent chaperones present, and whenever anyone commented on my constant handful of needles and yarn, they always said something about Penelope. From what I translated, apparently Penelope was in love with a man who went away to war, and her parents wanted to marry her off to another. She said she would marry once she finished whatever project it was she was knitting-but the catch is that she would knit all day long and at night unravel what she had started so she never actually finished. I, however, don't unravel. I just start a new project!
As for my current projects, still missing a sleeve on the mohair hoodie, and one of the socks is to the cuffs, the other a little bit behind. What else was I working on? In any case, I also knit up a little skirt during the course of this trip. I wanted to try out the lace pattern for a sweater I was considering making, so I decided to work it as a much smaller project-what has turned into a cotton skirt perfectly sized for a toddler. Yesterday I started on a little top to match, in a different color but with the same lace pattern-pictures are forthcoming, I promise.

Hoodie and the Blowsocks

The hoodie. The hoodie. The hoodie is not much more than that, but it is done-minus sleeves. Still holding a personal debate-if I make it short sleeved, I can wear it right now, while I am down here. If I make it long sleeved, it will have to be stored until January when I return to the states, because a long sleeved alpaca mohair hoodie just doesn’t fly in South American summer weather. As it is, short sleeves will only work at night. Then I was thinking, hmmm, I wonder if there’s a way I can make it short sleeved, but leave the option to add sleeves once I get home-what do you think?
As for those stinking socks, I pulled them out of the drawer of pretend-its-done, and I will turn the heel on the second sock today. I promised myself. Still on the lookout for the mohair leaves scarf, and that Van Dam cadet hat is nearly done-thanks to two hours on a bus with nothing to pay attention to except yet another of Jean Claude’s terrible kung fu faux movies. But, I think I figured out why he is so popular down here-it is because his movies are severely lacking in intelligent conversation, which cuts down on the amount of translation that need to happen-grunts, flesh slapping, and severe stares are the same in every language.

Hannah's Cape, Re-Visited

TO BEGIN: I apologize for my slacker tendencies. BUT in my defense, I am a procrastaknitter-that name was not just to be cutesy. I have been knitting, but not writing. Actually, I whipped out a trendy retro cape this week, the full size model of Hannah’s green cape-just because I was looking through my back log of knit photos, and remembered how easy it was to make hers (two days, from cast on to putting on). I used up three of the balls of red alpaca I brought with me, the same gorgeous stuff I bought on my first trip down here to Peru. Now that the elbow length cape is done, I was thinking about elbow length gloves, or arm-warmers, in order to make fashion function in the Northwest (down here, an elbow length cape is overkill-it’s almost summer).


As for my other projects, no progress on the second cadet hat; I honestly don’t understand why it takes me so long to finish something as simple as a hat. The socks, I turned the same heel twice on one of the socks, and since I have already (hmm) turned two heels, I felt I deserved a break. And in that break, I hauled out the mohair hoodie for another revamp. Now I think it may become a short sleeve split neck hoodie, because THE SLEEVES were killing me-I couldn’t find a cuff I liked, the yarn is fickle, not me. I put the back of the body on a spare circular, and started working on the front, making it up as I go along (and writing it down, so that the back matches{hopefully}) The mohair leaves scarf is indefinitely on hold, because I can’t find it…lost in the abyss of books and clothing that is my room, or in the hands of some unsuspecting stranger who picked it up on a bus. But for good measure, it will stay in my on the needles section, as homage to MY size 6 needles that are with it.
Yesterday afternoon I went to the local yarn store-for lack of a better name. It really is more of a sewing and embroidery store, but they recently started stocking a selection of crochet cotton, and multicolored acrylic. Finding good yarn involves traveling beyond my little village, and I had to smack my own forehead for nearly purchasing acrylic yarn yesterday-I was thinking quick and cheap gifts, honestly. Does this mean I need to repent at the feet of the Yarn Goddess?
ALSO, last but definitely not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY y Feliz cumpleanos to my top site visitor, and coincidentally, my OLDER sister Jenni! You don’t look a day over 29! Lots of happy knitting to you in this year of change, as you make the conversion from crotch-eter to knitter. LOVE YOU!

p.s. Jenni, what do you think of that brooch pin for the cape? It's the one I was talking about.