Sorry About the Absence . . .

So, I've been MiA for a good little while - almost exactly a month, in fact, but I promise that it was with good reason . . . I'm now a member of ravelry.com, which I have been describing to people as a kind of "super-facebook for knitters/crocheters."
By the way, if you do any of those things, you might want to join up yourself - it'll blow your mind, but in a really good way.

I've got some knitting done - like my first hat and the first attempt on my Thermal, and I've gotten some frogging done - like the hat for my father and my first attempt on my Thermal, but all to the good, I suppose.

I've also organized my stash by putting all the skeins in their own separate baggies. As I was telling my friend, "I got tired of them fraternizing with each other."

As far as knitting goals still in mind, my mother wants bed socks, and my dad doesn't want anything, and so is probably still getting a hat. My sister may like a gift card better than a hat and I fully intend to enjoy knitting up my Thermal!