I haven't been doing too many swaps lately, but I couldn't resist one on Ravelry, and I must show you what Darbyrose sent me. In addition to beautiful yarn, she sent me the book I've been dying to read, and the cutest bell ever -- a bunny bell! Thank you, Darbyrose!
I also promised to show you a f.o.This is the "seamless baby kimono" I knitted for baby Narjis. I used heart-shaped buttons instead of the ties in the original pattern, and KnitPicks Shine Sport in Crocus. (Note the quotation marks around "seamless baby kimono." Narjis is not, as far as I know, a seamless baby.)(Edited: thanks, Carrie. Narjis is, indeed, seamless.)
A little bib is on its way, too. Knitting for babies is so satisfying! You get to knit little things that don't take forever to finish, and you get to imagine the little baby wearing the little things. It could become addictive.I'm reading my pre-pub copy of The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. Turn on your speakers when you visit the website. Then run out and get the book. It's amazing.
My father-in-law designed and made these stained-glass titmice for me. We have it set in our side door.
An example of our decor. This chipmunk has guarded the Dixie Cups for years, and done a damn good job of it.
I won! Thank you, Mistress Stash Enhancer, for making this bag and painting this roving for me. 
A finished object. Although I think of the colourway as "I never promised you a rose garden," it's actually the August 2008 Art Walk Sock Club yarn, knitted up in a cartridge rib scarf for a friend whose love of (fountain pen) cartridges equals my own.
