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Busy times

This is my twenty third year of teaching and each of the twenty three years has started out mind bogglingly busy. This is the only thing about the beginning of the school year I can count on. There are different rules, schedules, technology, expectations of what is to be taught, and students. It's a great job for a person who struggles with ADD like tendencies, forcing a complete and final finish in June and a bright and shiny future in the fall. But I'm not ADD.  I like having control, starting and completing everything in sequential order! So in the middle of all the hoo-hah I turned to what gives me total inner peace, you know... knitting! I started and finished several projects: Scott's Socks Pattern:Donna's  Easy Socks Yarn: Austermann Step Colorway: Black/brown self striping Amount:one skein Needle size: US 2 School Shawl Pattern: Sort of Silk Kerchief pattern but not really. I used the instructions from the Milk Run Shawl to get started then looked at