So I'm Nervous.

I've got a new part time job. Well, two actually. I've neglected to tell you about the first one.

Mid-June, I left my position at Yarn Garage. It wasn't the easiest decision, but I'm happy now and that's what matters.

I now work at Knitter's Palette Yarn Shop. I love my new job and the people I work with are great! Everyone has been really nice and made me feel very welcome.

But that's not the job I'm nervous about.

A friend of mine recommended me to a lawyer whose legal secretary will soon be going on maternity leave. (I used to work in a law office when T was little.) I met with him and his secretary last Wednesday. That went well, I thought, and we agreed I'd come in this Tuesday to practice dictation and shadow his LS to see how things are done, etc.

And I'm so nervous. I've only really taken dictation once and I'm terrified I'm going to do badly at it. I can type fast and pretty accurately, but not when someone's watching. I always end up getting so nervous and messing up. I'm hoping they'll let me try it out and then leave the room.

I'm also nervous about the whole experience in general. It's been a while since I've worked in an office and even longer since I've worked in a law office. I hope it will come back to me quickly.

I've been practicing taking dictation the best I can. I've put audio books on my iTunes and then just typing everything they say. It's been pretty helpful, for the most part. Except when I know I make a mistake and then my fingers get all fumbly and soon there's a whole word there that doesn't make any sense. Oh well. Enough about that.

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Onto the knitting front. There's actually been some! Aren't you excited?

This is a hat I've knit out of my most recent handspun, the Neapolitan. I coupled my handspun yarn with Rowan's KidSilk Haze in a soft shade of pink. They matched perfectly!

This photo is of the top of the hat. Strangely I didn't take one of the whole hat by itself. Oops.

There's going to be a pair of gloves to go with this. It was going to be a pair of mittens but I decided that since I hate mittens, I'd rather knit gloves. I've got all but the index finger done on the first one and a whole couple pages on notes of my pattern. I hope I can make sense of them to get the second one done!

Pattern: Fabulous Fuzzy Hat
Yarn: AJ's Neapolitan Handspun, Rowan KidSilk Haze
Needles: US2, 3mm, 16" and 32" circulars


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I'm also working on the Mystery Stole 4. Let me just say, there's a LOT OF BEADS. GoodNESS.

I have already made one rather large modification (which I hope doesn't come back and bite me in the butt). I moved the beads from Row 2 down to the cast on row. I thought they stood out better there than they would between two rows of garter st. I'm farther than I was in this photo - both of them have clue 1 complete and one is about halfway through clue 2.

A friend of mine and I are working on MS4 together and it's been fun to see the same thing by two different knitters. Hers is blue with silver lined blue beads and it's just gorgeous.


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I'll leave you with two closing (hilarious) statements.

"The status is NOT quo..." - Dr. Horrible.

"Stop referring to me as a flurge. I googled what it means and I do not like it." - Amy Poehler as Hilary Clinton