Sewer's Block?! Check...

I still have Block 5 sitting~ half sewn, mind you~ on my cutting table.  My last post was the 9th of August, when I got the pieces cut out.  I have since run out of steam!  Guess that's what happens when summer vacation ends & an entire classroom need to be set up & prepared for.  Sewing takes a back seat...

...well, and I also didn't help my cause much by starting on a knitting project right in the middle of trying to get this UFO finished.  So, it looks like I'm partially to blame.  But the yarn is *so* exquisite, I just couldn't *not* start this project... If you are ever looking for a high quality yarn (without breaking the bank)... look no further then my good friend's Etsy shop.  Go here~ and buy yarn.  She's amazing! I bought the blue yarn... it's merino & silk. Just divine.  Not being a very good knitter, I hope that the shawl I'm making comes out nice enough to showcase the yarn. I'll turn into a yarn-snob real soon after working with this stuff....

Right now, I'm torn with how to spend my evening... sewing... or knitting... choices, choices, choices!!! The yarn won out the other night; so in fairness, I should probably finish the block.

WIP shots:

Block 5... in it's half-finished glory... 

My shawl... hope I don't have to tear it out & re-start... 

Of course I realize that the more I blog about my unfinished projects~ the more they *stay* unfinished... so I should get back to work.  But, one last note: am reading a fabulous book (The Friday Night Knitting Club) & would encourage any of my girlfriends to read it; wonderful book about why we all need that close group of friends-- no matter how happy we may be with our spouses.  Many thanks to whomever left it in the teacher's lounge at the end of last school year after cleaning out their classroom... I'm loving it! 

Back to work... Happy quilting! (...or knitting...)  :o)