Craftylilly: The Celebration Death March Begins

With the turn of the calendar, the Craftylilly family begins to put on our celebration caps for a very long two months. This year it started a bit early with PQL's preschool auction. I put a lot of work into working on the raffle piece of the auction and am very pleased that the event went well, and a good amount of money was made for the school. Today is my parents' anniversary. Happy Anniversary, you two! Then we've got Mother's Day, RR's 6th birthday, my dad's birthday, RM's birthday, my birthday, Father's Day, and RM and my 10th anniversary. You'll find me at the end of June, passed out on the couch, with a noisemaker clasped between clenched teeth, a lampshade on my head, and only the vaguest idea of what hit me.

Due to all the celebraton prep, I haven't had much time to take pictures and share some odds and ends I'm working on. I have been working on some things though. I've got a wrap started for a friend of mine. Her birthday is coming up, and I decided to knit a Lauryn wrap from the pattern and yarn that Rowan international sent me for renewing my subscription. It's a nice knit; the dropped stitches provide some interest, but the knitting is easy. I'm quite a bit further along than this picture shows. I modified the pattern a bit after reading about other knitter's experiences knitting it. I'm making it not as wide so it will be longer.

I'm also still dabbling with chainmaille. I just completed this little bracelet. I took an orphan art bead, and then paired it with a "Lacey Chain" chainmaille pattern that I got from a wonderful book called Chains by Becky. The pictures and instructions on how to work the chains are excellent. I'm thinking of trying my hand at some other chains as outlined by this book. Now to just find a spare moment. *cue ironic cackle here.*