Yup...I'm still alive

Howdy! Betcha thought I had falled off the face of the earth, huh? Well, you all haven't missed much.
With the boys getting older (yesterday was my oldest's 3rd birthday!), they're demanding more attention (imagine that) which means little/no time for fiber arts. Plus, I got a 2004 883 Custom Harley Davidson Sportster in December, so I have another hobby to compete for my attention. Not to mention that it's snowbarding season, too, although the weather hasn't been great this winter in 80-degree So Cal.

Knitting:
Well, ashamedly, I don't have much to report by way of finished projects, even though it's been like over 7 months since my last post. I made a sweater for my baby, finished an apple cap for a co-worker's soon-to-be baby boy, and a Fair Isle cap for my brother's girlfriend. Of course, I have already promised both my brothers and my sister-in-law a cap as well. Need I say that I, myself, am wearing a store-bought acrylic abomination on my head when I go boarding down the slopes?

WIP: I'm still slogging away at a dark green Viking cable cardigan which I only work on during breaks at work...children make it hard to follow involved charts. Last weekend I had attempted to start the "Cozy Cardigan" by Kathy Zimmerman (pg 73) in the Winter 05 Vogue Knitting. This was a failed attempt since I was converting the pattern to knit circular, and I got the fronts mixed up, so the 3 inches of knitting I actually got done is worthless. Oh well, I wanted to try a different bottom border anyway. So it'll be to the frog pond for that one, and then back on the needles.
By the way, I had tried my new Denise circular needles on this, but had such an awful time of having to push the stitches around the "sticky" cord. Maybe it was my wool (Brown Sheep's Top of the Lamb), but I had to dig out an Inox to use or I would have gone nuts.
I recently got the "Sensational Socks" book, and am now inspired to start knitting socks again. I have a constant sock in progress, and I pulled it out yesterday with the intention of starting the heel flap. However, I noticed 1/2 way down the leg, that I had unwittingly dropped a stitch, and then had knitted blithely on for another 2 inches. So, I'll toss that guy in the frog pond too. Boy, it seems like I'm making negative progress.

Spinning:
I've got even less to report here. I made a nice skein of some dark Romney I have in my stash, and now the entire 5-lb bag wants to be made. I really like this fleece since it is long-locked, the colors vary from really dark to medium grey/brown, and it spins so easily. I'll get to it again eventually.
But it's being overshadowed by my most recent exciting find: Brown Sheep mill-end rovings from The Sheep Shed at http://www.thesheepshedstudio.com/Roving.html. I got 2 pounds of roving in the "Brown Tones" and this stuff is lovely! I'll post pictures once I figure out how :-) But it's got lovely colors and it spins so easily. I'm actually spinning from the fold because I like a loftier yarn and the fibers are so parallel in their rovings. So, I got my package yesterday, hurriedly picked up the house, and got to spin after the baby went to bed. I've almost got a bobbin-ful, so I'll be ready to ply soon. I can't wait to see this stuff plied.

Alright, well, hopefully I won't disappear for months on end again, and my subsequent posts won't need to be so lengthy. We'll see.....