A Nikon in Peril

Well, it's official. My Nikon is currently winging its way to corporate to have the good camera doctors there explain why the shutter isn't closing.

I really love this camera and I'm also really pretty broke right now. We didn't budget for camera surgery this month. I just hope that whatever is wrong with it is fixable. But, you know, easily fixable. Like, $50 fixable. I could swing that.

Pretty busy weekend. I worked both days and I need to remember when I work at the yarn store that it is absolutely necessary that I have a project in progress with me because if I don't I just daydream about all of the yarn I could buy between customers. My current daydream project is this vest from the new Classic Elite Autumn 2. It would be my first steeking project, my first Veronik Avery project, and I have promised myself I would learn to do colorwork with two hands instead of dropping, which is what I do now. See the lengths to which I'll go to convince myself this is a good idea?

I really can't say enough good about the new Classic Elite books. Alpaca Stories and Autumn 1 and 2 are just amazing. I want to knit essentially everything in both of them, but I have sewing to finish before I treat myself to more yarn.

Speaking of, the new Smooshy came in last week, in more colors than you can imagine. So beautiful. It makes me want to knit socks.

But then I won't have my lovely camera to photograph them.