Noro Cash Iroha sweater back

It has not been a month since I last posted! Um, the poodle ate my blog posts.

Quick catch-up. For my birthday, Hans and I went on the Blackberry bRamble, a bike ride sponsored by GEARS. We did the 43 mile loop on our Burley tandem. The ride went out to the Crow-Applegate-Lorraine school, where there was a perfectly timed food stop, and then back to Eugene via the Fern Ridge bike path. And the crowning touch: blackberry pie and ice cream at the finish! Yum. Hans was captain (in the front) for the first 2/3rds, then I captained the rest of the way. I'm getting better at the captain position, learning how to relax while I'm steering so I can save my arm strength for when I need it. I'm the best stoker ever (stoker is the person in the back seat) , which requires balancing, pushing hard up hills, and being nice to the captain.



Megan and I went to the Eugene Emeralds Stitch 'n Pitch last night, it was fun to be at a ball game with oodles of knitters! 75 people bought tickets, not a shabby turnout.

I've actually made some knitting progress, and here to model it is my paper-tape dress form:

I've knit the back, and one half of the front. I'm planning on casting on the other half of the front on this lazy weekend.

And a progress shot of the bathrooms:


Oh, my aching back!