5 days until MS&W

I have been working on the Rosebud shawl. I got the center done and picked up all the stitches around the edge. It looks like a pouch of dental floss, but I am progressing. I have done 14 rows out of about 92 for the borders. Then there is the edging that will probably take forever. I started the borders with 117 stitches per side!!!
I have also done some work on the current SIP. I had to get some work done on my car, so that provided me with about 1 hours of unterrupted knitting time for these. This pair is actually for me and not a gift.
I also got to do some spinning. Last weekend I got some more done on the Wool/Silk blend. After letting the singles rest about a week, I plied what I could and discovered that I did not have the same yardage of singles on the 2 bobbins, so I have to spin some more single then I can finish this and find out what yardage I have. I really want to spin some of the other wool I have already and I am planning on buying some more at Maryland Sheep and Wool. I only have 4 bobbins right now, but The Woolery is currently having a sale and bobbins are 15% off, so I just ordered 4 more. (This is the same store I bought the wheel from and I had great service on that order).
In non-knitting news, there are only 2 more practices before the first Irish dance competition of the year. I am a little worried, but keep reminding myself that this is just for the kicks and giggles, my life does not depend on me winning (just not getting hurt). There are also only 6 ballet classes before our recital.

An almost-FO

Here is a picture of the bathroom tile before we grouted:

Here is what the room will look like when we are done. All that is left is to buy and install a tub door.
Now for knitting content.
Here is where I am on the Rosebud shawl. I am almost done with the center section. I had all of yesterday to do what I wanted as my boys were on a backpacking adventure.

I have also been working on a pair of socks for me out of the Austermann step yarn and finished the first sock and cast-on for the second, but put off working on that this weekend in lieu of spinning more on the wool/silk blend and knitting the shawl. I have 2 weeks until the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival and I have to create a list of what I want to knit and the yarn requirements before going. I can't wait.

Bathroom re-do

Instead of knitting, I have been re-doing a bathroom. In the first picture you see the chunk of drywall that had to be replaced. This is what started the whole process.

We wanted to re-paint the bathroom. We could do 2 walls without a problem, so here you see what we hope to end up with.

Here is the corner of the tub/shower before all of the old was removed:This next pictures are after we removed all the old tub, shower, and surround:

Here is the cement board getting ready for tile.

Here is what we got done by the end of the weekend:

It is April already?

I finished the second sock of this pair in record time (friday evening to sunday morning). These are a gift for someone.Yarn: Austermann Step
Pattern: Top down Waffle Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, eye of the partridge heel
Needles: Inox 2.25 mm
Size: 5 1/2 women's

I have started another pair of socks for me out of this yarn in a different color. I really like the way it feels. Knitting has been put on hold for a while.

The weekend started with the plan that we were going to paint the bathroom a new color. Well when we removed the trim (to avoid having to be careful with the paint) we discovered a leak we thought had been fixed was not. So after patching the drywall and going to order a new tub and start ripping out the old surround and stuff we got 2 of the walls painted and that part looks great. I will post pictures of the mess at a later date after we get done with the demolition.