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.