In spite of my good intentions, the only thing I've accomplished towards the little pouches with tablet woven edges is cutting out the leather. They've been sitting on my nightstand since I finished them.

On the hand, I have started two new projects. The first is making a chain mail camail for my son's helmet. For those who don't know, we play in the SCA and Taran is an authorized armored combat fighter. He was the FIRST youth authorized to fight with the adults in the Kingdom of Northshield. We were very proud of him.

The camail on his helm was a very sad creation that fit poorly, although it did the job. I wanted something spiffier for him, so, I got the task of creating the chain mail. It's not terribly difficult, however it takes a terrible toll on my hands. I only work on the project in the evenings but after four days of steady work, my hands were so swollen and sore that I had to take a few days off.

The good news is that my hands DID return to normal...more or less. It's almost done. I have to sew it to the leather aventaille on his helm and then make the necessary adjustments. His helm will be unusable during that time. I hope to be done by Sunday.

The second projects is yet another pair of socks. In preparation for an event this past weekend (Ages of War in Silfren Mere), I went through my fiber stash looking for something to inspire me. Since we decided to take all three dogs, I needed something that could be stopped at a moment's notice. Socks seemed the most likley since I was likely only to get through the cuff during the day. The dogs were, happily, very easy to care for during the day and I actually started on the body of the sock.

It felt so nice to get back to knitting socks. These are a lovely blend of blues. I think I'll give them to our CEO for a retirement gift. He'll like that.