So, I said last month I would make an update before the start of Tournament 5 of Nerd Wars. Yes, today is now May 31st..... I took a bit of a sabbatical from knitting. Each Tournament of Nerd Wars is three months long. Most everyone peeters out a bit by the time the third month rolls around. I figured it would be a good idea to take a break mentally and physically. I have finished up some things, which is good. I went back to dishcloths, its so easy for me to just grab some cotton and churn out the patterns I have memorized. I did do a nice one that will be given to my MIL. She is here in New York visiting her father, the husbands grandfather, who was diagnosed with a very rare cancer two months ago. She goes back to Illinois in the middle of June, so I may make her a few more things for her new kitchen. Most of these dishcloths are from a while ago, the round ones needed to be seamed which is my vice, I hate seaming. I just put it off until I have a pile that