Ho-hum

So I got 7 baby hats done. Not too bad if you ask me. :)

I'm packing for my cruise (I'll be gone the 4th thru the 11th) and so, of course I need to pack yarn. I've been thinking about packing my birthday sweater. (Hello Nic! I love it!) I'm going to have to sit down with the pattern again and see if I dare bring it on my trip. Other wise I've got my hubby's socks, a scarf, (or two) cobweb shawl and crop sweater to finish. Maybe I should pack a couple of them to work on.

Decisions!

Now the baby can come.

Why do I only have 3.75 hats finished? Because I was finishing this bag for my friend Tonia. She's having a baby any day now, and needs a cool diaper bag. Not a ugly plastic Poo on. No. A cute knitted one.
So I finished it last night. As you can tell by the lack of proper lighting. The shower is today, in about 45 minutes. I've wrapped it up and am just going to get socks, then I'm on my way. I can't believe I did it. Now, I must get off my butt and knit more hats! Holy carp! Only 5 days left! (yes. I did mean holy carp. It's funnier that way.)

woo!

One baby hat down. Seven to go.

Small setback with an I-cord, but I'm overcome that hurdle and am pressing on. I don't think I'll have any chance to knit today at work, wich makes me sad, but I do get off at 5pm, with no plans for the evening, so hopefully I can get half a hat done tonight.

Dyeing is fun.

Well. It is.

Today I dyed up some wool from a sweater I recycled awhile back when I was sick. I figured I was too ill to knit, but I could frog just fine.





These first three skeins I dyed in shades of pink. I think they turned out lovely.

These next three are even better. I mixed only 1 scoop of color of black, yellow and purple. I love how they turned out. Totally unexpected.

I just love how the purple is really a bright pink, and the black isn't harsh at all, the the yellow is bright and mixes so well. It was a pleasent surprise. I like playing with the mixes and getting something totally unknown.

I'm going to hunt down some yarn and a couple baby hat patterns and toss them into my lunch bag. If I plan it right I can take a late lunch and start casting on at 2pm. That's the offical start time of the Knitting Olympics. Go me!

I'll try and post some pics of my progress. Or, if I can't take the time away from knitting, of my finished hats. :)

Before I forget...

My goal for the knitting olympics is to make 8 baby hats. Ta-da! Not very exciting I know. But I knit slow. So my goal is to be able to make 8 in a span of 16 days. I can do it. And, I will use up stash yarn... yeah!

First finished project of 2006

So what if they're just a pair of mittens? You got a problem with that buddy? No. I didn't think so.

They're made out of Noro, from a mitten pattern I found in a magizine. They're for the Mitten Swap on Knitty.

I want to keep them! They're so pretty. I'm going to try to send them out today. If not, for sure tommorrow. I can't wait to see what come in my mailbox in return.