I have a new obsession

French Bulldogs!

Isn't that the second cutest dog ever! Second to mine of course.

I want one.

Stupid expensive taste. Stupid 'designer dogs' costing a buttload of money.

I tried to tell my hubby that the first anniversary was a dog.

He's too smart. :D He didn't buy it.

So if any of you out there want to trade a dog for... Yarn, fabric, free hair cuts/colors for life.... I'm your gal!

apparently they're so popular people are importing them from other countries to make a fast buck. Crazy talk!

Etsy!

I put up some stitch markers that were made by the other half of my brain, and myself last night. I was to put them up a bit more expensive, but then I saw that most of them were going for about two bucks a marker, I got a little scared these wouldn't sell. :( I hope they do! They're super cute!

I also put up some lovely Yarn on eBay for her. Nic, I had to use mine, as it wanted a credit card number or paypal info to take the fees out. So yeah. We'll figure that out later. :D


Busy bee!

work work work

So I've made some progress on my projects.
Here's my little Dale of Norway sweater. Chugging right along. Now that I've got the repeat figured out, it seems to be going pretty fast. I'm still on the first ball of yarn, so I can't be that far along!

Here's my muppet sweater. I've got the front done, now I just have to do the back neckline like the front, then the sleeves, then the cowl. I'm hoping to be done soon. :) It's a pretty fast knit, what with these big needles and what have you.

gah.

Slowest. Project. Ever.

I'm importing all my cds into my ipod. (finally!)

I am so going to be here all night, and late into the day tommorrow.

My new project

I started out with the Flower basket shawl, and got utterly lost. So I frogged and went on to the mohair pullover, because I am a sadist. Really.
I love the mohair. I'm using Cherry Tree Hill Filaro in Cyclamen. I got it for a steal off of Ebay.
Anyway. I love it. But I think I may look like a muppet. A giant, pink muppet. But who cares? Right? Because it is mohair and it is soft and yummy.
And, there is no way in HELL I'll be able to frog this thing. This, pink, pink thing.

Groomers 1 Cleo 0

So I took my dog to the groomers, to be washed and have her ears swabbed and toes trimmed.

They did a faboo job. She's not shedding everywhere.

But... Look what they DID to her....


Look closer...

Here's a better pic....


That's right. Her toenails are PINK and GLITTERY!

I almost peed myself when I saw that.

What to do....?

So I frogged that shrug and I finished a scarf that was sitting around yesterday. I also knit about 1 inch on the baby sweater. Now I'm drawn to start something new. But I don't know what I want to do!
I looked through my Interweave Knits, and found 3 projects I want to start.
The flower basket shawl, using some Knit picks in either Peppermint Alpaca cloud or Sweet Peas gossamer.
Or there's the Mohair cowl pullover in a fuschia mohair. Or, that shrug I frogged.
I have the yarn for all three projects on hand! Goodness! Well, without swatching the mohair, I think it's the right gauge. I'll have to go look.

I did like the lace pattern worked up on the shrug. I just need to pay attention to it while I knit. The flower basket shawl looks pretty, and with two strand held together should work up fast? Hopefully? The mohair sweater in just neat, and it would be super comfortable. Fuzzy pink....mmm... (insert Homer Simpson noise here.)

What to do?

Row counter set to zero

Since I had some quite time today (hubby and dog both taking a nap) I decided to work on my lace shrug from IK summer 2004. While, I was up to row 27 when I noticed things weren't lining up. Again. So I just decided to frog. I don't know if I'll try it over, or try something else. I do like the pattern. I just don't know. I'm afraid that by the time I finish it, the fashions will have wildly shifted and everyone will be wearing ponchos again. Or Madonna bullet bras. That's a rational fear... right? I'm sure it is.

So know I don'tknow what to work on. I could finish that baby sock that's been kicking around for far too long. Or I could keep trying to swatch for that new sweater I want to start.

Eh.

I just picked up a new book. It's called Itty Bitty Hats. I love it! So cute. Some of the stuff is... A little... gaudy for my taste, but most of it is super cute. Some of them I'd even make in my size! :D

Other then that, not much new on the knitting front. I suppose I could post some updated pictures of the little blue sweater or the felted diaper bag, but the lighting is poor today. That's my excuse.

My first design

So it's only a little bear sweater. But still.

This is for a friend of my parents. He rides on his motorcycle . And the poor little bear needed a new sweater to keep him warm. I think I may even give him a little scarf. :D

You take the good, you take the bad...

So.

I got fired form my job yesterday.

So today, to celebrate, I went and bought a ball winder.