Blast Again!

Well poop.

I had the money for The Rocking Socks club, but then they returned it, and now... I'm close. But not quite.

Oh well. I'll live. I'll just live vicariously thru Nic. ;)

Blast!

Some knucklehead broke into the gallery last night.

No art was hurt, but they stole some cash, 2 digital cameras, a cell phone and smashed up our register.

Bah.

I'm going to go take a hot bath.

Crazy Funtime.

My husbands' birthday is tomorrow. So I decided to make him a cake. Not any cake, a VOLCANO CAKE!! I'll be making it tonight, then freezing it, as everything I read about cake decorating says frozen cakes hold up better. Then I'll be decorating it for Sunday, when we're going out with the family. Now I can't decide if I should bring it to the restaurant where we're going to eat, (and possibly embarrass the hell out of my husband) Or, bring the family over for cake afterwards. I even found little dinosaurs to put around the cake. I think I may place as many dinosaurs on the cake as he is old, but that might be too many dinosaurs! :D I guess I'll just have to see how it works out. I'm super excited to make it. Seriously, I've been looking forward to this all freaking week!

Tomorrow, I think we'll be going to a gallery opening, and having super at a restaurant near the gallery. Never been to either place, so this should be fun. I hope.

CPurl17 This one's for you!

Because I am LAME and forgot my camera at home, I must show you links. I am sorry for that. :)

If you love any of these, great! If not, don't feel bad, I will keep searching. :)

Artyarns? It's like this one, with a little more purple, but not as much as this one.

Scouts' Swag? appletini? Bluetini? Storm Surge?

Yarn Pirate? Tangle? Rosie? String Theory? Earth and Ocean? Inferno? Sweetheart?

Any colorways you see there that you love? I've got quite a store of Scouts Swag and Yarn Pirate. So let me know if you see anything that makes you drool. :D

Dog sweater status

I finished a doggie sweater, and I"ll be sending it off to the GPA arts and craft fair. Because it is too big for Siris, and I'm a sucker for helping out animals. We looking at getting a retire racer, and this way I can still help.

Siris has some new jammies. A matching pair will also be sent. Hopefully I can turn out one more set before I have to mail the stuff off on Friday.

Felted Dog Bone

Currently, all I have is a picture of it pre-felted. When I get a post-felting picture I'll up load that.

Knit and Felted Dog Bone Pattern
Worked in garter stitch (knit every row)

Model knit using 4 strands of Knit Picks Palette in Petal. 2 skeins used.
Gauge is oh…about 4 stitches to the inch using size 11 needles. Bone is 15 inches long pre-felting.

Loosely cast on 3 stitches.
KFB, K KFB 5 stitches.
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 7 stitches.
Knit 5 rows
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 9 stitches

Place this part on a stitch holder, or just slide it to the back end of one needle.
Repeat for other side of bone.

Knit across one completed half, cast on 2 stitches, knit across second half. 20 stitches total
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 22 stitches
Knit 2 rows
K2tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 20 stitches
Knit 3 rows
K2tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 18 stitches
K2tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 16 stitches
Knit 1 row
K2tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 14 stitches

Knit 30 rows

KFB knit to last stitch KFB 16 stitches
Knit 1 row
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 18 stitches
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 20 stitches
Knit 3 rows
KFB knit to last stitch KFB 22 stitches
Knit 2 rows
K2tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 20 stitches.

Knit 9 stitches, bind off 2 stitches Knit to End. 18 stitches
Working on one side, K2tog knit to last 2 stitches, K2tog 7 stitches
Knit 5 rows
K2 tog knit to last 2 stitches K2tog 5 stitches
K2tog K K2tog 3 stitches

Bind off loosely.
Repeat for other side

Make 2 bones, sew them together before felting. Leave a small opening on the side so after felting you can stuff it.

Felt, Stuff, sew closed and enjoy!

Copyright KellyNelsenDesign 2007. For personal use only. Don’t sell this or pass it off as your own. It’s not nice. Karma elves will get you! If you really, really love it, you can show the love by hitting that paypal button. If not, that’s cool too.

How I spent my Sunday Afternoon

Well, I've gone and done it.

I made up my own pattern. And as soon as I'm done test knitting to make sure it's correct, I'll post it here. 'Cuz I love to share. :D

Oh, It's not a sweater or anything. It's a felted dog toy. Yup. That confirms it my Crazy Dog Lady status.

*faints*

I just scored some Vesper Sock yarn!!

YESSSS!!!

Fine.

You WIN blogger.

There. You hear me? YOU WIN!!

I give up. New templates all around. At least I can see the writing on this now.

I. Hate. You. Blogger.

I hate you with a passion. Why did you screw up my header, causing me to accidentaly load up a fresh new template? Thus causing me to lose everything? I blame you as well for Ringsurf saying I don't exist.

Hate. You.

Work damn it!

Knitting? Here? Me?

Well, I have been knitting. All my knitting is int he car, and It's cold and I'm lazy so I will take pictures later. in the Dog sweater KAL, I dusted off Cleo's sweater, and, well, that's about it. Though I did cast on another little sweater. Not sure if I'm making it for Siris or to donate. I guess we'll see how it goes.

I've been knitting like mad on the Morale Builder stockings. They will take me forever! size1 needles! ack! I think I've got about 8 inches done.

So, instead of knitting pictures, I shall post dog photos.

Mom,

I totally look silly in these jammies.











And this is how Siris likes to sleep. Curled up ON Cleo. Notice she is not amused. :)

So cold!

I am freezing today! I'm actually wearing long johns (tops and bottoms) under my clothes today. Bah! Too cold!


And speaking of cold, I got the sweetest pattern for little fleece jammies for Siris. I went to Joann Fabrics, and they were on sale, but STILL out of the one I wanted. Pissed, I ran over to Hancock Fabrics, only to discover they were on sale there too! Yes! So. I think I shall be sewing jammies this weekend. I already have a buttload of fleece. :)

Starting on the Morale Builder Stockings. I shall be knitting these things forever! Size one needles! Yikes! Oh well, they will be worth it right? I just hope that my legs aren't too chubby for them.

Not much else going on. Pretty dull here today actually. But it could just be the cold. :)

Proof Positive

Because I am a lemming.

I love dogs. I love sweaters. I love knitting. What could be more perfect?

Not much to report today.

I haven't checked to see if my muppet sweater is dry yet. It should be by now.

I bought yarn when I went to visit Nic yesterday. I have yarn to make those lovely Morale Builder stockings. Love them!

Dogs are crazy.

That is all.

Guess what's blocking!

The conception sweater! I finally blocked it. Since I was blocking my pink Muppet sweater, I figured I might as well block that one too. Yeah for blocking!


I have to keep the door closed to the spare bedroom, as the dogs think it's really, really super fun to jump on the bed and lay down on wet sweaters. Whatever. Weird dogs!

I can't wait to wear the Muppet sweater. I think I may have to were it tomorrow when I go to visit Nic. :) Yeah for fuzzy pink goodness. yeah for finishing something on January 5th this year! My last finished project of the year was on February 7th, so I totally rocked it this year.

lap cold?

You need a puppy to keep it warm!

Puppies are good for keeping laps warm.

Except when they fart.

Pink Muppet Sweater!

Remember the pink Muppet sweater? I have 1 row to finish, then bind off. Then block and weave and I'm done. DONE! The pattern is from Interweave Knits and the Yarn is Cherry Tree Hill in Cyclamen. I didn't bring it with today, Ill finish it when I get home and hopefully get it blocked right away. I want to wear it soon! So Fuzzy.

Best. Youtube. Ever.

Seriously. I don't normally do this. But watch it.

I should change my blog name

to dogs in sweaters. Because that's all I post lately. :)


I started this on the 29th and finished it on the 30th. So that's my last completed knit for 2006. And that brings my count of finished things to.... *drum roll please* 29 things.

Here's the break down
mittens: 2 pair
felted diaper bags : 2
baby hats: 9 (I think... I may be missing a couple)
dog sweaters: 6 2 for Siris, 4 for other dogs. None yet for Cleo. :(
baby sweaters: 3
Socks: 3 pair
Scarf: 1
Vest: 1
Random other things: 2 (wings and a bear sweater)

Things I knitted for myself... 1. Sizzle. How fair is that?

2007? Really?

Holy Hell, where did the year go?

I can't believe it's January already! ack!

No much happening as of late. Went to Space Aliens last night to celebrate my nephew's 8th birthday. Played some games and got super sick off the food. Fun Fun fun.

I finished the little sweater I started. Go me! I've just got to wake Siris up to take a photo of him in it. I'm kind of curious to see how many projects I finished this year. I've got them all written down, and most have photos in my knitting journal. But to sit down and count them up?

Hmm.... That could be interesting. Any bets?

Hershey's with brownies tastes like ass. Don't eat them. They sound good, but they are not.

I woke up with a migraine today. I feel like ass. It sucks. I really wanted to stay in bed all day today. I probably would have if my Hubby hadn't moved the TV out of the bedroom. I would have just stayed in bed and watched Buffy all day.

Crap! Now I think my digital camera just died. Just want I needed! It's got weird lines running across the screen, and they show up when I bring the image on to my computer. crap crap crap.
I've still got Xmas money, but I wanted to spend it on the Socks that Rock club. New camera or more yarn? I made a goal of not buying yarn for a month, and the socks that rock club doesn't count....but I really need a camera. The one I have I got... oh... for Xmas 97? I think. So I know it's time for a new one....