Busy bee

So I've been home sick today, and since I don't have enough projects going (yeah right) I started a new one. I cast on "Lucky" from Stitch and Bitch nation. I'm trying out a new trick I learned... cast on the sleeves first. I've already frogged it once, because I wasn't counting right and was off a row. But, I'm making progress now. I'm using Knit Picks Andean Treasure in Wild Rose. Oh my god, I love it. It's so soft. Like butter. In a good way.

That is all. Must get back to knitting.

Bad! No more yarn!

After seeing this yarn in the store for 11.50 a skein, I finally broke down and bought some. Eee! Now what am I going to do with 10 balls of yarn?
I might make a sweater. Do I have enough for a sweater? hmm... a vest? I like vests.

The knitting is going along.... slow. I had to frog the back of my Shimmer that I was working on, because I screwed up the decrease, and I wasn't happy with a couple of the little holes. They were... off. So, being OCD I had to fix it. :P

Now I must got finish a few things before work.

Hopefully I won't buy anymore yarn....

argh!

I'm having no luck finishing things.

I made my Dad a hat for hunting. In orange and black. I thought it would work. Um... no. It barely fits me! Now the decision, to frog or not to frog. I could see if the nephew would wear it.

I just don't know. It's lambs pride, so I don't want to just toss it. Maybe I'll frog it and try a different hat.

Rip it. Rip it good.

So, after staring at my Cleaves, and trying it on again, I decided I don't like it. Never will. So I frogged it. And, in frogging, I found out how I twisted my stitches. As I was ripping along, all of a sudden my yarn turned from counterclockwise to clockwise. So. I think that's how I messed up. So Nic won't be able to help me fix it. But she can still help me on my new one. ;)

I knitted on my cobweb, and on my shrug that I put aside. I couldn't do 4 rows of the cobweb, but I think I got 2 repeats done on my shrug. I'm going to go work on that some more. At least I can see process on that one. :)

I've decided.

The blue is going to be a scarf. As is the purple cascade.

The Knitpicks palette is going to be for my fair isle socks, and my fair isle vest I will make.

That is all. :D

wooo! holiday loot!

My secrete pal rocks my socks with candy tarts!


I got goodies today. Yeah! Theres 4 balls of knit pick palette, and some lovely tidal pool colored alpaca, and some cascade... and candy! And the little box of scarves, and stitch markers

ooo... pretty... and AND theres more! Fun target yarn and...

A present for my puppy! She had to open it right away. My secret pal rocks my socks. I love her. :)

Pretty LIttle Pixie

So. I don't take pictures early in the moring. So I got my little pixie to model my Pixie hat.
Isn't that the cutest picture ever? Well. It is. I say so.
I used Jiffy yarn. Because it was a dollar. And I need to wash it. And It's the only stuff I could find that matched some fuzz. But then I ended up not using the fuzz. Oh well. I have plenty of baby pink fuzz now.


I must say. I do look cute in the hat. And I'm wearing it everywhere this winter. Even if I embarrass my husband. But he did say I looked cute in it. hehhe... I love silly hats.

I did something!

I made myself a hat.

I shall post pics later after I have cleaned my house. :)

It's a very pretty pink hat.

What else would you expect from me!

So I tried to knit on some things, but I'm just not in the mood. I want to start something new. But I have no idea what. I think I'm just various knids of bored with what I have going now. My lace shawl is killing me. I only have 5 rows done. And this is just the garter stitch part. :S yikes. I think I need to get a new row counter. That way I can have one for my sweater, and one for my lace project, and I shall not forget where I am.

Other then my hubby's socks and a xmas present and a few abonded scarves, I really have nothing exciting going on. Which is sad, because I have some lovely yarn sitting waiting to be a sweater (well, two piles of lovely yarn, waiting to be two sweaters, but who's counting.)

Ah well, maybe after my bath I'll be more inclined to knit.

socks!

I strated my hubbys' socks last night. I think they're going to be super cool. :)

That is all.

My friends are better then your friends. :)

So I went to visit Nic on thursday, and she took me yarn shopping. And she bought me presesnts and promised to help me knit. She's the bestest. :D She got me Adrienne Vittedini Fall 2004.So I can knit the sweater on the cover of the book. And I got enough yarn to make it. :) I'm so very excited.

This weekend I started a couple projects. I stareted working on a scarf for a xmas gift, and my shawl. I really should finish up the doggie sweater and one of my sweaters, but what the hell. I like having options when I sit down to knit.

Now I'm off to go buy my secrete pal a couple presents for this week, and some new shoes, because the niece ate my work shoes. Bad dog.

I'm done! And Disappoted! :(

Finished my Cleaves last night. I'm just not happy. :( There's a weird jig in the ribbing pattern, I think I may have to rip out and redo. And I think I need to make the ribbing longer too, it sits weird at the nipple level. :P

Here's a close up of the weird jig. I don't know what happened. I just noticed it last night when I finished binding it off. :p Maybe since I've visiting Nic today, she'll have and idea. I almost think it got a little tight there.... I don't know. I'm so bummed out! Anyway. I used lambs pride bluky in Lotus Pink. I love the yarn and I love the color and I still love the pattern. I just don't love mine.

I am yarn. Yarn I am.

You are Mohair.
You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with
others, doing your share without being too
weighty. You can be stubborn and absolutely
refuse to change your position once it is set,
but that's okay since you are good at covering
up your mistakes.


What kind of yarn are you?
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Lucky Husband!

So this is what I've done with my day off. I dyed some yarn that will become a pair of socks for my hubby. He's so lucky. :) Well, he's pretty cool. That's why he gets some socks. I was invisoning a progession of blues. I used robins eggs and colbalt. When that didn't look right, I mixed up some more cobalt and added a touch of black and overdyed some of the robins egg blue, as that was really too light. Now I think I may have covered too much of the light blue, but whatever. He's more into dark subtle colors anyway. I tried really hard to make something he'd like, because if it was for me, I'd have tossed some lime green or orange into the mix. :D

Mission accomplished

I ran to target, got a card, and sent my secret pal it. Yeah!
So. That's done. Now what do I do with the rest of my day?

Last night I finally picked up my "Knitting without Tears" book By Elizabeth Zimmerman. Man, she's a hoot! I was trying to figure out why I had to do a cable cast on. She explained the reason why in that book. I can't believe I've had it for well over a year and never read it before. I've flipped through and looked at the pictures (all eight of them) but that's it. I think I'm going to have to sit down and read it.

Oh! And I learned that the way I knit (left handed) is supposed to be the fastest. Why am I not finishing things faster then? Huh? Explain that to me!

Okay. Enough babble. I'm off to hopefully finish my cleaves. I've got about 3 inches left on the sleeve, and then the ribbing and I'm done!

shopping? anyone?

Damn! Why couldn't I have spent my birthday money on more books? What was I thinking buying yarn? :D
I want Adrienne Vittedini books! Fall 2004, and 2005 and Spring 2005. I also want several Debbie Bliss books. I love the cover on this book, (and the green sweater inside) this one is also lovely. and a few more I like in this one. Can't they just make one book, with all the patterns I like in one? pretty please? :D

I really want to hit Yarnzilla's sale next Saturday. But I must pay off the credit cards first. poop. I just wish I'd start on the floor cutting hair this week. Then I'd have tip money to spend on yarn. ;) Oh well. I've set aside 50 dollars. Hopefully that will be enough.

Off to knit! I will finish my sleeve on my cleaves today.

I knit, therefore I am

ooo!
Holiday Swap went out on the Knitty board. I am a NERD! I'm making a shopping list for my swap pal. :D I'm going shopping and then planning out when to send stuff off.

nerd.

Birthday Yarn!

Woo! It's here! The yarn that I ordered from Knit picks came today. I'm so happy! The yarn on the bottom is Andrea Treasure in wild rose. That's for the Lucky sweater in Stitch n Bitch Nation. The middle is Alpaca cloud in Peppermint, for a shwal from Folk Shawls. And the top is their sock yarn, in Snapdragon. And those are for socks, fo me! All for me! mwhahahahhaaa!
Hey. Your birthday comes only once a yarn. You should spoil yourself right?

I just don't know when I suddenly became such a pink girl. :)

Knitting! yeah!

I started my Cleaves yesterday. I'm using Lotus pink in Lambs pride bulky. I love this yarn. LOVE IT. I think I shall only use this form now on. That's how much I love it. :D

I've got too many projects in the works. I wanted to finish at least one more thing before I cast this on, but I couldn't wait any longer. :)

I did finish another baby hat for our friends who will be popping soon. It's the cutset thing ever.


I've also mostly finished one doggie coat for JellyBean's pups. I just have to finish the belly band, and make another one. Then of course I have 2 sweaters for myself to finish, not counting the cleaves. But, I also did finish those sock for my MIL. But now I want to make socks for my Mom and my hubby. But I'm not sure what I want to get for him. I have this stuff to dye on hand. I think he may like that. Then again, he may not care if it was hand dyed and knitted. I just don't know. But I really should be knitting. I want my cleaves!

look at me! I'm a lemming!

So. I'm a lemming. I'm following this crowd off the nearest cliff.

I know have a spot to show off my knitting.
Go me.