Not exploded.

I made it! My ovary didn't kill me! :)

Also. Totally not fair. I thought I had completed my collection of Vesper yarn, when I suddenly see colorways that I haven't seen before. Namely "tequila sunrise" and "in the wildwood" Poop! I totally could have bought some too. I was home, I was just avoiding the update. :) Ah well. I guess I shall start stalking her shop next time. Since I really need to pay for breaks on my car, and not more yarn.

Tomorrow we leave for our vacation! Woo! I've got my clothes packed, and I almost have all my yarn packed.

The Day my Ovary exploded.

Yup. That's right. I've got another ovarian cyst. Woo! Joy!

I made it to work today, but ended up leaving and going to the doctor. Because I just love getting wanded up the woo-hoo.

Apparently it's 3 centimeters big, and shouldn't cause my ovary to totally explode. But, it hurts like a mother trucker. And the Tylenol-3 only takes the edge off.

I'm going to go lay down and sleep now.

Crappy Picture. Pretty Sweater.

Well, I didn't get all the billion ends woven in yet, or buttons. But it is done.
It fits like a dream. Seriously, I can't wait to finish this thing and wear it. Even if it's 90 degrees outside. I don't care.

A sweater that soon will be.

So. Anyone want to sew this up for me? Pretty please?

I still need to go get some buttons for the thing. I'm thinking I'm going to go hit the craft store today, and hopefully fine some buttons.

I found a mistake on my sock, and had to rip it back four rows. I've worked on it last night after I finished my sweater, so I feel less guilty now.

I have 2 fulls skeins left over of the yarn for this sweater. So.. now what to make. Baby sweater? Hmm... swap it away? Keep it on hand for a just in case project? I just can't believe I didn't use it all up. I got gauge, so that's not an issue. (I learned that on on my 17th attempt to knit organina) I may have bought one extra skein "just in case" But still. Boo on having too much extra yarn.

Here's what I'm thinking on bringing to the lake for my vacation knitting.
1) swap sock.
2) sock to be determined out of vesper yarn for me
3) Sweater for my niece (needs to be cast on)
4) Sweater for my brother (needs to be frogged and recast on)

Too big of a list? I know I'm going to have 2 full days of knitting. Plus half of one had and the rides there and back. I might cut the list down a little. I'll see how much room I have to pack. :)

Sock Porn

So, I've been holding out on ya'll and I'm sorry. I've been hiding this away from prying eyes.That's Aquamelon, Meteor, Neapolitan, and Strange Little Mama.



Soon to join their ranks will be Love Stinks (yeah yeah). I can't wait for that to get here. :)

I think I will be packing one of these to take with me on vacation. I'll also be bringing my Swap Sock I'm knitting for the Knittyboard sock swap.

I've sort of set this one aside this week, and I feel guilty about it. So it's going back in my bag to work on my lunch hour again. The pattern is from Nancy Bush's book "Knitting Vintage Socks". It is the "Fancy Silk Sock". It's not silk but it sure is fancy. The yarn is from Scout's Swag and the color is Puesta del Sol.

I've been seriously working on my Sweater Babe pattern. I've got half a sleeve to go, then I just have to sew it up! :) The only issue is finding buttons. I'd like white ones, but I'm not sure I can find decent white buttons that big. I'd even be okay with those shell type buttons. I just don't want dark wood or leather ones. Well, I've got to run some errands today, so I may swing by the craft stores to see what I can find.

So. Excited.

So my hubby and I have both been in a weird funk lately. Especially we got some rather... disappointing news. So, we decided to go on a mini vacation. Just us and the dogs. We were thinking about going to the Black Hills, but that 9 hour car ride with 3 days to go would have killed us. So, we're going to his Mother's cabin in Brainerd. Not exciting, but quite. And the dogs can swim. I'm so freaking excited I can't even tell you. I've got next Friday off, and away we go. I'm currently picking out knitting things to pack. woo!

So I'm knitting. Really I am.
Pretty, no?

But I have been doing alot of this lately.
Taking the puppies for walks. So many walks. I wish I had a fenced in yard some days. :)

Oh F*ck! I just realized I missed Amy Singer. Dude. That totally sucks. :(

KIP

Did you?

I remembered this year!

It went something like this.

Him: You're knitting?
Me: Yes. Of course. I have to. It's knit in public day. If I don't they will throw me out of the cult.
Him: Oh.


We were at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs for his grandmothers birthday. And I knit after I got bored with gambling. And if you're ever there, eat the "Seafood Tower". I'm just saying.

Go now.

And vote for my Husband's Comic. He's made it to round 2! I'm sure you all love Prince Valiant, what with the sexy haircut and all... but Hulk vs Bizarro is better!

That is all.

Meh.

There has been knitting. But not alot.

I frogged Rhiannon because it was one. size. too. big. FRICK!

I cast on my second pink/yellow sock and have finished the inch and one half of ribbing.

I've been working on some baby booties to go with the conception sweater. If I get my butt in gear they could be done tonight.

So yeah. No exciting pictures of knitting. I'll leave you with photos of my dogs.

Stuff my Dog ate.

File this under... "stuff my dog stole off the island and ate."


A sweet potato.


And some knitting. Note the monkey and quarter for scale. :)
I don't know if you can see the cables. My monitor is crap. On the camera I could see it. But not here. Oh well. There are cables on it. Really. There are.

Oh, And As for the knitting issue I had, I decided to dig out my hubby's socks and finish them. I think they're about the same size now, all I need to do is split the ball in half and knit until I run out of yarn. :)

Knitting Conundrum

So. I have a issue. I like to knit on my lunch break, but bringing Rhiannon back and forth is beginning to make me nervous. Plus, I only get like... one row done. What to do!!?? Do I finish up my second sock in the Lorna laces sassy stripe? Do I start up a new sock in the Vesper I just got? Try that potumus sock finally? Argh!!!

I think I should maybe finish up the second sock, but I only have 1 pair of size one needles, and Rhiannon currently on that. Poop. So maybe I better go dig and see if I can find some size 2. Then at least I could start something else. Something easier. For at lunch time.

Not related to knitting.

As some of you may know, I'm married to a freaking genius. (He's my husband. I can call him what I want.)

Anyway. He's been working on this little online comic, and some folks liked it and voted for him to be in a... I don't know what you'd call it. A comic off. Or something.

Anyway. I'm going to pimp him out. Go here to vote for him. If you want to see all his work his website is 50footrobot.com His comic that's up for voting is Hulk vs Bizzaro. Yeah, I don't get all the comic geeky references, but it's funny none the less. Also, I think you have to register to vote. Could you take 10 seconds and do that?


Thank you all.

Next time there will be knitting.

7 days of knitting

And one skein of Knitpicks essential and this is what I have.

The cuff to Rhiannon.

Dude. I hope I got enough yarn! :)

This has been the only thing I've knit on all week.

Dude!

I just got some vespar yarn.

Stumbled right over in and it fell into my cart.

Whoa.

New Swag!

And for once it's not yarn!

The lovely Splatgirl agreed to make collars for my doggies.

Here's Cleo, all tired out from the walk.

And the little man. Who is never tired after a walk.


She does some pretty sweet work folks! Go buy something from here. Do it!

The Dog ate my Breakfeast.

Well, yesterday he did. He jumped on the island and ate my yogurt and granola. Boo!

Yesterday I cleaned the house from top to bottom. So you know what that means? Guiltless knitting all day! :D Woo! I think I'm going to cast on some socks. Since I got the rest of my radio yarn in the mail. I got knitpicks sock yarn, in black, purple and blue. The purple will be Millicent and the black, Rhiannon. I think I'm going to cast on for Rhiannon. That's calling my name right now.

We're going out to eat today with the whole family ( his side and mine) for Mother's day to Coyote Moon today. Never heard of it until last week, but the food is supposed to be good. So here's hoping.

Other then that, it's a slacker day. I think I'm going to hop into the shower and then get comfy on the couch and knit.

Free Yarn!

remember that 100 bucks I won on the radio? Here's some of the yarn I got. :)


After looking at my stash, I've decide that I don't have enough solid sock yarn. So, I only bought solid sock yarn. I think I'm addicted to sock yarn. But that's okay. I can handle that.

It was my friend Jenny's birthday yesterday. I got her sock yarn and the promise to help he knit socks. I'm tying to hook her too. :)

Also, saw the weirdest thing last night. Some emo highschool kids went into Perkins, sat themselves at a table and started to EAT the FOOD that was left there by the previous customers. When they got kicked out, they(the kids) were rude about it. Saying they should have been told they could not do this.

Um... isn't that what your mother is for? Seriously.

Umm... Thank you?

Thank you to whoever mowed my lawn while my Hubby and I were at work. That's super keen. I think. Weird...yes. But Super Keen. Who are you? I'd like to thank you and apologize if you stepped in any dog poop.

clever. witty. me? Nah.

I think I need to knit more.

Seriously. I've been hopping blogs, and see this super cute finished item.. and think... "hey! I want one" Then... "hey, didn't I start swatching for that? Don't I have all the yarn I need and even that pattern? what gives?"

Yeah. I finished the left front of the Sweater I'm working on. I just had no interest in casting on yet. So. I knit on my pink and yellow socks. Which is good, as I turned the heel and and am cruising down the foot now. But still. I want my sweater finished! I want to were my Argyle vest!

I think I may have to drag that out and finish swatching for it. There's no way I'm heading blindly into that one.

I do have an urge to cast on for something. But I want to cast on for some new socks. And I've already got 2 going. So there's no reason to cast on another one. Really. No reason at all.

I think I'm going to finish cleaning the kitchen then drag out my swatches.

good knitter.