update, finally!

OK! Lots of catching up to do. First off, here is the first ballband dishcloth that I completed, but never got a finished picture up: And here is the second dishcloth that i finished yesterday, this one will be a gift for my boss: Those are so easy and quick, I really love making them now! OK now, back to the IHS!!! Remember that old scarf? Well i have had pictures i needed to show ya! Here is me, modeling the scarf shortly after it finished blocking: So went over to the parents' place to give dad his present... i guess he liked it because he put it on right away! haha...! My dad, lovingly strangling me with the scarf I made him... *awwwwww* Coming next: The adventures of scarfy!

Shake & Bake

WOO! Last night I saw Talladega Nights and was NOT dissapointed! hahaha...

OK so this is not an intellectual movie... It is a duh duh comedy, but it definitely has given me new fodder for quotes! The next best quotable movie (from Will Ferrell) since Anchorman. So if anyone notices strange quotes (see title of this post) they are probably from the movie. :-D

Anyhoo, I hope to be getting pics of my dad wearing his new scarf soon. I have to get copies from my parents, who took pics with their digital camera. Meanwhile I have been working on the baby blanket, it's going fine... I better hurry though, because the kid is already 7 months old! EEK!

Have a good weekend everyone!

In the meantime...

While the lovely scarf finishes drying (I felt it again this morning, feels dry... so I am unpinning it from the floor this evening!) I have grabbed the baby blanket to work on again. Now, skeins usually work by finding one end of the yarn, and pulling out from the center of the skein. The yarn is supposed to pull out nicely so you can just knit away from that. The yarn I am using for the baby blanket is THE MEANEST, and tangles and does crazy stuff... so I was like, FINE: I will wind it into a ball. Needless to say, it was hopelessly tangled.... The yellow circle highlights an impossible tangle of yarn that is the result of many hours of untangling. There was only one solution left... (besides pulling my hair out in frustration)... Cut it. Yep.... grabbed the ol' scissors and cut that stupid knot out. So then what? Two balls. Oh well... Not a huge deal. And now the yarn is well behaved and ready to go again. Coming soon: beautifully blocked IHS! I am so excited!!!!!

Mission: Blocking

I bought a lot of pins! Here is the beginning...



Halfway done, it's looking so much better! :D I can't believe how skinny the unblocked portion was.



DONE! Now you can see the cables, woot!

I am very pleased with how straight I got it, especially just doing it "freehand". YAY BLOCKING! Not too bad of an experience. I filled up the sink and submerged the scarf in it. Then i picked up the soggy mass of wool (which smelled funny, lol) and let it drain for a minute. It looked a little fuzzier... so I was definitely being very paranoid about not accidentally felting it. Next, I rolled it in a towel to squeeze more water out. Finally the pinning... and there you have it, I blocked something! Wooooooo! I felt the fabric this morning, still a little damp, but Dad's birthday isnt until friday, so I am way ahead of schedule! :D

Today should be a good day. My friend Shawn is taking me out for sushi as payment for taking care of her pets last week when she was on vacation. And then tonight I am going to a concert at Piere's (for free!) with my work buddies. I am excited, Breaking Benjamin and Evans Blue are playing. So many fun things today and I don't have to spend a DIME! (Which is fantastic since I just paid rent, ugh.)

Anyone know if it will hurt the scarf to febreeze it? I want it to smell nice for my dad.

YAY

Guess what I did last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAST OFF THE SCARF! Woo hoo!

I am going to buy pins at lunch today, so tonight: blocking! I am so on top of things, dad's birthday isn't until friday! :D

Ill try to get some blocking-adventure pics tonight.