Finally!

A blog post! Who would have guessed? I have actually been pretty good about knitting a lot lately. Here is what I have to show:

A finished ballband, ready for gifting...


Progress (gasp!) on my whoreglass, er i mean hourglass sweater (haha)...


A striped scarf...


or IS IT??? Secret skulls, I love this!!!!!!


Also, I got Cynthia to make me some beautiful stitch markers...


I kept those and sent the rest to Jessica... gotta share the lurve!

No progress on my branching out scarf... that is on the backburner in favor of the sweater and skull scarf. But it's still alive! Maybe i will give it some attention this weekend... a nice, 3 day weekend, yay! Well, yay until next week when I get to try and make up those lost 8 hours the rest of the week... being a temp sucks!

Anyhoo, hope everyone has a safe and relaxing memorial day!

Eeek!

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger lately! I have some progress to post about, but it will be coming this evening, I promise!!!!

Hope everyone has a good friday :)

Knitting is in-tents!!!

OK so my friends are trying to get me to go camping. Of course you have to test out your tent before you go to make sure it is OK... check for holes, etc...

But while you have the tent in your living room, it is always good to give it a test run:



See the intense look of concentration on my face as I knit inside a tent. Heh heh... I wonder if I will encounter any "wild knitters". I have heard about them... roaming free, knitting with whatever they can scrounge from the forest. "Free range" knitters, perhaps. LoL.

(Oh, and I am working on a ballband dishcloth, in case anyone was wondering.. haha)

Birthday Boy

Over the weekend I got to go to a special birthday party..... someone turned 1!!!

(Don't worry, the cake was promptly destroyed after the pic was taken!)

I don't think this kid could be any more cute. He is adorable! AND he is the lucky recipient of that baby sweater I made! and it fit over his head, score!


The sleeves were a little long, but hopefully by time winter rolls around he will have grown some! His mom liked it though, so I am happy!!! :) (Oh, and I didn't make the hat, I can't claim that skillful knitting!)


Here is the progress on my branching out scarf... not too shabby, eh? I am really enjoying it so far. I like how the colors are coming out too. The only question is will I keep it for myself or use it as a gift? Oh well, no hurry on that. :)

Have a great week everyone!

Knew Knitting

So by now I am sure you have heard the bad news.... Fort Wayne's only LYS is closing. :'( On the bright side, everything is 25% off right now!


Woo new yarn!!! I got two shades of pink Lamb's Pride Bulky, for various upcoming babies I will probably knit for (also cuz i liked it... haha), AND three beautiful blue skeins of cascade 220 for a baby sweater. I love it!!!

As for current WIPS:


Here we see the classic ballband dishcloth... I always seem to be making one of those.... and also, my small little start to the Branching Out scarf. Lace is fun! (by fun I mean, this is not good TV knitting)


Ah yes... the ol' hourglass. Back on the needles and just to the point of "positive knitting" (past the point where I stopped before) It's good to have it back, and I am looking forward to my goal of having the body done by june. :)

Yay the weather is nice! AND this morning as I was leaving for work, I noticed that the geese that live around my apartment started to have babies!!!! Baby geese are so cute, I am looking forward to watching them grow up this summer.

New office episode tonight! Everyone better watch!!!! Now I am off to play with my yarns. Ahhh :)

May?

Wow... I can't believe it's May aleady!!!!! Sheesh. Where has the year gone? :(

Well after reading Cynthia's latest monthly list of goals, I would like to throw out a list of my own. I am hoping this will help me keep on track.

1. Work hard on the Hourglass sweater. I don't expect to be able to finish it anytime soon, but I would like to be close to finishing the body by the end of the month.

2. Branching Out Scarf. This is a little something for me... I have had this yarn forever that I got on sale a long time ago. I had decided to make this scarf with it, but havent gotten around to it until the other day, when I swatched. This is a low priority goal. :)

3. Scarf for my friend Mary. She mentioned how she liked Maroon...and scarves... and I just so happen to have a leftover skein of that dark maroon Manos del Uruguay leftover from my mom's scarf!

4. Ballband... yeah, i somehow have ANOTHER one on the needles. I might give this one to my friend's mom. Moms like dishclothes, right? hehe.

5. Pair of socks... using SOCK WEIGHT yarn. Now that I have my first pair of socks under my belt, I am excited to make a "real" pair of socks that can be worn while wearing shoes. I even have the yarn already, from Cynthia's stash sale. :)

6. Also, straighten up my yarn cabinet, because it is a freaking mess!

OK I think that is all I have for now.