still alive!

Whew. Sorry I haven't posted since like, last year! I must have been busy or something. OK quick review:

ND Baby hat finished in time for Christmas party, but cousins didn't even come! Now in box still awaiting shipping to said cousins. This is a pattern of Cynthia's creation, linked here. Used Dale Baby Ull yarn. Here's the hat stretched out:

The yellow side:

And finally, the green side:

Vacation in AZ! Weather wasn't super nice, even rained a few times, but enjoyed visiting with my mom's family. Some nice weather:


Knit a ballband dishcloth for my grandma while I was there! (Peaches n Cream Cotton)


I got a digital camera for Christmas!!!!! Now all my knitting pictures will be crisp and beautiful (if i can hold it still)(obviously this pic was taken with my webcam):


Just finished a scarf for the red scarf project yesterday! (Lion brand "Color Waves" in sunset red... just cast on what i thought was enough sts and did garter stitch till i ran out of yarn - one skein:)



OK enough pics for now, Hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year's! Now it's time to get all those new years resolutions going... eeek...

P.S. Finished Harry Potter scarf, but still need to block it!

Almost forgot:

I made this ballband dishcloth real quick the other week for my friend Alicia. She picked out the colors from my cotton stash, and it knit up pretty darn fast. Just forgot to post it. I did give it to her as an xmas present, so I guess it counts as Christmas knitting that's done. Woot!


Not bad, eh? I also cast on for another dishcloth last night. I hope to have it done by Saturday so I can give it to my Aunt as a xmas gift, especially since she's my godmother and gets ME a present every Christmas.

I checked on my blocking items this morning, the scarf feels dry already, the gloves a bit damp still. Ill leave the gloves sit until this weekend, but I might unpin the scarf tonight so I can add fringe. Mom requested some!!!! I mentioned maybe making a hat out of the other skein, but she didn't seem too interested. She said I could save it to make something else. Now there's a Christmas present! haha.

I was over at my parents' last night to help bake cookies for the party this weekend. It was tiring! Got a bunch done though. (Also ATE a bunch... ugh too much sugar...) I haven't eaten any candy or anything yet today, so yay for me.

Oh, and I have the first green stripe done on the yellow side of my baby hat! I totally am going to get it done in time. What a relief! :-)

OK, back to work (hah)... good luck everyone with your own Christmas knitting. :)

In your FACE, christmas knitting!!!!!

Look!!!!! What's that??? Mark one item off the christmas knitting list!!!! WOOO! Got my mom's scarf DONE.... look at that baby. Awesome. It only used one skein of Manos! So the other skein could maybe become a hat???? We will see.
Check out that sweet progress on my baby hat! Done with the green, and halfway with the yellow! I totally am going to have it done by Saturday. (yeah... I hope!)


Surprise! Remember these? Fetching! I had them done months ago... Its nice to have had one christmas thing done, but next year I need to do that with MORE... heh heh. Anyhoo, giving them a block so the top ends don't curl. I also stuck some highlighters in the thumb holes to try and help shape them.... weird, probably, but I thought it would work.




While I am on my blocking frenzy, I got mom's scarf blocking too!


I considerately pointed out my tools of the trade for blocking. ;-) It looks pretty good! Finished blocking dimensions are 4 1/2 inches by 58 1/2 inches. Perfect! Love that Manos del Uruguay yarn. If anyone else wants to make one, I just cast on 20 stitches and did k1, p1 ribbing. Thats it! Easy as... a scarf. Heh.

SO! Now to finish the baby hat, and if I am really crazy, do some more dishcloths or another pair of fetching. (But that's just nuts! :-))