Back to "knitting at lunch"

Harry Potter was GOOD! Thats all I will say, I don't want to spoil it for anyone not finished with the book. HURRY UP! Just kidding :)

Here's a shot of Cynthia and I knitting in the conference room...


Desperately trying to squeeze in a few more stitches before our hour is up!

Cynthia is working on her baby surprise sweater, which now just needs buttons... you can check it out on her blog. She also put up a wierd picture of me... lol.. I dunno i look odd... oh well! I am working on my baby blanket that M and I are making.

And I get to go to M's Stitch n Bitch this weekend, it will be my first "real" one! I am excited to meet all her knitting friends... after all, I am the one who got her knitting!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Knitting Hiatus

I am not knitting currently... because all of my free moment are being devoted to this:


Woo!!! I am halfway through and its great already... I can barely put it down!

Ok, almost lunch... and almost time to read... :D

I've been tagged!

Cynthia tagged me with this quiz...


Personal Style Quiz

Rules: You have to choose one of the two. You cannot answer "neither" or "both." You can indicate that you like both or neither, but you must state a preference.


Animal fiber or plant? Animal (both really.. cotton is good)

Natural or synthetic? Natural

Ornate or simple? Simple

Color or Neutral? Color (Although neutrals have their place too. I don't dislike them)

Pastel or Vibrant? Pastel... although it depends!

Blue/Green or Red/Orange? Blue/green

White Gold or Yellow Gold? White Gold

Gems or texture? texture... sometimes gems can be pretty in small quanities lol

Watch or no watch? No watch... I used to wear one all the time.

Comfort or fashion? Comfort. I am very not fashionable.(as hard as I try)

Trendy or classic? Classic

Cables or lace? Cables, although I am enjoying my first lace project right now!

Heels or flats? Flats, or short heels. I hate to be much taller than I am now.

Flip-flops or sandals? Flippies! I wear them all summer long.

Skirts or pants? Pants... skirts very occasionally.

Geometric or floral? Geometric

V-neck or turtleneck? V-neck because turtlenecks tend to bug me after awhile.

Skulls or butterflies? Skulls!!!!!!!!!!! Like my skull scarf, woo hoo.

Loose or snug? Loose I guess, but I really prefer "fitted" (shaping is a good thing)

Long hair or short? Long!

Headbands or barrettes? Ugh... I guess, barrettes. (neither really)

Shoulder bag or handbag? Shoulder bag, but not the long kind... the kind up under your arm.


OK there ya go! I tag.... Jessica.

Fetchingly FO

Finished my latest Fetching!

Turned out pretty nicely...


Still need to block them so the ends don't curl so much.



Woo hoo! Now.. what's next... baby blanket perhaps?

Friday the 13th

Oooooooooooo spooky! Friday the 13th! It is so bright and sunny and beautiful out, it doesn't feel like a scary day at all. :-)

I took this picture this morning of my swatch for the baby blanket M and I soon will be making out of the Knit Picks yarn I got in the mail the other day....


Such a nice picture with the morning sunlight shining on it! The yarn is awesome too... so soft and pleasant to knit with. Can't wait to start working on the blanket!

Ravelry is amazing. I have already uploaded most of my stash and a lot of my projects. Anyone who is still waiting, be patient, because it is totally worth it (and plus, the longer you wait the better the website will be when you finally get in!)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Ravelry!!!

Finally! I got my Ravelry invite!!!! I could not be more excited. I signed up May 22... so I have waited patiently. It was so worth it

For those of you who have an account too, here's my info page:
http://www.ravelry.com/people/stitchholder

Add me as your friend!

If you don't have ravelry yet, here is a screenshot of my projects page:


Sooooo awesome!!!!!

Tonight I will probably be on for several hours playing around... it's so cool!

Yarn candies and more yarn MMM!

So much yarn!!!!!!

First off, the Dream in Color baby sweater kits (the ones that the Yarn Harlot made so popular) that Cynthia and I ordered came in, so I got into work to find this waiting on my desk:


woo hoo! What a cute pattern!


The yarn is so pretty and in small little balls... they look like candies... almost good enough to eat?


Lol I am a big strange, yes.

Then today when I went home for lunch I found this waiting for me on my doorstep:


More yarn! Hooray! Its a box o' Knit Picks Swish Superwash, and it is going to be a blanket for a cute little boy I know!

In other news.... my car is OLD:


I guess it had to happen eventually! (It's a '98)

Have a good rest of your week everyone!

Skully

The recipient of the skull scarf liked it a lot!!! Evidenced by this picture of her wearing the (wool) scarf in 90 degree heat!


Also, got started on a pair of fetching, and I am already halfway done! Here's my finished glove and the start of the second one:


You will notice they look a lot like another blue fetching I made... which they should because it's the same yarn! I love Sublime... cashmere and silk and merino... mmmmmm!

Skull FO

Woo hoo... A Finished Object! I think I remember what those are.... :-)

I completed AND blocked my skull illusion scarf. Knit with less than 2 skeins of Cascade 220, in their "heather" colors.

The blocking process:



Finished and beautiful! This was definitely a fun pattern to knit... I hope I will get to knit an "illusion" pattern again!

Hourglassy

Hourglass progress from last weekend! Sorry it took me so long to post :)

Knitter Injury

So I suffered a TRUE knitter's injury this morning. The story:

Getting into my car to go to work, I had my knitting bag slung over my shoulder (per usual). As I sat down, I had a sharp pain in my shoulder. I said out loud "OWWWWW"... and the proceeded to look to see what got me... I looked down at my knitting bag and saw THIS:

and then looked at my sleeve and saw THIS:

and then looked at my ARM and I got myself!!!!!

Eek! LOL. Time for a non-fabric knitting bag, perhaps??? haha. Oh well... I survived.

Let's see... Oh i was going to show my now (somewhat) organized knitting storage:
Needle drawer... using a silverware organizer (lol)...

General stash that has SO overflowed these drawers into other parts of my apartment...

A giant ball of cotton I got for 5 bucks today!!!!!

And, just for fun... baby geese :D

Bits

Let's see... what to report?

My awesome new-to-knitting friend (yes, I drug her into the world of knitting) mailed me a beautiful present.... this awesome skein of Patons SWS:

I knit a small swatch of it already and it is GORGEOUS!

I love the subtle color change. I am thinking I can get a cute hat out of this skein... we will see!

Hmm... non-knitting wise, I transplanted my poor jade plant from its tiny starter pot into a "big boy" pot:

Yay how exciting! Now it can ACTUALLY grow. Maybe big! :-) I am sure it is happier already.

In other news, happy 31st anniversary to my parents tomorrow! Not that they read my blog, but I am happy for them. :-)

And the past two days have really reminded me of what Indiana weather is. Rain, sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain & sun, sun, rain, rain, rain, sun, sun, rain, rain & sun, sun, rain... LOL like every 10 minutes. While driving I alternated from rolling my windows down and putting on my sunglasses, to rolling them up and turning on my wipers. Hooray for the midwest!

Have a great week everyone!

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.

The good and the bad

Here is the good:


Finished baby sweater! It turned out alright for my FIRST SWEATER EVER! lol.
(thanks to Mr. Penguin for modelling.)



Of course it was just garter stitch, but my first time seaming went alright! Gives me hope for my hourglass sweater. Speaking of which...


Yup. There is the bad... had to rip it out! I "tried it on" last night after putting it on a scrap piece of yarn, and it was too big. Just now I got it cast on again... so I hope this one FITS. Whew!

I think im going bowling with my brother tonight, that should be fun. I'll let you know if I break 100. (Usually happens once every 3 games... lol)

Coming Soon to a blog near you:

Teaser pic! Hopefully this will get sewn up tonight and pics of another FO tomorrow!

In other news: Hourglass sweater might get a try-on tonight. I want to make sure it is going to fit right before I knit another stitch. Of course, it is only like 6 inches long, so it will be like trying on a belt... but it is driving me nuts not knowing if it's the right size. Maybe that is why I havent worked on it? Sweaters are such a big commitment! Maybe I am a commitment-phobe. That is why I have made so many ballbands.... haha. Hopefully I can settle down with my nice hourglass and live happily ever after (once i know it will fit!).

Rainy crappy day... good day for knitting!