Ut oh...

What is that???? Laceweight yarn??? LACEWEIGHT?!?!?!!!!!!!???

What have I gotten myself into now.... heh heh heh. Perhaps... some sort of lacy shawl?!?!!!!

Don't worry, I am making DesignatedKnitter knit it with me (so she can be my tech support) :-D

Stay tuned... I may even be knitting from a CHART! Dun dun dun!!! Horror!!!! lol

Booties

Thanks for your comment YarnThrower... I forgot to link to the bootie pattern I use!

It is Perfect Baby Booties, and believe me they sure are close to perfection! They do have a seam along the bottom and back (I always photograph their good side) but its really not too bad even with my crappy sewing skills. Plus with only 2 ends to weave in, I love it!!!!!


And I forgot I finished a pair of secret booties, which cannot be disclosed until I gift them to their recipient... :-)

Knitting wrap-up!

OK so here is what I have been doing this past month (besides planning the whole wedding thing and trying to buy a house)

1. Chenille washcloth for a mother's day present:


I wrapped it up real cute with a fancy lemongrass soap! Mom loved it :)



2. Cotton Baby Sweater


A cute summery cotton sweater for my little nephew :-) It still needs a button (toggle)!

3. Baby shower hat & booties - for friends of ours having a shower next weekend (what??? im done early??? no way!)





Not a bad little baby set, although the hat came out a leetle bigger than i'd hoped. Oh well, babies grow!!!!!

What I am working on now:

Well... I have some socks im knitting myself. Haven't touched those in a bit...

Otherwise...???

Time for a new project! lol

Busy Bee

Sorry I havent posted in a freaking MONTH... but my life has suddenly become even more hectic...

on top of the impending wedding, we decided to MOVE to a new house TOO! Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I promise I will get a real post up soon... I have already turned the cotton yarn I got from the knit stop into a cute sweater, I have finished several booties and a baby hat, and hmm what else... not much else but thats pretty good!

Hope everyone is having a good week.

TIME FOR BED!

Here is a pic of some beautiful clematis growing in our backyard... just for a nice cheerful pic to end this post on....

Oh also...

While I was in Indy to see the Harlot, we swung by the Knit Stop yarn store to browse and kill some time.

I bought some soft cotton yarn to make my baby nephew some sort of summery sweater...


(Debbie Bliss Pure Cotton) Pretty!!!!!

Also, in the back of the store on the floor... we saw a GIANT BOX OF DREAM IN COLOR SMOOSHY JUST SITTING THERE UNATTENDED.

My plans to drag it secretly out of the store didnt work, but I definitely wanted to climb inside that box and bathe in the beautiful colors for awhile.

I settled for a hug. :-)


Sigh....

Harlot n Me

ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yes... that is me and the one and only YARN HARLOT! Look, we are totally in a picture together like we're buddies!

She came to Indy on her book tour and I was SO GLAD I finally got to hear her speak in person and meet her!!!!! She is SO NICE and freakin' hilarious!!! I barely stopped laughing during her speech!


Here you can see her signing my book, and you can see the beer I brought her! Its a Mad Anthony beer, brewed right here in Fort Wayne. Woot woot!

Also I have started my first "real" pair of socks, and I took it with me that day to meet the harlot and get "sock pics" just like she does... lol...


Sock on left, Harlot on right. ;-)

I freaked out over the size 2 needles initially but now they aren't bad at all!!!!

Anyway it was a great trip to Indy and now I have my very own signed book, and some great pics. Hope any other harlot fans out there get to go see her!

OH! AND I want to give a shout out to my first random blog fan, JULIE! HI Julie!!!!! Apparently she knows my knitting guru and coworker Cynthia, and they ran into eachother at the Harlot signing. Julie made a comment wondering if "Knitting at Lunch" was around... of course Cynthia knew who that was! I was totally amazed that I had blog stalkers!!!!!!!!! :D

I also got to meet Rachael, who ive met through Ravelry... we both made it to the harlot signing and BOTH made it (our pics) on the yarn harlot blog, Rachael for her washcloth and me for my first socks! See if you can find us!

http://yarnharlot.ca/blog/

Anyway, TGIF, hope everyone has a great weekend... I know I am sure ready for it!

More glovies + YH!

Well after making that first pair of gauntlets, I learned of a package being sent to a friend and was asked to contribute. Not wanting to give up the cranberry colored gloves I was hoping to keep for myself, I took up the challenge to knit ANOTHER pair before the "due date"!!!!

I win!

I used the leftover yarn from my sweater. I think they turned out nicely!

Also, tomorrow Designated Knitter and I are going to see the Yarn Harlot in Indy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super pumped. I am bringing my copy of her book, my pair of first socks (maybe ill make it on the website) and hopefully a sock in progress (gotta get on that tonight, lol)

Hope everyone else had a good weekend... I got to play with my nephews. It rocked. :-)


<3 baby boy <3

Hugs from the big brother!

Gauntlets

Whipped these out not long after the sweater was done... I guess I just needed a small project to "take the edge off"... hahaha



Pattern is Symmetrical Braided Gauntlets, used Rowan Cashsoft Aran on US7's. Love that yarn!

Still a little damp...

But I had to put it on. :-D



Yay :)


Sleeves were a little big, but besides that it fits great! I consider that a huge success for my first sweater. Now the whole world of sweater knitting has opened before me.... ;-)

ITS A MIRACLE

THE HOURGLASS. IS. DONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



(Blocking)

OMG ITS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Start Date: Like Feb of 2007?!?? Or earlier? WHO KNOWS?
End Date: April 12, 2008
Yarn: 7 skeins of Knit one Crochet Too Parfait Solids in "Dusty Lilac"

YAY!



Yes. It is off the needles. I spend the whole day weaving in ends and kitchenering the armpit holes shut and tacking down the hems and ALL THAT JAZZ. Whew.



But: its BLOCKING. its DONE. I could WEAR IT TO WORK MONDAY OMG!!!!!!!!!!

<3 My First Sweater <3

I am proud.

Oh, and I made this little bear lovie/toy for a friend's little boy:



Yarn: 1 skein of Crystal Palace Puffin in "Dotty Blues" and some scrap black wool for the face.
Pattern: Lion Brand's Bunny Blanket Buddy



Only mod was I didn't knit bunny ears, but fashioned bear ears by just knitting a few rows and then doing a few decreases. It was well received by the little guy (he started chewing on it). Lol.

Not quite ready yet

So I have my hourglass in the yoke, and am decreasing merrily around the shoulders.

Today, while knitting at lunch with my knitting guru/coworker Cynthia, I got the bright idea to "try" my sweater on.

I put the rubber stoppers on my circular, and proceeded to try and wiggle into the sweater. First, cynthia had to come help me pull it on. Second, when cynthia was going to get her camera, the rubber stopper popped off one end of the circular and i lost a few stitches. Third, I couldn't really put my arms down because I need to knit a lot more in the yoke LOL.

But all that aside, I got to try it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(I am holding one end of the circular cuz that darned stopper flew off)

And more importantly, from the halfway try on I feel that the sweater is going to fit around my middle. The sleeves are a smidge baggy (I even added a decrease and ommitted a few increases) but they will be more comfortable this way.

Now I am even MORE excited to get it done! WOOT!

Also, when is spring coming? Because I am tired of still having to warm my car up in the mornings. Sheesh!

30th

Happy Birthday Greg :)



The present you gave me for my last birthday will forever top anything I could get you! (He got me an engagement ring!)

Hourglass

PROGRESS!

ITS ALL CONNECTED! IN THE YOKE!


(do you SEE the excitement in my eyes??? DO YOU?)

Zomg people, i MIGHT ACTUALLY finish an ADULT SIZED REAL LIFE SWEATER in my LIFETIME.

Knitting gods be praised!

CAKE!

Good thing my nephew was born last week, because next week is my Fiance's birthday!!!!!

I won't post his age online, although I will say it starts with a 3 and ends with a 0. Hahahaha!!! OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well to help celebrate with his family tomorrow, I baked him the bday cake of his choice:

Lemon Cake with Raspberry Mousse.



IT TURNED OUT GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I baked 2 additional "mini cakes" so we each could taste the cake before its debut tomorrow.



I was a bit put off at first, since it uses a store bought cake mix, but it was so easy and had several mix ins that personalized the cake and made it DEELISH! The tart lemon cake is offset by the lightly sweet whipped raspberry cream frosting - and then a layer of raspberry filling in the middle. Just the right amount of texture and flavor.

I was excited to whip actual whipping cream. I believe I achieved "soft peaks" with success, although I really didn't know what I was doing. :-)



I am adding this to my repertoire for SURE!

Auntie x 2!!!!

Guess what! I have a new nephew!!!

Holden was born on Tuesday and he was 7lbs 11oz!!!!!


Isn't he so cute??? Look at that hair!!!!!

I spent a lot of the day helping play with his older brother Cash(who turns 2 in May):

(we were looking at the birds flying outside)

He wasn't really interested in his new brother ;-)

Hope everyone else had a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dress Shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went on my first outing to look for a wedding dress yesterday. I took my mom and my future MIL and it was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!! They are both great helpers/note takers/photographers!!!!!

I really can't post any pics though, can't let the DF see anything yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just thought i would share. It was definitely an exhausting afternoon though, some of those dresses felt like they were made out of drapes! Whew!

Never forget the noro!!!

I forgot... I knit a silk garden beanie on Sunday...


A quick pattern that uses up one skein of Noro silk garden.

I loves it!!!!

It's a miracle!

Yes people, hell hath frozen over...

I have picked up my hourglass sweater.

Originally started in Feb of 2007 or so, it has been ripped out once and restarted, and now I am finally back on it making progress.

The body is knit up to the armpits.


I have started a sleeve!


It is all very exciting around here folks... I might even get to wear it this year! (ha)

I also finished a cute little baby boy hat to go with my blue booties with ties:


It will be a gift set for my fiancee's coworker.

Hope everyone else has nice weather... I am sick of snow!!!!

Time for an intervention...

because I am addicted to booties.

Green pair? done.


Another pair, this time sky blue and with the ties? done.


Sheesh! :-)

Houston, we have a bootie

Isn't it so cute?!????? I want to make 20 of these! lol :-)