Happy New Year!!!!!!

Noro!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

It has been fah-evah since my last post... but all of that is about to change. It is official... I no longer work for someone else. I am back to working for myself, and it feels great!

Along with this new sense of freedom comes more time to knit! Yay!! I have already started on a pair of socks. I ordered the new Noro sock yarn from The Loopy Ewe last Wednesday and it was at my door Friday. How is that for customer service! So anyway, I went to a dinner Saturday night and casted on as soon as I finished the course.



Here are the socks. The 2nd is almost complete, most likely will be finished tonight. The yarn is interesting, though. It feels like the worsted weight Noro but just sock weight and knits up wonderfully on sz 1. It still has the thin/ thick slubs in the yarn. When I finish, I will give the yarn a good soak and see how it blooms. The color is 95 and it was a total accident that the colors matched up that way! i will have enough yarn left over to knit a pair of anklets :).


Happy Knitting!

What I'm Up To....

I just wanted to start off by saying Thank You to all of you guys that wished me well. I a doing MUCH better now and feeling great. :)

This is the diaper cake that I made for my boss that never made its way to the baby shower! It took me about 45 minutes to put together and when I finally did give it to her, she loved it. I had a blast making it and I already have requests to make one for another baby shower! Let me know if you want the details on how to make one.




This is what the cake looked like after i had shrink wrapped it!





So, I have been knitting here and there. This was supposed to be finished for Rhinebeck, but I never made it there. Hopefully next year I will be able to attend. My clappy is almost finished. it is about 5 ft long now. I am trying to use up every bit of the yarn and make it as long as possible.



So...I foung this sock in my stash just waiting to be finished. I started to knit it a while back and forgot about it, until now. For some reason, I have been really good at completing the first sock, but when I get to the 2nd sock, I lose the drive to finish it, better yet, start it! Last week, alone, I finished 4 socks and have yet to cast on for their mates. Most likely, I will cast on for the 4 socks sometime this week! Wish me luck!




As if I don't already have a billion projects OTN, I casted on for this stole. It is the Lily of the Valley stole from IK. I want to have it finished for a Christmas gift, but we'll see about that.

Edit: I'm working on the Forest Path Stole!


That's all for now! Happy Knitting!!

ouch

this is how i spent my sunday. i was in a car accident and it ended up in the ER along with my best friend. i'm alive and so is she and that's what's important, right??

I'm Baaaack!

Soo... this is what I wanted to post about last week. I treated myself to a new purse!!! Woo Hoo!! This will be my winter purse. I can fit a ton of stuff in it!




This is my knitting/ laptop bag. I LOOOOOVE it!!! Knittting in style! LOL!!




I do have some knitting to show! Here is my Clapotis which should be done for Rhinebeck. I really want to wear it there!



It will be about 6 ft long by the time I am finished.




So, my brother an I were in TJ Maxx last week and i snapped this pic of him. I could not stop laughing while I took it, I'm surprised it came out at all!!

That's all for now!

AHHH!! It's Fall...

... and I have yet to complete 1 sweater. I thought by now I would have knit, or at least started to knit one by now! I have the pattern picked out and the yarn and needles ready to go, but not even a stitch started. I guess it was not meant for me to knit a sweater this year.



What I have been knitting, is socks! Tons and tons of socks! O.K., maybe not tons and tons, but socks are pretty much my carry along project that I knit during my spare moments ( which
seems to be more and more consumed by work!) and that is starting to become few and far between.



Between being sick and work, I have had some time to start a few projects and also finish a few as well. Today, I started on a sock, toe -up with a cable pattern that I came up with. The yarn is Lorna's Lace's in the River color way from The Loopy Ewe. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with LL. One day I love it and the next day, it's meh... But anyway, today I'm loving it and I am already past the heel of sock no.1.








Here is a close-up of the pattern. Maybe I'll write it up one day!









Next to the LL sock is the Embossed Leaves Socks. I absolutely luuuurve this pattern! I think this is the third pair that I have started! It's a super easy pattern to remember and looks really pretty on the foot.









So, in my fit of startitis, I have cast on for another Clapotis (the blue/purple one on top). I knit one of these way back when I first started knitting and have been meaning to knit another from a better quality yarn. For this Clapotis, I'm using Shaefer Anne from Little Knits. Yes, That's my secret spot for BFL, Shaefer, CTH and many others. (Please save some for me!!!) I'm using sz 6 32 " addi lace needles (from Little Knits as well) and I hope to have this finished for RHINEBECK!!!! Yes, I have already requested those days off from work. O.K. Back to the Clapotis. I Love the pattern and I will probably knit 1 or 2 more for myself (I have a few more skeins of Shaefer Anne in the stash!!)



The other knitted blob in the picture is a shawl/ baby blanket that I started in BFL I forget the colorway and it is the Christening Shawl pattern from Shawls and Scarves. It's coming along slowly but surely.



I do have some F/O's!! I started these back in June but just got around to finishing them!








Stats: Started: June 10th ish..
Finished: Sept 10th
Pattern: Plain Vanilla 60 sts
Yarn: Claudia Hand Painted in OOPS!



This yarn was super yummy! I can't wait to start the next pair!









Stats: Started: May20th
Finished: Sept 10th
Pattern: My Own (Dragon Skin Lace)
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber STR in Watermelon Tourmaline



The yarn was a pleasure to knit with. I guess I got bored with the colors during the 2nd sock b/c I went 2 1/2 months without even touching it! I might order more in the future.



Well, I will have a super yummy post later on in the week (hopefully this cold is gone by then) and I will show my new acquisitions.....

Laterz!

Sockapalooooza!!

Woo Hoo!! My socks are here and the fit great!! Thanks so much Alison for setting up the swap! My socks were made by Anji. She used the Whitby pattern from Knitting on the Road. She also hand spun the yarn for the socks too!!




She also includes about 720 yds of HAND SPUN merino!!!! I am sooooooo lucky!!! Thanks so much Anji!!



A few weeks ago, I went camping. I snapped this pic of a young doe. How cute is she??


We also built a fire and roasted marshmallows for smores! Yum!!


So much has happened in this month, too much to blog about! Hopefully, I'll be able to blog more now!

Happy Knitting!!!