No progress made - no pictures to show

So I have hit the black hole of knitting with my Irish Hiking scarf. I am knitting and knitting and it does not seem to be getting any longer. The ball of yarn is getting smaller but the scarf seems stuck. I will keep plugging along though because it is frickin cold and I need a warm wool scarf!

I ripped out my gaterlac dishcloth. I was having a hard time with it and decided to set it aside for awhile. I did cast on for a cloth for my exchange partner from the dishcloth group. I am not sure if I like the pattern or not but I will knit one more repeat before deciding if I want to to keep it or rip it. I still have not touched my fuzzy foot and I have not cast on for my sock for the KAL. I guess I have some work to do. I hope to have some pictures up in my next post - this is getting pretty boring even to me! Until next time ....

Another one bites the dust

Another weekend that is. Mine did not have such a wonderful start. While driving to work on Friday my car died. Luckily I was only at the end of our street so it was not that far to walk back to the apartment. We are still not sure what is wrong or how much the damage is going to be but I am not optimistic. It's times like these where having a credit card would come in handy. Oh well, nothing I can do about it but wait.

Yesterday my sister and I had Sisters Saturday. We had lunch at Olive Garden and went to the movies. We saw Freedom Writers, We Are Marshall and Dream Girls. They were all excellent. I hope to have reviews of them up over at Crazy Knitter Reviews soon. However, I highly recommend them. Be sure to bring your tissues to Freedom Writers and We Are Marshall - they are very emotional. Also, the scene in Dream Girls where Jennifer Hudson as Effie sings "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" will win her the Oscar. I was also happy to see that she no longer has bug eyes when she sings like she did on American Idol. That used to drive me crazy!

Today I actually got some things accomplished. I managed to organize my closet so when I open the door things will not fall on my head anymore. I also broke out my hubby's Christmas gift and wound my first skein into a ball.

It is not beautiful but it will do. Our furniture is not the easiest to clamp onto. What we have that is not glass is to thick or shaped wierd. However, I managed and I am happy.




I hope everyone has a good week. Until next time ....

Project Spectrum 2.0

I have been feeling like I am in a bit of a creative rut lately. While I have been knitting, I have not been thinking outside the box. While I have tried to push myself further my lazy tendencies have crept in. That is why I have decided to join Project Spectrum 2.0. I'm hoping that this will be another way to help me break out of my comfort zone.

I have some plans brewing in my head already. I do not have any specific patterns in mind but I am thinking more of techniques. I would like to do something with beading, not sure if that will consist of making jewelry, adding beads to my knitting, stitch markers or more. I also want to dye some yarn. I want to work on a sweater. Maybe I will leave that for August/September so I can make it in my favorite color purple. I am also thinking of doing some dishcloths, photography, socks, afghan squares and more. This is going to be fun - I can not wait to get started. Until next time ....

Some packages, some frogging and a warning

So it has been an interesting week. I left work early on Friday because I was not feeling very well. After a long nap though I was feeling better so I decided to suck it up and got to Knitter's Night Out at HYAW. Then it was of to Amici's for some more knitting and martinis. I guess I must be getting old because I only had one and I had a wicked headache when I woke up yesterday. It was worth it though. It was a good time and I got quite a bit of work done on my Irish Hiking Scarf.

While I was laying on the couch Friday afternoon the mailman came to the door. A few weeks ago I entered a contest over at Debi's where my uncanny ability to remember stupid pop trivia helped me guess the correct answer. My name was thrown in the random generator and I was lucky enough to win. She put together a wonderful package.

She sent me a ball of Opal, some Kelly yarn that is a cotton and acrylic blend, a nice card from her and the P-Man and 800+ yards of a beautiful merino lace weight.





I am not a big fan of red but this is just a beautiful crimson/ruby colorway and I love it. It is very soft too. I am so glad that hubby bought me that ball winder and swift for Christmas so I can wind this without ruining it. Now I need to find a shawl pattern to make with it.


So I have one FO to show you.

This is what was Fuzzy Foot #2 but it has become FF#1. After looking at the first one I realized that this one was way bigger and that the first one probably would not fit me after it is felted. So tonight I ripped back to the cuff and I will start again. I just hope that I have enough yarn to finish it.

Now I need to be a busy little knitter. I am working on the previously mentioned Irish Hiking Scarf and Fuzzy Foot. I also have a gaterlac dishcloth on the needles and the Knitting Novices sock KAL starts tomorrow and the next dishcloth KAL starts on Tuesday. Wow that is a lot to work on at once but at least I won't get bored. Now for my warning. Please be careful on your way to work tomorrow. We are supposed to get a lot of ice and snow all over the lower half of Michigan tonight so driving tomorrow will be treacherous. I want you all to get to work and back safe so leave early and take it easy. Until next time ....

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So I hope every one had a happy and safe New Year. This past week I have been trying to get back in the swing of a regular schedule. Why does work always have to get in the way of our lives? Well there was one good thing that happened was this.

Yeah that is Steve Yzerman's jersey going to the rafters at JLA and I was there. It was a very nice ceremony and did not seem at all like it was almost two hours long. Of course we left the game early because I was tired. At least I saw what I came for.


I have not been knitting as much as I should be. Sometimes I just can not seem to muster the mental energy during the week to knit. However, I do have a FO to show you.

This is the January KAL for the dishcloth group. It was a very easy pattern to knit. The details are located here. Now I am off to enjoy the rest of my Sunday evening. Have a good week everyone. Until next time ....