Finished Objects and New Yarn

So I have been a finishing fool the last week or so. I have completed three projects since last Saturday. The details for these are located here as always.


This is my second MDK Ballband Cloth. I love the contrast of this version much better than the first one.







I finally finished my Irish Hiking Scarf. This will be very warm once the cold weather gets here in a few short months.






Yesterday I finished the knitting on my Fuzzy Feet. Tht little bit of yarn on the right of the picture is all I had left over. I was sweating torwards the end of the toe decreases. Now I just have felt them.


I have also made two stash enhancements.

This is Malabrigio Lace Weight in Purple Mystery. It is purple even if it looks blue in the photo. I bought this at HYAW's Knitter's Night Out last Friday. For $10 this is the softest, yummiest yarn I have felt. There is enough to make a small shawl so I will look for patterns soon.







Today I went to Joann's to buy some ribbon yarn. I want to blend it with some eyelash I have to make a MP3 cozy for my trip to NYC this week.




Speaking of my trip to NYC we leave early Thursday morning so we will be staying at a hotel down my the airport Wednesday night. I do not think that I will be able to update before I leave so I will see you on the flip side. Until next time ....

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 ....

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 ....

A dishcloth, a fuzzy foot and your civic duty

So there has actually been some knitting and some finishing around here. First up I finished the November KAL for the dishcloth group.

If you can not tell it is a turkey. This was a nice mindless knit for when I was watching TV. As always the details are located here





Here is the first completed fuzzy foot. Please ignore my sun, moon and stars pajama pants (oh so sexy). I finished the knitting on this yesterday and then dutifully went to knitting help and watched the video on the kitchener stitch so I could finish this up. However, after going through the contents of my notions bag 3 times I realized I had managed to lose not one but two tapestry needles. Oh well, I just ran out to Michaels at lunch today to get some new ones. I actually did not mind kitchener. People make it sound like water torture but it was easy to me. Now I am about a half inch into the cuff of the second foot. Once that is done I think I will try to hand felt them. The part of living in this apartment that sucks is that we do not have our own machines and it costs $1.25 to wash each load. Needless to say machine felting is not easy to do.

Finally, I will leave you with this friendly reminder. Tomorrow is election day so do not forget to vote. There are no excuses - the polls are open from 7am to 8pm so you can find 10 minutes to go in and do your duty. This reminder has been brought to you by this crazy knitting poli-sci major. Until next time ....

Here's to the passing of the funk - I hope

So I am feeling a little better than my last post and I am hoping that the funk is passing me by. I have actually been knitting this weekend. I am plugging away on fuzzy foot #1. I am about 2 inches from where I will start the toe decreases. Here is a progress shot.


I am actually very proud of myself. I hate picking up stitches so I put that off for a while but last night I just decided to get to it. I was pleasantly surprised that once I concentrated it was easier than my previous attempts. Maybe socks are not to far off for me.

My job is safe for the time being so that is also part of the reason why I am feeling better. However, I am still plugging away trying to find a new one but this time of year is always bad for job searches. Plus the Michigan economy still sucks so there is not much out there and many people applying for each open position. A few months ago a human resources manager told me that in a little over 24 hours after they posted their ad on monster they received over 250 resumes. All this for an administrative assistant position that paid on the lower end of the scale. All I can do is keep trying and hoping that something will open up. Have a happy rest of your Sunday evening. Until next time ....

Dishcloths and socks and packages - oh my!

I have been trying to write this post for 2 days but I never seem to get around to it. I better get going before I run out of steam again.

Here is the October KAL for the dishcloth group. It is sort of hard to see the pattern but it is a cat. I started this in black but I could not see the pattern well so I went with the hot orange instead. Details are here as always. A cute and easy pattern over all.

Here is my fuzzy foot progress. I was able to accomplish all of this last Wednesday. I worked on it while I was out knitting with my girls and then continued when I came home to watch Lost and Dancing with the Stars. It is an easy pattern and I am halfway through the heel flap. Although I did get a little overexcited and knit 4 inches instead of 3 for the cuff but oh well. I just have to make sure the next one matches.

Finally in the mail today to cheer up a dreary Tuesday I received my bookmark exchange package from my partner Lisa. She really spoiled me. She sent some chocolate (lavender flavored), chai tea, The Other Boleyn Girl (which sounds interesting) and her bookmark. Thank you so much Lisa! I hope you like my package as much as I like mine.

In conclusion - Go Get 'Em Tigers, my Sparty's suck (I really don't want to go freeze my butt off on Saturday while the Buckeyes kick our behinds) and what the heck is up with this? Until next time ....