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KAL update

Ash is still on injured/reserve and Angelique is still working on her yoke (because she is tweaking the pattern). I kind of feel like slowing down so they can catch up a little, but they assure me that my being ahead is very much like having their own test knitter. I will be able to see if any problems may crop up and then help them along.

My progress...

This reminds me of you…

Something happened recently and it really had me thinking. Thinking about how certain things can remind you of people. I had received an email from Stephanie of unwind saying that they had received some yarn and that a couple of the ladies in the shop were saying that I should take a look at it because it was “my color” and I was the first person that they thought of when they saw it. Now normally, when I knit, or buy yarn, I gravitate to colors that are darker…teals and purple. I was a little surprised when she said it was the perfect highlighter-like shade of acid green.

Acid green tencel.

Of course, we knitters have, at some point, lifted a skein of yarn to someone else and commented on how it is *their color*.
So I started to think…and I can completely see acid green being “my color”. I even have a acid green sweater at home (even if it is a little faded). So I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it sooner.

Tags: color

Friday Night Knitting gets DIY

I have a lot of really creative friends at knitting. We are always discussing various projects both inside and outside the knitting realm.

Imagine my excitement when one our ladies, Lisa , and her total engineering type brain, came in with one of these.

Lisa made this for me!

That, my friends, is a yarn ball holder! A ziploc container with a grommet! How clever!!!

So if you decide to make one of these…give cegirl69 the credit…’cause she is awesome!

Some inspiration…

I have been having thoughts about big projects, but the idea of knitting something like a dress seems exhausting. I have searched Ravelry for all sorts of patterns, and found a few that I really liked…but I still have my Mountain View Cardigan on the needles. Can I really just start knitting a dress?

Well, of course not. I have some house cleaning to do as far as my WIP’s, but it doesn’t mean a girl can’t dream!

As far as inspiration to get things done, I need look no further than one of my co-workers! Suzanne had crocheted herself a wedding dress a few years back and had mentioned it to me in passing. I told her if she had that if she had the chance, that she should bring it in for show and tell!

Suzanne's dress...

So, if I ever decide to complain about a project being too big, I need not go any further than this picture! Though some of us knitters and cro’ers might get a little antsy and impatient over getting things done, we know it is such a good feeling to see that project through to the end.

Paulie KAL!

A couple of my knitter friends and I are getting together for a KAL! Woohoo!

We are going to be knitting the Paulie sweater. I am super excited…because what girl couldn’t use another sweater, right?

My progress...

Tags: Paulie

A lazy, rainy weekend…

It was only lazy because I was forced inside by lots of rain and some sort of virus and/or allergies. Either way, my ears were killing me and I was unable to function like a proper human being.

As we all know, I have an inability to sit still for long periods of time. I decided to attack Lucy and finish a bobbin. Finally.

Singles...sitting on the shelf.

There are the two bobbins (well, one bobbin and one cake) of the stuff that I got from Wendy…and then my completed single of Abstract Fiber in lovely oranges, reds, pinks, and purples. I dunno…it kind of screams Bollywood to me. I am trying to decide if I want to Navajo ply it or make it a two ply. I’ll figure it out eventually.

Yarn makes a good souvenir…

I have never done it much myself, but I have heard stories from my lady friends about their trips here and there, and plans for yarn crawls where ever they go. I have to admit, I don’t go looking for yarn everywhere I go.

There have been a few occasions where I have gone somewhere and purchased yarn. It always makes for a little extra history for my project. As a person who knits, as well as spins, I believe having a history with your project is all part of the process.

For example, when my aunt had passed away and I ended up having to make a trip to Michigan for the funeral, my mom and I got to spend some quality time together. My mom is super awesome in that is has always encouraged me to do my crafts. On this particular trip, she wanted to take me to a couple different yarn stores. She took me to a local yarn shop in Romeo, MI and bought me this beautiful purple Kumara. That yarn later became my Nicole hat.

You've seen this one before...

My latest souvenir yarn is something I picked up in Santa Barbara. On St. Patrick’s Day, my husband took me to Santa Barbara for the afternoon. We wandered up and down State Street finally finishing with a dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (that we hadn’t been to since before the kids were born) The Palace Grill.

The LYS for Santa Barbara.

A picture from my seat at the Palace Grill. They have the best bread pudding!

I ended up buying 2 skeins of Madelinetosh Pashmina in a really pretty color called Alizarin. I’ll have to take some pictures of it later.

The night sky, just before it started raining again...

Tags: souvenir

ImaginKnits Cowl FO!

I finished my cowl! It turned out nice! I think I may try and block it out so it will be a little longer, but I just adore the stitch pattern…

Modeling my cowl!

Rainy Days…

…Call for hand knit socks with my boots!

I think I might be a cowl person…

I have to admit, for years now I have looked at cowls and thought they were kind of lame. Maybe my tastes weren’t so “anthropologie” back then. I have to say though, since knitting the Honey Cowl at Stitches West, I have been wearing the heck out of it! I can’t even imagine not knitting them now!

Keep in mind though, when I am talking about cowls, I mean those long drapey ones that you can wrap around your neck a couple of times. I am not so sure I am sold on the idea of short cowls.

Either way, why would I want to knit scarves now?

I started a new one. I had gotten a free pattern when I bought my Madelintosh at the Imagineknits booth at Stitches. I am in full pattern mod and am making it much longer than what was called for. So far it is looking super fabulous!