I Have SO Been Knitting...

I really have...but it seems I've been acquiring more than knitting lately. Stuff like this:


And this...


And this from

Hello Yarn

...
450 Yards of fingerweight sock yarn in the Better Weather colorway.




I wish I could post this yarn in feel-o-rama, it's so soft and squishable, OK, so I fondle yarn but I do love this stuff and it's my 1st official purchase of a hand dyed yarn from a place that I love to visit. You should visit Adrian sometime, she shares some really nice patterns. Even my "cool" 15 year old loves her stuff. I made this for Kat from Adrian's pattern. An easy and quick (even for me) Skull Tote:



I've also been crocheting lately. One of my all time favorite baby blankets to make for family and friends comes from

Lion Brand

. I crochet these because I can crochet one ALOT faster than I could knit one. I leave off the hood because I just like it better that way. Now that I can knit, I can have much more fun with this. The trim will have either a dusty rose or demin blue border depending on what kind of baby is coming. Then, I'll make a matching knitted kimono sweater to match from

MDK

.



I like this color, Lion Brand's colorway is Aran. I can start one of these before any anouncements of a wee one to come and have a mostly completed blankie with time to spare (or not) for some coordinates.


I made my mom-in-law a Warshrag in her fav color and wow, these are so easy! Ann and Kay just simply rock.


Did I mention I also recently made a few purchases?

A Ball Winder

This book,and

This book.

I can justify all these purchases, really...It was my birthday last week, so the Old Man (the love of my life), OK, he's a couple years younger than me, sent me shopping! His mom gave me some green to spend, so it's justified. Right?
One of my dreams of getting my grubby little hands on everything I want acquisitions of all that is knitting, is to complete the Barbara Walker series. Then to buy all the yarn I can fit into my car acquire some really nice yarn(s). Right now, I'm on a fiber diet and must reduce some stash by actually knitting. A happy Labor Day to all!

The Urban Shuffle

Dear Blog, sorry I've had so little time for you lately, but there's the matter of coping with this little thing going on in our neighborhood. The streets are all dug up and there's a hole behind my car 5 feet behind my car large enough to fit 4 of my car in. We're getting city plumbing...Oh joy
We have new friends on the street! Say hello Mr. Crane... That space was created for me after Mr. Crane moved a car sized dumpster full of rocks over to our neighbor's house so I could leave for work. I must say, the people who work for our city are very accomodating. I did complete a small project, and the recipient, 2 year old Zach who's about to become a big brother any day, got his bear blanket buddy. Zach's mom said he hung on to the bear all the way home.




Since the weather is turning warmer, I have the urge to knit cotton, lots of cotton. Sorry about the lame photo, I will post when it's done. It's a sheep shape done in bobbles on a stockinette background. Really fun & light for warm weather knitting.
Got the pattern here:

http://www.knittingknonsense.com/bobbles_sheep.html

Christmas gift no. 1 for my best bud who collects sheep, and she's a non-knitter. It's a shame too, cause I think she would be great one.

Happy knitting...gotta run

In a Perfect World...

Can you imagine the muscle it took to knit this? I just HAD to share this. You can get one at Pier 1 Imports. This is from thier spring 06 catalogue...800-245-4595 www.pier1.com and no, I don't work for for them. There's also dining chairs and table (for 2) to match! Too much! I can almost hear the wheels turning. Gotta run

Touched by a Star

There I was, reading my favorite blogs between reports at the office, and decided to email Ann...http://masondixonknitting.com with a general question about a comment. She responded right away! How can someone who has kids, a published book swamped with tours and a mountain of completed knitting have so much time and energy? I'm still in the clouds...a famous person emailed me! No wonder I love this knitting world to pieces! My new buddy, http://fluffyknitterdeb@blogspot.com whom I've yet to meet pretty much told me to get some writing done here. Imagine that! After she made me cry while reading her post today. If that doesn't get me to cable Debi, nothing will. You've got some gifted hands (and brains) there girl. My current project is a tank from Hip to Knit, & I like the colorway in the ribbon tape I'm using, but I'm dying to cast on some socks...Just need to get the dpns, ordered in sizes 0000 thru 3. I probably won't be to SEE the 0000s let alone knit with them, but it should be a sport to see me try.

Such a Baby

Yep, that's me. Amazing, I thought I knew something about computers, this is gonna take some time to learn...this blogging thing. I've been reading knitting blogs for over a year now and feel like I've "met" so many amazing and talented people. After crocheting for over #*$ years and always WANTING to knit, I finally picked up the sticks and DID it. Yeah! Well, 2 dozen new books and I don't know how much new yarn later, I'm here on my own and having a great time.The true "baby" here is actually made of marzipan. Yes, I said marzipan. http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/marzipan.asp Quick! Someone knit this baby a blanket!