It's nearly March and my Christmas tree is still up. Baby's been THAT BUSY.
Some knitting has been done, however, and I will post all that this week.
You know, once that stinkin tree is down.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Saturday, October 20, 2007
All I'm sayin...
...is that I'm finished! Baby's tired!
I have GOT to get in bed. We're going to Keeneland tomorrow to celebrate Tracey's 35th so I must be fresh for the ponies!!
I'll post more after I've squandered all my money away!
I have GOT to get in bed. We're going to Keeneland tomorrow to celebrate Tracey's 35th so I must be fresh for the ponies!!
I'll post more after I've squandered all my money away!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Gnat tagged me!
Gnat from Bark n Knit tagged me with a Halloween Treat!
"Apparently, it started with Hootin’ Anni. She's been trick-n-treating with Halloween good wishes this month by giving out Halloween treats each day on her blog. Anni’s asking the recipients to “pay it forward”! So… IF you have received this treat, via a comment left by me on your blog - then please save the image to your server, and then pass the treat on to friends, acquaintances, or strangers … as you see fit! Please don’t forget to let everyone know that it originated with Anni and then provide a link to her blog! Thanks!"
I don't have anyone to tag so I suck at this tagging business. I need more bloggie buddies!!!
"Apparently, it started with Hootin’ Anni. She's been trick-n-treating with Halloween good wishes this month by giving out Halloween treats each day on her blog. Anni’s asking the recipients to “pay it forward”! So… IF you have received this treat, via a comment left by me on your blog - then please save the image to your server, and then pass the treat on to friends, acquaintances, or strangers … as you see fit! Please don’t forget to let everyone know that it originated with Anni and then provide a link to her blog! Thanks!"
I don't have anyone to tag so I suck at this tagging business. I need more bloggie buddies!!!
A wee distracted...
...by the awesome that is Ravelry. You'll have to excuse my slacky blog. Baby's been busy :)
Between being up to my ass in work, taking a weekend trip, and knitting, I've hardly had time to blog! I've not really even knit that much either. :( I do spend a lot of time on Ravelry and I really should stop! It's addictive though and it's all I can do most days to NOT log on in lieu of working.
Did I mention Baby's all snotty? The Ohio Valley is a wonderful place to live if you have severe allergies. WONDERFUL. I mean, you get to have watery eyes so you save money on make up, there's always the tissues so you boost the economy...it's awesome. Truly awesome. If you could see me now...wow. I look like I've either been beat up or crying. Or crying over being beat up. Either way, it blows. Heh.
You know what doesn't blow? That "Letter have it" bag I've been working on. I've not posted about it because it's a birthday present for my BFF but I don't think she has the link to this yet and I'm giving her the bag on Saturday so there's time to sneak in a post!
I started on my second felted bag right after I finished the green and brown one. Except I didn't like this one. I was bored w/the stockinette and garter stitches. HATE. It's taken me over a month to finish this because I swear...if I have to make one more garter ridge...I may go nutty. Oh and I had to learn intarsia. And I have to learn i-cords tonight. YAY. Oh wait! The best part...I have to sew the damn thing, felt it, consider lining it, then sew a zipper. The hard part isn't even here yet. Good thing I love BFF, right? Right!
Some pictures:
The back panel
The beginnings of the side/center panel:
And then Baby learns intarsia!!
What's that you say? It looks like a total cluster? You're right!!!
This was SUCH a pain in my ass. I ended up with about eight bobbins.
The finished product is quite nice though. There is a "hole" at the bottom where I worked my first row. I thought I had twisted the yarn but what I thought was twisted wasn't :)
The back is a total mess because I had to strand some of it a teeny bit. The whole thing should have been stranded but whatev. Baby's learnin.
See all those little pieces? Ugh. I'm assuming I should sew them in prior to felting :( I should also try to sew up that hole where I didn't twist the yarn too. More ugh.
I'm really really really dreading tonight's work on this. I have to sew it all together, icord piping on the edges, make handles, felt...UGH. I'm really not into this at all right now. I don't like the handles that come w/the pattern either so I REALLY want to buy some and sew them on myself...I think that'd be way cuter too. We'll see!!!
Between being up to my ass in work, taking a weekend trip, and knitting, I've hardly had time to blog! I've not really even knit that much either. :( I do spend a lot of time on Ravelry and I really should stop! It's addictive though and it's all I can do most days to NOT log on in lieu of working.
Did I mention Baby's all snotty? The Ohio Valley is a wonderful place to live if you have severe allergies. WONDERFUL. I mean, you get to have watery eyes so you save money on make up, there's always the tissues so you boost the economy...it's awesome. Truly awesome. If you could see me now...wow. I look like I've either been beat up or crying. Or crying over being beat up. Either way, it blows. Heh.
You know what doesn't blow? That "Letter have it" bag I've been working on. I've not posted about it because it's a birthday present for my BFF but I don't think she has the link to this yet and I'm giving her the bag on Saturday so there's time to sneak in a post!
I started on my second felted bag right after I finished the green and brown one. Except I didn't like this one. I was bored w/the stockinette and garter stitches. HATE. It's taken me over a month to finish this because I swear...if I have to make one more garter ridge...I may go nutty. Oh and I had to learn intarsia. And I have to learn i-cords tonight. YAY. Oh wait! The best part...I have to sew the damn thing, felt it, consider lining it, then sew a zipper. The hard part isn't even here yet. Good thing I love BFF, right? Right!
Some pictures:
The back panel
The beginnings of the side/center panel:
And then Baby learns intarsia!!
What's that you say? It looks like a total cluster? You're right!!!
This was SUCH a pain in my ass. I ended up with about eight bobbins.
The finished product is quite nice though. There is a "hole" at the bottom where I worked my first row. I thought I had twisted the yarn but what I thought was twisted wasn't :)
The back is a total mess because I had to strand some of it a teeny bit. The whole thing should have been stranded but whatev. Baby's learnin.
See all those little pieces? Ugh. I'm assuming I should sew them in prior to felting :( I should also try to sew up that hole where I didn't twist the yarn too. More ugh.I'm really really really dreading tonight's work on this. I have to sew it all together, icord piping on the edges, make handles, felt...UGH. I'm really not into this at all right now. I don't like the handles that come w/the pattern either so I REALLY want to buy some and sew them on myself...I think that'd be way cuter too. We'll see!!!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I'm in!
So last Tuesday I got a great surprise in my email when I got up -- my Ravelry invite!!!!
Clearly, it's awesome, since I've not touched this blog since. I have lots of pictures to put up here and updates but I'm up to my ass in work and just don't have the time or fortitude.
Clearly, it's awesome, since I've not touched this blog since. I have lots of pictures to put up here and updates but I'm up to my ass in work and just don't have the time or fortitude.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
So close...
I checked my place in line on Ravelry earlier:
Found you!
- You signed up on July 16, 2007
- You are #17301 on the list.
- 658 people are ahead of you in line.
- 17747 people are behind you in line.
- 47% of the list has been invited so far
Pictures Pictures!
Before I dashed off to work this morning (err....afternoon) I snapped some pictures of what's on the needles and what I've finished lately:
My coworker is having a baby boy in early December. Her husband was in the Army and he's really into hunting and all that business...so of course the baby needs a camo blankie!
I'm using Lion Brand's Diagonal Pattern Baby Blanket with Red Heart's Super Saver in Camo doubled on #11 straights. I have a feeling that I'm going to run out of room on the needles. I have 52 (I think) stitches on the needles right now and need to double that to get the blankie the size I want. I guess you just cram them on, right?
*Note how that chair in the background looks so...loved. That's Maddy's homebase. Normally she's there but Mommy had opened the curtains for her so she could sun her sweet belly.*
It's a simple pattern once you get started: K3, yo, knit to end of row. After you get it as big as you want, you start the decreases. The yo gives that cute border and I love love the diagonal of it all. I loathe casting on b/c I never pull out enough tail and then when I pull out a lot, it's way too much and I waste yarn. HATE. This way, I only had to cast on 5 stitches and will only have to bind off that many too.
It's working up pretty quickly too. I did what's on the needles in about three hours total time. Not bad considering I was watching "America's Next Top Model" and a myriad of other "trash TV" as Al so lovingly calls it.
You can see the yo better in this pic:
It's not really all wonky and curved. It's crammed on that needle and won't lie flat.
And to see how thick it is...it's going to be really cozy. I hope the baby likes!!
I also took some pics of Al's scarf. Still no word if they can get the yarn for me or not :( Baby's displeased.
Isn't it pretty? I love how the sides are wavy. And closeup so you can see what a sloppy knitter I am :)
I really want to work on this more b/c I love the pattern but since I'll be putting the "new" ball of yarn in the middle, I'm stuck.
The irresponsible amount of cotton yarn I ordered:
Those are 1lb cones in apple green, black, brown, white, black/white/gray, pink/yellow/green, shades of brown, pink/white/black. There are also some small leftovers that I'll eventually make one big dishtowel out of when I get enough. I also have a cone of a lovely cream/brown/blue/lime that's in the travel bag. It goes to doctor's offices, car trips, etc. I toss them in big plastic zipper bags, cut off the end and knit out of it. Keeps the dog hair at bay. I love Maddy but not everyone wants Maddy all up in their dishcloths.
Some finished ballband dishcloths:
There are a few more floating around but Baby just does not have the time nor energy to find those suckers. The two in the center were my "Damnit, I'm knitting two dishcloths on this trip!" cloths. The one on the right I managed to do last Sunday whilst Al and I traversed Southern Indiana and Bardstown, KY. Baby's a prodigy, no? hahaha
Oh and this knitting in lieu of eating business is gonna work I think. I knitted on that blanket last night/this morning instead of digging through the fridge for something I didn't need. Yay!
My coworker is having a baby boy in early December. Her husband was in the Army and he's really into hunting and all that business...so of course the baby needs a camo blankie!
I'm using Lion Brand's Diagonal Pattern Baby Blanket with Red Heart's Super Saver in Camo doubled on #11 straights. I have a feeling that I'm going to run out of room on the needles. I have 52 (I think) stitches on the needles right now and need to double that to get the blankie the size I want. I guess you just cram them on, right?
*Note how that chair in the background looks so...loved. That's Maddy's homebase. Normally she's there but Mommy had opened the curtains for her so she could sun her sweet belly.*It's a simple pattern once you get started: K3, yo, knit to end of row. After you get it as big as you want, you start the decreases. The yo gives that cute border and I love love the diagonal of it all. I loathe casting on b/c I never pull out enough tail and then when I pull out a lot, it's way too much and I waste yarn. HATE. This way, I only had to cast on 5 stitches and will only have to bind off that many too.
It's working up pretty quickly too. I did what's on the needles in about three hours total time. Not bad considering I was watching "America's Next Top Model" and a myriad of other "trash TV" as Al so lovingly calls it.
You can see the yo better in this pic:
It's not really all wonky and curved. It's crammed on that needle and won't lie flat.And to see how thick it is...it's going to be really cozy. I hope the baby likes!!
I also took some pics of Al's scarf. Still no word if they can get the yarn for me or not :( Baby's displeased.
Isn't it pretty? I love how the sides are wavy. And closeup so you can see what a sloppy knitter I am :)
I really want to work on this more b/c I love the pattern but since I'll be putting the "new" ball of yarn in the middle, I'm stuck.The irresponsible amount of cotton yarn I ordered:
Those are 1lb cones in apple green, black, brown, white, black/white/gray, pink/yellow/green, shades of brown, pink/white/black. There are also some small leftovers that I'll eventually make one big dishtowel out of when I get enough. I also have a cone of a lovely cream/brown/blue/lime that's in the travel bag. It goes to doctor's offices, car trips, etc. I toss them in big plastic zipper bags, cut off the end and knit out of it. Keeps the dog hair at bay. I love Maddy but not everyone wants Maddy all up in their dishcloths.
Some finished ballband dishcloths:
There are a few more floating around but Baby just does not have the time nor energy to find those suckers. The two in the center were my "Damnit, I'm knitting two dishcloths on this trip!" cloths. The one on the right I managed to do last Sunday whilst Al and I traversed Southern Indiana and Bardstown, KY. Baby's a prodigy, no? hahaha
Oh and this knitting in lieu of eating business is gonna work I think. I knitted on that blanket last night/this morning instead of digging through the fridge for something I didn't need. Yay!
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