Back again....

Hello all, how's you're knitting been going? I've actually been doing quite a bit of knitting lately, despite the lack of pics. I haven't actually completed anything yet so that explains the missing photos. I've been working on a baby blanket and so desperately want to get this finished and off my needles. Ok wait wait wait strangeness going on on the TV that I must comment about. I just turned on the tube to have a bit of noise going. It's on Dr. Phil, they're discussing Britney apparently. Anyway so the commercials come on and it shows some of the upcoming Dr. Phil shows, a lady attacked I believe it was her sister with a blender. I swear I must have heard it wrong, how do you attack someone with a blender? Ok so now that I'm thinking about it it's really quite simple, you just throw it, but for a minute I was like WHAT?

Ok back to knitting....blah blah blah, oh yeah the blanket, I believe I've posted about it previously. Its red and lacy, hmm sounds a bit risque doesn't it, but its not it's actually turning out super nice. Let's see what else do I have going on, oh yeah so I found Cast On a while back and I'm so one of those people who can't just jump in I have to catch up and that's exactly what I'm doing. So she mentions the Fiber Trend clogs and I'm immediately intrigued. I so want to knit them, and knit them now. However I can't knit them now, I don't have a pattern so I go in search of something kinda like them. What do I find you ask? I find Knitty's Fuzzy Feet, so that's what I knit. I knit them up in just whatever I have lying around and that happens to be some Lion Brand's Wool (which I'm so not in love with) but I had some orange from when I had high hopes of knit pumpkins. This orange was becoming a bit boring though so what else do I find, navy. Not a good color combination for a Crimson Tide household. My husband immediately flipped and asked where the Alabama socks were. Oh how I love the bitter rivalries.

Here's one of them, the only one finished at this time, in all its glory, a bit dark but still full of glory.Please ignore the ratty dog in the photos. She isn't normally this unkempt looking. Oh well, until next time happy knitting.

Owl Hat

I'm back again. Who knows for how long though, at least I can admit my faults... Well I broke out the yarn I had dyed a while back and found a hat pattern to try it out on. More specifically the cute little number that can be here.
I first started looking for a simple basic hat pattern then became intrigued by the ear flap hats, then I realised I don't have a lot of dpns so I was limited by the size needed. The only pattern that I was liking at the time that also required my needle size was the owl hat. I'm very pleased with how it came out and am very happy that everything turned out the way it did. And yes that is the tail that is hangin out there but you will be happy to know when this picture was taken that is the only end that needed to be woven in and just as soon as the pictures were finished and the model (aka the hubby) had taken the hat off I was busy weaving in that end. So it is indeed complete. The yarn as I said earlier was dyed by yours truly. I'm not going on the record here or anything but I believe it was Paton's classic wool in Natural Mix before it was hit with kool-aid. I finished it in about 2 or 3 days so it wasn't too bad at all. It really did turn out great. I would definately recommend this hat.

Oh wow, I'm a horrible blogger. Well at least I can admit it. Actually I'm a horrible knitter too. I had put down my knitting for some time until my trip to the hospital to wait on the aforementioned new youngest niece. I grabbed out Ole trusty Lady E, who by the way is probably never going to get done, to work on while I awaited the grand arrival. I really do love knitting this one in public though, you get so many comments. Ok I can also admit that I'm a tad vain. So anyway I finished one tier, yes you read that correctly 1 tier. I then started talking, playing cards with my older nieces, and watching family feud. Oh and there was also that trip to Starbucks as well.

So lately I have started another lacey baby blanket. It’s out of the same pamphlet my last one was from. I’m doing this one in a nice deep red. It’s really turning out nicely, hopefully I will be able to let go of it and not be selfish and keep it for myself. Here she is…

It has a real nice sheen to it. You can get a better look at the pattern here. Its the one right there on the cover.

Well hopefully I will get back to you guys sooner next time. Happy knitting.

I love days like today....

Today was a great day for knitting. You know those days where its drizzling outside and cloudy. The kind where you don't want to go outside, even to get the mail. The kind that you don't want to do anything but curl up under the covers or in that special nook with a cup of tea or hot chocolate or whatever your fancy with a bit of music playing in the background and knit. Yeah today was one of those glorious days, too bad I didn't do any knitting. I don't know what happened to me. I really can't say what exactly I did in place of knitting today. I did get all three meals in but other than that nothing much is coming to mind.

I finished knitting my mother's sock monkey hat, two down, two to go. I still have to weave the ends in but I've really been putting that off, guess I'll try to get that done tonight before the hubby gets home. Yesterday my aunt, the one that's trying her hand at lace with me, called asking how I hold my needles. So I had to grab out something, anything to play with while I was on the phone with her. Well what did I pull out? It was a scarf I started a while back, just a simple garter stitch scarf. I was watching a Knitty Gritty episode last whenever and they were knitting with two different yarns together and I so badly wanted to try it. The outcome my something, anything pink scarf, which by the way has somehow gotten holes in it. Yep I missed a stitch and now there's a hole staring at me quite a few inches back. I should really frog it shouldn't I? Oh but I don't want to, I just don't see myself wearing it. It was really just an experiment. I don't know, I do know I really want it finished. It's been sitting in my yarn drawer for oh so long, it's time it moved on to my never wear it drawer.

I know you all are just dying to know what's my next on the needles project. Well since my sister really needs some great hats to show off her sister's knitting skills, however not so great they may be, I've seen those oh so cute dinosaur hats that those oh so cute little boys are wearing. Yep that's it, I'm going to attempt to make a green hat with those pointy things(what are those pointy things called, not scales) going down the middle of the back. I'm sure she's gonna love it. Well until next time happy knitting....

Monkeys and Blankies

Ok so I’m about 2/3’s of the way through my mother’s sock monkey hat (from knitty.com). I’m generally not a fan of the, as I like to call it, fuzzy yarns. You know the ones. They all have that this extra fringe sticking out everywhere but this yarn isn’t quite as bad as some. Actually the pics make it look worse than it is and besides it really makes this hat look funny. Not quite as sock monkeyish as the original but funny none the less. I also grabbed some more yarn to get two more done for my aunts. One of theirs will have a blue top and pom pom the other a green. I know, I know, so not sock monkey but hey I didn’t want them all exactly alike and besides I think I lost the sock monkey look, as mentioned before, with the glittery, fuzzy yarn.

And again with the not so knitting news… Here’s part of the neighbor’s baby shower gift, all completed and ready to go. It’s 2 by 2 block in a checkered pattern, just like the last one I posted. I actually wanted to do a 3 by 3 (like a tic-tac-toe board) but I had the material cut for this so this is how it was done. It’s backed in a white flannel instead of the chenille that the other was done in. I like the chenille, ok I love the look of the chenille, but I really like how much thinner this blanket is. It has the same batting and such to it so I’m sure it’ll be just as warm it just isn’t as poofy as the other. I am definitely liking this one too.

So until next knit on knitters….

An update, just for the sake of updating...

Well I didn’t get too much done over the holidays in terms of knitting at least. In terms of Wii, I got a lot done. I beat Rayman’s Raving Rabbids but never even started Zelda. Yes I know I hear the gasps from anyone who happens to have ever played Nintendo in their lives. I don’t know I just haven’t felt in the mood to seriously concentrate on Zelda so I haven’t even picked it up. My sister did come over and get me started though, I mean while fell asleep.

So here’s where I am in terms of knitting, about 1/3 of the way through Liesel. See it right over there…. It's a quite hard to see the pattern, I didn't realize the green would be quite so dark oh well...

I'm still at the same point on my Lady E, so no pics of that. I’ve been recruited to make another sock monkey hat for my mom (have I already mentioned that, sorry if I have). I would really love to make one for each of my aunts as well. I can see them already, the three of them all walking around town in their matching hats.

Not quite knitting, but crafting…I am almost finished with a blanket for my soon to be youngest niece, due to arrive at the beginning of May. I just love the red polka dots. Its backed in off-white chenille. This is one of my favorite blankets I’ve made. I just have the two sides to stitch up real quick then it’ll be ready to go, well actually it will be ready to wait, for the shower that is. Tomorrow, hopefully, I’ll be starting one for my neighbor, who’s also having a little girl. I still have to get everything for that one though.

I didn't forget about you guys I promise...

Some of you may know what these are already. To those of you who don’t, they are pure heaven. They are Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses. You must immediately run out and buy yourself a bag and while you are at it buy another one for everyone else and hide your bag. Sams sells them in bigger bags so I actually recommend going there to buy them if you have one near you. They actually taste like those mints that come in a clear upright bag that are pastel colors with little white balls of pure goodness on the bottom.

I haven’t forgotten about you guys I’ve just been out of town for a while and running around with my mother the rest of the time. I swear anytime my family gets together our schedule is determined by food. As soon as we get up, hell before we even go to bed the night before it’s “Where are we going to eat breakfast?” Then as soon as it’s over we begin the “When’s lunch”, “Where are we going for lunch?” The of course starts the dinner questions. It’s like the whole time I was out of town the only thing we did was eat with a bit of driving in between. I haven't even considered stepping on a scale since I've gotten home.

I amazed everyone, while I was gone, with my Lady E. It really is a show stopper isn’t it? I took it foolishly thinking I would get some time to work on it. Well what with all that eating and all I of course didn’t even pick it up. Ok well once, but I think I only got a square done. Now that I’m home and slowing down a bit I’m ready to pick it back up and get this puppy finished. I should’ve had it done by now. I did however complete Knitty’s Sock Monkey Hat. My sister put in a request. She wanted to be unique when she hit the slopes in February. I don’t know how warm it will be but it's sure to get a few laughs. I couldn’t find a good tweedy looking yarn but this yarn with just a bit of fuzz and glitter I think works well. My mother, who by the way is peeking up from the bottom of the picture has since requested one also.

I also finished another pair of the Old World Booties like before. This time they were a tan and dark sage green color. They turned out well. I really just wanted to try out a different bind off.

Well I guess I can leave you with the latest shot of my Lady E, although I’m almost ashamed too since I haven’t made it as far as I should have. Sorry about the color it just didn't turn out right. I think I’m in the low low 20’s as far as tiers go. Good night everyone out there in bloggyland…