Wow its certainly has been a spell....

Wow, it says I haven't posted since August. That can't be right. Now I'm not necessarily calling Blogspot a liar, but really, it can't be true. Oh well, those are the breaks. It was probably just the end of the summer knitting rut. Everyone goes through that, no? Well, maybe not but I did!

Ok on to the stuff. lol. Here's what I've got OTN:

1. Silver Fingerless Mitts from the Julia Cooper Chick Knits book- VERY AWESOME~These will probably be completed early next week. I'm contemplating giving them to Rosie for Christmas, but that would entail a matching hat and I may not have the time or the discipline to actually get it done. But I will certainly try!

2. A Chicago Bears scarf for Hubby. He has been bugging me forever to do it for him and so I just started those. I'm just doing a simple garter stripe with Lion Brand Thick and Quick yarn (super bulky) and size 17 needles. Cake. He also ordered Bears patches to sew on it, so it will be very nice looking! Again, I'm hoping for the discipline to get it done by Christmas. He needs a matching hat too, no? :)

3. Cuckoo for Cables clutch purse. This isn't for anyone, its just because, and I've got a little ways to go on it. It has taken a back seat to numbers 1 and 2. That's the way it goes. *sigh*

Knitting again!

Hi everyone! So I finally started knitting again! I am starting to make my Christmas gifts to I have to get to it! I just finished the Kitty Hat (pattern is here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=61208.0 )

It was super fast and easy and it only took me a couple days worth of work during my lunch hour to do it! Now, tonight I have to sew the seams, and hat Number 1 is done. I am making a bunch for all Eddie's cousin's kids with matching scarves! They will look so cute and coordinated! WOOHOO! Don't you just love the feeling when you complete something?!

So tomorrow's lunch hour will consist of me casting on for a second Kitty Hat! I have to sew the seams so I can try the hat on Evelyn to see if I got the sizing right. The pattern is written for an adult, so I tried to modify it- Let's hope it works! Keep your fingers crossed folks! I'll have pics tomorrow!

Diagonal Lace Scarf

Finally working on a new project! Its the Diagonal Lace Scarf- its absolutely beautiful! I'm using Red Heart Symphony yarn, its like a "hairy" yarn that I'm really surprised with. I thought you wouldn't be able to appreciate the stitches but you can! I plan to make another with regular worsted to see if I like those results better! I pretty much just started, so this will keep me busy for a while! LOVE IT!

I'm just glad to be back to knitting! I can't stay away too long! :)

We're on a break!

So I decided to take a little break from knitting. I still have have loose end projects to finish up. Who was I kidding by thinking I can knit the Cable comfort throw by the 24th? Silly me, I should have known my knitting attention span is crappy. I always put projects down to start new ones and before I know it, I've got 6 things on the needle. UGH. I pray for the strength to complete one project at a time lol. Grant me the serenity! LOL.

The Two Hour Handbag!

WOOHOO!!! What do ya know! I finished the Two Hour Handbag finally (from 101 Designer one-skein wonders). It really was easy. Now I realize there was nothing to be afraid of. This project for me as a lot of firsts. My first go at circular needles, and my first felting project! Woohoo! I learned two things in one wonderful bag! Don't know if I'll keep it for myself or if I'll be gifting it! I want to try a worsted double stranded one next! I think I did a good job if i do say so myself! YAY!

WOOHOO- can you tell I'm excited!?

Finished up some loose ends this weekend

Ok so this weekend, I figured it was a good time to finish up some projects that were just about done but still sitting on the needles LOL. So I finished Katie's hat- the blue cotton hat(using the VW hat pattern). For some reason I don't think the seaming turned out too well :( .

I also bound off the two hour handbag and stitched the seam. All that is left to do for that one is to felt it. I'm a bit nervous since I've never felted anything before- and there are a couple mistakes that I'm hoping the felting process will cover up! HAHA

But most of all, I'm still trucking on the cable throw- gosh that can be boring doing the same stitches over and over! UGH! But I'm determined to finish it for Lisa! I jsut have to keep telling myself I ca n do it!

So here is the blue cotton hat: Modeled by Andrew :)

Progress is my middle name

ok folks look what I got going on here:

So this is a fairly easy pattern- that is the Cabled Comfort throw (on my previous post). Its just going to be tedious. And yes, Duh- I should have used circulars so I can do this throw in one piece. Lord knows how it will be stitching these panels together- I suck at it LOL :)