Here's my Knit Mitt Kit Swap pals kit

There is her bag, the yarn and roving, for her mitts,some knitpicks needles and a box of jr mints. A candle with a J on it for her name, also a magnet and pad and pen set with a J as well. 2 Patterns for thrummed mittens as she mentioned she would like to make them. My favorite is the mitten cookie, when I was on my shopping spree with the girls after xmas we were at barnes and noble and I went to 4 bucks (Starbucks) as Seinfeld calls it. and saw this mitten cookie and could'nt leave without it!! LOL I hope she likes everything I had alot of fun with it.Thanks Scout and Bev for another great swap!!

WooHoo I can post in sidebar!!

yep, see Rebekah and every body else over there on the left side of the page ? I did that!! I am so proud of myself! A little about that link. I enjoy going to her blog everyday, to see what her and Nick and the kids aka Basil and Abner are up to! She is such an inspiration !!

First finished project of 2007

I love it, I hope my pal does as well.;-)
before felting,







and here it is felted, as soon as it dries. I will put it together, it is a boogie bag.

January 2007 Projects

Well I have started 2 of them. The bag is for my pals kit. and a pair of socks out of the Austermann 03. I love the feel of this yarn, and the way it glides on the needles.I think I liked the color better on the skein than I do knitted up, so they may or may not be for me. LOL They are pretty though, just not my colors. Our systems have been down at work for 2 days now so I worked on the bag yesterday and the sock today, I am at the heel. I would like to get both of these finished early this month so that I can finish a UFO. I havent decided which one yet but lord knows I have plenty to choose from. Does any body else have more that 10 UFOs in different stages of developement laying around?? LOL have a great day

57.4 pounds to go, 53.6 pounds to go

starting weight 242.4
current weight 203.6
current weight loss 38.6
goal weight 150

And the last project is off the needles

Not that I don't have plenty of other things on needles, but I wanted to get these socks done and they are. So here they are!! These are my favorite pair of socks that I have made so far!!

Projects for 2007

Here is a list of things I need to start and finish.

1.A few years ago I crocheted (sp) a friend (Trina) of mine, who is a Purdue U. grad and also a grad of Broad Ripple High School. A yellow and black afghan in a ripple pattern. Every since I started making socks she has asked, me when am I going to get some socks? Well I found some Lorna's Laces in bumdle bee (yellow and black) about 6 months ago and actually have one sock done in the broad ripple sock pattern, but need to finish them.

2. My 8 year old daughter is always asking when I am going to make her some socks, so I guess this is her year as well.

3.There is the Mystery stole, that I started and never finished so I am going to restart that soon and that would be for me

4. There are the socks that go with the mystery stole that are for me as well.

5. My grandson Brandon asked me over christmas when he was getting his socks,I have the yarn for these just need to make them.

6. My 12 year old daughter Azya has the second pair of socks I ever made and they are a bit under the weather so she could use a pair.

7.My secret scarf Pal send me some Opal in a purple and yellow colorway that I love so will try to make me some more socks from that.

8.I have a few sweater patterns I would like to make but that is down the road.

9.there is the issue of the three new skeins I just bought and am just dying to make socks out of.

10.of course there is all the stash sock yarn that I have that I need to use !!

I had stopped at 10 because that was all I could remember. There are a few more, I have 2 babys to knit for. Coworkers who are both having boys, one wants a blanket and the other wants a blanket, hat and booties!! LOL 2 others are getting married and I am thinking of making them afghans!!and I need to lear how to make a nicer blog I just found this site http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/blog-templates.html that looks vey helpful for those of us that are blog challenged!

We will just stop at 10 LMAO Happy new year, what will you be knitting in 2007

My trip to the not so LYS

I took Friday off from work to be able to spend some time with my 2 youngest daughters.We had planned a shopping spree, as we all had gift cards and I needed to go to my not so LYS I love that Place !! You can buy this bag





for $15.00 and then every time you take it back with you, you receive a 10% discount on your purchase. I had never bought one because I always spend all my money on yarn. Not that I didn't this time eigher. At any rate, yesterday when I was getting my pals yarn for her mitt kit the young lady says after I had added to the pile,3 skeins of yarn that I could not leave behind, you know she says, that bag will almost pay for itself with the discount!! LMAO so you see I have the bag. At any rate it will be good for me to be able to tote the bag I am going to start on as soon as the socks are finished!!! so here is what I got. first up is the Yarn for her bag, I have a pattern in mind, Patons clasic wool Merino,that I got at michaels in red and white she said she liked red!!





then there is the yarn for her to make her mitts with. Since I did not and still do not, know a thing about roving LOL, the nice girls at the LYS helped me get her 3 oz. of this, and the red is Nature Spun, she mentioned something about thrummed mitts so I hope she will like this. I ordered half of her needles at knit picks this AM. I will have to go to another LYS to get the others as Knit Picks dosn't have that size and will add some other goodies to her kit.





then there was the Opal that is fabulous in browns and oranges I just loved it.I cant seem to find the color name or # on the label





This yarn is new to me, it is called Austermann Step it is a german yarn and again I cannot find the color but the label does say Aloe Vera and Jojoba ol it is in different shades of greens grays touches of pinks it is very pretty and will most likely be the first thing on the needles in 2007 for a pair of socks for myself.This was my favorite buy





And last but not least, I believe the young lady said this was a new yarn, was this beauty called, Celestial Merino Dream, By Lucy Neatby, color:Blue Vesuvlus, and I love it!!the picture does not do it justice !! it has blues and greens, purples, oranges,and maroons just wonderful colors





Well that was my trip to the LYS. I hope you had as much fun looking as I did buying.!!

the last project for 2006

These socks are for my Cousin Alberts daughter, Alexis.She saw a pair I made my aunt and said she would like a pair. Now mind you this was in June that she said she liked them!! They were suppose to be done by christmas. I got so busy I did not get them done. She did not know she was getting them so it was that much better LOL. I plan on finishing them tomorrow. They were made with Lorna's Laces shepard sock yarn, dye lot:8369, color: Zons Pine. I used #3 bamboo dpl. needles on them and the pattern is (Little Shell).I got it off the web somewhere, lord only knows were!! they were a fun knit and alot of people have made positive comments on them I probebly will make them again.

the questionaire

The Questionnaire:
Are you allergic to any fibers? no
What are your favorite colors? purples and greens

Are you a new mitt knitter? How long have you been knitting mittens? yes I am a new mitten knitter I have never made mitens before

Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn? I like multicolored

What fibers do you prefer in mitten yarn? I don't know as I have never made them before

Where do you usually knit mittens? never made them but I knit socks everywhere

How do you usually carry/store small projects? I have a little bag that my sock pal sent me that I am currently using

What are your favorite mitten patterns? I don't have any yet

What are your favorite mitten knitting techniques? I don't have any yet

What new techniques would you like to try? the magic loop

What are your favorite needles for knitting mittens? I don't have any yet but I like short dblpts for socks

What are some of your favorite yarns? my newest favorite is opal, but I love lornas laces.

What yarn do you totally covet? I have some noro that I am going to make a sweater out of one of these days.

Any pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object? none right now

Favorite kind of needles (brand, materials, straights or circs, etc)? bamboo dbl points

If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? lornas laces

Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack? reeses

What’s your favorite animal? cats

Would you prefer super warm mittens or something more like fingerless mitts? super warm mittens

If you were a color what color would you be? a very pretty green


What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature? my goldfish plant


Do you have a wishlist? no not really

Anything else you’d like to share with the group today? not much just that I am glad to be in this group and my pal has already made me smile on days when I really needed it so thank you pal!!

my morning

It started at 5:15, when I got up at my aunts house, made some coffee chatted with her, she left at 6:15 am for work, I got the kids up at 6:00 so they were all stumbling around the house saying things like mom do you know where the socks are and I cant find any jeans and Azya my 11 year old saying she cant go out side because her head hurts now keep in mind there are 5 of them so we finally get ourselves together enough to get out the door at 7 am we drive to tech high school there we find that because we are staying with someone we have to have something with their address on it, I’m like ok, I got a letter from a lady with a check for some socks I am going to make so back to my aunts we go now they had a key made for me but it doesn’t work very well so this all takes time, back to tech we go 12 block away now the lady tells me this wont work I need a bill or lease in my name or I must go to the ed center for a residential verification form, now you know the ed center is like 2 blocks from our building here so we spend another 40 min telling this lady about our trouble now she says Nope this wont work we have to notarize this I need your aunt here, now remember she is at work so pleading my case, I finally we get this paper in hand. now it is 9 am and the 3 little ones , had no breakfast, are late for school so we stopped at the speedway and got them some donuts and to their school another 10 or 12 blocks away, talked to all the teachers about them all being walkers now. Now we are going back to tech office then registration then finance office where I write a check for badges then to counselors 2 of them, then to get badges then to get books then to take them back home because it is now 11:30 and they get out of school at 2:30 and by now I am to tired to argue all this before noon on a Monday morning I cant wait till tomorrow!!!! thanks for stopping by

new swap

This should be fun, I had alot of fun with the first 2 and am looking forward to this one as well.

Moving Fear and Knitting

I decided since this was the frist day of November, I would start being a better blogger.First on the moving, we are moving out of an apartment that we have lived in for 7 years. My 4 children my self and my grandson who is 10, My daughter Skylar who is a senior and 17, My son Logan who is 15 and a freshman, my soon to be 12 year old 11/16 Azya, and my just turned 8 year old Mayson. This is not a move of choice we live in public housing and it is not safe here any longer, so we are puting things in storage and will be staying between 2 houses my 17 and 12 will be at my aunts my 10 gyear old grandson my son and my 8 year old and myself will be staying with a friend. they only live 2 blocks from one another so it will not be to awful.Things probebly won't change much before the 1st of the year,I have a decent job but have only been there 3 months so have nothing saved to get us a house right now. WHich brings us to the fear I will have to get another job part time to get us in a position to get our own place. Then I won't see them very often, I guess my real fear is that I keep asking myself can I really do this?? And on to knitting not much of that going on right now I do have a pair of socks going in opal 17 colorway I will post a picture soon. I joined scout and bevs mitt swap I have been in the last 2 they had and really liked them so am going to do this on as well I have never knit mittens before but would love to.Well thats about it for today I need sleep.Thanks for stopping by!

my pals scarf

I had fun with this scarf, it is made in a simple drop stitch pattern but I liked the way it turned out.I used baby alpaca in black and opal colorway 17 and a brown shimmer I hope she likes it, I made it a little long so she could wrap it!!

my ksks kit is here!!

I am about 2 weeks late in posting this, Kathy from http://www.kaffeinatedknits.com/ was my pal and she totally spoiled me. Thank you Kathy I love everything First there was the Vera Wang bag



which I totally love !! and there was little cards she had made that had web info for me to go to which I totally love, there were the needles and the smaller purple bag for my notions and the darning needle holder which I adore because I always stick them in the curtains and then cant find them so now they are tucked safely away then there was the eucalan to wash my new socks in when I get them done.



oh yeah the sock yarn came from http://www.scoutj.com/ " Rosalie"



I love this yarn,I have the first sock done




I am making the basketweave socks and have learned alot from this pair of socks, this heel flap has the eye of partridge or staggered stitch



and it also has an instep pattern I was not familiar with this until now. Oh and she sent a kit for my tootsies so they can look good even if I don't have socks on again Kathy thank you very much. I have the second sock on the needles and hope to have them finished by next weekend of course my phone camera does not do any of this any justice but thought I would share anyway. have a great day

I joined a funky scarf swap!!

I hope I have as much fun with this as I did the sksk.

Let’s get the allergy part out of the way. Are you allergic to any fibers? no

Do you prefer any fibers over others? no

Thinking back to Scout’s post about what funky means to you, post an image of something that you think is funky!

Would you prefer funky yarn or a funky pattern? I do not care eighter way surprise me

What are your favorite colors? purples and greens. But I like all colors

What is your favorite piece of art? a picture my daughter made me of ladybugs

What colors would you never have up close to your pretty face? none that I can think of

Would you prefer an actual scarf or a cowl?scarf

When you wear a scarf do you prefer a wider/shorter scarf or a thin/long scarf? it dosn't matter

What is the climate like where you live? right now it is hot here in indiana but it will be getting cold soon.

Would you prefer a functional scarf (to keep you warm) or one just to funk-up your wardrobe?surprise me

What else would you like your partner to know about you? oh not much

my son Logan

This is my son Logan who is 15, he will be playing on the football team, for Scecina Memorial High School when he starts his freshman year of High School Indianapolis I ndiana in a few weeks. He will be playing defensive end on defense and offensive guard on the offensive side

My pals kit is finished

I hope she likes it the bag is smaller than I thought it would be,



mabey because I used #9 needles instead of the #11 the pattern suggested LOL but it is a cute little bag and everything fits inside so thats good. The bag measures 7x9 inches, her goodies include 3 blends of millstone coffee. Breakfast blend, vanilla nut cream and swiss chocolate almond. 2 skeins of knitpicks parade, the magic loop booklet and circular needles #2, and last but not least, 2 Ghirardelli dark chocolate candy bars. I had alot of fun with this swap and hope she likes everything.




LOL I almost forgot the pattern I chose to send her the falling leaves as it is done in the magic loop pattern.(thanks Michelle)

$200 cash, $20 in gas, 3 hours driving time, 10 hours...

at Indiana Beach on the fourth of July.3 kids, 15,11 and 7 asleep in the back seat while I am driving home at midnight,Priceless.We had such a nice time.The kids and I have been having such a rough way to go lately, with 2 of my oldest know it all daughters. I decided that before I started my new job on monday that we should get away and have some fun.We rode everything we wanted, ate everything in sight, of course this won't be good for my weigh in on saturday but what the hell I will be good next week!! Played games and watched the fireworkes. It was a surprise trip for the kids and I am so glad we did it. 8:04 am. and they are still sleeping this as well is priceless LOL

I joined a Knit Along

This is for a mystery stole, where you get a clue revealed every friday for 6 weeks.You can eighter knit both halves at the same time or do one half and then do the other. I have never done this before so it ought to be interesting, The first clue will come friday. I have my yarn and needles on their way so am anxious to try this. I have never worked with lace yarn, so this will be a new experience for me. I picked shadow, grape jelly from knitpicks, purple for the project spectrum for the month of July, for the pattern, that I dont know yet, and will be working it on #3 circulars.
Well after a few false starts,a few trips to the frog pond and changing needles to a smaller size so I would'nt lose the pattern when my stole was blocked here is the progress
1. swatch






2. cast on






3. the first 10 or 12 rows






4. the first 50 rows






5. the progress so far





I love working the pattern it is worked in one piece starting in the middle and working both sides.I am going to try to pick up the other side tonight before I get to far on it and to see if I can do it. This as well is new to me so hope I can do it without going to the frog fond again, I have learned alot by working this pattern Melanie is excellent at giving directions and the pattern is a very easy read.