February book

Azyas swap pals yarn

Azya,is my 12 year old who knits. Well she has been wanting to join a swap so when the international tote swap came up I asked if it would be ok if she joined.They said it would be. So not to be out done by her mother this is the yarn she picked for her pals bag and the button is so pretty of course I am not the best picture taker but I think you can pretty much see it here. The green and purple are cascade and the metallic is trend setters yarn Aura in colorway19 and it is to die for. Now we are going to get her a pattern she has her needles and bag ready to get started.

stole pattern

SURI ELEGANCE, ROSE BUD

Yep,Thats what the Forest Path Stole will be made of.Like Debi, I was unsure of the colorway I had chosen for my stole.I saw some laceweight I liked the other day I should have bought it. LOL, at any rate at the not so LYS that I dearly love!! I found a few more colors that I liked but there wasnt enough in any one color in stock for the stole. dye lots became the topic.I ended with the ROSE BUD as there was enough.I got it home wound as you can see!!














It took almost an hour to wind 3 cakes of this . we need not revisit the merino incident (see below).I casted on using the Knitted cast on.This stuff is like a dream it is so soft it has fibers coming out and I cant even describe it . This is the nicest yarn I have ever worked with.I was not crazy about the color in the store but once they started winding it I was like under its spell, it is like a pink cloud to look at, and a pillow to touch. LOL at any rate I started the seed stitch and saw where my cast on stitches were uneven so only knitted about 20 stitches and also I had forgot to Sl the first stitch.So I went to the frog pond with it.Pulling to fast caused a you know what right? LOL It came undone pretty easy But I think I will have to be very careful with the stitches as it would be a bear to have frog a bunch of it. I am glad I did it and am going to see if I can get a better tension cast on done tomorrow has any body else decided how they are going to cast on ? it really is a pretty color and it might be nice to find a forest in a rose bud!!

Update:
I am getting ready to go to the frog pond again with the stole LOL 142 st. instead of 141 I was puting st. markers every 10 st. when I noticed it. I was on row 5 and I am not sure these nickle plated needles are the best. they are very slippery I may go get some bamboo of course all I have are 3.5 and I need 3.25 LOL another reason to go to the yarn store.
Update
ok bamboo straights are in my possesion, they didnt have any circs in stock so will cast on again to see what these are like.At the rate I am going it may be march 1st before I get started !!
Update; Why didnt someone say Linda, that is not the seed stitch!! LOL looking at the picture, and saw this reread instructions and have started over.....wheres that little emotion guy with his little eyes rolling around in his head!

Hve you guys seen this place?

http://www.lettuceknit.com/archive.asp Oh my god, I think I will have to have some of this http://www.poshyarn.co.uk/colours.html I just can't decide what color and what to make with some of it.Any ideas??

forest path stole

This picture is way dark. I will try and adjust it tomorrow but at any rate the yarn and needles are here. just waiting on the pattern so I can swatch. Actually I think there is a swatch pattern on the site. I am on my way over there to check it out!!I think I will like this, the only thing I worry about is if I will have enough light colored garments to wear to show this pattern.I am excited to start this project.

baby blankets

this is for a girl at work I will be making 2 of them and 2 sets of booties and 2 hats they are both having boys!! I relly like this yarn I will get some thin blue ribbon and weave through the edges when they are done.




here is the yarn

uh oh!!

yep that would be my Celestial Merino Dream, By Lucy Neatby, color:Blue Vesuvlus







I guess I got so excited by the yarn that I forgot that the woman at the shop was going to wind it for me, so I took it upon myself to do it!! big mistake, Huge!! it is all wrapped in a tidy little ball now but god it took me off and on 3 days to get it undone without cutting it apart can we say a swift and ball winder are on the wishlist!!

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KAL

Well I have joined a KAL and am very excited about it. I read about it over on Rebekah's blog and investigated it.Ordered yarn from knitpicks, in redwood Forest, in keeping with the theme of the Forest Path Stole.The needles both bamboo and nickle plated dpns and circs. and the pattern from http://www.thealpacayarnco.com/Suri%20Elegance%20Patterns.htm . now I will just have to wait until it all gets here to swatch.They are starting this KAL on February first, so get over there and sign up this shawl is beautiful!! http://forestpathkal.blogspot.com/ go over here http://knittingaffairs.antinomic.com/?cat=14 snd take a look at this is it really awesome!! but until my supplies get here I will be knitting mitts!! Thanks Jane again

I Have the very best pal!!

Will ya look at all this !! I love it all, the bag is awesome the yarn is perfect!! the mittens on the box are so so cute. The little accesory bag with the holder and needle and markers. I love the pearl button!! the tag on the bag, the reeses the needles and the book!! Oh the book I have wanted to buy for the longest and now I have it!! I love it all!! I had to take pictures because I have a few movies so if any one wants me. I will be watching dream girls and pursuit of happiness and knitting mitts Thank you Jane (over on the side bar) I love everything!!

my first tag

You've been tagged! by my mitt Pal Jane
The Page 123 Meme
1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123, look down to the 5th sentence.
3. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog.
4. Include the title and the author's name.
5. Tag 3 People
It was embarrassing to say the least.Was Wynn upset? He did'nt let on if he was.In fact,once they'd left the store,Wynn seemed to find the incident highly amusing.

Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber

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.!!