and some finised projects (and not so finished projects)

thumbless baby mittens and ear flap hat
Malabrigo- Cosecha


Miter Square Bib
Sugar 'n Cream


Lorraine Major's Quick Baby Sweater
Patons SWS- Natural Plum


Anouk (front of dress)
Knit Picks Crayon- blue and green


Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch 'n Bitch
Patons Canadiana- light yellow


Jacobean
Knit Picks Essentials- Pumpkin
Sock Knitters Pentathlon sock #1


bib
Sugar 'n Cream- hot purple and yellow

no knitting here

no knitting has been done here. Gretchen and I were in a car accident Tuesday afternoon. someone ran a red light and hit the my driver's side of the car. thankfully it was just the front of the car and not any further back. Gretchen is ok, but I'm not doing so hot. headed to the doctor tomorrow to get checked out. I have bruises everywhere, but my main concern is that I'm feeling rather dizzy and lightheaded along with not being able to focus on anything for an extended period of time which is very unlike me. below is what my car looks like afterwards (this was taken at the auto body shop)

yes I am crazy, so what?

I must be crazy. I joined the Sock Knitters Pentathlon 2008 on Ravelry. just what I needed, right? but looking back at the projects I finished in 2007, I made 6 pairs of socks and 1 pair of baby socks. so I can do this. just waiting for my order from Knit Picks to arrive.

besides I'm not the only one crazy. Ann is too :-P

I heart Ravelry

I really do! I had a bunch of yarn that was gifted to me. it was nice yarn, I loved it, but had nothing to do make with it. so I joined the Karma Swap group and its like Christmas! I offered my yarn and was able to claim someone else's unwanted yarn, aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. yay for new pretty yarn!

for all you yarn whores. here's my latest yarn purchases/swaps.
bought this Malabrigo in Cosecha at ReBelle on Sunday to make thumbless mittens and a baby hat for a friend. I've finished the first mitten.



I receieved this yarn in a swap. Cherry Hill Yarns Sockittome in Serengeti

to buy or not to buy....

I'm looking at getting some interchangeable needles. do I buy Denise or Knit Picks Options?

valentine's day

happy valentine's day!

its been a long time...

The last month has been absolutely crazy. Gretchen wouldn't sleep during the day unless I was holding her, so no computer time and no knitting time. I started knitting Anouk for Gretchen using Knit Picks Crayon yarn in blues and green. I haven't gotten very far though. I finished my gloves and a calorimetry for myself. Oh and I finished my Anastasia socks finally.

on top of little to no knitting time, I got sick and thankfully the kids missed that. The husband lost his job, so he's been at home job searching. fun times here I tell ya. but hopefully things will start to look up soon!

I leave you with pictures of my calorimetry during our "big" snow and the itty bitty socks I made for Gretchen. I need to get pictures of my gloves and the socks. (and a cute Gretchen picture just cause she's cute)

sigh...why must this be?

why does KnitPicks not sell 16" cables for their Options needles? why??? I'd like some but alas I cannot purchase them. damn.

last post I promise!

for Michelle (AKKnitter on Ravelry), she knit this lovely BSJ for Gretchen. here is Gretchen modleing it at 2 wks old.

Gloves

ok, finally something for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! this is the first of my gloves. based loosely on the Cigar pattern from Knitty. when I have two hands to type, I'll type up my revisions to fit my short wide hands. my second glove is almost finished as well.