It's Been A While

It's been a while since I made a blog post. So much going on in the news...depressing at that. First, the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson were difficult to absorb. May they RIP. Our brave troops continue to risk their lives in harms way. Health care, foreign relations, and the economy are still plaguing everyday ordinary people. What does one do to escape from it all even if only for a little while.....you guessed it.....knit.

I've had several WIPs OTN since my last post. Some have actually turned into FOs, while others remains "in progress". For starters, I completed CeCe. (pattern byBonne Marie Burns)

Here's my first one, worked up in Plymouth wildflower DK.

This was fun because its worked in one piece. The yarn has a nice drape and subtle sheen.

Since this one has short sleeves, I wanted to make another with longer sleeves. This one has 3/4" sleeves and was knit with CotLin from KnitPicks. I'd never used CotLin before either and found it to be really pleasant and easy to work with.

I'd gotten kinda burned out from knitting sweaters and hats, so I've cast on for Girasole by Jared Flood, Brooklyn Tweed. I've decided to go for the blanket size to use as an accent for the sofa. It's such a beautiful pattern that I may even let someone use it. LOL! I decided to go with Cascade 220 in Tumeric, a dark

mustard color. It's working up really nice and I'm anxious to get it finished...hopefully before October.

That's about it for now. I've got other projects on Ravelry here.

Miss ya MJ!

23rd...

Beating the Bah Humbug..

I'm trying my damnedest to beat this bah humbug thing I've got going on. Here it is 8 days until Christmas and I haven't bought not one gift, don't have any decorations up, and the tree is still in its box in the basement. Ask me if I care? I thought some snow would help, but it hasn't. The only thing I know to do to try to get myself into the holiday spirit is to knit something that's fast and easy.

I've got two Central Park Hoodies on the needles right now. One is being sewn together and the other is sitting on my side table laughing at me. To give myself a break, I decided to knit up something that would provide a bit of instant gratification while describing my current mood, Dizzy from Berocco.

This is a fun, easy, and quick hat to make. It only took me a few hours to complete and I didn't use too much yarn, so it makes a great stash-busting or left-over yarn project. I made this up in Patons Classic Merino Wool and didn't use much yarn at all. In fact, the skein wasn't even "squeshy" when I was finished...so I'd guess between 50 - 75 yards.

It was a little small on me, but then again, I've got a normal sized head with a lot of hair.

So I've got my instant gratification and some snow on the ground. There still aren't any decorations up and the tree is yelling at me from the basement. Will this be enough to get my butt in the holiday spirit?

Miss ya MJ!

23rd...

So Much "New-ness"

Okay, so after waiting on my invite to Ravelry and looking around in amazement at what folks have been doing both creatively and technically, I decided I needed to get on the bandwagon. After all I'm not a prude, I'm moderately tech savvy, pretty creative, and have a damn good sense of humor. So today I took it upon myself to try some new things:

1. I really checked out the Ravelry site, awesome place to be for crafty folk.


2. Started this blog, and I must admit, I have no idea what I'm doing.


3. I'll be leaving here and opening a Flickr account. Sharing my photos, now there's a concept.

So today I'm broadening my technical skills. Hopefully I'll actually get around to posting some knitting.

Miss ya MJ.

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