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No Second Sock Syndrome for me!
I know I said in my last post that I would not start the second sock right now. Well, the first one felt so soft and warm on my foot that I couldn’t bear to wait any longer and started knitting the...
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colors for Alba jacket
colors for Alba jacket Originally uploaded by Mimers66 Changing my mind on what colors to use on the Alba Jacket I want to knit. Here are some of them. Gives you an idea.
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Dreaming about colors
You know you have gotten too obsessed about Fair Isle when you start dreaming about colors. I have been really involved with planning a new project. I saw the Alba Jacket by Alice Starmore in her book...
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Keeping with my plans
I made a tentative plan for 2009 and by golly, I’m sticking with it! I have started knitting the Emma Peel dress for little Victoria. I cast on last night and got a lot done. I think this will be a...
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Time to switch it up
Well, I spent the whole day cleaning and doing laundry and now it is time to relax with some knitting. I have been working primarily on Victoria’s dress and have a bit to show for it. Tonight I am...
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Motoring Along!
I am quite confident I will have Victoria’s dress done by the end of the week. If I hadn’t of won this yarn I would never had made this dress. I don’t knit with cotton and the dress did not...
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May run out of yarn
I am almost done with the Emma Peel dress for Victoria and I am almost certain I will run out of yarn. I went ahead and ordered more from Webs. I just hope the lots aren’t noticeably different. I am...
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Did run out of yarn :(
I did run out of the Pebbles. I ordered a skein from Webs and hopefully they have my dye lot so I can finish this pretty dress. I was able to finish the back and a little up the front. I decided to...
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Finished 2 sweaters, mittens and a pair of socks today
This post is just to annoy my sister. Kindly forgive me.
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Baby Kimono
My little baby kimono for my coworkers baby is really coming along nice. It is such a simple pattern, yet it is unique too. I am pretty sure that I will have enough yarn for a little pair of booties...
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Kind of off topic
I didn’t get any knitting done today. I ended up running all over the place because my daughter got sick. Took her to the Dr and it turns out she has strep throat. She was real bummed about this and...
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Check it out!
I got a lot done today and am very pleased. I actually finished most of the Baby Kimono last night. Just need to block and add ribbon. This is a great quick and easy baby gift to make. I will keep this...
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What’s happening to me?
I have finished up a few projects now and really enjoyed knitting each one of them. I have knit more in the past 6 months than I have in my life! I don’t know what happened, but suddenly I can’t get...
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New Beginnings
This week has been the week of new starts. Although I did not knit much this week, I did get a little in. For starters, I was able to get my Mr Foster sock monkey started. This is a kit that Knit Picks...
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No More Monkey Business
I am putting the Mr Foster Monkey on hold for a bit. Not to say I won’t work on him at all, but not as fervently. I want to focus on getting my MIL’s cardigan done. It is coming along. I am holding a...
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My YaRn is Here!!!!
Oh, thank the Yarn Gods! My Jamieson DK has safely arrived from Canada. As I previously posted, Nina from CVF put a tracer on my package and sure enough it was stuck in customs! That was Tuesday. I got...
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Victoria in the Emma Peel Dress
Just got home from a wonderful evening with friends. Brings it home how lucky we are and what is truly important in life. We had a wonderful time and as I suspected Victoria couldn’t wait to try on her...
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Ready for the weekend!
I finished the gauge swatch for the Duxbury Point Pullover. This sweater is for Marc and will take a long time to make but I think I will really enjoy the pattern. I had originally started the swatch...
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New Stuff on the Needles
I managed to get some knitting in this weekend. Not as much as I had thought, but a nice amount. I started off by winding all my hanks of yarn from my Luskentyre kit from Virtual Yarns. I was totally...
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Isn’t it lovely!?
I have only been working on this a couple of days so there is not much to look at yet, but I just can’t help putting up a picture of my Luskentyre progress. I love the yarn and the pattern is just...
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