Pretty!

Well my missing gift card from Christmas turned up. And with it came the choices. What to do with all of that money. This is one of the two times of year that I know I have to spend my money on me. Let's just say that if I don't relatives will hunt me down if they found out.

So.....

I picked up a set of these. Just look at how pretty the rainbow wood ones are! Due to how bad my hands are in the winter and the issues I've been having with bamboo (even though I love it to death!) splintering. I decided that the temptation was too much and decided to try the harmony wood knitting needles. Ant pictures taken can not do these pretty things justice! These bad boys are now the pride and joy of my knitting stash. I's testing out the size 4 points right now. It's so weird to be knitting with something smaller then a size 8. :o

Yes I have been that deprived. Right now I am trying to figure out if I can do a pair of socks on my size 4's. I *SO* want a pair of socks that no one else in the house can confuse as their's. I want my own special socks. Hell, it would be nice to have socks that fit my big feet and long legs the right way period. Nothing store made fits me right!

Yes I am on the hunt for a sock pattern. long socks, short socks it doesn't matter! I want socks! *muahahahahahahahaha*

Up and running again.

Alright life has been weird. Trying to balance myself, a SN kiddo with SDI and all the fun that comes with that and my own health issues has been more then I had placed my money on it being.

the year is new and I'm trying to pick up my pace again.

This year my goal is to get my spinning caught up before the shearing season hits, and then keep on top of it. I also want to start using up my current yarn stash and to get to using what I spin up. Today with one of my christmas gift cards I bought a book called 'knit kimono' by Viki Square.
I thought about picking up 'hand knit holidays' but it would have been more then my gift card would allow for. (I'm going to go back and pick it up once I find the gift card that the kids seem to have taken off with.) I liked the solistice table runner that was in the book! Not to mention the tree ornaments. I could really clean out some of my scrap balls of yearn with those little bad boys!

Right now I'm planning to spin up a bunch of my llama wool and knit it into some nice warm kimonos. The power prices are all wacked out and we've had to turn the heat down. That doesn't work well for me since I get cold *really* easy.

So that is where things stand.

In the mean time I've been doing a liot of writing. I might talk about that later. But now I have to get a move on on my current knitting project from the winter issue of Knitter's. I'm working on 'all aboard'. ;)

Delays....

I am very sorry that I haven't been posting as often as I should and would like to. I am headed into some crunch time and prep for a trip to Texas for medical reasons. Add to it the upheaval with in the family and things just wind up being way to chaotic for getting much more then the basics done.

In about a week or so I should be back in the running for getting things back to where they should be. We'll see how the post trip stuff goes.

Too much!

Algiht, I know I haven't posted in quite a while and I need to get pictures up of finished work. But well sorry to say that it's all been postponed for a bit longer. Long story short there is just to much changing way too fast in my life for me to keep up with everything. Add to it the hot humid weather messing with the cable line and making things run about as fast as molasses in January, and it just adds to the fun. I haven't been keeping up with any of my blogs and it's driving me nuts!

I'm hoping that things will start cooling off and getting back to some form of normality.

knitting right along

OK the first shawl thingy is done for Dd1, the second one is done and as soon as I pop on a button for each one I'll get pictures of them up with the little blond devil modelling them. ;) Then I need to work on a couple for my older Dd (she has asked very nicely!) and then it will be time to get some knitting in for momma! LOL!

So that is where that stands. :)

crash and burn

Well I finished my Choella a few days a go and I think it is one of the biggest knitting busts I have had yet. The pattern took a lot of tweaking to fit me right in the first place but the neck opening it still *way* too big. I've given up on that pattern. I'm switching over to magknits patterns for now since I just don't feel like going bust on another knitty pattern. I really like knitty but just haven't had any luck with 90% of the patterns I have tried from there.

I am working on a series of these for my two girls to wear when the weather starts to cool and I'm going to do a couple for them to play in since the littlest has a fascination with superman right now and it would be a heck of a lot safer for her to run around in one of those in a nice red color then it is for her to be running around with a sheet tied to her neck. LOL!

I will be posting the pictures of the first on tomorrow since I'll have it done today, it is *so* cute even though it's on the needles!

I am also tossing this on the needles for me! :D

I'm aiming to get some spinning in this evening too. ;)

Off and running.....

taking a break

OK today is the fourth but the fingers are still flying. I feel like crud though. Either I have suddenly been hit with a nasty summer cold, or my body reacted badly to flurry of spinning I did yesterday and the resulting flare of other stuff that went flying too (some dust and second cut stuff went into the air). I am working on my Coachella, as I want to get it done and off the needles. I'm plotting the slight alterations that I will be making to it as there seem to be some serious issues with this pattern. As soon as I have this off the needles I have plans for apron tops for my girls. Then it will be followed by me tracking down my DPN's and getting back to going (read restarting) the tall ass socks/stockings that I want to be wearing when the weather cools off.

Happy Fourth of July everyone!!!