Knitting my life away....

I joined ANOTHER swap over on Ravelry. I'm starting to think I have a issue with swap and not being able to NOT join them. This swap is called the Going Green swap and what you do is, knit your partner one of those eco-friendly shopping bags and then send it to them. I signed up to knit two; this is a pic of the second one. The first is shown in the previous post. I also finished another pair of the Bunny Puke socks; this time these are for me!



I'm still working on the Belletrix socks; I've finished the first and now I've set them aside. I need to hurry and cast-on for the second sock before I end up with Second Sock Syndrome!

Ahhh the Finished Object....

Aija's Hannah Montana blanket is done....finally. (This blanket was a Christmas gift.) I think it came out rather well seeings how I had to hand stitch a few parts of it because I still have NOT mastered using a sewing machine.













I also finished the Big Bad Baby Blanket as seen in the original Stitch N' Bitch book. I liked how the blanket knit up. I used Lion Brand Pound of Love Color: Denim. The only part that worked my nerves was the last 20 rows of seed stitch; it drove me crazy because I knew I was so close to the end! This blanket is headed to Oklahoma City for my brother's new baby.




Next up in the FO Parade is a cotton bag knit out of Peaches and Cream Cotton, Color; Patio Pink and White for a bag swap over on Ravelry. I used grosgrain ribbons for the handles because I just couldn't bear to knit i-cord handles.

I've Jumped On the Bandwagon!

Since it seems that everywhere I look on Ravelry, someone is knitting the Central Park Hoodie, I decided to try it out. Knitting Daily was selling the pattern with upsizes for the bigger girls; up to a size 60" chest measurement. I'm knitting that size. (Pics to come later.) There are 963 projects going on right now including mine. I like the look of the sweater and I've never knit a cardi before. I'm using Paton's Classic Merino yarn for a few reasons:

1. It's cheap. I wanted to make this hoodie in as close to the recommended yarn as possible so I choose wool. I just hope I finish it before it gets too warm to wear wool although it should be okay to wear in the fall/winter this year if I don't. Erie doesnt start warming up until nearly May so I have time. I plan to wear it as a jacket/layer in the spring/fall/winter, etc so I'm thinking to myself it will get plenty of wear.

2. The wool is easy to get my hands on. I've bought as much as I think I'll need (7 skeins) in the same dye lot from the big box craft store so even if I should need a ball or two more, it won't be hard to get. I was able to start right away with swatching and casting on the back panel b/c I already had some of this in my stash. That's right....not only am I making this beautiful hoodie for myself but I'm STASHBUSTING @ the same time! (Go ahead and clap. I'll wait. LOL)

3. This wool comes in about a million dfferent colors. I choose a light to medium color green; it's called Leaf and thats exactly what it looks like.

Knit Picks Order

Knit Picks Order
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Check out all the goodies I picked up from Knit Picks. I have the sweetest person in the world who loves me and let me go hog wild with the credit card!!! 2 different color sock yarns. One is a sky-blue with tweed-y colors throughout and the other is a teal-y color (it's hard to tell from the pics) but both are beautiful. Also, I got 2 pairs of size US 2 16-inch so I can try socks on 2 circs! And also....drum roll please....THE KNIT PICKS OPTIONS HARMONEY SET OF INTERCHANGABLE NEEDLES!!! If you have been living under a rock and havent heard of these needles, check them out here....

www.knitpicks.com

Sewing, Yarn, and Lil Miss Hooker

Sewing
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I worked on my daughters Hannah Montana blanket from Christmas yesterday evening. The instructions are pretty simple; you cut the edges of the blanket into little stripes and then tie these stripes together for fringe. I didn't like how that looked so I did a simple zigzag stitch all the way around.



I also picked up some very pretty Easter/Springtime colored sock yarn from the Cultured Purl. It's Yellowstone by Lorna's Laces.


And speaking of Cultured Purl, my sweetie gave me a $100 gift cert to the Cultured Purl for V-Day and a box of chocolate covered strawberries! Isn't that the best gift EVER!!!???

On another note....I went shopping for my 6 year old and this is what I found in the little girls panty aisle.




Little girls hipster panties, bikini's and thongs. For 6 year olds?! I'm sorry, did I accidently step into the Lil Miss Hooker section of K-Mart??!!!

I'm on a roll!!!

Drying
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Here's yet another FO! This is the sushi wallet. It comes in a kit from PickUp Sticks. The kit comes with all the yarn you need to make the wallet, a zipper you sew in, and it comes package in a little plastic tray just like sushi! I added the i-cord strap for wearing around the wrist. I bought it on eBay with some other yarns I needed. At least it's supposed to look like sushi. Looks a little bit like fried eggs to me. The kit comes in another color (marroon and white). It's basically a felted wallet/change purse. I plan to carry small knitting objects in it like cable needles, stitch markers, etc. This is also the first thing I've felted in my front load washer. I thought it would make a big mess opening the washers door but nope.

Holy Fingerless Gloves Batman!

fingerless gloves
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Check out the sweet fingerless gloves my By My Valentine 08 swap buddy sent me along with a arm load of other goodies!







I also finished the Sushi Wallet (by Pickup Sticks) tonight. Tomarrow we felt!