I just knit a new raglan sweater down to the arm pits where I was ready to put the sleeves on scrap yarn when I realized that I only had 1 sleeve. Nicely done! Doesn’t bother me too much as I just started this last night, but yeah. HA!

So I lied. I randomly took a whole lot of pictures of knits this weekend & am sitting here at work slow as can be. So knitting pictures it is.

noro silk garden chunky striped scarf.

I love this scarf. I made it skinnier than brooklyntweed’s design because I was feeling cheep & didn’t want to buy more yarn. I think I love this scarf more than the first one I knit. The colors are amazing & I had a good time photographing it.

We are so delicious!

Kathren Hepburn Cardigan from Lace Style in Ultra Alpaca “lobster blend”

This is the cardigan that doesn’t like to be photographed. Must be all the fuzziness to it. Also please ignore where I screwed up my cables. This is the back piece & I figure that non-knitters won’t even notice. I’m not going to rip it back either. I’m really in love with this knit. I know this is going to become one of my most favorite sweaters ever.

California overkill to the max.

Scarf I designed just for this yarn. Manos is lovely & the stitch deffinition is amazing.

Neck warmer. I’m addicted to these now. Berroco pure merino my own patter. Love this thing!

And finally, what knitting post would be complete with out cat pictures?

“Happy Holidays my ASS!”

Sue’s kind of a jerk.

“Who me? Never! I will claw your eyes out biznatch!”

Happy Day Off Due to the Birth of a Bastard Child!

This will probably be my last post till after the holiday season. Things are moving along pretty quickly around here and I need to pay attention My husband has Christmas Eve off (I don’t *sob*) but there will be 3 days of constant knitting ahead of me

 Also my Katherin Hepburn caridgan is coming along beautifully. It’s so soft in the ultra alpaca & the lace & cables are seriously fun. I’ve been really good about not rushing it though. I want to enjoy it.  Hopefully my cascade will come this week because I would love to cast on for Matt’s sweater So many projects.

I also desided that I’m going to start my christmas 2008 knits in January. I’ve desided that for every 1 selfish knit I will do 1 gift so I won’t be in a bind next year. (yeah lets see how that goes!)

And so I leave you with a pretty pretty picture of some manos.

What a nice & busy weekend. We helped the parents start seriously decorating for christmas, picked out a tree & put up all the ornaments I got some serious knit on & finished a stand in hat for my dad (the sweater I’ve been working on is waiting for 1 more ball of yarn to be finished) and my cabled scarf which I am totally in love with. OMG this scarf. Love love love. The color, the yarn, the stitch deffinition. Amazing! I have no pictures yet, I will soon.

Hat (pre blocking) in Misti baby alpaca Chunky weight.  This yarn is so amazing. I have desided that I am going to make a vest out of this. Specifically this vest.

Noro Striped Scarf YAY! This scarf could not have been more of a joy to knit. I wear it almost constantly and have yarn to start a second.  Watching the colors was truely amazing and I finished this in a day & 1/2 just because I couldn’t wait to see what the colors would do next.

Rusted Root? Really? I’ve been wearing this sweater for months. I’m actually wearing it right now over a long sleeved T & loving it! This is actually a really good sweater for me. You can see better lace detail in the noro scarf picture. This sweater is lovely to wear, a nice intro to lace & super easy. I only wish my sleeves were more poof than bag.

You were at least 1/2 correct on any given day I have spent many a hour lately completely zoned out in my knitting.  The yarn to complete my dad’s christmas sweater has not yet arrived so I’ve been doing various in between projects for myself

Yes, we are lovely & smooshy oh so purple.

Cabled Wrist Warmers (Natalya pattern on Ravelry)

1 & 1/4 skiens of Patons SWS soy/wool blend.

I’d like to thanks Ghetto for his wonderful modeling.

This is the noro striped scarf. Details on ravelry because I can’t remember. God what a quick knit. Also I must have become such a loosey goosey knitter because I knit this on US4′s and it looks the same as those who knit it on US 7′s. Hmmm.  Lovely! I’m wearing it right now! Yay.

Started a new scarf today out of Manos silk blend in the most amazing purple you’ve ever seen. It’s just so incredibly beautiful. It also has amazing stitch deffintion. The cables I’ve done are so fluffy & huge & wonderful! GO BUY SOME MANOS!!! STAT!!!

Also because the ladies at Anacapa Fine Yarns are such enablers I walked out of there last night with 4 skeins of noro silk garden chunky & one skein of manos in the most beautiful variated coloway!  I promise in 2008 to only knit from my stash

Matt was transfered departments yesterday at his job and suddenly seems like a million pound weight was lifted off his chest.  Now he does not have to work for the She Hulk anymore and everyone seems 100% happy with it. The She Hulk doesn’t have to feel threatened by him and he doesn’t have to do data entry after working 4 years as VP of Operations. So it’s a win win. He now has a planned out career path & goals & it’s a good thing

I see the light at the end of the tunnel with my dad’s sweater. I should have it done maybe by tomorrow night?! Hopefully? I need to wash it & dry it before it gets packed so hopefully it’s done by the weekend. God I’m cutting it close this year!

So much to do bt we of course are right in the middle of the holiday party season.

Alright, god I didn’t realize how close we were till christmas. Is it just me or did it sneak up on everyone this year? Bla! I think that as a Unitarian I am going to push back my christmas until June. Sound good to everyone? It’s not like I’m really celebrating Baby Jesus or anything, just Santa & family

As for the knits I’m doing pretty darn good I think.  I have had a love/hate afair with my dad’s sweater. First I thought I was getting a nice deep grey. Nope, it’s black. Next I thought that since I got the gage indicated on the label with size 8′s of all things I would knit it entirely with 8′s & be so fast & speedy.  Well…I had to frog it. All loosey goosey & not my style. Then on to my trusty size 6′s and we dug in. After a couple rows I realized that I should probably deside on a stitch pattern right?

So this was born

I am the bane of my creator’s existance

Actually at this point I was feeling pretty good. A little over whelmed by how far I still had to go before the holiday but ok. I didn’t love this sweater. I didn’t even like this sweater. I bought yarn & knit small projects while neglecting this sweater.

Then last night something happened.

I am a huge black hole that you can’t photograph because I suck out all the light.

This is actually a knit for my dad. He’s smaller than I am so it should fit him a little baggy. But…Damn I wish I wasn’t giving this away! It fit so damn good! I love the cables in front, I love the neckline! I love the sleeves so far!

‘Ello, I am not so much a blob anymore am I? You Lurrrve me

I have enough Knitpicks telemark in a lovely high end biegh color to reknit this sweater. I may even publish a pattern because it’s smooshy & I think everyone should enjoy a smooshy sweater.

In other news, I actually blocked something.

I am lovely, no?

This is how much Lorna’s Laces Lion & Lamb bleeds

I am completely worth it though!

And one last knit done.

Why do I always take these pictures first thing in the morning, before coffee, with no makeup & in the damn dark?!

Happy Knitting! You have 14 days left before Christmas!