Ten on Tuesday

I found this on two blogs this morning (and since I am at work please excuse the lack of links)

List of 10 Things To Do:

1. Renew car registration online
2. Go to hair appointment today at 4
3. Get decision from somebody in the family about Easter and where we are having it
4. After getting answer on #3, probably make up the menu for Easter Dinner
5. Finish up sock and start on second one (pictured in last post)
6. Tally money for school candy order
7. Hit the laundry pile if hubby hasn't tackled it yet by the time I get home tonight
8. Get Nicole to voice lesson at 7:15
9. Deliver girl scout cookie money to the cookie mom
10.Start a second list cause 10 items doesn't even put a dent in the TO DO's

Hope you all have a productive day!

And yes - I will post pics soon of my latest projects. Notice the plural there?

Where Have I Been??

Ripping this shawl out - 4 times! Look at it - admire it - enjoy it - cause off to the frog pond we go again. I started the Entrelac Stole and couldn't get the pattern, got frustrated and ripped. Did a ribbed pattern - it was bunching up too much. Tried another ribbed pattern and that didn't work. So back to the entrelac. And I like it! Problem - I won't have nearly enough yarn if I keep it the width I have it at now.


So rip again. I think I will go back to the sock I have working on to keep me sane. Check out the pooling on this one.


And I am anxious to start this, because I needed some more sock yarn you know.


And I have another project I am itching to start but you will never guess what it is. I will give details tomorrow (or the next time I post because tomorrow on Knit 1 Spin2 is never the next day!)

Results of the Weekend

In addition to all the fun I had this past weekend with the gurlzzzz I did do alot of spinning. One pounds worth to be exact. I really wish I could remember which vendor I bought this from at Rhinebeck.




The blending is really cool. I only ended up with about 600 yards so I don't think I have enough to do the Tasha Tudor Shawl I was thinking of. I thought of Lady Eleanor but I am still too short for it. Any thoughts???

A Great Weekend!

Just got back from our Spinning Retreat. We had such a great time. See the evidence below:
Karen became a spinner with her new wheel

Bracelets were made




Of course there was spinning





It was so great to spend a weekend just relaxing, getting some projects accomplished, and being with friends. It was tough to leave but great to come home to my family.

Hello from the sick house

I am the only healthy one here - at least as we speak. Nicole had a virus of some sort all week with a fever for 4 days and hubby has a fever and puke bug. I bought clorox wipes and have been hitting all the doorknobs, light switches, remotes, keyboards, etc... I have been taking Airborne until I can't take the taste anymjore. I'll be darned if I am going to be sick next weekend for my spinning retreat.

A few of you asked about the retreat. A bunch of us from the Bayberry Spinners get together once a year at a convent in Watch Hill RI and spin, knit, eat, drink, and laugh and laugh and laugh. We look forward to it every year. I promise to take pictures this year - I have my own camera now :-)

In the midst of playing Florence Nightingale I did accomplish a few fiber related things. I finished spinning all of the Riverwalk from Spunky Eclectic. I ended up with about 550 yards. I was going to make a vest with it but I don't think I have enough. I'm open to suggestions....



Still no pics of the laptop case in progress. I keep forgetting... I am going to try to get the knitting finished today. Felt it tomorrow. I may be a bit over ambitious. I have to leave shortly for my dad's for his birthday dinner. Everyone wish my daddy a happy 66th birthday!

Ta Da

I am out of garter stitch hell and my pi r square shawl is complete.



I am pleased as could be with the shawl. Even with the panic attack I had at the end when I finished with about a yard of yarn left. But the real panic happened when I went to block it. I layed it out over my bed and pinned it all to find that the garter stitch portion had much more stretch in it than the feather and fan border I decided to use. "oh shit" was all I could say. I put it on me - and it fell just perfectly. All was fine. I love it - it is like a big hug and I will definitely make another one with more handspun.

Christmas a little late

In all the Christmas chaos I never did post my knitting related Christmas presents.
They were all books, and to be honest I have only read through one and looked quickly through another. But look at the goodies!



Very funny! Nicole and I read through it and were hysterical. Some real cute cartoons.









I didn't take pictures of the two calendars I got though. One was the Yarn Harlot and the other was the Knitting Pattern a Day calendar. Speaking of that calendar, whats up with 4 days of the same damn pattern? Don't think that calendar will be on my list for next year.

As for knitting - I am in garter stitch hell. The pi shawl is just taking forever and the hell is that I don't think that I will have enough yarn for the darn thing. I was hoping to just work with the foxfire batt mixed with the celestial roving but I think it will be too short. I think the garter stitch will grow when I block it so I will have to see when I get to the end of the yarn. My original plan was to mix my other handspun blues but the thickness is not consistent and it puckered when I tried to mix it. Boo hoo.

And the Starsky sweater I am knitting for hubby is not fun. I have to come up with a better way to follow the charts. Any hints??