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I'm celebrating my 39th Birthday today and being pretty lazy about it. I did get up at 6am, but then went back to bed around 7:30 and slept a bit longer. When I woke up there was breakfast in bed and a morning of knitting in bed. After lunch I was served the most yummy cake made by my man-folk. It was chocolate with strawberry icing and sprinkles. Gorgeous... right?

Disgruntled

I'm disgruntled with my knitting.
Its not the knitting's fault this time. The knitting is being perfectly cooperative.
I've had two days at home to be lazy and do nothing but knit if I want to. Now that my knit marathon is over though I feel disgruntled because I really didn't work on anything I am just in love with. You know how it goes... you get the perfect yarn and and the perfect project together and voila! nothing but fun. Well, I did shop the stash and Ravelry for a new, fun project, but I have finish-up itis and nothing sounded good enough to throw the other projects to the wayside. So I finished a hat. I worked on my vest and on a pair of socks. The hat is finished, but after two days of knitting I thought I'd have more to show for it than a hat. Well, the vest is about 3/4 done and the socks are getting there, one sock is past the heel and the other almost at the heel. But I'm disgruntled anyway, because I'm looking for a new sexy project and it hasn't found me yet.

I'm also disgruntled with FedEx. My phone was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but it is now scheduled for Monday. According to FedEx tracking it went for a ride right by my town and kept going about two hours east. I hope it comes back soon.

Finish-itis

I seem to have caught a case of finish-itis. I'm going to run with the feeling. Tonight a slouchy cottony hot pink hat... tomorrow a sweater vest.... then on to a pair of worsted weight Dream in Color socks. Along with the knitting finish-itis, I'm enjoying some nice time with season one of NCIS. Its going to be a beautiful knitterly birthday weekend.

Swarm alarm

Well, we bought our cute little house last fall... and now we have termites. Yay. We had the termites treated last Friday, but it takes up to 3 months for the little buggers to completely die away. As a result I've been banished from my sun room hideaway because that's where most of the activity is and so now the swarmers are taking over my Mom-cave.

What are you knitting for Christmas?

I've had several people ask me the questions... Have you started knitting for Christmas? and  What are you knitting for Christmas?
The answer is heck yeah I've already been knitting for Christmas! And lots of stuff!
After the stress full and frantic 3 months of sock knitting last year I decided to start very early this year. I've actually been knitting for Christmas... at least a little... since January! I decided it would be a great idea to just knit whatever I was in the mood for and then divide it out come December, although along the way some projects have kind of claimed an owner already. It just turned out that half way through I thought a particular person would love the project and it became theirs. Obviously I'm not going to say who goes with which project (unless they aren't going to be reading this), but here are some finished ones.

The first one is a multi-directional scarf for my sister. The second picture is of some Bella's mittens. The third picture is a keyhole scarf out of some super fun Noro. The fourth picture is another multi-directional scarf (I may keep this one!) Numer five and six are both Clapotis. One for my MIL and one for my godmother. The bubble gum colored hat is for my niece and the last hat is knit out of some marbled chunky yarn I really like.
I am also knitting a Wonderful Wallaby sweater for my son. I let him pick out the yarn. And I'm knitting a cardigan for my mom and for my hubby. I have an afghan in progress that I plan to finish for Dad and Biggi's present. So yes, I'll be busy!
During my non-Christmas knitting time I am working on Elizabeth Zimmerman's green sweater and am planning on knitting my own Clapotis.

Happy knittig ya'll!

Been awhile... BUT, I've been too busy knitting!

I know its been a while since I posted anything on my blog... yikes! Its been 4 months! Wow... I must say the last few months have simply flown by! I've finished several classes this spring and projects are coming along nicely. My favorite project right now is my Clapotis:

Its a super fun and fast knit... I will definitely be making some of these for Christmas presents!

My second sweater is all finished and I love it even more than the first one! I did make a super silly mistake when finishing the second sleeve... I made it a one by one rib instead of a two by two rib like the other sleeve. Its very hard to see since its short sleeves that end up at the elbow and the fabric is so dark... so I've decided to leave it... its a good conversation piece... the moral of this story is: Don't work on anything you have to think about when you're on serious cold medication!!!

This is the coolest project ever! Its a hat you can wear as a boggin, or as a neckwarmer or you can leave the draw string open in the back and wear it as a slouchy hat with your long hair hanging out of it! My only complaint is that I didn't find this pattern until the end of Winter!

Bella's mittens are all done! I learned how to do cables using this project. They are super easy to do and look really impressive! These are going to be a Christmas gift for someone special! ;)
I also finished knitting a Shawl Collar Vest - Ravinelli for my mother-in-law and finished a scarf or two.... I have a pair of socks about a third of the way done, my Clapotis is making fast progress and I think its more than 2/3 of the way finished. This weekend I started another sweater for myself since I decided I need a spring sweater (this one is a cotton acrylic blend), and Aiden's Wonderful Wallaby sweater is started.
So.... I have been too busy knitting to work on my blog!!

Happy New Year!

The end of last year has gone by too fast! With all the holiday knitting and finding time to get together with friends and family the month of December just flew by!
I did manage to finish my Christmas knitting...

I finished Granny's double day flower scarf... and a bunch of socks...

I must have been a very good girl this year, because Santa was very good to me and my family!

Happy New Year!!