More FOs!

Since I finished dh's sweater and got the ends woven in, I thought it was time to post pictures of it (and him). Blanket disclaimer: I didn't feel like trying to figure out how to crop, etc. these pictures so just suffer with all the wasted space, ok?
Here he is just looking studly (I think).

And here he is doing Joey's jazz hands. He'll hate me for putting this one on the blog, but I LOVE this picture of him!

This is my mom's Lucy Bag I gave her for Christmas. My first intarsia project and I did it in the round! I made this bag with Paton's Classic Merino. It felted beautifully! I made another Lucy Bag for my some-time-in-the-future SIL out of a gorgeous very dark green Cascade 220, but I didn't get a picture. What was I thinking??

That's it for now. I'll leave you with a picture of my current WIP/Knitting Olympics project:

Olympics start tonight!

I'll be casting on my Knitting Olympics project during the broadcast of the opening ceremonies. I have officially finished dh's sweater so there will be no guilt in starting a new project. Ok, I still have lots of ends to weave in, but I'm done knitting it!

I made the Olympic Team!

The Knitting Olympics, that is. I will be making a shrug to wear with my Easter dress. It will be made of a loverly 50/50 silk and wool blend yarn in a very pretty pink. You can check it out at the Team Sybermoms blog. Scroll down to the entry entitled "Frick's Project." The idea of the Knitting Olympics is to choose something that it would be a challenge for you to finish in the 16 days of the Olympics, cast on during opening ceremonies, and bind off sometime before the closing ceremonies end. As proof that knitters really are taking over the world, there are now more knitters signed up for the Knitting Olympics than athletes competing in the real Olympics. Check it out here: Yarn Harlot's official Knitting Olympics Page

I will need to finish dh's sweater some time in the next 36 hours. I'm on the last few inches of the second sleeve so it shouldn't be a problem if I can just get some time to sit and knit.

Entries to come: Pics of dh's sweater, FO's I forgot to post yesterday, my crocheted yoga mat bag and pattern that I WROTE MYSELF! Yeah, I'm a little proud of myself on that one. Over 20 years of crochet experience, and I finally wrote a pattern. I'll babble more on that when I post the pattern.

Finished objects!!!

Finally posting pictures of some finished objects. Since I still haven't fully figured out how to move things around in these posts these will be in random order.


Large blue Lucy Bag made from Plymouth Galway.


This is the most recently finished object, my Bella Scarf from Knitpicks made with Knitpicks Suri Dream in lilac. I love it and secretly think to myself that everyone who passes me says to themselves, "Wow! What a pretty scarf! I wish I had a scarf like that!"


I made this cell phone sock a while ago. It's from a pattern in one of those kids' learn to knit kits you can get at bookstores. I kind of memorized the pattern while watching my ds play with the Thomas trains at Barnes & Noble then went home and made this with a small amount of Sugar n' Cream leftover from another project. It's ok. It's one of the first things I made. I usually have it looped around so it's hanging on the inside of my bag, then I hook my keys and sunglasses to the cell phone sock's strap which hides under the short strap of the Lucy Bag. Very convenient.


The blue shawl mentioned below in the post about finishing the scarf from hell. I made it with Patons Divine from this pattern. It's pretty big. I'm 5'4" and the point hangs almost to the back of my knees. Here's some detail:

Yeah, I'm a pitiful blogger.

Sorry about that. I just never take the time to do it and usually get frustrated when I try. I can't figure out how to do the links, I can't get my pictures where I want them, etc. Is there a tutorial for this? Later this week when ds is in school and dd is napping, I promise I will try to update with some actual finished objects. Really. No, really!

And because I'm still trying to figure out how to format posts...

Hell, I don't know how to put things where I want them. I wanted the yarn by itself and then the in progress pic and then the finished pic, but they didn't come out in that order, and I don't feel like trying again. Anyway, as for the Lucy Bag, I really enjoyed making this one! Here's the yarn, the bag partially done, and then completed and felted. I love how it came out sort of a heathered purple! I used Cascade 220 Quattro.

I'm working on another one in a sort of purply blue--I don't know why I seem to be stuck in purple mode. I didn't realize when I picked it up that it was so purple! Anyway, it's Plymouth Galway, one of the recommended yarns in the pattern for the Lucy Bag. I'm excited to see how it turns out. The finished bag in the pictures is not all that big, but it'll hold the essentials. The one I'm currently working on is supposed to be quite a bit bigger. We'll see how it turns out. When I get a chance I'll take pics of the shawl. I forgot to do it this time.

I'm entering this first bag in the county fair open class domestic arts whatever-you-call-it. They didn't have a category for accessories so it's entered under Other in the knitting category. It felted so nicely that you can't even tell it's knitted! I'm just really impressed with felting! It was a lot of fun!

And a few weeks later....

I finally get back to post pictures and announce the completion and felting of the Lucy Bag! First of all, the scarf from hell. This thing, like I said before, is probably around 20 feet long. I'm 5'4", it almost touches the ground on one side of me, loops down below my knees and almost touches the ground on the other side. I am so glad this monster is done!

Scarf is finished!

I finished the Dr. Who Scarf aka the Scarf From Hell. I will post pictures later today. I credit the trip to Nashville during which dh wouldn't let me drive. Seriously, lots of knitting time on the trip there and back. The grandparents occupied the kiddos quite a lot too allowing me to knit while there. I don't know what I was thinking when I packed, but I didn't include anything long-sleeved and I was FREEZING in their house! Their thermostat was set at 69 F for crying out loud! So I took a break from the scarf for a while on Sunday and crocheted a shawl real quick. Pictures of that to come also. I've also made a couple of cell phone socks since starting this scarf just cuz I needed a freaking break from the thing. Seriously. It's a 20 foot long scarf done entirely in garter stitch. You do the math. (Ok, it wasn't 20 feet long before stretching, but it was pretty darn freaking long!) I started on my Lucy Bag yesterday. It's coming along nicely. Only 70 rows to go on the body of the bag, then I start the straps. I can't believe it's going so quickly!

the scarf from hell 

Update on the scarf from hell

Yeah, I'm finally updating this blog. I've been working on a Dr. Who replica scarf for my brother since just before Christmas. This thing will probably be around 15 feet long when it's finished. It's extremely mindless being entirely made of garter stitch. If it didn't change color so often I would have lost interest ages ago. The pattern can be found here.

Woo hoo! I have a blog!

My brother has been bugging me forever to start a blog. He even tried to set one up for me, but I didn't have a clue what to do with it. I hope to post progress on knitting, crochet, etc. projects here. I'll probably have a few vents about personal stuff or rants about political stuff that pisses me off. Anyway, enjoy!