Counting Down....

Including today I have just 15 days left to finish the never-ending-ever-growing Twirly Skirt for Linnea's 6th Birthday...Did I mention like a triangular shawl the thing grows and grows so it has become little bit of a slugfest on the last color stripe?

And as promised, the masochist that I am (TMTIA), I did add a picot edge which required an additional seven more rows to fold up for the hem...and then there's the I-Cord to do...

I've apportioned two days on Color Stripe B, four days for Color Stripe C, and eight days for Color Stripe D, and...wait a minute...I guess I'm pulling some late nighters...

As it now stands, I'm on the the front panel now and just into my second Color Stripe...pray for me...

Mmmmm...cheez...burr...gerrr

A still life of my plate post cheeseburger...Totally unscripted - just how my plate ended up after last morsel was eaten...I'm going to make it my avatar, I think...Someone say, CHEESE!

Shhhh...I have a secret...

My daughter's birthday is fast approaching and I'm working on a special, of course - knitted, present for her (for me, whatever!)

Our course it's stealthly disguised as a sweater for the little man but how she doesn't pinpoint the non-boy colors is... well, oh so Linnea...

It's a stripey skirt from Barefoot Knits Twirly Skirt by Christine Schwender & Paula Heist found on Ravelry....if I can squeeze in the matching tank top, I will...

Here is a version by Applekor from Ravelry....

I'm thinking: add an elasticated waist and picot trim to the bottom for "fun"...

Mine is decidedly soooo in the works...picture to follow soon...

You know when life has a way...

of getting busy...No matter my intention, I'm just someone who has a hard time keeping up with the friends I want to talk to and catch up with...Social media (for the time being anyway) is something I have a hard time flowing with...I truly wish I could sit down long enough to add an entry or two on my Facebook page...Thanks for the friends so persist on getting me to log on at the very least!! You know who you are....

Anyway...for the moment a few pics of works come and done since June 2009...Hopefully, the break in between will be much shorter...



My norwegian mitts




Nepheid Tam Tam...I believe those are turnips worked around with sprouting leaves up above...my first fair isle work...believe it or not, it was fairly quick and easy...how I do love charts...I wish I could love lace though - I really do!





Current works in progress include:

Socks for The Big Man (i.e. Paul)

AND in the planning stages for...a sweater for Rufus (placket neck and MANLY) and a skirt/sweater set for Linnea....

I'm Baaack

from my first trip over to England....My husband and I (plus the two littlest ones) went "back home" to visit his family (which was GREAT for me - did I mention my only-child-syndrome?)...I saw the most amazing countryside - absolutely beautiful in it's own right. The Pacific Northwest is beautiful for it's grandeur and majesty and England for it's cultivated beauty (the Cotswolds) and atmospheric vistas (The Lake District)



...and did I mention all the sheep everywhere...I didn't look hard but I didn't see skeins of wool just dripping off the trees (or at least a shop on every corner). Perhaps the next time around....

Presenting my present

Welcome my first attempt at two color stranded knitting and mitten making...I'm so addicted to both...These little ones are a gift to my cousin, Cheryl, who thought of my family at Christmas time....I hope she makes good use of them this coming winter...As I had stated, I'm hooked and am currently working on two mittens - the same pair color reversed and another Selbuvotter in a dark colored lace-weight yarn- just in case I forgot to wear my "I'm a sadist" button today...Double 00s I think to get the gauge right...Isn't it funny - the more I knit with tiny needles the more adjusted I get to them...The thought of knitting with anything larger than a 5 seems just sooo humongous!

Slow Knit

OK...Here we go...I know my blog is supposed to be all about my knitting adventures but how does one have adventures when one's knitting can be so methodical...

I am increasing learning to become more thrifty and less consumptive (with the exception of blank notebooks and journals - I've tried and tried but I'm hopelessly addicted - anyone else!). And for some reason, this is the area of my life where I am more or less able to say "One at a time." I more one project at a time more or less (two max!) and I AM HAPPY ABOUT IT...Of course, I am in a manic state when I finally have something off my needles...I need my next fix N-O-W...I literally feel queasy, as if the world is off it's tilt, until I get something on them...I walk around bumping into walls, stare past my husband with my mind flipping through my rolodex of What's-Coming-Next

I guess those who "multi - knit" as in multiple projects at once don't experience this....The benefits of this for me are...1) a very manageable stash and 2) learning restraint and discipline (for the first time in my life...Like Slow Food this is my Slow Knit...

Here are my latest Slow Knit...my first BSJ with homage to Mr. Flood...


For those who drool over Mr. Flood's photos and would like to have an inkling how he does it...He has left a few tips on how to showcase your knitting on David Reidy's Sticks and String podcast, Episode - Jared Flood..a interesting listen on how he got started...

The MiniMuppet