And now for some Pic

I hope everyone had a great Xmas. I did and I even went to the inlaws it was the first time I have seen them since before my wedding over two years ago.
On the knitting front I have been knitting on a schedule nicely and actually cast off one of ndebes socks. I do adapt some as my hockey game knitting needs to be vanilla no matter what I should be working on at that time ditto for knitting knit no counting can be done there for some reason.
So here is what I got

This is my sock Yarn Blankie right now its a double line of squares.

This is Him again. I finished one of these

since this photo was taken now I need to

cast on the second one

This is Southern Pirates with Clap. The yarn is Yarn Pirate Sweet Magnolia get it hahaha

This is barrows sock done in 3IG Lewis yarn. I keep picking

yarns that dont go well with the cablely patterns

but this one is working nicely


These are my jaywalkers... I told you vanilla knitting for hockey right

So for my cast on this cycle I cast on a drop stitch scarf in Noro Silk Garden Lite I now totally get why people are ga ga over this stuff. Noro does all the work for you

long time gone

so I havent posted in a while I am so tied up by yarn and hockey hahaahaha
I will have a more detailed post in a day or so

What I am THANKFULL FOR

MY FAMILY
MY FRIENDS
MY CATS AND DOGS

side note project #5 cast on .... pair os Jaywalkers needed mindless knitting for the Car ride to Keene
~S

Have you ever scheduled Knitting

So until recently I was a monogamous knitter one project at a time, however, something is changing in me. I am going to blame it on the holidays and trying to holiday knit but I want to cast on things instead of actually knitting them. Maybe it is the stash I have been accumulating and I want it to look smaller. None the less I think I am going to have to make a deal with myself in order to actually even finish anything. I will only be allowed to cast on things on my first day off work I don't have to start a new project mind you but I am allowed to... on the second day off I can work on any project I want in theory it should be a project that I am about to finish.

so here is what I picture my week looking like with my week starting on Monday but that may be a day off or work day
the Projects are numbered in my projects on ravelry I will remove the number as I bump them out of wip status to finished status
work day 1 --- Project #1 --- currently 8'8'8' shawl
work day 2 --- Project #2 --- Stricken with soule
work day 3 --- Project #3 --- itty bitty squares.... mitre square sock yarn blanket ---this one might not always happen since it depends on the availability of scrap sock yarn.... If not available its a you pick day
work day 4 --- Project #4 --- Lewis Barrows
work day 5 --- Project #5 --- oops I guess I need to cast on a project hahahaha
day off 1 --- Cast on --- work on that project
day off 2 --- you pick em --- any thing I want. I will try to make it something I am casting off soon but this wont always happen.


So today is the second day of work for me this week... I will be working on my Stricken with Soule when I am done Rambling on here. wink wink

Pictures will be posted weekly-ish

WOW A 1/2 BLACK PREZ

Who woulda thunk? Sorry guys as a mother of a mixed child and hopefully another one some day I refuse to call him a black president. I just cant back the concept of one persons race out weighing the other, the fact that people want it to well means we really haven't come that far. I was thinking last night how my first election was for Bill Clinton and people were remarking that he was the first Black Prez, why because of where he came from culturally well if your culture background is where you get it from then Obama is just another white pres... he was after all raised by his white mother and typical grandmother. I am not at all trying to negate the fact that most people look at him and see a black man its just a curious thing to me.
My loving husband Ndebe often declares himself African since his father was born in raised in Liberia. I wonder how this makes his mom feel to just negate who she is. Understanding that when they split up he chose to stay with his father he was in the end touched more by the African side then the Black American side. I have always felt bad for the parents of mixed children as society wants to label them purely on site and deny them the rights to be who they are. I try hard to teach Tage that he is Hispanic and white, yet when you see him walking down the street at you he is just another white kid. I wonder why people fear the race game in labeling people when its often the surface of a persons very being. When Ndebe and I have a child it will be half white half black period I wont justicify Americas neat little labels and allow anyone to call it black.

Just the same WOW a brown face in the White House amazing. Ndebe said this hurt him because it meant his father lied to him as a child.... He was told he could be anything he wanted when he grew up .... except.... Well Mr. Selli I guess this is an OK lie.
~s

and now for some pics

These are some socks I am making for a little girl whose brother palys hockey with tage. She told me she wanted some wild socks so this is what she is getting. I got this yarn back when magic strips (I actually got a whole bunch of them) first came out with hopes of learning to do sock. I learned how to do socks and promptly left the magic strips behind.

This is my first Stricken by Cookie A. Wow this women is amazing.

I love the way this sock fit and since I trusted in her smarts it even fits my cankles. I normally up needle size or something to ensure they fit me. Sorry mom since these fit my cankles I will be keeping this pair.

~S

Tage in Net

Not knitting related but Tage had his first solo shut out in net. His past Zero awards the net time was split between two goalies. I am proud of him he played a great game and even thanked his team after

I forgot socks for him

Well I finally found some yarn N. was OK with. He has been bugging me to make him a pair of socks for awhile now but he demanded them to be solid black... have you ever heard of such a thing. heeehheee. Then low and behold some one sent me some monochromatic sock yarn and he said well that will do. I made him short socks with a simple cable but he wore them and seems to like them. There they are in progress at the NH Highland games I spent most of my time knitting while I listened to some great music. I must say I did see many other people knitting and hooking up in the mountians of all ages. I did get some odd looks here and there and a couple people say man i wish i could do that I laughed and told them they could... and they walked away.

~S

Fear of finishing

Why cant i bind off my gothic rose shawl. I am scared to do the final 8 rows cause then I will need a new big project on the needles. Mean while my Striken socks are coming along nicely. I will post pic of both later just want to let you all no i was alive.

The evils of Friday Nite Knit Night

So I had tonight off and N. was home Tage had hockey and then I was free. Yippie I will get to go to Y&F for knit nite. So knowing that I was going to be able to go I wound a ball of sock yarn for a nice on the go project and grad the Cookie A pattern for Stricken that I had been wanting to start and off I went. Well lets just put it this way not a stitch was made tonight. I got there and spent 3.5 hours at knit nite and have nothing. I cast on no problem begin round one..... the stitches don't add up I have 80 on my needles but it appears I need 88... mmm should I correct the pattern. NO I WILL FROG. I frog the cast on and the first round and do it over still not the right amount of stitches... that's it stricken has been struck and it is grounded now. When I get home I shower and think on this convinced there must be some errata somewhere... I look none. Maybe I am the only person you has knit the large in this sock after all there are only 30 on Ravelry. I go to my bedroom thinking lets do the math and figure out where I can remove 8 stitches for the directions or perhaps add 8 stitches to the cast on. I grab a piece of paper add up all the stitches for my size and what do I get 80... how can this be. grrr.....

Apparently you are not allowed to mix and match the directions and I must have been doing so while gabbing along with my knitting friends. So now at 1:30am after casting on at 7:30 pm I have the cast on and 2 rounds done. HEY, wait does that mean I can change the start date on Ravelry to October 4th. wink wink

THE BABY IS 11

Not only am I getting old but my baby is 11 today. How the hell did that happen. Happy Birthday TAGE... mumma loves you

Crap I am 35 in 31 minutes

So i am sitting here trying to figure out a way to freeze time. I am about to turn 35 in damn now its 30 minutes. tick tock tick tock. I am just not ready for this. My baby is about to turn 11. N and I would like to have another child but its not in the cards thus far and now 35 that's when the worries increase and likeliness decreases I hardly think it far. Wow 29 minutes. Quick somebody help me stop the clock. Common all you Hogwarts witches and wizards I know you know a way to fix this. haha N just told me to look on the bright side I have a 33 yo husband and that makes me a cougar, I am sure he thinks that's funny. Drat tick tock tick tock, this is the first time I remember dreading the birthday thing. I know from others that there are certain years that will bug you for one reason or another and 35 is one for me.
tick tock... 26 more minutes oh well I give up I am going to bed.
~s

motif number 1 done

no thanks to Dighton I finished the first motif to my fanasty shawl. I dont think its going to block to the right size but we shall see.

Crisis Avoided

So, almost three hours later a split splice and several DVR'ed movies and I have saved the Merino Lace that dighton tried to destory/play with. I hope it we can break him of his breaking things habit. I know he is a puppy but UGH. Thankfully some of my Yarn Buddies think they might has some ways to stop this. Amen to them.

Silly Me

So like I mentioned in an earlier post Dighton ate a pair of socks i made well you think that would have taught me... oh no didn't happen. Last night I come home from my Friday night knitting group and continue to knit on my Fantasy Shawl... my first real lace project (with lace weight yarn) I get tired and leave it on the chair were I always leave my stuff. What was I thinking. Well I came down in the morning and it was still there great he didn't bother it... big smile. Silly me I left it there and went to work again leaving yarn and project on my 'project chair'. Fast forward N. calls me looking for his car keys (not part of the story) tell him I don't know were 'your' keys are. N follows up with you are going to be very angry with your dog... why I ask. He says you know that thing you were knitting last night. Yes I say. N says well Dighton has destroyed the yarn.... Ugh I am going to kill him.



I get home to find this mess. The good news is he didn't ruin the project at all. There is a mess of yarn he pulled of the cake however i think with a little time I will be able to save the yarn and the project.... if not this dog might be going to the pound....

more dogs....

My baby dighton and MY ravelympics medals... wooo hooo

Introducing Dighton

So we got a puppy. He is a 12 week old Shar Pei we have named Dighton. These are the best pictures since it is night time and my house gets not light. I will try to post better ones later. The cats arent super excited about him but it will come

I am in love

So i realize it I am in love. With who you might ask guess.... could it be you. Right now N and tage and I are about to get a dog not sure what type yet. I kinda bought a Shar Pei last night and then today I finally got approved by the Mini Pin rescue group and I could get one of them.

So here is the real question right now is if i am in love why am I so damn sad.

long time gone

I know its been a long time since i last posted. I have one cupcake sock down one to go. She will now be ignored do to the Ravelympics.... I am doing the sock put and the shawl relay. I just started the sock the shawl will have to yet till after work. I also need to start my yarn smack down socks... can you say over committed.

On the home front things are dicy at best. N is not happy about Derek returning into my life and I cant blame him. I would be unhappy if the other way arround. I can be very jealous.

Would you like a Cupcake

Well I would and the yarn pirate has granted my very wishes. I cant post a pic yet because not everyone has received there booty and I don't want to spoil the surprise. I have to go away for work till friday and wont know anyone there so I need to go get this yarn balled so I have something to do at night.
~S

computer sick

so if you are looking for me my computer is having a spy ware issue... I might be on the down low for a while... love you all
~S

update by demand

I was told to update this by someone who is spying on me so here goes it. Not much happened this weekend I worked, friday, saturday and Sunday... oh my Sunday.... what a crazy night. This week I have picked up a 6th day inorder to grab an extra day off in the next couple of weeks.

N took Tage to the dentist to check on the retainer which mind you we have only done for about 3 weeks and the dentist is concerned his teeth are already slipping back... life is good. This kids mouth is about to cost more then his entire body.

finished the green monsters socks and now I am hoping they will fit. I might make the second one longer. I have a feeling I should have knit another .5 inches before starting the toe... oh well not likely he will were them anyways. I mean think about it handmade wool socks in OK... not thinking its a good fit I should have thought about fabric type for this swap, but all my sock yarn is wool.


Tage and I are most likely off to the ocean on Wed. Funny thing is i live so close to the ocean now I never ever go. I think part of it has to do with my pasty white skin... and the sun beating down on me. Plus not knitting friendly in the least.

~S

Dexter swap questionaire

info can be found here
http://dexterswap2.blogspot.com/
msg the following info to me

name
address
Ravelry name
favorite dexter person
favorite colors
fibers you love
fibers you hate
smoker
pets
alergies
blog address if you have one
email address
favorite thing to knit or make
once I receive the questionaires… I will send you an invite to the blog.
sarah

Secret Swap question #6

I havent taken a vacationin my entire adult life. I actually have a fear of using my vacation time and then wanting it for something special later. My Lost job got sold and they paid us out right for unused vacation time... I had 7.5 weeks after taxes I think i got and extra weeks pay but one well. I dont currently have vacation time as I started at this job in March. So I dont have any stranded with out knitting stories.

I did however have my knitting taken from me in Sept. when I had jury duty... apparently sock needles can be considered a deadly weapon...
I wanted to scream out load that I was a juror not the criminal but oh well... I rotted in the jury pool room all day with 80 other pissed off people.

If you run a jury room... please get up to date magazines... the Soviet Union broke up when I was in high school.... hello Mc Fly
~S

Clarifications for #1

So I received a request from #1 to make sure everyone knows his name is boris... would you like to see his picture.

Boris is the man of my dreams only.

~S

Green Monsters for #1

So I am working on a pair of Green Monster (sereknity yarn) for #1. They are going to be ankle socks and I am kinda faking the pattern as I go. I have yet to make socks for a grown man.
~S

Old times long forgotten

Just and aside. Today has been a wild day. Two high school classmates contacted me on Facebook and my High School Sweetheart too. Funny these people dont seem to realize they are trapped in a time warp in my brain... cast forever as a 17 year old...

Invasion of other peoples Kids

So I feel like my life is being invaded by other peoples kids. Sat. Tage stayed at his BFF house and Sunday BFF stayed here, he didnt leave till 8pm tonight. Ndebe also decide today would be a great day to work from home.... translation... my day off is ruined by my family. I know that sounds awefull but I am so used to being the only one home on my days off due to the lack of a tradition M-F job that when they are all here they drive me batty. Although Ndebe was working I feel him watching me as I try to Knit and catch up with my soap. The two boys spent every two minutes buggin eachother and then me.
Thankfully Tage is wiped out and in bed by 9pm tonight and I have conviced Ndebe that he wants to go on a mens night date with his best friend....

SCORE

Panic Attack

So I just finished my rainbow socks made with Kismet by Sereknity and they came out great. I didnt do the short rows all the way to the toe to be honest I was sick of all that purling. My question is to all you people who read my blog (hahahah I think there is one person) do you feel like you are going to have a panic attack at the end of a project? I know many of my fellow knitters will most likely say no since they keep about 1000 things OTN. I dont I have a shawl OTN right now which I shouwl be done with by now but have been neglecting lately, also Sereknity, do you see a pattern here, but I normally only have one thing OTN at a time. My problem now is which yarn what pattern is next. I am honestly thinking about reaching into the bin of sock yarn with my eyes shut and picking that way... but I might pick a flat feet because I know them by touch ugh what to do. Maybe I should let Tage pick the yarn. Oh well till then I think I will work on my Shawl and or Read the 3rd Twilight book. Cant start a project at 1 am anyways since I need to wind the yarn etc.
~S

Starbucks and yarn Swap

1. Full name SARAH last name available if needed
2. Ravelry ID TAGESMOM
3. Email address as needed
4. Blog address (if you have one)WELL IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU ARE IN MY BLOG
5. Handmade item you desire in the swap (bag, cup cozy, etc.)BAG
6. Starbucks item you desire (gift card, mug, beans, etc.)GIFT CARD
7. Favorite Starbucks beverage/bean VARIES... DEPENDS ON THE COFFEE RUNNER
8. Favorite snack food SALTY THINGS
9. Favorite color(s) BLUES REDS
10. Favorite fragrance CLEAN COTTON
11. What types of things do you like to knit? SOCKS MOSTLY
12. Do you spin? YES BUT NOT WELL
13. Do you dye your own yarn? NO
14. Favorite yarns SOCK YARNS I LIKE TRYING INDY DYERS
15. Favorite needles BRITTNAY
16. Do you have any allergies? NO
17. Would you be willing to prepare an angel kit if necessary? I WILL CONTRIBUTE
18. Do you have any special requests? NO
19. Do you have any pets? 2 LONG HAIRED CATS
20. Is your home smoking or NO SMOKING

Secret Pal ?

How much stash is enough.

Well I think since I have become a die hard sock knitter and sock yarn doesnt count as stash.... I dont need to answer this question. hahahahahh

I am amassing a rather large stash of sock yarn currently. My obession is mostly flat feet yarn since I can carry them to the hockey rink with out worrying about a run away ball.

Rainbow Socks & Endure

SO I am almost done with my rainbow socks well at least the first one. I am using sereknity kismet and the pattern and or gauge doesnt do the yarn justice. I am using size 2.5 needles and the 60 sts it asked for was not going to fit my man legs so I cast on 76. I am not carring on the short row pattern on the leg I just couldnt figure it out there slow mind i guess.


I also got my endure club yarn in The Darling Aunts.... gotta find the right pattern for that though I am thinking something old fashioned not sure yet though.

Killer Bee Hives done....

Check these out. I am loving them

Its Raining Yarn... sung to the tune of its rainging men

So I got yarn in the mail to day yippie...
some pure silk debbie bliss form a swap buddie

5 yarn pirates and 8 flat feet.... I am truly excited.

Gawd it hot out... and a really messy room

Wow the little monster or Tage as others might call him is not even out of school yet and it is so hot. He wanted the AC put in the window in his room however we can't get to the window... told him he would need to clean his room first. Fast forward oh about 15 seconds ok you can get to my window I cleared a path.... something must have gotten lost in the translation from adult mouth to 10 year old ears. So now I have to help him clean his room or listen to him cry about how this isnt fair blah blah blah... sympathic aye. I tried to explain to him that there was no ac when i was growing up and no this is not one of those walked shoeless in the snow to school stories. There was no AC in my house growing up and in fact my 'rents still do not have one although I offered them a third one we have, only the bedrooms in the apartment have doors very open consept but they said what would we use it for. Oh I dont know not dying in the bedroom over night maybe. Oh well they did walk to school backwards without shoes and I guess that make that fan awesome

Secret Pal Swap #12

Ok so I am in yet another swap.... I know I know slow down but i just cant.
here is some info for my secret pal swap partner but others might like to use it also and that is just fine

What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely not like? I use mostly superwash yarns as I am a sock addict. Fibers I dont like cheap ones...
What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? Zip lock baggies... I know real high tech
How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? My nana taught me when i was 13 and have been knitting since... I would say intermediate since there are lots of things I havent tried yet.
Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?no
What’s your favorite scent?cotton....
Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?I am more of a salt kinda girl and I dont like chocolate.
What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?I am not a do it yourselfer. I have a drop spindle I havent used much lately saving for a wheel and classes.
What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) I like a little of everything
What’s your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can’t stand?I like blues and seem to get lots of purples channelling my inner ;ate 80's teen I guess. Colors I wont use... not sure Orange.
What is your family situation? Do you have any pets? I have a husband a son and 2 long haired cats.... so all togather 4 pets....
Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? yes
What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?socks
What are you knitting right now? 2 pairs of socks and shawl and an blanket
Do you like to receive handmade gifts? who doesnt
Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? either or they all have there place... I would love long circ for socks 2 at a 2 on one.... gotta learn that
Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? neither
How old is your oldest UFO? umm the shawl I started last month I am a power knitter.
What is your favorite holiday? not sure.
Is there anything that you collect? I love lucy stuff
Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?I have no subscriptions... yarns local indie dyers are the way to my heart
Are there any new techniques you’d like to learn? magic loop
Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements? yes.... Size 10 womens with cankles
When is your birthday? 9/11/73
What’s your Ravelry ID? tagesmom

Hope that helps you all

Have you ever dreaded knitting

I am in a sock duel the pattern is dreadful and I am basically dead at this point. My partner posted her socks this morning, the funny thing is I got the pattern before her and was done the first sock before she started. The sock is a basic k3 p1 sock and it is was boring me to tears. I want so much to finish but I am not able to knit more then 30 min. right now. I will keep working on it till mine arrives in fact I might finish it tonight and actually get it in the mail. but gees this is awful.... I want to work on my shawl or anything else really.
~S

Why I Cant have more the on project on the needles

Well I have made little to know project on my shawl this week, but, I did finish Tage's jaywalkers out of flat feet yarn. I don't think I have touched that shawl at all this week. I am going to work on it tomorrow haha today its after midnight then it will have to sleep for a while and the hsks5 dueling club drops on Thurs. I have thursday off and dont work till friday at 3pm so depending on the pattern I might be able to crank this out before my partner... its all fun and games

And more flat feet

So this is my entire flat feet family. Well atleast until i get the delivery from Paradise Fibers cuz i ordered to more. The one I am currently knitting is not in the picture either, mostly because at this time gizmo was eating my needles out of them.... grr that cat.

I am thinking that I will continue to buy these things as I can only to use them at hockey games and practices. This way there is no fear of a runaway ball of yarn. Could you imagine what it would look like if it ran under the bleachers... yuck.

atleast I am not hoarding cats

Ok somebody stop me I got 5 more flats of flat feet this week. I am really not sure why i am hoarding sock yarn like this I am above 50 and I am in 5 sock yarn clubs. The only good thing I can see about this is I am not hoarding cats and turning into the crazy cat lady I will be the crazy yarn lady instead.

NH SHEEP AND WOOL

So I went to the sheep and wool festival and my loving husband actually came with me. He seemed to have an ok time although he did say I that this stuff was all from the olden days. I got to see Liane which was nice I really need to trek to Keene on my day off soon. I bought some more Flat Feet Conjoined Creations Yarn one Girlie and one boy for Tage. I also bought one of the Tsarina of Socks kits for a Celtic pattern, I wanted the Cleopatra one but I am not sure about that snake on top of my foot and wearability.

Oh yes Tages pic was in the Methuen Life with the Squirt 2's he is the one lying on the ground. The goalie he really played the game of his life that night.

~s

Monkeys Can Do It too

So I just took my monkeys off the needle and I am about to start my shawl and a pair of Jaywalkers for Tage.

The monkeys are photographing well cuz I cant seem to get enough light on them. The Yarn is Can Do by Sereknity.

enjoy

~S

damn you Sereknity hahaha

So last week I went to the yarn store to fetch me some yarn for a swap-bot swap. Of course I got Sereknity yarn because I really love that stuff and its local so not everybody has gotten the chance to use it. While looking for the right yarn for my swap buddy I found this

Isnt it just the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. Its called Gothic Rose. Well I did real well though and didnt buy the yarn I am in 5 sock yarn clubs and have a growing stash including and order with Heather for 4 colors.

Well this was all last Wed. Fast forward to today... I went for a 'ride' to the yarn store. I swear I wasnt going to buy anything. Well I walk over to the Sereknity yarn and there are my 2 hanks of Gothic Rose, clearly I am meant to have them. Boy it is far to pretty and perfect to be socks, not that all of Heathers Colorways arent great but this one on my feet no way, no one will ever see it there. I am now on the hunt for the perfect shawl or wrap pattern for it. I cant even bare to ruin it in a scarf or wrist warmers. So i got 2 skeins and I am open to suggestions on what it should be wont you help a girl out

HSKS 5

Well I just joined the next HSKS and I seem to have been tossed out of Gyffendor which is fine with me. Who want to be a Gryff when they can be a Hufflepuff. HSKS is the best swap ever. It is not one of those Wam Bam thank you ma'am swaps. You get to know some great people with in you Hogwarts House and hopefully out side of it. I had such an amazing time last term I couldn't wait for more. There are games with prizes, trivia and even Quiddich. Come along and join us.

We have grown up this year though and now have our very own web page check it out for more info http://www.hskswap.com/

Camera

I got a new camera.... expect better pictures with all future posts.......yippie

Plus I got new yarn and I am almost ready to take my lector monkeys off the needles

~S

Nefarious Socks... Hannibal Lecter Style

Ok the picture again doesnt due to yarn justice. Its actually deeper browns with specs of red and flesh color in it. I have cakes the yarn and while playing with it decided to make Monkeys with it by cookie a.

Yes folkes you know what that means I finished the twisted flowers. They came out great and think they will be going to my mom as my cankles make them look odd.

Life goes on

So the new job is ok although I am not sure its the job for me besides it really cutting in to my knitting.

I cant seem to finish these damn twisted flowers I love the pattern but I so want something new on the needles and I promised myself I woul finish these first. I think as I get needles in swaps etc. I need to hide them so i dont have extras makes it far to tempting. I now seem to have gained about 3 sets of size 2 needles so I could finish the twisted flower while working on something else right. Who am I kidding I am on the toe od the second sock what the heck am i whining for. I dont think my fat legs do this great pattern justice. Come to think of it i think my biggest problem with the sock is i have decided i dont like solid yarns. So here is my problem I love Cookie A's patterns but they dont love crazy yarns... might try one in it anyways they are my socks right

Ok so I am going to go finish this dang sock so i can start something new in the am. I am expecting my first shipment from a sock club tomorrow and possibly my Cookie A swap ... yea... new stuff.

new job

So I started my new job today and i must say right now i am just a tiny bit OVER MY HEAD. I am sure it will all be OK in the end but what have i got myself into.

On the knitting front i am about 75% done with my Twisted flower socks and I cant wait to be done. I love the pattern but the yarn is different from what i am used to and its bugging me plus i have other yarns i so desperately want to get on the needles.

Worst Blogger Ever

And the winner is..... ME.
not much going on here i have been on the sick side for several days and cant even bring myself to knit. I am on the toe of my twisted flower and cant focus long enough to finish it- mostly because its a charted pattern and you have to actually pay attention to it.
I have got some awesome yarn pirate yarn in the last couple days and man i want it on needles i am fighting the urge. I could do jaywalkers or circles by heart or maybe even a basic sock.... some one hold me back

Twisted Flowers and new yarn

So I basically frogged my twisted flower sock and thought I did it for no reason and then realized that I had made a boo boo and now its looking much better. I am toying with not doing the heal and instep in pattern but i am not entirely sure yet its all about comfort really.

I have move past the first round and started the cabling on the second set of 32. I am also questioning my reasoning on ditching the pattern on the heel and instep. I always want to be working on something new... the next project is always right there and I want to start it. Whats next you might ask not even sure right now but I have gotten some great new yarns in the mail this week a really pretty lang jawoll I have never used before from Swap Bots Cosmicsnail. I also bought yarn pirates killer bees.... I think these will be jaywalkers for Tage (my 10y/o Son).

oh what to do what to do.

Cookie A's and a Gryff bag

So Yesterday I finally made my bag for the HSKS 4 swap. Its all done and felted. This afternoon I caught Gizmo stealing it... I really dont know what is with this cat he is such a little thief. I am not sure why but he like to take things and hide them under tages bed this time he didnt make it that far.

Once i finished the bag I casted on a Cookie A's twisted flower. I am moving along now after frogging it for no reason mostlikely last night. I think my biggest problem is I want to see the pattern right away and often times you need to go pretty far into it before it starts to go. I know I dont have much done yet but this is not going to be a fast moving sock. I have decided that I dont like Graphs I would much prefer words written out.

I will tell you cookie's patterns have to be some of the prettiest things out there. Enough that I am even willing to buy them.hahah normally I stick to the free patterns. I actually bought two more last night and she has a killer collection coming out the end of this month

more new yarn and a jaywalker

So I got some more new yarn from swap bot today very nice. I also finished the first of tay's jalwakers.

socks on socks off

So I finished my circle socks using groovy gryffendor. They knitted up so amazingly I cant wait to send them off to my swap buddy. I am going to be buying more yarn from her that is for sure she has amazing quality.

Again I need to mention that the colors are way better then this picture does for them since I am still taking pictures with my cell phone.

I am about to cast on Jaywalkers using Slytherin yarn from
selana. This yarn is great looking to and has large sections of colors. There ones are for Tagge he picked the pattern so we shall see what happens.
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