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I posted a new photo to WorksinProgressPhotos.

I posted a new photo to WorksinProgressPhotos.

I used handpaintedyarn in chocolate bulky wool. I didn’t double it because it is so thick I didn’t need to to match guage. I did use it double strand on the sole just for the thickness. I will try to finish it today since I decided to start a crochet cloche in purple cotton (pictured above). Thought it would be fun for the cooler not quite cold weather we have here.

Today is going to be a seaming day! Yay!! I have all 3 pieces for moms Bob sweater (pictured above) that I can now seam together. I think I may try a new seaming method, don’t know which one though. We’ll see. My goal is to get the clogs done for dad after my mom’s sweater then I can get them all sent off for Christmas. Then it’s on to felting bags again. I love it though so it should be fun. I am thinking I will try one of the new patterns out of SNBNation. Their messenger bag is awfully cute!

I finally received my lace weight yarn from Uruguay (pictured above also) and I can’t wait to get started on making something from it. I think I will do a lacy shawl with it. No pattern ideas yet.

Hoping everyone has a happy hump day!!

Oh, and if you are doing any charity blanket squares please bring them tomorrow night to The Good Cup on the Mesa.

Thanks!!

Well, below is a picture of what will soon be the 7th member of our family! Fuzzy Fabiano is his name, we are adopting him from the local shelter, BUNS. I met him last night after knitting group at The Good Cup & I love him! He is a Jersey Woolie (at least that is what I was told last night) and he is so cute! Great temperment also, he will be neutered in the next few days which is fine by me! Also I have decided to really train the bunnies. Clicker training seems to be what I am hearing works with the best results. So that is my plan. I will be using a cage idea that is just a larger idea of what I have for Rose now. This is what I would like to do for both bunnies, maybe not quite so large but I want them to have a lot of room so maybe I will go this large. By the way, it will be out in the garage…not in my daughter’s room like Rose is now.

On to knitting news…I have completed almost one felted clog for my dad, done in about 2 hours, this is a quick gift!! Very pleased. Of course I say that now but who knows what I will think when I felt them & try to block them to a decent shape. If you have any suggestions or tips on shaping them once they are felted, PLEASE leave me a comment!! Thanks, I just don’t have the brain power to figure that out. I also completed about 6 inches on the second sleeve for my mom’s sweater & started a new hat for another christmas gift. So let’s do another tally on what needs to be done before I turn 30 (bday dec 17th, school out same day, hence all gifts must be either given to teachers or sent in the mail by then):

*felted clogs for dad

*mom’s sweater sleeve & sewing it up

*hat & scarf for Becks

*striped felted bag for Amy (ty’s teacher)

*felted brown messenger bag for Sadie’s teacher

~wishes of what I would like to have the time to do~

*finish sweater for George

*felted ballerina slippers for my mom & myself

*dog sweater for mom’s chihuahua, Chai (she is 13 years old, a teacup chihuahua that just shakes all the time & walks on her tip toes, love my li’l sister!)

Then of course there are about 2 million other plans that I have for projects but I think I am going to have some serious hand muscle rebellion soon.

I did find it interesting on the felted clog pattern how they have you make the sole so that you have to sew it up the middle. At first I found that rather annoying thinking I could do it a better way. Then I thought “why screw it all up because you think you are so damn smart?” So I followed the pattern & rather enjoyed it. I am interested to finish it completely. Hats off to the author, it’s a good pattern!

 

 

I posted a new photo to Photosnotknitting.

Woohoo!! Finished dad’s irish hiking scarf & one sleeve of Bob. My goal is to get as much done as I can on the other sleeve today. It’s an interesting pattern with the short sleeved raglan shaping. I like how with the 3×2 ribbing it is stretchy & forgiving. The scarf is in the wash as we speak. I used a 85%wool blend so that it is washable. He lived with horses so who knows if it will need washing often.

It is raining today and that makes me happy to just sit & knit. I found a cool little project holder that goes around my wrist today at BIGK. It is a small umbrella holder that is make of a tight mesh with a handle to go around your wrist. It holds my koigu kpppm drop stitch scarf perfectly. Anything sock size  would fit, but just one sock at a time. Not usually a k shopper but needed rabbit food &  such today and I am glad I went cuz now I have a handy knitting holder

I will post pics of the finished scarf tomorrow & maybe even a finished Bob too! Who knows, with the rain I could be very productive tonight!

Oh yeah & tomorrow is the charity blanket square drop off. I need to send out a reminder to the group tomorrow morning.

Have a great Sunday night!

I posted a new photo to WorksinProgressPhotos.

I really, really want to start a bag for my mom!! I had the idea in the shower (after cleaning it with some serious brain-cell killing tile cleaner) that my mother needs one of my bags. I have made one for just about everyone but her. My thought is, use up some of the handpaintedyarn bulky wool in chocolate that I have and use some of the reject pagoda for a few stripes near the top. Or instead of stripes I could do an initial L for her, Lois. Oh, now that sounds fun! So that is what I am considering doing. Don’t know if I will start it or not. Of course with all the cleaning & b.s. today I haven’t finished dad’s scarf. But I have tonight & tomorrow to complete my goal of the scarf & at least one sleeve for Bob.

And, I haven’t heard back from the woman at BUNS about the angora bunny!! I must know now!!

Oh and I keep forgetting to post about another thing…Tracy & I went to Alpha Thrift on Hollister Ave. yesterday looking for some yarn & Tracy found a HUGE Limited sweater made of the coolest yarn. So it is our first yoinking experiment. ( I like that word “yoinking” cuz that is what taking apart a sweater is to me ;o)) I am not kidding the sweater is huge as you can see in the picture above. I will take a pic of how much yarn we get out of it too.

Ciao for now!

Friday & Saturday, cleaning days! Tracy was kind enough to help me get some cleaning done yesterday. I brought out 3 of my 6 canvas cubes of yarn to the garage to be with my other yarns. I had them in next to my chair because of how much I love the yarns that are in them. It’s stuff that I have planned projects for. Just not able to work or start on any of them at the moment.
Unfortunately not much knitting done yesterday. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I got any done except for maybe 3 rounds on my koigu kpppm drop stitch scarf. I had it rolled up in my jacket pocket during the Christmas Parade in downtown Santa Barbara last night.

This morning I have been cleaning, bathrooms & kitchen. But now I am free to knit, knit, knit!! I am going to try to finish my dad’s irish hiking scarf. That is my plan, I think I may actually get it done soon enough to work on a sleeve for mom’s bob sweater. We’ll see.

I received an email from our local BUNS that there may be an angora rabbit for adoption. Woohoo!!! So we are starting the process. I guess I have to wait to hear from the foster mom to see if anyone else has been interested. And, get this, my husband has said yes!! I thought that was going to take some serious coniving to get him to agree to a second rabbit but he said okay fairly easily. Woohooo again!! Now I have to just get a spinning wheel to really get myself all set up. I am really rather excited about this! Crossing my fingers that it’s still available….

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.