Going, going gone.
I have completed moved over to blogger and since I blog about quarterly it makes far more sense for me to use. Come visit me....
June 27, 2008
June 24, 2008
May 23, 2008
March 21, 2008
It's the quarterly post..... tada
Like all the others in these parts, I am starting things left and right, right and left and some. I should follow the lead of Michelle and work on my wip list, darn ravelry does not let us hide from how many are really in that category. I did some finishing too though. I finished Mabel, but of course do not have a picture. I love it. I cam
e ever so close to finishing Oblique, but there seems to be a yarn shortage, I swear I had enough for this project, I should have had enough. It has yet to be determined if I have used up all of the yarn I was using for this project, or if there is more hiding in the midst of the move. Folks I only have about 8 inches on the back and a button band to do.
In the frustration of lack of yarn to finish Oblique, I started 28Thirty, 
and was zipping along, then the new Knitty came out, and I fell in love with a beautiful shawl I didn't start right away like you would think, I held back I have some shop knitting to do, to get done and I am so close. Then I caved and started the Laminaria from knitty, love it. It is coming along ever so nicely. 
And now it is warm out and I am not sure I want to work on 28thrity and all of it's woollyness, so I am contemplating 2 other new items. Of course I could should work on some of the springier wip's, but well that is silly. I may start the summer-set-collared-cardigan with some Classic Elite Summer Set, or I may start soft-linen-feather-and-fan-cardigan which I just bought some new Soft Linen for in a smoky blue I love. Decisions, decisions. 
Oh, Oh!! I also finished the Logan River Wrap, wanna see!
And I did start the Jeanie stole for a class, but am not loving the knit, love the look not the knit. So it sits, lonely.
I had this great idea about a month ago, or a great idea for me, it worked. Until I ran out of yarn. I was getting frustrated with how many things I want to make, how many things are almost finished on needles, how knitting on so many things in short stints didn't get me progress. So for one week I focused on 2 projects, Oblique and Logan River Wrap. At the end of the first week I had finished all but the back of Oblique (in fairness both sleeves were done before the week started, but still), and some of the back had been started. Also at the end of that week Logan River was done!! It was a success.
The next week I had to force myself to work on Jeanie and I wasn't into it. I kept working on Oblique too, knowing I would run out of yarn and hoping against hope if I just searched the rest would show up and it didn't. So I stopped abruptly on that project. At this point I do not think I can put laminaria down, so I declare it project 1 for the next week. Project 2, to be good; and work on a so very close in progress item (like the Boat Neck sweater )or start something new!!! To be good or bad... hmmm. I suppose we shall see how much I can shove in my knitting bag for knit night and decide later.
February 08, 2008
Look what has entered the Learnable household!
Meet, Mater, as in Ta-Mater!!
He has taken my heart already. Super good pup, that really means he had no accidents so far today.
There had been knitting going on, actually a decent amount. A new scarf:
There was demolition at the house, the kitchen was gutted and now all the right things that go in a kitchen are in the kitchen but the final product is not complete just yet. Finishing is a bitch, it takes so long!!
Oh you want more Puppy, pics....
Ohh look the new kitchen floor snuck in that one.
January 13, 2008
DESTASH!!
Instead of a real blog post I am going to have a sale!!!
If you are not interested tell a friend, I would love to get rid of all this yarn!! Thanks.
I am going to ship most of this using $8.95 flat rate shipping through USPS. So please add this to the sale.
Rowan All Seasons Cotton - Denim Blue
20 balls $30 for bag of 10. 1732 yards total, 98 yards per skein. Gauge is 17 stitches per 4 inches.
SOLD -Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere Blue - 17 balls $70 for all, or $32 for 10 balls or $26 for 8 balls. 103 yards per skein. Gauge is 22 stitches per 4 inches. Machine Washable.
Debbie Bliss Wool Cotton Burnt Orange 20 balls (will sell in 10 ball increments) $80 for all 20 balls or $40 for 10 balls.
SOLD Black Water Abbey 2ply worsted in colorway Jacob 10 skeins, at $10 per skein. 220 yards per skein, total of 2200 yards. 100% wool. Gauge is 4-5.5
Jo Sharp DK Cotton Soho Summer - Navy color (229 Eclipse is the official color), 109 yards per skein (total of 2180 yards). Gauge is 22 stitches per 4 inches. I have 20 balls will sell in groups of 10 balls, $33 a bag of 10 or $66 for all 20.
SOLD -- Classic Elite Classic Silk 13 skeins, DK/Sport weight Light Yellow. 135 yds per skein (50 grams), 1755 yards total. Gauge is 20-22 stitches per 4 inches.
Also, I have a Offhand Design Zhivago Bag I have used this bag once it is in great shape, like new. I love the style just not the colors. The color I have is Bouquet. I don't want to make money but re-coupe most of my costs here. They go for $220 new I would love to get $175.
Drop me a note if you have questions or want to offer another amount.
December 20, 2007
I have a good excuse for not posting, not that I am a regular poster by any m
eans. Yet I feel guilty for it, I shouldn't. Anywho. So the good excuse is we bought a house!!! We close and start moving tomorrow. Christmas is going to be a crazy time, ripping out cabinets painting and unpacking, oh wait did I say I was on call as well for work. Sounds like fun huh?
I have finished some things, like a Charlotte's Web Shawl and a Cobblestone for Mark. Another Hemlock for Mark's parents for Christmas too. But per usual I am short on pictures. I have been knitting, even feeling a bit guilty about how many items are on the needles I can't just buy more n
eedles forever can I?
Hopefully the next post is full of a terracotta colored kitchen, a blue bedroom and who knows what else.
Happy Holidays!!!
November 19, 2007
Ahh finished items...
I have a few things that have been finished up lately, for a while 
actually but didn't have pictures or forgot or whatever. So I present you Tangled Yoke, love this sweater, want to block it again though to even it up in front. Fits great, fun knit!!
I also finished up a big project, a lace shawl that I love the colors love the patterns, turned out wonderful. Bee Fields was fun.
For the last one, I started this last winter and knit up a few of these just never got around to finishing mine up, all it needs is a light felting now and it will be done!
Now don't think I haven't cast on for just as many as I have finished. I cast on for Oblique as well as Cobblestone. Cobblestone has been fast, the sleeves are done now it is time to do the body and then let the yoking begin. Of course I don't have pictures of either of this.
There are a couple things I have started thought that do have pictures, the Haruha Scarf is whipping up nicely in Red Rocks Fiber Arts Seacell. I started the Jay Walker scarf, then ripped it out, I need to make it wider break up the colors a bit more or something like that. 
I am off for a week on the road, the best kind of road trip, where I am not expected to do any of the driving, and can knit all day!! I am trying to limit myself to the below projects:
Cobblestone
Hemlock Ring 2
Oblique
Cashmere Stolish
Honeycomb
I snuck a couple more in that I wasn't planning to take, ahh well. Have a wonderful Turkey day!!
November 01, 2007
I do not know what it is that keeps me from blogging. I think about it often, I write blog entries in my head, but getting the pictures taken and the words typed out is not always as easy. Half the time by the time I do get around to it the pictures are way out of date and so on. It is sort of like losing weight or working out for me, I always have an excuse to put it off.
But today you get a blog post with out of date pictures, aren't you excited.
I have decided I must always have one sweater on the needles that I love to knit, I am motivated to knit. At that point I thought, well why am I knitting anything that I don't love to knit, but we all have those projects for others, projects we love the outcome of but maybe not the knit. I love the Roam pattern, it is beautiful. I thought I had the best yarn for it, then it wasn't enough so I had to switch to another yarn I have had for a while. I started and it was looking very Rainbow bright, I trudged forward and it got better not so Rainboweske but I still didn't love it. Then I realized I am never going to use this yarn on anything else, I should do the seed stitch where the Rainbow is not so bad. They I screwed up the pattern increases and had to rip back, and there it sits. It even has a crappy blurry picture, how fitting. I do think I will go forward with this mainly because I can not think of anything else to do with this really nice Mountain Colors Mount
ain Goat yarn. I bet I do love it in the end.
Once I ripped out I needed something I wanted to knit on, so I grabbed more yarn in the stash wondering, just wondering if it would work for the Knitting Nature Honeycomb sweater. And guess what? It works beautifully, I am loving this knit and how it looks and how it even seems to grow quickly on size 1's. This is Classic Elite's classic silk which I seem to be addicted too. See the picture even turns out better when I like the projects.
I have also started a 2nd Hemlock blanket for a Christmas present, it is moving along nicely the second one is not near as fun though. I am on an Afghan fix, I am also making the Prairie blanket like Michelle made and Stacey is also working on. It is a fast knit, and since it is a Christmas surprise I can only work on it part of every week so I think the little break each week helps out. 
I have almost 2 of the strips down and I would love to make it larger as Michelle did.
I also started a new project out of some super soft super beautiful yarn that Mary Kay of Red Rocks Fiber Works this is some amazing Cashmere she dyed up for me. So soft, I wonder if I can felt it by just touching it. I do sort of recall that cashmere I don't think will felt, of course I am not really going to test that theory out. 
I put some stitch patterns together for this, little bigger than a scarf but not quite stole material either. It is very soft though.
I have some other odds and ends I am working on, little by little my niece's Starsky, the Vintage velvet I started last winter. Also another scarf out of some Rio de la Platta yarn I fell in love with.
This one I am having a harder time finding a patter I like, not too boring but also it is hard to see a lot of pattern in this yarn. Well for a girl who likes to look at pictures in blogs I sure have been wordy today. Happy November!
September 24, 2007
tangling the untangled
Tangled Yoke is getting there, I tangled, didn't like it, untangled and then re-tangled. Painful yes, but I do like the 2nd go round results much better. I am now working on the top collary thing. So very close!!
My other obsession of late has been the Hemlock blanket, it is finished and I haven't even blogged about it yet. Granted I do not blog on a very regular basis, so that may have some part of it.
Such a fast fun knit. I am thinking Christmas presents!! the one here was for my Dad's birthday!
I am itching to start Roam which I love. But I am not sure I have enough of any yarn to start the project. I wanted to copy The Knitty Professor but like her I don't have enough Plain and Fancy to make the sweater all in the same color, which I tend to like to do. I had a color I was so excited to use for this. So now what to do next? Or shall I search for some yarn for Roam? Hmmmm.
