Flash Back

Here’s a flash back to Nov 1, 2007

Welcome Nov!

The years are coming to a end quicker and quicker! *Deep Sigh* Only two more months and we will welcome in a new year. *Another Deep Sigh* Oh well, I’ll have a lot to show for it this year!  I’ve made more things this year then ever before, and know I’ll top that next year!  To add another thing to the count, I’ve finished yet another hat for Hubby.  This one is by the same designer as the Koolhaas Hat his name is Jared Flood, and has some great patterns on his blog brooklyntweed.  This one is called Habitat and is a complex looking hat and pattern, but turns out to be well written and simple to understand.

As always thought I have my mistake, but I’m not going to tell you where, but that was me not paying attention to what stitch was next.  I hope to make another one, this on is too short, again, for Hubbys head, so I’ll and a flip up band to it once I get more yarn.

I’ve started another hat, this time it’s for me!  It’s called Foliage, and is a top down hat.  I’m already to the body of the hat and hope to be done soon.

Hope everyone had a safe and happ Halloween and let’s bring on Thanksgiving!!

Getting Ready For Halloween!!

BOO!

My Sun Ray

I never in my life thought that I would be knitting a shawl, but here I am doing just that!  The Sun Ray Shawl by Shui Kuen Kozinski is just beautiful.  I also love the fact that it can be knit in worsted weight yarn and not lace weight, although you could use that also.  I’m using Caron Simply Soft in Light Country Blue, I had 3 skiens in my stash and need to start clearing out some of it.  So far so good, everyone says that it is an easy pattern and it is, but the repeats are not clicking in my head right now.  I’m sure the more I do the more it will stick, so I’ll just keep to the chart until I get it.  Here what I have so far…

The picutre makes it look gray, but it is in fact light blue!  I going to keep working on this, but not sure if something else will run and jump on to my needles or hooks!  LOL

I’ve been in a bit of a slump

But that doesn’t mean that I’ve given up crochet/knitting all together.  NEVER!  It seems to always happen to me when I finish something that was either long or hard.  I guess with the Feb sweater and the Koolhass hat I just needed a break.  However my mind isn’t far from the things I love the most.  While at a moving sale yesterday I spied, with my little eye, a sewing chest.  Well after giving the lady the required $5.00 and walking away with a completely loaded piece of furniture, I came home and proceeded to empty it.  I sew very little but was happy with all the things that I found in it, buttons, tape measures, pin, needles and other notions.  Now I have made it a notion box from some of my knitting/crochet items. Have a look…

Every once in a while I’m able to come across a deal that is too good to pass up, to me this one was it!

ETA: After looking around I found these boxes run about $60.00!!  But I still use my tackle box for my needles and stitch makers.

Now I’m off to try to find a new pattern to inspire me into doing something!

The wait is over!

After a year of planning, buying and otherwise honeing my skills I have now finished the Koolhass Hat.

I will admit that it was a bit fun to make, once I stopped using the cable needle.  Really it is a must when you make this hat.  (you can still make it with the cable needle it just take so much time to use.)  I will however have to make another one for two reasons.  One, it was a bit short for hubby so I need the extra repeat, and two because the MIL took this one!

I loved using my new Knit Picks circular needles.  I got the wood ones and they just feel so much better in my hands then the bamboo ones do.  I’m glad that I just sucked it up and ordered them.  I have the chance to buy a whole set of Nickle plated ones, and yes Jocelyn I still very much want to get them I just haven’t had the chance yet, I think I may sell the Denise ones I just got if I find that I like these better, or not! LOL

I have a project that I’m working on right now.  It’s a bag for my needles.  I can’t say anymore, but I stole the ideal from hubbies fishing tackle.  If it works out like I hope than I will have the pattern, or the bags for sell, so stand by!  It will also work great for crochet hooks too!

It’s joke time!!

Q:
How many women with PMS does it take to change a light
bulb?

Woman’s Answer:
One!
ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? Because no one else in
this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don’t
even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT!! They would sit in
the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out. And,
once they figured it out, they wouldn’t be able to find
the #&%!* light bulbs despite the fact that they’ve
been in the SAME CABINET for the past 17 YEARS! But if they
did, by some miracle of God, actually find them, 2 DAYS
LATER, the chair they dragged to stand on to change the
STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!!!!! AND
UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE FREAKING LIGHT BULBS
CAME IN BECAUSE NO ONE EVER PICKS UP OR CARRIES OUT
THE  GARBAGE!!!! IT’S A WONDER WE HAVEN’T ALL
SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE A FOOT DEEP
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO
CLEAN THIS PLACE! AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON WHO
CHANGES THE TOILET PAPER ROLL !!
I’m sorry. What was the question?

A quick fill in…

I did start the other hat for hubby, but ended up hating the needles that I was using! I need a set of size 6 16″ circular needles and size 8 16″. I have a pair of some plastic, really pointed, size 6 and no 8, but can you believe that neither of them are at my local Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or Joann’s. So Mon when the kids go off to school I’m off to my LYS to get me a set interchangeable needles! I tired of needing all different needles and never having the right ones.

So until that happens I made this little hat for Alesa. Hermione’s hat that she wears in Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince. I used some Patons Classic Wool that was given to me by a lovely lady on Crochetville. The partten was really easy, even thought I only casted on 98 (I think) and had to M1 after the ribbing and I had to follow the mod that was giving in her comment section on the decreases. It really wasn’t hard to do at all and I may make a few more as gifts. Three days tops, off and on, to make and I’m slow.

The hat looks gray in the photo, but it has a more natural brown color. I still have a few days of waiting before I’m off to the LYS, so in the mean time I may start on the Luna Lovegood Scarf for something to do. You gotta love Harry Potter, I know I do!!!

Finished!

I didn’t let it beat me! If I start something then I can’t let it win that would be too much like giving up so I stuck with it and now I have a beautiful sweater for all my troubles!

The yarn was really nice and I think it will be nice a warm once the temp drops from the 100’s I’ll be able to find out. I love the buttons that I got for this, although you can’t see them on this photo, they look like leaves and are very well suited for me and this jacket. I hope to make another one sometime, but not anytime real soon.

I’m starting back on a hat the tried to make last year. At the time I didn’t have the correct needles for it, nor was I ready for such a advanced project. I going to go out today and get me a set of Denise Interchangeable needles and then hopefully I wont have to worry about not having the right needles for the job.

I’ve been fighting this one…

But I think I’m winning.  I started a jacket that I found on Ravelry, called February Lady Sweater.  Looks like a very simple pattern, adapted from a babies jacket, and why would anyone have a problem with it?  Well leave it to me to let a simple garter stitch mess me up!  I don’t know why but I had to frog this this so many times because I was mess up the worlds easiest stitch!  Well, once I got past that the lace part was easy, except for all the times I missed the yarn overs (YO) and had to make them up as I went.  Well here is the first, and only picture for now, of my WIP,

I’m using NaturallyCaron.com in Country and I really like this yarn to, if you remember I just did my Cameo in Naturally Caron Spa, and really loved how that one turned out, this one is no different.  Right now I’m working on the sleeves and almost have one done.  Once I finish the first sleeve I’ll take another picture and show it off.

I got my new copy of Crochet Today and I really like several patterns in it.  The jacket on the front is on my short list of things to make, but I think next will be a pattern that I just had emailed to me tonight from Lions Brand.  It seems like you can never find patterns for girls.  I mean a girl, not a baby or toddler, but one that is 7 years old!  But thanks to Lions Brand I know have my next project Giovanna’s Cardi.  I love everything about it, but the fact that is calls for Vanna’s choice yarn.  Every time I have felt that yarn it’s felt almost plastic.  I’m sure I’ll find a easy enough sub for it though.

Well, I’m off for the night.