Small projects are the way to go!

Except when you have a HUGE knitted afghan that you are working on that is slowly eating the couch, and needs to be completed.

Here it is as modeled by the lovely and talented Sam.

Have I mentioned it's bulky acrylic and for a friend..... who is much taller than I.  Sam is also not used to being covered unless we are playing with towels. LOL Yes his foot is bandaged, there was an accident on a 4x4 trail that is easily summed up in "Please don't smash glass bottles near places where people take their shoes off often, it makes you a As#$%^e"

Moving on....This blanket, and most blanket in my previous experience are easy to work on and have little complications. Thanks goodness! I have to admit that it's really satisfying to have something just just forward so well. Have to admit also that I am brainstorming a way or two to make a new blanket for us once this one is over, perhaps a  with wool..................... Yes I like that idea.......

Anyone have wool worsted weight scraps that they would care to get rid of? By scraps I mean not enough for a project, but not two feet either. LOL. That would make a veery interesting project. Yay scrapghans!

All the other objects that I am currently working on are small (we are not going to discuss the WIP sweaters that are taking over the end of the bed..... they have issues and will be given the proper therapy in the future.) 

Socks.... and experiment for the Husband.

He doesn't want me to knit him socks, because he claims to wear through them quickly... but understands the charms of good socks. So I'm using a sock yarn I have no desire to knit for myself and giving it a go. So far they fit and I need to give this one more length in the cuff. Constructed in my typical toe-up with a short row heel style. Notes are being taken on length and stitch count.

A gift of fingerless gloves. This is the second pair of  Porphyria that I have made in the last two months. These are made of some leftover sock yarn that was picked out by the recipient.

Personal thoughts on the pattern... it's great to work with. One page, but it has enough information to be clear and easy to use. No crazy lingo or new techniques, but that wasn't what I was looking for. It's straightforward and give a nice result in solid or variegated wools. I have even bought a striping wool that I want to use on the next pair. So I recommend it, especially if you want to make a quick gift for a lady in your life. Oh a note for you... there is a twist that makes a fake cable and I tried to knit through the back loops to make it easier..... don't do that. Knit into the front both times. 

This pair needs thumb, but that's it, I decided to knit the gloves first and do the thumbs one after the other so they match better. 

More to come... hopefully this weekend will give me a few new projects to post and let you know how I completed them. Have a great Weekend!

Energetic Feet

Loooook!! Finished socks!

One thing that I haven’t stopped knitting in all the time I was away from my blog was socks. Mostly striped socks. I have lots of leftover sock yarns so I just started combining them, while still being an easy and quick knit. It’s been a great way to expand my hand knit sock wardrobe without having to pick up more yarn.

Someone called the colours of this pair energizing!

Energizer Socks

Husband away.... more crafty time!

I am getting some movie and knitting time in with the man away... I have a few more update pics to show you....

but first a esential kitty shot......

Hello out there!! Hi Redd and all other kitties! Hi Static! I rule the yarn!!

Let me see what else do I have for showing off... ah, Endpaper mitts that I just started knitting in a Kal with a good friend, Love the colours! I think that this will be a great project to knit up for my sister and mom too.

The Ocean socks are done!!

I have another charity blanket that I am knitting with the Stitch It podcast group on Ravelry......

This one is called the Barnyard Dance.. it is pretty cute so far and I got a few lovely goodies from Chelsea who sent it to me! Thanks again!!! Now to figure out what the heck I am going to put on it!!

Ah I have the Sea Shawl that I am knitting as a thank you gift for a friend.... Iit is totally her colours, and Feather and fan could not be an easier pattern for me!

I am knitting another pair of slippers for my sister, but I have no camera this weekend so I have to update that for you later. I am going to felt the two pairs at the same time so the other pair is done and waiting felting. That is great to have done, but I really want to give them to her so I really want the other pair done, I knit the first one already today and I plan on having the second done before bed!

I started a new shawl (another friend gift too) but that is not far at all so the pic is not intresting... sorry. Well, obviously it's black and beady, but I haven't even started on the lace part yet! So this is the shot I have!

I am really far into the vest for Hubby but I have to say that I am going to the LYS for advice this week, I am getting close and want to get the shoulders right.... I would hate to have re-knit it this far and then screw up! It is so close to being off the needles that I reall want to get it done, but I am afreaid of improper shaping. Oh well, I will get over it this week and get it done I have a CPH to knit for myself! Maybe the Olive Branch Yoga hoodie too.

The gals that I knit with at the coffee shop and I are going to do a Rogue KAL in the new year after all the holiday knitting is over. I think that it will be a blast. I already have the Rogue kit, so I am set to go and I hate the fact that it is just sitting there... I know thaq we all buy yarns that we intend to use, and sometimes don't get to but I really want to get it made. I think that I will make it a cardigan, I am really using them right now, intrestingly enough the 3 sweaters I have mentioned knitting are all to be cardigans.....

We met and did a mini stash swap at a friends house on Friday night. I went with two bags and came home with one (and half of that was some of the stuff that I went over with). We all kinda decided that if we had had it a few years it was time to re-evaluate! Mostly it was the yarns that I bought when I was a newer knitter and a student... affordable and washable acrylics. Now I can wash with care and be a bit more picky on what I buy. So I passed on my sleeping yarns to friends who are students and have something in mind for the yarn! I think that we are going to do this again in the new year also... I want to get some things made!

So that is my mini update, hope to have some good FO news for you later this week. Hope your weekend was good, and take some time on Tuesday to do a bit of remembering for our war vets.

Hello there... back again.

Well, with the wedding over, I actually have time for things again.... like knitting, sleeping and blogging... LOL

I hope you are all well and I can say that the wedding was fantastic! I have great friends and family who made it a breeze! Thank you guys!

I don't have any pics of the wedding to share, but you can find one of me wearing a beautiful hand knit shawl on Star Gazer's blog. I know what it is like to knit lace on a deadline. It is an amazing gift. Thank you so much again. It kept me warm all day!

As I said I have had a bit of time to actually work on things.... so I have some FO's and a few new projects going to show you.

My sister's birthday was a few days after the wedding, so I didn't have time to do her gift justice. I am knitting her some Fiber Trends felted clogs... she liked my mother's so much! I have decided to knit her two pairs, but here is the first pair almost done. I am using Patons Wool this time.... I understand how it felts better than the B&L

I finished off a pair of socks from that fantastic purple and grey alpalca blend. They are toasty, and I have enought to make a second pair for sure. You can see Simon in the corner terrorizing my socks....

Since I finished off one pair of socks, I started another............. and then found out it's socktober!! Good think I have been knitting some socks. I hope that I can get this pair done too and cast on a third.... who knows. Sometimes socks just fly! Here are the Ocean Socks. Using another handyed from my LYS owner.

I have been working on completing the GIANT ball of cotton. I am pleased to say that it is almost done!

I am to the point in the vest for the DH that I am going to get the arm holes begun. I am glad that this is turning out to be a quick knit, and I am trying to keep going while it still is intresting. You know how guys can be. I am lucky it's a dual colour yarn! There really is no stitch pattern. But I do like how it is knitting up alot, and so now I am considering the Cobblestone, or the Big Thaw for the next DH project.... heck I may knit him both.

I have to get a sweater done for me first! LOL That is next to cast on I hope.... with time on my side now, I have to do my Thank You cards... and then I can have another flurry of Startitis! I can feel it coming on! Hope I can get this other stuff finished up soon. Othe news about a few more projects oming soon.... update time! Can't wait to see what you have. Go and visit Star Gazer and praise her fantastic, loving, little self! Hope the fall is treating you right!

Oops gotta go the cat ran away with some yarn!

Startitis.... meet Finishitis (a battle for the ages)

So I have come to the conclusion that I need to stop casting on new projects...... it is getting bad. I am unsure if I am procrastinating or just getting bored easily. If I keep this up all my needles will be used and I will have no where to put every thing!! Startitis is sure hard to shake.

Le Sigh......

So I found a few other like minded people on Ravlery, and one has decided to spread her finishitis...... awesome.

Check it out at Yarn on the Side.... her blog should be linked to the title of this post.

I have no idea if I can do this, as you know I have a few weddings this summer, and I have a personal goal of knitting shawls for most if not all of them. This is not good for a begining case of finishitis..... as it means that before I complete the items I have I may have to cast on another shawl. I am still going to try. I posted a comment on her blog, but I think that I missed my purple alpalca socks... here is a pic of a few of the latest new projects....

And a better shot of the new FLower Bud Shawl.

This was the swatch I made to test the pattern

and a couple more just for good measure.... I do have a few more this summer right?!

I think that all the swatch tests were great! I am so glad that I did them, now I can plan shapes and sizes better. This is going to be great!

I am undecided with what to do about the Watery Root, not because I don't want to complete it, but because of the time frame of the shawls. It would be the quickest to the finish line, but I have no idea if the will put me really behind on the shawl or just a little bit...... dang. Thoughts? Suggestions? Hope if you would like to catch finishitis, you can get it from us.

Oh, but here is the finished blue socks.... a bit short, but hey, thats what happens when you test a new yarn.Hope you are having a great weekend and I can't wait to see your fantastic projects. I know that some people don't have issues with too many WIP's.... lucky.....

Great sunny day!

WWKIP was a great day for being outside and knitting in a park. It was fabulous! New faces, passersby who were intrested and free cookies!! LOL

Sadly I forgot my camera, but a friend had one. Check out our pics at Star Gazer's place.

I knit on a new project that day. A bridal shawl for a co-worker. I think that although I would like this summer to be a "getting ready for winter" knitting time, I am going to be cranking out lace for the four other weddings coming up. Oh well, at least it won't be last minuite. I hope. LOL
This little gem is knitting up super fast though.... that is the great thing. I started it at the KIP and I added the second ball on Sunday. I will be knitting it at Knit nite tonight for sure, I hope to add on the third ball. It may take four or five, depending..... this is a new lace pattern.

I am still knitting the blue bamboo rusted root, but I want to try it on again, before I worry about it fitting again. I am pretty close to the sleeves being done. I will get an update pic.

I am trying to get the blue socks done too. (no they aren't done yet) dam.....

Hello weekend!

So here we are... some update shots on some of my current projects.

Here is the Rusted Root in a blue Bamboo., I haven't gotten to the end of the first ball yet and this lovely is almost 6" long! I love that, I may have to do some more work with this bamboo... it's silky, drapey, soft, smooth and lovely, and it comes in a great red! See... told you I liked it. I just hope that it holds up okay as a top, I hear around the bloglines that if something is too drapey then it can be not cool for garment shaping over time.

Also here are the socks that I have made for my Mom... in a new wool Knit Picks Palett, I thought I would like to try it out so I have it for a small project. Not bad, a bit splitty. The heel is done and I want to finish the cuff this weekend.

Last but not least on the project front, my slipper collection... I am using a pair as I type. Knit from Briggs & Little Regal and felted up nicely. I used the Fiber Trends clog pattern and loved it! The blue ones are also for my Mom. She knows about the slippers, but not the socks a nice suprise.
As you can see I am totally NOT in the proper colour ranget his month for Project Spectrum, but hey I do have an Icarus shaw in white happening... I just want to get a few other things finished so I can have less WIP's. So much to knit, so little time lately. I feel like I have to keep putting stuff on hold because all the knitting time that I get needs to be easy so I don't mess something up. For example, my Embers & Ashes blanket fro my pal James must wait until I get a new pair of addi turbos..... as my pair broke. Dismal, but true. I am using the 12mm size in 120cm, which means that it is a flexible tube of plastic.... and it pulled right out of the metal needle tip as I was shifing stitches to finish a row. Bummer. I will have them into my LYS this week to be replaced, but I have to root through the boxes of unpacked crafty stuff to find the envelope. oh well... the afghan isn't ruined and being stalled is where it's been for the last month at least, so it's used to it.

I am getting some fantastic free yarn tomorrow from a ravelry pal, on her way home to Nanimo. I am super excited... I want to make a CPH out of some of it... I may donate a bit to the Knit in Public day. but I think I am making a tea cozy for sure right away. I do have some other yarny news, but it must remain covert for a little while... you never know who may be reading.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to show off some more progress next week. Have a relaxing Sunday!

This isn't going to be fun.

So I have arm pain...... yes ladies and gents, I am not knitting right now.
I have gone to the clinic, and the nice doctor didn't think that it was knitting related, but I am taking no chances. I like my hobbies too much to risk wrecking my wrists.
So I have decided to knit nothing for the next few days.
Seriously.
Nothing.
I tried...... there is owie.

LOL, goofyness aside I was going to cast on the blue bamboo this week as my swatch was done, measured, washed and measured again. I know what I need to know! I am ready..... except casting on is also owie.

Same goes for the fiber trends clog slippers.

To top it off I finished one Springtime sock..... and the stitch pattern that I have chosen mad it WAAAAAY to tight on my foot. Frog pond my friends.... I will rip it and pick another stittch pattern........

Le sigh. Hope you are having better times with your knitting this week. I will report back soon.

Look Look!!

Finished Things!!!

Carina's socks. A bamboo-wool blend handdyed by my LYS owner.

The Watermelon socks. On Your Toes with Aloe Vera!

Feet on Fire socks. %100 bamboo socks. As I said I love the colour, but only have one skein.

All were knit on 2.75mm needles in the magic loop style, and toe-up based on the sock pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks. Each was using a different stitch pattern. YAY!! I know that I have never had a post where all my FO's were socks! Neat, a new first.

Wendy, and Hunnybunny, I hope you like them! I can't wait to see you latest socks. I am not exactly sure what turned sock knitting from anintresting idea, to something that I have to have active all the time. I guess it's that "almost instant" gratification. I hope you enjoy checking them out. I have been enjoying wearing all the socks..... except the blue ones, they were for somone else! I hope she is wearing them! (Hunnybunny, maybe the heel that you are knitting isn't the right one for you, there are soooooo many patterns out there!)

I did also finish the You Can't See Me Hat. That however has to be blocked for sure!! so no pics of that! I started a new pair of socks, and given hope by my friend on Illuminating Soul, I will try to knit two socks at a time. Also I am going to continue with the Icarus Shawl. Thanks for being paitent...... I hope you are all having productive weeks! (yikes what a thing to say on Monday!) Talk to you soon!

okay.... so I was wrong.

I have no photos.....

Well, that isn't true, I have just not got them here. On this blog. For the moment.

I have other FO's too... and I hope to get the hat for my other half done, and the firey bamboo socks too! That will make me happy.

I have had a second-thoughts about frogging the Icarus shawl that I started. I think I will keep it and enjoy it! It has been an enjoyable knit so far! LOL not that I 'm far into it, but I can see it moving along well!
I still have to keep pluggin along on my friend James' afghan... but I really just need to sit down and get to it. I have to say that my socks have been easier to carry around with me. So when I finish a pair, I seem to cast on another....... and I probably will when I finish this pair too.

Project Spectrum has switched to another element this month. We have moved to EARTH. Now I have too look aroung for some browns and greens.... all I can think of are sock yarns!! LOL

So I will work on getting some pictures posted, so that you can actually see what I have been working through. I did do swatches in several of the fantastic yarns that I plan to make some new projects from. That bamboo is fantastic.

I think I got lost on my way to the blog.....

No seriously, how else could it have been this long since I posted! Yikes!!

LOL

I do have some FO's to report... but no pictures yet.

Did I mention that my mother's enterlac shawl is done, I will snag pics tomorrow when I give it to her. YAY!!

The pair of bamboo socks in the verigated yarn for my pal Carina were completed and given. We drove up to 150 Mile on the Easter long weekend for some relaxation (I got a pedicure!)
So I got to give my socks in person. I did try to finish the green hat for the man, but forgot the directions to it, so I could finish the body pattern by checking the previous rounds, but I have only knit this one other time..... so I was unsure about the decreasing. That should be done this week too.

Of course I cast on a new pair the next day with some fantastic "On Your Toes" with aloe vera. This is a colourway that totally looks like a watermelon, I promise pics soon, I am almost done, I think I will be turning the heel tonight. It fits with the PS3 colours, but my next socks will be so fiery, I am hoping to have them on the needles and done for this theme. Then on to the lovely Alpalca goodness..............I think, or maybe the rainbow, I am unsure.

LOL gotta love these choices.

My next steps with alot of yarns are swatching and the washing of said swatches...... I wasn to know that I can count on the gauge. I have heard of sagging with bamboo....... it worries me.

I think that is all that I can report on at the moment. My next post will be in a couple days anyway so I can show off a bit! Have a great end of the week!

Well.......

I thought I would be sharing a completed project with you by now, but I am not.

Sadly I have to frog the new "We call them Pirates" hat that I was making....... it is too small for the recipient for sure! It is looking spectacular, and I knit it mostly in one day (Sunday) in between breakfast, shooting and all the other things I did that day. It knit up super fast!! So Monday I was getting reay to do the decreases for the top, and I thought I would try it on to see if it would be big enough...... it fit me snug.

That is not the plan!

My DF is bigger than I am, his head included. So having a hat that fits me, means it will not fit him! LOL..... so I had to order more yarn! Unfortunatally when I bought the yarn it was only one ball of each other and the modification that I have planned to make this hat work for him is to add a full fifth panel of skull pattern. That is alot more yarn. So, hence with the ordering!

Oh well, at least it has a purpose and I can frog back and re-knit until the extra arrives, hopefully the dye lot won't be totally off, but I did order the original Telemark last spring! LOL

So I do have some other intresting news, I have started an enterlac shawl as planned. I was planning on basing it off the Lady Elanor stole that has been so popular, but the book is taking so flippin long to come in to my library branch, I decided on another plan of action!

I have the Spring 2007 Interveave Knits with the enterlac socks in it...... it also happens to have a fantastic instruction on basic enterlac. So I am using that to make a new pattern! YAY!! no waiting! so as you can see it is in the colourway that I have already showed you, and it is knitting up quickly as well! Thank goodness, I hope to get this done ahead of schedule! (March 26) So far, so good.

I also cast on for a blanket for a friend. I have called it Embers and Ashes, as it is double stranded red and grey. This yarn has been taunting me for a while now, and it is time to get this project doen and to it's new owner! I have no pictures of this, all it is at the moment is 9 rows of moss stitch as a base border! I promise picstures once I have gotten a bit farther into the pattern, at least one repeat so I can make sure I like it! LOL

On the UFO front I am sitting down in the next little while to get this heel done! This weekend at least! It really bothers me that I have let this lovely pair of socks sit this long, I do not want this to be another UFO that I have to frog and re-start! I am going to figure out this heel and get these babies done so I can move on to other socks! The Icarus shawl may be suffering the same fate! I liked the pattern, but I put it down ages ago.... so now I have to get re-aquainted with the pattern. I didn't find it difficult at the time, but sometimes when you put something down.... you can have gauge issues when you pick it back up. That is my main concern. I wonder if I will have to re-start that one too......

Oh well, I will keep you posted as ususal ,LOL. Hope you all have a productive and great week!

Working away...

So I may have been optomistic that I could finish a sock and the Quant. I haven't decided....

I am plenty into the Quant... as you can see, it really does work up quick! I am still thinking it will be a bit wide for my small melon, so felting may be the way to go when it is done.

I got a bit sidetracked on Monday with the socks.... I realised that I didn't have enough information about the recipients feet!

I thought I would be okay with the measurments I had, but because this sock is toe-up, I needed to know more than I had. So I e-mailed her. She sent me the info and now I know, in the meantime, I knit the Quant, and small squares in baby blue to help out a friend. I dont' really consider the squares a project of mine, so that is why I haven't mentioned it or posted it on Ravelry. A friend of mine is trying to make a baby blanket out of many squares in different colours. She found it wasn't progressing as fast as she was liking so I suggested she ask for help. She did. My knitting gals and I each have a different colour and are all dilligently working on an aspect of her pattern.

I have the blue squares, they are garter stitch. So easy, sooo boring. Oh well, at least I can knit them in the dark or watching a movie and know I won't screw up a pattern! I am gald to be helpful. Hope you are all having better luck with your knitting goals this week, I will keep you posted! Have a great one!

Another Sunday gone.

But I have a few things on the go and I thought I would take some time to share!

I am trying not to spend the rest of my life on Ravelry! LOL...... it's seriously addictive! There is so much to see and do on there!

However, I have to stay off it and knit to actually get some FO's on there! LOL! Otherwise my queue will never get smaller! 0.O

So here are two of the projects I have been working on. The Quant from Knitty.

My friend Arzu mentioned that she used it to try out enterlac this past holiday, and so far I have to say that I agree with her, it is easy to understand and I feel confident going forward with it. It is a bit wider than I thought it would be. That was part of the reason for my phone in the shot. Yes that is some of the yarn from my cone! LOL So far I like the looks of it, so I think that after this project I will go ahead with the shawl for my Mom! YAY!

So the next one I want to share is a pair of socks for a friend of mine, Carina. She loves socks, and I bought this colourway in a bamboo blend yarn from my LYS just for her! So I hope she likes them, but if she doesn't then..... I won't make them again for her! ;)

So here they are, from the same book I have used for the last three pairs, "Sensational Knitted Socks" YAY! These are a toe-up style, I am still using the dpns as I am comfortable with them and for the magic loop technique, I am planning on asking my friends to give me a hand, but I didn't want to chance it while trying a totally different sock style too. So my trusty dpns will do!

I hope to have at least the one sock done and the Quant finished this week.

I do have a treat coming up this week, and you will appreciate it.... we are thinking of having movie night this week at the LYS (Knitopia) fiber night. Guess what is on the menu? EZ's Knitting Workshop! LOL.... I have never seen it! This really will be a treat! So have a great week!

YAY.... FO post!

So today is a FO post! I have tonnes..... well, maybe not tonnes but a bit!

It makes me happy!

James' skull scarf is complete and with it's new owner. YAY!

My Fresh socks are done tooooooo............I am wearing them now :) They are comfy! I hope I have enough yarn to knit a second pair! I reaaaaaly like them. They were my own dye job, on Knitpicks wool.... so I guess I really like the Knitpicks wool!
Also, a baby hat for a friend of my sisters. Super cute!
I have an update on my Burnt socks too. This is sock one.

With a close up of the details.

I am trying to get all the WIP's that I can find done and gone. I think that this week the Icarus shawl will be back on my plate. I want to not have to wonder what I will fine in the next box or basket.... etc. LOL Stash reduction one project at a time. Here is a prome example of something that I am working on clearing! Yes, the Star Scarf parade on Up Late Designs! LOL

Once all the current UFO's are out of the way then I can get to completing some of the other things on my queue! That will be real stash progress, I was hoping to start a few new projects to go with the Project Spectrum theme for this year. Luckily the Icarus shawl actually fits a colour planned for Feburary. (I have a new button for PS, check it out!) Have a great weekend!

Forgotten.... a bit

So I didn't show you the goodies that I was given by my friends for our handmade Christmas

Amie made me Fetchings! SWEET!!

I was also fortunate enough to get a fantastic garden package from Julia, and a neckwarmer from Steph!! So awesome! I love handmade! They are the best kind of gift.

I didn't take really good pictures of the gifties that I made for them, but I will see if I can get some action shots in the coming weeks! Amie recived a new purse, Steph got this lovely Star scarf.......

and a knitting needle roll. Julia got both a needle roll, and a crochet hook roll! YAY! I love those little things, even if they are a challenge to make still. I just don't sew them enought to be habit yet! I will have more pics as soon as I can.

I was planning on having some new sock pictures too, but I have to do the math to start Carina's socks.... and that was too time consuming last night. So I started on a new pair for me in that lovely black/pink/purple yarn I flashed last post! James' scarf is farther along, but alas not done yet, I am off to the couch to get some work done on that guy now! Have a great hump day! LOL

Back again

So here I am ready to give a better update than the previous post.

I will start with my completed pumpkins.... cute litte guys eh, bet you can guess when I started these little babies..... around the Halloween swap! LOL Oh well, they have been waiting to be stuffed for ages and now they are put together and getting rave reviews!

My new pair of socks is so close to being off the needles, if I just stopped typing, I could have them done and photographed, and up her in about 15 min..... but I will block them first and then show them off. Here is an update photo however... I think the colours are working quite nicely!
Speaking of blocked socks, here are the first pair from the hand-dyed yarn..... on my homemade blockers LOL !! So cute!

I also have to get ready for the next pair of socks.... for a friend who live a ways away, they will be a suprise. I am planning on making a pair for her husband too. His will be boring black, with maybe a stripe of her yarn in it. Her sock yarn is truly a marvelous thing!
Nice huh, it's called Panda Yarn and it is a bamboo superwash mix. Dyed by the same shop owner who created my teal sock blend. She is pretty good eh? I am pretty excited to get these knit up, it's a "Christmas" gift. We don't really exchange holiday gifts, but we like to send care packages every once in a while LOL.

And last but not least, the Skull scarf for my good friend James. This IS a late Christmas present, but it is double knit, and I am improvising the pattern, so it's slower going than I would like! Any way, here is a nice shot of it.

I finally managed to get most of my Christmas gifts done. James and Tiztianna are left. The project that I am making for Titzianna is a black and red Star Scarf.... she will totally rock it, I can see it now!

Can you imagine, I started on the wrong things in September, so I never got enough ahead in my Christmas knitting! Dang! LOL Oh well, live and learn!

So gang..... there you have it. I have even posted all my UFO's in Ravelry.... so I can't get away with not finishing them...... they will haunt me every time I am in there. This last picture is of some sock yarn from the same source as the teal and the blue bamboo mix. This will be aother pair of socks for me, as soon as I am good enough to get all the little thing that are haunting me off my plate! I am so in cleanup mode! The DF and I are looking at moving, as I mentioned so I am taking the oppurtunity to pack up my things as best as I can..... at least what I am not using. LOL I will have some sewing to share with you next time I post.... the other things that I have to finish! aack! LOL Thanks for stopping by!