I thought I should share this pic with the world...So let me introduce him to you...The world, my sweetie, sweetie, the world...hihihihi!

Vacation brain

Seeign as how I'm finally on vacation, I'll now be able to post a bit more frequently AND, since my sweetie is also on vacay, he'll be able to take some pics for me to post. I feel the need to show the world Clapotis aka Platypus because I find that it is the most decadent thing to knit so far...granted it's my...5th project...but hey! So that's that for now...must sleep, theater practice tomorow!

Happy knitting

Still wearing sandals

I know fall is just around the corner BUT, I'm wearing sandals today :) I'm 2 rows away from being done with Section 2 of the platypus. I was thinking that next time I make it (probably as a gift) there's something fun to be done with colors no?!? I'm all confused about this color thing, I want to explore but I'm so scared of wasting a bunch of time and money...Oh well...I've sort of put the cabled sweater on hold due to my love connection with the platypus. I shouldn't neglect it considering I would like to wear it sometime before next summer...

School starts in a week and a bit and I'm starting to think that I need to find anothersmall project, maybe socks, but I think that where I went wrong on the last ones was that I'd like to do something on bigger needles...those US 0 dpns are just a liiiitttlllle too tiny for me...

Happy knitting

Grumble grumble...

It pains me to say that I am actually working this week...(muffled sob!) My plans of uninterrupted knitting were, well, interupted by meetings and more meetings and then theater practice. I got a good amount of knitting done this past weekend while up north BUT, due to my inability to fix my own knitting mistakes, I had to frog the Platypus...(another muffled sob!) Oh well...I'm almost re-done with section 2 of said beautiful alpaca scarf and hopefully, this time, I won't muck it up!

My quote of the week: "When life hands you lemons, make vodka-lemonade" - Nobody famous (tee hee!)

Happy knitting

I don't want to work, I just want to bang on my drums all day...

In 2.5 hours, I will officially be on vacation...After 18 months of no vacay, I get two weeks off...WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! First on my agenda of stuff to do, get as far as I can with the cabled sweater from Rebecca mag, it's just that the Platypus is taking over, I just loooove knitting with the baby alpaca, that stuff is so pleasant to knit that I have a feeling that the next few projects will be in said bébé alpaca. Out of the blue, has anyone ever noticed that alpacas look like a lama crossed with a poodle...just a thought.

So thats that for now, I have vacation brain so I won't get anything done til noon so I may just whip out the sweater front and cable away. I'll post pics of all my crap when I get home later.

Happy knitting!

Platypus

I'm slowly getting the hang of blogging regularly again as you can see that this post is less than a month after the last post...Did that make sense? Alright, so I still haven't posted any pics of the completed scrawl, the almost completed cabled sweater and the lovely gifts from my secret pal. This will be done eventually...

In other news, I went to Mouliné this past weekend and fell in love with this sexy baby camel yarn...it's sooooo soft...but instead, I stashed up on some Inca Gold baby alpaca in natural color(beige) to make Clapotis or should I say Platypus (hihi). I started it on sunday at the knitting thing downtown and I think it'll be fun to make. Other than that, I'm slowly planning the next projects, a hat and some mits in Naturwolle (sp?) to match the scrawl, the icelandic lace shawl from VK and anything else that'll tickle my fancy!

Happy knitting!

I am slowly going crazy...

Okay, let's recap...the last time I blogged (2 weeks ago) I was almost done with the scrawl and was starting the cabled sweater from Rebecca Mag. Well, last night, I finished the scrawl and added a fringe (ooh la la!) and, I'm 80 rows into the sweater back. Now I get to start the front and the armhole decreases on the back. I must say that thank goodness for the nice people who help out mathematically-challenged knitters like myself so that we may figure out the amount of stitches to cast on or to decrease. Since I now no longer have a "don't-think-just-knit" project, I'm wondering if I should try to make a hat and mits to match the scrawl...hmmm! Any suggestions are welcome!

In other news...THANK YOU to my secret pal!!!!! I got the package on thursday and I didn't blog or email you cause I was camping. I will take a pic of all the cool stuff and post it tonight so that all may see that I've got the coolest SP :)

Happy knitting!