Thursday, August 30, 2007

Drool, baby,drool

I'm a Loopy Groupie!!! Look at the cool bag I got

And this is the yarn I got
Cherry Fizz by Seacoast

Peppercorn Blend by Spritely Goods

Spring Tulips by Spritely Goods (please disregaurd my sprained ankle)

Windblown Mallow by Spritely Goods
Watercolor by Seacoast

Mango Tango by Seacoast

Bittersweet by Lorna's Laces


Militia by Spritely Goods


Arizona Ironwood by Spritely Goods
And look at the yarn that i got for becoming a looopie

I love this yarn!!!
Ok that was the loopy ewe. Up next, Simply Sock Yarn Company
Roses and chocolate by sleeping dragon
Winter thaw by sleeping dragon
I also got Tiger and also Peacock from Opal rainforest
I ordered this from webs.It's Blizzard in green and it's by Reynolds
This is going to be a very pretty sweater(my first)
I also got some yarn for Christmas presents so I can't show you the yarn, but trust me it's so pretty.
I also went to my LYS and got a skein of Handmaiden Sea Silk to make a montego bay scarf

I LOVE this yarn! It's so gorgeous.
I also got some other yarn (well,duh) that might be for presents, but i don't know yet.
Now, guess what this yarn is. It's from yarnmarket.com


It is Possum lace yarn!!! It is made from 60% merino wool, 30% Possum and 10% silk! Cool huh?
I am still waiting for some boxes of yarn, so when I get them I will post some pictures of them.And I am happy to say that i know have 137 skeins of sock yarn!!
And in knitting news I frogged the coat for Asta. I didn't have enough yarn. So i think i might make a purse out of the yarn.I hope to finish the Maggie felted tote by the weekend so keep your fingers crossed!

Saturday, August 25, 2007

So it has been very cold here. Well, cold for the middle of august which has made my asthma pretty bad so i haven't been blogging. But i have been knitting.
Here is Hermione's cable and bobble hat from Charmed Knits i started the cables but not the bobbles.



I also started a new sock (photos coming soon) with soxx appeal. I got the yarn at Yarn Gallery. And i just cast on STR Spring fling which i love.
I going to knit a diagonal scarf with this

cool, right?
I got the yarn at the soxy lady and I forget what it was but this was the only one left.
I also read A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris which was great. I love her books and if you haven't read any of hers please do.
And now i will show pics of my little baby Asta

Isn't she adorable?

I named her after Dashiell Hamment's Asta in The Thin Man (the book not the movie, although I LOVE the thin man movies ) but when I tell people her name they say oh, what a odd ( weird, different) name.


Look at the little tongue! And yes, she does have hand knit sweaters.

And this is my other baby, Sherlock ( named after Sherlock Holmes)
You can't tell, but she is wearing a Harley Davidson collar. I think she likes it, she has yet to get out of it.
Also, I have six ( yes, six)boxes of yarn coming to me in the mail. So when I get them I'll post photo's for you to drool over.

Friday, August 17, 2007

What yarn?

I found my camera.

dream in color, lunamoth by woolly bully. tomato salad by Urban Gypsy

This sock yarn was hand-dyed in Lancaster, Pa


Here's all my sock yarn


Still sock yarn


In case you were wondering, you are looking at 93 skeins (well, socks)
This is almost ALL my yarn.
I went to my first S&B (which was great, i loved it and we were really freaking the muggles out) and took pics but my camera didn't like them.
Not much in knitting to report, it's very very very very humid here.

Monday, August 13, 2007

over the weekend

Over the weekend, my friend had a beautiful baby girl. Her name is Ruby Mae.
And here is the hat that I knit her (please excuse the blurry. I put my camera somewhere so that I wouldn't lose it, hence I can't find it.)

Over the weekend I went to Reading Fair. And my cousin, who is from Seattle
saw a cow close up for the first time. EVER.





It's hard to tell in this photo, but the cow kept trying to eat her shirt.
Let's see what else did I do? Oh yes, that's right!! I felted a purse!!



It's purples and blues (again bad photos) The pattern is the Quick felted bag out of the 101 one-skein wonders.

Also over the weekend (boy, I was busy) I started a hat.
Hermione's cable and bobble hat from Charmed Knits
I started a little bit ago so there's not much there.
I did finish a sock but the camera doesn't like it. So when i find my camera you can see it. Which should be very soon. I hope.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

meatloaf



here is the stage at musikfest where meatloaf was playing(this photo was taken a few minutes before he started)



See that little white blobby thing? Guess who that is? MEATLOAF!!!!!!!!

The concert was great. Though very very very hot. And that is the reason i have not been knitting and crocheting as obsessively as i usually do.
Today the heat index was 99 degrees, so needless to say, i really don't feel like doing anything except sitting in front of the a.c. and listening to my ipod.
I'm hoping to have a sock done tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

yarn


Here is the yarn i ordered from the loopy ewe. And the blond is my cousin drooling over my yarn.
The picture didn't get my Urban GypZ in Tomato Salad which is so cool. I cant wait to knit it.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

what i'm up to

I've been busy visiting my cousin. Shes here for 2 weeks and I'm trying to get her to knit and crochet. I think I'm winning.
So anyway, I have not finished anything which is very, very rare for me (i blame the heat it was 98 today) i have on the other hand bought yarn. And books.
I have been looking over the interweave knits fall 07 and went to Yarn Gallery and bought the yarn to make both of the hats and scarfs (though i might wait a little to knit them up with them being wool and all)
I'm waiting for my package from the loopy ewe with antici----pation(rocky horror reference)
Also I'm designing a hat for my dad (he says he wants a jaunty hat) so if you have any ideas id be happy to here them.