Friday, October 06, 2006

Friday..

Went to knitting last night and we are getting excited about Stitches. My first Stitches so I signed up for several classes. Hope I left time to shop. But, maybe that is a good thing $$$

Still working on the front left of the Mason Dixon kimono.

Went to 2 church sales today with my EBay selling friend. Had to get up in the dark to be the first there ):. I was looking for knitting and spinning stuff & found none .But is was ok because she filled her car up with EBay stuff .


Found another blog I plan to visit daily..My favorites now are :

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Beautiful Fall Day











It is so gorgeous out today..Brisk fall air and lots of color. Took a long walk with husband today and I am loving this retirement more and more. I have to weave in the yarn on the helmet liner before I go to knitting group tonight. The finishing part I dread -but knitting on the deck looking out at this view is not bad...




Just watched the taped Knitty Gritty with guest Annie Modesitt with an easy to knit corset -T.


ooooooohhhhhh this looks like something to knit and to wear...








Wednesday, October 04, 2006

the kimono progress


Knitters on some blogs suggest this is a weekend project and takes a few hours? Not for me..I try to knit faster only to make more mistakes..

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Forget the sweater...do the kimonos!

I received a baby shower invite for my 53 year old friend( yes, really) that had twins. So, right then and there walked downtown and got yarn to make the Mason Dixon baby kimonos. http://masondixonkal.blogspot.com/ Started the purple one but it looks very small. I just looked at a knitter review and it said they run very small so maybe it was not my gauge dilemma again?I really tried to figure out the" gauge "thing . Even went to Babies R US today to measure the baby stuff to see if it was just my imagination. Maybe I forget how small babies are? . I didn't forget..it is looking very small..even so, I will finish it just for practice. I need to get these done by Oct 18th..maybe?

Monday, October 02, 2006

Monday

Used to be I hated Mondays..getting up early and faculty meetings,,,NO MORE..retirement makes Monday like a weekend.. Stayed up till 1:30 am working and reworking the sweater that is going at snail's pace .
Started a cool sock . I can read the knit and purls on this yarn. Lorna's Lace "Jeans". It is finer yarn than the last two I used for socks so I cast on more stitches. Did not do the "gauge" thing so I hope they do not turn out huge...

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Rainy Sunday

Raining again today...A nice day for knitting but I HAVE to do some cleaning here. Yarn all over the place..Started new sock last night and got a few more inches on the sweater after I frogged a few inches..grrrrrrrrrrr