Thursday, January 04, 2007

All packed for my 11 day cruise

Lucky me leaving in Saturday for a 11 day cruise to the Caribbean.http://www.hollandamerica.com/dest/itinerary.do?selectedItin=20070106:N700:CSW011&dest=C I have been packing and repacking all week. I have to leave room for knitting projects. My friend does embroidery so we plan to do our crafts, walk the decks, eat light and do lots of talking.Sounds like a perfect vacation !
I have had 2 suitcases packed and unpacked . I really want to go light since husband won't be there to help me carry them all like usual.(:.he gets to watch all the pugs. He hates cruises...
so what do I bring? Friend and I agreed black pants can be dressed up in all ways with my different scarves and wraps. My problem is with shoes too..sneakers, sandals and dressy?
and there there is what to bring for knitting...So my new Denise needles will come, Knitters handbook, Wendy Knits and I will have to use the Internet to finish up my Dish Cloth KAl while on the ship, finish another lace scarf, start a sock, purse kit from Stitches,gray fingerless mitts for son. Seriously- too much knitting to bring but just in case my mood changes and need to change projects.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

KAL Day 2 and pug shots


more pug shots ..they love to snuggle in the bed..Dish Cloth KAL






Day # 2 of dish cloth KAL ..I can't wait to see what it will look like. It is like a mystery where they do not tell you what it is - just gave you 8 rows today so took less than half hour. It takes 7 days to complete and they do 2 a month. This is a fun way to learn more about knitting.






Monday, January 01, 2007

DISH CLOTH KAL

Just joined this knit-a-long that sounds like fun where I can learn new techniques without doing a huge project.http://monthlydishclothkal.blogspot.com/ Plus, the patterns they have done in the past are adorable ..great gifts for holidays.
The EZ knit-a-long I am a part of is fun -but it is much more advanced and some of the projects I can't even attempt. But , I do love the Maltese fisherman hat I made and plan on making the Baby Surprise Jacket when they do it next.Right now they are starting Norwegian mittens that sound just too difficult using 2 hands for the different colors of yarn. Using one hand is still hard for me!
I started day #1 of the Jan dishcloth today which took me about 15 minutes.You get bit by bit of the pattern over a 7 day period which already I am excited about doing tomorrow's section.

New Years Day cleaning out


Trying to remove the Christmas clutter and decorations today.After doing all the last minute knitting my yarn/knitting closet is a mess. Realized today that officially have a yarn and needle stash that needs to be used up before I start anything else.

So going to try to do what wendyknits.net is suggesting to knit from my stash.... but no way for a whole year..Can't do that yet...

Sunday, December 31, 2006

happy New year

.... not doing any special this New Year 's Eve Happy New Year
Count Down
just hanging out with my husband and the dogs...
Chinese New Year doing some knitting too