Doll Making fun!

I saw one of these on a blog and wanted one, too! How FUN! Try it out (click on my doll and it will bring you to the site!):

So I just think I'm too smart!

I am merrily knitting away on my Cedar Creek socks and have finally decreased all gussett stitches to 60! I get the inspiration to try the sock on and realize I AGAIN made a horrible mistake! I kept knitting with the smaller needles and the resulting gussett was WAY TOO SMALL to fit my PUDGY foot through! If nothing else, a more than humbling (and shall I add HUMILIATING! or HEART-WRETCHING?!) act! I made my co-worker observe as I sat before him, illustrating what 'frogging' means in knitting terms...He gives a shit-really-he does...(well, probably not, but he knew it made me feel better to have a witness!)

I decided that I had to frog immediately or this sock may sit unfinished for years! JUST DO IT!!! I really don't know if I'm motivated to go on...I think I may just work on my Hedera's that I just started using my Claudia Handpainted...


Frogging is such sweet sorrow...note--the smaller ball in the middle is the amount I had to frog! Probably 1/2 of the progress I'd made! (And as a fellow STR Club member noted...it looks an aweful lot like Ramen! 

And the Stash goes on...

I had read of Fleece Artist Merino and inquired about it on one of my lists. One response said that if she could only have two yarns in her stash, it would be Socks that Rock and Fleece Artist Merino. That's all I needed (was ONE ringing endorsement) and I was on-line ordering a skein! Of course, to make the shipping worthwhile and all...(FREE with $50. purchase!) I HAD to get the Lily Chin pattern that was on sale and try some of her Gramercy (also on sale...)


New Arrivals! Lily Chin GRAMERCY yarn, a pattern and some Fleece Artist hand-dyed merino in 'Vintage' 

The gramercy looks and feels awesome! MAYBE even better than Zara or Cool Wool! (BTW, I have used the Cool Wool Print and must say that the socks are GORGEOUS and wash up well...)

And for your further enjoyement (in case you were curious...) Fleece Artist Vintage--all stretched out so you can see the colors!


Vintage, all stretched out! 

Waste not, want not!

YEAH!!! Waste not...(don't throw out all that leftover egg dye!) Want not...I now have a new skein of 'hand-dyed' yarn!

A little inspiration from someone else's blog where the author was experimenting with dying yarn...I figured-what the heck? I tried the Kool-Aid dying once and thought why not toss some yarn into the egg dye? (Actually, I didn't have egg dye and just used food coloring which really wasn't used in as much concentration as I would have liked...But what the heck? It worked-just not as intense as I'd like, but I think I'm a step away from breaking out some of my REAL dyes--Ritz, Gaywool, Procion...All unopened!



Leftover egg dyes can't go to waste! 


Tuh-duh! Easter Eggs colorway! 


Easter Eggs-all wound up! 

Braggin' on my kid!

Ok, so I have to share this because that's what being a mom is all about! This past Christmas, my son completely grasped the concept of Santa Clause He-who-brings-what-you-ask-for. When he discovered that Santa had brought him a few "Thomas and Friends" trains that he had wanted, he exclaimed, "It worked!" (referring to the fact that Santa just KNEW that he had wanted these characters and there they were...)

So the other night he decides to write a letter to the Easter Bunny. In this letter he says, "Dear Easter Bunny, Please bring (mommy) some rainbow yarn..." and the proceeds to state a couple of items he, himself would also like. Even at 5 years old, these kids just KNOW what will please us, don't they?! And he's the one who tells me "You have ENOUGH yarn!" when with me at the yarn shop shopping...

I sure wish I were a more focused knitter like these other bloggers who post their project and zoom through them full steam ahead. But alas, I am not. But I am proud to report that the Seduction Retro Rib socks are now half-done; that is, I now have ONE completed sock! Frogged back the toe decreases at least three times to adjust for the length and once for adjust for my lack of attention resulting in uneven decreases!

I have also almost finished a furry baby jacket. The "You may NOW Celebrate the Holidays!" set was so cute that I had to do something similar, but I decided to add a hood instead of making a separate matching cap. Now to knit up the hood!

I still plug along on my STR Cedar Creek socks and the River Rapids, which is now decreased through the gussett and onto the foot lenght (for the first sock...) But can you believe-?! I'm casting on for the new HEDERA socks, pattern of which is published in the just-released Knitty I'm thinking of using the lovely Claudia Handpainted yarn I got at Stitches West the other month. I'm swatching to see if I like the fabric knit at 8 stitches per inch, which is what the pattern calls for...

We'll see...

Look what I found? A pic of my collar! Couldn't resist the Malizia but it was pricey, so I had to figure out a project that I could use just the one ball on.