odd cOloRs..

You never know what colors are going to come out of a skein of noro... the colors are getting kind of weird.. hopefully once I get to the toe the colors will turn somewhat nicer again..
















more wierd colors.. this is what happens to my tv so many times a day I cant count.. the cable company has been here a minimal of 5 times to fix it.. each time saying that should fixed it.. a day later.. this again.. supposedly there is a signal leakage nearby... maybe I should demand a discount utill it gets fixed.. (^_^)

I'm going to make some booties and hats for Project Cope.. a school for pregnant teens... most of these girls can't afford much.. so anything would be greatly appreciated.. let me know if u are interested in joining me..25 teenagers are joining the already over crowded program this month.

ErNeSto..!!

Where is Ernesto!!! he's coming slowly.. my way.. but seems to have fizzled out.. yay!! In the mean time.. schools are closed and classes canceled .. most people home.. just in case of high wind and lots of rain.. its a good day to stay in .. read a book .. watch a movie.. and yes.. play a little WoW and knit!!!.. have a good storm day everyone.. (^_^)

Yes... it's done!!.. cute as can be...I think every baby should have a li'l monkey afghan.!!.. this was a fun project.. when i was working on the edging at first I thought it didn't seem like a good edging for this... but asI got more of the edging done.. I realised it was whimsical.. just like the afghan....
Before the li'l monkey there was the Puff Dreams baby afghan... well you haven't seen that finished because I ran out of yarn with 12" left to finish on the edging... I finally got to Michael's this weekend to buy one more ball... and yes I was able to finished that afghan too...!!!
I'm very pleased with how both baby afghans turned out...

















This Saturday I did make it to the Sip and Knit birthday party... and of course she had sales..and raffles.. and food.. and drinks.. fun fun fun.. and I did come home with yarn.. 0.0
(don't ask why I bought green yarn again)..some how I came home with some classic cashcotton for my knucks.. and some noro kureyon for the cable footies in Oneskein.. and some fancy kettle dyed pure merino wool from Malabrigo for a felted backlog cover(a microwavable sented pillow that reduces tension and relieves muscle soreness) .. tiny little size 2 dpn..and 2 baby sweater patterns for $1.00..!!...all these projects are for Christmas presents.... I feel like I'm behind on my Christmas knitting this year..hopefully this will get me motivated to get some presents done soon..!!

Sometimes i feel like i need someone to put a gun to my head so i can get myself to finish up the last part of a project... especially when that part is the sewing and weaving in of all the ends.. yes this is my li'l monkey blanket.. just sitting there... so little left to do to finish it up.. i even prepared a large dose of caffeine for a kick start.... i still haven't moved to that side of the room yet...but.. i have done laundry.. looked through some old photos.. ran around the house for.... i forgot what....
















and...!!! i did finish the li'l monkey hat yesterday!!! (^_^)

Projects are just flying off the needles and hooks.. the li'l monkey afghan is working up really fast... all of my blocks are done and i will be working on sewing them all together today... I made one little monkey head and need to make 2 more and embroider the faces on.. tack them on to the choosen blocks and crochet the edging...(one monkey head is for the hat)...

















my felted projects are finished.. i re-measured them and there is only 1/2 difference in the size from the pre-felted size.. yet the are definately felted and thicker.. who knows..!? well that's all for now as i get back to finishing up the little monkey heads... today is Saturday and Rudy and I go out for a nice dinner and some drinks.. it's our saturday ritual...and of course i have to bring a purse size project... i usually knit something under the table as we sit and chat and sip our drinks...and wait for dinner.. we will be making a stop at sip and knit today too.. check it out..!!(^_^)

VeNt..!!!!!!

Well this is how my felted clutches turned out...I had heard somewhere through the grape vine of the knitting world that paton's classic merino wool did not shrink as well as other feltable wools.. and i have come to the conclusion that this is correct...BUT... i then put my soaking wet half felted clutches in the dryer to finish the proceess and.. checked them every few minutes until i was satisfied... the crochet clutch needed a bit more time than the knitted one.. and i feel i could have left it in the dryer a bit longer... they both are actually still wet today and i did this all yesterday...
I followed the directions for the crocheted clutch by not sewing it up before felting and.. i wont do that next time.. seems it would be better to sew it up first and let all the seems felt nicely together.. I will sew it up first before felting next time i make this..
















I am now at the half way point on my Li'l Monkey afghan from the Happy Hooker. I would have gotten a bit farther along yesterday .. but i had a machanic working on my car in the garage and was running back and forth.. only to find out many hours later (note..my car still isn't working) that my transmission was still good... >.<...
So what do u do when your car doesnt want to ever leave the garage again no matter how kind u are to it and no matter how many machanics think they know whats wrong with it and attempt to fix it..!!!! ( it must have heard my mind waves when i said it was a stupid car).... well this is what u do.. prepare for the worst and --->















hunt online for pretty patterns to work up while u listen to another machanic decide what is wrong with your car that u think will never run again but that your bf says is a good car don't get rid of it..`(~.~;):`... sigh.. i think ill go make a yummy cappuccino while i think of all the things i could have spent all that money on that i just sunk into my non running car..

CluTch ..CluTch

Here is a bad picture of my before felting clutches.....one is crochet and one is knit.. I used paton's classic wool merino.. 2 balls made both clutches and flowers with some left overs....I'm curious to see how the crochet clutch will felt compared to the knit clutch... the measurements are as follows.. the knit clutch..9 1/2" X 6".. the crochet clutch..8 1/2" X 7 t"...to be continued.......