Yes.!! making progress on my scarf/ shawl.. slow progress but .. it's still progress.. I plan on working on this a little each day.. it was so exciting to finally start on the border .. and now I'm interested in seeing how the colors are going to work around the border..(this shawl was started on February 1st..0.0.. I'm slow .. what can I say)

















Everyone has a different time relationship with their knitting.. some of us knit all the time and others knit when they have time and others have an on and off relationship with knitting... what ever your relationship is with your knitting.. it's always a wonderful feeling when u finally finish a project.. no matter how long it took u to finish..
This sweater was a long time in the making..(maybe that makes it a little more special) and I wasn't the person that knit it!!.. This was made by my daughter Brooke.. it was supposed to be a present for her bf for Christmas 2005...she wanted to make it a surprise so she would only work on it when he was at work.. (she also had a full time job as a chef).. then she would carefully tuck it away so he couldn't see it which gave her limited time for knitting.. well.. life happened ... a baby.. some job changes.. being a new mom and working.. and so..knitting was put to the side.. and some how she has found time to work in it again.. and as of Monday.. this sweater was finished.. the pattern is from Amy Singers' book Knit wit and it's called hidden agenda..the yarn used .. mano del uruguay.. color 55 olive..






















little Abby is modeling.. hehe so cute.. I just wanted to say Gratz Brooke.. on a beautiful sweater.. well done.

What have u been doing this weekend?... this is what I've been doing.. a trip to the LYS .. I've been wanting to knit the silk camisole from Last-Minute knitted gifts.. so the yarn I picked out is cotton frappe' from elsebeth lavold.. color # 012.. I did a swatch and it's going to work..yay
















20 row's left to go and counting down on my scarf/shawl... then on to the border.. I'm getting exicited now and have been working on this quite a bit.. I knit lace really slow.. even simple lace.. this yarn in the lighter color gets hard to see so I've been really careful to make sure I pick up both the stitches when knitting 2tog.. I've also been reading The Friday Night Knitting Club..and getting near the end..

















I have picked this up a few times over the weekend.. I'm off to knit right now for a bit then I have to drive up to Orlando to pick up my car.. yes .. it's getting worked on again today.. this time it's the brakes and some weird sounds coming from the engine.. `0.0;

eArThY...

Just a little progress on sock #2... I pick this up here and there...I'm not in a big hurry to finish it.. I'm just enjoying the process

















After much thought over which pile of yarn to work with next.. I choose earthy green..for some reason my homespun looks more gray then green in the picture.. in real life the greens look closer in color.. greens are funny.. and I think people see the color green differently.. anyway.. this is what I will be working on today.. looks kind of weird at this point.. other than this.. I'm checking out some summer knit projects along the line of swim suit tops and what-nots.. (^_^)

jUsT 3..!!

Just 3 piles of yarn to choose from.. oooo noesss which should I choose..?? the first pile is my newly spun "aqua girly purly" yarn with some cotton from my stash.. this could be possibly another shrug.. ( u can never have enough shrugs.. can u?)

















here is a group of sweet pink yarn intended for some kind of baby item.. dress.. shrug..etc.(babies can't have enough shrugs either can they?)
















And last but not least..a pile of earthy green yarn.. some homespun merino/silk with alpaca and cotton yarn.. this could be a shrug too.. !!

















So .. today I have been staring at these 3 piles of yarn trying to decide which one I will knit with next.. girly purly.. earthy green.. sweet pink.. hum.... this could take awhile..

It started with some fleece and aqua wilton icing dye... some tencel and angelina....


















then continued here..

















and ended here with 120 yards... I think I'll call it agua girlie purly yarn.. just because it looks so purly..

















One sock finished .. all set for grafting the toe together.... and ready to cast on sock #2..

Just a sock... moving along slowly .. this is a fun pattern to knit but I don't think my yarn was the best choice for this pattern.. and so I keep knitting.. 0.0

I was thinking today.. about 2 of my favorite blogs..( although I read and enjoy many) but 2 blogs really stand out to me...
First and foremost is The Yarn Harlot... this was actually the first knitting blog that I had read.. and I was immediately drawn in.. the reason being Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has given knitters a knitting community.. or she has awakened us to the fact that we are out there and joined by the same thread .. um.. yarn..from all over the world... In my own knitting life... I now feel knitting isn't something to be ashamed of .. or a waist of time .. or what ever else "muggles" like to call it.. for years I felt uncomfortable knitting ... although I did a lot of knitting.. because of comments like.. "oh u knit.. my grandmother used to do that.. I don't have patience.. it takes so much time... or that wastes so much time.. how do u have time to do that...I'm too busy for that..".. being the only knitter in my family circle and circle of friends made me feel I was some how wasting precious time that maybe I should have been doing something else... maybe find out what they were doing and do that..but... after reading Stephanie's blog and books.. I felt validated .. I felt geeee there are others out there like me with a closet full of yarn and knitting books.. with needles and yarn in their purses..(although my yarn stash isn't as big as the Yarn Harlot's by any means) I want to say thank u to Stephanie.. aka.. The Yarn Harlot for helping me to feel good about knitting in the movies and and at family gatherings and where ever else I like to knit.. and for opening my eyes to the knitting community and the power there of... heheh.. I am now an avid reader of many knitting blogs.. It's just great to see what others have on their needles and in their closets..!!! (^_^)

The second blog I'm very fond of is It's a Purl, Man.. this blog I just recently discovered.. ( I know .. I'm slow).. but it's so entertaining.. plus I can knit and listen away as he chats with other bloggers about patterns and yarn .. up coming knitting events ... book releases... I feel like I'm at a knitting meeting right in my living room.. so fun!!!.. he is planning a gathering in NYC.. sounds so wonderful.. check it out..

and a picture.. !! (weird fingerless mits of my own creation)