My knitting blog

2007-01-27T18:55:00.000-08:00

well, it's raining after being freezing cold for months! can you believe it? It's freezing cold then it warms up and we have to have gloomy rainy days now? I am knitting a pair of gaunlets for my daughter in black and it's the first fingerless I've done. We'll see how that turns out!

2007-01-15T09:57:00.001-08:00

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2007-01-15T09:41:00.000-08:00

My fiancee and I took our girls snowboarding this weekend. They had a great time. It was very cold ....around 5 degrees and the wind chilled us to the bone. I took my knitting but my hands were too cold to knit. Met another knitting lady there who was knitting a wash cloth.
I finished some socks for my daughter made with Kroy. She loves them!

2006-10-06T10:17:00.000-07:00

2006-10-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

I've been knitting socks that rock on two circular needles with Peaseblossom colorway. They are going pretty slow as I am also knitting a shrug for my dil2b for her birthday. I have other socks on needles also ....kroy, 1776, toasty toes, mountain colors...etc. I find great yarn on ebay and some great prices too!
Well, suddenly it changed from summer to winter. It's overcast, rainy and dropped 20 degrees almost overnight. We're supposed to get 6 inches of snow in the mountains.
We bought a new dog....a poodle. She's 13 weeks old now (12 when we got her) and sooooo cute! She's a miniature just like our other poodle, Muffy. My Fiancee named her Sandy since she's blonde. We're trying to potty train her and that's an adventure!
Will try to keep this blog updated as I've slacked off for a while. Summer is rather busy around our house. If we're not fixing things we're camping or boating. It's been a fun summer tho. A little hot but still fun. More to come.

2006-07-18T14:32:00.000-07:00

I finished a pair of Opal Ladybug for a gal at work. Opal is okay to work with but the colors aren't as fascinating as the hand painted ones.

2006-05-09T15:31:00.000-07:00

I tried to upload my pictures of my socks and they were there! Then all of a sudden they were gone! I will try to post them on my other blog......http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/

2006-04-11T12:16:00.000-07:00

I've learned how to spin now so I'm spinning like crazy. I have 2 wheels but the Ashford traveler is my favorite. I haven't used any of the yarn yet for socks. I've got at least 4 socks on the needles. I've taken a class for magic loop so that is next for socks. I am currently knitting one sock on one circular and nearly finished with that. The only drawback is that I need another loop so I can knit both of them at the same time. I still like my double points!!!

2006-03-24T14:14:00.000-08:00

today I bought my first spinning wheel, an Ashford traveler. I can't wait to start spinning. Went to my 3rd spinning class last night and we had fun. We're finally spinning. next we will ply.

2006-03-07T13:28:00.000-08:00

Me and my fiancee

2006-02-27T15:02:00.000-08:00

I started on a new afghan this weekend after binding off my lavendar one. This one is knitted with two strands of Homespun and all rows are knitted. This is for my fiancee's sister who just bought a vacation home in Oregon. Beings that it is rather cool up there I will provide her with ultra warmth afghan for a house warming gift.
I am also knitting a pair of socks with yarn from KnitPiks. It is fingerling and that is just a tad too thin for me.
I bought some STR from Stitches West and will start those socks also. The colors are just to dye for! (pun intended)
I ordered a video for toe-up socks on two circular needles. I feel this will be a challenge but will be fun to do.
I bought a pattern and woolease yarn from JoAnn's for a fisherman sweater for Rob. He loves all those cables and different stitches. That will have to be knit when it's quiet so I can keep track of my stitches. I haven't knitted a sweater in many years!
I have a guild meeting this coming Saturday. It should be fun.

2006-02-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

Today I'm reorganizing my yarn room. I have counted cross stitch supplies in there also. I'm not sure what to do with all the books yet as I pulled them out of my reading room and need a new place to put them. I have knitting, crochet and cross stitch books and pamphlets.
I am going to the Stitches West tomorrow. That will be very exciting! I will get to see and feel all the yarn. I hope to run into others from the lists I'm on. I'll take pictures too!

2005-12-30T10:24:00.000-08:00

Today is a rainy day and therefore I am sitting in bed reading emails and posts and blogs. I should get my butt up and go bicycle but I don't feel like it! I need to go to the store but I don't feel like it! I need to stop eating candy and stuff not good for me and I will try to do that today. I have gained the holiday weight and am depressed and don't want to get out of bed. I'm thinking about going to JoAnne's for some yarn and that would get me up and going! I got some neat gifts for Christmas, one being a "knit this" kit from my niece which has the yarn and pattern and dvd in a plastic tote for knitting a tote bag, toggle pouch and sunglass case. I also got a $60 gift card from my nephew for a lys and that is way cool! My sd2b knitted me a scarf and that is really precious. That means a lot to me since I taught her how to knit. My h2b got me an arbour and a potting table for my plants. I bought him a spinning wheel and am anxious for him to learn to spin so I can have lots of yarn! ha ha There's a method to my madness! hee hee I am going to take a hot bath and put on some makeup and get myself going so I don't veg all day long. Happy New Year to all!

2005-12-29T11:18:00.000-08:00

going to start knitting some socks for my DH2b. Will use woolease in brown. These will be for around the house. That's about it for my knitting right now. knit on.

2005-12-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

Today I slept all day. I worked all night last night. We had an several accident victims to do and we worked until 4 am. I worked a Sudoku inbetween cases. I watched half of Dr. Phil when I woke up then I took my fiancee to get his truck at the mechanics. I'm suffering from 'Aunt Agatha' so I am home in bed with a tall glass of wine watching "Everybody Loves Raymond". I will start fiancee's socks tomorrow. It's raining outside and 51 degrees.

2005-12-27T14:54:00.000-08:00

hello everyone! This is my knitting blog....a journal of my knitting projects. For christmas I made an afghan for everyone and they were a hit. I also made scarves with fun fur and christmas yarn. I made tiny little sweaters to hang on the tree. Don't make green or brown ones if you decide to make these little critters. They blend into the tree and aren't seen! I am now finishing my socks and am going to make my dh2b some socks too. I have another afghan on the hooks for him also. He supports me so much in my knitting endeavors! I bought him a spinning wheel for Christmas and he will be taking classes in Feb! Lucky me!