Spring really is here...

and my allergies are kicking my butt. Today has been miserable but at least its just allergies and not a cold.

Last night Carl and I made a whole tube of Pilsbury Cinnamon Rolls and split it. That's four each in case there are healthy people who read this and I have never made Pilsbury Cinnamon rolls before. That's also WAY too much sugar, carbs and well food! We woke up feeling like shit and vowed to be good the rest of the week. I had one salad today for lunch and a few other things when I was hungry and now my stomach is stretched out about 12 million inches and I want to just roll around in pain. Those buns were such a bad idea.

I'm working on a pair of socks to get me ready for sock wars. I hope to have at least one done tonight so I can cast on the second. I want to knit my sock war socks two at a time but I've never done this so I'm a little scared. We'll see if I want to take the risk when the pattern comes out.

Oy the sinus pressure is killing me...must lie down. I need summer to come so this can stop.

Oh and I just found this site and the yarns are so yummy looking. Has anyone ordered from here before?

Quick Pic Update

Thanks to my mother's superior sewing skills the Flair Jacket is totally done and ready for its reveal!

Mom also made me a new bag which I’m IN LOVE with!

Oh and a little peak at my sock wars yarn (the one on top) and the Brooklyn Handspun I bought at The Point last week (the one on the bottom).

Don’t you just wish your walls could look like this?

Told you this would be quick.

Woo Friday!

It's finally friday and I'm super excited! The rain and fog can't even get me down! Thankfully, work is much calmer today which is great. It's been really rough and I've racked up some OT hours this week so I decided I should treat myself to a little something, but what? I could buy more sock yarn but where would I put it? I could buy yarn for the new sweater pattern my colleague gave me but I'm already working on three things. I KNOW, I new knitting bag! I went over to The Loopy Ewe looking for goodies and what do they, a new namaste bag! I ordered the Laguna bag in Turquoise! It is so freaking pretty! I want it to come NOW! Thankfully Sheri is really good about shipping I know I'll have my bag before I know it! Then I went over to Namaste and saw all the colors they sell and I now want this bag in charcoal too and maybe olive ooo and Hollywood Pink....sigh...why can't I have them all?

Happy Friday boys and girls!

oooo just saw the clutch I want that too! Then I could bring socks out on the town with me and no one would know I had my knitting with me. AWESOME! Maybe next month.

Way too busy

Things need to slow down a little so I can take some time to sit down and blog. I really enjoy blogging and it’s been killing me to have to neglect you all for even a few days. I hope to be done with the craziness so I can focus on my knitting and my blogging.

In the meantime let’s recap:

Saturday my best fried Meghan came up to spend the night with me and to practice her knitting. She arrived in the late morning and we ordered a pizza and sat down with some yucky red heart that I keep on hand for charity blankets (not that I have ever been able to finish more than 5 squares) and teaching purposes and I taught her how to purl. I had been trying to find a new garter stitch project for her that wasn’t another scarf but I didn’t like anything I found. I decided it was best to just teach her how to purl and open the doors to the world of knitting nice wide.

Once she had mastered stockinette we walked up to Annie & Co. to find a project and some yarn. She decided to knit a simple baby sweater that’s knit in one piece in St st. We picked up some pretty Kelly Green yarn, I think it was Zara. I picked up Kim Hargreaves Heart Felt since I have been drooling over the pictures online. I also picked up some Soak and some plain buttons for the flair jacket.

We got home and Meg started to cast on but took a little nap instead. I tried to finish the flair jacket while she napped but it turns out that I have no idea how to put buttons on in a normal fashion so I had to take them off. I will be going home this weekend to make my mother put the on since I’m incapable of actually sewing them in a straight line.

After naps and showers we headed out with some friends to drink and have a good time. And we did, till about 2 am. We got home and just crashed.

Sunday we had to get up early (well its only early if you got to sleep at 2am) and run downtown to Pangea to meet two of the knittery friends for brunch. We had a really nice time and the food was great. After lunch we headed off to Brooklyn (yah I know I went to Brooklyn and on the subway too!) for the Bust Craftacular. It was a lot of fun and I picked up a few goodies. I sort of bought anything that had a cameo on it because I really love cameos and I’m starting to become obsessed. After a lazy lunch we headed home. I made sure Meg had cast on her sweater and did a row or two before sending her off to the train station.

After Meg left I cast on a clapotis because I needed mindless knitting and vegged on the couch watching Father Ted till it was time to sleep.

Monday saw the return of Carl and a very busy work week. I had to work late last night so I could come in early this morning and send out some things but now it doesn’t look like that will happen till late this afternoon so all that preparation was for naught. Oh well at least its Thursday. Though I wasn’t able to make it to my regular knitting group last night I did manage to get down to The Point on Tuesday for a Sit and Knit meetup. I had a lot of fun and it was nice to do something non-working related. I picked up yarn for Sock Wars III and they had just gotten a shipment of Brooklyn Handspun in so I just had to grab a skein. I did get 10% off all my sock yarn though! Damn wool fumes got to me again.

I need to post pictures because I have a lot of WIPs and that means I have to share my progress. And I have made some progress. And I’ll show the flair jacket as soon as it has buttons, promise.

Hooray!

Carl comes home tonight. I'm busy tidying the house and baking brownies for his return! I really can't wait to see him. I know its only been a few days but last night after my friend left and I wasn't hanging out with other people I started to feel really lonely. I'm very happy to have him home today!

I did a lot this weekend but I will get to that tomorrow there's too much to much to do here. I finished the jacket but I need to put the buttons on before I show you all. Thhe first attempt was really sad. I started a clapotis last night because I needed some mindless knitting. So I guess while the brownies bake I will be knitting away till Carl gets home.

Super excited!

While the Cat's Away...

I’m really enjoying my alone time. All my little yarny friends have been able to come out and play without Yarn Ogre Carl sending them back to the basket.

The coffee table is now covered in argyle sock making goodness. I finished the 2^nd sleeve of the flair jacket this morning and I guess I could finish the neck and be done with it but I hate picking up stitches so I’m distracting myself with Grandpa’s socks.

Maybe I can get Carl stay out west just a little longer…

It's a Good Morning

Don't worry that's an index finger...good morning!

It's scary leaving Fiberland

I live in a land of fiber. I read about knitting and now spinning as close to all day as I can get. I knit when I have a second and I spin for a few minutes everyday. I no longer have any connection or understanding of what happens in the “Real World” and frankly, its sad. Back when I didn’t live in this fiberific world a little thing happened to a man name Sean Bell and two of his friends. Once I left the “Real World” I sort of forgot about current events. Today, Carl emails me to tell me that the verdict for the Sean Bell trial is expected tomorrow and the NYPD fear riots (to quote Carl “Think Crown Heights-type riots”) if the verdict is not guilty. This was great news since Carl is leaving tonight for a long weekend in Arizona with friends. He’s said he warned me to avoid my calling him freaking out if I see anything on Friday, like people breaking store windows. Isn’t he kind? I know it won’t be as bad as I’m imagining right now but it’s a little scary when you’re not in fiberland. Since I have the day off tomorrow I will be spending most of my friend in my apartment knitting and spinning so rioters beware you better not mess with me! I’m a knitter and I’m ARMED!

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And to clarify my last two posts. I know I said I wasn't buying more sock yarn BUT the yarn mentioned in the previous post was purchased right before I swore off buying sock yarn. It just happened to come in the mail the other day so it looks like I cheated.

Ok here we go...

Even though I've been really bad and have bought WAY too much sock yarn I have been getting stuff done. But first some yarn porn.

Here we have my two newest sock yarns, aren't they pretty?


First we have The Great Adirondack Yarn Company, Inc. Sirino in the Navajo colorway. Its 675 yards of fingering weight yumminess! Now I just need a sock pattern to go with this yarn, any suggestions?

Second we have Lime & Violet Mermaid sock in the Yarny Yarn colorway. Its 425 yard and just awesome. I want to make something with a wavy rib pattern as a noddy to the Mermaid name.

Then we have all the yarn for grandpa's argyle socks. They're all knitpicks gloss in various colorways. I'd name them but they're in the yarn basket at the other end of my living room and I'm tired.

I've also purchased a couple more rovings so I can continue to practice my spinning. I'm almost done with the practice fiber from class and then I'm going to start on the pretty pink/purple roving that came with my spindle.

Of course I've also been knitting.

The mesh gloves are knitting up very quickly. I'm about to start the fingers on the first one (wish me luck!).

And the flair jacket has a sleeve! Sorry for the crap picture but you can see the sleeve. Look on the right, what's that? A SLEEVE!

Boy do I have a lot going on right now in craft-land! And to top it off I signed up for Sock Wars III which starts next month. Oy! I'm going to die so quickly. Maybe I should start a pair of socks just to get me back into the swing of sock knitting? OR I can spin some more...I'm off to spin and watch my new favorite BBC show Allo Allo. The show's from the 80s but its new to me. So funny!

Can you tell I've been in a super chipper mood today? I think its all the fiber fumes.

My new mantra...

Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn! Don’t buy sock yarn!

I hope it works…