Spun

Wow, this yarn turned out way better than I thought it would!! I can't wait to spin more!

Spinning

I've been MIA again for a few weeks. Two Sundays ago I woke up with a sore throat and everything went downhill fast from there. I actually begged my hubby to come home and take care of the kids Monday afternoon. Tuesday I went to the doctor, you know I was feeling horrible to go to the doctor because I NEVER go, I don't like antibiotics so I just do my best at home. I ended up with a perscription for Levaquin, that stuff is awful! Awful isn't really a strong enough word to describe how it made me feel. I was just off. So no knitting got done at all, I started working on a pair of socks but that didn't last long. So I'm back knitting this week. I got some more new Twilight inspired yarns from Sunshine Yarns..... I am so addicted to Dani's yarn its not even funny! So I've been working on some simple ribbed socks.
Then Monday in the mail I got a drop spindle and some fiber. My first attempt went over like a lead balloon! But I was having fun trying! I got just a bit better and made some yarn that was pink. I was excited because I think that you could actually identify it as yarn even though it was all kinds of sizes all mixed together. DD loved it and got me to make her a coffee cozy for when we go to Starbucks and she gets hot chocolate. Here are a few pictures of the yarn and the cozy.


Sorry that the second picture is a bit fuzzy. My camera isn't cooperating with me today.

So, I started spinning more today and actually something that I think turned out pretty well. There isn't much of it just over 10 yards, but I'm pretty darn proud of it! It is drying right now, pictures to come soon. I ordered more roving today so that I can use my spindle some more! I can see this being majorly addicting. I'm already planning to beg my hubby to get me a spinning wheel for Christmas!

I think that's about it for now. ;) I'll post pictures of my new yarn pretty soon!

Whats on my needles.

I finished my Multnomah Shawl last week, I need to block it and get some good pictures of it. I was a little short on yarn and didn't finish the last two repeats. So its a little small... I wish I would have used larger needles. So I think this shawl will mostly be my daughters, it fits her perfectly. Needless to say she's pretty happy that it turned out small!

I cast on yesterday on Komet socks by Stephanie van der Linden. I'm using my Yarn Love yarn colorway Warmth. I'm loving how the pattern is knitting up! Its going really quickly. The yarn splits a bit, but that seems to me what happens when they yarn has a bit of bamboo in it. Its not unbearable, and definitely worth having such beautiful soft yarn! With out further ado here is a picture of the first little bit that I have done!


My goal is to get these socks done by the end of the weekend. I'm knitting them for my first Sockdown on Ravelry's Sock Knitters Anonymous. But I want to get them finished quickly because I would like to get started on another pair of socks next week sometime. I went overboard a few days ago and bought a ton of yarn from Sunshine Yarns 6 skeins in their Twilight colorway.... shhh.... don't tell my hubby!! ;) I also bought one of the kits that they have for the Dipped Infinity Scarf. I can't wait to get started on that one either but it will probably be on the back burner for a little while. Anyway, I want to do do their Twilight Sunshine Along.... it has to be knit before the 15th of June using one of the Twilight colorway skeins. I'll be ready to knit as soon as my yarn shows up!

Okay gotta run I have a little one here that is demanding my attention so he can nurse.....

WIP

Here are my two works in progress that I would like to finish this week. The first is just me fiddling around making my own bib, after I saw LorrieP's from Ravelry I had to make my own. It is as Mickey Mouse bib. If it comes out as I expect I will be making a few of these for my little one and friends.
M-I-C-K-E-Y Bib

It will be a tie behind the head bib with yellow crochet buttons in the front.

The other project I'm working on is a Multnomah Shawl. I am working with Fresh from the Cauldron sock yarn, colorway Malice... inspired by Fanfic Landscapes by lambcullen. Have I mentioned my obsession with Twilight Fanfiction? Its pretty bad, almost as bad as my knitting addiction! Without further ado here is the beginnings of the shawl.



Wish me luck getting these done soon! ;)
~Am

Bad Blogger

It is pretty bad when you just start a blog and disappear! Normally I hate excuses, giving them and hearing them. But my Hubby's Grandma passed away about a week and a half ago and we had a wedding in the family also, so I have a bit of a reason for not updating. We also adopted a new kitty that my Son found outside a few weeks ago, the picture on the side is a picture of her with my cotton yarn stash. Her name is Sammie and she is about 10-12 weeks old according to the vet. She just went for her first check up on Saturday and only weighed 1.8 lbs! Hehe, she's all fur! My DD had a nice 9th Birthday. We went to HuHot with my family, if you've never been there look it up online and see if you have one in your area it is delicious! So I've gotten a bit of knitting done in the past few weeks but not a lot. I started working on this 10 in 2010 Shawl but I messed it up big time just by not paying enough attention. I ripped the whole thing out the other day, I'm going to restart it again someday but its going to have to sit on the shelf while I calm down from being mad at myself over ruining it! I wish I would have taken a few pictures of the problems I created but I was to mad at the time! lol! I just started another shawl link and pics of it to come soon! I sat down today and took some pictures of my stash in an attempt at organizing a bit of it. I don't think it really helped me organize,... but it did make me want to start about 10 more projects right now! My cotton yarn stash is getting way out of hand. I definitely need to stay away from buying any more until I get some used up!

Okay here comes some pics of my stash and at least one of the new kitty ;)
You can never have too much cotton!


Sunshine Yarns Nargles and Felix Felicis




My new favorite! I can't wait to knit this up and get some more! This is Yarn Love Elizabeth Bennett colorway Warmth


Dream in Color Smooshy, colorways Good Luck Jude and Beach Fog



Saffron Dyeworks, Enya Sock, colorway Into the Mystic


And last but not least my two oldest boys covered in yarn ;)



If your still with me after all of that I'm going to take a few pictures tomorrow hopefully of the shawl that I'm working on and maybe a few of past projects!

Until then!
Am