FO - No photo

I was SO excited to finish the pink baby blanket AND a matching infant's stocking cap that I packaged them up to mail to the charity group before I thought about taking a photo. I didn't have another large padded envelope, so I decided to just let it go. I mailed it after work yesterday. :-)

It took a month more than I had estimated. But it was an easy pattern and I luved knitting something pink!

Testing

I've been given a project by my boss that includes photos and linking notes and such. I said, "I think I can. I'll work on it this weekend." So, I've tried the technique with my Flickr account [used for Ravelry.] And I think it works.

Testing: Jakki Mitch's knitting library [old version... majorly need to update the photo 'cos I have a lot more books now!] Hover your mouse over a book cover and then click on the link that pops up.

Yeah, it's almost there.

I'll wait till Monday to create a Flickr account for work - etc.

WooHoo!! I won!!

Ummm... if you have to pay* for something does it count for a "win"? Well, YES - if what you "win/pay for" involves yarn & knitting books!!

WooHoo!!

I've only EVER won anything once before in my life. Really. It was at a fashion show [eh?] at the big department store in town [since gone out of business]. I was in high school. The prize was a black, two piece, knit pantsuit. A size 6. I was a size 12. So I gave it to my sister in junior high.

But, this prize is all mine! It fits great!!

* I was the highest bidder on one of the 200+ items at a Silent Auction at the conference I just returned from. I was SO happy to see knitting stuff! The earlier bidders had pushed the amount up almost to my spending limit. But, I thought - I haven't won yet, so I probably won't get this lot either... and if I do, HEY I'd be a winner!!!

1. Kay Gardiner & Ann Shayne's Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines.

2. Nancy Queen & Mary Ellen O'Connell's The Chicks with Sticks' Guide to Knitting.

3. One 50 gm skein of Knit Picks' Wool of the Andes' in Dune Twist

4. One 60 gm skein of Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends in Coal.

October Socks

Sometimes life just gets in the way of knitting. I'm trying to knit on the baby blanket for the charity group and the dark green, toe up socks for me, but not making a lot of visible progress on either. So I decided to knit up a pair of little kid's socks for CIC while watching a Red Sox game earlier this week.

Pattern: Magic 28

Yarn: Knit Picks' Wool of the Andes worsted in Fog and Blue Bonnet

Needles: size 4 [US]

Knit for: CIC

Year of the Socks (mostly)

I finally updated my Completed Projects on the sidebar. I've been working on socks-for-me and have enough yarn for four more pair. [Acknowledging that 1) that's really not a lot of socks; and 2) I really don't have a lot of time to knit.]

OTN #1: I'm about half finished with the baby blanket I'm knitting for the charity organization that lost all of it's stock in the June 08 flood. That's taking up a lot of my knitting time.

OTN #2: Socks for me [using dark green Filatura Di Crosa - Maxime, and toe up pattern.] I'm not half finished with these. Argh. Should I clean the house and shop for groceries today - or knit and watch football instead? Might have to do quick worsted weight kid's socks for CIC to have an "October" pair for SAM6.

OTN #3: My "car/waiting room" project - when I haven't toted along the baby blanket. Still working on the dyed yarn/felted slippers project[s].