Saturday, November 29, 2008

November socks!

Well, they are for little feet, but they ARE socks for my November SAM project. I have two "real" sock projects started - so I should be able to get one finished in December. Should. What a funny looking word.

I used the leftover yarn from the scarf, hat, glove/mitts I finished earlier in the week. Whew! I wasn't sure I'd have enough for the second sock!!

CO 32 stitches on size 4 needles & used the same cable as DD2's hat.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Cables!

I have FOs for November! [I'll work on the FO sidebar later.] A year ago or so, DD2 and I stopped at a yarn shop on our return trip from taking the grandsons to their dad's aunt for the weekend. DD2 expressed interest in learning to knit. I was so excited - I bought her yarn, a magazine with pattern she wanted, needles and assorted other knitter necessities. But, alas, DD2 probably will never be a knitter. She has a phobia about "sharp things" near her eyes.

So this April I started one of her projects and then set it aside, promising to finish before she really needed them. And, during the past week I finished:
1. Scarf for DD2
It's narrow, with a 4 stitch garter-stitch edge. But, even after steam blocking, the edge still rolled. I looked through several of my pattern books and read that adding a single crochet row on the edge would help. One row helped, but I ended up adding a second row.

2. A hat for DD2
got the pattern off the internet - but can't find my print out now.
3. Urban Necessity Gloves/mitts for DD2
Pattern from Magknits




And there's a little yarn left over. Cross your fingers - there just might be enough to get a pair of little kids socks for CIC out of it.
Yarn for all three projects:
Plymouth Yarn Encore color #153. It's called gray. But, it has a lot of lavender/purple tweedy bits in it.


Friday, November 21, 2008

Still here

No blogging lately and only a little knitting going on. Busier than usual after work these days.

I am NOT going to have my dark green Filatura Di Crosa - Maxime socks finished during November. This will be the first time during a SAM that I will have missed a month. I know I could do a quick pair of little kids socks for CIC...and maybe I will end up doing that over Thanksgiving weekend.

But, I have so many other things that need my attention. [And right now getting ready for work is on the top of the list.]

Have a great weekend and stay warm!!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Young Voters

Yay! The grandsons voted!

Sport came home from kindergarten with an "I Voted" sticker on. The mama asked, "Did you really vote today?" Sport said, "Yes." The mama then asked, "Who did you vote for?" And Sport said, "Barack Obama."

:-)

Buster came home from pre-school (3 yr olds) waving an American flag and wearing an Obama sticker. He wants to be Rock Obama.

:-)