I'll share...

Like i said... the thumb has been a bit of a challenge, but i think i've got it by george! This is a riot to knit (yeah right...) all kidding aside. I've just the thumb to finish! I've had to alter the pattern a bit, placing some decreases on the purl rows prior to casting off, but it fits my hand quite well... in fact, i think I'll finish typing, and finish the thumb. I did more than finish the thumb, i finished the whole dang thing. I wonder why it has taken me so long, was it because i didn't want the fun to end? or was it because i procrastinate, or perhaps it was because i was having so much fun wearing one mitt, that i didn't need two?

i am back!

With the Christmas Holidays over, I've decided to tackle some smaller projects. How satisfying to have something started and finished in one day. My first day project was the caera cowl, a free pattern download found on ravelry. It's a 50-50 alpaca/wool blend. it held the cables nicely and is quite soft. For some reason it looks better on my "model" than me.

My next day project was the fake-isle hat by Amy King I found this pattern on Ravelry as well. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a big ravelry fan. The site is amazing for those of you that haven't explored it, but be warned... have big cup of hot coffee cause once you are on a ravelry adventure, it's hard to turn back. Notice my new model... my favorite had to go to school today, so her bear is the next best thing.

My next, yes there is yet another, but i'm only going to show you a smattering of color. You see this project isn't a one day project... Its' taken me a day to figure out the...."thumb".

I'm not square

This hat is yet another wonderful pattern from Brooklyntweed. The pattern is called "Turn a Square" and it available on ravelry or at his blog. It was a fast and easy knit, probably doable in an evening. It didn't take a lot of yarn... in fact i was able to get three hats out of two skeins. It was knit with cascade 220, and Plymouth BOKU. As nice as this hat is, "i" think the model , makes the hat!!!

i love faries!

I have a fairy name. It is quite accurate, I think i'll find a photo of her and post it here.

Your fairy is called Columbine Elfglitter

She is a cheerful sprite.

She lives in mushroom fields and quiet meadows.

She is only seen in the light of a shooting star.

She wears lilac and purple like columbine flowers. She has delicate green wings like a cicada.

Get your free fairy name here!

i still knit...

Yes, i still knit, but i also taxi, cheer, cook, clean, stack wood, do laundry, make beds, work, but i still knit... i just don't take pictures... but i have decided to add to my list... i photograph so that i can post, and i can write...but i can't format?

i see said the blind man

The only thing this post has in common with a knitting/felting blog is that it ultimately ends in color!

i had cataract surgery yesterday, and i can see. i can see clearly, i can see detail, i can see brightness, i can see at dusk.... most importantly i can see color like never before...and... i can see I'm about ready to take a road trip to my favorite yarn store!

To My Suprise... i did it!

The baby suprise jacket... from all I've heard it seems to be a staple in every nursery, and a knitters write of passage... but... i have had a doosey of a time getting it to happen... i've tried stitch markers, but my diagonal line isn't diagonal, its a bit zig zaggy... I've tried counting, but i always seem to have to many stitches... I"ve looked at pictures, they look nothing like mine...I've even taken a road trip to my favorite yarn store to look and touch....I guess maybe i better read the directions!