Noro Scarf

Now that the Christmas Knitting is finished, this scarf is buzzing right along. I just started on the second skein of each of the colors. So I am at the halfay point. What a fun knit. The pattern can be found here http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2007/04/noro-scarf.html

The Tree Skirt is Finished!!!

Look! Happy Stacy!

End in sight!!

Sorry for the bad picture. Yes I got a new camera but like a dork I left the download cable at Dales! So this is a cell phone shot, but I wanted to show...THE BASE IS FINISHED!!!! I need to weave in the ends, block and add the trim :-)

UUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!!

10.5 out of 11 Finished!!!!

8 out of 11 done!

I'm not going to post a pic because it does not look THAT much different. But, I finished section 8 tonight on the skirt. 3 to go. I am going to try and finish all three this week. I have a feeling the trim is going to take a while!

Updates!

Sooo I finally got a new camera! SO hopefully the updates will be more regular now :-) First a picture of all three dumpling bags together for the first and last time. These are the dumplngs I did for the Deakstock Auction.

Spring/Winter/Fall

And as of Today the Tree Skirt is 7 out of 11 sections finished. I have started the 8th but am not far into it. I need to get moving!

This is just a little filler project I am working on. This is one of the yarns I got in France. It is all one skein that just changes. The pattern is super easy.

They are all done!!!

Well Fall and Spring/Summer are already in the auction coordinators hands and the Winter is hanging at home drying. Pictures of the winter will follow soon! See not problem!

3 days to go no problem :-S

Well Fall and Spring/Summer are finished! The remake of the Winter body will be finished tonight. I plant to do the embroidery tomorrw at stitch and bitch and Felt it tomorrow night. I think we will be good. Again I apologize for the bad pics.

5 days to go!

The Spring/Summer and Fall just need the rings and handles attached and they are being felted tonight! At which time we will restart the winter bag. No problem! Again colors are off sorry.

9 days to go on the dumplings

So 9 days to go and the fall bag is ready for embellishing. These colors are way off. Its a darkish green and the rings are a pumpkinish orange and a mustard yellow. I am going to take opinions tonight at stitch and bitch as to how I should embellish it. I can't decide if I want to embroider the outline of leaves on it, or knit leaves and attach them.

Since I was not sure yet where I was going with the fall bag I decided not to waist time and start on the spring summer :-) So this is how far we are...plenty of time!

I have good news and bad news...

First The Good News! :-)

I found the hot water on the washing machine! Ok for those who did not hear...the knob on my washing machine free spins. I never really know what setting it is on. I just turn till water comes on and let it go. In the past hot water started coming out so I turned it again till it became cold. (I wash everything cold) So now that I wanted hot to felt I could not find it. I found it last night! It wasn't turned on!!! Some brainiac in the house decided to cut off the hot water to the washer. So Now that I know where the hot water tap is I can just crank it to felt. YAYYYYY!!!!

Now The bad News :-(

Uhhh that white is not 100% wool. (I will post pics later it's kind of funny :-) Engh it happens I'm not really heartbroken to tell you the truth. Fear not there will still be a Winter Dumpling for the auction.

And now the countdown starts 10 days to the auction and we are at the beginning. The fall dumpling has started.

The Winter Dumpling "Deakstock"

Many of you many remember a fundraiser I knitted a hate for last year "Deakstock". Well guess what we are doing it again this year raising money to help another Vet. Since I am very fond of the dumpling bags right now, I plan to make 3 to donate to the silent auction. The first is almost finished. The Winter dumpling. Soon to follow will be the Fall Dumpling and the Spring/Summer Dumpling :-) I'll provide all the stats when they are finished. But here is the Winter awaiting a few more random snowflakes then felting.

Christmas is how far away????

So I realised that Christmas is only like 3 months away. I figured I better get cracking on mom's tree skirt. Sorry for the poor picture quality my camera has pretty much bit the dust! But I am on the 4th of 11 sections. So it's getting there just not there yet!

Taveling Scarves

In other knitting news....

I have been taking part in a group on Ravelry called Traveling Scarves. Basically the way this group works is you start a scarf and then place the live stitches on a holder and then send it to another person. That person would then add their own section to your scarf and send it to another. It is a great way to use up little bits of scrap, and to try new stitch patterns. And in the end the scarf you started comes back to you. Here are some pictures of scarves I've worked on. I am currently in two groups. One is for knitter and crochet, and the other is for Noro yarn only.

This was my starter section for the knitting, crochet group.
I added the purple bit on this scarf.
This one is from the Noro Group. I added the orange and green bit.

This was my starter section for the Noro Only scarf.

From the knitting and crochet group. I am so jealous of this one!

This was the last I saw of my scarf. I haven't seen a spoiler in a while. I think there are 3 more stops for mine and she will be home. :-)

Trinity's Voyage

I am on a mission to de-stash a bit. I have so many lovely yarns that are just begging to be made into something beautiful. This yarn was actually a amazing purchase at one of Knit Happens amazing sales. It is called Pomaire by Araucania Yarns. It is a 10 ply cotton. While looking around on Ravelry I saw someone else who had done this same stole with the same yarn. And it turned out really nice so i decided to try it for myself. The pattern is called the Voyager Lace Stole. I am calling it Trinity's Voyage :-). So far I think I am happy with it.

My first time doing a crochet provisional cast on. Lets hope it goes OK!
I like how the leafs actually shape the edge it's not just a straight edge.
I have 5 skeins. The person I saw did hers with 4 but I have a feeling I may use all 5.

Finish it already!

So I decided it was time to finish up some odd and end projects. Lady El is finally finished. I have decided against the fringe for now. This shawl put me through so much I kind of just wanted to leave it as is. Between he mystery holes a dropped stitch or two...I finally said this is the last row your done! So here she is in all of her glory.

These pictures are actually pretty accurate in color I would say. I used Noro Kureyon.
Also on the finish it already list was the market bag. She was finished but in need of all of the ends to be sewn in. Got that finished as well.

I have to say I was a little disappointed in the end product as you really can't put anything too heavy in it because it stretches a lot. Could be my fault I guess. Or just a really stretchy pattern. Overall fun knit though. Lion Brand Cotton ease.

So after finishing a few odds and ends. I decided to start the Dumpling Bag I had bought the kit to do. This was such a fun and quick knit. I started it Friday night and had it felted the next day. The first picture here is before felting.

And here is the finished product. Cute eh!? I'll try to get a better picture.

Almost finished!

Well the knitting is finished! Now to weave in the endless number of tails. Ugh! All in all though a fun knit. Easy to follow pattern and the yarn is just yummy. It did turn out a bit stretchier then I would have liked but I imagine it will still be a very useful bag. Better photos to come this was just taken with my cell phone I was just to excited to have finished it on my lunch today :-D!

Dublin and the BYOB

I decided the BYOB bag (http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/PATTbyob.html) would be a nice knit for the Dublin trip. Mostly mindless with just enough to keep you interested. This has been a fun knit so fair. I am using Lion Brand Cotton-Ease which is incredibly soft. My only complaint so far is the amount of knots in it. I had one section that had 3 knots within 8" of each other. But other then that it has been a fun knit. I have 10 more rows of the mesh section and then I will start the top. Will keep you posted! I have Internet at the house now so my updates should be more frequent.

Save Lady Eleanor!!!

Sooo the moth update…

So I put her in the freezer, didnt hear or see anything after the shake. When I got home that night I sat down to repair the two holes and found two more that for sure were not there earlier. So, In a attempt to save anything I cute off about 6 inches that seemed to be the focus of whatever was going on. Put her in a trashbag in the freezer for till I got back from Ireland. (Sad I really wanted her to go with me :-()

When I got home last night I took here out to have a look. No new holes good news. Just to be on the safe side I nuked her a few times as well. So I am now in the process of getting the stitches back onto the needle to add a few more rows. The extra yarn also went into the freezer and will be nuked before I add it. So, hopefully I have managed to stop whatever was going on and save the Lady Eleanor.

It was really strange because I couldn’t see anything! Whatever was having dinner was microscopic! There was absolutly nothing there but new wholes were popping up. So I am going to go out today and invest in some mothballs.

Ugghh Please say it aint so!

Ok I need prayers right now! I finished and soaked the Lady El this weekend. I was showing her to a co-workder this morning and she noticed a hole already! I was a bit worried with some of the sections of yarn because the seemed very thin. So I asked Kate who did the same shaw with the same wool if she had problems with thin spots breaking. She told me what I described sounded more like moth damage! Crap! So under her direction I have put the lady in a trash bag in the freezer and we will give her a shake later and hope nothing falls out. I couldn’t really see anything web like on it but who knows she has been all over the place.
UGGHHHHH!!!!!

Yes I is still alive!

Ok so I know it has been a few days :-) (OK 3 Months SORRY!) But that of coarse means I have just been crazy busy knitting right? I wish, I have had all sorts of madness going on in my life at the moment. But Here I am with updates to boot! So lets get going on those update!

First and most important, Lady Eleanor II, She is actually even bigger then in this picture. In fact she is 5 skeins away from being finished. She will be finished before my big trip in 11 days!

Close up of Lady Eleanor to admire her beauty!

This is a scarf for my host for my big secret trip :-D Didn't want to go empty handed, so that has to be finished before I go as well

Close up, nothing fancy but looks nice

And this project is actually finished I need to get pictures of the final product it is a cute little shrug that has a cable that runs from cuff to cuff across the back.

So I have made some progress on a few things. Iwill try and post a few more updates soon!

Just when you thought you have seen it all!

A nice little bra and thong :-) AND its made of organic cotton :-) Cute huh ;-)