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.