Finished things are always a plus!

 

I have happily finished a few crafty items and feel so happy to have more marked off the ever growing list.  I seamed up my little bear for the Mother Bear Project and need to pop it in the mail.

I finished 3 more pairs of the fingerless mitts and have met my goal of 5 pairs for gifts, but I will still be knitting more....to try and knit 10pair by Christmas.  I have used worsted weight yarn on each pair and they are roughly taking 75 yards a pair.  This is a wonderfully simple and fast knit.  PLUS I have gone through 5 balls of leftover yarn :)  I love that part even more!!

Also on the recycling craft supplies front, I made 2 ID badge holders with scraps of project bag fabric.  Who can resist a little owl?????   (geez, look how scratched up the table is!  that is all Korbin Cat's handy work)

When the man is away.....

When His Majesty is away I get to play with yarn and fiber....sometimes that means via the internet. aka fiber purchases :) I'm sure you know how that goes.

The past few weeks, he has been away on the weekends and I have been busy surfing the fiber world and gettin busy...

So, I bought my Mother Bear Project pattern and cast on today. I am now on the head (as I type this ) and hope to be close to finished knitting by this afternoon. I am using some scrap baby yarns I have in the stash and it is a quick little knit. If you minus all the ends that are taunting me, I would say I love this pattern :)

Labor Day weekend was another day that I was left alone to knit and purchase. Of course Labor Day weekend means craziness with the Dizzy Sheep website. I love their big weekend events and end up glued to the screen for the updates. I was able to purchase two 4 ounces batts of BFL before they sold out. I had to have them, since my stash is mostly reds/yellows and blues/greens. I needed some pink hues to even it out :)

And then I felt bad for buying stuff, so I cast on a hat from my handspun....thought I should use something that I had....take away some guilt :)

But then today I couldn't resist the charms of Bohemia Fibers 3 month fiber club special and signed up. Seriously, 6 months worth of fiber for the price of 3!!!! I couldn't...really....I had to.....there was no way to say no!

And now, I'm in timeout from purchasing ;( (sure!)

I think I need to purchase a bigger bed for the poopies so they are comfortable!

Poopie stitch markers!!!

Nope, not what you think!  I have stitch markers that look like my little poopie Ava.

I saw these stitch markers on Etsy at Winemakerssister's site and instantly loved them.  They arrived in a little drawstring bag with a latte candy (yum) and  markers.

Now I need a new project to use them on :)  ...maybe a shawl, or maybe just to carry around and look at, because they make me smile.

They are adorable, don't you agree????

Check her out, I'm sure you will find something you love too!

Fingerless mitts for Christmas...

I need to knit at least 5 pairs of fingerless mitts for Christmas.  I would love to have 10 pair, but not going to kill my fingers trying, so will go with 5 to start...

 These are 75 yard Malabrigo fingerless mitts and true to form, they are taking about 75 yards of worsted weight yarn.

 These have been great little knits to work on, but I am slacking...I keep stopping to surf Ravelry for more patterns or to oogle other people's projects.   Evil Ravelry!!!

 I need to get away from the laptop!

I used up leftover scraps for these 2 pairs.  The purplish pair are Berroco Vintage, left from my niece's beret.   The green pair are from Encore Worsted Wool, which was a beret for my SIL. 

On pair 3 right now....scraps from another beret.  (I love berets)

And if I finish these gloves I can start a beret :)

A painted lady :)

 

Behold my new knitting tattoo.  I love it!  I had this done last night on my ankle and I think she did a great job...did I say I love it?!?

Yes, I am a painted lady and I am proud.  It suits my personality to have a knitting tattoo.  Everyone needs a knitting tattoo.

Fire Roasted Lasagna, BFL

 My plied BFL is now "set" and ready to be knit up into something lovely.  I have 400 yards to play with...

I like the way the colors swirled and I'm still leaning towards a shawl...guess I need to surf more Ravelry tonight ;)

Good grief, I'm slow!

So slow in knitting, in spinning, in posting.  I have a backlog of everything and I'm just slow. 

I finished plying 2 bobbins I had spun in the TDF11 and has stared plying way back then.....meaning July!  I finished today and broke out the champagne.  I'm thrilled.  I have no clue yardage and this puppy, but hope something decent for a shawl. 
I believe this was BFL and I think it was a spinners hill batt I had purchased from The Dizzy Sheep.

I finished another lacey little baby hat.  This is the
 February baby beanie off of Ravelry.  I was making it for a coworker's new niece, but I'm afraid it will be too small for her.

It is a sweet little hat, pale yellow.  But I don't want to take any chances, since she is a couple of months old now.....so I made a different one for her.

The new hat is the Beret for Baby pattern from Ravelry.  I love this little beret!!! I know this one will fit her :)

And then I went yarn crazy and bought 4 skeins, shame on me.  I broke my promise (to myself) not to buy any yarn.  I'm in time-out now!  BUT THE DEAL was too good to pass up!

I was at Tuesday Morning and they had a few skiens of Araucania for $5.99!!!!  Can you believe that?  I bought these beauties for Christmas presents.....they will be hats !  I'm so in love with them.  I was planning on hats for others, but I want them for myself.  I'm not ashamed to admit my selfishness!!!

I may go back and get the other skeins too.  $5.99!  Yes, I must!

That is my yarn excitement.  I did schedule my tattoo appointment for Wednesday evening and I will be getting a little ball of yarn tattooed on my ankle!!!  Yep, big decision will be color.....blue, green, pink...not sure.  I would love a huge skein with needles and perhaps a little bluejay holding a banner...but I'm chicken.

What my dash looked like...

The tires leading up to the dumpsters.  Yep had to hoist myself into and out of 2 dumpsters and through 3 sets of tires.

 I think we had 13 obstacles and sadly didn't get pics of each one, but HM did snap a few as I went through them.

My attempt to climb and then I panicked...you don't see that one.  I came right back down!

ok, the other tall climber that I freaked out over once I got to the top.  I saw myself falling through the wide slats on top and climbed right back down!  (shorts are wet from the swamp)

fire pit, jumped over 2 of them, they were hot!

And me after the finish line and the "hosing" to try and get the mud off of me.  It didn't really work, but it felt good to get a little cleaner.

I did the Warrior Dash!

pre Dash....clean

post Dash...after being hosed off

We did the 5k Warrior Dash this weekend and I must say it was a blast and very hard for me.  I wish I could show you just how muddy I was, but we didn't get a picture of that.  I had mud in my ears, nose, inside of my clothes.....I was covered.  I threw the clothes away :)

I recommend signing up if one comes near you.  You will get a killer viking hat!! 

I will warn you, if you have a fear of heights (like me) there are several obstacles that are HIGH!  I couldn't do 2 of them, for fear of falling to my death.  But that is okay, I'm still proud of myself for participating.

And knitting has been taking place, just no pictures :(

I think I love blue!

Looking at my finished projects, I discovered I love blue.  This hat included :)

This is my Shroom hat by Lee Juvan.  Very nice knit and quick with the bulky yarn.

 

I like a looser hat, more beret style than this, so next time I will knit more repeats.  I think I will give this as a gift and use my leftover yarn for another.

I'm also getting ready to cast on Star Crossed Slouchy Beret, though I should really go work on socks....oh dreaded socks that are taunting me from the project bag.

She lives and knits :)

I have been trying to knit a little on each project every day.  Great plan, doesn't always work, but good intentions...I'm trying!!!!

I did finish up my little Lace baby Beanie, just in time for shower giving this week.  Very sweet hat, little smaller than I thought.  I hope it fits this wee one due October 12th.  I'm sure the baby's head will be larger than sock monkey :)

 I also finished the Arrow hat and love it.  Yes, I did mess up and it is obvious, don't you see it?????

I somehow switched my wrong and right sides and ended up with a major ridge along the top.  Once I saw it I almost cried :(  but I was too lazy and tired to rip it back....so it is there!

I guess my hat sadness showed, so His Majesty helped me with a lazy kate.  We were in the home improvement store and I started playing around with the PVC pipe.  I explained what I was thinking and we came home with $6.00 worth of pipe and a lazy kate was born!

 

It has 45 degree angles built in and I can always add more bobbin holders if I decide  to live on the edge and 3-ply someday.

No knitting to update so....

 My knitting progress on my Arrow hat is coming along, but nothing to brag about and haven't any progress on my other projects. 
So, I thought I would share some precious pictures of my big babies Ava and Finley.

Every morning Finley washes Ava's face for her and I think it is so stinking cute :)

She expects him to wash her face and that makes it even funnier.  She is spoiled!

Just a pile of stuff...

So, I just have a pile of stuff to share today.  Nothing with any connection, just stuff.
  Okay, pic is kind of not showing, but it is a Japanese crafting book (The Life of Amigurumi Cats) that His Majesty brought back a few years ago.  We both thought it was a knitted cat...wrong!  Crochet and I don't know how :(  Anyway, found a website today with the English conversion and now I know how to make my crocheted kitty if I learn to crochet.

Someone needs to drive over here and teach me this week, please!  I will make muffins!!!  I will make iced mocha too.  Heck I will order pizza, just come teach me to crochet please.

We took a couple of days and drove to the beach with the poopies.  We stayed in my in-laws camper and had a good time.  I loved the RV park (first time we had done this), but next time need a bigger camper! 

I did get to knit on my Arrow hat while at the beach and made more progress.  I like this pattern and hope to finish it by tomorrow.