Isn't it gloverly?

Well, it will be once I'm done with it!

I've taken the pattern from
Knitting Fair Isle Mittens and Gloves and, while I'm enjoying it, it's been an experience. The book gives a basic glove pattern, and then instructs to "Change the number of stitches to fit the motif" that you decide upon.

Now normally that wouldn't bother me. It's just a little math, right? But last night, for some reason, I just could not wrap my brain around figuring out how to knit the pinkie! It didn't matter what I did, the pattern stitch was not fitting, and I could not figure out why! I started and then tore the thing out about six times before giving up in disgust.

Obviously my subconscious chewed it over while I was sleeping*, because when I woke up at 6:30 this morning, and I had the answer! I needed two more stitches to do the pattern. Of course, if I pick up those two stitches from the glove it will throw the stitches off for the rest of the fingers. I'm just going to have to adjust the pattern to fit the number of stitches that I want to use. Not a biggie, and the only person who will know the difference is me!

(*Am I the only one who wakes up thinking about knitting? (O.k., for some of you I'm sure it's photoshop ) I don't know why, but the fact that I did this morning made me extremely happy)

Yesterday morning I made the trek in the snow to but yarn to make a sweater for the kid. That was a mistake! Not buying yarn (how could that be a mistake?), but the driving! It took me 45 minutes to do what's usually a 15 minute drive. It wouldn't have been so bad, I actually like driving in the snow (more proof that I'm weird), but by the time I was half way there my body was already telling me that I had had too much coffee. And then it turned out that I was early and needed to wait 10 minutes for the store to open! Yikes! Happily, life smiled at me, and they opened the door a few minutes early.

So I picked out yarn (Cascade 220) to make this sweater for the girlie:

and in her favorite colors:

It's going to be wonderful when it's finished, but so far all it's done is remind me just how much I hate doing seed and moss stitches!

(Gee, what a long post! Is it obvious that I'm trying to put off doing laundry?)

Hello Dolly!

I said that I wanted a quick, easy knit, and this fit perfectly! I found the pattern over at Canadian Living (followed a link from a link from a link, you know how that goes), and just fell in love with the doll pattern. I used Nature Spun Sport, I seem to have a ton of it in my stash for some reason, and size 2 needles.

There are some really nice patterns there! Check out the Lace Shawl! I'm saving that one for when I'm feeling really ambitious, which is certainly not today!

A little bit of snow

That's the view out of the livingroom window, and it's not going to change any time soon! Hooray! The perfect excuse to hang out all day watching the tube and knitting!

I managed to finish the heart hat a couple of nights ago (not a moment too soon), and now I'm fishing around for a new project. Something quick, something easy, and most important of all, fun.

Heart Hat

While watching my beloved Patriots take care of the Colts yesterday I managed to finish the major work on my heart hat!



All it needs now is the lining, which would go quickly if I could only find my 16" size 3 circs, and a tassel. Then I'll have a loverly hat to keep my ears toasty-toasty warm!

I've been trying to convince myself that I need to be more organized (HA!), and purchased three rubbermaid containers to replace the three cardboard boxes that have been sitting in the livingroom full of yarn. One of those containers is now designated the "Finish the Damn Thing, or Reclaim the Yarn" box. There are a few projects in there that are going to go the way of the dodo bird.

I'm not going to talk about what's in the three cardboard boxes in the bedroom closet. Nope. No way. Not going there.

It's about Gosh Darn Time!

I've only been trying to publish the post below since yesterday! I even sent an email to Blogger support to ask WTF was up? As publishing is happening now, I'm going to guess that either: someone was on the ball, or things just spontaneously decided to work. Do you think that my nasty vibes could be felt through the internet? That they knew I was researching ways to go it alone? I know HTML, and could learn CSS, but it pleases my lazy side to just be able to type and have the post just magically appear how I want it!

Thanks to Mother Nature there is no school today, so it's me and the squirt all day.
I'm already insane.
Irina's two favoritest presents were Aquapets. They sit there and chatter at each other, sing songs, and generally create a nuisance. And the really sad part is that we can't curse out an Auntie or Grandparent for giving them to her. No, the spouse and I went and bought them for her ourselves!

What Were We Thinking!?!?!?

At least I bought earphones to go with the GameBoy!

I Gave In

To startitis, I mean! I've got X number of partially finished projects staring me in the face, but I'm sure that you know what the need to start something new is like!

Last night I began a Nordic Sweetheart Hat. (There's a picture of it here) It's giving me double gratification, as it's a new project, and I've been wanting to do some colorwork.

It's a start:

Fortunately, the weather is suppose to be crummy here the next few days (did I just say that? I'm such a weirdo), and I have nothing to do but sit and knit the time away!

A New Year

And a happy one to all!

I don't do New Year's resolutions because, well, since when does anyone manage to "keep" a resolution? I prefer setting goals and making promises to myself.

So this year I promise to eat better, get more exercise, and generally treat myself better. After all, I'm the only me I've got, right? It's going to be a year of small, but personal, changes. Well...that's the plan. I'll see how it goes.

But I will crow and gloat and proclaim that it's been EIGHT YEARS since my last cigarette! And considering that the number of times that I've *really* wanted one but have managed to resist, I consider it a major achievement.

Let's see...This year I'm also going to try to knit more and read more. I did little of both this past year it seems, but at least the reading I did was quality. I'm not going to discuss the knitting...

I can't help to think that there's more, so I reserve the right to keep this a rotating list. Fluid, flexible, that's it, yes!