It's been a while!

Whoo Hoo...it has been a while! I have been busier than a bee in a hive. Lots of knitting, and still rearranging stuff in the new house...and always something to fix or redo. Also, I have been running around putting in resume's and going to interviews. Prime Outlets here in Grove City called me back for a second interview this week, but so far no word. Fingers crossed. Anyway, the King and I went out the other week for a few hours and look what we came home to.

A giant limb was on the roof of the kitchen. Now that was a surprise. We thought that after a nice relaxing day, visiting with the King's relatives, we would come home to a nice relaxing evening....WRONG!

We had clean up duty. Bummer. Luckily, we had no damage to the roof. Can you believe that? How lucky can one get (other than NOT having a big tree limb land on your roof).

On the knitting agenda, well, let me tell you that I have been sort of good and sort of bad. I had this plan of only working on already started but stored away projects. Well, I was doing well but a few new ones snuck their ugly little heads in there...haha... Here are some projects I am working on.

Here is my Sally Melville Fair Isle purse project that I was teach back in Reading. I actually did about 2 motifs on it. I am hoping to finish this before fall... Whoo Hoo... Wouldn't that be nice!

This is a relatively new project that I started from a sock knitting group on Yahoo. I love the pattern. It is called snowflake. Beautiful. However, I just can't get my heart into it because I hate the yarn I chose to make it. I hate to quit because I have invested time and energy into accomplishing what I have. I think this sock would be much prettier in a softer yarn...not cotton. I doubt if I will finish it. Actually, as I write this, I have come to the conclusion that I just have to bite the bullet and rip it, rip it. I won't be happy with it and I won't make the mate...so why throw away more time and effort. Thanks for helping me decide...haha.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...Now here is a wonderful, finished sock. This sock is made from Debbie Bliss Cashmerino that I got from Yarns R Us, and I finally finished this sock. AND... believe it or not, I actually started the second one. I can't wait to put these babies on my little feet... OH WHAT SOFT LUXURY! Can you get from this, that I absolutely love this sock. I did not use a pattern with this sock. I had just cast on a bunch of stitches (56 to be exact) and did a k2, p2 ribbing until, as Elizabeth Zimmermann would have said, I was sick of it. Then I knew that that number of stitches would have been too many for my foot so I decreased (down to 48 stitches) and continued with the foot. I did that because I hate socks that are way too tight on my calf...this one is JUST RIGHT...WHOO HOO. Next....

Now here is luxury, too. These will be my very own pair of Twinle Toes Socks... Wow. I purchased the yarn that they suggested for the socks. Blue Moon Heavy weight. What wonderful yarn. It is superwash and thick and knits up really fast. I think these will be wonderful in the fall along with my fair isle purse I intend to finish, too. hahaha. I really love these... this is a new project. I felt I needed to treat myself even further after I finished the socks above. ANY EXCUSE IS BETTER THAN NONE!

Now this is a project that I created for a NEW local yarn shop in Grove City. It is called Wolf Creek Yarns and I will be teaching an intro to cables class and this is a hat that I designed. It has big 6 stitch cables going up and smaller mock cables in between. I think it turned out really nice.

Close ups are below.

Also, If you are wondering what on earth is the hat sitting on...well, it is a balloon sitting on a cup. Pretty smart idea, don't you think?