FO Friday: Stripey Socks and a Little Bit of Swag

Yay! My socks are finished!  I finished kitchenering the toe and wove in the ends just before bed on Tuesday night. These were my first pair of top down socks and I really enjoyed them. This is the Harvest Dew pattern by Rosé Hiver in Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight in the Pink Sugar colorway. 

WIP Wednesday: The Red Redd Shawl

My husbands grandmother is turning 95 this year, and his grandfather is turning 98. They live in Montana and have yet to meet our son. So the dear hubby is taking the kids and flying out for a visit with them. Since they are going to be there right around his grandmothers birthday Dan asked me to make her something. As he likes to say he is the management, His mother is the investor since she graciously paid for the yarn and I'm the labor. 

YIR: Ruffle Skirt

After the hustle and bustle of Christmas was finally over, I was wandering through Big Lots one day and stumbled on some yarn. It's super cheap and completely unmarked as to what it is.

FO Friday: It's Finally Finished!!!

After, what felt like an eternity, and no less than three return trips to the store to buy more yarn, the Tunisian Entrelac Blanket is finally finished!

WIP Wednesday: Striped Socks and Another Entrelac Blanket?

First up on my needles this week is the Harvest Dew socks by Rose Hiver. After working on big projects almost exclusively for the last month I needed something small and portable so I dug some yarn out of my stash.

Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair: Stash Enhancement!

The Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair was this weekend and of course I couldn't resist. In fact I've been eagerly awaiting it and squirreling money away here and there to be able to do some shopping. This is my first fiber show and I hope it's the first of many to come. I got to meet a lot of great people and had a blast. Check out all the stuff I got!

WIP Wednesday: More Progress on the Blanket

Well, I'm still working on this mammoth. I have done approximately 5 rounds since last week. Only 2.5 and the border to go!  

YIR: Post-Christmas Knitting

As I mentioned in my last Year In Review post I was planning on taking a little break from knitting after frantically finishing my last gift at midnight on Christmas Eve. No such luck.

FO Friday: Spa Cloth Set and Seamless Salomas

I have finished the set of spa cloths. One in each color, one three color and a mini three color just because I had that much yarn left. They were a great exercise in the three different Tunisian crochet stitches that the pattern calls for. 

I know, I know, what in the world is this thing?  

YIR: Christmas Knitting 2012

It's time for some more year in review.  I have brought you up to Thanksgiving so far. About 2 days before thanksgiving I decided that it would be an awesome idea to knit all of my family a pair of mittens or gloves for Christmas. I had just enrolled in the Craftsy course Mittens and Gloves Galore with Marly Bird.  Just to be clear, that's 6 pairs of gloves in one month. I gathered up everyone's hand

WIP Wednesday: Tunisian Entrelac Blanket 2.0

Well of all the projects I'm currently working on, this is still the only one I can talk about here. I have made a bit more progress on this one (another round and a half). Yesterday I realized that I only have 2 weeks left until my son's birthday which means crunch time. I rounded up all of the yarn I am going to need from this point forward and as you can see from the photo, I still have a long way to go. Wsh me luck!

What are you working on this week?

Twinkies are Back!!!!!

OK, so this has absolutely nothing to do with yarn, but it is totally awesome!   I was just at the grocery store and turned into the snacks isle and there, gleaming like a beacon in front of me, we're the Twinkies, along with the chocolate cupcakes we all love. Needless to say, I bought some and as I write this am about to try my first one. Drumroll please..........

And they're just as awesome as I remember. I feel like Woody Harrelson at the end of Zombie Land when his continuous search for a Twinkie finally comes to an end. Bring on the Zombie apocalypse. Now I'm ready. 

Yarn Club and More Year in Review

I just signed up for my first yarn club!  What is a yarn club you ask?  

FO Friday: Spa Cloth

As far as finished objects go this has been kind of a sad week.  Since everything I am currently working on is rather large and I have been forced to take more breaks than usual due to an injured thumb, it became obvious that I would have nothing to talk about today. So, since my CotLin yarn arrived the other day I decided to start my spa cloth project,

Stash Enhancement and the Swag Bag: Knit Picks

Yay, my Knit Picks order has arrived!  It took a little longer to get here than expected considering I live about 10 minutes from their warehouse (they really need to look into offering a local pickup option), but it's here.