Been a while…… February 27, 2008

Well it has been a while since my last post.  We just finished Stitches West over the weekend, and I helped out in the Yarndogs boot along with my husband winding yarn for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.  A group of us are planning to walk 40 miles for breast cancer in July.  This is the second year we are walking and this year i am determined to finish it.  Last year I was knocked out at mile 13 when I threw my hip out.  That really sucked.  Anyways our group is called Knitters for Knockers, we were the one’s with tassels last year if anyone was there.  I apparently was the only one who could twirl them.  Here is a link to our group page should you want to donate, it would be much appreciated.

So back to Stitches West.  I loved it.  My mom came in to town and we walked and walked and walked.  I of course had trouble deciding on anything, as there was so much I wanted.  The best part I think, other than the scrumptuous yarn, was Ravelry.  The passports were great. It was so fun to see all the people that had chatted online, for who knows how long, finally meet in person.  People were so excited and it really made our world a smaller place.  They did a great job by making you go all over for those stamps.  I stopped at booths I might not have stopped at otherwise.  So what did I leave with, you ask.  A few patterns, and a subscription to Wild Fibers.  I so wanted yarn from Brooks Farm, but again I could not decide and went back to the booth like 80 times.  Next year I am determined to do 2 things.  1 – Wear something I made, and 2 – go with patterns in mind to buy yarn for.

So what have I been working on, well of course a bunch of things because my mind is going all over the place.  Still working on my sisters Four Seasons Throw.  Working on a Flower Patch Blanket for my friend’s daughter Mia. I’m also working on my husband’s grandma’s purse, which I have named Mocha Choca Latte. I still need to take pics of all these things so i can post them on my flikr page, Ravelry, and here.  I am really slow.  Other than that just doing what most other people do, work and sleep.

Finally A Vacation November 21, 2007

Well, it has been a while since I blogged, I have been sick for the past week and a half.  I haven’t even knit anything.  Today was the first day that I have picked up the needles.  My next task is to decide which knitting to take with me to Texas for Thanksgiving.  My husband and I leave tomorrow morning for our vacation.  I soooo need it.

I, as always, have been working on a few things, because I can never manage just one project at a time. Besides having multiple purses on the needles that will one day be felted.  I am in the home stretch on my sisters “Four Seasons Throw” I just have to finish the edging and block it.  I am also working on a baby blanket for my frineds daughter, kinda my own design.  I’m about half way through with that.  I am also knitting a pretty cool scarf, not even close to half way.  I am also working on my first Snuggle.

 What to bring, what to bring????

A case of the Mundays November 6, 2007

So I’m not too adjusted to the time change yet and I really don’t like it getting dark early.

Good news, I got my invite to ravelry this weekend, only I found out today. Our computer at home bit the dust this weekend so I couldn’t check my mail. What a joke on me, I get my ravelry invite, something I have been waiting for, and the computer dies. How nice is that….

Anyway, I’m looking forward to 1. getting a new computer, 2. exploring ravelry, and taking pictures of my stuff to share. Meet a bunch of new friends.

I did finish the chemo cap that I was working on and the weirdest thing, other than it spiraling in the first place, is that half way through, it spiraled the other direction. Everyone I have shown it to thinks it is a fluke, but i am going to get another ball of the Comfort yarn and try it again and see what happens.

tonight is knitting group and I will probably work on the Four Seasons Throw that I’m making for my sister. All I have left is to do the fringe then block it. We’ll see.

Chemo Caps October 30, 2007

I have decided to start knitting for charity. It isn’t a whim, I have been thinking about this for a long time now.

So I started knitting a few Chemo Caps I found on Head Huggers. After I have a few done I think I will send them to Sue Thompson for distribution to various sites. So far there are no groups, that I have been able to find in my area. Anyways, I am knitting just your basic ribbed cap with Berocco’s new Comfort yarn. It is so soft, and the really cool thing is that I had no idea that the varigated yarns spiral like a candy cane when they are knit in the round. It actually just appeared before my eyes as I was knitting. I looked on their site and there is no mention of this very happy accident. It makes the hat look so cool. I was really surprised, because my when I did a small guage swatch it looked like your everyday varigated yarn. Just have to say, I love this yarn, it is really soft and for the purpose I have chosen it I hope the recipient loves it just as much.

So obviously, here is the guage swatch. I know, it isn’t 4 inches, but at least I did one.

Prepare to be amazed……

My husband says it reminds him of a grape candy cane. And yes, the color looks awful, it is a blue-purple color.

Why does it have to be Monday October 29, 2007

First, I would like to say that I’m fairly new to this whole blogging thing. So I’m really trying to do everything correctly.

Second, not sure if I mentioned this before but I am obsessed with knitting podcasts. I listen to them everyday on my commute to and from work. Frankly, it’s the only way that I can get through the commute without running half the people off the road around here. I know, not very nice, but I am not good in traffic. So I have been listening to a few from around the world and it is so exciting to see how big the knitting community really is.

One podcast that I absolutely love, unfortunately it only comes out once a month, is Changelings Knit and Stitch podcast. What I love about the podcast is her “Visits to a Yarn Store.” Now everyone who has ever worked in retail can relate to the sometimes strange customers that come in to your shop. What is also amusing is, being a yarn shop junkie, I can see some of my own personality traits in her characters as well.

Another podcast that I love to listen to is Stash and Burn. What is exciting about this podcast is that they are right in my own back yard. Although I haven’t been to all the shops they talk about, I enjoy the banter between Jenny and Nicole.

I will talk about other podcasts in the future.

Now for my questions to the online knitting community. (I am still waiting for my ravelry invite, I expect it anyday now.)

1. How does one find online groups to join?

2. What exactly are webrings, and again how does one join? Or why does one join a webring?

So if anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks