Holiday Knits

I am thinking that Cowls are going to be high on my list of holiday knits. I randomly bought one skein of Classic Elite Lush in this beautiful blue shade and I am making a ribbed cowl with the one skein. If it comes out good (should finish by tonight) I will share the specs and a photo for all to view. I am hopeful that it will be a good gift under $10! Bonus is that it is soft as ever so it is nice to work with. I am going to do some dishcloths and soaps as well along with my ever favorite fingerless gloves.

OMG!!!! The Holiday Knitting Season Is On!!!!!!

OK, so my mojo is back.  I finished the shrug and gave it to Jordyn.  I think she really liked it and the color looked great on her.  She was wearing a cute dress with a white sweater over it and immediately ripped off the sweater and put on her shrug!!  I forgot to take a picture of her in it, but I will ask her mother to forward one.

Now, I want to know what everyone has planned for Holiday knitting and gift giving.  Please post and tell us.  Please share any great ideas or patterns.  As for myself, I think that I will be mostly knitting from the Brooklyn Tweed pattern book and making those cute little wallet/purse things. I did buy some yarn for the hat on the cover of the Brooklyn Tweed book and I hope to get started on that soon.  I am just finishing a baby hat for a friend and I will officially start my holiday knitting.

So, please post away!!!!!  I think if everyone shares it will be motivating and inspiring for all!!

Traveling...

I am getting ready to head down to dc for a disability provider policy conference and visits to the RI delegates at the capitol. I have sorted through my knitting and have frogged back a sock made with malabrigo sock yarn which had an error that was killing me. It's packed and ready to go. I have also packed about four other small projects because mood will dictate exactly what type of knitting I will be doing. Traveling with a group usually involves waiting and standing around so the sock will work well to carry along. I also am anticipating some knitting time during conference sessions. Helps me focus and for once I must be a role model for no one!
Michelle, I hope you read this soon because my big scandal is that I dropped my blackberry in a puddle yesterday am and am now using a new phone, sadly I lost my contacts until the old phone dries. Call me Michelle, or we will never speak again because I failed to memorize your new number. Have a great weekend everyone and Michelle please post some knitting pics of the new shrug.

Pictures of Knitting!!!!

I am going to upload some pictures of recent and current knitting. This first photo is Hailey wearing the little Sublime Sweater "Hush" from one of the Sublime books. I did not use a Sublime yarn, because I loved this color so much more than the ones that Sublime had to offer. I started it in the spring, and in general I would say it is an easy knit, I just put it down and made no notes so when I picked it up again I was totally lost. Thank you Michelle for straightening me out and I was able to finish before the summer ended. It fits Hailey like a glove now and I am sad to say she will probably outgrow it before next spring.

This is a ribbed neckwarmer made with Malabrigo Silk blend. Great yarn and really soft and yummy. Thinking this will be a Christmas present. This is a good take along project because it is small and no pattern required.

This is the project I started yesterday for no good reason but that I hold secret (or not so secret) lust for this Zauberball yarn. I have been eyeing it for weeks and finally broke down yesterday. I looked at patterns on Ravelry because although it is sock yarn, I did not really like it as socks. I saw it knit up in the Batkus Scarf pattern and decided that it is pretty brainless and would make another excellent gift. It looks a bit bumpy on the edges right now but I think as it grows it will have some weight and a good blocking will take care of that. I also modified the way I increased based on a Ravelers recommendation.

I am really digging posting the photos, pardon me if I get way too carried away with this, I even have some finished hats that might go up next. Happy Labor Day to everyone!

Trying to Retrieve My Knitting Mojo!!

Well, it was over a week since I picked up some needles and began to knit.  After my big disaster, I needed a breather from the knits.  Yesterday, on an endeavor to spark my mojo, I went to the Woolpack to buy a skein of yarn for another one of those cute shrugs.  We'll see how I do!!  I did purchase a great color yarn.