Happy happy joy joy!

Well almost! Sitcom is off the needles! Just needs a neckband, button sewn on, ends woven in, and blocked. My wrist is complaining, but I'm just so happy it's almost a FO!

Something to show for it.

MomSocks. Would have finished these yesterday if it hadn't been for the fact I ..um..well..ran out of yarn. I really thought I could get a pair out of the skein. Dagnabbit.

SkinnyMinny up close and personal.

SkinnyMinny full view.

It's almost Thanksgiving?!?

And I haven't touched Sitcom. The redeeming fact is I'm going to be 5 hours plunked in the passenger seat of the Cattymobile tomorrow, hostage to the sweater that will not finish.

MomSock2 has had some progress and I have started SkinnyMinny, the narrow Electra scarf. Pictures to come of all those FO on Friday.

Hope springs eternal, eh?

Comin' down the pike

With the thought that Sitcom Chic will be done by Thanksgiving (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!), I've been looking forward to some new projects:
1. Baby Blankie in sweet pea green/lavender Plush (using my LYS's pattern)
2. LouLou socks in a TBA yarn (pattern from the Knitty Breast Cancer edition)
3. A felted kitty bed from skein remnants (making it up as I go)
4. Felted Teapot Cozy in Sapphire Lamb's Pride with Manos in a scarlet/purple colorway (making it up as I go)
5. Sasparilla Turtleneck in a TBA yarn (based on a pattern from a Woman's Day article circa 1996)
6. A narrow scarf in cream/grey/black Plymouth Electra
7. Rebekah Poncho in Koigu KPPPM (using my LYS's pattern)

Finally progress!

I'm at the point of casting off and adding the sleeves for Sitcom. I'll only have a few more rows of the taupe, then the yoke to do in all black. I actually might have this done by Thanksgiving (insert happy dance here). So I'm setting the goal. Thanksgiving. Of 2004. In less than 10 days. If I say it enough, will I believe it?

In the meantime, MomSock 2 may be relegated to the wayside. Maybe. We'll see.

Oh happy day!

Here is the Happy Bag, all finished (and the MomSock stuff is already packed inside).

This was the Lambs Pride and Mountain Arts yarn from my LYS sale stash, I made the pattern up as I went along. It took about 4 felting cycles. The tabs for the handles are crocheted -they felted perfectly (in 2 cycles).

One down, one to go

Here's MomSock #1, finished last night during a business meeting. I tried kitchenering the toe - it worked for a few stitches, then I did something wrong and set the rest of the stitches off. So I'll be frogging and redoing this weekend.

Awww, isn't she cute?

FuzzyBaby 'delivered' while I waited for the snow tires to be mounted and balanced.

A little secret

FuzzyBaby Hat

Jennifer Brown's Hat for Newborn Baby is by far one of the easiest, quickest, most gratifying knitting projects I've come across in the land of baby patterns. I've done 4 of these hats so far using a variety of needles and yarns. You can't screw it up. Sure, some have come out a little large for a newborn, but hey - they grow into it. This one is being created from Artful Yarn's Galaxy in muted pastels for a little girl born to a co-worker. She was a whopping 8# 14oz. I'd rather knit for a baby than actual HAVE one any day!

Swirly Girl

Mom Sock #1

This is Janis's Koigu Sock Pattern. I'm tweaking it a bit - offsetting the ribbing - to create a nice little swirl around the ankle. The yarn is Lang Jawoll Superwash Cotton in a butter yellow (the top edge and toe of the socks) and a green multi-fleck on Brittany #2s. Here I'm just about to start the heel flap.