sherriknits

The bag is finished.  I heard there was a KAL on knitty and I’ll have to go check it out, I am still mystified about the stitchmarker placement for starting the handles.  It was easy to figure out where to put the handles, but I don’t get why I couldn’t make it work following the pattern.  I am happy with the bag, though.  I do have 2 places where the openwork got off just on one stitch and isn’t it funny how it doesn’t show until you are taking it’s picture?

I have started another one.  I got finished with the bottom of the bag and realized I forgot to do the increases and decreases so the bottom won’t be shaped, but it didn’t bother me enough to rip it all out.  I am going to make this one a little bit smaller even though I think this one is a great size.  I am just thinking about window shopping and carrying the bigger bag.  Great pattern!

The SP12 question for week #3 is:

What would you consider the perfect amount of stash? 

How in the world do you answer that?  I think the perfect amount of stash is when you are satisfied with it.  I think the answer might be never, so I plan never to feel like I’ve achieved the perfect stash and just build and use to my heart’s content.  :)  Is that even an answer?   lol

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The shrug is done and we like it.

And now I am hooked on knitting these.  (not with hooks…lol…I’m a needle girl and LOVE knitting lace!)

Technorati Tags: FO!, Knitting, Wedding

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I’ve actually been forcing myself to go to bed early and go to sleep, but sleep doesn’t come or stay.  So weird.  I’m deciding to take better care and drink more water.  Why is this so hard?

I did find a new old-time radio show to listen to…”A Date With Judy”.  It’s just a cute 40’s radio show…

A Date with Judy was an American radio program during the 1940s. It was a teenage comedy that began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope’s show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June 24 to September 16, 1941, with 14-year-old Ann Gillis in the title role.  

(from Wikipedia)

Hubby was gone for 2 nights.  I’m glad he got to go but I’m more glad he is home.  I was at the shop today and was called up front to the family business and I looked out the window and saw him drive up and my heart just jumped and I was gone to greet him, much to the amusement of everyone else.  Well, I am happy to say that after 33 years, I still want to run and see him even if he hasn’t been gone.  I’m grateful.

Been knitting, trying to make something for the bride and feel it is going to happen but we have to do some experimenting first because she is so tiny.  It’s just an easy knit and won’t put any pressure on me since I’m doing it now.

I have no idea why I’m here tonight….I really don’t have much to say but I was missin’ my blog so I thought I’d stick my head in and say howdy.

Oh, the cutest thing I found out tonight.  The new mama is doing a photo blog of her baby bump.  That’s my little sweet pea growing and growing.  I was going to show it, but decided not to…trust me, it’s pretty exciting.  I did make a new little bootie, maybe I’ll go snap a picture and show you that.  hang on.

There’s only 1 but wow was this a quick knit.  I love this yarn (Fly*dyed).  I bought it for the shop when I went up to Madrona.  She’ll never repeat it and laughed when I liked it so much.  That’s the magic bootie, I think is the name of the pattern.  I saw it at Madrona, too.  The new mama liked it so much and was afraid I was going to forget it at Grandma’s.  I knit this in my sleepless stupor on the way to Oregon.

I found some other photos on my camera when I loaded these on to my computer.

This first one was so silly.  We sent hubby to Starbucks in the morning at Grandma’s.  No one wanted Folger’s coffee.  We even bought Grandma a mocha, she’d never had one…and she liked it!

I just had to show it because how silly does that picture look?  I guess I just got intrigued with all the cups and grabbed my camera before everyone started grabbing their coffee.  Some were already gone.

As we were leaving Grandma and Grandpa’s house, the sunset was just beautiful.

Isn’t that peaceful?

I think I need to clean off my camera lens again.  How in the world does it get so dirty when it lives inside?

I really enjoy my time when we visit there…it’s so pretty.  I wish I’d taken more pictures but I forgot.

And now I am racing up the stairs because in the last minute everyone else headed off to bed and i was going to be the first one!

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When we went to Bainbridge Island the other day, I ran into Churchmouse Yarn and Tea and grabbed some Karabella  Aurora 8 yarn and their shop pattern.  I’ve been needing some fingerless mitts but just haven’t been able to get started on Fetching or something like that.  These were a very quick knit and have enough stretch to them that my fingers don’t feel claustrophobic.  I really like them.  I couldn’t get a good picture of them on, but here they are.

Instead of the suggested 48 stitches to cast on, I did 40 and they are fine.   I needed something quick to knit because our cold snaps never last all that long!

Last night we had quite the entertainment.  The silly little imp went to work with Dad one afternoon.  He needs to be kept track of because you never know what he might get into.  He didn’t want to go with Dad to his office, so Dad set him up in a studio with cameras aimed at him and clipped a mic to his shirt and left him to entertain himself.  (don’t worry, same building and within earshot) 

Evidently, the little imp was promoting his latest movie.  He jabbered about this and that after he introduced himself.  I think this may be a tool to help him realize he should use real words *all* the time and not just when he feels like it.  Much of the video was silliness, but at one point he started sharing how every person in our family as well as the cat and dog sneezes!  It was hilarious.  Everyone of them was different but actually quite accurate.  Towards the end, however, he evidently was getting tired of this long drawn out live show…so he started saying something about his new movie and “thank you very much” for listening.  Over and over.  Then he’d sigh and continue on with jabber. Again he’d thank his audience and comment about Dad starting the music.  I think we heard him say “thank you very much” 15 times at least.  Finally, in frustration he covered the mic with his hand and said “Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd….. my music!”  Dad didn’t come and in to the jabber he’d go again.  Finally, he was leaning on one elbow, yawning dramatically, sighing and thanking everyone for viewing.  At last, Dad must have poked his head in the door and he again covered the mic and said “Daaad, music please” and it finally faded to black.  Dad didn’t realize he was asking for the theme song at the end to end the show, but it didn’t matter, we were all hysterical and he was really quite tickled with himself.  I’m sure we’ll have repeat programs to come. 

Next up on the knitting front, I am going to make my mother some cuffs.  She refuses to wear fingerless gloves but her hands are always frozen so I’m going to make her some cuffs and see if she’ll wear those. 

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Haha. Well, to most knitters, this would not seem like a big deal, but for one who has been stuck in this land of inability to produce many FO’s, I have 2 completed on the same day. Super easy knits, but they are DONE.

Hubby had yesterday off, so we did a day date. Let me tell you about Sunday night first.

The little imp was bowling with Wii. He has to listen to everything so loud. He hates loud noises unless he is the one making them. Well, hubby went in the room to ask him to turn down the tv. He ignored him as is common. Hubby told him again to please turn it down. He honestly thought the imp was reaching to turn it down but he continued to bowl so hubby leaned down to turn off the tv and the very instant this little fellow swung his arm to roll the ball. You would have to see it to understand how odd his method is, but he sits and swings and ends up with his bowling arm flying over his shoulder. Right as hubby leaned down, he released the “ball” and up swung his arm and connected with hubby’s mouth.

The new bride and I were in the other room and we heard this sickening groan. As we got up to run in to see what was wrong, here he comes…doubled over, glasses askew and hands covering his mouth. We kept asking if he was ok, did it knock out a tooth and every other thing you ask and do at a time like that but he kept saying he didn’t know and he clearly wanted some space. The result? A major swollen upper lip but no loose teeth. Now, back to the boy…he never lost a beat but was continuing to bowl.

After things settled down a little, I told the imp that he needed to go see what happened when he chose not to listen to daddy. He said, “I’m gone. I’m moving.” Where in the world did he get that from? He was a little scared (but not enough to take a break from throwing that ball!) but we assured him he was not in trouble but that he needed to go see. You’d have thought I was moving a ton of bricks as I helped him walk in to see dad.

Ok…yesterday we were heading out of town and hubby said he wished he’d stopped to get more ibuprofen so I suggested we stop at a little variety store on the way to get some. I wish I could share my experience there but it wouldn’t be kind. However a friend just happened to make the trip to the same little store yesterday, too, and she had an extension of my funny experience…and why in the world either of us would happen to go there on the same day is nothing short of amazing.

Anyway, I did pick up some Paton’s Classic Wool because I got an urge to make a baby hat. I didn’t feel like doing the thumb on hubby’s Dashing. I can see I am going to go on a little quest to find the perfect baby earflap hat but I’m not unhappy with this one at all (except I hate when the colors pool like they did). The new mommy was tickled when she stopped to see me today when I gave it to her.

The other FO is hubby’s Dashing. I made one and started the next right away. I had to put it away when I got to the first cable row and then got sidetracked with Fuzzy Feet. What’s kind of weird is that the 2nd was a little bigger than the 1st, but when I finished the 2nd, I was a bit irritated and knit like a crazed knitter in order to keep from saying something I shouldn’t…you’d think that one would be the tighter one but oh well. The difference is minimal.

I didn’t have good light when I took the pic but you get the idea.

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