Allow me a Kindergarten moment...

I WANNA BE DONE!

Okay a little better. I want to be done with school. I want to be done with the sweater from hell (which is coming along nicely thank you) I wanna be done with Clap in pink. I wanna be done with the damn baby blanket that isn't even wanted. GRRRRRRRRRRR.
I am so overwhelmed right now that I don't even know where to start. Let alone where to finish. *Le Sigh* Pictures soon I promise as well as the pattern for the tank I created for the Princess (plus a few additions)

I will be scarce next week seeing as how it is finals week.

Overwhelmingly,
Dee

Clownin' around

So I have been a busy woman lately. Last weekend we had my family Thanksgiving to go to. The parents and sibs are always good for a laugh and so loud. After the meal we all piled into our vehicles and went to watch the dad graduate from Clown College. (yup you read that right)

Dad Before

Dad After

Not that this is a big change for us. About the only thing that is different with him is the fact that he now puts on the makeup required of a clown. He has always been a clown in action.
I also saw my little brother get married this weekend. (Told ya I was busy)

This is the cutest picture of TJ and the princess ever.
And no I am not at all partial. Just look at the love.

Is it bad that I didn't take a pic of the Bride and Groom? They did look marvelous and the wedding was nice and short.




Tomorrow being Thanksgiving (Happy Turkey Day ya'll!) I will be cooking up a storm to feed TJ the kidlets, My sister, and the two brother in laws. We will be enjoying Turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, noodles, rolls, pies... the list goes on. Yeah so I will be a busy woman tomorrow as well. Uggh. Ahhh well my own fault for offering!
Now to the knitterly content:
This is my prize from Whimsical Knitting! I was going to make a scrunchable scarf with it for TJ However he does not seem at all interested *gasp* so I am thinking that I will make me the Touch of Whimsy scarf from Becca! I mean that it only seems fitting right? Unfortunately it will have to wait until after Christmas is over. So much knitting to do right now.




Like this thing. Notice the complete lack of progress going on? I am not excited about knitting on it at all. /le sigh Part of my problem with this WIP is the complete lack of excitement from the In laws about it. MIL went as far as to say "you know Gabby has a lot of blankets." Maybe I will finish it someday.




Clap on the other hand is looking Maahhvolous! Stalled very briefly to work on the baby socks but while working on it the scarf is moving quickly. I love the way that it looks in this malabrigo. So yummy!

Baby sock number one in the Lime and Violet colorway from Lisa Souza. Very pretty. I love it! Once finished with the other sock I am thinking a baby hat with the rest.






Anyway. I have bent your ear enough for one day Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Thanksgivingly,
Dee

It has been decided...

I will be running a raffle for either yarn or a gift card (who doesn't love gift cards to a YARN store?!) However the season of giving is practically sitting in our laps so that raffle will be after Christmas. Trust me you will like the prize. So I will tell you all the specifics once the time comes.

Clap in pink is coming along very well. I have dropped two stitches now I have to say that with as not excited as I was about it to begin with I am loving the ease of this pattern! I have decided to go ahead and make the second scarf a clap as well. The next one will be in blues and purples. Evita yarn. Soooo pretty. I would show you a progress pic but it is sitting in the van waiting on me to leave. So progress pictures after class.

And Finally I WON!! I entered this contest at Whimsical Knitting.
So now I get to stalk the mailman for box of fibery goodness from a recent trade I did (the waiting is killing me) and for my prize! A lovely skein of emerald Malabrigo (mine alllll mine) and a 365 Knitting stitches per year calendar(!!!) (I have been coveting this since last year) Can Not Wait!

Well all of my party people I must get ready for class.
Winningly
Dee
I will leave you with this beautiful photograph
Sunset in the ghetto ahhhh

That Damn Elhers Danlos...

Okay. So we all know that I have tons of stuff that I have to do in my day. Five Kids to care for, school to go to, homework to do, stuff to knit, not too mention my poor neglected spinning! And yet I get involved in something else. facepalm. I have volunteered to help get some fundraising done for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
This is a good thing for me to get involved in but I got in on the ground floor. As in, we don't even know what we are doing yet, stage. So I will end up getting in very deep before this whole thing is over. I just can't seem to say no. Ahh well it is for a good cause. You know there are a lot worse things that I could be involved in. Why am I doing this? My sister has Ehlers Danlos type 4, vascular. The life expectantcy is generally 40-50 years. So unless this changes my 27 yr old sister only has about 20 some odd years left. This seems like a lot but the average person (barring any accidents) generally live to their 80's-90's. So I think that getting involved in this is very important. (Like how I just cemented my particpation?)
Anyway. Stay tuned I am toying with the idea of adding a donate button and offering a drawing for yummy knit goodies in exchange for donations. Maybe.
Thanks for making it this far my friends.
Seriously
Dee

WIP over my head

Yeah so I am still working on Tj's sweater of Doom. I thought that once I passed the sleeves I would be home free. Alas it is mindless and rather boring to knit the body. Ack. But it is coming along well, slowly, but well.

Now if I could get Tj to quit giving me those sad puppy dog eyes and saying "its never going to be done, is it?" You know it was a lot easier to knit things when he wasn't so darn interested.
Because...
I also am still working on the baby blanket. It will be a whole creation because I hated doing the miters. However I think that it is turning out well. Don't you? The plan is to do the Entrelac on each side, connect the corners in a way not yet determined, then Add a layer of garter stitch then do an I-cord bind off.

Note: I adore Entrelac!
So. There is that and I have also started the first of two clapotis. (Christmas Presents)
This one is going to be hard to give away because it is so Darn soft and pretty! I now love Malabrigo. It truly is "like budda". And the color. (excuse me while I wipe away the drool)

I mean look at it!

However. I am afraid that I will have to frog and re-knit. I know that Stockinette is supposed to curl. In the pics on Knitty it is not curling. I am thinking that maybe the stitches are too tight and maybe a needle size up would do the trick. Or maybe the drop stitches help to keep it not curly. I don't know. I will figure it out sooner or later.

What do you think?
Anyway so that is what is on my list now. I also have a pair of baby sock to Knit for the Gabster (waiting on my DPNs), another Clapotis christmas pressie that will be in a beautiful blue/purple variegated. Combine that with school and kids and This is what I look like:

Halloween

Hope it was lacking in the tricks!

The fam and I went trick or treating last night. Ever notice that there is a distinct lack of houses accepting trick or treaters lately? losers. We walked 4 houses for every 1 house with a light on. Ahh well the wee ones had fun and crashed as soon as we got home.
The little ghouls at the zoo trick or treat day. Yes both boys were Knights but one is a DARK knight and the other was a LION knight. Apparently there is a difference. I don't know. We also have Super girl, the pirate Scarlett, and of course Princess.
On the knitting front TJ's Sweater has been put on the back burner in favor of finishing the baby blanket for Gabs who was born a week ago. She is a whole month early. Thankfully she came out healthy and is home! But needless to say I need to finish the blanket.
Also I got some Yarn for Clapotis. Mmmmmmalabrigo. Soooooo purdy and soft. I will have a very hard time giving that up when its done. *sigh*
Ahh well life calls!
Droolingly
Dee