Here to say

Swap pal you are torture to me! lol
The sock for the sock swap I am in is certainly giving me fits. I went through a time that I hated it. Ugh. However I think that I finally got it all figured out. I hope. Pictures when I have more time I promise :)
Off to make supper!
Sockingly
Dee

C'est Fini!

Hello lovlies! Yes Clapita is done. I was so happy to finish. The Clapotis pattern is super easy and goes fast, however After knitting two of them I am so done with it. Want to see some pictures? Yes, I thought that you might!

Its a bit fuzzy but the light isn't very good here. Darn winter!

My little model showing off Clapita
Now that Clap is done who wants to see what I have been spinning?

This gorgeous colorway came from some roving that I got from All Things Heather. This one I really wasn't all that excited about when I started spinning it, however, now that I have a little done I can not believe how beautiful it is turning out to be!

Then there is this stuff. I am still in mad love with this colorway. Ohhh yeah.
Look at what finally came back home to me!
Sorry about the bad picture it was shy.
I sent this wool to the wooly knob fiber mill quite a few months ago. I was beginning to lose hope that I would ever see this stuff again. It still has a bunch of vm in it but it is certainly very soft. I can't wait to get started on this beautiful stuff.
Thats it for me tonight! I do want to leave you with this... Keep an eye on my blog. February 14th I am going to begin a raffle for the Ehlers Danlos foundation and I will be giving out some great stuff. More on that later though. Have a Mahvolous night my friends!
Rovingly,
Dee
BTW don't worry about the color change. It is not going to stay. I just can't get used to it.

And from the ashes rises anew...

So I decided that after ripping out the stitches of IHS I needed to make something with it. Didn't seem right that it sit in the stash waiting for the time that I am able to start another scarf. So I made Le Slouch by the brilliant Wendy over at Knit and Tonic. Yes I know that all the cool kids are doing it and that I am such a follower but really how can you resist? Blue Decadance from Knit Picks. I should have swatched because it is a little more fitting than I would have liked but it is still lovely and warm. So so warm.


One thing that I did differently is Kitchener stitched the top close instead of gathering the stitches on waste yarn. I really like that look a lot better honestly. So pretty.

On the clapita front I am mere decreases from finishing! There is a weird color strip in it that had I been paying attention during the knitting I would have noticed. I really just don't know how I could have missed it really. I am so far into it though that there is now way that I am frogging all the way back to take the stripe out. So it has offically become a design feature.

Can you see what doesn't belong?


Well off to finish homework, pick up the kids, and then go to the PTA meeting tonight. (How in the hell did I get roped into that?!)
Knittingly,
Dee

In which we remember the Irish Hiking scarf...

We are gathered here today to remember a brave little scarf. Its life started out well enough, it was loved, had stitches added and cables crossed regularly. However this poor scarf was doomed from the start. The knitter got better as she knitted this scarf and began noticing how bad her beginning stitches were compared to the most recent stitches. Then the worst possible thing happened. The knitter ran out of yarn. So this poor scarf was tucked away with the best intentions of buying one more skein soon. This scarf languished in the stash until this morning when the knitter decided to put this ill-fated scarf to rest and resurrect the yarn in a hat and thin scarf combo.

Services were held in the living room with the ball winder to make sure the yarn wouldn't tangle. It was the least that this knitter could do for such a brave scarf. It is survived by its brothers and sisters of the ufo pile. Rest in pieces dear scarf!

Darn that blogger

So you have noticed that the set up here has changed right? Well my blog got switched to the new one today. I like parts of it however I am unable, as of right now, to figure out how to add the blog rings that I belong to as part of the side bar. Everytime I try blogger messes up. So if you are head of one of these said groups please don't boot me out yet. I should have everything back to normal in a day or two at the most. Thanks for understanding!
bloggingly,
Dee

I really should get my own domain and give blogger the boot!

Aye!

So I am going to stick with the Stash a ganza however in the comments Jen brings a great point...
"I hereby move that the term "stash" shall be stricken from the record unless referring to already spun/bought in a store type yarn. Fleece, roving, top, rolags and hair shall henceforth be referred to as "potential".

Nobody wants lower potential.

All in favor say "aye"."


Yeah I think about all of that potential that I have downstairs and feel that I am doing the world a disservice by not buying more! Think of all of those poor inde sellers trying to sell all that potential just to make ends meet!


Ahem.
I must be strong. I do have a yarn purchase lurking ever closer however. I bought some silk from The Dyeing Arts awhile back that I absolutely adore. I have decided that it needs to be a shawl and therefore needs some sisters to join it. Seeing as how I will be getting paid soon I think that a trip to the yarn store is definitely in order.
Anyhow Classes started yesterday for me so on Mondays and Tuesdays I have class from 8:00-12:30 and then from 6:00-9:00 until Feb 13th. Then the morning classes end and the rest of the ladies in my Sign language program move on to Practicum and I try not to forget my signing skills while I wait until the fall for my practicum. /lesigh.
Pictures of Claptiva when I have more freetime!

buyingly
Dee

P.S.- Ohhhh Sock Pal!! You are making focusing on important things (read: homework) difficult because I keep checking my blog for your updates. It is killing me! hehehe

Did I happen to mention that I love it?

Stash-a-ganza.

So Every one in blog land seems to be intent on knitting from their stashes. I really do not have much of a stash of yarn. Don't get me wrong. I have a decent stash but it is not really one that I feel guilty about. yet. Fiber is a different story however. On top of all of that beautiful stuff I got from All things Heather I also have the black Merino to finish spinning (turning out beautifully by the way. Worsted weight black yummyness I'll have to show you sometime), another pound- 1 1/2pounds of the pin drafted cotton left to spin, roughly 8oz of random stuff that has been given to me, a ton (not literally people sheesh)of ginned cotton to spin, and on and on. I don't have a problem with buying yarn you see, I can control myself with yarn. Its fiber. Spinable fiber. I can not resist. I found myself surfing etsy this morning looking at all the yummy fiber on there and trying to figure out how I could swing buying some more. It is a sickness I tell you. Every time I find that I have some extra money I begin to look at buying more fiber.Food? Who needs it? A house? I will build a cave out of all the fiber I have and live a long long time happily that way!
Except that T and the kids really would not go for that. I may even get disowned. So I vow here and now to NOT BUY anymore fiber until I have made a dent in the stuff I currently have. I know it is a sickness and I will overcome!
Now that doesn't mean that I can not accept gifts...

Anyway! Clap in Evita is coming along nicely. I still have a ways to go but I found out last night that the party isn't on Saturday but on Sunday! More time! That my friends is always a good thing.
I tell you I wasn't sure when I started clap that I would like the striping that is going on. The more stitches that I drop however the more that I love it. The yarn is wrapped with a shiny thread as well giving clap a lovely sheen as well. The pic is awful I know. There is no sun out so this is as good as it gets for now. This scarf will be very light as well not much weight to the yarn which is even better. I know that sis will love it. (she has crocheted before so she has an apreciation for this stuff. Makes it more fun to make things for her)
Stashingly
Dee

So apparently I am a git.

For this whole year I was typing in this little bloggy blog thinking that no one was really paying it any mind certainly not posting any comments to little ol me. Felt a little sad but this thing is for me so not really that big of a deal. If it bothered me that much I would have stopped blogging a while ago and that would have been that. However I do enjoy typing things out here and posting the pics so I continued. Well today I am roaming around my little corner of the web when I clicked on the moderate comments link. This is where me being a git comes in. I have over 55 comments and I had no clue. I did not think that I had set the comments to moderation so I never thought to check. *face meet palm* Well needless to say I have had comments and I love them! (well you know except the spam ones but really who likes those anyway.) Well needless to say I have fixed the problem and all of the comments have been added and will continue to be in the future.

So to all you real people that took the time to wish me well and communicate with me Thank You! *MUAH* You all rock. Of course you already knew that though didn't you?
stupidly,
Dee

Edited to Add:
I am an extreme Git!!! I got a comment a while back from none other that Stephanie of Yarn harlot Fame! I feel all cool and all stupid at the same time. sheesh

Happy New Year ya Mugs!

Christmas was lovely! I was unable to travel to Moms this year due to car troubles so Mom decided that she would come up here!
My Momma. Aint she purdy. :)

The gang. My Sisters, me and my girls.

And yes we did FINALLY get snow. Of course the kids had to play in it.
fun in the snow:

New Years was spent at home not only playing in the snow and then at midnight in our jammies we ran out onto the front porch with the pots and pans and clanked in the new year. After that was a toast with some bubbly (sparkling grape juice for the kiddies) then bed. It was a lot of fun and even better the kids slept in the next morning.

Now to the yarn porn that I know you are here for!
First up:
5 luscious skeins of Jaeger Roma. So soft. Angora just makes it so nice.

And sock yarn for that pal of mine over at KH.


Clap in Evita is coming along nicely. I have to finish it by Saturday at 12:30 (yes I am adding the hours leading up to the Christmas party. I'm a knitter and every last second counts dag nabbit! Pics of the Clap soon I promise.
Thought for the Day:

Celebrate with your family. They are the ones who know the real you yet still love you. Can't get any better than that my friend!