HANKy Tank Blue's!!

I wrapped my hank loops on either side of my chair arms and went to work making a ball. Well needless to say a few strays got in the way and whoops my HANK TANKED!!! My wonderful DH Chris is sitting behind me right now trying to untangle the mess. Lucky for me I got atleast half of it in a well organized ball, but I wish Chris the best:) I stood over him for a while and tried to snatch the yarn away but to no avail, he sent me to the computer! I will leave him to his work! I suspect I will see a ball winder and swift in my future!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone.

A little busy!!!

I haven't been able to knit lately, seems like I can never get to it! Hillard will probably have ear surgery for the third time, and Brandon goes in for the same procedure May 4th. I have been very unavailble to read all of my daily blogs. My friends might think I have dropped of the face of the earth:)
I have a couple of new projects that are almost done, can't show them b/c they are for a special someone that READS THIS BLOG!!! hi mom:) I will continue taking pics and post them after mothers day! I am getting so excited about going to California to see Jenn (KnitWit Momma) we plan to knit, eat, and shop. I am gonna miss my men and I hope they can make it without me:( I like to pamper all of them!

We have a SOCK!

Okay, here it is. I don't think I am all that pleased with this WIP. I am gonna keep going and chalk it up to exp...!

See the "ladders"? Yuck! I will just keep going and if the sock comes out great I will give the pair away, If it comes less than perfect I will wear it myself:) Not much else to report around here. Brandon the 10 mo. old is getting ear tubes in early May, he is in a world of pain poor thing. Hillard is doing well in school and he will be attending summer school. yeah!!!!

Here are my guys! Gotta love'em

OUCHHHHH!

Used: Elann-Harlequin "Sock it to me"
16" Circs and dp's Sz 3
What I learned: How to knit in the round with dp's
The double pointed needles that I used to finish up the hat gave me a splinter!!! Can you beleive it? Well, the important part of that sentence is FINISHED!!!! Yes it was made with love and a little touch of blood He He He. That was the first time I used dp's and it was a good introduction, can't wait to start those socks today:)!!!!!

The Hat!

I tried to make the pictures larger but no luck.  this was suppose to be a hat for DS discovered it would be too big so I kept going to make it for DH.  Chris says that he didn't like the way it rolled at the bottom.  I tried the hat on and it looked great!  So, here is my soon to be hat:)  I absolutely love it and I am going to try to finish up by tommorow.

You can the circs on my head, very stylish don't you think? Oh Yeah and my shirt is not only inside out, but also backwards! go figure:) DH laughed and took the picks anyway!!!

I am going to start my socks by sunday night! wish me luck b/c this is the first time I am attempting socks! I have the basic sock pattern from lion brand and some magic stripes!!!! more later:)

New Look, more Knitting!

Nope no pics this time, although the scarf has really gotten long since I frogged the tank. I am just waiting for my cotton-ease to get here!!! I RAOKed 6 people this week and I really enjoyed the thank you's. Man this Random Acts Of Kindness is way fun, I have met some really great people!

You may notice a new look! I shot an email to moonarts.com to do a button and banner for me. It cost a little money, but I really enjoy blogging and want mine to look nice. Missa sent me the pics today and I couldn't wait to get them up! Now I just want to figure out how to change my background color and a few other things!

Do you hear a Frog? RIPIT!

That's right everyone, say goodbye to the tank project made with ribbon yarn! I just got so frustrated. All I could think about is how I really wasn't enjoying myself! The yarn is very very pretty, but I am not a fan of it. I gave up and posted on RAOK to see if I got some nibbles to sell it. Two minutes later I got a response, I stayed up late confirming the transaction! I even went ahead and purchased some cotton- ease lion brand to make Tempting for my twin sister and I. Almost Felted blogger made it out of this and it looked great. very economical:) I will give my twin her money, ship the package, and presto conscious clear:)

Projects, and Fun Stuff

Here are the current WIP's!!!! There is the fair isle hat, the scarf, and i have started the tank for my sister.

Close up of the tank. There are 290 stitches on this sucker and counting them was a hassle. I have discovered that ribbon yarn stitches like to hide under each other! the first 2 rounds were tough but now that i am in the middle of the fifth it is smooth sailing from here:)

I love how this sock yarn has turned out for DH's hat. Remember this was suppose to be for DS but I put way too many stictches ha ha ha!

Goddies, Goodies, Goodies! See the felted bag?(March archive) the other two bags were given to me by a good friend this weekend and I couldn't wait to use them. My friend's mom passed away late last year and I helped her pack up her moms stuff this weekend. I was uncomfortable at first( I really liked her mom a lot) but after the first few minutes it got easier. I ended up leaving with 3 or 4 bags full of great stuff. I also got 2 knitting books as well. Bob the Builder toys belong to children not me. Although you can always find them in my bags:)

Close up of a Vera Bradley bag. Lots of pockets inside and really spacey for yarn and macthing tote.

Hanging travel make up case, now is a needle and notion tote:)

Sara, thanks for letting me be apart of your weekend and I have already made great use of the bags, clothes, shoes, books, hair dryer, and the rest:)

Needles are here!

yeah! The needles made it I can now start the tank top. I have found some other projects that I want to do, need to start building that stash:) here are a few things I have my heart set on making this summer!
Tempting
Kymono
Latifa Scarf
Clapotis
There are some other projects too, but I am basically in love with knitty.com:)The Cozy and Latifa scarf are the highest on my list!
The Nautilius hat and Noro Iro hat are hight on my list as well. you can find them on Yummyyarn link is on the right!
I just brought DS to Doctor again, another ear infection his 8th since November:( Our older DS has had two sets of tubes himself so I think his little brother is following in que! well, everyone is still for a moment so I am gonna get busy on the tank!

Richmond Meetup

Here is the group! I have a great time at my knitting group but i never seem to get any knitting done:) I bring a 10 mo. old and 6 mo. old with me! I do have the best time talking with people that have my same interests and I love to see the projects they are working on. My projects are coming along okay,slowly but surely. Almost to the half way point with them both. I am really enjoying meeting people from RAOK. Hi ya'll!

Stole a quiz! What John Hughes character would you be?

You are Clark Griswold (from National Lampoon's
Vacation)! You're full of optimism and
boundless energy, and no one loves a good
family trip more. No one else can swear a blue
streak like you either, Sparky!


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Great Weekend!

Hello everyone! I had a great weekend b/c I was invited to join Random Acts Of Kindness (RAOK)! Alright! I was so happy to get the invite, I joined ASAP. I have been working on getting my blog up-to-date that my WIP have suffered. I am getting angry with my scarf. Some of the stitches are very loose and look crooked! It is driving me insane and I am beginning to thing I don't know what the heck I am doing!


See that loose stitch in the middle cable! aughhhhh. I have tried to fix it several times but no dice. Some of the cables come out peeeerfect, but others look absolutely horrible!

I am very happy with this hat. It is coming along very well but it continues to roll!!! I will start the cute tank top when my needles get here.

I need to start serching for my first RAOK. This is going to be so much fun. Wish me luck:)