Mittens

Tonight I finally finished Gary's mittens. I had to do the thumbs. I took pity on the poor man since it is so damn cold here. Below freezing, hard freeze, etc. Then I started to read emails and one of the ladies in my DAR chapter asked if I could send her a mitten pattern for children. I have several but, can I find the things right now? No. So, I started perusing the pattern sites and found one on lionbrand.com that will be easy for her to work. I sent it along to her.

Anyone else knitting mittens to keep their hands nice and toasty in this freezing weather? I have my mittens that I knit myself last year. I gave Maribeth a pair of Selbu mittens that I had knit. I have some baby mittens here as well that can go to someone who needs them. They are super cute.

I am awake tonight after sleeping for several hours on the couch today. I had my leg propped up, I had knitting in my lap, and a hand knit shawl on my legs. Out cold. I woke up to the tv still on, me dry mouthed and wondering where I was. My muscles in my back were all knotted up and stiff. I was sitting up and sleeping. I am taking my knitting with me tomorrow and I am headed to Melinda's for a bit to see Maribeth. I miss my little monkey girl. I haven't seen her in forever.

Pi Blanket..an Update

Here is my pi blanket. It has gone from being a baby blanket to my blanket. I decided there was no way with my weird knitting habits that his blanket would be done in time for that baby. I have yarn waiting for this thing..the next color will be a butter yellow and then I can start the really cool colors for it. I have been using Elann's Peruvian Highland wool and Also, Peruvian Aran with a touch of the llama. So, you will see some wispy hairs here and there in it. No cats have been on it as of yet. I am trying to keep them away as long as I can.

Cruising Speed!

Here is the sock. I finished all of the shaping for it and now I am on the foot and the weird part of this pattern is that the foot is knit in plain old stockinette stitch. I can really move on this kind of stitch. I like this sock. It is way too wide for my foot, good thing the person who is getting these has plank feet. Yep, feet that are wide as hell.

I made candles and they are so wonderful. The house smells like peppermint bark and black cherry. Yum yum. I was burning my test candle to see how long the burn time for it is. That is part of the process. I will tell ya'll more later.

Physical Therapy

I start my aquatic physical therapy come Monday. I go in for my evaluation and then we schedule the deed. Oh freaking fun. I have to do it since I hurt so damn bad. I can't sleep at night courtesy of the intense pain with this knee. I am always shifting trying to find the right position to help me with it. It sucks.

The cold is working it's magic over here...extremely tired, since I am not sleeping all that well.

I am going to start a new project...candle making. Yes, you heard right. Candles and yarn what a combo. I have to do something to boost sales over here. I have always loved candles and it is to the point where Gary is banning me from buying the things. I have a passion for soy candles, they just burn smoother, they hold the fragrance longer, etc. I have some that I had bought from a school fundraiser and oh, they are wonderful. They smell the best.

Yarn is my first passion and it always will be so but, I like to broaden my horizons. I want to also start working on patterns for stained glass. My next dream job. :) I have to get into the garage and start work. I think after the socks are done.

Pyroclastic Sock in Effervescence

Here is my sock that I am working on. I started the heel stitches tonight. Finally! As you can see, it looks totally different when it is on the leg. I love how well the design is turning out.

I have two more skeins of this lovely yarn in my stash, if anyone would like to purchase a skein, I don't have it in the shop, it has to be asked for. It is truly awesome yarn.

I am still dealing with that damn migraine I had this morning, it won't go away. I also found out that whatever is going around, I have. Damn! You have no idea how much I dread heading to the doctor. I want to have a year without going to see the man so much.

Thank you Kathy for sending me the novena, it arrived at a time when I desperately needed it!

I took a nap on the couch today and thinking this would help the migraine...nope, it is hanging on bad. No idea why I have such a bad headache. It could be the super dry weather and the freaking cold. We are supposed to have raunchy weather this weekend starting on Thursday. Someone said we are in for snow on Wednesday. Oh great! Is it me or is this year starting off bad like last year? I hope not. I want a great year!

NO!!!

This morning I woke up aching. Oh Lord, no! I have the worst freaking headache under the sun and I have to find my pin number so, I can do on line sales taxes with the state for the year 2009. It was a bad year! Extremely bad where sales were concerned. My business went into the toilet. The first year was great, this past year sucked!

I was locked out of the system since I can't find the right pin to get into the stupid thing. Arrgh!

Now, I am searching like a mad woman with a migraine to find this damn tax stuff. I want to go back to sleep. Yes, sleep. Nothing else.

I have a sock that needs attention. I love that sock. :) Back to my search.

Round 5 Of Pyroclastic Sock

Here is what the leg of the sock looks like right now. I am on round 5 of the leg on this sock. I love this yarn, I can't say enough good things about it. I have to do 6 rounds of the lace pattern and then the heel stitches start. If you have a chance, take a look at knitting this pattern, the unique ribbing on the cuff is well worth it. It beats that crappy k1,p1 ribbing.

Notice the sock is now on circs...I couldn't deal with those damn dpns anymore and had to change over to my Addi turbo circs. I was digging through all of my knitting bags and I even picked up all the yarn on the floor of the family room and put them into plastic bins with lids. I am trying to organize my stash. I am using size 2 circs now. Whooppee!

I want to get to the heel of this sock and hope to achieve that tomorrow. Once that heel turn is done and the gusset can be worked, they will cruise. Never fails.

The Big One...or So I Thought!

I was thinking this year was going to be something else...I turn the big 40 this year, in May! OMG! Then I read Guzzi Sue's blog and realized, uh, me turning 40 isn't as bad as say turning, 50! Okay, it is still pretty terrible for me. I am the youngest child in my family and for me to be turning 40...it is pretty horrible! I have reached middle age? Uh, no. I am still kicking and screaming my way through life. I refuse to give up and give in to age. You are only as old as you feel and I still feel like a party animal over here. A limping party animal but, still a party animal.

I still want to have fun with my honey and go, see, and do all sorts of things with him. I want to get in my car and cruise. I love driving my car, it cheers me up. When I am depressed, I crawl into my Sky, put the top down and drive. I love the feel of the wind in my hair. It cheers me up right away. No worries in that little car.

Anyone else heading for a big age number? I will hope to have a kick ass party for my 40th and Gary will turn 40 in April. We may have to have a huge party for both of us. hee hee hee.

I will be the one with the lampshade on!

Cool Green Socks

Here is the new sock I am working on, it is called Pyroclastic by Marlowe Crawford, it can be found on knitty. The ladies in the socks squared group on Ravelry took a vote and this is the sock pattern we chose to do our Knit a Long with. I chose my yarn, Effervescence. It was orginially intended to be a sock of the month for Pam's shop but since her health took a turn for the worst, she sent it back to me. The yarn is so amazing and the color is awesome!

The yarn is a fine fingering weight and I am being forced to use size 2 US dpns. Killer. I am used to using my US 3 Addi turbos. Big fan of the Addi turbo. :) Anyway, the yarn is a cool blend of greens. I wanted something refreshing for a hot summer and this was the yarn I painted up. I do have some skeins of it left in both merino/silk blend or in the merino/nylon super wash that I am using for this sock. The merino/nylon super wash really shows off the colors. The merino/silk is more blended. Both yarns are stunning to behold.

I was going to use the End of Midnight but, decided against it at the last moment. It will become something else. I already have the pattern chosen for that yarn.

I do more than just gossip, I actually do knit. Hard to believe, isn't it? hee hee.

Baby It's Cold Outside

It is cold outside tonight and apparently Wednesday, more snow for us. Yes, snow. Normally, we don't see snow until February, if then. So, this is a novel experience for us.

Gary and I went to a birthday party for my brother, Gary tonight. I know confusing. We came home late. It was nice to catch up with everyone. It seems that there are three pregnant women in the family. One is due in January, I am making her child a blanket. Then we have two who are due in July. One went in for a tubal ligation and found out, surprise! Pregnant. The other never said a word about it but, when my sister, Cheryl asked her at Christmas, she lied and said no!


I will be busy knitting away over here, it looks like. sigh! I guess more baby blankets will have to be done. I can't seem to get away from knitting people things over here.

Now, I am going to sit and watch tv and do some knitting on the blanket.

Then to bed.