Ribby Cardi KAL!

I've started a knitalong for the Ribby Cardi-- you can find it here:
http://ribbycardikal.blogspot.com/.

If you'd like to join, email me or leave comments with your email address and, if you've got one, the URL of your blog.

Biddy in progress

The front and one side of Biddy are done. Here's an awkward picture of the front:

I was holding it on myself and taking the picture myself, so there you go. You can see the cool stitch pattern, though. I think it will be very cool when finished.
I'm about halway done with the Irish Hiking Scarf, and then I have five more projects to knit/ felt after that in time for Xmas. Can I make it happen?? I hope so! I plan to knit allll day on Thanksgiving. Well, I'll stop to make the mashed potatoes and to join everyone at the table, but that's about it!
I don't like being stressed about knitting, I have to say. It's supposed to be meditative, damn it!!
C

I forgot to observe it!

It was my One Year Knitiversary a few days ago!!

cuteness follows

Oh my. This alien sweater is perhaps the cutest knitted thing I have ever seen. It's sold in kits only, though, no patterns. Boo. Plus it only goes up to size 2T. Plus it's $95. However. I'm just saying.
I want to find a chart for a peace symbol and make Viv a simple little rollneck peace sweater after the holidays.
I'm going to embark on a couple "wing-it" projects for both of them for xmas-- a Hello Kitty hat for Vivienne and a Pikachu hat for Silas. I hope I'm able to pull it off. I need to find bright yellow yarn and figure out how I'm going to knit a bow.

Also, I've decided to adorn all my holiday packages this year with homemade pom-poms. Won't that be cute?

um, 6 weeks until xmas??!!

I just realized. I'm scared. The Irish Hiking Scarf is coming along sloooowly. I want to make a list of things I need to knit, but certain recipients read this blog, so I can't. I also want to get Biddy done in time to wear for xmas. I think before I went back to work I could have pulled this off, but now.... well, I'm a little worried. Ok, I'll think of this one day at a time.
Tonight: another repeat on the scarf, hopefully two. Cast back on for Biddy & knit a few inches worth. Cast on for Vivienne's Kitty Hat.
ayeeee!

wee hat & one bootie

My boss and his wife are having a baby boy tomorrow (induction), so I knitted a little Umbilical Cord hat & a bootie (whose mate I'll knit tonight). Th ebootie pattern was found here. They are called Stay-On Booties and I recall how both my kids constantly lost their socks, because newborn feet are really pretty much rectangular blocks, so I hope they really do stay on. I added a pom-pom, because they looked too plain to me.

short rows, not so hard!

I just taught myself short-row shaping which is part of my pattern for Biddy. Not that hard after all! Yay!

at long last!

My "Under the Hoodie" is done!!


closer:


Glad that's done!
C

mmmm, loving the knitting

Knitting goodness for today:

Sleeves blocking, yarn for Ribby Cardi arrived from elann.com (which, I noticed, is in my state!), and cinnamon tea:


Closer view of the yarn for Ribby Cardi, charcoal being MC & claret being CC:


I've discovered my kerchief, knitted last year, perhaps my 2nd or 3rd item, looks much better and more appropriately-sized on Vivienne:


How is possible that a year ago, I did not yet know the love of knitting?
;)
C

w00t!

My hoodie is done being knitted! Hopefully tomorrow I can get it blocked, then seamed on Saturday. I'm so excited!

Next up, after xmas gifts, for me, is the ChicKnits' Ribby Cardi. The yarn was a major bargain. I got charcoal heather for the MC and claret for the CC.

I met a friend for knitting & tea today at Village Yarn and Tea, the new LYS less than a mile from my house, and had some amazing Apple Butter Chai, and fell in love with this vest-type top that laces in the back, so I was forced to buy this Rowan book:

Luckily, I have some charcoal Paton's Bella sitting here begging to be used which happens to be the exact same gauge as the Rowan Chunky Print which runs $15/ ball. I'm going to thread a red ribbon through the eyelets in back and wear a black shirt beneath, and hope to find a red/grey/black plaid skirt with which to wear it at Christmas. So cute!

Ok, hoodie pictures coming soon!
C

angry, sad, numb

Well, I am devastated. If it were just me, I could ride out four more years, but I am terrified for my children, for my daughter's rights. I am loathe to the idea that my children are currently being raised in a country that legislates hatred and bigotry. I am frightened for my 17-year-old nephew, because no matter what they say, if they don't get out of Irag quickly, a draft will be necessary.
I'm filled with fury and shame. Perhaps I'll be able to see through my tears enough for some soothing knitting later today.
C