For real post

So today I finished the Rectangular Shawl. Thank freaking God! I have grown to loathe the thing. I did cheat and only did 10 instead of 12 repeats of the 48 row pattern. I just couldn't do any more. I think it's long enough anyway. It needs to be blocked, and a few ends woven in.
I spent an hour or so taking pictures of my stash (what I have already) and putting them up on Ravelry. I got an email from them asking if they could use my picture for the pattern page for my Lillehammer hat. Made me feel good! I still have a LOT of stash coming in the mail, as well as my package from my secret swapper. Today I got some vitamins in the mail, and NaNa asked me why I kept ordering stuff. Sheesh, now I have to start hiding my purchases from my kids too.
Cee-Cee is sick and was a total crab today. It was frustrating because I couldn't do anything to soothe her, and either she was bouncing off the walls (when the tylenol and motrin kicked in) or sitting on the couch fussing. Her temp hovered around 102 at the worst. I guess we have one more day of being stuck at home.
I worked on the socks a bit but now I'm going to work on The Clap. That's what I've named it. I'm going to tell people I have to work on The Clap and see what they have to say.

Fugly Friday entry

So here's a picture of the fam (Dad, Step Mom, little sis) in my fugly entry. A poncho made of Bernat Galaxy, 2 fun fur hats, and an earflap hat on the sis. Good thing they were drunk when I gave them their Christmas presents!

STOOPID book

I finally got the book from Amazon today. The UPS man sure didn't tell me he was sorry his co-workers screwed up and I didn't get my book on time. At least Amazon refunded my shipping charges. So I start thumbing through my book, and on page 39, disaster strikes. The book has a page that is totally ripped. Not just ripped and I could tape it back together, but ripped off and missing 1/2 the page. So now it has to be returned to Amazon to get a replacement, which won't be here until Friday. That really sucks.
No yarn porn arrived today, due to me ordering it all Monday or Tuesday. God, I hope Dan doesn't see that bill. He will have a stroke (not that I blame him). So looking at yarn porn on the web today had to suffice, and let's hope the mailman brings me a big bag tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath though.
I am almost finished with the dreaded Rectangular Cover Shawl. I was supposed to knit 12 repeats of the 48 row pattern, but I am calling it close at 10. I just can't bear to knit 2 more repeats. I just need to knit the like 17 rows of garter to finish, weave in the ends, and do a light blocking.
I can't think of anything good to knit for my secret swap pal. I'm probably going to end up knitting her socks and hope that they fit. If I could just find a pattern I like now.......

Lots O' Knitting Day

G. woke up with a fever so we skipped VBS today. Actually my friend came and picked up Na-Na. and he went, and G and Cee-Cee and I stayed home. I had a lot of time to knit, and did about 30 rows on my Rectangular shawl, which made up for the few I didn't get done last night because I was just too darn tired. I also knit about 10 rows on the Clapotis and only took the sock out to look at it today. Now, I plan on working on a headwrap pattern that's in my head. I'm going to use the "fire and ice' pattern from the Vogue Stitchionary as a base and come up with a pattern that works. I wanted to make the Dream Swatch wrap but I decided I could come up with something on my own.
I also dyed up a skein of yarn with Wilton cake icing dyes. It's watermelon and chocolate. I'm not totally happy with how it turned out, but I have a lot to learn about the dyeing business. I am ashamed to admit that I spent WAY to much on yarn the past few days so I have to not buy any more for a few months until I get all the stuff I have on my que knitted. I did indulge in some Lime & Violet today, and ordered some Blue Sky Alpaca's Cotton for a blanket and sweater I want to make. OK, there's one more little purchase I'm going to make from Etsy in a few days but that's IT!
I think I may have podcasted myself out. By that I mean that I've lstened to every current podcast in the knitting podcast world. Come on podcasters, put some new episodes up! I've listened to a ton lately and I'm almost sure I've heard everything I want to listen to. I actually watched a movie tonight (Girl Positive) and might catch up on a few shows while I work on my headwrap.
I'm completely PISSED at UPS tonight. I ordered a book from Amazon (Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs From Interweave) and paid for overnight shipping. I was just being greedy, I didn't really NEED it overnight, but I wanted it. Since we have Amazon Prime, it was only $3.99 to overnight it, so I thought why not? Well the idiots at UPS mis-sorted it last night and it stayed overnight in Seattle. Now come on, don't tell me they coulnd't find any other way to get it down here today. What a freaking joke. I emailed Amazon and told them I want my money back. I hope they get theirs back from UPS.

Socking along......

I'm working on the foot of the Saucy socks for my mom. Now I need her to measure her foot for me but I can't get a hold of her. Her internet is down, and since she has VOIP, her phone is down too. So she is only available on a cell and she frequently leaves it places. I've called her a few times but she's not answering.
So I'm back to knitting on the Rectangular Cover Shawl which totally sucks. I hate this thing so much. I'd let it fester in my UFO bin but it's a Mother's Day (obviously late) present for my step-mom so I really need to get it finished. I have about 3 1/2 more repeats of the 48 row pattern. Remind me to never do a pattern with a 48 row repeat again. It takes FOR-freaking-EVER!
I spent my morning helping at VBS, which really isn't my thing but I did it anyway. I wanted the boys to have something to do, and if Cee-Cee was going to stay, I had to stay too (they didn't have a group for toddlers except for workers' kids). All the while I was thinking about all the knitting I could have accomplished. It's interesting about obsessions. You know you are obsessed when you can't stop thinking about something. I know that statistics say that men think about sex every 10 minutes or something. I can top that with how much I think about knitting or knitting related things these days. My PT told me today that I am totally obsessed because part of my vacation was to visit yarn shops.
That reminds me, I did forego a yarn shop visit today. We were in St. Helens going to Wally world (the kids needed a new DVD/VCR) and we found a little yarn shop. I don't even know if it was open but I passed (don't faint) because he had a bunch of other things to do.
Must go knit on the neverending shawl...........

More yarn shopping and yarn porn at home waiting for me!

We went to a yarn store today in Kent called Renaissance Yarns. It was really a nice store. We got there about 5 minutes before it opened and there were about 8 people waiting to get in. I guess they had 2 classes going on this morning. I looked around alot. They had some of the nice Duet sock yarns, but only 2 in fingering weight and I wasn't fond of the colors. They had some DK that I liked but decided was too expensive. They were selling kits for the Mariner's Stitch and Pitch, with Mariners color sock yarns (I guess they were Duets) but you could only get the kit with the ticket and there's no way I'm going to get back up there for the game. I couldn't see paying $40 for a pair of socks and wasting the ticket. I suppose I could have tried to sell it or something.....
Anyway, we tried to find another store that was supposed to be in Burien but there wasn't a yarn shop there when we got there. Oh well.
We stopped at REI on our way home and I got my lovely Haiku bag, and I just want to hold it and stroke it.

IPOD socks

So yesterday in the car on the way up to Seattle I thought I'd make a sock for my IPOD. I had a pattern, but I didn't check to see if it would fit until I was almost done, and it ended up being huge. So today I decided to make up my own pattern for a snug fitting IPOD sock. I decided to make a "toe-up" sock and so I had to learn how to properly cast on. I remembered that I had seen on the knittinghelp.com site that someone had linked to Knitty's article on the magic cast on. So I pulled that up on the laptop and in less than 15 minutes I had it all figured out. So I'm making a cute little IPOD sock that has little cables and a lacy stripe up the middle. I think it's going to turn out nice.
I found out my Haiku bag is at the store in Hillsboro and I've convinced DH to take the long way home so we can stop and get it. I'm already drooling and I don't even have the bag in my hot little hands.
On a non-knitting note, we went to IKEA for the first time and dropped $550 on a bunch of crap. We actually did get 2 dressers to replace the one that DH and I share, and is falling apart. He's going to fix it (the drawers are broken) and give it to the boys and we each will have our own now. Whoopie! I'm tired of only having 3 drawers and they are always crammed full of crap. And my sock drawer has been sitting on top of the dog's crate for weeks now. We also got a bunch of other pretty nice stuff including a big butcher block cutting board for $10.

A fertile woman's worst nightmare

At least I wasn't wearing white pants.
So last night we went to a Mariners game in Seattle. We drove up yesterday after my PT appointment. We checked into the hotel, then headed to the stadium. When we got there we discovered we (ok, it was me) forgot the tickets and had to drive back to the hotel. Fortunately it wasn't that far away and we made it back in time.
Of course, any time we travel AF decides it's time to make a visit. During the game (right near the end) I felt a huge gush and knew that we had a problem. After the game I went up to the bathroom (with my supplies in tow) to discover that the big gush had left a huge stain on the back of my pants. And I had walked all the way to the bathroom like that. How freaking embarrassing. Fortunately I had my sweatshirt to tie around my waist, which left my arms uncovered and cold. At least I didn't look like a freak. But of course it was the only pair of pants I had brought so I was shopping for new pants last night at Walmart at 11:00 pm. It figures.
So today I got to check out a few LYS's here in the Renton area where we are staying. The first was Knittery, which was a nice little shop with a lot of easy to get yarns, and some really nice han dyed stuff. They had a skein of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Hawaii, the color I'm dying for, but since I would need 2 to make a pair of socks, I passed. I did get a size 2 40" Addi turbo to work on my socks, and some size 3 DPN's since it says to use a bigger size for the cuff. I had been doing them on 4's but I think they're going to be too big so I'm going to pull it out. They had some Della Q bags there, and in the color that I adore. But since I just bought the Haiku I couldn't see how I could convince DH that I needed 2 bags. We'll see once I get my grubby little paws on the Haiku though.
We then went to another shop, I think it was called Nancy's Knit shop. I wasn't impressed at all. They had Susan Bates needles, and yarn I could get anywhere. The fanciest yarn they had was Noro Kureyon.
There are 2 more shops I want to check out tomorrow. DH had to go do some work at the district office up here so I'm now sitting in the hotel with the kids and planning to knit on my socks.
So no new yarn porn yet, although I do have 2 skeins of Socks That Rock on the way. Oh, and my Haiku bag is waiting for me at the REI in Hillsboro. We may have to come home the longer way just so I can stop and get it.

Forgot the Yarn Porn

The first is Araucania Nature Wool in color #32. It's certainly not as soft as Malabrigo but will make something nice for winter.

The second is Fleece Artist Merino Socks in Baltic Sea Storm. Oh how I love this color. I acutally think it's not as dark as the picture from the website but I like it anyway.
The third is Fleece Artist Nova Sock in Fruit Punch. Brighter than I expected but will make some fun socks. These are my first Fleece Artist purchases.
The last 3 are Malabrigo worsted. The first one is Alpine Pearl, which is a nice soft blue/violet colorway. The second is Black Forest, which is mostly grays. I thought it would be lighter in color than this. The last is Velvet Grapes, which will be perfect to make something for my mom. Although she's allergic to wool. I hate that.
Enjoy the porn.

Lillehammer is done

I finished the Lillehammer hat today. It was quite easy and a fun quick knit. I had planned on casting on the Saucy socks today but haven't got around to it yet. I did knit a bit on the Rectangular Lace Shawl (BORING) and did a lot of listeining to Lime & Violet podcasts. DH brought me home these hideous huge headphones because the ear bud kinds all hurt my ears. I guess I have freakishly small ear canals or something. I ordered a new pair but I don't know if they will be here before we leave for our trip tomorrow.
The kids are driving me nuts and I'm glad for the 4 day diversion. I hope they are at least decent and sleep. It's always a crapshoot to see if a vacation will be restful or maniacal.
I'm going to try to cast on the Saucy socks now and get a bit of the cuff done. I hope I can do it.

Lillehammer

I'm nearly done with the Lillehammer. It's an easy knit and a fun pattern. I've enjoyed my first real venture into fair aisle and would definitely do it again. I would have finished it today if I didn't have a massive headache most of the day. Na-Na also had a dentist appointment this morning so that took up some time too.
I just discovered podcasts, and I'm totally hooked. I downloaded like 100 episodes today and believe it or not the TV was only on for 1 hour today (because I HAD to watch The Deadliest Catch season finale). Right now I'm listening to Knitters Uncensored. I'm going to make a list with the podcasts I like so if you're interested you can check them out.
Tomorrow I have nothing to do, so I will definitely get the hat done, and cast on the Saucy socks. I also want to make a quick IPOD cozy since I plan on taking the ipod with me on our little trip. I suppose this time I should knit a gauge swatch since I never do it. I did find that on the Lillehammer, I was right on gauge with rows per inch, but not on stiches per inch. I need to work more on gauge swatches. I've never bothered but I see the benefit of them. Plus, I have some of the samples of yarn that Cider Moon sent so I can use that for a gauge.

Yarntopia

Today I had my post-op check with Dr. Butler so I knew I had to go into town. On the way, I checked the mail and there were 2 packages full of yarn porn. I couldn't wait until we got to town to open them so I was opening them as I was driving down the road. Dangerous I know but I'm sure you understand my impatience. There were three skeins of Malabrigo in one package. One skein in Velvet Grapes, which is kind of burgundy and purple. One skein was Alpine Pearl, which is a lovely blue/lavender color. This one I will use for something for me. The last was Black Forest, which is a greeny/black. I'm going to use the purple to make something for my mom (she loves purple) and the Black Forest is to make something for my sister.
In the other package was 3 skeins of the Cider Moon yarn I ordered. Two are for the Lillehammer hat for R. (Dove and Johnny Cash) and the other is Jackie O., which will become a pair of socks for my mom. They were so nice that they sent me some lengths of Blimey free (for the contrast on the hat) and in the package were 6 little samples of different yarns they make. I was thoroughly impressed with their yarns and plan to order more.
I cast on for the Lillehammer hat tonight and I'm sure if I stayed up until 1 am I could have it done. It's an easy knit and I'm enjoying the fair isle style. I'm sure that R. will love it too as it's just her style. I'm still working on the rectangular scarf for J. and my mom's Clapotis. I have so many things I want to start on but I NEED to get the dumb scarf done. It's slow going because it's laceweight yarn. It will be a while before I take on that big of a project again.

Happy Day yarn

My yarn that I dyed yesterday is done and here it is. I decided to call it happy day because it's bright and sunny. The red is cherry Kool-Aid, the orange is orange (obviously) and the yellow is 2 packets of Lemonade. This was a good experiment in dyeing and I want to do some more. I needed more dye, and a better way to keep the colors from sneaking into areas I didn't want them. I think I might knit a pair of longies soakers for Cee-Cee for winter even though she won't be in diapers by then (I sure hope!). They'd still make cute pants.
I got my sample of yarn from Cider Moon today and now I'm impatiently waiting to get my yarn. Mom came over and we looked at about 10 bazillion sock patterns and I still think I'm going to end up making the ones from Cider Moon that I was originally going to make. We did print out a bunch of patterns so if I decide I like knitting socks I already have some patterns
I got a new book last night at Barnes and Noble called Cables Untangled. I really like it and I'm knitting the gauntlets for Rachel with one of the cable patterns. We'll see how it turns out.

My great idea

OK, the Andre scarf was a bust. I suck at intarsia. I think I spend about3 hours getting about 10 rows done (3 times over) before I threw in the towel. So I decided to knit R some gauntlets, a cabled scarf, and hat that match. Only I couldn't find a pattern I liked. So I got the great idea that I'll make one up as I go. But that was after I already ordered some Malabrigo for either the Fetching or Dashing gloves from Knitty. Darn, I guess I'll just have to find another use for that skein of Malabrigo.
In any case, I found a yarn co-op that co-ops 100purewool, and it's dirt cheap. It's already dirt cheap on the site but has to be sent from South America so the postage sucks. Anyway I ordered 10 skeins via the co-op and let's hope it gets to 500 skeins soon because I'm itching to start. Maybe if the pattern turns out good enough I'll submit it to Knitty or MagKnits. Or sell it. Who knows.
I'm trying to work on J's rectangular shawl but I didn't get much done today. H. was a pill and I had PT so that took up a lot of time. Tomorrow is playgroup at the park and I can take my knitting but who knows how much I might actually get done.
I'm going to give Kool-Aid dyeing a whirl tomorrow. I have a bunch of packets and 3 hanks of KP superwash sport to work with. I think I'll try one at a time. We'll see how it turns out. Stay tuned.

Nothing Interesting

Shit. I had about 1/2 my post done and I hit some button and it magically disappeared. I have terrible luck.
K. came over yesterday and I gave her the stuff I made for her and the girls. She loved it of course. She's such a great friend and I just wanted her to know how much I appreciate that. I can't wait to see R. wearing Anouk this fall.
I got the bare merino I ordered from KP today (along with the other goodies I had to add to get free shipping!). I bought Kool-Aid at the store the other day to dye it with. Now I just need to decide on a project to make with it. Hm..........Probably something for H.
I need to get working on the stuff for R. and for J. since their Pampered Chef stuff is coming here first. I think I'll work on J's shawl tonight.
I ordered some yarn from Cider Moon today to make their Lillehammer hat for R. for her birthday. It was last week, but I'm late as usual. She doesn't need it now anyway, but she's going to be stationed in Korea in September and it's cold there she says. Anyway, the pattern calls for a small amount of their "Blimey" color for a few rows of contrast. I didn't want to pay for a whole skein (it's spendy, although beautiful, stuff) so I just asked if they'd throw in a short piece and charge me like $1 or something. They promptly replied and said they'd throw it in for free, no problem. Isn't that great customer service? I can't wait to get their yarn. I also ordered a skein to make some socks for Mom. It'll be my first forray into adult socks (I did make the baby socks but those are a completely different story). I hope I don't screw them up too much.

May I present to you......

Anouk in all her glory. I put the cute little ladybug buttons on today and blocked it. Wow, did it straighten up nice when I steamed it lightly. I am totally in love with how this turned out. I used KP Shine Worsted in Terra Cotta for the main color (in case you are wondering, I was able to get by with 3 skeins, I ordered 4 and didn't need the 4th at all), Grass for the green, Crocus for the purple, and Watermelon for the red. I probably could have got by with finding scraps for the red as it only took a few yards.
K. is bringing over the girls tomorrow so I'll present her with her trio of gifts. I hope she loves them. She has been so helpful to me since my surgery and I just want to give her a token of my appreciation.
Now I think I'm going to try to knit some Saartje's booties tonight with the new sock yarn I got today. It's Panda Cotton from Crystal Palace. I had wanted the Strawberries and Limes color, but Littleknits was out when I ordered. Of course she got new stock in and now I HAVE to get me some. Since there's a minimum order at this store I guess I'll just HAVE to buy more yarn. LOL.

Anouk Conquered!

I finished Anouk today. OK, I still have to sew on the really cute ladybug buttons and block it, but I'm otherwise done. And dang if it isn't cute as a ladybug button. I'm getting a lot of knitting done lately which I like. But, now I have to go back to the two shawls I'm doing that I've been putting off. Only because they take so long. Then I'm going to make an OBEY scarf and a cool hat for R. for her birthday which was last Thursday. I'm the queen of the late gifts lately.
My Pampered Chef party will actually close tomorrow and right now I'm $6 away from my goal. There's one more person left who said she'd order (and E. will talk to her tomorrow morning) and then I'll have to hand over my credit card number. I've fouund a few more products to add to my order that I can't life without. Yeah right. Let's get real....all this stuff is pure "want" but the deal I'm getting is fabulous. And I'm excited about delivering all the neat stuff to everyone. It was a GOOD idea to have this party.
On a side note, it's been like 2 months since I've balanced my checkbook and it's such a mess I feel like throwing in the towel and just opening a new account. It's just going to take so long to figure it all out that I just give up. Supposedly Rivermark Credit Union is going to be offering a great new interest bearing checking account mid-month, so we might check it out. We can get DH's direct deposit changed, then just quit using our other account. Once everything clears we can close it out. Seems like a good way to "balance" to me.

Ready to mail

I got the super top secret project all done today. We went into town and did a marathon shopping trip and I got everything I needed. I did the matress stitch seam (for the fist time, might I add!) and sewed on the ribbon tie. It's all done and ready to mail out on Monday to my friend S. and her baby Lila. I'm sure it's too big for her to wear now, but that's good. They live in Florida and probably don't want to dress the baby in wool for the summer. It should fit for the fall/winter unless she grows as fast as her big brother did.
I started on Anouk last night and have the front done. I should probably be able to get the back done tomorrow and get it stitched up. It's really quite easy. If I get that done, then K., A., and R.'s presents are ready.
My Pampered Chef party closes tomorrow and I'm just shy of $500 right now. I have a few people I need to hit up for orders tomorrow, and if they don't buy anything I'm going to get something to make it up to $500. If I spend $15, I'll get another $30 in product credit plus another 5% off all my purchases so it's worth it. Now I have to find something I want though. Finding something I WANT is not hard, but I need to pare it down to what I NEED. I'm going to end up with about $300 worth of stuff for less than $100 though. Not too shabby.

Super Top Secret Project is done!

So the super top secret project is finally complete. My good friend S. (I'm sure she won't read this) recently had a baby girl. She didn't know the gender ahead of time so I knit her a nice green blankie for the baby with the intentions of knitting more items when the baby was born. Well much to my surprise (I had bet on boy) it was a girl. So I ordered this awesome Malabrigo yarn in the colorway of "Melilla". Normally I don't say people's names, but I got this yarn on purpose because the baby's name is Lila. Anyway, 4 days later and the project is done. The dress is Blossom from Magknits. The soaker is a free pattern from Fern anad Faerie. The socks were from a book called Knit Baby Head and Toes. I'm still not completely satisfied with how the socks turned out but I think I tried 3 bootie/sock patterns before I finally decided these were good enough.
I still need to seam the dress, but I need some ribbon for the side ties and I don't have any. I'll have to try to get into town this weekend so I can get this in the mail next week. I made the 3-6 month size so I still have lots of time but I hate seaming and the longer I wait the less likely it will get done before the baby turns 3.
For my next project, I'm starting Anouk. The pattern confused the heck out of me until I went to the designer's website and realized that the sides aren't seamed at all, it's just a pinafore. I did read that it was a pinafore, but it didn't sink in what that really meant.
I also found this great pattern from Cider Moon for a hat called Lillehammer that I think R. would love. I tried to buy some of their yarn but their site is down for a few weeks for vacation or something. Guess that will have to wait for now.
Cee-Cee was in an especially crabby mood today and refused a nap. Made mommy more tired and I didn't get as much done as I would have liked. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Super Top Secret Project--almost done

I have worked furiously the past few days on my super top secret project, hence no blog entries. I am finishing the last part of it probably tomorrow. Then I need to get some ribbon, sew up some seams, and I'll be done. I have LOVED working with this Malabrigo, and intend to buy a whole bunch more if I can ever find it at a good price. It's lovely soft stuff and knits up well. I'm sure the receiver of this project will love it.
If and when I get this done, I'm going to start on the Anouk. When I get that done I can give the Booga and the cardi to K. and her kids. I think Anouk will knit up pretty fast. Then when that's done I'll start on the dress for Hennessy.
But I still have the shawls for my mom and step mom to finish. Who knows when I'll get back to those. At least the Clapotis is interesting. The other one is boring as hell.
I'll get some pics posted of the Super Top Secret Project later as I'm sure the receiver won't see this.

Pampered Chef party

I had my Pampered Chef party today. I have another week to gather orders, but it should turn out pretty good. Somebody ought to come up with this sort of idea for knitters. Then I could get free yarn instead of free kitchen stuff. Oh well.
I didn't get much knitting done today but that's OK. It was hot and not a good day to knit anyway. I decided after dinner to start on a pair of bootees. It's a trial pair to see if this pattern will work with the yarn I have. If it works, then I'll make a few pairs. They seem to be going fast.
I didn't get pictures today of the cardi on Cee-Cee so I'll have to try for that tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be better so maybe she'll be cooperative. I wouldn't count on it though with a 2 1/2 year old.

Clapotis started

Here's a picture (although not a very good one) of the completed cardi. Tomorrow I'll put it on Cee-Cee and take a better picture. It turned out nicely. It was nearly midnight when I finished weaving in all the ends. I hate that part.
Today, I started on Clapotis. Na-Na had a baseball tournament that took up most of the day. I went along because I needed to do some shopping and go to the pharmacy in Banks. It was a super hot day and even though I spent most of the day in the shade I got burned. They lost the first game, and smoked the other team in the second game. All in all the boys had fun and that's what matters. After that, we had to rush home, change clothes, then go to the lake for the crossover ceremony for Cub Scouts. We all came home exhausted.
I got a lot done on the clapotis. I'm almost done with the "increase" rows. I have just 6 more rows to complete. I would have finished them tonight but I screwed up and had to pull out like 4 rows and I just couldn't knit any more today. I'm using Araucania Nature Cotton which is a very interesting yarn. It's going to end up being a REALLY heavy scarf. I expect that Mom will only use it in the winter.
I'm hosting a Pampered Chef party tomorrow afternoon. Anyone out there wanna buy some Pampered Chef stuff? Seriously, there' s probably only going to be 4 or 5 people there, but oh well. We're going to make chocolate trifle so that will be yummy.

Weaving in ends

All I have left on the cardi is to weave in the ends. This is about my least favorite part of finishing. It's 11:00 but I am determined to finish tonight. I made some modifications to the pattern. I didn't do the garter stitch edging on the sleeves or the bottom, and instead of knitting the edging like the pattern said, I knit an i-cord edging. It looks pretty good to me.
I got my Patagonia today, so Cee-Cee and I wound 8 balls of it. The hanks were a real mess and it took a long time. It would have been faster without a 2 year old "helping" me. I hope I can start the Clapotis tomorrow.
Na-na (my almost 7 year old, that's what his sister calls him) has 2 baseball games tomorrow so I guess the Clapotis will be my take-along project.
I ordered yarn today for my secret swap. I hope she likes it. I got a good deal on it so I was able to get her several different skeins.