Now…on to the reason I’ve been so quiet lately. Let’s see…Monday night I was asleep by 10pm. I’ll get into the dress/outfit details tomorrow from work maybe, don’t feel like getting into it now. Tuesday night I had a guild meeting for the Montreal Knitting Guild. At the meeting I cast on for Mike’s birthday hat since his wife VERY patiently faxed me a photocopy of a hat he wears currently so I could get the proper sizing. I worked on the hat at the meeting and by the end of the night (at home) I’d finished the ribbing and the same height of the hat itself (which would be hidden behind the ribbing once it was folded up to be worn). Last night I finished the hat. Then I ripped it out, all the way down to that hidden part I just mentioned. Turns out that the way I’d arranged my decreases brought the hat in too much, too soon. By the end it was a snug fit even on me. Oh, did I not mention I’m flying without a pattern here? It’s fun working from scratch! Since I can tell you without a doubt that this is my own pattern with no outside influence, no help, no shaping info from another source, NOTHING, I will be posting this as a free pattern soon. I will actually be making a little collection of free patterns and posting them, as a little “thank you” to those who visit me and choose to come back. Since the birthday party is tomorrow night I had to get a move-on, and when I got home tonight I sat down and knit my little butt off. Voila! A black hat any man would wear.

Now…on to the reason I’ve been so quiet lately. Let’s see…Monday night I was asleep by 10pm. I’ll get into the dress/outfit details tomorrow from work maybe, don’t feel like getting into it now. Tuesday night I had a guild meeting for the Montreal Knitting Guild. At the meeting I cast on for Mike’s birthday hat since his wife VERY patiently faxed me a photocopy of a hat he wears currently so I could get the proper sizing. I worked on the hat at the meeting and by the end of the night (at home) I’d finished the ribbing and the same height of the hat itself (which would be hidden behind the ribbing once it was folded up to be worn). Last night I finished the hat. Then I ripped it out, all the way down to that hidden part I just mentioned. Turns out that the way I’d arranged my decreases brought the hat in too much, too soon. By the end it was a snug fit even on me. Oh, did I not mention I’m flying without a pattern here? It’s fun working from scratch! Since I can tell you without a doubt that this is my own pattern with no outside influence, no help, no shaping info from another source, NOTHING, I will be posting this as a free pattern soon. I will actually be making a little collection of free patterns and posting them, as a little “thank you” to those who visit me and choose to come back. Since the birthday party is tomorrow night I had to get a move-on, and when I got home tonight I sat down and knit my little butt off. Voila! A black hat any man would wear.

Now…on to the reason I’ve been so quiet lately. Let’s see…Monday night I was asleep by 10pm. I’ll get into the dress/outfit details tomorrow from work maybe, don’t feel like getting into it now. Tuesday night I had a guild meeting for the Montreal Knitting Guild. At the meeting I cast on for Mike’s birthday hat since his wife VERY patiently faxed me a photocopy of a hat he wears currently so I could get the proper sizing. I worked on the hat at the meeting and by the end of the night (at home) I’d finished the ribbing and the same height of the hat itself (which would be hidden behind the ribbing once it was folded up to be worn). Last night I finished the hat. Then I ripped it out, all the way down to that hidden part I just mentioned. Turns out that the way I’d arranged my decreases brought the hat in too much, too soon. By the end it was a snug fit even on me. Oh, did I not mention I’m flying without a pattern here? It’s fun working from scratch! Since I can tell you without a doubt that this is my own pattern with no outside influence, no help, no shaping info from another source, NOTHING, I will be posting this as a free pattern soon. I will actually be making a little collection of free patterns and posting them, as a little “thank you” to those who visit me and choose to come back. Since the birthday party is tomorrow night I had to get a move-on, and when I got home tonight I sat down and knit my little butt off. Voila! A black hat any man would wear.

This is the bag that Angela’s markers came in. How cool is this? You register the bag online and can track where its been. I went to check, and I’m the first person to register this particular wrap sack. I can’t wait to send it out and watch its’ progress around the world!

This is the bag that Angela’s markers came in. How cool is this? You register the bag online and can track where its been. I went to check, and I’m the first person to register this particular wrap sack. I can’t wait to send it out and watch its’ progress around the world!

This is the bag that Angela’s markers came in. How cool is this? You register the bag online and can track where its been. I went to check, and I’m the first person to register this particular wrap sack. I can’t wait to send it out and watch its’ progress around the world!

First of all, I received some stitch markers in the mail! I love getting stuff in the mail! These were part of a swap I participated in. The blue ones are from Elaine in California, and the multi-colored ones are from Angela in Virginia. I love them! I’m nuts for blue, and look at the cool (as in not hot) tones of the glass ones! (I accidentally dropped one on the floor right after taking this pic, luckily nothing broke.) I can’t wait to use them! And thank you to both for them, and an extra thank you to Angela for sending me not 5 markers like was asked, but 6! 🙂

First of all, I received some stitch markers in the mail! I love getting stuff in the mail! These were part of a swap I participated in. The blue ones are from Elaine in California, and the multi-colored ones are from Angela in Virginia. I love them! I’m nuts for blue, and look at the cool (as in not hot) tones of the glass ones! (I accidentally dropped one on the floor right after taking this pic, luckily nothing broke.) I can’t wait to use them! And thank you to both for them, and an extra thank you to Angela for sending me not 5 markers like was asked, but 6! 🙂

First of all, I received some stitch markers in the mail! I love getting stuff in the mail! These were part of a swap I participated in. The blue ones are from Elaine in California, and the multi-colored ones are from Angela in Virginia. I love them! I’m nuts for blue, and look at the cool (as in not hot) tones of the glass ones! (I accidentally dropped one on the floor right after taking this pic, luckily nothing broke.) I can’t wait to use them! And thank you to both for them, and an extra thank you to Angela for sending me not 5 markers like was asked, but 6! 🙂

After dinner Koko came over and the 3 of us watched Waiting. I love Ryan Renolds. Funny movie. Don’t watch it if you ever want to eat in a restaurant again. I needed something to knit during the movie and wanted to pay attention to the Clapotis pattern but the movie actually makes you watch more often than not, so I made up a little swatch. It’s dk weight yarn and I didn’t measure it yet, so I’m not sure if I get the 19st/25row gauge the pattern calls for, but you know what? It’s a scarf. I’m not worried. If you look closely you can see how the bottom is plied with paler colors, and it gets more red in the middle, and as it gets towards the top it starts being plied with some purple. I can’t wait to see the shots of blue and green pop in. I really, really love this colorway. There is a sheen to the yarn that is probably ‘cus it’s acrylic but I swear if I look really close at it I think it’s silk. I think I’m really going to enjoy knitting this. I hope it doesn’t stick for the dropped stitches.