2/9

Our day out yesterday was fun. Luckily we have a nice suv that does great in the snow. Some roads were still not passable while others had become one-way.

A lot of people were still digging out. On the way to the mall area we realized we really did get a lot of snow.
What normally would have been a packed shopping area with traffic and so on was pretty quiet. Even the drive there was peaceful.

It was nice to be able to shop and be the only other family in the store. We were in search of snow pants for munchkin and boots for me. Luckily after 5 stores we found her some nice columbia snow pants. Boots for me unfortunately there were none. Stores already had swimsuits out so what did we expect. It ws nice to get out of the house mainly. Munchkin and I had been in there for a week.

Last night I worked on the cowl.

It’s coming along. I will have more snow days ahead to work on this. Today another storm is coming through. Being so tired from our out and about yesterday we managed to take a long nap this afternoon. When we woke up the snow had not started yet.
Maybe tomorrow we will wake up to another 2 feet.

2/4

We are bracing ourselves for an extreme snow event. Camera is ready to go to snap pictures of the world ending here while massive amounts of snow fall. Surprising they announced it this morning that we are going to be under a winter storm warning tomorrow morning. So our trip to the grocery store for the usual end of week stuff was very unpleasant. Not to mention munchkin has been out of school all week with pink eye, ear infection, and sinus/ upper respiratory infection so this trip was double fun. I could have waited for the hubby to come home tonight at 7pm, but there probably would be no food in the store. Crazy selfish people in that store. Munchkin got run over by the woman in line behind us 3 times. She is really good about sticking up for her little self which I thought was wonderful because I just have that emotional hormonal thing going and don’t want to deal with people.
I’m in the crazy stage.

Think I beat the nausea and exhaustion. My husband calls these my crazy socks. Think he’s just jealous he didn’t get a pair. I wore them yesterday during my packing event. I packed so much and cleaned out so much it was crazy.

Last night I cast on for another scarf like project. It’s Kim’s Infinity Cowl. I just love that color she used. For me I’m using grey and white wool that I had made a vest with. I ripped the vest a long time ago and this yarn (which I can’t remember what it’s called) basically shredded. It’s really pretty and wintery in color, nice to work with, but horrible if you have to rip out.

It’s fuzzy stuff now.

1/29

I have been soooo tired these past few days. I’ve had so much to do around the house but then I take a break and sit down for a minute then lights out. Luckily I’ve woken up before I have to pick up the munchkin from school but I still just have wasted a week it seems.
Anyways last night I started a really neat scarf from my new Knit Simple magazine.

It’s called the Accordion Scarf and so far I’m enjoying it.

I’m using Caron Simply Soft in Truffle. Which yes is a pretty cheap acrylic yarn but it’s so soft. I made a bag a while back using this same yarn and was happy with the results. So this will be my knitting for the next few days.

We have a pretty busy weekend with people coming over to see the house and I’m going to start officially packing non-essentials. Last week I manage to give away a lot of things to and this week it was toys and kids clothes munchkin had grown out of. This week should be fun (sarcasm) if I can stay awake long enough to get anything done. I’m almost over that point where I shouldn’t feel exhausted or dizzy anymore, and maybe if I’m lucky that will be in a week.

1/22

Friday is Ikea day. We have started going to Ikea so that the munchkin can play in smallworld for a bit while I walk around looking for things. Organization stuff, material for stuff, and stuff I really just don’t need. I really like Ikea. I could spend hours there and it seems I can’t ever have too much.

I have recently been adoring the baby items. This floor blanket is the neatest thing. A friend of mine is due next month so I am thinking about loading up on some of this stuff for a trip to visit. I would knit up some baby items for her but my time has run out.

Next months trip has more meaning then seeing a new baby. It is also going to be a busy weak of planning and visiting in preparation for when we move. We are trying to sell our house and move 500 miles north. It’s craziness. Unfortunately my husband is being laid off at the end of Feburary and along with over 1000 other technicians in this area who would all like too give the Union a peice of their minds. It’s unfortunate because the only reason we moved to and stayed in this area was because of his job. However there is a brighter side to it such as we always wanted to move back closer to our families.

So it’s been a frustrating yet exciting time that was announced prior to x-mas. Unbelievable I know. This trip will be fun because it has been over a year since we have been there. might be even longer then that. Even though its a much smaller city, there is so much more to do. I have already planned some activities for the munchkin and some possible playdates to meet some new friends. I really want to get her into school up there before the end of the school year so she can make friends for the summer.

1/20

It has been over a year since I left my blog. A lot of ups and downs during last year. Some stories are too long to go into and might be a books worth of wording, so I will fill you in bit by bit. Knitting and craftiness took a back seat to everything else and now I feel as though I’ve come over a huge mountain and found my knitting kneedles again. I see many things on my to do list and want list but I’m just going to take it day by day. I am hoping that I can rebuild my blog. I will try to post on a daily basis and notice I said try.

My first completed hat of 2010.

Mushroom
I really enjoyed this pattern. I did make my hat a little shorter then what was needed and I am happy with it.
Just used one skein of Lion Brand Thick n’ Quick.

TGI..December

I can’t believe how time has flown.  This time of year is so tough because we live so far from family.  We missed out on another big turkey day with the fam.  DH had to work anyways so we had our thanksgiving on Friday. If I really tried I’m sure I might have been able to not-burn-the-house-down cooking the turkey. But I have never cooked one before by myself and he really likes cooking it so i just let him do it.
I had a lot of other things going on this past month that just seemed to eat up the time. So I have not had the time to blog about things or knitting things.

Another cowl from a pattern seen on ravelry. Which I’ve search for and now can’t find. But If I do I will post it because I love the look of the pattern.

Still need to wash and weave in the ends but I do like the colors.

I also finished the scarf and Little Miss Peanut has been wearing it around the house.

I like how this turned out but it’s more of a cool day scarf and not winter one. Or maybe to wear as an accessory kind of thing. Peanut likes it because its shiny and princesses where shiny things she says.

She has been going back to the princess dress up and ect. She was going through a tools working on my bike thing. So now I’m an confused about what Santa should bring her. However she has been asking me when she sees my knitting is that for her nowadays. I think I’m going to have to whip up some knitted stuff for her.

Old and new

This will be a picture-less post again.  

Yesterday my 2 year old computer died.  We had the “moo” type and I am sad that it no longer wants to boot up.   I did have one last chance to get pictures off but didn’t get any files.  I think if I try one more time it just might give me the chance to get them, but not today. 

 Today is for taking a tour of that whole new ”moo” experience with its new software.   Should be nice.  (sarcasm)   I really want to stress how important it is to get a warranty for times like this.  All the nerdy guys at the store (you know who they are) shook their heads at us about NOT having a warranty on the old “moo”. 

 It was a joke to DH, “oh you don’t want the warranty…(whisper) ok see you in two years”.  Not funny at all seeing as he thought ” eh we don’t need that warranty this is a really good computer so it will last awhile”.

  Now the new “moo”  has a warranty.   It also has all the bells and whistles and an extreme graphics card that the DH had to have so that he can watch or record tv on it.   I think that’s nice.  (more sarcasim)

I miss the old “moo”  that didn’t ask me a question everytime I wanted to do something.    AND the old “moo” was compatible with everthing unlike new “moo” which has a problem with everything…..like the printer….and me.

Day off

I could/should be doing laundry, raking leaves, painting, or cleaning something.   But I’m taking the day off.  I’ve already ventured to the store and picked up a bike pump and a new recycled backback for Peanut.  So I have accomplished something today.  (I also had an itch to buy some yarn which I don’t need and is not in my budget yet I managed to drag myself back home.)   Other then that I might knit or maybe watch a movie.    I just need a me day. 

I finished my Yo Drop It scarf and was happy with it until DH gave it a look.   I like it but he thought it was colorful.  Meaning too colorful but this is coming from someone who won’t wear a shirt unless it is blue or grey.   I admit I’m not thrilled about the gold and which I previously mention but I like the colors.  I’ll post a pic next time.  I am going to start another neckwarmer today, maybe.   

  Tomorrow is a big day and it could mean changes.  I hope for the best.

Belated HH

We had a fun Halloween.   It was very very quiet.  Around here we do not have many trick or treaters and I think that is sadly caused by many homes being so dark on this street.  Dark meaning the people hide in there house for 4-5 hours so they don’t have their doorbell rang.   We on the other-hand handed out a large popcorn tin filled with candy to maybe 9 kids.   Handfuls of candy to each.   There was only one other house on our street that had pumpkins out and maybe 5 with lights on.   I guess that’s just how it is around here but it is very different from where I grew up.  

 

So Peanut went to the 5 houses and tricker treated with her dad.  While I watched out for the treaters which I had 2 during my watch.   Peanut didn’t mind having only five houses to go to.   She had a busy day of treating at school around the college and a Halloween party.    She has a giant container of candy and she had a great time at her party.   The after dinner treating was just a little extra to her.

Her favorite part was picking out the pumpkin faces. We found them here.

Another Halloween treat was getting the parts from the bicycle company. Her bike was missing some important parts.Rather then return the bike I called the bike manufacturer and requested them to send the fittings for the tires and petals.

So what do you get from a bike manufacturer when you request 8 little parts?

Everything that those little parts connect to the bike. Minus the rubber tires and tubes. I specifically only asked for the fittings but was informed they send everything used in that area of the bike. So now we have spares.

Monday

Peanut is home from school today. She has a cold or something going on and hasn’t slept well all weekend. It could either be two things, a cold or allergies. She has been a pretty healthy kid and I was pretty lucky that she wasn’t a sickly baby. Being around other kids is building up her immune system and so I understand she is going to get sick and shes going to be miserable. But she also is dehydrated and even though she wanted to stay at school today I felt that it would be better that she spend the day at home with me and get lots of fluids. Of course today was picture day so we had to go this morning. Couldn’t miss that and she wasn’t coughing or sneezing on anybody. She didn’t have a temp or anything so I’m leaning more towards thinking its allergies. I think it might have been some autumn themed smelly candles I bought from Ikea on Friday. Which they are now put away to test my theory.
I actually have a versatile FO to show.

or this way

Neck-warmers seem to be a popular project going around. I searched on ravelry and found a few patterns to try. I ended up trying this pattern. I only had one ball of tahki baby and the yo weren’t looking to good with the bulkiness of the yarn. So I decided to use some of the pattern like the garter stitch edges but fill the in-between stitches with my own pattern. I also decided to add buttons on the edge instead of seaming it together. However there are no button holes. the buttons can be just slipped through the edge stitches or just about anywhere in the neck-warmer so that i can fold it any way I want. So instead just having a loop it can be triangle shaped like this.  (Just an example from ravelry of another pattern I really wanted to use.)
the buttons were also sewn right onto the cast of edge so that I could have either side of the knitting showing. Very versatile, quick, and easy.

Pattern I used:
US 17 needles
1 ball of tahki baby

Cast on 15 stitches.
First row knit first stitch but every row after first stitch will be slipped.
Row 1: Sl 1, K4, P1, K3, P1, K5
Row 2: Sl 1, K2, *p1,K1* repeat 3 times , P1, K3
Work until desired length and then cast off and sew buttons on the end. Make sure buttons will slip through stitches easily but not too easily.

I’ve already been wearing it around the house to try it out and it is cozy. Peanut has also requested one in yellow, her favorite color.

While watching Ironman I made progress on this scarf.

This is the third pattern try with this yarn. The pattern is Yo Drop It from S&B Nation. Very simple and seems to be working out nicely. I think I might have enough yanr to change the edge on the ends to something a little more decrotive like a scalloped edge or something.