I've been a busy little Bee.

Or should I say just B? Anyways, I have been working like mad to complete my secret projects. Both of them to be debuted at our SNB holiday party.

I am rather excited about finishing the knitted secret project. Just 8 or so inches left to do. Then I just have finishing. Not too worried about that. I love to do the matress stitch.

Not feeling very much like typing today so I will leave you with some tips that I stumbled across. I love the idea for the first one... I am going to try this out and see how it works...

Happy Knitting..

I am working on a secret project.

Just in time for my "don't have anything I want to knit" blues. I have taken on a secret project that I am quite fond of. I can't anything about it, but hopefully I will have it finished to show everyone at the Holiday Party.

Speaking of which I am just finishing up on my gift. I am really excited about giving it away!

I have also been working on Matthew's hat. It is going kind of slow because it is on size 5 dpn's. They are plastic and the yarn is really soft and it keeps slipping right off. I think that if I have time later tonight I will make a little trip up to Joann's Etc. and get some wooden ones.


Will try to post more later tonight.... so stay tuned

Happy Knitting.

All I want for Christmas is...

I really was hoping to get a spinning wheel this Christmas but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. I am going to have to save up the dough for it. Which all in all I really don't mind. I kind of wanted to buy it for myself anyways.

My sister's are on their way over today and we are going to finish up present buying. I have a few people on my list for the non knitted recipients. What are they you ask? Oh, well let me show you...
Josh - tickets to the James Bond Exhibit.
Scott is getting the book Celebrity Skin.
Scotty a gift certificate to the mall (he is 15...what better gift than money to spend with your friends)
Logan wants a fork for his Bike (it holds the front wheel on...I didn't know until a few months ago that there were special ones....)
Sheyenne is getting C.D.'s and a purse that she drooled over at Mervyn's.
And Jamie, well I really have no idea for Jamie. If you want to give me suggestions I will take em!

Am I becoming a bad blogger?

I have been kind of lazy about posting lately. Sorry there is no excuse for that. I had to give back the camera I was using, so all you get is scanned stuff again.

The little hat that I am working on for Matthew is coming along nicely. The beginning of the pattern seems really messed up but it really does work!!!! I have also decided that I am going to knit a shell out of the new book, too. I can't remember the name of it, but it is the one that has the dropped stitches.

I am getting a new phone on Monday and it is a camera phone. I know it won't be the greatest of quality of pictures but it will be better than scanned pics all the time.

Oh, one last thing to tell... I have decided to have a knitalong... Actually it is going to be a "FINISH YOUR SKULLY" knitalong. Shannon (from my SNB group) and I both have unfinished skully sweaters that we aren't too excited about finishing. So, I am going to make a group in yahoo groups and get that going. Leave me a comment or email me and let me know if you want to join. I will have more about it later, but it will more than likely be starting after the new year and maybe prizes!!!

Happy Knitting.

To keep you interested...

I was talking with Jen tonight, she had said that she hated posting when she has no pictures. (IS THIS A HINT?!?!) Just Kidding!!!!

Well, just in case it was here is a little viewing of what I have been working on.





These are Matthew's slippers. I think that they are sooo cute. I just have to finish the sole of one foot and then felt them.

I am going to start working on this for Matthew, too:







but he is such a puppy kind of kid, so I am changing the colors and making the ears as puppy ears. I know that I saw a site somewhere that had a pattern, I just have to find it.
I am using these colors and the picture is actually showing the blue as it really is.




So, I had some interest in what my holiday gift was going to be... I will give you all a small clue...





Have a great night and Happy Knitting!

not too much to say.

As requested by my sister I am making Matthew a pair of felted slippers. They are quite cute. It is hard to believe that they are going to shrink down that much. I can fit my foot inside of it. It is stretched a little bit, but I can still fit my foot in it. It is nice, once again to have a knitting to do list. I was getting antsy for a little while. I am planning on getting to my "Flapper Scarf". I also need to head up to Jessica Knit's to get a skein of yarn... I am working a split shift so I might do that right now.


Happy Knitting.

Yarn used for sister's slippers: $12.00





Yarn used for Grandma's washcloth's: $20.00





Yarn used from stash for scarf: $0.00





Getting all your Christmas knitting done by November 30th: PRICELESS!

The picture above has almost all the presents in there. I forgot Pat's slippers at work today. They are done. I just need to dye them. Also, the red thing is a wrap. It kind of blends together. The dark blue square next to it is Martha's satchel... I will bring it to the holiday party so there is a better view of it. That is Maggie in the lower right hand corner. Next to Amy's foot. ( sorry I was too lazy to crop it out)

Some other pictures I think are worth showing to ya'll:






The ornament for my aunts and uncles this year. I just couldn't get any idea to work, so I went for super simple.

The rest are pictures of my salon.







Happy Knitting....

almost done...

Well, today was quite a productive day for me. I went to my sister's today. She helped me sew the lining for Martha's bag. I just have to sew it into the bag now. That will be a piece of cake. I also was able to get the ties done on Jessica's shrug. I just have to cut them to a proper length, as they are quite long. Finished up most of Pat's slippers. I just have to sew the soles onto the foot part. I will probably get that done tonight. I also have just one slipper left to do for my sister Amy. Not too bad huh?

Pat's slippers are going to be dyed. My SO Amy has told me that she doesn't like the colors and because they are going to her mom that she decides the color. :) So, although I am liking the colors quite well, I am going to dye them a forest green. I am going to do this before I felt them, but after they are sewn up.

I gave a shout out to my Crocheting instructor, Pam, but she did let me know that I should have said that it was my first piece. It is kind of blobby. So, I will give her the correct props now. I have been trying to learn to crochet since I was 14. My mom couldn't teach me so I ended up learning to knit when I was 15. I have had a bazillion people try to teach me how to crochet since then and I was finally able to turn the light on with Pam's help. She is a wonderful teacher!

So, there is not too much else to say. I don't have real work tomorrow. We are learning about a new color line, so I have 6 hours of sitting on my rear... YAY?!?!?!? Oh, I almost forgot... Congratulations Brooke on that cute little boy...

Happy Knitting to all...

OODLES AND OODLES OF PICTURES

Today is a great day... WHY? Well, just look below... I have pictures galore for you viewing pleasure....

1) I got this in the mail today!!! YIPPPEE!!!!




2) I learned how to crochet! THANK YOU PAM!!!!!

3) I was able to a yarn swap with Alison and started Pat's slippers! The colorway is much nicer than it looks!

4) The colorway for my sister's slippers. It, too looks nicer in person than it does in the pic.

5) I found out that Amber really likes a scarf that I had... She kept asking her mom if I was making her a scarf for Chirstmas...one like mine... hoping that I would get the hint...so the hint was taken...Star Tat Scarf has been put on the back burner and she is getting this one for Christmas.

I have my idea planned for the Christmas gift exchange. Nope, nothing knitted and nope, not gonna tell anyone of ya... Although, if they turn out nice, I think that I might see if I can start selling them in yarn stores... Hmmmm.... I haven't seen anything like this out there, so I think I have the corner on the market...
Off to work on the slippers. Happy Knitting...

You are getting sleepy....

I am so tired of work. I love my job, but I am getting tired of the place. I have only 1 day off this week because there are only two of us that can cut hair. I am hoping that my boss will let me off early today but I doubt it. Granted I do work a short shift, but I want to just have two whole days off. I don't know when my next day off is either because Monday we have a color class and that is considered as a day off. Nice, huh? Oh, well no more whining about that place because when it comes down to it, I really do love being there!


I had a good day yesterday. We went to Amy's sister's house and my then to my sister's house. Got home at about 9:30 and then I crashed. My sister's decided to go and do the day after Thanksgiving shopping. I am soo sad because I wanted to be there with them.... Oh, well..

I got the new version of Kim's slippers done. I must say that these work up faster than anything else I have done. I am going to felt them to see how they turn out but, I think that they will be really nice... I talked it over and I am knitting anything for Amy's grandparent's. Thank goodness. I love making Christmas ornaments so I decided that I am going to make a few for them.

Off to work today...
Happy Knitting.

I will see you all at Jessica Knits tonight.

This is why you should buy patterns...

Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of great free patterns that are available to us on the web. A lot of these patterns have mistakes in them. When you buy a pattern, you don't purchase just the pattern, you are purchasing the fact that all the mistakes have been edited out. I know, I know I will admit that there are definitely times when you and I have both scratched our heads and began wondering what the pattern editors were smoking when they ok'ed a pattern. But I will stand by my belief that you get what you pay for...Case in point the Fuzzyfeet Slippers. I am not the only one who has had problems with this pattern, check this blog here,but more importantly here...

I had my sister try on her slippers and we both got a wonderful laugh out of it. They fit her fine but the looked like little green flippers and they are so wide that when she walked in them they started falling off her feet. It was so sad. So, as I have been complaining too much about this pattern I bought a new slipper pattern today. This is from Fiber Trends (# AC-15)





I hope that these turn out okay. I am thinking that with my left overs I will make Matthew some.

Alison, I know that you wanted a free jester hat pattern but I thought that this could help...

Anyways, I am off to go make pies for Thanksgiving tomorrow. I am leaving you with 10 things I am thankful for as I am not going to be posting tomorrow.

1) My family
2) My ability to love
3) My job
4) That I live in a Democracy
5) Knitting
6) My friends
7) Intelligence
8) My adoring fans( okay they are my cats and my dog)
9) Being able to create
10) Knowing that if I have a dream of doing something I can achieve it.

Color me bad...

I had my first hair color disaster today. She wanted the whole zebera stripe highlight and the ones that I gave her were a little too blended for her tastes..Basically put...I gave her pretty but she wanted trashy. Oh well, I dealt with it.

I got invited to a cookie exchange and I am super duper excited about it. I love baking for the holidays...my sisters and I do it every year. I am bringing Cinnamon rosettes. I will post the recipe for them later...(Yeah right...she said that about the patterns too!!!...NO, I really mean it this time...I will post all of them!)

I haven't done much knitting lately. I have been too frustrated. Work has been crazy. I also have to frog the slippers that I am knitting. I am going to have to re knit them and I am not looking forward to it.... I think that I am going to get a new pattern though. I just am not happy about how big the ankles felted. They are huge!

Not much more to say. We are having friends over for dinner and I have to clean. I haven't done any real cleaning in about 3 weeks, so it's a good thing that they are coming over at 9 tonight!

Happy Knitting!

Why did I agree to this?

This afternoon I was talking to Amy and I ended up agreeing to knit her Grandparents and her Aunt Christmas presents. I know that she wanted something that was heartfelt for them and I knew that she was a little jealous that my Grandparents got handknit items. So I am adding two more to my Christmas list...and here I was thinking I would get it all done by the end of November. Not that I am making difficult things, Aunt Caren is getting a knit hat and Grandma and Grandpa are getting knit dishcloths. I have stash that I can use up so I am not too worried about the cost. I just want to get them done in time for shipping... So once again here is another list...

Christmas

1. Line Martha's bag
2. Sew ribbons onto Jessica's shrug
3. Knit 3 more washcloths for Amy's G & G
4. Knit cap for Aunt Caren
5. Finish Kim's slippers
6. Finish Pat's slippers
7. Finish Amber's scarf
8. BREATH!

Happy Knitting!

I don't want to go to work today...

It is raining and it dreary and I just want to sit at home and lounge in front of the t.v. and watch nothing all day long. But no, I have to go to work today. I wish that our salon was like all the others and I had Monday off. I don't know when my next day off will be. There are only two of us now and my boss hasn't told us what our schedule was going to be like. She just said to be there at 11:00 and she will have the schedule up by then. GRRR.. more later. I am going to frog the slippers tonight. Not looking forward to it but oh well. I have to do what I have to do!

Happy Knitting.

update on presents

I felted my first pair of slippers this morning. Not too impressed with how they came out. They are kind of big and lumpy bumpy. How come mine don't look as good as others? Maybe I should rip out what I have done and re knit it with two strands together? They just seem kind of flimsy and not warm at all. Hmmm. I don't know... I wish I had a camera to show you them but I don't sorry.

knit for me baby, uh huh , uh huh

I got requests last night for knitting. Specifically from Amy. She wants a cap with a bass clef on it. I also got asked by a friend if I would knit her something for Christmas like a purse or a scarf or just something.... I don't know how to feel about this. In one way I am honored that people think that I am good enough to make them something, but in another way, I feel like most people don't know the time and effort put into knitting something. Amy will get her cap. She deserves it. I just don't know when I will have the time to do it. I had heard that there is actually dye out there that glows in the dark. I was thinking that I could do the bass clef in the glow in the dark yarn, but I was thinking that it might be kind of cheezy! Hmmmm... what do you all think?

I had a good time at the knit in. There were only 5 of us that showed up...Nick came a little later and stayed for a while. I wish that it would have turned out more people, but it is always nice to meet up with people in smaller group settings. You just get to talk more, and your throat isn't sore afterwards.

I started on my 3rd pair of fuzzy slippers. (remember I forgot the first one at work) It is pink with a white cuff. To match the gloves that my sister ISN'T getting! I also started working on my present for the holiday gift exchange... I am not sure if I am liking how it is turning out, but I will keep working on it before I decide to frog so quickly.

Thanks for having us there Alison. You are wonderful. Ladies (and Nick) I had a good time last night!

Happy Knitting

Becky

two down, four to go....

I finished up with my first pair of fuzzy feet felted slippers. They still need to be felted, though. I also got to the gusset of the 1st slipper in pair number two. I was hoping to work on that tonight, but I left it at work. D'OH. I have two size 10 1/2 circs so I will try the other pair out on that. I don't know why I didn't do that before. Sometimes I just don't think. Anyways, I hope to see some of you tonight. I am not going to be staying the night as I have work tomorrow but I plan on staying late! Happy Knitting!

What goes up must come down...

How is it that after a great day, it always ends up that the next day is crappier than normal? Don't want to go into super long stories, but had a fight with the car loan officer at the bank today. I got told two different pay off amounts. They of course wanted to keep the higher amount! After arguing for 30 minutes with her, I get a call from work asking if I can come in because Jean and Lindsay have gotten into an argument and Jean quits. (okay, not that I am all that upset about Jean leaving because she is CRAZY but it still is frustrating.) I come home. I have locked myself out of my car not the escape, but my crappy little jetta. GGRRRRR!!!

I don't want to dwell on that anymore. I turned the heel on slipper number two and I am working on the gusset. I think if I try hard enough I can get it done tonight! yay!

Oh, I know that I asked a few of you last night about this, but I was wondering.... how many are knitting something for the holiday party and how many are getting a knitting related item?

Happy Knitting!

Taaa Daaa!

So, what do you think? I learned how to use photobucket for my pics. So much easier than picasa. Yippee! These are for my grandma's Christmas present. I am pretty sure she will like them. They are cotton chenille, how could anyone not like them?!?!?! Simple pattern... You can find it anywhere on the net... Look for fancy dishcloth or grandma's favorite dishcloth...

I went to the knit in at Jessica Knits tonight. Jessica is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I was talking with some of the gals from my SNB and realized that my last few posts have been kind of grumpy... Sorry about that... no real reason... I have just been feeling down in the dumps. I am giving you two lists tonight...

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS LEFT

1. Kim's slippers
2. Amy's slippers
3. Pat's slippers
4. Amber's scarf

TEN THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT

1. Having an FO
2. Getting a great job
3. Matthew saying my name for the first time
4. My dog Maggie
5. Getting a great haircut
6. Getting signed up for TiVo
7. Getting published in a book
8. Cooking
9. My cat's Pepper Ann and Moose
10. Life.....

Happy Knitting!