Summertime socks

Annette is marinating in the knitting basket. I realized knitting 2 different lace patterns was the fastest way to make myself guano loco. So Annette cools her heels while I finished the Diagonal Lace Scarf.

Project specs: less than one skein of Berroco Sox Metallic in color 1350 (blues and greys) knit on #7 Inox needles. I knit, knit, and knit until I thought it was long enough. It blocked out to almost 6'! Plenty long enough to wrap and knot!

I didn't want to take Annette to Phoenix's knit night, so I threw some Cherry Tree sock yarn and #1 needles in my knitting bag. I cast on for the next pair of Breast Cancer Care Socks: I hope these anklets make someone as happy as my knitting them does!

A womans's prerogative

Is to change her mind. Or make exceptions. Take the "I'm not a sweater knitter" statement that I so proudly post on my sidebar. I'm not. Except for this:

(eta: while I'm developing my sweater skillz, I'm totally ignoring the photography ones)
Project specs: Abigail by C2knits (pattern on Ravelry) using 5 skeins of Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light in "Prune" on #6 and #4 Addis. So maybe it's not really a WHOLE sweater, but it's a tad more than a vest.

Ok, you're questioning my mad sweater skillz. Maybe this will convince you:
It's Annette from the Summer 2009 issue of Knitty. It's short, lacy, and cap sleeve. But definitely a sweater. Which I'm knitting. Because I'm not a sweater knitter.

An almost finished object.

May I present my new craft room. Tada!

Shew is very happy with carpeting and the patch of sunlight that she follows around the room. I'm looking for a small end table with storage options to fit under the window, and I have a Target table in mind for my sewing table. (Pictured is my $14.00 Target clearance chair! Yippee!)
In a side project, I converted my yarn storage bin to a tool caddy. I already love it: no more taking out everything from the tool box to find a nail!

Hey Look! I have a blog!

It's been a month??? Nope - I haven't been sitting on the sofa, eating bon-bons and watching Oprah.

I've finished the Springtime Vest:

Project specs: 3 skeins of Kraemer's Little Lehigh in Spring Green using #6 Inox circs. I made the pattern up.

The 4th pair of Breast Cancer Care Socks:

Project specs: 2 skeins of Plymouth's Happy Feet in #3 (a pretty milk chocolate brown with flecks of other colors) on #2 needles using my favorite pattern.

Started Abigail:

Started a scarf:

Put the first coat of paint on the new craft room's walls: (paint is Sherwin-Williams "Dromedary Camel")

Planned and went on a 9 day vacation to PA (n0 pictures were taken to protect the guilty and the innocent!)

I think I need a little nappy.

Things you find while spring cleaning -

I finally did something with the OCD mitered squares! I sewed them all together and had just enough to cover this pillow. I love it! So colorful! So much fun to see all the different sock yarns! It's amazing to me that I had enough for this pillow as well as a large portion of the sock yarn scarf still on the needles (currently waiting for me to finish up some more socks to feed it's ever-lengthening self!)

Project specs: Leftover sock yarn knit up into mitered squares on #3 needles. My cast-on was 29 stitches for each square.

I have also cast on for a spring-y version of the Tweedy Vest. The yarn is "Little Lehigh", manufactured by Kraemer Yarns, the same manufacturer as the tweedy yarn for my grey vest. I'm also sticking to the same improvised pattern. The grey vest fits so well, I'd be foolish to mess with it!

And look who's been hanging out in my knitting basket while we're sleeping! One night a few weeks ago, I found Mr. Pip curled up on the Danish shawl in my knitting basket. At first he was worried I was going to shoo him away, but how could I deny him? He loves my knitting as much as I do! So he gets to sleep in the basket when I'm not using it. Of course, the rest of the Catty family is not pleased they don't get the same privileges.

Rut-row!

As I was getting ready to post about the squares for the Kyarns' Charity Knit Project, I realized I have a problem. Somehow, I got it into my head the squares were supposed to be 18 x 18". Rereading the info from Kyarns' site, I see the squares are supposed to be 13 x 13". Yep, a definite problem.

But in the meantime, enjoy the pretty -

And here is where all the yarn came from - my Danish Shawl

Project specs: 6 skeins of Encore Worsted, 1 each in colorway 6002, 0451, 0515, and 9401 and 2 skeins of Encore Colorspun in 7126 on 10.5 circs. The pattern is my own. (For the blanket squares, I also added 1 skein of 1014)

In other news: the osprey have come back to nest - Spring is officially here!

Spring Cleaning

I'm on a 'use it or lose it' vacation this week. So I decided to do a little spring cleaning. The problem with this idea is though the calendar says 'Spring', the weather is still 'Winter'. It's still too chilly to wash and store the down comforters or take down the curtain at the top of the stairs but I am tidying and cleaning nooks and crannies (Goodwill is getting a visit from me tomorrow!) I also started ripping off more of the hall wallpaper, but it's very very slow going: I think I'm going to have to rent a steamer. If that doesn't work, I'm going to graffiti over it. (Ok, not really...but I'm tempted.)

Some good news: we now have access to the new room. It's still in need of moulding, electricity, and flooring but we have light instead of a view of green garbage bags. Now to settle on a paint color...

And I resisted the siren song of the sock scarf to finish the third pair of Breast Cancer Comfort socks. Project specs: 2 skeins of Plymouth Happy Feet in colorway #4, a rich multidimensional red.