FO: striped toast

pattern: toast

yarn: patons classic wool merino

needle: sz. 7

started: Feb. 24, 2010

finished: Feb. 25, 2010

modeled by the beautiful and talented chachi! i love when i have friends captive at work, and i make them model my knitted items. ;) and who else can you just tell to jump into a handstand on the spot! chachi always shows up, indeed.

i really like these gloves, the yarn looks so much cooler knit up than it did in the skein. i like that the color repeats happen so often, kept the knitting interesting! i made them a bit shorter in the wrist area then the pattern calls for...mainly because i wanted to knit them up fast. i'm so impatient!

in other cold and exciting news...it has been snowing like crazy here! and i think i'm the only one who really loves it. being from michigan, it honestly can't get cold enough for me. here is a picture of the winter wonderland from my room....

and also, look at all these dedicated yogis that came out for class! oooh yeeeeeah. namaste indeed.

FO: dayglo hat take 2 (or 10)

pattern: star crossed beret

yarn: patons classic wool merino

needle: sz. 9 & 11

started: Feb. 21, 2010

finished: Feb. 24, 2010

the lovely and talented ashleigh asked that i make her this hat, i love that she wanted the super bright highlighter yellow. anyone who can wear dayglo is ok in my book! i have this pattern memorized by now, if i really sit down and get going i can pretty much finish one in a day. now that's skill! ;)

i've had a few other requests from teachers for similar hats, so i am definitely keeping busy in terms of knitting for others. it hasn't really left alot of time to knit anything for myself. i really want to cast on some cozy worsted weight socks (mainly because i know they will knit up really fast.) i should probably get going on those, because the weather is only going to get warmer....ahhh!!!!!!

deja vu

i'm not even going to go into how i haven't posted in FOREVER. countless hats have been knit since then, and not much else! :)

last night to mix it up i cast-on for some toast...here is the beautiful betty helping model them (aka wondering what the heck i put next to her.)

i must say, i love the mindlessness of stockinette stitch. some might think it's a bit boring, but i honestly loving just being able to zone out, and it's helped me perfect the art of knitting without looking! hehe. i finished that glove and about half of the other one since last night, not baaaaaad.

pics to come once they are cast-off!

secret santa

last night i had a secret santa xmas shindig with some friends from work. i love secret santas, but i'm so bad at keeping my person a secret! somehow, this time i managed to do it. and i had the lovely and talented danielle. she seemed to like my gift, fingerless gloves i knit her, cookies and a cool om thingy she can hang on her wall!

and its not officially a party with yoga friends until someone is upside down...wine and all...

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cowls>scarves

not that i don't love a good scarf....but why do they take forever to make?! ahhhhhhhhhhhh. i would take a cowl any day of the week. but alas, a friend of mine requested a scarf (he's a boy) and i think this is quite masculine looking, no?!

i feel like i've been working on it forever and it's only half done...and i ran out of yarn! boo. i think this is going to have to be a post-xmas project. i just have too much to cast-on in the next few days, i shouldn't even be online! gotta go! here's a preview....

AHHH!!!

well, hellooooooo. i haven't been able to post because i've been knitting hat, after hat, after hat. i've pretty much become a hat machine these days! i can't believe how many people love this hat. i kind of want to steer them in another direction, because before this i never really knit a pattern more than twice. and i think i'm going on about 15! ah! but it's nice having such a good response. :)

this of course has meant NO xmas knitting. AHH!!!!!! remember that blanket i started for my mom last january because i knew i would procrastinate? yeaaaaaah, it's not really close to done.

i have almost no time left, i think i need to get a plan b. asap.

here are my lovely friends modeling some hats i made for them!

ok, onto more hats.....

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hat season

i can't believe it's already november! and i can't believe it has been so long since my last post. work has been crazy, as per usual....but actually a little more crazy than normal. i about had a nervous breakdown this week, but that is neither here nor there! the only thing that really keeps me sane is knitting. so i've been knitting like a crazy person (because i am).

i've been on a major hat kick. i'm knitting lots of hats for people at work....here is a picture of my latest creation for danielle! weeeeeeeee!

and here is a birthday cowl for my friend cole....

i'm also trying to sneak in some xmas knitting amongst my many hats and things.

it's finally getting cold out....i couldn't be happier. the more knitting on me the better! oh yes.

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