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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friday night

this is what my exciting friday night looked like. i had a doozy of a time at work today and couldn't really manage to do anything but knit, eat peanut butter cap'n crunch and watch pirates of the caribbean. i love using scrap yarn for projects! i love how it turns out, even though it doesn't really make a dent in the scrap yarn...

hopefully the rest of this weekend is a bit more eventful. ;)

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twins!

my hat has found a home! this is my lovely coworker karen, i was showing her my hat and she really liked it! so it is now her's. :)
for about two months the doorman at work asked me if i had a twin, and i was convinced he was just cuckoo and kept seeing me thinking i was different people....and he was getting karen and i mixed-up! i think that is such a compliment, i mean look at the that cutie! ;)
another person at work requested the same hat in a different color, i see a trend here....and i like it.

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FO: dayglo hat

pattern: star crossed slouchy beret

yarn: patons classic wool marino

needle: sz. 9 & 11

started: sept. 24, 2009

finished: sept. 25, 2009

long time no see! i was finally able to pick my needles back up. i can't believe how much time passed without knitting, i won't let that happen again! i can't believe it's finally fall-ish outside, i am loooooving it. time to bust out the hats and mitts! this hat was easy peasy, although it's pretty bright i'm not sure i can pull it off. here's hoping!

i have much knitting to catch-up on. work has really been keeping me busy, i feel like i was pretty much living at the studio, but i think i'm starting to get a grip on my work and really feel comfortable in my new position. :) yay.

more knitting to come!

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