I am so incredibly lazy, I have the I-cord for Heather all made up, but it's in my knitting bag which is downstairs and the sweater is upstairs, I keep forgetting to bring it up and I'm not about to make a special trip. Maybe tomorrow.

I did finish my Magic Stripes socks. This is in the Jellybean color, which is the one color combo I really like in the Magic Stripe yarns. I have a thing for brightly colored socks, probably since my uniform is just so boring. I don't like the way the yarn has all the little misdyed blotches. Poor quality control.


I had to go buy another skein of yarn for the dog blanket. I'm almost out of number two, and it's nowhere near square. I know the dogs won't care, but it offends my sensibilities, so it's going to take a little longer than I thought to get them packed up and sent out. I have a third one planned, but I think I'm going to do a slightly smaller size so it won't be as overwhelming!

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Zedd is showing his support for the Critter Knitters Knit-A-Thon by "helping" me crochet a dog blanket.



It's Red Heart Super Saver yarn in a color I love in the skein. It's pooling up in a really pretty pattern. I think some yarn is meant to be crocheted, because I remember knitting something with this same yarn and it didn't look half as nice.

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I decided to jump right in and make a couple of blankets for I just taught myself how to crochet, and I figured this would be a good first project. I've finished one so far, in a variegated purple, yellow, green, and blue yarn with a ruffly purple border. It's in the wash right now, so I can't get a picture yet. In my opinion, it came out pretty cute, I just hope the kitties like it.

Well, it appears that perhaps the GSRP Fair Isle box may not have been absconded with after all. It seems that it may be held hostage to a bad breakup. The possessor promised to put it in the mail ASAP. While I feel sorry for her that her relationship is breaking up/has broken up, she's had the box since February. Plenty of time to get it to the post office and on it's way to the next victim. At least I think so, but then I'm a heartless bitch so don't go by me.

Heather sweater is 99.9% complete. I just need to make a different i-cord on larger needles, the first one was too stiff, and sew the beads onto the ends of it. Wash and block the sweater and I'm done.


I also finished a glove made out of the wool/possum blend yarn I got from trading with a woman in New Zealand last year



Glove making, at least in worsted weight yarn is much easier than I thought it would be. Sure starting the fingers was a little fiddly, but overall, easy as pie. Too bad I missed the two or three week window for wearing winter clothes in Dallas. Well, at least they will be ready for next year, presuming of course, that I don't put them in a place so safe I never see them again. Glove #2 is halfway completed, I've got the fingers and the thumb to do which shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. Probably during Day Knitter's tomorrow. You can't tell from the picture just how soft and cuddly this yarn is, I would love to make a sweater out of it, but it just doesn't get cold enough.

Today was finishing day, I also completed Part 3 of Chatelaine Mystery 6. This piece is designed by Martina Weber of Chatelaine Designs



Now I just have to wait until April 1st for Part 4 to be released. I'll work on my Common Ground Sampler in the meantime.

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Ordered some Lorna's Laces yarn from Threadbear Fibers Arts Studio. I love that they discount the yarn, only charge actual shipping, and are extremely friendly and helpful. I'd heard good things, so I decided to give them a try. Definately can recommend.

I bought Jungle (lime green and purple) and Lakeview (the more tasteful purple and blue)


I've almost finished Heather, no really, I have about 10 inches of I-cord to make and I have to sew it together and I'm done. I probably won't get around to the finishing until Wed (my day off) since I'm usually too tired after work to work on anything that requires a fully functioning brain.

I'm going to do the possum yarn gloves as my next "serious" project and then start the Dale Hawaii sweater. I also want to make a tank top out of the Paton's Fresco that I got from round 1 of the Great Stash Redistribution Project.

Speaking of the GSRP, I just read on Amy's website where the Fair Isle box has gone missing. I hope the person who chose to STEAL all that lovely stash chokes on it. How desperate do you have to be to steal yarn? Shit, I'm in the Fair Isle list and I think the person who currently is holding onto the box is two people further down from me. About 50% of the yarn was nasty acrylic when I saw it. How desperate do you have to be to steal Red Heart? Don't you have a Walmart you can shoplift from? I sent an email, as did several other people, but she is using a throwaway freebie account, so she probably isn't even using it anymore. It sucks when some people have to spoil the fun!

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Yoga was hard.

Probably because my idea of exercise is sitting on the couch, watching TV and knitting. Hey, at least my fingers are moving.

Ok, I'm not really that bad, but I haven't done a structured exercise class in years. I did enjoy it though, and am planning on continuing. Maybe someday I'll be able to fold myself into a pretzel.

Got the next part of the sweater instructions at the Guild meeting last night. Now I have to decide whether I want to do drop shoulder or set in sleeves. I'm inclined to do the more "difficult" option, in order to get the experience.

Am working on a toe up pair of LB Magic Stripe socks in Jellybean. This is my second pair of Magic Stripe socks, and I don't think I'm going to do another one. The dyeing is just awful, the colors are not cleanly demarcated, and there are huge blobs of the wrong color smack dab in the middle of a stretch of another color. Don't think I can recommend this yarn.

Yoga tonight for sure.

Here's a EGA drawn thread class that I took last year. I found this photo while cleaning up my files. I like the effect on black, but it was a bitch to stitch!


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