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Woohooo!!! I actually transferred my moms hat sucessfully from circular needles to double pointed ones:) No mistakes either..

Yea Me! 

I'm still playing around with this and have done the tail part of the icord and then I cast on (a bit strangely) additional stitches and knitted and purled the first row.   I'm really hoping this will turn out.  Will post  updates of my progress and hopefully I can have this completed by tomorrow early evening at the latest.

This is what I got today at the Yarn Store. The green yarn will be for a cabled scarf and the sock yarn will obviously be for socks but the rest I haven't decided what I'm making with it yet. I had fun going through the store to pick up some colours/yarn I normally wouldn't get like the Lopi and the Noro.

Also not pictured in the Holiday 2007 Edition of Interweave Knits which will be sent to neat_and_pretty after I look through it:)

Haha Willow just bit D's nose

Because I am getting itchy fingers and its not because of dry sking or creepy skin affliction I'm going to cast on for this today

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTquant.html    I will use yarn already in my stash and hopefully it will be a good thing:) I've never knitted an i-cord before so this should be interesting.  

I think its snowing out but I haven't opened the curtains yet to check and its just after 10am.   I've been up for over an hour but just sitting around and enjoying the silence mostly.  


When D finally gets up I will go and start printing out patterns (already backed them up on my data flash drive) and then away I go:)  


Oh Damn! I have to return movies today too!! argh!

So  I bought my binder and page protectors at Office Depot and have already placed some printed off patterns in there. I need to redo the tabs I already had so they are in sections and such.  I actually, but most likely not, will be organized..lol

We also ran to two stores and bought some hazelnuts for D and found my curry paste. We also ran out to a mall and picked up some things at Dollarama and a new tape measure for D at Home Depot.


I made the Turkey Biryani and either didnt do it right or what but I wasnt too thrilled with it...I will get it eaten up though so I'm not wasting food.

Watched a movie and we'll relax for the rest of the night..I will most likely pass out soon though as I'm tired and a bit bored. At least this will give D more internet time:)

I went over this afternoon to give the older boys their xmas gifts.  The 3year old was napping the 5 year old, Natty, LOVED his snake scarf so I was very happy about that:)   Jodi loved her headwarmer and the runners one I knitted up for her husband,,that runs lol 
She also peeked at Isaacs Pink snake scarf and thought it was adorable.   

Their gift to me was awesome and very thoughtful indeed:)  : 50$ cash so D and I can do something together PLUS 50$ GC to my favorite LYS!  Plus a mix cd the family did of their favorite music for 2008 and some pictures of the boys and a yearly family letter they do.  


I also got Bonnie at the LYS a Tim Hortons GC as she has been helpful with the knitting stuff too.    


Now I'm making Thai food as its chilly and I'm hungry for warm comfort food:)   Yum!!

A lovely lovely person gifted me with a Gift certificate to elann.com which appears to be a really nice yarn site:) I'm seriously thinking of getting this yarn
Elann Sierra Aran    I'm just trying to decide on what colour(s) I'm leaning heavily towards the Garnet and Jaspter

Since I stayed home today but my hands were ok I knitted this while watching older episodes of Corner Gas and The Mummy Returns:) This is a gift for the mother of the two boys I watch..Just need to find the perfect button for it:)


I love how the Noro knitted up but it was a tangled mess for sure and if I ever use it again I will rewind it into a proper centre pull ball.

I finished the Calorimetry headwarmer!!!!  Though its not perfect I love it and will wear it anyways:)  I'm casting on another one tonight for a last minute Xmas gift but this time instead of the Cascade Wool I'm using Noro Kureyon for the first time in Earth Tones:)  I even have enough of the turquoise Cascade to make myself another better one after I start my holidays:) 


( Crazy Calorimetry:) )

Heehee....I just need to sew on the overly-large anime snake eyes and its done:)

It is and this is the first AND the last time I'm using it.   I've had to rip back 4 times. .First time because I screwed up using hte circs for the first time.. Second time when I realized I wasnt knitting with the working yarn :::face palm...third time after three rows and first row of increases that I somehow had more stitches than I should have.....cant remember the the 4th time but I'm sure there was one.    



Baby is up so I dont want to try again so I will wait until his second nap or when I get home. I actually think I should wait until saturday so I get used to the M1 increase which is a new increase stitch for me.

I am at the 50% mark for finishing up my second and pink snake scarf for xmas.   I watched a Vin Diesel Movie and knitted; I watched an episode of Corner Gas and knitted and I watched an episode of 90210 and knitted.   I really like watching shows that I can mostly listen too and knit.  

Tomorrow I will knit and after watching the boys I will run to the LYS to get my updated capelet pattern ( to compensate for my gauge) and get started on that. D will be home really late tomorrow night and will be home for the rest of the week. Next Monday he goes up North again most likely for whole week and then the week after he is out of town again:)  Lots of time for me to watch shows and knit..


YEA!!!      

Ugh! Anytime I blog about knitting something in Mohair someone please hit me.   I'm almost done with my gauge swatch and its driving me nuts.  Mostly I dont think the wood needles are working well so when I get home tonight I will knit the swatch onto my metal needles and hopefully it will go smoother.  


The yarn itself though is really pretty and I love the colour

So under this lovely LJ cut is the patter I'm using for my capelet:) and the yarn too

( Lookseee )

I finished off Nattys snake scarf this morning before work. I need to weave in all the loose ends (gotta figure out how to do that first) and then tie on the eye buttons and its FINISHED!!! Will post pictures soon :)    Casting on Isaacs Pink Snake scarf today!!  


Also went on Etsy this morning and bought the cutest stitch markers



I will need them for when I start my fingerless mitts in a few weeks:)    

Its pretty long right now but I think I'm going to make it realllllllllllllyyyyyy long for Natty. Its turning out so well now:)

These are the buttons D and I found on Saturday at Fabricland. They are perfect I think for snake eyes:)

Ok....so December 31st is coming by pretty fast and my Yarn stash enrichment project is going a bit slow.  I do have on hold at my favorite LYS enough balls of yarn for a poncho and one ball of manos for a "yet to be determined" project.  I have a  2 balls of the Harry Potter sock yarn on its way here from the U.K and i have a bid on a lot of Lana Grossa Tweed (for another yet to be determined project) and I'm eyeing about 4/5 other auctions for more yarn.  I have about 15 projects in queue plus three works in progress going now.   I have one project in Queue that I need to start asap when I find the "perfect" yarn also.

I need to buy DPN's though I dont know what sizes I will need for any given project so I guess I will just start buying sets in different sizes.  I also need some more straights in various sizes and circulars too.  I'm almost thinking I need at least two pair in every given size and length eventually to make sure I dont have to run out and buy some for a particular project.  

I have also been finding that on eBay at least that its a better deal for me to buy/bid on yarn from the U.K rather than the U.S. I find the shipping to be lower and the sellers to be a lot nicer for the most part.   I'm also trying to have a yarn love affair with the Rowan which I can mostly find from U.K. sellers. 

I have several knitting books on my wishlist and will need to scare up money for that too.   I will be missing out of about 2 weeks of pay in December so I really need to get my ass in gear on all of this.   I'd like to have Januaray 1st geared up to just be happy and knit.


Oh and also D gave me my Xmas present early this year.    I'm still stunned by it too:) and very happy!!!   More on that later

Today:
Wal-Mart & Fabricland for buttons for the snake scarves
River City Yarns for a yarn scouting expediation
Last Sundays Episode of True Blood
Never ending Laundry

D came home early today and I talked him into taking me to Michaels as I had a 40% off coupon that expired today. I actually printed off two.  So we went to Michaels and I picked up another pair of circular needles I will be needing soon for a project and this knitting traveler thingie



D went through the line with a coupon and my needles and I went through the line with a coupon and the knitting thing. On both of our reciepts we got back were 50% off coupons good until next Saturday so next Saturday we'll go back and I will get some more needles and a needle case:)    

I love their coupons!!! They rock!