Ewe Keep Me In Stitches

Painful & Pitiful Post

For lack of a friggin' camera that works worth a crap.... I give you the 2nd in my FOs.... dishrag #2! Thanks to Sally & Susan for putting the bee in my bonnet, aka http://theraineysisters.com/ , I now have 2 new items which I can use as I go about the never-ending, mundane daily task of cleaning up after the slobs that I live with!

So in order to appease myself and bring out the inner teenie-bopper in me... I share with you some of my favorite eye candy. I just completed book four in the Twilight series and am simply ga ga over ..... EDWARD!

All in a days work...

Project jumpin' is one of my issues.... not necessarily a good issue but an issue non-the-less. I do however happen to absolutely love working on this latest WIP! It is simply a most enjoyable knit! The pattern was purchased from http://babycocktails.blogspot.com . I am using Classic Elite Provence in the Parchment colorway. It is a wonderful neutral. This ones a keeper.

So if I love this projects so much whyyyyyyy do I stray? IDK but Susan and Sally http://theraineysisters.com have an uncanny ability to strongly alter my project loyalty. It wasn't until I hopped over to their blog the other day that I realized I was in desperate need (NOT) of a new dishrag, or two, or three! Hey what can I say, it's all in a day's work!

Pomp & Circumstance....

My little girl is going to high school! 8th grade graduate ~ you go sweetie! I wonder if the fact that her big brother will be a senior is a pro or a con?!

Here you see the start of a wonderful little number knit out of "Happy Feet" sock yarn.

And here is the BLOB update... one more hexagon, wash, felt, dry and it will be el' complete!
Spike thinks that is great news!

Poppies.... Poppies will make them sleep... sleep

A little bit of columbine....

Poppies... aren't they grande?! I just love orange!

Can you tell? This fantastically fabulous infusion of orange will be knit up into my Juliette #2!

It didn't take too long for me to break my new rule ~ rotate only 3 projects at a time... but hey I'm only human!

The Juggler

I have come to know (not necessarily understand) but to know myself as a knitter pretty well lately. I am 100% accurate in stating that I will NEVER be a One-Man-Band! There are just not enough knitting hours in the day and there are too many fantastically fabulous patterns, yarns, and projects, to limit myself in such a hideously inhumane way. Hell I can't stay within' my calorie limits for 24hrs most days... in the will power department, I am sorely lacking.

My stash can rival most small town knitting shops and my WIPs greatly exceed the single digits but I have come up with a plan that I think will make me feel most productive, oganized, and be fullfilling. I will become a 3-way juggler. At any and all given moments...

I will have 3 current projects that I will happily rotate daily, hourly, minute/by/minute....whatever the mood of the moment! The ongoing rotation will always consist of: a sock project, a scarf/shawl project; and a top of some sort. Substitutions may occur by replacing the FINISHED scarf/shawl slot with a bag/purse project etc. I am most happy when I am knitting and I am a multi-tasker... but I am sad to confess that I have VERY few finished items because I tend to jump ship before the iceburg approaches... therefore in order to quench my thirst to cast on and satisfy my yen for finished items I am implementing the menage a trois of knitting into my life.

See what a few days of few days of R&R in the island sun can do for the psyche?!

and here's a shot of the current 3! Notice there are two socks in progress ~ one is the mate to the previously knit sock and one is the 1st of a new set (see my plan is already evolving), the gorgeous gold is the beginnings of the Featherweight Cardigan from http://www.knitbot.com designed by Hannah Fettig, and last but certainly not least the funktastic multicolored skein is soon to be Clapotis from http://www.knitty.com So there you have it I figure I am covering all bases ~ cardigan, socks, and shawl.... Go Me!

Heartwarming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY I can't stop watching this and I can't stop smiling every time! It literally brings tears to my eyes and gives me chills at the same time! It makes me remember there is sooooooo much good in the world.

Nothing like a pair of clear clogs to pump up the jam on the sock knitting! Sock number one should be complete before 11:30 a.m tomorrow morning ~ just about the same time we will be landing in the BAHAMAS!!! Wooooooooohooooooooo.....