01 March 2007

A knitting kind of day in the neighborhood

It is rainy , cold and not fit for man nor beast outside today here in Indy. The temps are up (40's) which is lucky for us 'else we would have lots of snow. You have to excuse me I spent the entire day yesterday with my desperately cute and precious 2 year old Grandson Riley and am still talking baby talk. Ohhhh ok, my arm has been twisted into posting a pic or two of the darling angel......







He is absolutely adorable and awwwww I just noticed he had a wittle drop of milk on his wittle chin. Quite the ham in front of the camera- he says "cheese 'booger" ! He has a new little brother or sister "baking in the oven" that will have alot to live up to -but -I am sure he/she will be just as sweet as this one here. It is hard to stop cooing and making over him but down to more serious , but fun, business - Knitting.

I have finished my scarf that matches the Calorimetry previously mentioned- it turned out well and I plan to wear it alot.




Not much to say about it except that I used Paton's Classic Wool in Rosewood and size 8 needles. 2x2 ribbing - fun, bored with it now and am ready to move on to much bigger and more complicated projects-

Oh , and I have successfully completed a suitable MP3 cozy that is both cute and functional.

It was a fast and easy little knit using garter and stockinette stitches with my "no name" yarn purchased on ebay.
I got several wonderful books at the library one of which I am especially fond of called "Yarnplay" By Lisa Shobhana Mason. It is filled with mind blowing , gorgeous projects and I got more excited with every turn of the page. I ordered the Noro yarn it requires to make the sweater featured on the front cover. Gawd, I am totally obsessed ! It is such a healthy addiction I can't feel guilty about it no matter hard I try.

I saw this knitting store listed on another blog and just want to shout out to the world how excited I am about it. Bein' a newbie to this world of knitting and blogging maybe everyone has already heard of it , but just in case it is called Little Knits and the prices are spectacularly reasonable. I HAD to have some of their stuff-

I have to go do some brainstorming now as to what will occupy me until that yarn arrives for the sweater.Mmmmmm~ the Austin armwarmer's on page 53 of Lisa's book look absolutely groovy -gotta have em' yep!

C- ya!




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