Happy holidays!

Wow, I can't believe another holiday season is upon us! I'm wondering how Christmas day will go since it's the first since my dad passed away.

I'm STILL working on the Irish Hiking Scarf! I'm into the 2nd skein of yarn so I'm more than halfway done. Still, I'll have to work hard to get it done in time for Sunday.

Here's a picture of the sweater I'm working on for my daughter. I started it in September but I keep getting sidetracked with other stuff. It's a Sirdar pattern and Sirdar yarn. I really like the yarn, it knits up very nicely. I just hope I finish before she outgrows it! I just have one sleeve left and some border stuff to do.















Well, I better get going, still some gifts to wrap and of course there's the ever-present laundry/dirty dishes/toys all over the place.

Home sick :(

Well, I am home with a cold today. The upside is that this is my day to work from home so the kids are at the sitter's house. So at least I've been able to rest (and knit!)

And here's a picture of the scarf I'm knitting for my mom. How many days til Christmas?!? This is the Irish Hiking Scarf I mentioned before and I'm using Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride in Silver Sliver. Cool name for a color, don'tcha think?


Okay one more picture to finish up this post. We have gotten to be good friends with our neighbors and when we were there this weekend the wife gave us this lovely gift for Christmas. It's paperwhite bulbs so we'll have lovely scented white flowers by Christmas!



Well, time for me to get going. I want to do another set of rows on the scarf and then I'm off to Hallmark to pick up birthday cards for my husband, today is his birthday!

Another FO from a few months back

I dug up a picture of a FO that I made a few months ago for my good friend, Mollie. It's the Yo, Drop It! scarf from Stitch'n'Bitch Nation. I loved the pattern - it was so much fun to drop stitches off the needle on purpose. I loved this ribbon yarn too, the colors were gorgeous.

Well, I'm off to work on the Irish Hiking Scarf. I'm making it for my mom for Christmas and have only about 8 inches done. It's going much more quickly though now that I finally have the pattern in my head and don't have to look at my cheat sheet! I'll post a picture when it's completed.

Multi-directional Scarf

Here is one of my WIPs. It's this pattern

I really like how it's turning out. The yarn is Crystal Palace Iceland.

My 1st entry!

Well, here it is, my knitting blog! I started knitting last summer, I had wanted to learn for several years and I thought it good therapy for dealing with the death of my dad.

Since then I've made a baby blanket, a purse and a scarf. The purse is to the left, I used Lion Brand Homespun and knit it in the round. I'm working on a sweater for my daughter and two other scarves.