I can't believe...

I can't believe how long it has been since my last blog post. LOST is over for good, and I got plenty of use out of my hot water bottle cover, because it was a long and COLD winter. That's saying a lot, since I live in South Texas. Back in February, I signed up for the Twisted Toes Sock Club out of my favorite LYS Twisted Yarns. I've completed one pair of socks, I'm nearly finished with the second pair and picked up (and started) the third pair today. I will have to post pictures in a later blog, because I don't believe that I've taken any yet.

Since my last post, my hubby and I purchased, renovated and have moved into our first home. We're very excited! Though, I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going to keep my yarn stash.

Here's hoping a mid-year resolution sticks...

Until next time. :)

LOST with Hot Water Bottles

So, apparently my C drive is full on my computer, which is rather confusing to me, mainly because I actually have 2 hard drives, each of which is partitioned twice, which means that I have 3 other places that things should go... none of which is actually on my C drive. So, as things are moving I thought I'd do a little update...



I've mostly finished my little brother's birthday present. I will refer to it as such until his birthday (in May), so he is not tempted to find out what it is ahead of time by checking my blog. :) So, since that project is hovering at the moment, because I hit a minor snag, which Mom assures me IS fixable (thank God!) I have moved on to a cover for my hot water bottle. I've been meaning to knit myself a hot water bottle for some time, I just hadn't gotten around to it what with all the scarves I was busy knitting for half of the planet. So, over the weekend, after knitting the "class sock" from Charlene Schurch's Sensational Knitted Socks, I started working on a cover. It a Lion Brand pattern that's knit with 2 strands of Cotton-Ease. Unfortunately, I didn't have any Cotton-Ease on hand, but I did have some Cream & Sugar cotton yarn. I also didn't really want a solid color, so I'm using a strand of purple with a strand of white. Here's the picture I took last night while working on it, sort of a view from above:

I really love how it's turning out. I'm hoping to finish it while watching 3 hours worth of LOST tonight. I can't believe that it's finally to the last season. I remember when the show started! I cracked up this morning at a brief interview the local news station had done with Michael Emerson (who plays Ben). They asked him what the top 5 questions most LOST fans would have and he said, "Well, the number one would have to be, 'What the hell have I been watching for 5 years?!'" Oh, so true! If you haven't watched LOST, I highly suggest it, but you MUST start at the beginning, b/c otherwise you won't understand what is going on. I started in season 2, and had caught part of season 1 when it was on, but still had to go back and watch 1.

More next time...

Ok, so it's been a while...

Between my birthday, carpal tunnel, Thanksgiving and Christmas... things have been a little crazy, to say the least. After the Yarn Crawl, I started working secretly on DH's birthday present, a scarf. Needless to say, by the time his birthday ACTUALLY got here, it was no where close to being finished and I ended up wrapping it up with a needle still attached to it and told him I'd finish it after I finished all the Christmas knitting I was still tirelessly working on.

I still haven't actually counted the number of scarves that I knitted/crocheted over the course of 9+ months, but it's hovering somewhere around 20. My mom LOVED her crocheted scarf, which I'd finished in April and had been hiding for months on end. She later informed me that one of her co-workers also loved it and wanted to make off with it. I'm pretty sure she'd fight to the death to keep that scarf. :)

I also knitted or crocheted a scarf for my entire department at work, plus about 5 other select work friends. They all loved them, of course, which was great. :) I take that back, I did make the one guy in our department a tie, b/c he wears them every day, even though it's not in the dress code. I knew DC would get a real kick out of having a knitted tie.

I belatedly mailed my BFF and her husband (my other BFF) their ties last week, after our cold snap. Melissa text me and let me know that she was wearing her's around even though it was 74 degrees outside. :) She cracks me up!

More than anything, I'm happy that I finally get to work on some projects for myself. I finished up DH's scarf this morning, and I need to wash and block it, so he can wear it next winter. :) I finished up my yoga socks, though, one is longer than the other. I'd really like to learn the Two Socks on Two Circs method for sock knitting. I signed up for the Twisted Toes Sock Club at my fave LYS last week and I can't wait to get started next month.

I'm nearly finished with some fingerless mitts that I'm making myself, and I'm about to get started on my brother's birthday present, since his bday is in late May. DH and I are house hunting again and we hope to be moving sometime this summer so I'd like to have any gift knitting done well ahead of time. I'd hate to be packing/moving/gift knitting all at the same time. At least I can hope to have power for this move. Packing without electricity in September is not as fun as you might think. :)

Well, I think that's it for now. I need to upload picts from my phone and camera for my next post. Until next time...