Another Clapotis

Here is my 3rd Clapotis done in Gloss from knitpicks. Loved this yarn and love this pattern!

Warmer weather, more finished knitting

Well the weather here finally warmed up and now we have rivers of water running down the streets and potholes galore. I at least feel like getting up now, the gloom of winter really gets to me.

I frogged the Montegue hat and instead made the Odessa hat pattern by Grumperina. I really like how it turned out!

My daughter modeling it

The Odessa hat in progress

I sprinkled some catnip on Meow's cardboard cat scratcher thingy and she has taken a great new interest in it. I think I need to get her a double-wide one.

Here she is trying to eat my oatmeal.

I started another Kitty Pi for her last night out of Lion Brand Wool. I will make this one bigger and have a little bit higher sides. She likes to have a bed in every room.

I guess today I will make the trek to Vitamin Cottage to get the wonderful Greek Yogurt, YUM. I hope this time I don't get scolded for buying too many without calling first. I can't believe that dairy lady would even give a rats ass who bought the damn yogurt. I will just fill my cart and make for a quick getaway.

Learning to Blog/I hate the cold

Well I guess after reading others blogs I have realized mine is incredibly boring and is really just pictures of stuff. I guess I should try actually putting down some thoughts and stuff.

All I can think of today is how much I hate the cold. It isn't supposed to get out of the single digits today. There is another couple of inches of snow on the ground that I really should go shovel up before anyone drives on it making it impossible to shovel up.

I finished the socks made for Larry and they look really nice. They are just a bit too big for him though. Go figure. I wonder if they would shrink just a little if I washed them in hot water? Famous last words. They are 100% merino superwash wool. They will either do nothing or I'll get socks to fit a Barbie(I guess that would be Ken)

Here are the socks-

and a close-up of the seed stitch ribbing. I used a pattern called Thuja but I used my favorite sock cast on and heel.

Next project is a close fitting hat for my daughter.

I found this pattern using a stitch pattern I haven't used before so it should be interesting. It was a little hard to get started but I think it is coming along O.K. now. Fortunately I had the yarn specified in the pattern YAY! Unfortunatley, I didn't exactly have the needle sizes recommended meaning I have to do some calculations, BOO. Anyway here is how far I got last night

The pattern is Montague. I am using the Lion brand microspun but I only had 2 sets of size 10 needles and I don't have any size 3 needles at all. I want some though so may need to order from knit picks. Alternativly I have this really cute novelty yarn that looks like little blue flowers that matches so I may just do something completley different for the brim.

Well I guess that is more than I have said in the past couple of months! Much better.

Socks for my daughter. The pattern is RPM using a Diamante heel and a Russian bind off yarn is from Knit picks simply stripes.

RPM sock

Close-up of pattern

Christmas 06

Tree in the dark

Hauling out our Christmas Tree from the Red Feather Lakes National Forest

How I managed the yarn

This is how I managed the 2 balls of yarn without tangles or cat ingestion. I got these bottle "cozies" at Albertsons in the $1.00 bin. I used them for the 2 socks on 2 circular needles and for the double stranded clapotis. They work great!

Finished Clapotis

I knit this Clapotis with Just under 3 hanks of Knit picks Shimmer double stranded in Turquois Splendor. It is going to be a gift for my lovely Mother-in-Law. I knit it exactly according to the pattern except that the yarn is doubled.

clapotis stretched out

Clapotis close up

Finished Kitty Pi

Here is the finished Kitty Pi! I love how it came out. I used Caron Felt-it in the color Heather (on sale this week at Hobby Lobby for $2.22 per ball) with some kind of eyelash yarn in a rasberry color for the edges. It took 3 balls 93 yds per ball and just enough out of a 4th ball to do the last round. I made it a good 20 rounds bigger than the pattern as I have a full figured kitty! I also just went to smaller needles instead of decreasing as I was using my Denise interchangeble needles and I wanted th sides to be fairly stiff. I am going to make another out of Lion brand wool as kitty likes to vary her napping spots and this was such a quick and easy thing to make!

Nicely filled out Kitty Pi

You can see why I had to make an xtra large Kitty Pi-this Kitty is 15 lbs!

Pretty Kitty

Attack Cat!

Here is Kitty enjoying her new bed. She looks like she is about to attack but really she comes running whenever she sees the camera.

Kitty Pi blocking

She can't wait!!

Before Felting side view