While cleaning up under the bed (before the new mattress and boxspring came) I found two skeins of Noro Silk Garden Sock , as well as finding a partial skein of noro silk garden sock (used for one of my hitchhikers I believe), and some cascade 220 in Teal. Looks to be about a skein and a half worth of yarn. I'm pretty sure I used it to make some wristers and a baby hat. I hope there are no bugs, they were in a plastic grocery bag and not sealed, so I need to keep them quarantined. I'd put them in the freezer but there really isn't any room.
This Noro is so pretty, I really hope it doesn't have bugs :(
B had his best day ever last week. B's best day ever consists of M giving him an old phone (sim card taken out of course) loaded with some of his favourite songs, and a couple of games. Therapy with M.T (his last session, he was kind of sad about it, and I'm sad that I won't get to see the knitting ladies). A two hour ride on the new metro cars (where I knit two heel flaps and turned one of the heels, and defeated two levels of plants vs zombies for B) and capping it all off by staying up late and going to the old port to watch fireworks. B really enjoyed the fireworks, as did I, I realized that it's been a very long time since I'd gone! At least 8 years! A took us to the spot that she and her friends go to when they watch the fireworks, and we saw everything except for the very lowest fireworks.
On the 2nd, I became the mom of a 21yr old. On the 7th, I'm going to have TWO adult daughters, as A turns 18. That sounds so weird to me. I don't feel old enough to have a 21yr old and an 18yr old. P and her bf V came over for her bday dinner (super hot and she requests meatloaf *groan*) we threw in a cake and presents for A as well, since she basically only wanted money for her birthday, for spending at Otakuthon (her weekend badge at Otakuthon was one of her gifts). The girls were happy with their gifts, I think P really loved her shawl, which made me very happy (but also kind of sad, because I also loved that shawl). I also made P a key cozy using some leftover Cascade Heritage Paints in Celtic, because the colour reminded her of lizards. When my mom saw P's, she asked for one too. She chose some Alegria in a colourway that I cannot remember but that reminds me of spring. I did not remember to take pictures of the key cozies, and i'm sure anyone reading this blog is super devastated not to be seeing another picture of a key with yarn on it, hahaha.
Here's something new: I'm laying some blame on mah knitter for being a bad, bad enabler, she sent me a link to Espace Tricot, who now carry SweetGeorgia Party of Five mini skeins. And at first I was all "oooooh, very pretty colours" and blah blah blah, with absolutely NO urge to buy, because I am so over sock weight yarns and then the morning of our s&b, she messages me with "going to lys, wanna come? found this pattern to go with the yarn" and then I knew I was going to go buy that set of mini skeins. And she knew I was going to go buy a set of mini-skeins. I have no willpower in the face of beautiful yarn AND the perfect pattern for said yarn. I am not made of steel! In fact, I am weak, so, so weak. Which is how I ended up with Party of Five in Golddigger
Doesn't SweetGeorgia yarns have the best colours??
I cannot wait to start knitting this shawl!
After I finish some of the WIPs from that daunting pile of UFOs.
I feel like I haven't made much progress getting through those WIPs, though I do have some FO's! I finished my second Baby Beluga sock and I finished my first Biltmore sock. I'm working on the decreases on the sides of the first 58 Chevy sock. Yes!
Baby Belugas
Speaking of My Baby Beluga socks, they bled heavily during their soak (I had to change the water 3 times). I don't think I would buy Scrumptious Purl sock yarn again. I bought the yarn with a gift certificate months ago, and thought it was quite expensive even though I bought mine BEFORE it went up to 42$ a skein.
I haven't knit on my uncropped sweater, but I did pick up Villeneuve and have made some real progress! I lost some time on the project because I mixed up the BOR marker and the middle marker and ended up with the section to be worked on being the front instead of the back. I had to tink back, un-bind off the two sections, re-knit, fix my markers. Which I feel took me longer than it should have. Very frustrating.
I was very happy to start working on the back, there was a new technique to learn; Bias Bind Off- and it's awesome! It's super easy, and it looks so good! The pattern links to the Cocoknits website, which explains the process, and has pictures, but I didn't really get it until watching the Very Pink Knits video on youtube. I stayed up far too late, because I was enjoying doing the bind off, and how well it works! Of course, because I've been knitting only at night, after busy, exhausting days, I didn't knit the back strap long enough. *big sigh* I unknit the bind off and put it on a stitch holder, because I just couldn't deal with it at that moment. I've just joined the yarn to the front and I'm hoping I can stop making stupid mistakes and have this tank finished in time for Twist!
And now, off to the pool, with the newly cast on travel sock...(Using my Tanis Fibre Arts Cosmic Blue label Fingering weight yarn in Plum) Ooooh sparkly!
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