Lame ( not lame' ) blogger

I not blog this week. I did go home, and to the funeral of my cousin. This provided me with plenty of time to almost finish the front panels of the Central Park Hoodie. I am knitting both

cardi fronts at the same time on a circular needle. This means that if I follow the decreases correctly, which can be tricky doing both at the same time, when I am finished with one front panel I am finished with both panels. Fantastic, if I can manage to keep the yarn from twisting up and knotting on its self. Make a note: If you plan on doing this knitting both at the same time trick, save yourself

some trouble and breakdown and use two balls instead of one. I didn't think about that before I started. Anyway I hope I can finish the fronts this week.

Let me show you some pictures of the Sheep Farm while i'm here

Worst knitter on earth = ME

It has been over a year my friends and I'm a very bad blogger. What i mean is, "Hey how have you been"? If anyone read this it is very unlikely that you read my blog when i first started it, unless your Kate. So, um it's been a while and i have been busy.

If you look at my former posts you may recognize this sweater but in a purple colorway. That's right it's the Purple Crush sweater by Elanor Lynn from Cozy Knits for Cuddly Babies, and I heart it. This is my cousin Shania, and i knit this blue colorway for her last Christmas. She is two now so I'm thinking this year a ballet style wrap sweater, Maybe in some pink Mexican wave.

Here is a wrap i knit for a very close friend of mine who was in a awful car wreck. She loves purple so I combined lots of purple yarn for this striped, warm piece of comfort. So the picture is lame but it was a fantastic project.

I also did the felted Alpaca by Bev Galeskas. I made her out of gray Alpaca and a tan mohair. I wanted to teach a three session class on felted stuffed animals but i didn't get much response.

Maybe I am the only one who loves stuffed animals and would felt them all the time if it would pay the bills.

So i knit this super cute hat for my friend Matt because he gave me a queen sized mattress. I used the Fibonacci String to work the stripe sequence. If you are not familiar with The Fibonacci String you need to learn about it. Anyway I used Sky Tweed as the yarn and it worked up well.

As of late i knit the Sherwood sweater by Angela Hahn form Knitty.com for my friend Alanna's new daughter Sara. It's a little big for her right now but I think she will grow into it.

I really wanted to start rewriting in my blog because Ravelry got me all motivated. If you haven't signed up yet get on the list, Ravelry.com makes my day.

Two FO's in one post

Well 1 and 1/2 FO's. The lace for the skirt is complete, but unblocked. It is a whole lot of lace, I tell you what. It ended up taking one whole ball, and a tiny bit of a second ball of rowan kidsilk night. I have yet to find a pair of pants i feel is suitible, but when i do you will be the first to know. Here it is, a whole bunch of lace...

Second on the FO list is this Purple Crush sweater from Cozy Knits for Cuddly Babies. I used Encore worsted and Marble DK (i know mixing weights is sacrilige) instead of the yarn it called for. It is much bigger than i exspected, but whatever the kid and grow into it. Here it is for you, the Purple Crush...

So yesterday i got a huge suprise in the mail. Nickerjac sent me a package. And it had yarn in it. Beautiful purple yarns that match. One is a little boucle that is a brown and two shades of purple. The other is a thick and thin with lots of suff in it, like cloth and eyelash. I have no idea what to make with them. Suggestions??? Thank you so much Nic!!!

It was a warm day today, so instead of knitting (i know i'm bad) I laid in the sun. It was amazing. This weekend i will be making the long trip back to wear i came from. I will return in about a week. Hopefully in the expanse of free time i will have i can finish something else.

I leave you with this from the cage fighter.

Oh Gringa

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Gringa!

1. If a snake is born with two heads, the heads will fight over who gets Gringa.
2. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat Gringa'.
3. Every day in the UK, four people die putting Gringa on.
4. It takes 17 muscles to smile, and 43 to frown at Gringa.
5. Gringa is 1500 years older than the pyramids.
6. In Japan it is considered rude to talk with Gringa in your mouth.
7. Gringa is the sacred animal of Thailand.
8. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Gringa!
9. Gringa can fly at an average speed of fifteen kilometres an hour!
10. Gringa is the only bird that can swim but not fly!

I know, I suck

i am a horrible bad poster i know. No excuses but i'm sick, and have been major busy. Happy Valentines Day to you all. I have to get back in bed now.