WARNING!!! Yarn Pr0N...

The Socks are finished!:

And there was much rejoicing...

Here is what prompted me to join the Summer of Socks: My sock yarn stash....

I know it's not that enormous...but here's my guilty little secret...I buy sock yarn like Oprah buys shoes. I can't resist it. However, I live with a non-knitter boyfriend who, although he is wonderful and supportive, cannot comprehend my need to collect sock yarn. So I figure if I knit some of the balls into socks (for him as well...he never complains about the socks he receives from the stash)...maybe he wont notice that the stash never seems to diminish. At least that's the plan: Distract him with socks.

On a completely unrelated subject (yeah right) here's my order from the Loopy Ewe:

Oh look! Sock yarn! I can't help it... I'm a sock yarn junkie and proud of it! By the way, it's Interlacements Tiny Toes in the Bachelor Buttons colourway. I can't wait to see what they become.

I'm now impatiently waiting for my catalogue and yarn samples from Lana Knits. I want to knit this sweater for my boyfriend:

It's from the book No Sheep For You by Amy R. Singer, and is made from AllHemp6 which is from Lana Knits. I want to make the sweater in a dark colour with an orange pattern and I can't decide between Licorice and Chocolate...(I know...It wouldn't be a tough decision if this was candy, I hate licorice). I've seen several pictures on the Internet but the colours are never the same, hence the samples.

I also joined the National Capital Knitters web ring. Who knew there were so many knitting bloggers in Ottawa? Or knitters for that matter? See... I know people who knit and live in Ottawa (just check out the turn out when the Yarn Harlot comes to town), but I never really see anyone KIP. I knit on the bus, but I never see anyone else doing it. Where are all you knitters that KIP?

Oh well...I'm off to work on the shawl and figure out which socks to do next.

TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!

Deja Vu...

Here's a pic of the shawl (again...):

Hmmm.... I get a sense of deja vu, but at least this time there are no mistakes, I figured out how the get the top and bottom to line up, and I wrote down the instructions so I don't forget by time I get to that point. So all should be well...(cross your fingers right?)

The nights have still been cold here, so I moved the hibiscus indoors. I think it likes it in here since this is what greeted me this morning:

It's big and beautiful, and there are at least 3 other buds that are ready to bloom soon. The leaves are concerning me though...they look a little limp. I saw a site on the web that suggests spraying it daily with water, so I'm going to try that and see if the leaves revive.

I'm eagerly awaiting my shipment from The Loopy Ewe, since yesterday was a holiday, I figure I should get it tomorrow (I hope...I'm impatient when it comes to yummy sock yarn). I was really impressed with Sheri though...I put my order in last Wednesday at about 9:30am and it was shipped by 12:30pm. Great service!

Last (but definitely not least): GO SENS GO!!!! WOO HOO!!! We're in the Stanley Cup Finals! Sorry Buffalo fans...

TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!

Whimper...Sob...Sniff...

So...I picked up the sts at the bottom of my shawl and there it was! A BIG FAT MISTAKE! and I found out that it is not a mistake that I can live with, since it prevents the two sides from lining up. So...I have to frog it. Sigh...at least I didn't sew in my ends yet or else I would really cry (ever tried finding sewn in ends in an angora/lambswool blend? It doesn't happen). I was sooo depressed that I purchased some sock yarn from the LOOPY EWE. It's Interlacements Tiny Toes, in the Bachelor Buttons colourway. It looks yummy. I'm really excited since it's my first purchase from there, but I've heard great things about them. For those of you shaking your heads re: Knit from your stash 2007, According to the rules SOCK YARN DOESN'T COUNT AS STASH, and besides it's the first yarn purchase I've made so I think I've earned it. I also bought a wooden sock blocker, since I'm participating in the Summer Of Socks 2007 KAL, and I thought it would come in handy. Oooohhh...I can't wait to get my yarn... Oh well back to frogging.

TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!

As promised...

I finished the top half of the shawl this morning:

Here's a close up of the pattern:

Now all I have to do is pick up along the provisional cast on, and knit the other way. Sounds easy doesn't it? Except I have to figure out how to knit the first row so that the flowers match up perfectly. I tried on my swatch to do it just as written, and the flowers are just slightly off. I'm going to have to fiddle with it for awhile to get it right.

TTFN and KEEP KNITTING!