My Amazon Order Arrived Today!

Which to read first! I think The Time Traveler's Wife, since that is this month's KTC book, and I have heard such raves about it. The Serpents Trail is the book that came before The Tooth of Time and I've been wanting to read that, and of course the next two in the Maggie Sefton series.

One Skein Angel Assignment Completed!

I put together the final package for my one skein orphan, and will be mailing it out tomorrow. The felted purse is 'Sophie' from MagKnits made with one skein of Cascade 220, and needle-felted flowers. Inside I put a copy of this month's Whoduknit - Knit One Kill Two by Maggie Sefton with an invitation to join our group and three other items with connections to the book - Earl Gray tea, a Cinnamon bun candle, and a washcloth. I hope she likes it!

Whoduknit Mystery Ball Swap

We're having a lot of fun over at Whoduknit. If you are not a member yet and you love to read mysteries and knit - come on over and join us, and sign up for the Mystery Ball Swap.

Whoduknit Mystery Ball Swap

This is a quick, easy, inexpensive swap that I think will be a lot of fun.
It is not a mutual swap - you will have an upstream (someone who sends to you) and a downstream (someone you send to). It's a "Mystery" swap - so you will keep your identity a secret. You will need to do some detective work to find out what kinds of things your victim likes to knit, colors she likes, hobbies, interests, etc. You can stalk her blog, or you can send anonymous e-mails to interrogate her.
Here's how it will work:
You will purchase or rescue from your stash, enough yarn to make a small, easy, project. (Probably one skein, or two if it is a small skein). You will need to make sure your victim is not allergic to the yarn (we really don't want to kill anyone).
Then you will make a 'mystery ball' with the yarn by starting at one end and winding it around small objects. The first object you should wind into the ball should be something that reveals your identity so that will be the last item she finds. Then the fun begins - finding all the mystery items to wind your ball of yarn around. Get creative - examples would be stitch markers, row counters, candy, charms, stickers, beads, ribbon, buttons, jokes, clues to your identity, fun websites, etc.
There is no minimum amount to spend. The only rule is that everything you send to your SP has to fit into the mystery ball, with one exception - a pattern that can be made with the yarn you send. And wouldn't it be fun if it was a mystery pattern! Once again, you will have to do some sleuthing to find out what your victim likes to knit. You probably wouldn't want to send a sock pattern to someone who hates knitting socks (or would you?) When you receive your mystery ball you will need to knit the pattern in order to find the mystery items hidden inside. (No fair unwinding it!). When you have knit your project and found all of your mystery items and the identity of your SP, post a picture in the Mystery Ball Photo Album.

Guidelines:

Sign-ups begin now. E-mail me (grammieknits@yahoo.com) with your name, e-mail, mailing address, and blog (if you have one) by September 16.

You will receive your victim's name by September 23. Please contact her and let her know she is being stalked! Since this is a "Mystery" Swap, you should try to remain anonymous. Use an anonymous e-mail or you can use me as a go-between to ask questions and get answers.

Deadline for mailing your mystery ball to your victim is October 31 (Happy Halloween!)

Summer Vacation is Over!

It's 'back to school' for me tomorrow. The kids don't start until September 5, but we have teacher workshops tomorrow and Thursday. The first day of school is always exciting, and this year is even more exciting since I will have my granddaughter, Tori, in my class! In the meantime I have been busy helping to plan the twins 13th birthday party (could I possibly have grandchildren 13 years old! They are each having three friends overnight at their camp tomorrow night for a Survivor party. We have lots of challenges planned, but no one will get voted off the island until Thursday - when they all go home! It should be lots of fun. I'll stop by after my workshop tomorrow to try to catch some of it.
This going back to work business is going to seriously cut into my knitting time! Maybe I can come up with a math curriculum based around knitting - that's really not such a bad idea - can't you just see 23 2nd graders knitting away in the classroom. I finished my first It Felt Random Bag, and it is ready to be felted. Can't wait to see how it turns out. It's 23"x23"x6" deep before felting and the i-cord is 68" long.

Whoduknit Mystery Contest Winners

A big thanks to all of you who came to the rescue of our poor little orphan skein of yarn. Your assignment, was to find out the identity, colorway, number and manufacturer. You were all such good sleuths and some of you came so close that I wish you all could be winners! I used this really neat random number generator to determine the forst and second place winners out of all the correct answers, and then did another random drawing with all of the entries to determine the 3rd and 4th place winners. And here they are.......

First Place prize: Verde Adriana, tote and The Little Box of Scarves - Anastasia
Second Place prize: Adriana's cousin, Melilla - Deb
Third Place: Two skeins Knit Picks Parade - Vicki
Fourth Place: Knit One Kill Two (The September Whoduknit Mystery) - Fiadhnat

Congratulations Anastasia, Deb, Vicki and Fiadhnat!

And thanks again to everyone who entered the contest!

I was so into this contest that when I was in Bar Harbor last week and a woman stopped me and asked if I had made my purse and she named the yarn and pattern (Noro Booga Bag)I said "guess the colorway and you win it!" Fortunately she didn't and I got to keep my purse!

If you haven't joined the fun on Whoduknit yet - come on over and join us.

Sloooow Dial-up

Am I the last person on earth to still have a slow dial-up connection? We cannot get cable, and DSL keeps promising it will be here soon, but so far we can't get that either. I found some beautiful Entrelac felted bag patterns available for purchase by download. I ordered the pattern, and it took....3 1/2 hours to download!
It is 18 pages - but 3 1/2 hours! There is also a beautiful Trellis Tote pattern that isn't available for download yet, but that I just have to have, so I guess I'll be another 3 1/2 hours downloading it when it becomes available.
I've been playing with the random stripe generator that I found while I was "ring surfing" today. Cristi's pattern for theIt Felt Random Bag is really fun. And...it didn't take 3 1/2 hours to download! I chose Peacock, Old Gold, Burgundy, and Pink Patons wool, and a 2,4,6,8,10, 100 row pattern for my bag, and finally decided on a sequence that I liked. I cast on for it tonight - can't wait to see how it comes out.

Felted teapot

This is my first try at a felted teapot. It's cute, but it needs some work. It's 4" tall, and the teacup was 3" tall, so I think for the set I either have to make a bigger teapot or smaller teacup. I should have made the pink stripe wider, and I think I would have liked the lid pink instead of blue. Here is a picture of it drying. I have it stuffed with plastic bags. A balloon would have been the perfect form (put the balloon in and then blow it up), but there were none left from the birthday party. Here is the basic pattern I came up with - it involves a little crocheting too.

Felted Teapot

CO 70 sts using worsted weight yearn and 16" size 10 circular needles. Knit in the round for 5" (more if you want a bigger teapot).
Decrease 7 sts. evenly spaced every other row until your are down to 35 sts, then every row until you are down to 21 sts, then K 2tog around until you are down to 5 stitches. (change to dpns when necessary) Pull yarn through and finish off. With a contrasting color and size G or H hook, Join yarn and SC around the top of the teapot. Next round: SC in first SC, skip next SC, repeat around. Next round: slip stitch in first two sc, skip next sc, repeat around. Finish off. Make a 4 or 5 st. I-cord 8" long for the handle and sew on one side of the teapot. Make a 10 st. 3" long I-cord for the spout and sew onto the other side of the teapot.
Lid (I crocheted this because I don't know how to knit a circle, but it is just a circle about 5" in diameter.
Ch 5 and sl st to join into a ring.
Next round: Ch 1 work 2 sc in each sc - 20 sc
Next round: Work 1 sc in each sc
Repeat these two rounds 5 times, work 5 rounds even sc. Fasten off
For top of lid, in contrasting yarn, Ch5 and sl st to join into ring. Work same as lid for two rounds. End off and pull yarn tight to make a 'bobble'and sew to top of lid.
Felt as usual.

Swaps and KALs

I'm becoming addicted to knitting swaps and KALs. I've joined The International Tote Exchange II and The Knitted Purse Exchange. I received the name of my swap partner for the purse exchange already (it's not a secret swap), she lives in Norway and you should see her yarn stash! We've already exchanged e-mails and this should be a lot of fun. I love making totes and purses, especially felted ones, and this will give me an excuse to make more and maybe use up some stash. I also joined the Mason-Dixon KAL, after receiving a copy of the Mason-Dixon Knitting book. I love this book! I read it from cover to cover and can't wait to start on some of the projects. I also treated myself to "Scarf Style" and "Handknit Holidays" (I've been very good to myself!)

Amazing Lace Challenge #6 "Unlikely Model"

This wasn't quite what I had in mind for this challenge. My plan was to drape my Airy Scarf around a live lobster. But things didn't quite work out. I couldn't get him to stay still long enough to put the scarf on him, he was not very cooperative at all. So here is my pathetic entry. But at least I will qualify for the drawings!
P.S. The lobster was delicious!

Birthday Fun

This weekend was Tori's 7th birthday. The party was at my house on Friday - 15 little girls decorated treasure boxes and then went on a treasure hunt to fill them up. It was a fun time for everyone!

Felted Pottery

This felted bowl was made with one skein (doubled) of knitpicks Memories yarn in Geranium. The colors didn't pool as much as I thought they would. I was hoping it would look more like Mexican pottery, but I like it anyway. With another skein of the same yarn I made the tea cup and saucer. I think they are adorable, and would love to make a whole set, including the teapot for my granddaughter.
For the bowl:
CO 80 sts on size 8 16" circular needles. Join and knit in the round for about 5".
Start decreasing 6 sts evenly space every other row until you are down to about 40 sts. and then every row until you are down to 4 sts. (switching to dps when necessary) Draw yarn through the remaining sts and fasten off. Felt as usual and block over a bowl.
For the saucer:
Make as for the bowl, except knit around for only 1" before starting the decreases. Felt and block over a bowl.
For the teacup:
CO 35 sts. on size 8 needles, work around for about 5" and then start decreasing 4 sts. every row until there are 4 sts. left. Pull through and fasten off.
Handle: Make a 4 sts I cord about 6" long and sew in place on cup.
Felt as usual and block over a glass.

Striped Felted Tote

This is the felted striped tote from the One skein book. I used Patons Classic Wool in their new variegated line in the color Rosewood, and a solid, burgandy.
It felted quickly, and is about half the size I started with. I always forget to measure and take a picture of the before. I was hoping to use this for my 'school bag,' but it came out a little smaller than I though it would. Guess I won't be able to take much work home with me this year LOL.

Island Picnic

In the summer, one of our favorite things to do is to go on an island lobster picnic. This year 40 people crowded onto my son-in-law's lobster boat to go over to one of the islands off Frenchmen's Bay in Bar Harbor, where we cooked 100 lbs. of lobster and 100 lbs. of clams, not to mention the corn, and all the munchies. It couldn't have been a more perfect day! And no....I didn't take my knitting with me.

Lobster on the Rocks on our own private island!

Whoduknit Mystery Yarn Contest Clue #2

I was looking out my window this morning (while knitting of course) and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Ms. Duknit lift a little bundle of joy from her zucchini patch. Of course I ran out to see what was going on (I am a Whoduknit KAL sleuth after all). What I saw was the softest bundle of yarn. Ms. Duknit was not very forthcoming about the details of this incredible discovery, but I could tell that it weighed about 3.5 oz.,was 215 yards long and kettle dyed. It was thick in some places and thin in others.
(feel free to leave a comment - but don't give away your guess yet!)

Socks!

Two pairs of socks completed! The first is a pair of ankle socks knit with one skein Sockotta self-patterning sock yarn, color 502, with a size one (ugh!) 40" circular needle. I have enough left over to make a pair of baby socks.

The second is a pair of slipper socks knit with one skein of Lionbrand Woolease purple on size 5 40" circs, in a beaded rib stitch from Sensational Knitted Socks. These socks cost a grand total of $2.00! I don't know how they will hold up, but I love them right now!

KTC Traveling Women's Swap Package Arrived!

I received a package today from my wonderful swap partner, Vicki, and I am overwhelmed! She sent "Plain Truth" by Jodie Picoult, which I can't wait to read, and "Knit One, Kill Two", by Maggie Sefton, which is one of the books that has been nominated for our next reading and KAL at Whoduknit, TWO skeins of Noro, which I am really excited about because it is my favorite felting yarn - just love the colors, a box of Spiced Chai Tea (can't wait to try it) and a great keychain made with twisted yarn. Thank you Vicki for putting so much thought into my package - I love it!
Jane

Perdita

This is Perdita from Knitty in the lilac pattern. I used #3 crochet cotton instead of the #5 called for because that was what I had, so it is a little bigger than it is supposed to be. This was my first attempt at knitting with beads and it was pretty easy to do. I'm not sure I would wear it as a bracelet, but it makes a nice candle cozy! Without the buttons and loops, it woulds also make a pretty bookmark. I am going to try one with the right size pearl cotton because I think they are so pretty and is so much fun to make.

Amazing Lace Challenge #5

Do you ever get to the point where you’ve knit so much lace that you start seeing lace everywhere? A sunset reminds you of the colorway of your shawl; iron scrollwork on a bridge reminds you of the lace motif on your lacy socks; your eyes can immediately spot a flash of lace a mile away?

In honor of that slightly crazed I-see-lace-everywhere mental state that’s a symptom of obsessive lace knitting, your challenge is to post one photo on your blog in which your lace is a hidden or unexpected part of the picture.

So...okay - Where's My Lace?

Knitpicks Package

Look what the mailman brought today! 5 skeins of Knitpicks Memories - 2 in Geranium and 3 in Morning Glory. The Geranium is for a bowl for my Whoduknit project (although it seems like the moderators of that forum have gone missing!) I thought it would resemble the pottery made in the southwest, where this month's book, Tooth of Time, takes place. I'm not sure about the Morning Glory yet, but it was just so pretty!

International Friendship Quilters

I don't do much sewing anymore (too busy knitting!), but I do belong to the International Friendship Quilters Forum
I've participated in a few of their simple swaps, that did not involve too much talent and have made some great friends from all over the world. I haven't participated lately, but decided to sign up for their "Christmas in July" swap - a handmade Christmas ornament. Since I already have a large collection of hand made Christmas ornaments from my sewing days, this will be an easy one, so I signed up for two ornament exchanges. The best part about these exchanges is the very interesting letters that come with them. These are the ornaments that I will be swapping with two different IFQ members. They are both made with felt, hand sewed and hand beaded and embroidered.

One Skein Swap Package

My final OSSP package is ready to go! I knit and felted this circular needle case (Family Circle Easy Knitting Holiday 2005) from one skein of Patons Classic Marino Wool in blue denim, plus some leftover blue for the trim and lined it with a blueberry print fabric. I filled it with sock-shaped point protectors, a knitting needle and stitch gauge, blueberry candles, handmade beaded stitch markers,and an Inox circular needle. I am also enclosing "Knitting to Go", 25 Chic and Easy Patterns by Kris Percival. This swap has been a lot of fun!

KTC Summer Book Swap

I have my package for my KTC SP just about ready to mail, so it will arrive the first week in August. I had a hard time deciding which book to send, but finally chose two. I chose mysteries because that is the genre that she likes. One is Sue Grafton's "S is for Silence" and the other is Mary Higgins Clark's "On the Street Where You Live". They are both sort of about women who travel (although it is a stretch!) and are authors that my SP has not read, so I hope that she will like them! I added a couple of paperback books (gently used) just for fun, because they take place in Maine. One is Sarah Graves' Triple Witch which takes place in Eastport, Maine, a fishing village very much like the one I live in, and the other a Jessica Fletcher book, which of course takes place in the fictional Cabot Cove, Maine. I'm adding some 'travel accessories' to the package. A handmade beaded bookmark, a book light, some Knit One, Pearl Two mohair yarn in her favorite colors, two scarf patterns that she can make from the yarn, a small crochet booklet, and some tea, all packed in a small hand-knit felted tote bag. This swap was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed putting the package together. I am pretty sure that she has not found out who I am, so I think it is safe to post this here!

One Skein SP Package!

I returned home from a vacation yesterday to find a package from my OSSP! Since she will be on vacation the next several weeks, she included both the July and August gifts. For July, there was not ONE but TWO skeins of the softest alpaca yarn in my favorite color. It's Knit Picks Decadence in Spring Leaf. The kind of yarn that you just want to hug! She also included a pattern for "I'll Pack a Hat" from Knit Picks. Then for August, she sent two felted bowls, which I just love! The colors are just great. Thank you so much Mary Lynn. You've been a wonderful SP, and I have enjoyed our e-mails over the last two months. I hope now that you are not a secret anymore, we can continue to keep in touch!

I Don't Do Windows

I just returned from a week long visit to New Jersey and I actually did not pick up a knitting needle the whole time! I will have some pictures up soon, but in the meantime I will leave you with this advice. And a few laughs

Wine Bottle Tote

I finished the wine bottle tote for my sister. Does the needle felting look anything like grapes to you???? The tote was simple. I used two strands of Paton's classic wool, and CO 50 stiches on a #11 16" circular needle. Knit around until it is 22" tall, then start decreasing for the bottom. The handle is a 36" I-cord, cut in half after it is felted, and then threaded through the bag (like the Booga bag).

I also finished the place mats for my other sister. I'm not thrilled with them, I should have used a better quality cotton yarn. Maybe I will tell her they are dishclothes. If I made them again, I would knit knit them lengthwise and leave all the ends as fringe instead of weaving them all in.

And the KTC WH Project Winner is.....

Not me :( Although I did have a lot of nice comments on my baby bonnet and my reasons for knitting it for this project. The winner was my favorite project,
Key Fobs by Hope. She is very clever and she won a skein of very pretty yarn.
But - I was a winner today too! I met a friend for lunch and we walked by a yard sale on the way- look what I took home! The whole stack cost me $10.50, so I feel like I hit the jackpot!

KTC Summer Book Swap

This was the invitation from Amanda for the Knit the Classics summer swap

Swap time -- Women travelers

Since both of our summer KTC choices feature women on journeys, our Summer Swap theme will be "Women Travelers." The heroine might be on vacation or on business, traveling for pleasure or for adventure, circumnavigating the globe or flying to another galaxy! Use your imaginations...Would you like to come along?

Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Of course I'd like to come along! I have already received the name of the person I will be sending to and after receiving her questionnaire I was quite surprised to learn that her favorite books were "Vampire" novels! But after several e-mails back and forth she has convinced me that she is a 'normal person'(her words!) and a very interesting one at that. I have a pretty good idea about which book I will be sending her (it won't be a Vampire book - she's read them all!), and just have to come up with some 'accessories' to go with it.
I also heard from my 'upstream' - but only once. So, if you are lurking out there and reading this - Hi!

Shopping Trip

I made a trip up to the big city (Bangor) yesterday to pick up a few things I need. I DID NOT need any yarn. I have too many WIPs right now, and have all the yarn I need to make them. But - as I was walking by A.C. Moore on my way to Kohls, I saw they were having a sidewalk sale. There were lots of little crafty things on sale, so I picked up a bunch to take down to NJ with me for my nieces and nephews. Well - you probably won't believe this, but these two balls of yarn jumped into my cart.
They were both marked $9.99, marked down to $2.00. I thought they were too cute to put back on the table, so I took them home with me. I have no idea what I'll do with them. One is a skinny shiny ribbon yarn and the other some kind of bumpy yarn. I guess I could always use them for gift wrapping, if nothing else. Then I stopped at Borders to pick up a couple of books. I DID NOT need any more knitting magazines - again I have more projects right now than I can handle, but I did kind of glance at the magazine rack. These little sheep puppets jumped out at me - how adorable. the magazine is "Spin-Off"by Interweave. I don't spin - but I love the idea of it, and besides, I'm sure it is not against the law to use store bought yarn for the sheep puppets. I will probably even cheat and use self patterning sock yarn for them, as the patterns seems quite complicated.
There were some other cute patterns in it too - one for a beaded change purse, and another for a cute crocheted bag that hangs on your wrist and is used to hold a ball of yarn while knitting. I don't know if I would ever make it, or use it - but cute!
So, that magazine came home with me too.



And last, but not least, I rescued my son's Beta fish from his apartment to 'fish sit' while he is away for a couple of weeks.

Rainy Day Musings

Another rainy day in Maine! I have had to put aside my other projects, including poor little Miss Surie Lace to work on some gifts to bring down to New Jersey. My daughter and I, along with my three grandchildren are driving down to visit family and friends. One project is a set of placemats that I'm making for my sister. I'm making four and have one finished and another started. They are very colorful and summery and I think she will like them. Another is Cupcakes - yes cupcakes! for my friend and my SIL. I am almost finished with them - just have to add some sprinkles and a couple of cherries. I'm going to get some plastic bakery boxes to present them in. For my other sister, I'm planning on making a felted wine tote, and if I have time, some glass cozies. We are leaving in 10 days, so that doesn't give me much time, but I figure I can work on the placemats and drink cozies on the way down, when I'm not driving of course. And, while I sit here waiting for pictures to load I am working on Day #2 of the July dishcloth KAL. No clue what it is yet, but I'm guessing it's something to do with summer, and the suggest color was light blue - so maybe that's water, and it's a boat?
I also started reading Sue Henry's Tooth of Time for the Whodunkint KAL. I'm enjoying it so far - the setting is in New Mexico and revolves around a fiber shop there, which really exists called Weaving Southwest What a yummy selection of yarns and fibers! I'd like to get in my Winnebego and head there right now! But of course I don't have a Winnebego.
But - I do have a 'camp' - that is a tiny cottage on a lake in the Maine woods. We actually got some sunshine yesterday and my son, Steven, and I headed up there to check out the progress that my husband is making on the addition (which is bigger than the camp!)

Upper Middle Branch Lake

The first picture is the camp - you can see the addition going up behind it. We have to build in the back because of the state law against building any closer than 100 feet to the water. The camp is already closer than that (grandfathered), but the addition cannot be. The addition will include two bedrooms, a loft, and a screen porch. I'm really looking forward to the screen porch, since bugs and the Maine woods go hand in hand. The next two are views of the addition Steve and his friend Tim have been working hard on. The last is a picture of the lake - Upper Middle Branch lake, our dock and Steve's fishing boat.

Wuthering Heights Project

I had a hard time coming up with an idea for my Knit with the Classics Wuthering Heights projects. I didn't like the book much, the characters did not inspire fuzzy warm knitting thoughts! I finally decided to design a lace infant's bonnet for Catherine, a premature baby, born into a dysfunctional family, and whose mother died in childbirth. The yarn is a soft yellow baby yarn, and the lace pattern is called "Baby Fern" from an old reliable stitch dictionary that I have on my bookshelf.

Amazing Lace Challenge #2 Finalists

I didn't even try to compete in this one! Take a look at the 6 finalists for Challenge#3

Whoduknit Mystery Yarn Contest

Clue #3 - She weighs 3.5 oz. and is 215 yards long. She is kettle dyed and a little thick in some places, thinner in others.

The Amazing Lace Challenge #3

For this challenge we had to write a poem about our lace. So...with apologies, here goes!


Miss Suri Lace

My Amazing Lace partner is making me crazy,
I do all the work, she is nothing but lazy.
Her name is Suri, she's a beauty it's true,
in the colorway Peacock, all lavender and blue.
But she's skinny and slippery and falls off my needle,
and then she will laugh, joke, cajole and wheedle.
Back into my good graces she goes for awhile,
moving smoothly along and making me smile.
But as soon as we come to a stumbling block,
Miss Suri becomes as stubborn as a rock.
She just sits there like a queen on her throne,
and does nothing to help, while I grumble and groan.
It's my job to turn her into a beautiful scarf,
while she sits there looking like a pile of barf!
And in the end, when the race has been won,
who will get all the glory and all of the fun?
You guessed it, pretty little Miss Suri Lace,
will stand up and bow and say "I won the race!"

Baby Bolero

I knit this baby bolero from the One Skein book for a friend who just delivered a
2 1/2 lb. baby girl, 11 week premature. I knit it with Knitpicks Shine worsted in Snapdragon and there was a prayer in every stitch!
So far Jessica Elizabeth is hold her own, and I hope that she will be able to wear this soon.

Amazing lace Challenge # 1 finalists

Wow - I'm really blown away by these entries. It was hard to decide, but I finally voted for Christie's interview - it was just so clever. You can see the finalists

here

Monthly Dishcloth KAL

This is fun - you get about 7 rows of the pattern each day, so you don't really know what the pattern is going to be until it is finished.
Monthly Dishcloth KAL

June SP One Skein Received!!!

I was so excited to see the large envelope in the mailbox this morning - like Christmas, or my birthday! It's a rainy, dreary day here in Maine, and this was just what I needed to cheer me up. I had promised my SP that I would rip the envelope open without looking at the return address (a lot of good it would have done me anyway, as she is very clever at disguising her identity). Inside was this beautiful skein of Cherry Tree Hill, Suri Lace yarn in peacock, and not only that, but a Cherry Tree Hill pattern for a Cockle Shell Scarf, that takes - yup, you guessed it, just one hank of Cherry Hill Suri Lace yarn. I think she must have read my mind (or my blog lol) because I have been trying to come up my next project for the Amazing lace Challenge, and was looking for something a little more challenging than the Airy Scarf I have already made. I think I can actually do this! And knitting with this yarn is going to be such a pleasure. I absolutely love the colors in it. It couldn't be more perfect. Thank you One Skein Secret Pal, whoever you are!

Baby Cable Rib Sock

I'm excited about this sock because it is the first I have made that has a pattern, besides plain ribbing. It's the Baby Cable rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, made with Pattons Kroy Socks yarn in Grass Green. It's a sport weight superwash wool, and I used size 3 circs and the ML method. The pattern was simple, but I like the looks of it. I love this book (got it with my 40% off coupon at A.C.Moore) because it really explains each of the different methods of making socks, and then gives patterns, beginning with simple four stitch patterns, which this one is, on up to complicated 12 stitch patterns, and gives you stitch tables for figuring how how to knit them with any weight yarn and needle and method. It doesn't actually give the ML directions, but it's easy enough to convert the directions for two circs into ML. Now I supposed I will have to make the other sock LOL.