Friday, December 21, 2007

A Tale of Woe and A Christmas Carol

Tale of Woe. Today was the last day of school for the kiddos and I flat ran out of time to finish my teacher gift knitting. I managed to finish Manitou Passage in the nick of time. She turned out quite purdy and I was almost sad to see her go. She is off to a good home. Now what to do with that half skein of Calmer...


Cream of Spinach is also out the door. This was one of my absolute favorite knits. It is entertaining to knit, easy to memorize and portable. My recipe for a favorite. My son broke his arm and this baby got me through much waiting room time.
As for some of the other scarves in my sidebar. Can anyone say....Valentines Day gifts? I think I am off my scarf binge and back to Buncha Squares. It is starting to give me the hairy eyeball.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot... A Christmas Carol. Fantastic stage production put on by the Ford's Theatre in DC. DH and I took the little kiddos accompanied by another family. It was an amazing production and captivated all of us from start to finish. Dinner afterward at Austin Grill = fun time had by all. Definitely a tradition in the making.








Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Love for Ravelry and ANOTHER Scarf


I just added these fun progress bars courtesy of Ravelry. I just love a new toy.

As for the actual knitting... I am almost finished with Cream of Spinach from Larissa Brown and slogging away on everything else. I am dreaming of what I am going to knit after Christmas for moi.
Back to the knitting.

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Gift Knitting....




This year I am knitting several scarves for teacher gifts. My boys have some great teachers this year and I hope these go over well! There can be a fine line between handmade goodness and homemade horror! This is Manitou Passage Scarf by Jen Showalter. meangirl.blogspot.com/2007/02/as-requested.html A terrific reversible cable scarf pattern that is fun and easy to knit. I am using leftover Rowan Calmer.


Next up is a modified Palindrome. Another reversible cable scarf. I am loving these! I cast on 28 stitches instead of 30 for a narrow scarf. It is knit with Lion Brand Organic Cotton
http://www.cometosilver.com/patterns/palindrome.htm


Loopy and Luscious http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/PATTloopy.html knit with Debbie Bliss Cashmere and Rowan Kidsilk Haze.

Love to write more but the clock is a tickin!