Latest Loopy Order

This was what my wonderful mailman dropped off to me this morning, my order from the Loopy Ewe. I bought a pair of the cute wooden sheep sock blockers, some Chibi darning needles, a hank of Cider Moon in the Silver Pine colorway, and a hank of All Things Heather in the Jellybean colorway. I'm not sure if 253 yards will be enough to make a pair of socks for my self. According to the label it should get about 5.5 sts per inch.....I think it would probably be more with the way I knit. I wear a Woman's size US 10 shoe. I may split the yarn in half and try a pair of toe ups, that way I'll just knit till I run out of yarn and not have to worry about having enough. Either that or I will turn them into a really nice pair of wristers. I just loved the greens and silvers. The ATH jellybean looks even yummier in person then it did in the pic....I know there's enough there for a pair of socks for myself, though Kaity was drooling over this one....lol.

Sock Progress

Weeeee.....I'm making really good progress on the second Martha sock. I need to put about 3 inches more on the foot before I start the toe decrease.....Yippy. I'm hoping to get some good knitting time in this afternoon. Today is an early release day for Kaity which means she has to be at school at 11:20 am instead of 12 pm and she gets out of school at 1:20 pm instead of the normal 3 pm. Those days are always a pain in the butt because the time she's needing to leave to head to school is normally when she's sitting at the table eating lunch.
I'll be posting my haul for the morning later. I have my Loopy Ewe order.....I'm in love with everything I got.....Love, Love, Love. The mailman just ran through here a few minutes ago but I need to get out of my PJ's before I head out to the mailbox. I'm just not familiar enough with my neighbors to let them see my PJ's....lol.

Internet Addiction

So how addicted to the internet are you? I saw this out at Isabelle's site a just couldn't pass taking this test and sharing it with everyone. I'd say it's pretty truthful....lol. I guess I can go knit in the sunshine. :~)
Back to sock knitting I go. I want to get those darn gusset decreases done before I head to bed.

You Are 72% Addicted to the Internet

In your opinion, life without the internet is hardly worth living. Could be, but you probably need a bit more fresh air and sunshine to think clearly.

Are You Addicted to the Internet?

4 Days of Progress

Here's what I've managed to achieve with 4 days of working on this sock. I've never had second sock syndrome and this is probably why. The second socks seems to go so fast. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that I have the pattern repeat memorized and I don't have to stop and measure as much because I keep count of each round on a patterned sock. Like this one has 11 repeats of all 6 rounds. I keep track of the rounds mostly to help me remember where I'm at in the sock pattern so that when I pick it up it's easier for me to get started.

This is after 2 days of working on the sock (11 Mar - 13 Mar):

This is after 4 days of work (14 Mar - 15 Mar):

So I'm now at the point where I need to pick up stitches for the gusset, decrease, then get my big oh foot knit. :~) I don't think it will be much long before I'm posting an FO. Now you get to check out my Scooby Doo pajama pants....first it was Eeyore now it's Scooby. I need to stop showing you all my PJs.
Actually it comes down to the fact that I was sitting in my computer chair listening to Lime & Violet....I'm trying to catch up on their episodes. :~) I was too lazy to go put the sock somewhere else to take a picture so I sat it in my lap.

Monkey Sock Swap

I received an email with my secret Monkey Sock Swap partners name, questionnaire and blog addy....Yippy! I've got the yarn on order and should be able to start them this weekend. I've got plenty of time since the deadline for mailing the box is 30 April but I want to get an early start and I don't want to wait till the last minute to mail the box. Unfortunately I won't be able to show them to you till after I've revealed who I am to my partner. I'll post about them after she/he gets the box.

FYI: Creative Magazine's May 2007 issue is pretty suckish. They don't have the new magazine up on their website yet so I can't point out the very few things that I would make. Theirs a kids hooded cardi, a dishcloth pattern and one cable cardi that I would make and the cable cardi would need some serious adjustments before I made it since it's cropped at the waist and sleeves. There is one sweater that made me say OMG how could someone even think about putting this one let alone knitting it up. It's super tacky....It's knit in super bright stripes that I'd knit into a pair of socks but never into a sweater.

More Stuff

The mailman was kind enough to drop the following books of on my doorstep this morning.

-- One Skein Wonders
-- Mason Dixon Knitting
-- 100 Knitting Projects
-- Knitting Sweaters from the Top Down
-- The Yarn Girls Guide to the Basics

I joined one of those crafters book clubs. Yup I allowed myself to be sucked into another book club. I guess I couldn't resist getting $100 worth of books for $25. So if there's a book I don't like it's not to much of a loss plus I can always sell it through DeStash or ebay.
Now I've only had time to browse through the book but I'm pretty impressed with Mason Dixon Knitting, which I've already heard a lot of good things about. I also like a lot of the projects out of 100 Knitting Projects. One Skein Wonders isn't to bad either. Knitting Sweaters from the Top Down has a few cute sweaters in it but it also has some really tacky ones. :~) There are some cute projects in The Yarn Girls Guide to the Basics but yuck they had to waste space on Poncho's. Sorry if I offend anyone who loves Poncho's. I'm not against anyone wearing them but you will never catch me in one....hate them!

I joined the Walker Treasury Project the other day and when I get back from vacation I'm going to start knitting some swatches from my book. If anyone is has the books or can get their hands on one at the library and is interested in knitting swatches you can go out to the website and sign up. They have all the info you need out at their site.

I'm off to feed Kaity so I can get her off to school and put Bree down for a nap. I was going to take Bree to the hospital to be weighed in but I don't know if she'll make it much longer before she falls asleep. She's mega crabby right now.

Sock Patterns

Cookie's got her website up and running and is now selling her sock patterns. The ones everyone has been drooling over. I purchased Gothic Spire, Thelonious, and Twisted Flower. I really wanted all her patterns, but couldn't afford 8 patterns all at once. Specially not after my Loopy order of ATH (Jelly Bean colorway), Cider Moon (Silver Pine colorway), and some of the cute wooden sheep sock blockers. The great news is that The Loopy Ewe is now carrying Louet Gems so I'll be buying that later on down the road so I can start one of these patterns.