FO Friday & Happy Yarn Shopping Birthday To Me!

So I've been a bad blogger and an ADD knitter, starting projects left and right and then abandoning them to take care of my children's hectic sports & music schedules. So finally I have an FO to share. I actually finished the sweater part a while ago, but I didn't want to show it until I had the flower done which isn't actually part of the pattern. I think the flower is too big though :( but it will have to suffice for now. And just so you know it's paper clipped on in the pics because I don't have anything better right now. I know crazy that I could not find one single safety pin even.

Here is a pic of the flower alone:

Pattern: Ross's Hat ( just the flower from this pattern)

Yarn: Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk Aran

Needles: size 10 US

I think it looks better here on the bed, cuz I'm a total goofball posing in my closet.

See TOTAL goofball!

Pattern: Antropologie-Inspired capelet by Julia Allen
Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky in Pewter
Needles: size 11 US

 Now for my birthday my hubby didn't get me a present. In his defense he and the kids got me a cake, ice cream and made me a really cute movie. I was pretty mad about the no present thing (a new phone that I hinted at) cuz it just made me feel unimportant. Anywho he said he thought I would just want to go buy yarn (which of course I always do)...I hope he doesn't regret it and I actually think I was pretty thrifty about it. Isn't it pretty?

Here's what I got:

 Cascade Yarns ALpaca Lace (blue-green)

Plymouth Yarns Mulberry Merino (pink)

  Plymouth Yarns Mulberry Merino (purple)

Berroco Inca Gold (blushy red)

Gotta love my LYS Unraveled Sheep in Sandy!

               I am totally loving this last one it is so soft!

I couldn't wait to start gauging for my next project. Normally I hate gauging (neccesary evil) but Inca Gold (a travesty that it's being discontinued) is such a joy to knit with I don't even mind gauging. Belfast Hoodie here        
     we come. See you on WIP Wednesday!                                                                                      



Here is my lovely gauge swatch with Inca Gold:                           

WIP Wednesday

Christmas in July, er I mean August. I had hoped to start all my Christmas knitting last month, but I came home from Lake Powell in such a funk I didn't get much of anything done really my house was a mess, then football started and that's a whole other story. But now it is August, the kids are back in school, my house is finally tidy most of the time so I can focus a little better. I am really excited that I have gotten this far on these socks because the last time I attempted them my stinky Milo pulled all four DPN's out. GRRR!!! Really can you blame the guy it must be quite an interesting thing for a 2 year old. Anyhow I was very upset and needed a brake before I started again. So my dad did not get a pair of Mr.Pitts socks for Christmas last year, but maybe this year will be different (I hope).

Pattern: Mr. Pitts Socks

Yarn: 1 skein ONline supersocke 100 in Linetto

Needles: size 1 US

WIP Wednesday

Another slouchy hat is on the needles this week. It's a different yarn so I hope it turns out. I'm getting faster at the pattern since it's the second time around.

Hopefully I can make a bunch and sell them. Hopefully they are cute enough that people will want to buy them. I'm trying to think of a name for my brand. I thought of Emma Sue but that is too girly, I may want to make stuff for men. Another one could simply be EM with a funky font or something. What do you think?

FO Friday

After hanging out with these cute people

And doing a little of this (I'm wakeboarding)

I came home and finished my hat, then I soaked it and thought I would block it like a beret to show the lace and cable detail.

I liked the way it showed the detail, but when I put it on...

I just didn't have the look I was going for plus it felt kinda heavy. Weird.

 So I re-soaked it and just threw it on my drying rack without any shaping. I like it much better. I think you can still the detail, in person anyway.

I look like I'm a teenager in these pics with my headphones Lol!

I almost forgot I made this with 2 skeins of  Cleckheaton Country Silk 8ply from DBNY on size 7 circ's and dpn's. I still need to type up the pattern, I hope I can read the notes I made :)

WIP Wednesday

Regretfully, I am not the most consistent blogger. I don't know if anyone even reads this blog. I read/stalk several knitting blogs so just in case someone else in cyber space needs some inspiration, I would like to be able to offer that. To help me be more consistent I will be starting some new features, (plus it might help me finish projects)such as: Work-In-Progress Wednesday and maybe Finished-Object(FO)Friday, and maybe Sunday Inspirations. Hopefully this will produce at least one post a week.

So...for this WIP Wednesday
I give you a lace and cable hat that I hope will be slouchy once it's blocked. It is made with Cleckheaton country silk 8 ply in chocolate that I bought from DBNY. Love that place, but it can be bittersweet because I love this yarn and of course it is discontinued. I am hoping this hat doesn't become a lesson in gauging because I am an idiot and didn't check my gauge because I have knit with it and the same needle size before here, but not this particular stitch pattern.

This project is still coming together in my head. I started out wanting to make just a simple swingy-cardi-vest type thing, but I got bored so it will probably end up still a swingy-cardi-vest, but with some lace up the back and around the front. I just need to do some math. It is made with yarn that I bought for another project here and here, but it failed so I ripped it out thus the new design. Both of these WIP's are my designs by the way. The yarn is Naturally Caron SPA ocean spray and it's super soft, but a little splitty. I know that's not a word, but it's the best way I have to describe it.

So that's it for my works in progress, next week I have to skip because we are going to Lake Powell for some fun in the sun! No knitting in the sand for me!