she's alive!!
Yes, I am FINALLY updating this blog with some knitting.
Can you believe it??!?!??!?!
:D
I've been working on three projects since my last post. I sat myself down this morning . . as I've been trying to force myself to do for the last two months . . and put Lucy Neatby's Knitting Gems 4 DVD in my portable player to watch the unconventional bind off method for the quadrillionth time. For whatever reason, after I master this bind off and then move on . . it seems to slip my mind until I want to use it again. I'm forcing myself to make sure I memorize this darned thing so I don't have to re-watch it again!!! Not that watching Lucy is a bad thing . .
Here's the finished first side of my Noro Pillow:
And the artistic view everyone seems to like:
I have some more rows on my Hypoteneuse:
Last but not least, I've started the Noni Urban Adventure Bag, using Malabrigo worsted in Dusty Olive:
So, as you can see . . I have been very, very busy. I can't seem to find the little bookmarks I made at my craft day I mentioned in my last post. I have them somewhere around here and when I find them, I'll make sure to take a pic cuz they're super cute!
I've swatched (yet again *sigh*) for the Fletcher Coat - Noro. However, every single time I swatch it seems that it's never the same - radically. The first time I swatched I decided to use US10. The second time I did, we were thinking US8. Now . . Roz is thinking US6!! UGH! I've swatched down to a US5 and the yarn (Noro Kochoran) is just too thick for that diameter needle. It's hard on the hands and not enjoyable to knit. So, I think I may insist on staying at US6. I am assuming that the downward progression in needle size is due to my loosening up quite a bit as I continue gaining knitting experience. The US10 was about a year ago and I was still super tight. What a difference a year makes! Also, another girl at the shop just finished making a coat and Roz was keeping that in mind and how the yarn drapes, etc. So, even though the pattern may call for a larger needle size, the smaller one actually makes a nicer knit fabric. We're just going to have to alter the pattern significantly to account for the change in needle size.
With all of this . . . I think I'm going to sign off and keep knitting. I also think I may get another new Lucy Neatby DVD. :D
OH WAIT!!! Here's some new pictures of Mistie and Max. Max is just getting SO big!!! I want him to stay little. *pout* (He's still pouncing on Mistie often.)
It's hard to believe he's 16. He just had some kidney tests this past week and they all came back that his levels were decreasing . . which means that the Calcitriol that he's been taking and some extra potassium are working!!!
My little man. Isn't he getting so big?!?!?!