Life is What Happens When You're Living It

And we've been living it!

I don't know what happened to my knitting mojo, but it is gone. Just like that. After the flurry of projects I was doing - at least one a week - my mojo completely disappeared. I know it sounds stupid, but I think it is all over having to do a buttonhole. Yes, seriously. You knitters understand. Sometimes you hit a point in a project where you have to do something that you just don't like to do. Usually it is finishing. But, for some reason, this time it is a buttonhole.

I decided to start the February Lady Sweater. I love the sweater, I know it would look fabulous on me, and I bought yarn in a great color. I knit the first 3 rows, and WHAMMO. Buttonhole time. I followed the tutorial in the pattern, but crappers, I just can't do it right now. So, the sweater is in a heap in the knitting bag.

Now, if you know me in real life, or even a little bit in blogland, you know I love the Boston Red Sox. Yes, it is that time again - baseball season. And can you believe, we were lucky to be able to score 4 tickets to one of the luxury boxes, and Poppy was able to experience his first game.

I've also been doing a lot of work on Poppy's homeschool curriculum, as well as getting more involved with a couple local homeschool groups. A couple weeks ago we went to the NH coast.

A Crafty Week

I didn't mean to be so crafty this week, I really didn't. But, sometimes we don't have control of the creative urges, and we've gotta run with it. I was poking around on some of the blogs I visit, and saw this on Knit 'N Tonic. My mission was clear. I needed to make some of these "Tie-dye" eggs myself. I saved the link from the Martha Stewart show, and set off to Goodwill to find some silk ties.

After a successful mission for ties, we tried this last night. My eggs were not as vibrant as I had hoped, but I am already thinking of ways to do it different/better/successful next year.

Today we kept the mojo going by planting our seeds for the veggie garden. Poppy did most of the work, and was quite proud that he did this himself.

I also whipped up a quick pair of mittens. "Plaid Mittens" (Ravelry Link)

I'm off to eat nachos....... I think I've earned it!

Knit-athon!

I've been knitting up a storm the last couple weeks. Mostly this weekend. Michelle gifted me the Twilight book series on CD's so I could listen. WOW - talk about knitting heaven. Now I can "read" and knit at the same time. Needless to say that I have been getting a lot done!

Chan had gifted me some Tofutsies a while back, and I made socks. After Michelle's visit a few weeks ago, I was inspired try a ribbed pattern. I picked Wise Hilda's Ribbed Sock pattern. Lulu likes them!

Once the socks were done, I decided that I wanted to knit up a quick Easter gift. I did one of my Candy Bags...

Today I knit up the Windy City Hat. I LOVE this project, and the pattern was very well written. Kudos to the author!

I'm still enjoying knitting from my stash. Let's face it, many of us try to knit from the stash at the beginning of the year, then all hell breaks loose when we find a good sale or we find something that we *must* knit and we don't have the yarn. For now, I've managed to only knit from stash in 2009. Plus, my yarn organizer I bought (see this post) is REALLY enjoyable because I can see and pet my stash anytime I want. And, it is decorative and looks lovely in my dining room. I'm really happy with it!

Not sure what will go on the needles next. Not sure about the dye pot, either, but when the knitting muse sleeps, the dyeing muse surely wakes.

Makin' Waves

I completed the "Foggy Seas Scarf" by Jennifer de Graff. See project details here: Ravelry.

Poppy's Red Sweater

All the WIPs are now complete!

Fresh off the needles:

Details are on my Ravelry page.

Habu Feather & Fan

In my quest to complete some of the WIPs I have in my knitting basket, I knew that this one had to go to my dear friend Joyce as a birthday gift.

It is a very simple Feather & Fan pattern, knit with lace weight Habu Textiles yarn.

Here is a picture to capture the pattern:

And the color:

Have a great weekend!

Dream In Color Shrug

I had my first FO of 2009 ~ the Dream in Color Shrug. I highly recommend this pattern! If you know me as a knitter, you know I have an acute fear of lace knitting, and this was a great project to take on as an intro to lace - the pattern was easy, and the yarn was thicker (I used some NH Knitting Mama in worsted weight). Gifted it to my Mom for her birthday, and it looks fantastic on her!

I also found a Petal Cloth that was 80% done in a random bin of yarn that I just cleaned out. So, I finished that this afternoon.

I am so happy with my new yarn storage system (from this post). It has really helped me to get my stuff organized, and helped me to "rediscover" all the goodies that I have in my stash!

Next on the agenda is to seam together a sweater that I made for Poppy (I know, Michelle! I'm a wimp when it comes to finish work!), and I also want to dye some more yarn!