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Coupons

2009-12-01T09:43:00.001-06:00

So I've been very neglectful of my blog. I've been doing a lot of Christmas knitting so not too much that I can post about.
But I did set a new goal starting today to save $30,000 using coupons. When I get to my $30,000 goal I will use the money to buy a Camaro. If I want to do this in a year I would need to save $77/day - so more than likely this will take me more than a year.
I installed a ticker at the bottom of my page to help track my savings. I collected $2.50 this morning so I am on my way!

More Sock Summit Stash

2009-08-23T18:05:00.003-05:00

So from left to Right: Sophies toes just a small gathering of friends, skacel zauberball, cashmere sock by mackintosh yarn, malabrigo sock, rock candy by huckleberry knits, stevanie pico for Cascade yarns handpaints, 3 skeins solid CTH and on the end some mini skeins
The mini skeins were obtained through strong armed tactics......

One Thing I bought at Sock Summit

2009-08-11T20:58:00.002-05:00

Was this really great knitted rug by Lantern Moon. It proved you can fit a rug in carry-on luggage : )

I think if I could have I would have bought 2.

For $10 it was a great deal!

Really Needs to Post more often

2009-06-22T14:13:00.003-05:00

I even finished a project recently...

I finished knitting the absorbo bath mat from Mason Dixon Knitting... I think I started this some time in 2007 from the best of my estimates : )

I also went to the Fold Saturday Night for Toni's summer solstice sale, I got some new yarn (shocking at a yarn store) and the Baby Yours pattern, which I thought would be good for some of the gender neutral babies coming in the near future. I didn't buy any yarn to make this because I wasn't sure what a good gender neutral color scheme would be. Then I got home and thought RED!

Winner

2009-04-19T14:44:00.002-05:00

Yesterday at the North Suburban Knit Out I won the fastest knitter contest and won this great basket of Noro! I got three balls of silk garden, a ball of kureyon, two balls of Kochoran and a ball of Silk Garden Sock Yarn. I also won a sock book as a door prize it was a really good day! I never win anything.

Vacation

2009-03-12T21:17:00.002-05:00

I finished my lace ribbon scarf, but sadly my camera is already packed up to go on vacation. So picture at the end of March sometime. I have also made a little more progress on my fishy mittens and have two sock knitting projects in my bag for France!
So more after the 28th!

My memory

2009-02-18T21:15:00.001-06:00

Does anyone remember seeing a hood scarf? it was red and ribbed and I remember seeing it somewhere, and thinking it might be cute to make. Anyone have any ideas where I could have seen this?

Calorimetry

2009-02-04T19:46:00.003-06:00

Super Bowl Sunday was used to knit a nice quick little project a friend had requested. I had started this before and worked 2 rows before deciding it was going to come out to large. I ripped it and let it sit for a few weeks. I cast on 100 stitches instead of 120 and I worked fewer repeats of row 5 than required to make it wide enough but not too wide.

I think it turned out really cute and think I may make one for myself.

A few straggling projects.

2009-01-26T19:27:00.003-06:00

I don't know how it always ends up being so long between posts.

I made Isaac a sweater to match his brother and sisters... His birthday was in the middle of January so his sweater was knit after Christmas.

I also made a scarf for myself.

Christmas Knitting

2008-12-29T20:30:00.005-06:00

Jonah and Elizabeth got sweaters....

Owen & Noah got hats...

Isaac got a stocking for his first Christmas...

and Samantha got one to match the rest of the family : )

Driving

2008-12-09T19:07:00.002-06:00

Driving today was I'll say unpleasant, took me two hours to ride home from work. The ride in wasn't as bad, but wasn't good either. It did have a bright spot though - when I was almost to work I was behind a car, and the car was full of boxes. One of these boxes made me smile, it was labelled "knitting".

Stockings Done

2008-12-01T19:33:00.001-06:00

Stockings for the 2008 Christmas season are officially finished : ) now on to more Christmas knitting...

Stocking

2008-11-13T21:30:00.002-06:00

Well I finished the knitting portion of stocking number one last night tonight and am working on weaving in the last of the ends. Then I get to sew up the edges and put on some jingle bells, then I'll be half way done with stockings for this year...

Box of Yarn

2008-11-11T18:06:00.002-06:00

Nothing makes a Monday like a box of yarn, my brown Lanett came yesterday, with some white and red thrown in for a pair of mittens. So it's my official post Christmas project to start working on my fair isle sweater.

Finished

2008-11-03T20:03:00.001-06:00

2 pairs of socks done and going to their homes. The second pairs matched up really well without much work so that was nice.

Knitterversary

2008-10-28T22:06:00.001-05:00

So today it's 4 years. I don't really feel like I've accomplished much this year. I feel like I'm always knitting something in a rush but don't really feel like I have piles of knitted things everywhere. Maybe this next year will be better, I really need to knit myself some sweaters.

Hat

2008-10-14T20:13:00.003-05:00

So now that this gift is given I can post it - I made this hat for my brother for his birthday. It's made out of some Alpaca yarn that he got for me in Bolivia so it's sort of regifting but it should keep his head warm this winter : )

Pants

2008-10-09T17:38:00.003-05:00

So today I had to bid a fond farewell to a pair of pants that I've worn to work a few times a week since I started working or close to it. Probably close to 7 years of service totally trashed. I'd made a few repairs in the past and it was finally time to give up when a new hole appeared.

So that's my excitement sadly I'm working on Christmas projects so can't post any knitting pictures.

Mittens

2008-09-28T13:46:00.002-05:00

I finally made a pair of these in red & white... I think they look good.

Made out of Patons Classic Merino Wool.

Started September 16th finished September 21st.

eek

2008-09-24T20:56:00.003-05:00

So I said I would post last week - my sock club delivery and I still haven't - so I couldn't find my camera cord - then my camera wasn't charged - and now Project Runway is on.
So maybe tomorrow - and I made some red and white mittens...

Socks Done

2008-09-16T21:22:00.002-05:00

Sunday evening while watching a movie on TV I finished the socks I started back in July while teaching sock class. Basic socks pattern made of Cascade Sassy Stripes, which is a surprisingly nice yarn for the price.

I also started a few other non-postable projects that are in my ravelry notebook but not for the general public.

I got my first Wollmeise sock club package today too - I'll have a picture later in the week!

time goes by

2008-09-11T19:43:00.004-05:00

I finished Elizabeth's pillow, I probably should have started it earlier, It took me a lot longer at the end to finish it than I thought it would, a almost 2 hours to kitchner the top seam, but the gift was liked so it was all worth it.

Melissa's new pattern was published in knitty yesterday check it out : )

Monday

2008-08-25T19:39:00.003-05:00

and no more Olympics... this means I either have to watch TV and knit or do housework = I did get about 1/2 of a 2nd sock done while yelling at Phelps et al and have started some Christmas projects 4 months to go

Knitting

2008-08-18T21:45:00.001-05:00

How can anyone knit or sleep with all these Olympics? Can't stop watching... who knew I liked sports this much.

Finished

2008-08-10T20:00:00.003-05:00

My rainbow socks are finished, I got to work on them in the car on the way to and from Milwaukee on the way to my cousin's baby shower. I really enjoyed the color stripes and they did match pretty well, it's about a half a stripe off but I reknit once and figured it I kept reknitting it wouldn't be perfect anyways. Next I have to start Christmas projects.