Projects Coming out my Ears

Occasionally, and usually when I'm neck deep in projects already, I get an idea. The idea is so awesome, that my brain latches onto it like a swarm of starving lampreys on a recently water-deposited soon-to-be-corpse. That imagery is a little dark for the holiday season. My apologies, but there is really no better analogy.

Recently, I was sitting in my LYS (the glorious C. R. Yarn which, after fifty more skeins/hanks, will own my mortal soul), I shared an idea with the owner. See, Threadless is having a contest. I like contests. So I shared my submission plans, and in the resulting creativity binge that LYS's are bound to be infamous for hosting, I had another project on my hands. But not only that - I also had the unquenchable urge to work on it rather than the two holiday gifts that I still have yet to finish.

Whoops.

That is all on top of the fact that I'm lucky enough to test-knit another one of Rita's glorious designs. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to divulge any information about it, but I will give you a sneak peek.





I will say that I'm reading the Dragonriders series of Pern books, and this shawl fits along nicely. Oh, to be able to read and knit at the same time! (I don't have this one on audio. Woe is me!)

I'm making it with Scab yarn in lace weight. I think I might be the last purchaser of what may be a discontinued Castlefibers colorway. I have it in sock weight, too, and I'll be making the Northanger Abbey gloves with it.



I don't know why the Liv-Dog was that interested in the Scab yarn. She has never expressed that much interest in any of my other yarn, even when I'm knitting right next to her. Oh well. Dogs are MYSTERIOUS.


HAPPY SATURNALIA! (At least, for a few more days. ;) )

Booties are Done!

I just finished the last bootie while sitting at C. R. Yarns this morning. I wish I'd have my camera on me then, but because I had to wait until I got home to my camera, you get "knitting on bed" pictures.And, because I put knitting the bed and expressed interest in it, Livvy decided that she needed to be on the bed for me to express interest in her.

These booties (and my puppy dog) are far too adorable. I have the gloves almost finished, so I shall post pictures when I have the second one all seamed up.

Pictures, as Promised!

I haven't taken any of my in-progress works, but here is the photo of the Starsky Sweater from the book I picked up at the library sale. It is so deliciously seventies.



I also got my yarn from Knit Picks in the mail today: Looking Glass and Damsel. I put it on the bed, and the dog IMMEDIATELY jumped up and lied down next to it.

So I moved the yarn so I could get a decent picture of it, but she didn't like that idea.


Silly puppy, yarn is for PEOPLES.