Busy Weekend

Good Morning,

What a beautiful day it is here today! The sun is shining, and the snow is melting off the roof...feels like the beginning of Spring! I'm so sorry I haven't posted as regularly as I had planned. We've been busy around here! Lots of trips into the city lately. We had to take our Lab to the vet on Thursday to get a staple in her leg checked, then Friday I had a doctor appointment, and we went wedding dress shopping with my sister...which went very well. She might have even found "the dress"! She's going to do a little more looking around still though, but it is gorgeous! I tried on some bridesmaid dresses as well, but we didn't find much that suited our tastes. We need to do some more looking around for sure in that area! Today we are going to look through the engagement photos of her and her fiance that they got taken the other day, and I need to do some baking, finish off my elefante, and find a bit of time to have a "girls day" with my sister. Now that I've written it all down, I think I might have to move a few things to tomorrow to fit it all in!

I'm also planning on setting up a sewing/knitting area in my bedroom so that I can have everything right handy when I need it. I'll try to post some pictures when I have it all done. It will be so nice to have an organized craft area. I can hardly wait to get started!

I did finally finish my Be Mine Socks!! I will try and post a better picture soon since it's sunny out today, I can get a better shot. I'm SO glad to have them done. They feel like little clouds on my feet! But I do not think I would do the two-at-a-time method again. Actually, I think I will do an experiment, and try a different pair of socks on dpns and then judge if I think it's a faster way or not. That would be the best idea I think, and then I get an excuse to knit more socks!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and a great finish to the Ravelympics!! I will hopefully have some closing ceremonies pictures to share with you all on Monday.

Happy Knitting!!

Socks and the Ravelympics

Hello Knitters,

How is everyone's week going? Mine is going well. Today I've spent a good portion of time working on a pair of socks, well actually the first sock of the pair. After making the Wedding Planning Footies for my sister, I've been itching to make another pair of socks. Although this time I wanted them to be a little more complicated. After looking through countless pages on Ravelry, I finally decided on Caribbean Coolers by Laura Stapleton. The whole Caribbean name just drew me in...now I'm working on the foot of the first one, and I'm liking it quite a bit. I haven't tried it on yet to see how it looks...hang on a sec, I'll do that now so I can better describe it to you................Ok, I will be honest with you, that was a little tight coming over my ankle, there was a slight moment when I thought it wasn't going to go on. Now that I've got it on, it looks cute. I can't tell if it is too tight, or if that is just the pain from having my foot shoved into a set of double points....hmmmm. Well, I'm going to finish it anyway and then try it on again. I've got this far, I can't give up now!! I will let you know how it goes...I'm sure the twitter updates will keep you posted hour, by hour...

On to more uplifting and exciting news....the Ravelympics are coming up in just 3 short days!! I'm eager for them since they will be my first ever. I joined the Itty Bitty Knittys group, and I have my projects all picked out. Now I'm just waiting for the yarn I ordered to arrive. Mass cast-on time here will be at 9 pm on Friday. I should be going to pick up the yarn on Thursday if all goes well. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you what my projects are going to be! For my "big and challenging project" I chose the Be Mine socks from 2-at-a-time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes - 1. because I've never done socks two-at-a-time on circular needles, 2. they look to be a bit more complicated then a regular sock, 3. they are just too cute! and 4. it's the month of February, need I say more? My second project is going to be Elefante by Susan B. Anderson, I had to chose this one because he is just too cute, and I've been wanting to make him for so long. And my third project is the Rainbow Marley from Itty-Bitty Hats also by the amazing Susan B. Anderson. And today I decided that if I get all my projects done and still have some extra time, I might whip up a Bunny Tail for one of my little cousins. While at the yarn shop on Thursday, I think I'll just pick up some yarn just incase ;-) Are any of you participating in this year's Ravelympics??? I think it's such a fun idea! What a great way to use your time while watching the Olympic games.

Well, I should be getting back to that sock. Have a great evening everyone!