Hot damn I finished something. I know it only a sock but you take the big things with the small. I will try to post a better picture of these beauty's but I just and so happy to finished with them. The are first round sock pattern from the Dye-namics sock challenge. We got our patterns on March 15 in the evening and had to tomorrow well today to finish. I got mine turned in at the twelfth hour.

The yarn for the socks is a vintage opal it was the sister color to my favorite pair that I worn out. I was lucky enough to find a match to the worn out pair and these as well. They are knitted on a size 2 except for the heels and toes that are knitted on 1.5. 1.5 are my sock size of choice.

This was stash yarn. No promises or yarn diets were broken to make these socks.
One down 100's more to go.

We Are Moving!!! Yippy!!

We are packing packing packing. Moving day is the 26th of Feburary. The moving men are due at 11am. I don't get off work until 8am so everything better be done before I leave for the office. I expect to be forcing the yarn into the smaller of the two bedroom because it has a huge wall length closet. About 12 feet of 3 foot deep closet. I expect to get 30 cubes stashed in there. So you know only 24 will fit. The room is large enough to get all the yarn in I expect. I have found the best little table, well it seem little at the big second hand furniture store, to use as a sorting table. I have also found my first book case, if I can find away to get it home, without going broke. Delivery is more than the items you are buying.

My goal is a full wall of bookshelves filled with matching balls of yarn. And to get all the fiber in the closet. Of course all the cones on the top shelf of the closet. Maybe a knitting chair and a couple of knitting machine set up and ready to go. Now with no money and no hope of any lets see how much of that I can pull off.

Finally the 3rd Ball. I am getting some great yardage on this sweater. It even seem to fit. Man am I am excited that I might get out with only 6 balls of yarn. I know there is another one here but man I can find it. OH Well here she is. That is a lot of sweater for less than 600 yards.

Good distance out of only two balls.

Second ball yippy. I have just finished the division of the sweater. 9 1/2 inches from neck edge. The body is the right width, I added additional underarm stitches. I am ready to put two balls on the tummy part and see how long that makes the sweater. Goal 10 inches after ball four. That would leave 1 1/2 balls for the sleeves and 1/2 a ball for bottom additional inch and ribbing. I think the sweater will be slightly short but we will see. I did get additional inch out of second ball on body segment. So maybe 12 inches total. I really think I need another ball for a total of 7.

It is day 10 and only ball two done. So unless I get the show on the road this sweater will take 21 days. Well foooey!!!

At last a picture! I am making Buttony Sweater Supersized. I am starting this top down sweater with 6 balls of Naturally Nazareth by Kraemer Yarns. Each is 185 yards, I am thinking that I might get close to a whole sweater with the six. This is the first ball. I still need 20 rows to finish the first part, before separting sleeves from body. I will be on the look out for one more ball. I would feel better with 7. I am using size 8 needles for body and size 7 for the begining and ending ribbing. I am old fashioned I think the ribbing should be tighter than the smooth knitting.

Goal for this sweater 2 weeks with buttons and photograph. This is day 2.

My Good God has it been that long.

I not a good blogger, I haven't check on this site in quite a few months. I wanted to document all is well. Meds are working, temp assignment is nearly over, crochet and socks are progressing. Spending a lot of time on Ravelry now that school is over.
Online school at University of Phoenix don't trying at home. Now I am going to be a H&R Block professional well at least for tax year 2009. Tax year 2008 will be a learning year, I don't suppose I will get to do more than 50 sets of taxes. It all about the flexible work hours. It sounds like you work like a dog for 3 and half months then the rest of the year you study and work temp or at Starbuck's while you are getting your street credit.
Knitting is only socks and crochet is hats, a bag and a couple of sweaters. I hope to solve the problem of pictures and make this a real blog.
Here's to write again soon.

Has really be this long.



Much has happen since I last posted. I started school. I lost my job. I started working temp again. I gain even more weight. I bought more yarn. I am still with mr wonderful. Isn't that funny I didn't think I would ever even like him again. Now he growing back to being mr wonderful. How odd.





I am crocheting my ass off. I have two different sweaters in the works. Both in berry colors. Also odd never thought about them being simular in color. The are both cardi's. Also odd. The only sweater that is making the rounds right now is also a cardi. I go years, I mean years and never make one cardigan and now I am working on three. There is also a berrro