A Bitter Knitter

I now have completed three pair hand knit socks!  Here are my completed Joy in the Journey Socks : I loved knitting these... I finished them on Sunday, so I suppose you could say that I am now "joyful."  They are mirror images of each other, which is fun.  They are my thirteenth completed project;  I have been a knitster for almost seven months now.  Alas, with these finished, the only projects I have OTN now are stealth projects and hibernating projects... so I suppose that means that I need to start another project just for the sake of blogging, right?  Hmmm... maybe something using the yarn I picked up at my LYS during Knitter's Anonymous last month ?  I still need ideas, by the way... if anyone has any... In the interim, however, how about more pictures of the puppy?  He had to wear the "Cone of Shame" for two weeks--he finally got it off today! This one is my favourite.  I love how he's using the cone to shade his eyes:

My sister has something she calls her "I Don't" list .  The creation of such a list for myself is something upon which I have been ruminating for some time, and today, I think I'll add this: I don't quilt.  In fact, as soon as I finish sewing all the skirts for which I already have material, I'm going to change this to "I don't sew."  I'd say it now, but I really do love long skirts and in order to own them, I have to make them.  I hate sewing.  And maybe that's partially because sewing machines and I don't get along, but there are so many other reasons: You can't fit a sewing machine in your purse.   You can't take a sewing project on the go with you.  You have to be at home (or wherever your sewing machine may be).  You can, however, fit a sock in your purse.  Just sayin'. You're stuck at the table.  You can't lay in bed or sit on the couch while sewing.  It just doesn't work.  Believe me, I've co

I haven't blogged recently.  There's not much to blog about knitting when one is knitting multiple stealth projects.  I've added a new one... so in addition to   and  I have added: Isn't that just so exciting for you?  Yeah... that's all you get.  Sorry.  (Ravelry friends, however, can go see real pictures on my Rav page .  Everyone else has to wait.  Perks of being a knitter...  Family: please do not go making fake Ravelry profiles just to see the projects.  It defeats the purpose of them being stealth.) I've turned the heel on my second Joy in the Journey sock and am meandering my way down the foot.  (It's just not exciting to knit the same thing a second time.  Not that it's exactly the same thing--I did flip the pattern so it will be the reverse of the first one, but the concept is the same.)  And as it looks remarkably similar to the first one, I have no pictures for you at this present time.  Once I have two (really awesome) completed socks,