A Bitter Knitter

If there was an award for being an inconsistent blogger, I would win.  My last post was a month ago as I was one week into NaKniSweMo. I think I'm going to add November National Whatever Months to my "I don't" list.  I did get about 16 inches done, which I calculate to be 19,074 stitches.  Not bad for moving in the middle of November, but not exactly a 50,000+ stitch completed sweater. I still have quite a bit to do; It's not close to done by any stretch of the imagination.  But for now it's on hold as I frantically knit Christmas presents.  I read the Yarn Harlot's blog today as I was taking a break from knitting and completely agree with the statement of "I feel like I'm going into this Christmas with no reserves."  I started knitting for this Christmas months ago, and yet I'm still really pushed for time.  (That and my family is Christmas-ing on the 19th, which cuts into knitting days.) I haven't completed anything since my...

So Husband and I went out to visit Mom & Dad yesterday.  Husband and Dad finished the back fence.  Yay!  Mom took me to the LYS in Fallbrok: Labors of Love  and bought me these: They are Panda Superwash by Crystal Palace Yarns .  The colour is called "Joyful."  I absolutely LOVE it.  The jewel tones are simply marvelous.  And I was so excited that as soon as I got it home, I promptly cast on.  The pattern I have chosen for this lovely yarn is called " Pablo ."  And I have thus far finished the ribbing and one pattern repeat.  See? I'm calling them my "Joy in the Journey" socks.  "Finding Joy in the Journey" is the theme of Vista 10 Relief Society this year.  It comes from a talk given by the  Thomas S. Monson in November 2008 .  It says: "This is our one and only chance at mortal life--here and now.  The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief.  Opportunities come...

Saturday was a triumphant day--I finished knitting my first ever Pair o' Socks !! Yes, here they are... a matched set: They fit divinely.  Way better than store-bought socks.  Y'all had no idea that your socks really didn't fit well, did you?  Well they don't.  So now you should all be dissatisfied with the fit of your store-bought socks and learn to knit socks that are tailor-made for your feet. I finished knitting them at a women's conference on Saturday.  It was fun... me knitting, the woman in front of me knitting, a woman in the row in front of her and off to the left was either knitting or crocheting... and that was just in my little section.  I wonder just how many of us there were? These socks are my 8th finished knitted item (counting paired things as one item).  I'm simply pleased as punch with how they turned out. Other than that I've currently got a couple of unbloggable projects on the needles right now, but I'll let you kno...