Today I feel like Wendy!! Why do you ask?  Well she is such a speedy knitter!  How does she get so much done so fast!?!?  But I did indeed finish the back of my classic V neck cardigan…Started it Monday night and finished it Tues night!  OK so it’s knit on size 13s but still quite an impressive feat for me!  Here is proof:

But now vacation is over so while the time was frenzied and crazy I’m sure I won’t knit on as quickly as the back.  I plan on casting on the front tonight.(oh yes this is stash yarn!)…coming back to work was kind of nice, except for getting up early which sucks…

Oh yeah I also got 3 of the 7 snowflakes appliques onto my whiteout! quilt! Wow are they a pain to sew down! But it looks cool.  It’s a bigger quilt than I ws thinking…I may have to send it out to get it quilted!

Well 2007 has already arrived! I’m wondering where 2006 went!  I’m trying to recover from our party last night…and get the Christmas stuff down.  I need to get my tree out before the garbage men come tomorrow! It’s dropping needles something fierce!  I’m trying Unsuccessfully to get hubby to bring the empty Christmas tubs up so I can put stuff away…plus I have some snowmen things I want to put up too!

As for resolutions I don’t usually make many, but I’m going to try to walk the dogs most days for 15-30 minutes.  I’ve been really slacking with that lately and it’d be good for them and me! And I want to try to organize myself a little more…My basement for one thing…

I am also going to try to go along with the Knit from your Stash 2007.  When I but yarn it is usually for a particular project. I have yarn for several sweaters!  If I get brave enough I will take picts. and post.  I’m not saying I’m not going to buy any yarn, but I would really like to get some of the projects done, they are things I want to make! So I guess it’s a great idea to go along with this and try to make some of the stuff I want to get done! I certainly have enough started quilting projects as well..

I did join BMFA Rockin’ Sock Club I’d decided on that awhile back…I just love their color ways…I couldn’t resist. Plus it’s sock yarn so that doesn’t count anyway!

My split neck T is almost done…I’m hoping to finish it today or tomorrow.  I’ll try to get picts up tomorrow!  I started working again on my jaywalker sock but I messed up and I need to pull back an inch or so.  I messed up somewhere along the gussets….I was trying to fix it but I’m going to have to to just frog it back a bit.

I promise I’ll get some picts up soon…

OK I’ve been slacking on this blog..I should probalby just be using this one since it’s free…so here’s some stuff from my other blog…

December 21, 2006

Quilts of Christmas past

Here are some quilts of Christmases past…..

Christmas card holder

Holly quilt

star log cabin (Abby posing again)

Santa wall hanging

I think that’s most of them!  I’m almost done with the snowman wallhanging for my cousing..taking a break from it!  I’m ging to head back to the sewing studio to finish it up in a few!

December 20, 2006

The Christmas Knitting is done!

Well I’ve finished my Christmas knitting!  I finished the blue purse completely yesterday.

I also made a scarf for my mom. Just lion homespun (which I forgot that I hate knitting with) but it goes with her new coat . OK well I do have to sew up the catnip mice yet….

Now just to finish the Christmas sewing!  I have a wall hanging to get done.  I started it, and plan on finishing it tomorrow. We’ll see wish me luck

Well I have a couple more finished objects!  Yippee!  I finished 2 of my 3 holiday gift purses! They are lined and the handles are on.  The 3rd one is knitted but not lined and sewn up yet.  Hopefully tomorrow night.  I’m going to try to get my Christmas cards done today. I managed to get my other decorations up.  I also have given in and am going to try to make a wall hanging for my cousin-in-law who I have in our family exchange.  I saw/bought the pattern yesterday.  Am I a sucker?   It’s an easy pattern so I hope I can get it done in a few hours. We’ll see…I don’t have any other ideas for her.

Well I kid you not I’m moving along on the Ribbi cardi!  It is almost done, so close I can almost taste it!!! Yesterday I finished the other sleeve, then blocked and then did the stitches for where the zipper will go.  I was sooo happy with how smoothly it turned out!  I was very proud of myself, no wrinkles or bumps where I picked up the stitches.  Since hubby was watching football I went up and seamed the sleeves and the sides.  I hope to get the sleeves attached to the body tonight!  Then to pick up the stitches for the collar.  I now need to get ahold of a 21″ zipper.  I’ll have to get to Joann’s I may just have to wear it with out the zipper if I get it done before I get ahold of one. 

I also am working on the heel of my first Jaywalker.  OH and I finish cutting out the fabric pieces for my Whiteout quilt.

Progress makes me feel good!

Well the fetching pattern is exactly that!  I did jump on the bandwagon and started one up yesterday.  And it was SO fast and SO fun! I finished the first one in a few hours and immediately cast on for the 2nd.  I and almost to the thumb on it.  I plan to finish it today (unless I run out of yarn which is a possibility, but my LYS had several more skeins of the yarn I was using so I’m not worried).  I hope to go to sit and knit tomorrow and get another skein then in I need it!

I’ve also started my 1st jaywalker sock!  it is in love shades of pink and purple.  I’m using Berry Poppins from Lisa Souza . The dogs seem to be enjoying my progress on it.

I ordered yarn from WEBS for the Central park hoodie and Marilyn’s not so shrunken cardigan Because I don’t have enough projects and yarn already!  LOL I was starting with the Marilyn because the yarn was on sale, then I just happened to notice that they had the Tahiki Donegal tweed there too. I’m using color 843 a medium blue shade. 

Fun, I just need more time to knit!!  Anway that is what I’m off to do now.  I was cutting out my Whiteout! quilt, plus trying to clean up the house some since we had another very busy weekend!  I’m off work today and hubby just called and said he was leaving early so I’d better get some knitting in before he gets home!!