Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Meet Travis the Travelling Monkey

I have finally finished my DH's monkey.  He has named him Travis!  Here are some pictures from his first photo shoot.


Travis is the first of the WIP I wanted to finish up!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Sigh . . . More yarn


P1010622, originally uploaded by loveofwool.
I have bought way too much yarn recently. I admit I was excited that my friend got pregnant and have great plans for baby stuff, but I still could have used stash lol. Anyways here is my latest haul from Knitpicks.  Isn't it gorgeous!!!!  It is mostly Stroll Tonal. Starting from the upper left corner it is Stroll Tonal in Deep Waters, Blue Yonder, Blue Violet, Golden Glow, and Spring time.  Bottom row starting from the left is Dishie in Conch and Aster, then Stroll Tonal in Thunderhead and Pearlescent.  The Golden Glow and Pearlescent are even more gorgeous than I thought they would be.

Yarn prices are already going up so at least this way I have lots of stash to work with for the next 10 years lol. Oh well so many great plans for it I just need more time to knit.  I am excited to knit some baby stuff since I have found out my friend is pregnant.  They find out the sex of the baby early July so I have to wait until then.  I might knit some hats now and just put them in my gift box if I want to make them something else.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Projects coming out of my ears!

The wip situation has gotten out of control! I have so many great projects in mind! I think it is really time to buckle down and I also need to start Christmas projects.  I can't believe it is May already!

So for the next few weeks I plan on clearing out some projects! I want to get at least 4 done.  This weekend I finished one of the projects I wanted to get done.  My Ruffled Feathers shawl.  It just needs to be blocked.

WIP to finish

Steve's Monkey
Baby Shrug - going in the gift box for later
Gothic Monster - Only needs a tutu
Abalone Sweater - Only edging left

I will block my ruffled feathers when I have a few more things to block.

My Christmas knitting list is getting pretty long too so I want to get started on that!