Knit Night, Baby Blankets & Prime Rib

Last night was knit night & I have convinced the ladies to move our knit night from Tuesday to Wednesday. There are only 2 days a week I have to get up very early & that's Tues & Thurs. I am so tired on Tues nights that I was skipping 1/2 of them. Which wouldn't be horrible, but I love my knitters & I'm the one who started the group. I'm also hoping that we can get one of my favorite knitters (M this would be you) back once or twice a month since her job keeps her there too late to come most nights, but she gets out early some Weds.

A friend of mine, whom I haven't see in quite a few years is having her first baby & I'm knitting her up a blanket, a burp cloth & some wash cloths. She's having a girl & I'm sure she'll get a batch of pink & purple stuff, plus the usual smattering of yellow & green so I wanted to make something that would go with those colors, plus I wanted it to go with tan & blue as a lot of baby things (like car seats & strollers & stuff) come in those. The color I thought of that would work for all that & not show spit-up stains to easy was red. So red it is!

My roommate & daughter went out with a batch of my roommate's co-workers for dinner & had prime rib! (Well ok, daughter didn't have that, she had burger & fries.) Good time was had by all & daughter has been invited to come next time as well.

Still Working on Giftmas & 8x8 Squares

Well the Holiday hat knitting is still chugging along. This is one of the hats for my old neighbors. It's done with a really nice thick & thin yarn, I love thick & thin yarns, they give a nice homey feel to the project.

Once that hat is done, I'll have one more super bulky ribbed hat & a scarf left to finish all my holiday knitting! The hat is about 1/4 of the way done & could be finished pretty quick. Truth be told I'll probably finish it in the summer & save it for next year. The scarf has the yarn picked out, but no pattern picked yet. Yikes!

Also ended up making a hat for my child, she loved that pink hat I made from my mom's best friend so much that she needed her own. It's got a nice amount of give & the band is stretchy so it should work fine for the few days she'll still need one & work well for next year too.

Trying to knit up an 8x8 square, but I can never seem to get them to come out right, will try again later today. Have tried 4 patterns with no luck so far.

Squeeeeeeee!

Look what came in the mail today! I got these all 1/2 price at a wonderful online store that is going out of business. Sad to see them go, but so happy to have gotten such a great deal on these needles! I hope to switch all my straights over to wood for above size 6 (smaller than that & I know they will break). I got a size 6, 8, 11 & 13 in 14" Brittany needles & size 7 & 8 in 12" Lantern Moon. I love them & am now going to hunt up something lovely to knit with them. I no longer care about the hats.

2 down 2 to go!

I had a plan back in December to make 3 hats for my neighbors & one for my mom's friend. Well I didn't get them done as fast as I had hoped to what with house hunting & moving in the beginning of February, but I have finally gotten back on track with it!

The pink is an alpaca/wool blend & so soft!

The purple/green is wool & was wonderful to work with, nice & soft.

I've gotten 2 done & have 2 more to go, sort of. The pink was meant to be for my mom's friend, but my daughter loves it so I'm not sure who will end up with it, I've started a second in the same pattern, but with a different pink yarn. So that brings the total up to 5.

The purple-green one is meant for my old next door neighbor. I have a white one that was meant to be for the neighbor across the alley, but I can't decide if I like that or want to do another. The yarn called its self worsted, but was really more of a DK so it's more of a beanie than a tam like I was going for. I'm going to wash it & see how it looks today & decide if it's ok or not, it's acrylic so I don't expect much when I wash it. Will get a pic of the 2 in progress & the white later/tomorrow.

I've a Clan

A deer clan in my backyard. There are 5 or 6 of them & my backyard seems to be the be all to end all of hang outs. Here's 4 of them

While I'm fine with them needing to eat in my yard during the winter I'd prefer them to no spend all their free time here in the summer. Any tips short of a bear trap or a deer stand in the yard are welcome.

Craft Room/Office

Trying to get the joint cleaned out & unpacked is taking longer than I'd hope it would. Still not sure how I will set the room up. I'd like to have an area for desk/office stuff, an area for sitting & visiting, plus my yarn area. The room isn't huge so I'm thinking the yarn will just be through out the room & will have to work on making a good divide between the office & the sitting/visiting area. Step one in that will be getting a smaller desk, this thing is huge! I think I want something more like this

While this is still big it's not a corner desk which is what I have now & am sick of staring at the wall all day so I took all the top stuff off it & have it facing out in to the room. It's got to be close it 5" across from tip to tip!

Part of me just wants to get a simple plain table & use that. I need an area big enough for a laptop, a pen holder, a soda & a stack of papers.

Anyone got any suggestions on how to get the most from a mid-sized room I'd love it!

Moving sucks, but unpacking sucks more

Got 3 more boxes unpacked, but still have another dozen or so left. 4 boxes left are the miscellaneous bullshit boxes so who knows when/how/if those will get unpacked. Went down to the old house to do the walkthru with the realtor & am shocked how much junk is still there. I think I am going to see if a girl from my last job wants to come help clean it for a few bucks. I think overall that I'd rather part with my yarn budget for the month than clean all of it myself.