Update on my CPH

Here is my current progress on my Central Park Hoodie. Yes, I know...the picture is a little dark, but that's what happens when the weather is cold and gloomy. I just have to complete the center back and then I can start on the hood.

Here is a close up of the center back cables...

So far so good. Right???

I have also seen a few stash flashes of sock yarn stash. So here goes...

I know, I know. A bit on the little side, but I'm happy with it. And no the colorway that I used for my Harvest Sock Swap is not in this picture. I should hopefully be able to send that out this coming weekend.

Oh, yeah...I forgot about this picture of the sky I took one stormy night... I thought it was breath taking...

C-ya later!

Knit the pounds away

On Friday the 13th I cast on for my Harvest Sock Swap sock. I got the cuff and the first repeat done. And then on Saturday, before I went to bed I had the sock completely done. Whoo Hoo! Now I just gotta find some goodies to send with it and get it in the mail. I so love this sock. I honestly believe that this is the best lookin' sock I have yet to knit. And to boot...this was the first time EVER that I knit a heel gusset. Let me just tell you...the instruction were Amy proof. And, this was the first time EVER that I followed a sock pattern from beginning to end. THAT ROCKS!!! And the colors. Well, I can't get into that as my sock is a secret and will be revealed in due time. I just hope that my pal loves it as much as I do. Don't worry pal. This is a quick knit and you'll be wearing a pair of awesome socks in no time.

As for the title of this post. Did you know that knitting all weekend long causes weight loss. Don't know how...but I've managed to lose 7 lbs this weekend and the only muscles that I believe got any kind of workout are my fingers from knitting. But where ever those pounds went they can stay. I don't want them back! And I didn't miss a meal at all this weekend. Hmmmmmmm.

My Central Park Hoodie is growing. The pattern calls for 14" in length but I want mine longer so that's what I'm working on now. I want about 17" from the armpit down. That should happen tonight and I'll start on the armhole decreases.

I'll leave you with a picture I took outside my bedroom door. My bedroom being at the back of the house walks out onto the back deck and this is what I saw...

The leaves were just getting ready to change colors. This was taken back near the beginning of October.

C-ya!

Here are my Missy's Lobster Pot Socks totally complete...

I found this really cool program on my mom's computer that completely took all of the shadows out of the picture and really turned up the color. I REALLY like this pic. I made my daughter put them on and lay on the bed with her feet up in the air in front of my vertical blinds so her feet look a little wonky (at least to me they do) . But the color is completely true. This is yarn from my stash. It's sockotta and I don't have the colorway as this was my first purchase in sock yarns. I finally used it. YAY!

Just Another Day Here In Dreemland

Hello blogland. Seems to me that I am stuck in some kind of rut. Life wise that is. I'm beginning to feel as I do not have a life other than my kids and knitting...not that it's a bad thing BUT interaction with people in general is definately lacking. I feel that I carry more conversation with my kids and animals rather than people. Kinda scary if you think about it. Especially since I'm beginning to think my bird is a male bird and likes hitting on me and my room mate.

Saturday as we were knitting and watching the OSU game, my bird Gypsy starts throwing food at Miss Tonia. Then starts talking..."Come here", "Give me a kiss (bird makes smootching sound)", "Hi", "Can I pet you?" and then Gypsy starts whistling the cat calls. I never noticed until Saturday that my bird sounds like a perv. Most of the things she picks up and repeats are cute until you put them all together like that. She also repeats my dog's name over and over and calls for her all day long. My poor dog Buttercup probably sits at home all day going insane trying to figure out who is saying her name. "Butter, come here", "Butter, bed" and then she whistles for her and makes a snapping sound as if someone were snapping their fingers at the dog. Poor puppy dog.

Oh, yeah. On the knitting front...I have the perfect pattern for something I am working on but I just cannot locate anyone that has the magazine it is in. So if any of you that read this blog have the IK Winter '05 I need something out of it. PLEEEEEZ! If the price is right I might be willing to buy it if someone is willing to sell it. Just thought I'd throw it out there to see if maybe there is hope for me. I have been searching ebay with no luck. I'll keep trying though. Hopefully tonight I'll get my pictures downloaded of my Central Park Hoodie and a pair of socks that I have completed. I am still searching for the perfect pattern for my Harvest Sock Swap pal. I have the yarn, it's a yarn she states she hasen't used yet. So I need to find the perfect pattern so the socks will be happy. C-ya!

Some pics of my life

Great new. I have finally taken time to upload pics into my photo bucket so I can share them with you.

To start off let's update the Central Park Hoodie...

Here is the color of green that I will be using. I decided to use Encore wool blend so that I can wash and dry it. I am doing mine in one piece as I'm not one for sewing knitted items together. I'll have an update of my hoodie once I get more that just the 2 ribby rows that I have done right now.

Next is a picture of my Rogue. I have completed the body and hood and now have to work on the sleeves. Wish me luck.

Please excuse the little holes on the front as I will be fixing those. As you can tell I'm still a little new to the whole pattern work thing but I have since learned if you twist the stitch you won't have holes. (Trust me, I've tried it and it works).

Where I live we have this cute little art festival called Arts in the Alley and my eldest, Renae, had a picture in the art show. I am so proud of her.

Just in case you can't figure it out...it's a fish bowl sitting on a table with very decorative wallpaper.

And here is a shot of Elizabeth. I caught her being goofy.

I caught her completely off guard. She was right in the middle of doing a cheer. Hee Hee!

Well, that's all I have for now. I chat at cha' later. C-ya!

FROG!!!

Well last week I started my Central Park Hoodie and got all the way through 12 rows of the pattern and decided after sitting back and staring at it for a while....something just didn't look right. So, I read through the pattern instructions a few more times and then pulled it off of the needles and FROGGED the whole thing. I was so mad at myself that I had to instantly go for a walk to cool down. As of today I still haven't casted back on but I might do that by tomorrow since I don't have to pick my girls up from their dads tomorrow. So as far as knitting content, there hasn't been much here in Dreemland.

The Harvest Sock Swap has officially kicked off and I have contacted my pal. But I have yet to hear from mine. I will in due time (hopefully). I think I found the yarn I'm going to use now I just have to find the perfect pattern.

C-ya!

Nuttin' much in Dreemland

Not much going on here at Dreemknits. Just the usual day to day average boring life. Yes, I have been knitting. No, I do not have pics yet. But I will show you updates of my Rogue and my Central Park Hoodie that I FINALLY started soon.

Here in my lovely little neighborhood you can definately feel the season change. I just love it. The days are cooler and the nights are cold. Perfect weather where you just need a jacket and the heat doesn't have to be on. It's time for warm comfort foods and soups and anything pumpkin. As I walk around the grocery stores they have the Halloween Candies out already and all of the decorations. I couldn't stand it any longer. I had to go home and get my Halloween goodies out and at least set out my Partylite candle goodies. They are so cute. Come the beginning of October is when I'll put some stuff up outside.

Now I have to go on the search for fabrics for my girls costumes. That is of coarse if I'm up to making them. Renae wants me to make a ball room gown for her and Elizabeth wants to be Tinkerbell. I found the perfect Tinkerbell pattern and I am still looking for a ball room gown or something that I can transform into one. I may get off easy on the gown as I have a whole bolt of free flowing black fabric that would work great. I think I'll take their measurements tonight so I have them and maybe start this weekend while they are at their dads and surprise them. They'd get a kick out of that. I'll have to find them but I'll post the pics of a couple of the other costumes I have made in years past. As most things that I find an interest in are because of an awesome friend (Miss Tonia) who has taken the time to show me the in and outs of this and many (most) of what I have become addicted to...and now she has taken a liking to spinning. She hasn't actually sat at a wheel but she has made her own drop spindle and started already. She is already speaking of a wheel that exsists in her future. Beware, I too may become addicted to that.

Sorry that I have no pics right now but I will soon enough. Now time for me to get back to work.

C-ya!

I Think The Mailman...

Has gotten more excercise walking to and from out door in the past month then ever in his life. Well, at least he got a break this time. Thank you Mr. UPS driver for bringing my Summer Sock Party package.

I never new a box like this above...

Could hold some of the coolest things ever. You see, in my house I am known as the "gum vampire". I can suck the flavor out of any piece of gum in less than minutes. So that box of Bazooka will last me a while. My girls LOVE their coke glasses and the light sticks on strings. Renae and Elizabeth say Thank You! And the bag in the background has sun tan lotion and after sun lotion in it. Then there's a piece of stem ware holding the rest of the yarn for the sock I'm going to make and on top of that is a pair of sunglasses. You can never have enough of those around. The yarn is something that I haven't worked with yet...and since I'm at my mother's and don't have it with me if I can recall correctly it is by yarnart and the colorway is numbered. Now let's talk about this awesome sock. I feel soooo special. My pal designed my sock pattern. I can't wait to get started on the other one. By the way...it fits perfect see...

Don't mind the background. Yup, that's right. You're looking at the ceiling. You see, I had to lay down on my bed and play contortionist to get this shot. Not bad if I say so myself. But the picture does the colors no justice. Just like my pal said. It kind of looks like bubble gum colors.

Thanks for everything Maggie! You are AWESOME!!!

Also, to my Secret Pal 8. I got the cute tin of custom Zephyr stitch markers. Thank you for everything. You too are AWESOME, "Spamantha"!!!

More pics "part 2"

Ok, now for the other moon pic. Here it is.

The face is still there. I just think that is too neat!

Here are few pics of Miss Tonia's moon flowers out in the front by the porch. They only bloom at night and only stay open for the duration of that night and then curl up and die. Aren't they pretty?

And then I'm not really big on bugs. As a matter of fact they completely gross me out but I couldn't pass this up. It's a locust aka: katydid. Up close and personal even.

This is what we can call Mother Nature's little rump shaker. Hee Hee!

And last but not least...knitting content. Look what I found at Temptation's. (Which I cannot locate a web address for, sorry.)

This is Lorna's Laces in the colorway OSU. I was told that it's made just for this shop. OSU Buckeye fans eat your heart out!

I also am still waiting for my wool to come in that I ordered for the Central Park Hoodie. One of these days I will get to start on it. Oh, well...that just gives me time to work on my Rogue. I'm almost to the hood. YAY!

Well, sorry I had to do my update in 2 pieces but hey, I got all the pics in that I wanted to. So HA, take that blogger. I have out smarted you!

C-ya!

Warning...Loaded with pics

Hello,

It's me again. But this time I have pics...here goes

First off let's start out with my Secret Pal package.

Here is everything all nicely wrapped up with little tags on every one.

And here is what was in it...

I got some honey flavored chap stick, 2 shot glasses (which I collect), dice suckers, apple flavored mints, some yummy sock yarn, US size 2 DPN's, and this cute halloween table runner. (I think she made it???) I love it all! Thank you SP8.

Here is a close up of the table runner. I can't wait until October now...

This cute little witch is all around the runner doing different things. And she has this "thrilled" look on her face which just makes to too funny.

Now, I'm not sure if you remember me talking about my neighbors probably think I'm a lunatic since I was taking pics of the moon one night which just so happened to be over thier house. They even got up and locked their front door and I heard it click. Sorry neighbors, but the moon was awesome that night. See...

This one's a little blurry. But do you see the face? Is there really a man in the moon? Hmmmmm.

Well, now blogger is not co-operating with me. Let's see if I make a "part 2" if it will take the pics. C-ya!