Swatching

I have been reading the Ysolda book (Little Red in the City)  and I have been empowered to swatch for my next sweater.  I usually get gauge, but I mean a REAL swatch now :)

Here it goes

I am not using these colors, so I am swatching again.  I will get a picture of that one when I start it.

I just got 2 more books in the mail, Wendy Knits Lace and 10 Secrets of something something... Memory fails, I got the last one for a monster pattern that is in it.

Sorry I was on VACATION!

I have some pictures of me knitting on my vacation, but not much got done, so they were more or less staged ;)


Once I get them off the camera I will post them.  I bought a new knitting book on vacation, so I will be blogging about that once I have read it. 

I am going to use this post to say that once I finish the 2 shawls I have on the needles I am not doing another shawlette for a long long while!  I am going to stick with socks or big circles....  I want to get through my garments and toys.  Those are my new favorites, also socks, I forgot how fun they are! So quick!

So NO MORE SHAWLETTE... if you see one in my queue it is moving to the back!  I have one scarf/shawl that I need to make as a gift.  I have a small triangle on the needles that I am thinking of frogging! I am soooo done with shawls!

My Purple Dress!

I have finished my DRESS!!! I am so excited and I got the yardage entered into Stash Dash and I think I am going to make it to the end!! under 200 yds to go. I may get a pile of WIPs that I worked on for the dash in a pile and dive across the finish ;)

Okay I am back... sort of

I have knitting over lunch at work today, which is exciting.  I may just finish my dress (I have been thinking this for weeks, but maybe this weekend will prove productive)   So the dress is all that I have been knitting on. I have a test knit that I am trying to get going on, but I really want this dress done!

I did manage to get one thing completed.  I have decided to post it... The new parents have not given me their address yet, but I think they are busy ;)

A Baby project...

I am doing something a bit stalkery...  I have a comic that I like to read and the people are having a baby. IRL and in the comic, so I am knitting them something.

Here is a picture:

This is the Country Kiddie pattern with a mod for garter stitch on the collar part.  I think that this pattern is written well and has cute photos, but I do not think that it is worth the money now that I have been knitting longer as there is nothing special about it.

West Knits KAL

I have joined the West Knits Mystery KAL... And I have a lot of color options.  I will take pictures of the ones that I AM going to use later, but I have decided that these are too awesome for a shawl, I am thinking a pullover, but I need suggestions :

Lack of post... Not for lack of knitting!

I am in love with my dress and I cannot wait for it to be done.  I am on zig 4 of 5 on panel 3 of 4... Does that sound like I am almost done?  I hope so!  I will try it on again and get a picture out here later.

I have started having a monster on the needles at all times and a sock and a sweater or 2 so... I have only finished Monsters lately... Here is Mike, if you are on ravelry, you may have seen him.

I entered a monster swap.  I requested an Aqua monster (I think he is a Cecil the Computer Monster)... and I got him.  He is chillin on the deck with Jerry...

I think that is enough cute to last a while ;) I am going to keep on knitting. I have tons on the needles to get working on!