I’ve been looking around for new podcasts lately, so if anyone who reads this (if anyone!) knows of any that they like, please send me a link!
My long-time staples were Limenviolet, Sticks and String, Stash & Burn, Cast-On, and Pixie Purls (pre-baby girl). Lately, I’ve found a few new ones: Knitty Nora, Faery Knitting, and Diva Knitting (http://divaknitting.com/podcast).
Anyone have any other favorites?
John bought me a ball winder! Now all I need is a yarn swift, and I’m all set.
Every time he does something like this, I’m reminded how much I love this boy.
I got my SP11 package in the mail today, thanks secret pal!
I’ll take pictures later, since it’s already dark out and I don’t have good lighting in my apartment. However, I can still list my haul:
-Peaches & Creme in Licorice
-Peaches & Creme in Earthtone
-Peaches & Creme in Camel
-completely GORGEOUS Araucania Ranco in color 101, different shades of purple
-Plymouth Yarn Outback Wool in color 912, earth tones of tan, gray, and red (although I might be mistaken, since I don’t have the best lighting in my apartment)
-Lindt Excellence Extra Creamy chocolate bar
-pens, sticky markers (which I use all the time)
-Energizer e(squared) lithium batteries for my digital camera! (I never have them when I need them!) And they’re even supposed to last 7x longer in digital cameras!
-mmmm, warm apple pie tea lights. they smell so good!
-Cherry Splash Blistex Lip Infusion. I adore their regular one, I always have one on me, I can’t wait to try the cherry one.
-a pattern/kit for Deanna’s Vintage Styles Beaded Amulet Mini-Bag (I can’t wait to start it!)
-two US2 #0000 knitting needles so I can start the pattern immediately (the kit doesn’t include them, and I only have down to size 000 needles!)
Everyone gives me Peaches & Creme in swaps. I need to go find patterns for it! The only thing I really knit out of Peaches & Creme are washcloths. If anyone has any ideas for me, please let me know!
I think I might have to start the beaded bag immediately, even though I have finals coming up and papers I need to write. Tee hee!
Thanks again, secret pal, Anita!
Originally uploaded by darkpaintedknits
Hopefully this post works; I’ve never used flickr to blog before!
Giant had a sale on 2-pack Duracell AA batteries for $1, so I bought two packs. Hopefully they’ll last for a while in my camera.
Now to the knitting!
I cast-on for this project on November 18. I knit the medium size for myself, but instead of using the needle sizes called for in the pattern (US 0 and 2), I used US 2 and 4. The yarn used was Knit Picks Palette in Red and Black. I only used about half of each skein. I finished the first mitt on November 20, and the second on November 24.
I learned two new skills while knitting this pattern: the tubular cast-on and the kitchener bind-off. The pattern calls for the Italian tubular cast-on, but I couldn’t figure it out after many repeated attempts, but I did figure out the regular version.
I knit for an hour and a half on the second mitt whilst waiting in line with my mother (she forced me) for the Circuit City Black Friday sale. We stood in line from 3:30am until 5am when the store opened. We were numbers 168 and 169 out of the 400 they let in the store at a time. Apparently, last year a woman was trampled and had to go to the E.R. because they didn’t limit the number of people who were inside at one time. Also, this year they created a maze of sorts with boxes blocking aisles, and taped arrows showing you where to go. However, we just moved the boxes to get where we wanted to go.
We braved the crowds and no sleep because we needed to get my brother a PC for school. He’s coming to UMD, where I go to school, next semester, and thus needed a desktop computer. We got him a pretty awesome computer for only $499. He’s happy.
I really, really need to get batteries for my camera! It’s been so long since I’ve actually bought AAs, and I don’t have any randomly laying around, either!
So I finished a scarf for my mother for the holidays. It’s called the Lucky 13 scarf, and the pattern can be found here.
Also, I’m working on a few projects. The Halloween Mystery Shawl named Dracula’s Bride (I’m this!close to being finished Clue 1 of 5) made out of Jaggerspun Zephyr Wool-Silk in Charcoal and a double seed stitch scarf that I’m making up as I go in Lisa Souza Sock! in Little Devil. I need to weave in the ends and block My So Called Scarf, and then it will finally be wearable. I just finished a matching headband/ear warmer today with my leftovers.
I need to cast on a hat for my boy. Two years ago, I made him a scarf out of Lion Brand Microspun that said the word “scarf” in binary. For this holiday season, I’m going to make him a matching hat that says “hat” in binary. Hopefully he’ll actually wear it. He’s not prone to wearing too many hats.
More updates soon once I actually, truly get AA batteries for my camera!
I’ve been knitting again. And boy how have I been knitting again!
I currently have three projects actively on the needles: a My So Called Scarf in Manos del Uruguay (colorway Autumn), a double seed stitch scarf in Lisa Souza Sock! (colorway Little Devil), and my Halloween Mystery shawl (named Dracula’s Bride) in Jagerspun Zephyr (colorway Charcoal).
Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as I get new batteries for my camera.
In regards to the comment by Silver Ilix, actually I don’t have my *entire* stash up on Ravelry yet. I’ve bought a few more skeins since I last updated, but I need to find my battery charger for my camera before I can post the new items. Basically, I just have to add a Lisa Souza purchase (2 balls of Little Devil Sock! yarn), three balls of Jagerspun Zephyr in Charcoal for a Halloween Mystery Shawl-a-long, and a recent score at a thrift store. But then my entire stash will be up. 
I’ve been really trying on this Mystery Shawl thing, but I can’t seem to get past row 15. There are already two clues out, and I believe a third one will be posted this Saturday, but I’m stuck on Clue 1, having to rip twice now. I’m back to the cast-on row and I haven’t been able to look at it since Tuesday. Later today, I think I might have to pick it up again. Blarg.
