Clowns me no likey

But to help benefit Biscuit Acres Dog Park at their Pancake for Pooches breakfast today, I posed with a clown. He actually touched me and everything. That half-sick look on my face isn't faked, I really didn't like this.

It was a suggestion from my hubby that I have my picture taken with the clown and then we send it to our friend who delights in finding me clown paraphernalia for all occasions and gifting it to me.

Yeah, the things I do to help out the puppies.

Must knit faster

Size 13 Sock #1

Today marks the day that means I'm officially behind on my Christmas knitting. I should have been done with sock #1 for Dillon, allowing me the balance of October to finish size 13 sock #2, thus allowing all of November for Roger's socks.

Must knit faster.

It's coming along

I picked up the button band stitches and it worked great. Then I decided to go ahead and felt the piece a bit. It felted too much, but I think it's still okay. It needs to be as impervious to the wind as possible, so perhaps this is for the best.



I'll trim the fuzzies from the steek when it's completely dry.

Cutting complete

Well, I did it. I'm pretty sure everything is moving along properly. The next steps will be most interesting.

Working up the nerve to steek

The piece is ready. The stabilizing lines have been installed. Sharp scissors are standing by. A few fortifying drinks have been consumed. So why has the steek not been cut yet?

I'm a tad bit nervous.


drawn white lines show where stabilizing stitches were sewn

KnitPicks bonanza and more

I took today off work to spend a little quality time with 80's music videos on tv, a napping kitty on the blanket next to me, and my knitting. I knitted a swatch for the neck gaiter and proceeded to cast on with size 7 circs for magic loop.

It's going to be such a soft squishy piece.

Then came my order from KnitPicks! I didn't expect it today, while I was home, but it arrived a day early. Look at all this loot!


(top-bottom) Simply Cotton Worsted in Duchess Heather, the picture is more blueberryish when the real color has more plum in it; Stroll Tonal Fingering in Blue Violet, which also should be more purpley; and Cattail Heather Shadow, the only one of the bunch to photograph properly, lol. Also splurged on a set of harmony wooden dpns in size 1.

Last are the pics I promised you of the yarn for my son's socks, as part of his Christmas.


Scrumptious yarn from Fearless Fibers, in superwash sportweight merino wool, Marrakesh colorway. I'm going to use Anne Hanson's sock pattern called Roger, because my son's name is Roger. How cool is that?! :)

Yarn yumminess

Lots of yarn to show you today. I went to Loops Broken Arrow after work with the intention of buying only the yarn I needed for my friends' Christmas gift (which I did buy), but then also walked out with two skeins of Three Irish Girls specialty trunk sale yarn: Westerly SeaSock in Koi Pond.


70% merino, 30% seacell, which is a natural seaweed fiber. It's so pretty, and feels so different than other sock yarn I've knitted with. Should be quite interesting, and I'm looking forward to it.



Here's what I'll be using for my friend's Christmas gift: 90% extrafine merino, 10% cashmere.
My friend and her hubby are avid motorcyclists. She says that her neck gets cold while riding, and since she loves skulls (I knitted her skully mittens a few years ago), I thought I'd knit her a matching skully neck gaiter. This yarn will be a decadent treat against her skin and should be quite toasty.


These are the gargantuan socks (size 13) destined as a Christmas gift for my daughter's boyfriend. He loves everything camo, and socks (how cool is that!!). It took me a bit of work to find yarn that would knit up in a camo pattern, yet not be acrylic - did not want that. I think this will be perfect!

Araucania Yarns, Ranco Solid #104



Stained Glass, by Vivid Creation Fibers

These are for my son's girlfriend for Christmas. :)


And dang it, I meant to take pics of the yarn I purchased for my son's socks, but didn't. Tomorrow night, yes? Gives us all something to look forward to. ;)