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I"m back, not really much into blogging and I don't have a lot to say. I did take a photo of the hideous orange barf scarf....

Slump

I finally finished a neck warmer made with the Ella Rae Pebbly from the grab bag. I did not enjoy knitting it, hated the yarn and IMO, the finished product looks like pure shit. The yarn is a boucle and impossible to tink. I had some leftover and just tossed it, there's no way it's going in the basket with my other ends, I don't want that crap giving my leftovers any ideas. I know I need to take a photo and post it just to say there's 2 less balls left in the bag. I"ll do that tomorrow, or maybe I won't. I just don't want to look at it.
And now I have 5 balls to go. I know what I'm going to do with 3 of them, but the other 2 are a ribbon yarn and I"m not looking forward to working with that.
Maybe I'm just in mega-bitch mode.

And Another One Down

I used the second skein of Nature's Cotton for another chemo cap, it seems big, but I'm sure someone can use it.



I think this is the 7th ball from the bag, over the half mark!

Another One Bites the Dust

Yesterday, I cast on Big Button Hat using the Rowan Big Wool from my grab bag. I don't think it took 2 hours from start to finish. Still had some yarn leftover, so I did a ribbed headband...not even a foot of yarn remained!



I like the way the hat turned out, I'll probably give the headband to my nephew, it'll match his hair :-)

2 More Down...

for a whopping total of 5 out of the 12 I got in the grab bag. I made the Garter Yoke Baby Cardi with Katia Austral, used almost all of it, but still had a bit leftover, so I made a little hat with the rest. I found out that PK Knits collects hats for preemies, so I'll drop that off soon.








Today, I met up with my knitting group at Culvers and found out that my shawl/stole-UpChuck- was commented on Ravelry by the designer. I'm so glad that I explained my choice of the name in the comments section and that I was bitching about the yarn and not the pattern. So glad she has a sense of humor about it.

4 ½ Steps Forward...

19 steps back...AARRGGHH!!!! My friend, Brenda, and I went to the tent sale at Mary Maxim , it's the last day of the sale, plus since it's Tuesday and I"m old (they offer a 20% discount to those 50 and up on Tuesdays), we just had to make it there. Gotta love that discount, it's almost like a consolation prize for the hot flashes and making it through raising kids. Like the fine folks at Mary Maxim are saying "You poor thing, you're old and you have droopy boobs, here, take a few pennies off that skein of yarn you've been drooling on." Maybe not, who knows? I took it, I ain't proud.
I got 3 balls of Mary Maxim Step It Up, 6 balls of Fibranatura Oak, and a bag of 10 skeins of mystery yarn--a soft, cream colored concoction. Also picked up some needles and 5 packs of water marbles to use in neck coolers for the troops.


After our trip, we stopped for dinner at Wendy's (I behaved and got a salad, although it killed me to not get the fries), and then did the grocery shopping for my mom. It was almost 9:30 by the time I got home. I left the house at 7 this morning for work and kept going from there. Now I"m old AND tired...........Good night!