F to the U

Here is a knit sample of my *own* hand dyed F-bomb yarn. It was dyed by laying the hank down flat so that it was like an oval, and spreading the yarn into one layer. Then I wrote a word on it in purple dye. The 'F' word. Then I filled in the rest with blobs of yellow and green.

Ang, Beth and I felt rather silly about the whole thing, and honestly, I thought the end result was a rather ugly ball of green yarn.


HOWEVER, I absolutely love how it's knitting up!

This will be a pair of socks for my friend, Tasha. She listens to me whine and wheedle all week long...week in and week out. She keeps me sane in my current world of 'MBF is 3,784 miles away...this sucks...waaaaaah!' And she amuses me to no end. The fact that she is also many miles away from me really pisses me off.

Anyway, if ever there was a person that could put F-bomb socks to good use, it is Tasha. I can think of nobody better suited to sport a pair of handknit socks and quietly proclaim to the world "Eff You!" all at once.

Christmas?! Who said Christmas? Surely *I* didn't say Christmas. I'm positive.

Crap.

Remember how I said I had gotten my Dish Rag Tag box? And that the photos were not on my computer? I lied. They were here all along. I finally found them!

BTW, our group came in second to last. :( I still had a blast doing it, and apparently, ALL of the boxes made it thru to the end, and there were no angels needed! Everyone got their goodies!

I'd been looking for the box each day on the porch (didn't think it would cram into the mailbox) and was disappointed when it said it was delivered, and still wasn't there! Lo and behold, my mom had stopped at the mailbox, and had the box in her car. Thankfully, that only wasted about 4 hours...not days.

My box was from Niagara Falls, and I got some lovely postcards. My kids are still flabbergasted..."People live there?!?!" lol. There were also some gorgeous stitch markers, and of course, the cloth!

Not sure if you can see it in the photo, but the cloth is a diamond pattern. It's really nice. My daughter wanted to know if I'd knitted it, and I had to fess up and tell her I hadn't. :( She really likes it, says it's beautiful. :)

Head over to www.yarnmiracle.com to get the rest of the race details!

Half empty? Half Full? Half Done!!

2BOs down, 2 to go! 1/2 way there! Yay!

This better felt as advertised, or I'm going to have to send it to Hagrid to wear! :P

BO1 of 4 Complete.

See? Only 3 more to go. :)

This would be a sewn seam. Only 1 more of these to go.

Still in love with the colors. Sure hope he is!

Almost there....

These are decreases. This is what they look like when you do them properly. It only took me two tries to get it to look this way. >.<

I hate counting. It's so overrated.

Ugh.

'A Wool Gathering'

The Yarn Harlot has made up a new word. "Kinnearing" I will wait while you read this post.

I was a Kinnearer before she coined this phrase (as evidenced by my post with the dog tire cover...).

This shot:

is my latest Kinneared photo. Not to shabby if you ask me. Taken while on the road from Columbus to Yellow Springs for the annual 'A Wool Gathering'.

This may or may not be a photo of people that I do or do not know. They may have threatened me if I posted it. Or maybe they didn't...

This would be the best photo of the day:


and of course...no fiber festival is complete until you see the smooshy animals!




And then...the weirdest thing I've ever seen...



Abby looks confused, too:


Not to mention, the sheep:

I'm a tease.

More shots...I've encountered pink! Shhh...it's mauve...or dusty rose...no, no..LIGHT RED!!!

With flash.


and

without flash.

I hope MBF likes light red. :|

Beginning to look at lot like xmas....

So....THIS:

 

is what I started last night. THIS will remain NAMELESS, because it is an Xmas gift for MBF. So, if you recognize what it is, or have theories...keep them to yourself! (hint hint...those fibers are rather trendy, yeah?)

 

Aren't those lovely colors?

Dish Rag Tag!

I left all of my photos of the box I received AT HOME! I'm such a dork! So, I'll be posting them in reverse order.

Here is what happens when you grab the 5mm needles instead of the SIZE 5 needles:


Lisa wanted no part of that rag, assuming I finished it, which I did NOT. Ew.

Take #2 (well, #4 whatever!):

This is right after work, while helping V study for a spelling test. (6-7pm)


While on the phone with MBF (8:30-9:30pm) then 11:30-12:15am while half asleep. :P


Lunchtime the following day.


Finish Line! About 9:30pm....off to the airport post office!

I also sent two balls of the self striping yarn, one blue and one pink; and candy...a candy necklace, Razzles, and Jelly Bellys!

Another V FO

Whoever thought this pattern would be "easy" for a 8-10 year old was on crack. That's a set in collar, so you have a curve going one way that has to match with a curve going the opposite way. All of the girls had a really tough time with it. However, it's complete, with only one pucker! She loves it.

Edited to add:

I never posted her pajama pants!!



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