Furry fun

The knitting blog has been quiet recently, which is ironic since I've been extremely productive lately. All of that knitting in front of my season one dvds of "Life Goes On" pays off. As of last night I finished all of my knitting for my Secret Cupid--both projects (it turned into two) are done! But I can't post pictures because it needs to stay a surprise. And I'm two thirds of the way through the purply cabley goodness I previewed in my last post; it's the Cardigan for Arwen from Interweave Knits. But right now it's only the back and left front pieces, so there isn't much to show.

But there is one project I can show in all of its colorful glory. Another blogger has begun a charity knitting drive that involves knitting crazy fun fur hats for kids with cancer at Children's Hospital here in Boston. Here are the three hats I've finished so far.


The top one is almost a beanie, because I only had one skein of the yarn, which is Paton's Allure in a dark plum color. The bottom two are both made from Classic Elite Phoenix. I have nine more skeins of the orange color, courtesy of this year's Boston Knit Out, so I'm sure there will be several more made like that one. They knit up very quickly; I did the top one on size 13 needles and the other two on 10.5 needles.

And now back to the cardigan. . .

I'm back

So, I kind of disappeared for a while, but this time it was due to computer issues. The hard drive on my computer crashed for the third time in a year, which was finally enough to convince Dell that maybe, just maybe, the hard drive was corrupt. I now have a new hard drive and hopefully no more crashes, because I am tired of losing all of the contents of my computer.

The Knitsmiths had a baby shower for Alison this past weekend. Everyone made a pair of booties which were hung from streamers strung across the room. It was really cute. Here is the pair I made, from some yarn I had left over from making armwarmers last year:



In other knitting news, Catherine gifted me with a new measuring tape which fits in perfectly with this blog. It has both poodles and stars on it!



And here is a sneak preview of my current project:

a bit of yarn porn

It may be a while before I have another finished project to post, since one project is large (I may do in progress shots when there's something to show) and the other is for my Secret Cupid (an exchange we're doing within our knitting group for Valentine's Day) and she may be reading this, so no pictures of that. So, to tide you over I give you a little bit of yarn porn.

Catherine was kind enough to report in on what colors of Socks that Rock yarn her local yarn store had when she was home in California and I restrained myself and only bought two skeins. Here they are, Rocktober and Nodding Violet:



And a shot in better light:



So pretty!

And one tiny FO from the holidays, a miniature stocking made with leftover Opal sock yarn, magic loop style:

I am back, and I am tired

I have returned to Boston! But, first, a few more things from home. . .

I finished one knitting project while home, my father's Hanukkah gift. I made the Irish Hiking Scarf.

It took almost two skeins of Cascade 220 Tweed in a lovely chocolate brown. These photos are from before it was blocked, since it was still drying when I left. :) And a detail shot of the cables:

I also received one knitting related gift for the holidays. My aunt sent me a group of items from The Big Yarn.

These included stitch markers in really neat colors, knitting related notecards, silver stitch holders, and a pink needlesizer.

And, another poodle picture! Henry with his poodle:

And one last poorly taken picture. Every year in our neighborhood one family puts up one of those inflatable snowmen. Theirs, however, is usually falling forward and looks like he's been drinking quite a bit. I hereby present to you, the drunken snowman:

Happy almost New Year!

Mr. Darcy

One little crafty thing to show, now that the receipient has received it. We did t-shirt stencilling at Catherine's place last week. It was the first time I had done it, and the first time any of us had tried doing words. So I was pretty pleased with the results.



It's for a friend who truly appreciates both Mr. Darcy and Colin Firth. :) Here's a close up of the lettering.



And, as I am home, some poodle shots! The first one is of Henry riding in the car, during which he always has his paw over my father's arm.



And this is from my father's office's holiday party yesterday. Henry enjoying his champagne glass.

lots and lots of pictures

I finally finished the socks!



These were done in Regia 4fadig Mini Ringel, which I picked up from the sale shelves at Webs during our road trip in October. I love how these turned out, though the picture here isn't exactly true to color.

Today I also went to the Bazaar Bizarre where I met up with Ariel and Cathy. I also got to meet ZantiMissKnit.

And now, some photographs from Catherine's birthday extravaganza. We went to Jillian's and went bowling. I truly suck at bowling; I finished last in both games, but it was a lot of fun.

The birthday girl and her boy:


Cassandra and Ariel:


Catherine and me:


And the birthday girl with her cake:


One last photo, taken last night:


Happy Hanukkah!

it's been a while, but I have a good excuse

Actually, two of them. I hadn't posted because I didn't have a completed knitting project to show off (I still don't, but I'm making an exception and posting an in progress one or I might never post) and because I've been busy. Doing what, you may ask? Finishing graduate school. As of today, I am finished with my master's degree in library science. Now to find a job. . .

Here's the one project I'm currently working on, which feels like it's been forever.

I've got about half of the foot left on the second sock, but I'm getting (shh!) a little bit bored of working on them, even if I do love how they're turning out.

And since my blog is named after a lovely dog, I'm going to post a few pictures from the Bay Colony Dog Show, which I attended last weekend. I got sniffed, licked, kissed, nuzzled, jumped on, and hugged. I love dogs. Where else does a girl like me see that kind of action?

And now, the dogs:
Poodles, of course!

A very friendly Great Pyrenees.

Isn't this an adorable face? It's a Tibetan Spaniel.

Here's one of the dogs I spent the most time with. This is a Sussex Spaniel. His name is Fuzzy. And he is absolutely adorable.

Next post will feature Catherine's birthday extravaganza.