Mid month KAL. complete. How fun is that! Just watching my favorite show,COPS ,while I blog.

Whats on your needles? I am putting away some heavier projects, and bringing out the cotton.

I started a project out of the new "Knit 'n Style" mag. I am doing it Blue skies organic cotton. The color....Brings back many good childhood memories....Circus peanuts! A yummy peach.The cropped top is knitted from the top down. Nothing to complicated, just fun, and pure enjoyment of the soft yarn going gently through my fingers.

As we leave February, I hope to finish the three spring/summer sweaters on my needles, by the end of March.

I hope that when I post the next KAL, this project will be finished. That would be wonderful!

Cops is over, time to get serious, I NEED TO KNIT!

A glass of wine is cleansing

Did you ever start cleaning, one thing leads to another, then another and before you know it, its all over. I started right after my first post.
Cleaned two bathrooms. Moved onto my bedroom, finished up the laundry, and headed downstairs to have breakfast. That lead to the kitchen and living room. After that, I thought, you need a break. A big one!
SO, I Grabed the car keys and headed to one of my fav LYS, "Bloomin Yarns", an bought some yummy cottons to start some spring sweaters!
Michelle is always so sweet and helpful. And 9 times out of ten, she always has the exact yarn you want!!! Thats good and bad! I bought yarn for three sweaters!

After that, it was time to put the yarn somewhere so I start it. I looked at my knitting basket................As you can tell from the first picture, the cleaning bug bit again. I dumped it. I know CRAZY!!! I am taking away from knitting time!



I found, LOTS of labels, lots of markers, notes, phone numbers, bills, and a button from a sweater I knit almost 15 years ago. thats it in the picture below. I made a white with blue accent, cotton cardigan. Everything was bought on vacation at the Outer Banks.

I think at that point I decided a glass of wine would help me tackle this project. It did. I was able to get ALL my needles put in order and labled if double or circluar. Put away yarn that was left over. Threw away all those lables. Put the bills where they belonged, and traded out winter projects for new spring projects!
Looks pretty good! And I am sober! It is a clean feeling. Like, gee I wish someone would come over unexpectedly, cause this place looks and smells really good!
Now, with all this cleaning out of the way, for at least a day! I can sit back, pick up my needles and feel good about, not only the yarn going through my fingers, but the clean orginized surroundings. AHHHH, the fun!

Stay warm and KNIT!

Three little kittens lost their mittens

Oh my. Things did not go as planned. How does that go?"The best made plans...."
Anyway.
I was going to town knitting mittens, then, of course life stepped in.
The walk way had to be shoveled, and I had to cancel knit class,make dinner, clean up dinner, listen to hubby's stories about the roads, etc. etc, etc.....
So I sat down to finish the darker pair of mittens, and Larry the rescue (supposed to be small, found out he's maine coon) cat decided my yarn was yummy, and ate some of it!
I felt that was my sign, that the contest was over and once again I go home without the grand prize. Sigh.

I continue to work on my blue felted purse. I am working on the cream color lace that goes around the flap. If you don't know what I am talking about, its a couple of blogs below. I hope to start the flowers tonight.
Oldest wants to go shopping(she was paid yesterday) and I have about 4 more loads of laundry. Here we go again, and all I need to do is KNIT!