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It's Me Birthday

A card from Hubby...

I've Lost It

I don't know why but this just cracks me up. Please don't hold it against me.

Pretty Flutterby

Hubby take pretty picture!

Doh!

I'm still a dope when it comes to how much yarn is in the ball and how far will it go. I don't know anyone personally who knits and being disabled I can't really pop out to knitting groups, and we don't have a local yarn store. So there you are, I'm learning as I go.

The problem is I'm 3/4 done with my latest bath mitt and it's looking good. I used Knit Picks Shine and at this point I can't ignore that I will run out of yarn. I really thought one ball of yarn should make one mitt. I just can't bring myself to crack open another ball for one mitt. Cheap I am! With a ball of Lily Sugar and Cream I've made two mitts and am now knitting a dishcloth. I just couldn't ignore the economics, even though the yarns are quite different.

So I bought some SandC and will try the pattern on the ball band since this yarn doesn't really do ribbing.

Speaking of dishcloths - Dishcloth Boutique

Time Warp Again

What happened? Sometimes I lose a few weeks, zing, it feels like only a day has passed.

Knitting along I have been on a quest for a nice bath mitt pattern; I'm thinking Christmas. First was the one mentioned previously from the book One-Skein Wonders. Then I made some simple adjustments and made the one pictured. It's better but improvements can still be made.

Now before I get to work making changes I come across a pattern over a Plymouth Yarn with many of these features in place. So I'm now knitting this one up with a few size adjustments. I'm close now I can feel it, bath mitt joy is eminent.

Posh Indeed

Posh Yarn was my first pricey yarn purchase. But boy are they pretty, just look at those colors! The one on the right has every color possible in it. On the surface it looks all pink and blue but look between the twists and green, yellow, red it's unreal.

The only problem is I chose these like a kid in a candy store not stopping to think maybe two skeins of one color would be better, you know, to actually knit something.

At this point my yarn has seen more of the world than I ever will!