The Knit Out and more goodies!

It was a busy busy weekend last week. I swear I should start getting frequent flyer/driving/traveling miles for what I put in every week and then some. I had hooked up with Karen (Cooknknit) on Saturday for help on using my Ashford Joy. I've had my poor Joy for about 3 years easy, and it was very very lonely. I basically wasnt sure, couldnt remember what did what on my poor wheel. Time is not a friend anymore to me, and patience, to a degree is not my best virtue due to the time issue. Karen helped to refresh me on what went where,, what did what in relation to everything else. It took only a few minutes but can I say I felt like 1- a dunce,,,, 2- as if a very black cloud suddenly floated away from over my head. All I can say is ,,,Karen,, thank you oh so much!



Prior to that, Karen had been telling me that she was going to the Park Slope Barnes and Noble,,, Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee was going to be there for a book signing. The Yarn Harlot herself? Of course I wanted to go. So off we went. Some of the other women from the Knitty Board were there that Karen knew, and it was so nice to meet them, plus to see what sort of knitterly things they were up too.


Stephanie speaking.



Stephanie with the kneesocks that Karen had finished while she was talking to the audience.


In the time being, I've been working on my Noro hat. This is what I have so far, I'm about half the way done!















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Some Other Goodies I couldnt fit in on other post!

These are the rest of my "Brights" grab bag from Cherry Tree Hill.

A skein of Silk and Merino Bulky, in Sugar Maple colorway.







Another skein of Twister in Brights
(Clapotis maybe??)











I went to Roxy's Yarn in Brooklyn, last Tues for some circulars. I was good. I didnt buy yarn but I bought this cute tote/caddy for only $5!











Then lastly,, I ran to Petco by my house, to buy these. Opting for the cheap way out right now for hand carders,,,but with NYS Sheep and Wool right around the corner, that might be changing.








I did go hunting through my "Yarn room" looking for that other skein of Noro,,, no luck yet. But I do have 4 skeins in another colorway to make this http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdpj/HTM/Norohat.htm and then some other hand/wrist warmers,,, possibly in the same style. What do you think?

A Bunch of New Goodies!

Well first and foremost, I finished the one Voodoo Handwarmer in Noro Kureyon. The damn thing even matches my nails! The bad news about it,,, I cant find the other skein I had,,, seems my son threw it in my "Yarn room" and its in there somewhere, sigh.

Ok,, now the goodies!!!

I got my 2 orders of grab bags from the Labor Day sale from Cherry Tree Hill

The Jewel tones are up first.




3 superwash Possum worsteds in Teal, Eggplant, and Bluestone














Huge Twister skein in blue/green


















Skein of Potluck Worsted in Jewels









Now the Brights Grab bag













Skein of Potluck Worsted in Brights








Skein of Twister again

First completed skein!

Well I made my first attempt and here it is. I plyed 2 singles of BFL, skeined it, soaked it and dried it. Its YARN!

This is the Lazy Kate that I improvised, with the helpful suggestions of using my knitting needles to hold my "bobbins" by Cooknknit. Duh,,,, can we say cooked brains, scrambled well?



Another thing, I finally finished Katja. Sorry about pic quality,,, from my camera-phone. Wasnt really expecting to pop by my sis until last minute,,, when I remembered to grab it for my niece. My neice simply loved it! Her favorite color is purple and I knitted this up in Rowan summer tweed in a purpley lilac color.