The Green Monster

Ok, I was trying to use up my stash, and I wanted to make a present for a friend that moved away, and I had no reason to believe I couldn't find this yarn....BUT I was wrong!

I think this is probably my first screw-up that I didn't catch and thought everything was going along fine. It started as an afghan, the pattern is hard to see, there is a pretty cool crossover stich that makes V's down the fabric. There were supposed to be bobble rows in between the V rows, but I took them out and did a couple of rows of dc and hdc. Things were going along nicely until I realized I ran out of yarn. I go to a couple of stores and can't find this color anywhere! The yarn is TLC Amore in Celery. So I said to myself "Self, you have enough for a wrap/shawl, soooo I made it into the width of a wrap (it is crocheted on the long edge) and bound off. Then I noticed it...the edge was uneven! ACK! Somewhere along the line I decreased, I was having trouble with the turning chain. I don't think I have ever done this before!

Usually I notice, rip out, and fix it. I wasn't going to add fringe, I was just going to do a nice reverse sc edge, but now it looks awful! The other edge is fine, straight as an arrow. I think fringe would take away your eye away from the edge, at least while it is draped around one's shoulders. Of course, the last point of the the story is that I don't have enough to make fringe! Double ACK! I'm not sure what do to with it. I will have to think on it more. Or ask my friends at Crochetville.com

Had ANOTHER job interveiw today, it is safe to say previous interviews didn't amount to anything. Keep your fingers crossed.

Gag Me With A Spoon!

Oh this is totally gross! My greyhound Gigi came running in with something in her mouth last night and sat on her bed. It was a dead bird with maggots on it! Of course I stood there and yelled until someone else came in and corrected the situation, but oh how gross. I was sick to my stomach and had a headache the rest of the night!

I finally took a picture of the top I made for my Mom last summer. It turned out really well, except that I used a yarn other than that suggested and it is a little heavy. Taught me a lesson on yarn weights when substituting yarns!

It's a Wrap!

I saw a pattern for a wrap, or shawl, that used different yarns knitted longways. I thought this would be a good way to use up some of my stash yarn. I chose five yarns that sort of went together and started to knit!

It's the first time I've knitted a wrap longways, and knitted straight on a circular needle. It is actually very easy to do, and the whole thing is in garter stitch so there is nothing to think about. It is very soft and the colors are melding nicely. Problem is it is hard to tell how long it will be, I put on 150 stitches like the pattern said, and had 20 more for good measure, but since it is all bunched up on the circular, I can't tell how long it is! The pattern never did say how to end each row since you have to cut the yarn at each end, so I added a marker at each end. I bind-off one at the end to tie the loose end, then make-one (M1) right after to add back that stitch I bound off. Seems to be working, but agian it is hard to tell. The finished width is supposed to be 40x60, I can measure the width, but I don't know about the lenght.

Promising news on the job front, I've got a possible call back for an interview for Thursday or Friday, I'm crossing my fingers. This would not be an Executive Assistant job, but a job in the finance department of a large company. It sounds fun and might lead to something greater eventually. I love the EA jobs, but they don't go anywhere. Keeping my fingers crossed.

My Fans Are Waiting...

Well, not really. I don't have any fans, but I haven't written in a while so I hoped somebody noticed! I finally finished Toothless' little sweater, however as I found out Saturday, Toothless is not exactly toothless anymore! She has some very large teeth coming in at the front, why do kids always get these HUGE teeth that come in at the front?

I guess I have to call her something else now, umm Big Tooth? But the sweater fit her perfectly, and she looked really cute in it. I added a few beads to the end of the ties because she likes jewels. Of course it is a summer sweater, and seems that the Fall temperatures have befallen us this past week. I need to finish the shrug I started for her over the summer.

I took a little break from my creations, but I've been working on something things lately. Hopefully I'll have some pictures in a day or so. LOL, I had one major screw-up that is pretty funny, I'll show you that later. I'm still trying to use up my yarn stash, but it never seems to go down!

I had purchased my niece a knitting loom awhile back and she wanted to use it this past weekend. Trouble is she likes to use the hook to move the stiches over the peg, but doesn't want to wind the yarn around the loom! Thus, every row I had to wind it for her, she was happy, but I was going loopy myself. I think she had about 10 rows done in the 12 hours!

Yeah for Big Tooth and her soccor team! They won their game 7-1 on Saturday, it was cold in the AM, humm.. guess I need to make myself a poncho.