First sock from YS yarn is finished!

I just finished up my first sock from the yarn I received from my KH yarn swap pal. This is the first time I knit this pattern and I'm pretty happy with it. It was a fairly easy pattern. It does look a bit small, but there is a lot of stretch, especially with this type of pattern. This will be a birthday present for my sister next month. Now I just need to get started on my second one!!

I found this pattern on Knitting Pattern Central and its called a lacy mock cable.

Mid-July dishcloth KAL finished!

The mid-July KAL was this pretty mock cable lace pattern. I absolutely love the yarn I used on this. I can't remember the name, but its from S&C. It almost looks like its tie-dyed. Anything, this was a fun one. I always look foward to this KAL's and what we will be knitting next!

The yellow dishcloth I knit up for my KH yarn swap pal. She is a big tea drinker and I thought this might be nice for her kitchen!

Yarn Swap Reveal!

This past weekend I finally received my second package and discovered who my KH yarn swap pal was!! Thank you Gardenmommy!! You were the best swap pal and I love every single gift you sent.

The stitch markers are absolutely gorgeous and I have already tried them out !! I have already started a sock with my new yarn also! I was itching to make so more socks, so I was excited when I received my new yarn. I love the color of the Trekking yarn. I think these socks will be a birthday present for my sister next month. Not sure, I might want to keep them for myself!!

I also sent my final package to my receiving yarn swap pal. Her name is Carolina Red. She seemed to be very pleased with her package also so I'm happy!! This swap was so much fun and I'm kind of sad to see it over. I cant wait for the next one!

My shrug is coming along!

Well, I think my shrug is coming along nicely. After having to frog the first sleeve, I have just sped through to where I'm now on the back. I'm still having a couple of concerns. First, I had to cast on 100 stitches for the back. I used the loop method using my thumb and inserting the needle into it. I'm really not liking the way the cast on looks. The stitches seem to be really loose. Second all those stitches I cast onto the circular needle were getting all twisted!! I was careful and they don't appear to be twisted. Thirdly, all those stitches!! I'm decreasing now, and I'm just hoping I end up with the correct amount of stitches!!!!


All in all, this pattern has been relatively simple. This is my first real project like this and I was so worried that I wouldn't understand what the pattern was telling me. It was like a foreign language! But, I been taking it one step at a time, and now I can finally see how this pattern is going, and how its becoming a shrug!




On the homefront, it's been an exciting week. My 16 year old daughter got her driving license on Wednesday. We've now entered a whole new phase of parenting!!

More dishcloth pictures!

Not great pictures, but the first is my July dishcloth KAL, and the second is my music notes dishcloth that I made for my swap pal!

Forgot them on my last post!!

A productive sorta week

Well, I was able to get a few dishcloths made over the last week. My sister had mentioned that she wanted some more, so since her birthday is next month, I figured I would knit her up a bunch. I really love the Chinese waves round dishcloth. So easy, and so fast to whip up!! I'm definitely making a few more of those!



As far as the shrug is going, well I ended up frogging the whole thing and starting from scratch. I had gotten all the way to the end, measured it and found out it was too long! My gauge was only a few stitched off width wise, but length was, the gauge was way off. I think this was because I was doing it on a circular needle. So anyway, I decided to go with a size smaller straight needle. I'm using size 4 now, and everything seems to be going well so far. My gauge is always different with circulars, seems that it stretches more and increases the gauge in length if that makes sense. Anyways, my fault I didn't do a swatch I guess.

Just ordered some sock yarn to start on socks for Xmas presents. Looking forward to that. Also got yarn for my swap pal, so I'm looking forward to getting it and packaging it all up to send to her!

I also completed my second monthly dishcloth KAL. What a fun one to knit up. A dolphin jumping in the waves. No sure if I will keep this one or give it away!

Also knit up a dishcloth with music notes to give to my swap pal, since she enjoys music. Hope she likes it!