Sunday, June 25, 2006

Busy Summer days

Wow it's been quite a bit since I posted. I guess the heat is getting to me. I have hardly touched any knitting this past week. It's just been too hot and sticky around here. Plus I haven't been home that much anyway.

We were out and about almost every day last week. On one of our outings Not-the-Momma took us out to lunch. He was going to go to a movie with us too, but he wasn't feeling very well. So I took the kids to the mall. We walked around a bit and window shopped. They saw all kinds of stuff and I saw a Mah Jong game that I would love to get my hands on. Then we saw Cars. They loved it. It was really funny. Afterwards we stopped in at A.C. Moore. I just browsed the yarn sections. I did find a couple of posters. One was a Vincent van Gogh "Starry Night", and the other an Alice in Wonderland. And we stopped in another little shop and they found some toys. So it was a pretty good day for everyone.


For those of you who followed the link from my last post, I actually started one.

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These things are going to be huge. I didn't figure they would be this big, but I guess they will hold more. They are worked flat until you get to the foot and then joined in the round.

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And for those of you who like to see the innards of knitted things, here's the back.

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These will be lined so if it gets a little sloppy, the mistakes will be hidden. I was even going around the house humming Christmas carols. It's safe to say the things I knit tend to go to my head a little.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Whooooo?!

That's what I think of when I look at this.



It is an owl pocket necklace. I made it for my mother-in-law for her Ipod Nano. It is filet crochet. And I thought it was more original than a regular Ipod necklace. It fits really well too.



I also tried the no-sew method of miters that Kay of Mason-Dixon suggested.



I think I may have found what I want to make everyone for Christmas this year. I will only put this link in for you to go look at later. I never said it was a sane idea. I know it's still June, but I make for over 30 people. You think I can do it?

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Spoiler : Beware

If you haven't watched the last episode of Doctor Who and don't want to know what happened yet, don't read on.

I am utterly ticked off. The new Doctor that I have come to love on this show, was "killed off" last night. I truly liked all that Christopher Eccleston brought to this character. I will miss him saying "Fantastic!".

And I can't believe who they got to replace him. David Tennant, who played Barty Crouch, Jr. in The Goblet of Fire. I just don't think he's got what it takes to replace Eccleston. But I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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Now back to our regularly scheduled blog.
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I have picked out all the colors I am using for my miter blanket and did 10 squares so far.

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The rest will be different combinations of these colors. I already planned out which colors the others will be, so all I have to do is knit them up.

I also have all the colors for my fishie blanket.

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This is also why my miter blanket isn't so bright. After all these brightly colored fish, I needed a break from strong colors.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Hi, my name is Micky, and I join KALs.

I just can't help myself. I have joined yet another KAL. The Mason Dixon KAL. The book has so many great projects in it to do. I have finished one and started another.

First we have a dishcloth. I really had fun making this and will make more once I get some more colors. I just had this on hand and went ahead and used it.





And then I started some miters. I really have been wanting to make these for some time, but thought it would be more complicated. I made one and just kept going. I may be working on these for a while.

Thursday, June 01, 2006

A sheep that got the flock out of here

Yes, one of the flock has gone on a vacation of sorts. She has decided to turn off her blog and take a break from it for now. It's Annie of The Knitty Gritty blog.



(the button is just a reminder, not a link)

Her's was one of the blogs I made sure I read every day. Even if there wasn't an updated post, I always found something to look at or read. Her work is beautiful and I always enjoyed her writings.


Hopefully she will come back soon. We'll miss you Annie!

Mischief Managed



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