Holy crap!

I'm finally in Ravelry! You know what I'll be doing this weekend.

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Birthday Treats!

I'm very delinquent in posting about my birthday that was last Tuesday but I HAVE to show you this really cute zippered bag my friend gave me! It's a perfect project bag. I think you could even fit a good sized sweater in it! and best of all, it has a zipper to keep the naughty kitties out.

I had a great birthday but, what with all the friends and family and going out to dinner, I didn't get much knitting done last week! heheh

And I've been doing a little test knitting for The Plucky Knitter. I'm working up a simple chevron scarf using two different yarns she dyed. I think the colors are looking fabulous together, no?

I'll tell you, I'm glad I'm getting to do this knitting for her because I've been admiring her yarn from afar since she started. Now I can offically say that all the good things you've heard about Sarah's yarn are TRUE! so go get you some before everyone else does!

Yes, I'm indulging myself

Needles.........check!

Zephyr stitch markers......check!

yarn.......check!
simple gauge conversion math (thanks to Jillian!)......check!

So here are the beginnings of a quick little cardi (Juliet):

I just need something quick and fool proof right now and for me, that means a top-down raglan from one of my favorite designers. My other WIPs are coming along slowly due to absolute stupid mistakes that require ripping back hours of work.

So, in keeping with my current yarn diet, I decided to use the Knit Picks Mainline that I had bought to make Tree Jacket with. I spent a whole evening swatching and decided that the suggested double stranded worsted weight yarn was too bulky for me, although I would definitely use Cotton Fleece doubled (like one of their samples) because it is more of a DK weight and wouldn't be too bulky. I'm adjusting the pattern to work with my worsted weight gauge by knitting the XL size on US 9 needles. So far so good!

Popping up to say hi!

Two things I want right now:

1. The new Zephyr Style cardigan Juliet
2. This awesome quilt

Sorry for the sparse posting lately. be back soon!