Rainy, Lazy Day

Its sort of yucky outside but the perfect day to catch up on some things I need to blog about.

First, remember this?  The gorgeous yarn I won for simply leaving a comment on Tiennie’s blog?  Look at what I did with it!!!

Cider Moon Sidewinders
Sidewinders: A PerpenSOCKular Pattern by Nona
9-10M
US 1½ / 2.5 mm
Cider Moon Blizzard
No mods.
LOVE THEM!!!

Non-knitting:

 

Its a Puzzle Gourd…cool, huh?

Oh, gosh, I have other things to show you, too, but I’m just too lazy.  WordPress changed how you can put photos on here and its really just not user friendly anymore.  I hope they find an easier way soon.  Anyway, I will leave you with some more kitty photos.

Bonita being her normal, cheerful self.

Marmalade LOVES his alpaca mouse.

And everything is good in the world….

Darn that Yarn Harlot!

I am SO behind on my Bloglines list and, wouldn’t you know, this is the month of NaNoBlaBlaBlogMo.  From what I can gather, this is a movement to get all bloggers to post everyday in the month of November.  Gee, thanks!  Now I’ll never catch up!!!

In my effort to be a good blog reader and clean out my Bloglines I sat down to catch up on the Yarn Harlot.  Hey, I was only 30 entries behind!  She had a guest blogger for awhile that posted this: http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2007/09/27/the_yokes_on_me.html 
(scroll down to the second sweater (third and fourth picture)).  I WANT ONE!!!  I need another sweater project like I need a hole in my head.  Its been queued.

In Christmas knitting news, I have completed pedicure sock #3 (1st one in pair #2).  I also have the back panal and left front panel of K’s sweater finished.  And that is pathtically it.  Oh, dear. 

Just so it isn’t a completely pictureless post, I took a class on slotted gourds and made this:

I used yarn, seagrass, palm thingies (I call it Florida yard trash), and something else that I can’t think of right now. I was very happy with the way it turned out but it doesn’t really go with any of my decor so I gave it to a friend who I think will really like it.

But I have been creating…honest!

Even when my knitting seems to be on the wane, I still find that I create in other ways.

Consider the following:

This is a Cut Leaf Gourd. Isn’t it fantastic?!? This class was so amazing. I would have never thought I had it in me. AND I got to use POWER-TOOLS!

Then:

A little gourd fun!! I was going for the sassy look.

Listing these in the order of completion, I did get a little knitting done:

Jennifer’s Socks
pattern: Roza’s Socks from Interweave Spring 2007
yarn: Tofutsies #733
needles: 40″ Inox Express 2.5mm
mods: none!

I rushed to finished these so they could be my September socks for Sock A Month 4.

And then this little ditty:

I don’t think I have posted about this since here. Quick knit, although a little tedious with the stst.

And its twin:

Both are from “Knits, Knots, Buttons, and Bows” by Lynda Schar using Cascade Sierra or Sierra Quatro.

Last but not least:

This is called a Cabin Boy basket and I made it as a gift for my mother-in-law.

So, never fear, I am staying busy in the creative world, even if it isn’t always knitting!

Yes, I do things other than knit!

This is what I did last weekend…

This is a Wool Drying Basket done in a twill pattern.  I took the class at my local yarn shop which is actually many, many other things than a yarn shop: spinning, weaving, basketry, knitting, crochet, gourds. 

Speaking of gourds…

These are Birdhouse gourds with pinecone needle “roofs.”  Lots of fun to make!

OK, back to my regularly scheduled knitting!