CarmelKnits, etc.

I ordered a couple new books the other day on Amazon and received them today. One of the books I ordered is called 'The Knitters Year' by Debbie Bliss . I had a grand idea. I thought to myself, I'm going to do a Julie and Julia thing and knit every project in this book in the 1 year allowed, well allowed, Debbie says they can all be done in a year, so as it has been said so it shall be done right? It was a great plan, full of inspiration and a year of witty blog entries with my trials and tribulations of cranking out these patterns all the while trying to ignore new yarns, new patterns that are constantly coming on the market begging for me to own/make them. Like I said, the plan was great until page 29, aka week six, the Easter Bunny Egg Cozies and I realized that my knitting project fixation would hit me like a scorned women on a bad date.  I had a vision of one day in week 12 opening my fridge only to see carton after carton of eggs dressed as bunnies because I don...

1. The Dogs decided that 4:00 a.m. was late enough and it was time to eat. 2. I forgot to put the clothes in the dryer so the dogs lucked out and I got up anyway to take care of that. 3. I didn't go to the store last night for coffee and said a bad word because of it this morning. 4. In the middle of my shower at 5:00 a.m. the power flicked on, off, on, off, on, and then off..............I was out of there lickety split, (scared of the dark in showers when I'm naked, probably too many horror movies during my spotty youth). 5. I'm wearing damp underwear........see #2 In order to brighten my day I am adding this wonderful picture of the dogs from Friday afternoon.........seeing blown up makes me believe that Quintus knew he was being watched just not from where.....hint; it's the knot hole in the fence.

My mind is wandering today....more so than usual and the goods I usually use to rein it in aren't quite up to snuff.........so what does that mean for you? It means you get to read what I'm thinking for the next few minutes during lunch..... 1. My youngest brother was married this past Saturday to a woman who I adore, and after meeting her family, I adore all of them as well, plus there are more people to start randomly knitting for.... that is the shawl I made for Margie to wear, she loved it and it looked absolutely stunning on her! 2. It's October and that means pumpkin patch. Typically I prefer to go every single weekend in October but things have been a bit hectic and so I must settle for this coming Saturday with D as my only jaunt. 3. I've been in a bit of a snit lately and haven't quite pin pointed why as soon as I know, it's possible I'll let you know. 4. Chocolate Pudding is pretty much the best lunch ever especially when paired with a...

These are cable needles.....well 3 of them are 'officially' cable needles the last two on the right are technically Double Point Needles (DPN's) for knitting bitty things in the round like socks, baby hats, and hamsters, etc. As you can see there are a number of varieties to choose from all the way from the U shaped one, far left, the hook, and the straight ridged for knitterly pleasure and grip. I tend to lean towards the DPN's though simply because I can usually find them faster than my tiny cable needles. I've never liked the hook and the U shape can twist around on me and get slinky. However, my preference is for a straight needle that when I'm not on a cable row can easily be tucked up into my hair for safe keeping......this is where the danger comes in....and sometimes slight embarassment.... 1. if you knit in bed like I do, you can fall asleep with the cable needle in your hair which could quit possibly if you are having a restless nights sleep but a ...

Carmel: Look at that stitch definition! D: Holy cow......my mouth is watering.......... This is going to be Jewels by Amy King The yarn is Lambs Pride Bulky in Fuchsia

but not in this glass............

It's fall in the Midwest. My favorite time to be here, and I will be for a week, helping out around the house, playing with my nephews who now that they've been in school for a coupls seasons can carry on quite the conversations...........like where do your brains go when the doctor takes them out.....quite honestly I don't know but you know they're going to make me google it tomorrow right? So tomorrow my 'to-do' list is Visit mom in the hospital, deliver a hat to her friend that I am making for him right now, try and find the dry cleaners on main street in hopkins to pick a sweater that she had fixed, the beauty of this errand is that I never knew Hopkins had a main street......so that'll be fun.....but best of all.......I get to enjoy the changing of the leaves and share them with you......mom is fine by the way........a not so minor surgery that went really well.....so all of us are ecstatic.............  this is my nephew dog, Rupert....he is ver...

I've been having a debate with myself the past week on what I want to make next.......it's not that I don't have a bunch of stuff waiting to be finished but it's fall and I'm in the mood to knit warm things for me especially since my Idlewood pullover was a smashing hit! I wore it to work yesterday and not only did I love it, so did everyone else, and I didn't look like a freak stuffed into a potato sack.....these are the things I worry about. So now what? What project sits on my horizon? A cardigan or another pullover I wondered? Then BANG the new Deep Fall Issue of Knitty released and it smacked me like an ignored lover across my face........ Cadence by Jordana Paige. I'm also now on the hunt for the perfect yarn for the Effortless Cardigan , and lucky for me I'll be in Minnesota next week and know of a couple fantabulous yarn shops that will have just what I need..... As for Cadence......I have six beautiful skeins of Dream in Color in a deep ...