Entrelac, really?

Yes-I went to the dark side of entrelac. I never tried it until now because it looked like such a pain in the ass, but I actually like doing it. The pattern is really addicting with all of these colors to play with. They are leftover scraps of wool, this is going to be a felted pillow. At the store people asked for an entrelac class so I thought a felted project would be good so all of the mistakes disappear. My kinda project. Bruce enjoys the pillow too, he doesn't care if the project is finished. I wish everyone felt that way. I have a surprise coming for you as soon as I get a picture for proof of my new acheivement.

Christmas all year long

We have an official set of stockings. Xmas will be much more decorative this year. I love these stockings-thanks knittinmama for the brilliant idea! Hopefully I will be ambitious enough to make some for the dog and cat-they will be smaller of course. Well this is the famous number nine on the list-o-ten. Only one more to go before I can bring home new yarn. In the future I'm going to try and keep myself in check, a little bit, maybe. I was sewing up my euroflax t-shirt and errors occurred, I have to take it back a bit. As usual I have found a way to distract myself from the problem at hand-start an entrelac pillow. Don't ask.

TWO finished objects!!!

I finally came up with some good pictures of the projects I finished this week. The beaded fish was worth all its trouble. It was on a #0000 size needle, and I had to string all of the beads on myself! He is hanging up at Borealis, the texture is really cool you-gotta touch it. This Linen Isle sweater is my new uniform. It's perfect for this chilly but still humid weather. I've worn it everyday since I finished on Sunday. I had some luck at the state fair. I entered a sideways sweater, a mosaic tote, and the fiesta mittens which you've seen, I got 2 second place prizes and a third. I can't wait to see them at the fair while stuffing my face with corn dogs and mini donuts.

This is an old finished project, from last spring. I made it for my mom out of silky wool- which I LOVE working with. The sweater is from an issue of Vogue from a couple of years ago. No...I'm not running out of things to photograph, I took some pictures of my newest two-yes count them TWO finished projects, but they were blurry. So that will be my mission today, to get better pictures for you. I hope you enjoy looking at a completed project even though it's not recent.

Northern Lights wins again and again...

The blackjack tourney gave me a whole lot of nothing. I was the only one, from my family, who made it to the final table, but then I started getting terrible cards. Oh well, the entry fee was ten dollars and I have never made $10 last that long on a blackjack table so I am satisfied. We also went fishing after the casino, no luck with the fish either. I had to show you my favorite fishing tool-the biffy bucket as I like to call it. That's probably plenty of information on the bucket eh? Also I have been making some good progress on my euroflax sweater. I am starting the cap sleeves and hopefully I can finish this before it's snowing again. The weather is going to be awesome today, I am waiting for the sun to hit the dock then I will be swimming my heart out all afternoon.

I'm at the cabin!!! I look forward to this trip every year and my poor co-workers had to listen to me count down the days. Then they call me to whine about how much work they have to do. Oh well...I'm still at the cabin!! I have been mainly working on the sweater you guys have already seen, this green-gray one. I'm getting close to finishing. I also started this pink and brown shrug for my sister. It's from lace style. I've always wanted to make a shrug because they're small, but I think they are kinda stupid. I am either cold or hot-not just my shoulders. But my sister is cool enough to pull it off so she'll get it. The yarn is Debbie Bliss Cotton and Silk. It's nice to knit with, but the lace pattern is so easy it's getting boring...my sister is here to egg me on, she yells at me every time I'm working on something else. I will have more cabin pics soon, but now I am off to the casino. My dad, mom, Chris, and I entered a blackjack tournament we all moved on to the second round except mom. I was the top winner out of every one with $1825, too bad it's not real money. Wish me luck on the next round. I'll keep you updated, unless there is nice weather-then I'll be swimming!