I finished something

I have a reputation for starting projects and not finishing them. I think it's boredom. I need a pattern that's a good mix of straight up knit-purl, sit in front of the tele knitting and complexity. Well, these infinity scarves are all the rage right now and I am not paying $50 or more for one. So, I'd give it a shot with some malabrigo I bought. Well, it's done but it's INFINITY! It's massive compared to the pic in the pattern but whatever....it's DONE. I can wrap it around my wee head four times.

Mission accomplished.

first hat! first pattern!

with ame's help, i reached a new level in knitting:

i can now read patterns. AND i made my first hat! i made some mistakes, but the lil' ws won't notice, and my next try at it will be more successful. i'm now searching for the next project... (thanks ame!)

Feels good to finish something

I am known for starting a project and not finishing. I get bored if the project is too easy and or is taking too long. The mustard sweater comes to mind. It was challenging for about the first week and then just got tedious. Knit, purl, knit, purl. Boring. Yawn. Not finishing. It feels good to finish a project and have it come out so darn cute. This was was on the tedious side, pretty basic, but was a small enough project that I finished it in a week. To me, that is knitting instant gratification.

Baby stuff

It has been a very long while since anyone has posted here! Here are the booties and hat that I made for my Goddaughter! Thanks for the pattern, Aims!

i watched.

i didn't craft. don't know why, but i didn't. i was likely too chatty and too excited and too happy ame was in town to get down to bidness.



but she found my yarn and needles and set to work.

The Mary Situation

We knew that last weeks stitch was going to be memorable. Kintea's friend Julie was our special guest star, visiting from North Carolina (and she knits too!) Maux and Mr. Sato were also in the house.

I arrived at Kintea's house around 6pm and a tense conversation was going on about Kulich dough. Kintea...how do spell Kulich? Kulich is an egg bread, slightly sweet with raisins, eaten at Orthodox Easter. Back to the story, the dough wasnt rising. I asked if the kitchen was warm enough, they both thought so. The getting of the Kulich recipe is a story told best by Kintea but it was a struggle.

So what to do..the dough isnt rising?? In Pulp Fiction, my favorite story is The Bonnie Situation where Mr. Wolf arrives to help Jules and Vincent. Well, this is The Mary Situation where Isabelle is called to help Kintea and Julie with their non rising dough issue. I wish we could have had this call on speaker phone. Isabelle is the sweet lady who goes to church with Kintea and gave her the recipe. Turns out Isabelle has had similar issues before and provided some tips for future batches. Note to self...bless the bread before it goes in the over. That blessing may compensate for overmixing!

Even though the dough didnt rise, Kintea and Julie baked it anyways and it must have been an Kulich miracle. The bread rose in the oven and turned out delicious!

We were a full table minus Momma Thea and Karen who was in EWA for work. Hope to see everyone soon!

my first shot at buttons

i've been wondering what to add to this lil' number ever since i finished it a while back. the shape is a little off, and i'm not certain it really works. to make it a little more interesting, i made some cute buttons and added a row of 'em this morning. i like to wear my things right away so i can determine if it's to my liking, so i wore this one to a family brunch this morning. i've worn it before, and then decided it wasn't satisfactory. i'm still not sure what i think--the buttons are straight until i put it on and it stretches--but the addition of buttons has definitely sparked my imagination. they'll show up on future projects, for sure.

david was nice enough to take a photo.