Hat will fit Theo

Looks like the hat willl fit Theo .. His head is 15 1/2" .. So depending on the size of REAL boys heads ...

18" head

yup

6" not 8"

welllll

140 stitches & 8"
Guess I needed 120 st & 6"

Will look for 2 skeins sport weight sock yarn later

DONE!!!

Looks pointy .. Size large .. Too big for me .. bummerrrr

I LIKE IT!!!

Looks better .. Using 2 circs .. Bbrain to tired to figure out magic loop .. NEED food .. Put the knitting down & back away from the chair

You KNOW I couldn't put it down

Once I got on the right track .. I was obsessed with knitting .. Will have to find dps or a 2nd circ soon .. LOVE LOVE LOVE this hat

Frogged to the perfect point

Gonna work 1 round & do housework .. Don't need to stir up the knitting again

oopzz

Lokkin at the crown .. THINK I should have decreased EVERY row .. Not every other .. Will frog later .. Gonna clean up the lliving room some .. Put yarn I am not using (finished) into the yarn room

5 down

Its ccccold in the house - drinkin COLD OJ .. Gonna make some HOT tea & add a few decreases on the hat

5 dc done

On track .. Will finish tomoro .. Can't believe how tired I am

FINALLY!!!

Almost ready to decrease .. After the bulkier berets .. This hat is taking 4EVER!!
I m sure its the 3&2 rib .. Mite do something else before the Marsan hat .. A 1x1 twisted rib will make me ccccrazy .. Coughin stuff up .. Its a good sign

DONE 4tonite

Attached 2nd skein .. Will work the rest of the repeat before crown ..
Leftover yarn will become a Marsan Watchcap

THIS time i am really headin' to bed - it's 1 am

PERFECT!!!

There won't be too much wasted yarn .. The next skein starts at the right color & is in sequence .. Headin to bed to hopefully ... sleep

Turned up

The pattern allows for a turned up cuff .. Will have to decide IF I like it turned up

Nott quite a skein

Figure 1 skein is 3 repeats .. GOTTA match this one .. So, will use 1 & maybe 1/2 skeins ...

we're having a HEAT wave

it's officially FREEZING outside - WHOOOO-HHOOOOOO!!!!!

Its addictive

LOVE how the 2 sides look so different

I wanna keep knitting .. Got chores to do

figured each repeat is 2" will need 4 repeats to get to the crown - at 3.5" now
it's FUN!!

Kinda like it

Don't like it for sox .. But as Jacques Cousteau hat .. Kinda kute

Its a SHAME

No clue what toe this is but I did an EXCELLENT job .. Need to keep pattern or notes & needles with UFOs

hmmm

Ever bought yarn & not happy with it as the intended project .. NOT gonna be sox ... Try it as a hat

2 more hats

ADAPTED from an idea from petulant feminine

Navy Beret - Classic Elite London Tweed

# 10 needles (DP for crown) & # 8 for rib

gauge 4 st & 5 rounds / inch
Pattern is Cuff UP & in the round

#8 circs - co 80, join careful not to twist
K1P1 - 10 rounds
switch to # 10 circs - knit for 9 rounds
K8, KFB - repeat across - 90 st
knit 9 rounds

Place marker K2Tog, K8, Place marker - repeat across
Knit
*M K2Tog, K to marker, M* repeat around
Knit
repeat last 2 rounds till 9 stitches - run a yarn thru the stitches & weave in ends

Purple is petulant feminine converted to round (crown down)
yarn is London Tweed by Classic Elite
# 10 circs for hat & # 8 for ribbing

co 3 - join, careful not to twist (DPS are recomenneded at this stage)
knit
inc - 6
knit
inc - 6

follow pattern as written - knitting ALL rounds

pattern says to decrease to 81 st - i misread the pattern & decreased to 88
got a HAT instead of a Beret

K1P1 for 10 rounds

Use yarn I have

yarn is London Tweed - by Classic Elite -

Left side is Navy - top is BRITE Blue & rt is Purple
Have had the yarn for ???? time to use it
Pattern is 1930's Beret

Positive & negative

yarn is SWS - Natural Russet & lionbrand Fisherman wool

gonna knit a positive & negative to hang on the wall

Three tams - "B" tam

Patons hat

hat out of Fall colors

A = Chestnut
B = Bright Red
C = Taupe
D = Orange
E = Yellow Cascade 220

Red hat

Knit 2 hats today Black one for Niina & Red one for Kerrie

KERRIES BERET

Kashmira & #8 needles
ca 76
K1P1 - 10 rounds
K1, KFB - 114 st - 30 rounds
Place Marker - M K2tog, K 17 M - repeat 5 times around
M K2tog k to marker - repeat till 6 stitches

run yarn thru stitches & weave in ends

hat

so, Nina had a green hat - too kute

i tried to copy it in black

Kashmira yarn

#8 circs ( dps or 2nd circ when decreasing)

co 76

k1 p1 6 rounds

k1, kfb = 114 stitches

k 30 rounds

PLACE MARKER * SSK, in back loop , k17 * repeat around

M, SSK bl - k to marker - repeat around

repeat till 6 stitches

run yarn thru the stitches

cut 6 strands of yarn - bring to front

braid the strands

test

now i member

i knit a scarf for a swap when i lived in Indy - bought the yarn @ Stitches & Scones
now i remember the pattern - Besotted - want one for me

now i see someone has created a hat using the pattern around the brim

and NOW - fingerless mitts -'course i want gloves

off to finish the hat for Nina

2010 already

doin the domestic goddess routine today
laundry is done - need to mop the kitchen & bathroom floors

tired & sore IF i take a loracet - will it knock me out

Emily's purse

Maddy's Stocking

update

in Dec i got all day trips
work 7, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23,24,25, 27.28,29,30 & 31
knitting & trying to stay out of trouble the rest of the month

been drinkin' too muc hot cocoa - jeans are getting tight again
when did it stop being hot chocolate??

future knitting is this shawl

current project is a stocking for Miriah - new great neice

YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

blogger let me sign in today
now i gotta bookmark it so i can get BACK on it later

feeling' it

2.0 mph
incline 1.5
207 calories
5,000 steps
51 mins
1.7 miles
pace = 30
60 pages read
gotta do the push ups

some progress

129 calories
3178 steps
33 minutes
1.03 miles
read 40 pages
10 push ups

startin' ... AGAIN!!!

112 calories
2802 steps
0.83 miles
31 mins

7 push ups

Exercise sat

10 push-ups

Treadmill
Incline - 6.0
Speed - 2.4
Time - 8 mins
Calories - 50
Heart rate before - 129
Heart rate after - 195
Steps - 760
Distance - 0.3
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

EXERCISE

spent 20 mins on treadmill - speed was 1.2

2nd go round

incline = 6.0

speed ended up @ 1.8

time = 20 min

calories burned = 102

steps taken = 1512

heart rate @ start = 77

heart rate after the treadmill = 108

yesterday i did 3 push-ups

today i can do FIVE

weight = 182 pounds

waist is 41"

SO

here are the HOLES after i washed it PER their instructions

COLD water - gentle cycle - in a lingerie bag - with a wool wash

IRREPAIRABLE!!

the ONLY time it was on a hanger was to take pic

you CAN see that the top grew about 7" in length

TOTAL time wasted = 1 MONTH

total $$ wasted ~ $56

SWTC is not aware that ANY knitters are having problem
with BAMBOO = 100% Bamboo

from what i have heard ALL Bamboo stretches

so, it's NOT worth the hassel to deal with SWTC about
the incredible STRETCHING top

i will eat the cost of the top
and the time it took to knit it

i will however NOT be buying
4 skeins of Bamboo to make the cami from "One Row Below"
nor will i be buying the PURE & knitting the top i wanted
nor will i be buying a-Maizing to make a vest AND cami
nor will i be buying Phoenix OR Oasis to make a cami

in fact - i won't be buying ANY yarn from SWTC
the Entrelac Cami from TOFUtsies may become a permanent UFO
because i am not happy with the company

gonna give away the rest of their yarns
not wasting my time knitting with them

SWTC yarn

CCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP!!

i washed the SWTC Bamboo sweater in a lingerie bag

- now it has holes in it -

there was NOT a knot where it broke

the yarn must have been weak

- my advice - do NOT use this yarn -

the sweater grew like 5 sizes & i was trying to shrink it back so I could wear it

wish i had gotten a pick of it all stretched out

NO MORE SWTC yarn for me

DOMINOS

WTF!!!

i ordered pizza from Dominos

they couldn't deliver for OVER an hour

they STILL charged my card for the pizza

will they reimburse me - give them 10 days

i DON'T THINK SO!!

fixin' mistakes

FIXED it

just a matter of thinkin' BEFORE i try

looks like Janet's cat got ahold of it

but thinkin' it will look better as i get a few more rounds

SUCCESS - took longer to take pix & write about it than to FIX

CRAP - still made a mistake -> did 2 K2tog YO, instead of YO, SSK ARGH!!!!!

now to FIX it - drop back 2 st & convert to K2Tog, YO .

slip the next one - drop next 2 stitches & convert to YO, SSK

tink it back so i can fix it

POOP!! forgot the pattern row

So I like to play

I wasn't ganna start another project
But the yarn kept callin me
Queensland cotsoy

CAMI is done

4 skeins Queensland Bamboo Cotton

# 6 needles

Pattern is MINE

took 10 days to knit it - because i was working & tired

wore it today - was told it was distracting

WHATEVER!!

OOOOPPPPZZZZ!!!!!

So. For the FIRST time, I knit the stitch marker into the knitting ... Guess it' punishment from the KNITTING GODS for goofing off instead of hitting the shower ... Good thing I have plenty of stitch markers ... Will have to use wire cutters to remove the marker

hehe

ǝʌǝʇs xɐɥʇ
ǝldoǝd ɥʇıʍ ssǝɯ oʇ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇouɐ
unɟ s,ʇı
sıɥʇ op oʇ ʍoɥ ǝɯ ʇɥƃnɐʇ
dnoɹƃ ʎɹlǝʌɐɹ ʎɯ uo ǝʌǝʇs

cami

last row of ribbing - third time is a charm

wellllll

let me preface by saying i do NOT watch TV often

i have seen American Idol a total of TWO times

once in Fort Wayne, w/ Lisa - Clay & Rueben were on

the other time i watched Idol was with Daniel

Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis were on

when people complain about having to sit in the back row
i tell them THEY have to entertain ME
it's a joke

anyways - we were going DCA - LGA
Mr Jackson was escorted onto the plane
the only OPEN row was row 20
he sat down & i told him he had to entertain me
he said he could sing & dance
i told him he could ONLY dance if the seat belt sign was OFF
and there was NO dancing in the aisles allowed
he laughed
i went up front & Juana told me it was Randy Jackson
from American Idol

DUH!!!!

did i feel like a dunce

Tinking the cami so I can do the decrease

2" = 3 XMEN movies

Camisole for me

Starting rib
WHO-HOOOO!!!

May 1
Weight by my bathroom scale is 185
Waist is 39"

YIKES!!!!!

Test JUST text

Testing

test

mobile

wish i could remember how i did the mobile with pic

if i remember how to do mobile
i can update on the diet & exercise

ALMOST

4 more rounds - that decrease

then add the rib
kitchner the underarms
weave in the ends