knitting!!

Who would have believed it? An actual knitting post. I know, it has been a while.

I took the forever UFO away with me this weekend, only to realize that I needed the other piece of it in order to complete it. BAH! Well at least it forced me to figure out where I am on it, and I wrote it down so I won't forget. It turns out, I only need a couple of inches on each shoulder:
I think this week after work I will finish that off.

But I was not done with my knitting after that set-back. No, no. I had brought back-up yarn. A small ball to make a dishrag. Not a big project, but a project nonetheless. AND, I finished it. This is some cool yarn that jickymcjickster got for me in Canada, I think (maybe he will post the store details). It is actually single threads of different colors that have been twisted together. I did this one looser than my normal rags, I knit it on 11s.

Then, I come home today to another AWESOME package from my SP8! Lookey!
That's a pattern for fingerless gloves "mitts" that look like a good way to ease into glove knitting, a pattern for hats and scarves out of Sassy Stripes - which there are also two skeins of in really nice colors. They are muted and yet not at all dull. Also a skein of green and purples, really lovely and I think I have a project in mind for it already, knitting it with a solid yarn. TAHNK YOU SP - great items once again.

fabric/sewing

Pics of fabric - cut for those uninterested.

Things I am selling ( Read more... )

and things I am keeping, with ideas for them( Read more... )

There is much more to come. My goal is to try and sell about half of what I have on ebay (whatever doesn't sell will go via craigslist or freecycle) and to work on at least one project a month with what I want to keep.