Scout in the House

My girly Scout is on one of my favorite sites.  I’ve learned more from reading Whip Up than almost any other online source.  If you’ve been thinking about making your own yarn colorways, you won’t want to miss her tutorial or the warp board directions (I’ve sent the link to Neal.  I hope he’s in the basement getting busy with my warp board!).

Right after I posted yesterday I saw that the Spring Knitty is up.  I spent some time admiring everything, and now I’ll share my faves with you.  Only if you promise to tell me what yours are.  Ok.  Cross your heart?  Let’s go, then.  Knitty_pedi_socks

Even though I only get about one pedicure a season, I adore these pedicure socks. I may make them for holiday gifts, I like them that much. 

Knitty_shrug  The Convertible reminds me a lot of a pattern I got for free at my favorite TN LYS.  I made two feather and fan convertible shrugs for gifts last year, and I had a hard time giving them up. I do like the closures better on this pattern, though, so I will probably give it a try at some point.  Maybe for me.

You promised you’d tell me what you want to make out of Knitty…or at least what you like best.  I’m waiting.

Thanks, Mama-E!

Guess what?  I won Mama-E’s contest!  She’s gifting me with a skein of her wonderful yarn.  I had a hard time choosing between Lollygirl and Puppymomma.  I thought it would be fun to go with the Project Spectrum themed yarn.  This is such a wonderful treat as I’m participating in Use What I Have.  I made the last of my purchases yesterday (ok, I’ll use what I have until May 2), so it will be fun to have a pretty new yarn to play with during the month.

Go on over and give Mama-E some love.  She gives it right back to you!

Thanks, Mama-E!

A Winner! And More Project Spectrum!

Miss Zinnia Paddle Put Lendrum, meet the world.  World, meet Miss Z.  Although there were a lot of good contenders, I decided to extrapolate from Trek’s suggestion of Zihna (a Native American word for spins) to get to Zinnia.  A skein of fun yarn will head her way before the end of the week.

It was just me and the Rev for boxing today, which means I got a good workout but am now too tired to cook any dinner.  I will, though, because I’m also hungry.

It’s that time in the semester when I’ve just had it with everything.  I get tired of doing coursework, I am tired of doing coursework.  But, it’s all for the greater good, these 13 credits, right?  Someone convince me, because I don’t feel convinced right now.  Luckily, spring break is in sight.  I’ll get to see Austin for the first time, and then I get to visit my sister and then to CT for a Neal and doggie fix.  Two more days. 

Rather than leave you with my gloom and doom, I’ll post Project Spectrum pictures.  I worked on my Sew? I Knit skirt last night, but it is super short, so I’ll have to add some length before I take any pictures.  I did, however, make these cute pincushions using leftover skirt material and felt.  I gave them to my UNM sewing friends (well, one sewing, one cross stitiching).  They were really fun to make and went super fast.  The perfect way to end the day yesterday, and a little random act of kindness is always a good way to start the week.

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