Happy New Year

I hope you all have a very happy New Year. I can't tell you how excited I am to see 2010 go. I follow Caprice Crane on Twitter and I think she says it best…
"Hey, 2010: We had some fun, but it didn't work out with us. 
Get dressed and get out before I call the cops."

The Kitten Wears Prada

As I sit down to write a little bit about 2010 I noticed something. How could I be up for two hours and walk into my office without noticing? Our cute little 3 month old kitten has unraveled an entire call of yarn! In big clumps, around chairs, in chewed bits is this entire skein of yarn! Our older 4 year old cat watched as I wound and spliced the entire skein back into a pretty little ball. I asked her to show him the ways of the yarn. Little shit!


The Culprit and The Master:

My first pair of SOCKS!

I know right? For the rest of my life I will never put on another pair of socks without thinking about knitting these socks. I have had the yarn (Manos de Uruguay, Wool Clasica in 115 Flame) for about a year with intent that I would knit my mom a pair of socks. The one issue that was holding me back was that I have never knit a pair of socks. So the yarn got stored and time went by and Christmastime came around again. I made a cowl for my dad and wanted to knit something for my mom. They only thing I wanted to knit was the socks. So pattern and yarn in hand and gas in the car off to Stash I went. Crystal had to hold my hand through 98% of the first sock over a course of two days. I had no clue what I was doing. It said right there in black and white and in English no less but to me it just looked like Chinese. After going through the motions and Suzanne emotionally forcing me to get the second sock done, I did it! I did need a teeny bit of help on the second sock but close enough to doing it myself! So here are the results….two red socks, that are the same size and fit my mom perfectly!

I would like to thank the academy, ha ha, no….big thanks to Crystal and Suzanne for getting me through. Now to make a pair for me so I don't forget how to do it! :)

Oink Oink

Per request of the best this little piggy was born. From what I understand he is in loving hands, but no word as of yet was his/her name is. He was made of Casade 220 because they had the perfect color of  a pinky purple which for a little girl is very important. I am starting to really like Cascade 220. I love their colors and it's pretty inexpensive as far as yarn snob yarn goes! :) The pattern comes from Lion Brand and was also featured in Martha Stewart Living earlier this year.

The Force is strong with this one….

Girl Owl

Whoo-whoo…

Love this little girl owl made for Laura's daughter in Chicago. I fell in love with her pig tail ears. Too cute….might have to make one for myself!

Ribbit

This is a Christmas teachers gifts for our special first grade teacher. She loves frogs and has more than I could count so I knew if I was going to give her a frog it needed to be handmade. I want to keep it! He is made of Misti Alpaca with a Manos scarf on top of it. He is one juicy frog! Ribbit!