The time of the baby makers and sock yarn obsessions

Holy crap...everyone is having babies. And I'm not talking about a few people either...everybody!

I FINALLY finished Christa's blanket..s. I used two Ann Norling patterns. Her patterns are pretty easy and it takes a short time to memorize the pattern so I didn't have to lug the pattern with me on the flights.



Christa ended up having twins on us which made her knitted baby blanket, plural. I have been working on them since Christmas, sometimes not really being motivated to work on them. I get bored with things (reference knitting ADD post below) but finally was able to finish the last blanket on my trip this week to Mexico City. To be honest with you, I've only worked on those blankets during international flights...Both of them! I went to Mexico City, twice. I went to Ireland and the UK twice. All four trips, I had and finished Christa's blankets on...I think only because I had nothing else to do on the flight!

So those are ready to be washed and shipped to GA! Her twins were born a few months ago, but only weigh about 10lbs now, so the blankets will hopefully still be useful. I ditched the idea to make booties and hats instead of the blankets.

Well, now that those were done, I thought - yeah, no more babies. Then two of my friends notify me that they are too, in fact, pregnant. Although I could just knit them booties and a hat, I just think, to the non-knitter, a hand knitted baby blanket has a little bit more meaning. Don't you think? Maybe it's just me, but that's how I feel. Luckily, I have a 8 hour blanket pattern by Plymouth. I made this one for a girl at work and it turned out gorgeous. It does knit up pretty quickly, as you use two strands of Encore held together on size 10 needles.

TO TOP THIS OFF - I shipped the socks off to Rhonda along with my favorite book in the whole world...and FEDEX LOST THE PACKAGE!! I spent a whopping $45 to ship it overnight and two weeks later, still no package. I have to file a claim next week, but I'm utterly pissed that my first pair of socks and my favorite book have gone missing. Those two things are completely meaningless to anyone else that would happen to get them...why, God, why?

I have also procrastinated going to the LYS to pick up the overstitch yarn for Rhonda's purse. I've finished both sides of the purse and am waiting to do the gussett of the purse until I do the overstitch. I'm heading off for a girls day tomorrow with Patricia, while my husband goes off to motorcycle safety school for the weekend. His last attempt to hold onto his 20's as he prepares to buy his first motorcycle. SO - that leaves the day to me and Pachy. We're going to buy some material to make curtains - I have no idea how to sew, but she is going to teach me...and how hard can curtains be? If all else fails, I can buy the iron on strips to make the curtains, right?

Then we're heading off to the LYS to buy more yarn. I need more sock yarn...I'm addicted to sock yarn now. It's all I can think of...sock yarn, sock yarn, sock yarn.....I need to feed my addiction, only to procrastinate when I buy it. I just feel safe knowing that I have some. I'm a weirdo...please tell me there are other sock yarn weirdos out there...we can start a group. "Hi, I'm Jennifer and I have a sock yarn obsession." "Hi Jennifer."

Finished my first pair of socks!!

My first PAIR of socks finished!! I've never been able to make it through two - after the first one, I would get bored, but I persevered! Now, I'm sad that I have to ship them off to my girlfriend. These socks are a hold me down until I am able to finish her purse, but of all people, she'll be the one to respect the "handwash" rules!



So, now I'm stuck with her purse to knit. I must make a quick run to the LYS to pick up some wool to do the overstitch pattern as I'm almost finished with knitting the front. It doesn't look like much, so I'm not posting any pictures - in fear that I'll realize I don't want to knit it anymore and I can't wait to felt it...Remember, I have knitting ADD...

Here are some pics of my babies since I have a new camera. I could just take pictures of my pets for hours on end!!

Knitting A-D-D!!!

I have been feverishly knitting away the past few days as the knitting bug has finally bitten me again. We were in the UK for two weeks and I didn't get as much knitting finished as originally anticipated. I only brought Christa's baby blanket and just can't seem to get motivated to work on it. I think it's because I'm not too fond of the shade of blue. Her twins were born in February and with one blanket completed, I think the babies will outgrow the blankets before I can finish them. So I've decided to continue on with the baby blankets as many other friends have announced their pregnancies! I am going to whip Christa up a few baby hats and booties.

I also finished one of my socks! The gorgeous hand painted yarn pictured in a previous post has now become a sock! I'm going to cast the other one on tomorrow...hopefully!





I have also started a handbag - my first felting project! My best friend Rhonda gave me a subscription to KnitSimple with the understanding that I would knit her a handbag that she saw in another magazine she bought. Her birthday is 4/20, so I've got the handbag working for her and I'm going to give her the pair of socks mentioned above. I'm also giving her my favorite book - Marley and Me by John Grogan. She has a lab and I know she'll love the book. She has already mentioned it to her book club!

With that, I have also cast on some fingerless mittens from the knitty.com website - the fetching pattern for my girlfriend Jenny. I found some gorgeous cashmere blend yarn during a trip last year to San Diego and it is this beautiful pink color - her favorite!

So, you can see that I have multiple projects going on as I have progressed in my knitting. I start to become bored with a single project and have the urge to start new things! The death of a knitter, right? I'm never going to have a decent stash...

And to top everything off...my digital camera broke while we were in Ireland...I promise to post some pics as soon as we get it fixed or muster the justification to purchase a new one!!