knitterly things

hi y'all. it was a good weekend--i got enough stuff done on saturday that i was able to dedicate yet another sunday to knitting and cooking. i was joined yet again by the haphazzard knitter (THK in case y'all don't remember from last week) who is SO CLOSE to finishing her central park hoodie--she's an inspiration! so, in between making buckwheat pancakes and sausage for breakfast, butternut squash soup for lunches this week, and some simple pasta for dinner, i managed to knit another two lace repeats on my sock. i figure that i can show it now that there's enough to see something. so far, so good, but then--i'm not to the hard part yet...

and check this out!!! i bought a new knitting pouch in which to carry my sock in progress! this was made by my bloggy friend jo over at misocrafty. i've been after her for a while to make one of thse to sell to me, and she finally did! she started selling them at pure knits, and i pounced on this one, the last in my favorite color! yay! i do wish I had a little grommet on the end, but i think i can add that myself. anyway--yay for jo for the business maneuver. alas, they are sold out now, so all y'all can do is drool on mine for now. poor y'all. oh, and a word about pure knits--they rock! my sock pouch was well packaged and wrapped (it looked like this), and it came with a handwritten note and a bit of beautiful yarn. i'll definitely order from there again!

moving right along, i am also about half way through another felted bag. man, these are fast after you have made a few of them! i think this must be about the 15th one i have made, and i still get excited about the handles when i get going on them. yesterday, i learned from THK that this is a double i-cord--who knew. anyway--i will soon get to start on the second handle, and then i can get trucking on the novelty yarn part at the top--yay! it's safe to post pics of this one, since the recipient doesn't read blogs. and yeah--still going on the dream swatch too. and making wash cloths for the nieces. let me break this down for ya--the bag is the truly mindless background project i can pick up and put down at will, the wash cloths are for watching TV on my own couch, the dream swatch lives in my purse and is getting a few rows per knitting lunch at work (or when i can't face the sock), and the socks take CONCENTRATION, and so are saved for Sunday Knitting or Night-Off Knitting. doesn't everyone do this? the hippie seems to think i have too many projects going...

speaking of whom--check out this bunny! i LOVE LOVE LOVE this, the hippie's third project of all time. he started with the men's cashmere scarf from last minute knitted gifts (for which he used a whopping 5 skeins of forbidden cashmere!), and then he started this bunny from weekend knitting, which was abandoned for a long time due to lack of hours to give him. to get back in the swing of things, the hippie whipped out a seed stich wash cloth, and then went full bore back to bunnytown. between last sunday and this one, he finished! check out this concentration. and more importantly, check out this tail! the pattern calls for no tail, but THK and i agreed that an angora bobble was in order. and a scarf. love.

and last, but definitely not least, this is miss caroline, my friend kimmie's baby girl. i had the pleasure of meeting her at last on friday--we lunched, we shopped--and she is nothing but a little bundle of smiles and curiosity. she was all bundled up in her cute fleece hat and the pink fluffy baby blanket i made for her. i tell you, it warmed my heart like nothing has since i went to see alyce to find baby adam similarly bundled. i love to see my knitting in use!