Skin of the Sea

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Two FO's so far this week! Sorry for the second bad DIY picture, but at least I look less evil in this one.

The details : Skin of the Sea by Ilga Leja in Fleece Artist Silk Stream.

This is my first time doing one of Ilga's patterns and she writes amazingly interesting and descriptive patterns. This was a fun one to knit.

Vixen Tank Top

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After only a week I have pretty much finished up the Vixen Tank from Sensual Knits. I used two skeins of artyarns sock yarn from my stash and little bit of brown sheep chunky weight wool for the band around the top. I still have to buy some ribbon to use as straps. What you see in the photo is the black top I am wearing underneath. If I wasn't wearing that underneath, this would be a photo for a different type of site all together. It came out a little big, but I am very happy with it!

Isabella

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It was a bittersweet cast off as I finally finished Isabella. This is the Old Shale pattern done in Artyarns Silk Rhapsody on 4.5's. This yarn is so lovely to work with I did not want it to end!!! But I can now enjoy wearing it even more.

Another knitting update: Remember the lace wrap I started knitting last fall? There were some pretty obvious mistakes there, and I got fed up and decided to rip it all back with intentions of starting again and making it better, faster, and stronger this time. It was going to be the million dollar wrap. As I was ripping this back, I made an awful mess of the yarn (or it made an awful mess of itself). I tried to rewind it on my ball winder which just made matters worse. Now it is a hopelessly tangled ball of laceweight that has been banished to a place where it can haunt me no more. (an ikea box) If anybody is sadistic enough to want a tangled ball of merino laceweight (approx. 1300 yds.) message me.

On the road again...

Fred's great grandmother passed away on the weekend so I am on my way to Edmunston for the funeral. Needless to say I will not be at knitting this week.

Also, for those of you who don't know, there are still some good deals on at TS. I managed to snag a couple things. Photos to follow later as well as photos of my recently finished Skin of the Sea and Isabella.

A year in review

I stole this from Moe. I know a lot of you did it last year, but I hadn't been blogging long enough to do it then, so I am trying it now...

Instructions: Copy the first sentence that you posted in each month of 2007.


January
Tristan got me this for Christmas.

February
I finally finished my first sweater!

March
Haven't finished a project in a while.

April
No, this is not said baby.

May
If you are my unborn niece, please look away or the surprise will be ruined!

June
What a weekend I had!

July
I'm two dozen years old today.

August
First off, this happened before vacation, but this is what the Captain gave me for my birthday.

September
The land is not so dry, but I am glad to be back on it just the same!

October
Well, my three week sea trip was cut down to about 3 days and I returned Monday afternoon.

November
As you might know, I went to Labrador for a month back in August/September.

December
I had big plans this weekend of getting caught up on my laundry and housework and also going to the Christmas Open house at Gaspereau Valley Fibres out in the valley.