I’ve cast on for a sleeve, but haven’t made any showable progress. Hopefully I’ll be able to score some knit-time today and bang out some sleeve!
And on a side note, how can it not be a good day when you wake up to this face?
Our heat is out again, though it should be fixed by this evening. We have a little space heater to take the edge off the chill, but Henry’s been hogging it:
I think I’ll cozy up in a wool blanket and do some knitting. Hope you’re all staying warm out there!
Joey and I went back to Texas last week to visit our families since we didn’t get to see them over the holidays. It was a really nice trip and we enjoyed seeing both our families.
We visited with the cows:
We got to watch Daisy prove that she’s a farm dog now:
And we rode the horses:
City Slickers
You might recognize Doc, the darker, taller horse. My parents have had him for about a year now. They recently got another horse named Scooby. Scooby has lung disease and wheezes a lot, but he is a really sweet and gentle horse and I’m glad that he has a nice family to take care of him. I discovered that when he’s trotting and you squeeze your legs to try to keep from falling off, he runs faster like horses are supposed to do when you squeeze their sides!
Doc had an itchy face and found the perfect place to scratch it:
I was a little too busy to get any knitting done. I tried a little, but its hard to carry on a conversation when you’re keeping track of armhole and neckline decreases, all while maintaining a waffle stitch pattern. I hope to finish off the body this week and start on the sleeves…
I think I can count on Henry's help.
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I was going to do one of those cute flickr photo mosaics like all the other cool knit-bloggers to show off how much I finished in 2008, so I started counting up all my FOs.
Hmmm…. nine. Well that’s not really that impressive, is it? Granted, I pretty much stopped knitting from March-June due to our cross-country move. And technically, the Master Knitter Swatches could be counted individually….
1. Urchin
2. Dashing
3. TKGA Master Knitter Swatches
4. February Baby Sweater
5. Joey’s Stripy Socks
6. R2D2 Hat
7. The only picture I have of the armwarmers I knit for my mom for Christmas
8. My Dad’s Christmas hat in progress (finished and gifted)
9. Shredded Wheat Scarf
You see how I snuck that last one in there? I finished the Shredded Wheat Scarf on December 17th and never blogged about it because I was waiting until we got our camera back from being repaired.
Yarn: Brooks Farm Yarn Four Play, 1.65 skeins
Needles: Knit Picks Harmony Options, size 11
Pattern: Scrunchable Scarf by Susan McConne
Thoughts: I used much larger needles than the pattern called for in order to make the scarf even more squooshy. I really like the way it turned out and have been wearing it every day since I bound off. Soft and warm!
Thermal is still progressing pretty steadily. Joey and I are taking a trip back to Texas next week so I’m looking forward to plenty of train and plane knitting time. We’re so excited that we get to spend a few days with our families and meet our new nephew!
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Here are a few fun pics from last night’s festivities….
