another wine cozy & craft fair

(i really hate how yellow my kitchen looks)

i really love this pattern, and i love how it looks with variegated yarn. 

i have 15 days to decide if i am going to enter into the craft fair. i think it would be fun, and i could sell some knit crap. i dunno. it would take alot of time to knit stuff up. part of me wants to just go this year and have a look and enter next year, and part of me wants to just do it. 

Blocking a-la-irish hiking scarf

as you may remember i have knit two irish hiking scarves one for my Mom in law and one for my own mommy. they were part of the Christmas Scarf Disaster of '07, so called because i promised every damn family member i have a scarf, (totaling maybe 5-6) and i finished 1 (MIL's) on time. i finished the second (my moms) a few months ago, but she has still not received it. i've nearly finished the one that will be gifted to my SIL hopefully by this christmas. (i relly need to get on the ball) but anyway back to the point. MIL's was gifted as soon as it was finished, and i never gave a second thought to it. but nearly a year later when i have finished my moms, i have learned more about knitting and a technique called blocking

Blocking (textile arts), the process of stretching a knitted garment into shape while wet or using steam

i have always known of this technique i've just never used it because i never thought it was necessary, but i decided to give it a shot on this scarf.  so here it is, moms scarf (well half of it) pinned out on my brand new blocking board (1 yen per piece 4 pc total) laid out on the kitchen counter. hopefully i will get it all blocked so i can get it in the mail by tomorrow. 

Warm Beer

Warm Beer

i used:

4 size six dpn's 

Red Heart Super Saver Multi in Camo.

Loosely cast on 24 st. divide between 3 needles. continue in 3 x 3 rib for 13 rows. switch to K and continue for 5 1/2 inches tightly bind off. 

this is tightly bound off so it will not slide up over the bottom of the bottle. bottle goes in through ribbed end. 

just for fun

i havnt blogged in a while, ive been busy, and not feeling great, but here i am!

i found this on bowmansinoki's  page it looks interesting enough and a good way to get my self blogging again.

I AM … a Marine Wife, mom to animals, goober
I WANT… to be healthy and happy with a healthy and happy family
I HAVE … a silly husband who makes me laugh, and spoils me rotten
I KEEP … everything. and its genetic, my parents do it, my grandparents do it, and my kids will do it

I WISH I COULD … eat without gaining weight, loose about 20 pounds, run a 5K
I HATE … cookies with nuts in them
I FEAR … big spiders and bad ghosts.
I HEAR … silly dog de-stuffing her toy
I DON’T THINK … i will stick to my diet today
I REGRET … not having more time with my grandparents.
I LOVE … being with my family, the mountains, campfires, friends.
I AM NOT … a good housekeeper, but i really want to be
I DANCE … when i've had too much to drink
I SING … in the car when i'm alone, or when i want to irritate paul
I NEVER … thought I'd be living in Okinawa!
I RARELY … talk to anyone besides my mom in the states
I CRY WHEN I WATCH … just about anything, sad movies, happy movies, baby shows.. the list goes on
I AM NOT ALWAYS …polite.. i can be rude, and loud, and sometimes catty and a gossip
I HATE THAT … summer is almost over, thankfully i think summer is a year round thing here
I’M CONFUSED ABOUT … where we'll be headed in 10 years.
I NEED … a haircut
I SHOULD … exercise more, and get a job

Weekend wrap-up

he says he doesnt love her, what do you think?

aww who wouldnt love that face
mom i hate this hat
almost a sock!
beach (lens error)
she can swim
look at her go

one more down

just a tad too small. i need to get myself some real size 4 needles, instead of using japan size 3.4mm they didnt quite work. but i am proud of my work, and i am holding a great buzz, because i couldnt put a full bottle of wine in my cozy...

Monogamy or Polygamy?

i've always been a polygamist knitter, always having two or more projects going at a time. This has made me happy, i like having choices, if i get bored with scarf A i can move to scarf B or scarf C, or beanie D. I have ADD, having something keep my attention for more than 5 minutes is an amazing feat in itself. But recently the Ravelympics have quite possibly changed me, i have had a slew of projects to complete and only been working on one at a time, with the feeling if i at least finish three instead of getting half way done with 5 then i will be proud of myself. i have finished 2 projects and am well on my way to finishing my 3rd. All three have been completely monogamous, one project at a time is a new thing for me, and i think it like it. i think i just may have been bitten my the monogamy knitter bug. 

Ravelympics FO's

i have successfully finished 2 of 5 projects for the Ravelympics, which are more or less the knitting summer olympics, where we (knitters) select challenging projects to complete during the summer olympics (or winter) i have selected to finish 2 projects that i have been trying to find the willpower to finish and to knit three things that are moderately challenging, project 1 Odessa hat pattern by Grumperina 

project 2 finish moms irish hiking scarf
and a picture courtesy of mom via scype this morning, me modeling for her.

KNitin in the sun

i've been knitting alot for the Ravelympics i finished my moms christmas scarf from last year, and today i did a little hat for me, i'll have pictures later. just wanted to share! and i did much of my knitting today at the pool after swimming laps, and now i have a sunburn, not a bad one, but it still sucks.

Roast Garlic, Rosemary Båtard (bastard)

Today i made a bread, from scratch. it was ugly, the bread, i am not to great at bread making yet. 

on a whim i decided i wanted fresh baked bread with my caesar salad dinner tonight, so i went on a search, the internet wide and couldnt find many recipes that were not for bread machines (which i dont have yet, and i cant get here) so i headed to the library and found some really neat books, ones with recipes and ones that explain how bread works, so i got a few books, and headed to the grocery store. got my herbs and came home and made my bread. The book i used was World Breads From Pain De Campagne to Paratha great recipes. my bread wasnt pretty. but i am a beginner bread maker so i forgive myself. it tasted good though. so i am happy. and tonight we had good bread and good salads. today was good.