My weekend

Here is the start of my Bountiful Bohus. The purple is actually MUCH darker than it shows up in the photo:


And the start of Lady Eleanor! This is a light purple variegated yarn (yes, I guess I have a thing for purple right now!):


On Sunday, we went to my Dad's girlfriend's house for a BBQ. There is a small pond on the property, and my sis was letting her dog Bailey go in the water:


The above photo was at the end of the fun. Bailey jumped in, lost his footing, and started panicking. Amy's partner Lisa had to wade in to save him. My sister is not hero material, but Lisa sure is!


Later that day, Amy got her karmic payback. One of the kids there, and I cannot for the life of me remember her name, latched onto Amy. She was really cute, 2 1/2 years old, but the sheer volume of questions from her was mind-boggling! She asked Amy why she had tattoos, what the thing in her eye was (she has an eyebrow piercing), if they still hurt, etc. Amy tried to pawn her off on me and get away. She said "This is my sister Lori", and the girl said "Hi Lori, can I go inside the house?", to which I replied "Of course. Have Amy take you"! The above photo is the two of them on the swing. Aren't they cute?

Lastly, some fun pics of the cats.
Taffy:

And Lexi:

Susie's done!

Specs:
Pattern: Susie Hoodie from More Big Girl Knits
Yarn: Cascade 220 , color 9407 celery, 10 skeins
Needles: KnitPicks Options size 7 and 8
Started: April 13, 2008
Finished: June 1, 2008
Notes: I love this pattern, and I would make it again in a heartbeat. The sleeves blocked out a tad longer than I wanted, so next time I'd probably knit them to 14" instead of 16".

Well, I made it...

...through my first week of school! The nutrition class I'm taking is harder than I expected, I have to remember a lot of "technical" terms. My first test is today so we'll see how well my brain is functioning.

I'm almost done with Susie!! All that is left is the hood. I tried it on last night, and after it's blocked it should fit perfectly.

Hoodie

Here is my progress on the Susie Hoodie. I am at Row 100, which is about the center of the waist. You can see the bias shaping--the "seam" running down the right is the center of the sweater, the seam in the center of the photo runs under the left arm, and the rest of the right side is all bunched up. My birthstone is peridot, and I put a peridot anklet on the sweater so you can see how peridot-y the color is. The bottom photo is with a flash, which flattens out the stitch detail, but I think it shows the actual color the best.





I lovelovelove how this is turning out! I am pleased as punch with the color, and the pattern is super easy so far. Sorry to gush, but I'm gonna until this is done

BTW, I bought more yarn on Monday. I didn't mean to. But I had to. It was on sale. The sale is almost over.
Sir B didn't understand...but I didn't tell him until after I bought the yarn...I'm not stupid.
So more Cascade 220 will be showing up here in the next week or so. I got enough of these:

to make the Bohus in More Big Girl Knits, plus 10 skeins of this color:

because I just loved it so much. I'll find a pattern later (that gets me into trouble every time, but I'll fly in the face of danger for a great sale price).

Another sock

I love this yarn....I only wish it wasn't hand wash. It's Melody yarn (I found it in the Patternworks catalog) in colorway Duet:


The pattern is the "Baby Cable Rib" from this book (in the 4 stitch ribbing patterns section).

And here is the start of the Susie Hoodie. I'm using Cascade 220 in a yellow-green heather, which is VERY hard to photograph correctly:

A closeup of part of the cable:

Finished!

Pattern: Radiance Cabled Jacket (available here)
Yarn: Cascade 220, some heather color. I don't remember how many skeins I bought, but I have two left.
Started: November 20, 2007
Finished: March 18, 2008
Needles: KnitPicks interchangeables, size 5
Notes: I love this cardigan. Not too heavy, simple and elegant. I do want to try and block it just a bit bigger. I was going to add an i-cord button loop and a cool button, but I like it better without! The sleeves turned out too long, but I can turn them up. This is the first time I made sleeves with caps on them, and I didn't shorten them enough before the cap shaping, then I wasn't about to rip and redo them!



Taffy (whining): When is it MY turn?
Lexi: I got here first. Deal.

And now onto something knitty...

Look, I have knitting pictures!

The body and part of one sleeve of the Radiance Cabled Jacket:



This sweater was almost given a time-out for being so much trouble. First, I kept screwing up the cable, then when I seamed the shoulders I realized the cables weren't matching up. Grrrrrr. Upon closer inspection, the back shaping was correct, but I reversed the front shaping. Instead of flinging the sweater across the room and yelling curse words at it, I took a breath and realized it was fixable with a minimum of frogging. I'll still be glad when this thing is done and I can start screwing up another project....

Like mittens! Pattern is from the book Selbuvotter, yarn and needles from Knit Picks:




Work has been soooooooooooo slow this week, but at least I'm getting lots of knitting done!