rip is the word of the day

so i had been working on this:

my so called scarf and it was all wobbly on the edges and i didn't like the way it was turning out so...

i really love this yarn i'll have to think of what i can do with it now...i have three balls (about 250 yards all together. noy much i know but its bulky weight so maybe it will work for something...i'll have to brainstorm.

so i've been a little down about knitting and not looking forward to knitting anything and wanting to cast on for something new...and i decided i would just hurry up and finish shirley's mittens. so i decided to cast on. and i have been working right along. they'd be really cute...if shirley had 2 left hands doh. so i ripped back to just before the thumb gussett... thats almost to the ribbing oh well i guess maybe they will go more quickly this time since i'm more familiar with the pattern now...i mean it took forever the first time writing it all up as i went. so we shall see :) keep your fingers crossed.

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space science and a little silliness {closed}

so i was reading some online news and look what i found! you've got to read this its about pluto . so my question is. what happens to the rhyme that kids use to memorize the order? i mean hello! My Very Ecellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas... just doesn't have the same ring without the pizzas does it? oh well. so i have a proposition . no no silly no tthat kind of proposition. dave would get mad! or at least i hope he would... anyhoo. come up with your own rhyme to help kids memorize the order. the sillier the better, and the winner will get something fabulous from my stash. wow. i've never had a contest before this is kinda fun! i guess i have to figure out a way to pick the winner. hmm. ok all entries that include the beginning letter of all the currently accepted planets and usues them in order will go into a hat. not the actual people who enter. thats a big hat. but all their entries :) and a random draw shall decide ok? enter as many times as you like. and have

stick a spoon in these and stir!

lots of sugar in my cappuccino please. or maybe iced. it has been a hot day... i guess as long as it is caffeinated it shouldn't really matter right? i think i deserve it! cause these babies are done! the venezia socks. or cappuccino as i call them. i used the pattern charts and just knit these up. for my second attempt at stranded color work i think they turned out great! if i had it to do over again i would probably have used a different pattern for the sole. the stripe is a little too bold for the swishiness of the instep and leg pattern. but hey. you learn. the specifics: pattern: chart from the venezia sweater by Eunny Jang yarn: sock it to me 4 ply in coffee bean and latte needles: knitpicks harmony circs size 1. socks knit as 2 magic loops simultaneously (these needles are actually growing on me) details: magic cast on 16 stitches in coffee bean, increase at edges on every row to 26 then every other row to 36 stitches. move one stitch from sole of sock(35) to inste

so i just had to send an update. here are the finished sock totes. one (left) is a bit taller to accomodate 2 balls for 2 at once sock knitting. the other is perfect for the second sock when you're down to next to no yarn! all from 2 flat quarters and half a spool of ribbon! too much fun. i'll be looking around for other fantastic fabric. i'd like to send a sock tote to my sockpal. see there's her sock hiding in tote # 1.

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