The Elijah Blanket

I recently finished a baby blanket for a friend's grandson. It turned out very well if I do say so myself! It measures about 28" by 38" so it's kinda small - but it only has a cast on of 120 stitches, and I just used my 14" needles instead of circs....it was originally supposed to be WAY smaller, but I got a little carried away. Grandma wanted him to have something little to carry around and chew on....but I told her I'll have to make him one of my baby feet cloths for THAT purpose - I wouldn't want him chewing on his blankie that took 18 hours to knit LOL!!! Besides, cotton would be a little easier on his gums than acrylic, dontcha think?
Anyway - here are the pics - I am SO glad it's finished - I get so bored knitting with the same color for too long LOL!! That's why you'll see a little pattern change above Elijah's name - I was planning to do "stripes" all the way got got VERY bored and so threw in a little variation, and it turns out I like the variation better than my original plan - I love it when things work out like that, don't you?

Mr. Brown meets the love of his life

Have you seen the “get your free skein of Disco yarn” posts floating around? I got mine….and I actually like the Disco yarn. Not too darned sure about the color – but hey! Free is free, right?

A word of advice…when you throw eyelashy yarns into your closet with the other “I’ll sort them out later and figure out a project too!” yarns…..make sure there are no hidden little creatures in there.

Like lint rollers.

You know, the ones that have layers and layers of tape wrapped around, and you roll them across whatever til it’s covered with dog hair and potato chip crumbs, then you peel off that layer of tape, and have a fresh new one right there – and you can do the NEXT square inch on your couch!

Well!!

I like these things – they’re cheap, they actually work (kinda like the ole “wrap the tape around your hand inside out” method that most of our mothers and grandmothers probably used. (Mine did (do/does) anyway!)

But I bought one a few weeks ago, and promptly misplaced it.

Little did I know that I threw it in the closet – right into my “I’ll sort them out later and figure out a project too” yarns……..*gasp* without it’s protective cover (aka wax paper)

When Mr. Brown went into the closet, apparently he found my little friend “LaRue Lint Remover”….and boy oh boy, did they ever hit it off!!!

I took a picture, but only one, it was getting a little risqué in there!!

Wonder what kind of kids they’ll have?!?

Elf name.....

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Patterns without pictures......

I really really have a hard time with patterns that are posted without pictures...I know sometimes people who design these cloths don't have the equipment (like a scanner or camera) to post a picture, but I REALLY have to be bored out of my mind before I attempt one of these pictureless pretties. I mean - how can I tell if I even want to spend a good 2 hours of my time knitting one of these up?!? I might HATE it or WORSE - I might love it and wish I had had that pattern last MONTH for momma's birthday or something!!!
Having said this - I have decided that I am going to knit ONE of these orphaned patterns a week...then post the picture and the link here! So! I present to you: my orphan pattern of the week:
And here is the URL!!!
http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/zigcloth.txt

I really like this pattern - it is WAY too big for my liking, but I would make it again - also with a bigger border :o)

But all in all - a NICE pattern, and like it says - "you'll have the pattern memorized very quickly!

Knitting Knonsense Knoel cloths

Ooh ooh ooh!!! I’m in the mood for Christmas!!! I received my “Creative Knitting” magazine on Friday – and have done nothing but knit THESE ------
ever since!!!
I was HATING the red-green-black-white yarn till I made some of these – it’s not so bad now…it’s growing on me I think! That and the fact that it takes about 45 minutes to whip one of these up – that’s practically NO TIME – especially in the knitting world!
I love the Silky Tie Wrap too – definitely going to make this one – probably even more than once – we shall see!
So…..hmmmmmm……that’s it for now! I’m planning to post a couple new patterns to my website – VERY SOON – so stay posted there!

weight loss tips for the holidays - or - go ahead and leave the stuffing in and store that carcass on the counter!

Oh heaven help me – I’ve just downloaded Blogger for Word, and am already liking it – I can use different fonts – WOOHOO!  Look out world – here I come!
   Quote of the day:
Thursday evening on a local (Los Angeles) channel, they had a bit about storing your leftovers properly – so you don’t get sick.  After the usual “don’t store the whole carcass in the refrigerator” and “remove all the stuffing before storing” tips…they cut back to the studio – where the newscaster, hmmm maybe I should learn his name if I’m going to talk about him – but anyway! He said, “then again, there’s nothing like a little food poisoning to help get rid of some of those excess pounds” – O M G !!!  TOO funny!  Gross and funny – my two favorite things!

What the limbo is this!!!

ok, first let me say this: "limbo" is another word for "he-double L"...it's true, I just looked it up in my Roget's thesaurus!
anyway! This is what I found in my refrigerator the day before Thanksgiving. I was cleaning out the frig to make room for the inevitable leftovers, when I came across my nice white Corning Ware dish, that had canned pineapple in it.
hmmmmm the last time I opened a can of pineapple was in September - has it really been in there all this time? at any rate - look what happens to pineapple that sits in the refrigerator for upwards of 2 months (no, I am not nasty, and nope, my refrigerator is not filthy...this was just a dish that escaped my attention - that's all! for real! WHAT! like you never found anything icky in your refrigerator!!! :oP
SO! I went looking on the dubya-dubya-dubya...and couldn't find this particular strain of mold anywhere! thank heavens anyway - it's pretty gross!
any mold experts out there?!? "orange" you glad I showed you this picture - I bet you're feeling pretty darned smug about the current state of your own refrigerator LOL!!!

Who needs shoes when you've got yarn?

Knitters (and other yarn collectors!) often see things in a different light than the rest of the world.
Which is why my husband thought he was putting together a shoe storage cabinet for his lovely wife (ok, not so lovely, but still his wife!). Said husband apparently hasn't noticed that his wife has only 3 pairs of shoes...tennis shoes for work, PINK tennis shoes for when the white ones are in the washing machine, and one pair of black pumps, circa 1989, because they still fit and they go with most of the dresses in that far right corner of the closet! The part of the closet where most people put their clothes, is filled with yarn and knitting books. I'm serious...I'm not kidding! I want all my knitting supplies right NEXT to me should some tragedy happen to our house in the middle of the night! He'll grab the kids and dog, I'll grab as much yarn as I can and a couple sets of needles. But I digress!
Here is my new shoe storage cabinet:
Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!? I had so much fun emptying those 3 baskets full of cotton yarn, and deciding if Gettysburg should go with "blues" or "grays" and other such life altering decisions! Of course, the hubby is now complaining that it was VERY hard to put together, and he didn't know he was doing that for "just yarn" - bah humbug! JUST yarn?
I would be the happiest woman in the world if he got me "just yarn" for every holiday and special day throughout the year..."just yarn"?!?!?!?
And if he got me "just yarn", I wouldn't have to fret that my navy blue dress looks absolutely horrible with these black pumps, albeit VINTAGE black pumps~~:o)cuz yarn goes with EVERYTHING!!!