WIPs and an FO

What I’ve been working on:

Navy Rainbow Monkey Socks
Abby’s Navy Rainbow Monkey Socks
Yarn: Perchance to Knit sock yarn in Navy Rainbow

Carribbean Chocolate Socks
Turquoise/Brown Simple Ribbed Socks
Yarn: PacaPeds Sock Yarn in Caribbean Chocolate (alpaca!)

Hearts Afire
Hearts Afire (pattern available on Ravelry)
Yarn: Araucania Ranco Multy

Skull Hat
Sam’s Replacement Skull Hat
Yarn: Berroco Comfort (black) and Bernat Glow In the Dark
Notes: The glow in the dark yarn was a pain.

I still have a bunch of other wips too…

Today I’m working on the Hearts Afire because it’s really captured my attention and because I have the day off – and I’ll knit what I want to!

I’m meeting Malvina for a Chinese Buffet lunch in a bit, and I’m going to pick up a pizza for dinner, because: DAY OFF!

Settled In

Since I last updated, I moved to my new digs! Since it’s right by the municipal airport, I’m pleased to report that there is no noise pollution, and in fact is the quietest place I’ve ever lived. *knock on wood*

Yes, I’m a curmudgeon.

Anyway, there has not been a lot to report because I’ve been unpacking and watching my Direct TV (I love it) and basically settling in for the duration. Unfortunately I haven’t really had much time to DO anything besides house-related projects, but I did manage to work on my Spring Forward socks just a smidge:

Spring Forward Socks

I got the yarn at Stitches last year, and the colorway is Emerald City, but damned if I know what yarn it is, or the yarn content or what. The ball band got lost in the move, but I do recall peacock feathers as part of the band design – if anyone can help me out, I’d love you forever.

The socks are the ubiquitous Spring Forward socks from Knitty. A very simple pattern that only LOOKS complicated, which I appreciate.

I’m also working on a replacement skull hat for my friend Sam, who lost his original hat in Florida or someplace. I’m making a basic plain hat with black Berroco Comfort, then I will duplicate stitch the skull motif on in glow-in-the-dark yarn once the hat is complete. Since Sam has repeatedly bemoaned losing the original hat, it is the least I can do. I have a couple other hat ideas for him as well, since every time I see him hes wearing a hat I’ve made. Which is pretty great, if you ask me. Heh.

What can I say? You show me the knitting love and you get more stuff.

Anyway, the craft room is full of boxes and nowhere near being ready to be used, but I have organized the den area so I have a nice chair to sit and watch TV in: it’s the perfect knitting chair with arm flaps that raise up and little compartments (like magazine holders kind of) on either side. A family relic, I am pleased it has come into my possession.

Now, to tackle UNpacking those 8,234,678 I was packing last time. *sigh*

First FO of 2009

Malvina's Christmas Socks

Well, I finished Malvina’s socks with only a couple hours to spare – literally, finished them up around 11 a.m., and gave them to her around 3 p.m. later that afternoon. She seemed to like them, so that was nice (and blatant flattery post-gifting encourages more product).

Anyway, I have been packing and stuff and I don’t have internets hooked up at the new place yet. I’m getting my uber-cable hooked up on Sunday, but I’m waiting for Robyn to give me their old AT&T modem before I call to hook up internet. I’m getting uber-internets too.

Seriously, I decided to get Direct TV, which is my first experience with satellite, and I hope it is good – don’t tell me if it’s not, I would rather have my spirits crushed on my own time 😛 – and I totally got a year free of Showtime which means: DEXTER DEXTER DEXTER! Also, my three months free of HBO conveniently coincides with the airing of Big Love, everybody’s favorite show about polygamy.

Anyway, so I also ordered some of the new Felici colorways from Knitpicks, which means I will have eight tons of Felici and still haven’t finished the one pair I started. OH WELL. That is my last yarn order until STITCHES I SWEAR IT ON MY DEAD FISH SPARKEY’S GRAVE.

(Did we bury Sparkey or flush him? I can’t remember, it was 16 years ago. I think we buried him in an elaborate fish funeral complete with saluting.)

Uh, yeah, so anyway, I have to go pack 8,234,678 books now.