Rollercoasters don't come with safe words

Ok, so apparently this blogging thing has been kicking my butt. I just haven't felt like blogging lately, usually when I have a chance my head hurts too bad. But it doesn't hurt so bad right now, so I'm gonna do this!

I have knitted so much stuff since the last thing I shared... and I've also gotten a bit obsessed with the Karma Yarn swap group on ravelry. I've gotten so much stuff that while I'd love to blog about it all... I'm not quite sure I remember what all I've gotten. So I'll just share it with you as it gets used, k? :)

I also got Knit Picks Options interchangable knitting needles for V-day! Isn't that nice? I was so surprised, I honestly didn't expect them. They're the nickel plated ones. I love love love them, though I wish the cables were a bit longer. That's ok though. :) I did just find out (I was looking for the link lol...) that you can get the needles in longer sizes, so I'll be doing that soon.

Let's see... I've made some stuff recently that I can't share, because they're gifts for Angie, including a pair of merletto mitts and more than half of a pair of socks (don't worry, she knows about them... it's not a secret, I just don't want her to know what they look like). I made a pair of huge worsted weight socks... crap. I totally forgot to take a picture... argh. Oh well. They were really big... his feet were 12 inches around. They were just slipper socks, so I made them in heavier weight yarn. I loved them though, I'll be making myself some soon... soooo comfy. I totally recommend them.

I made "Lisa's Beret," and let me tell you, I LOVED that pattern. It was so fast, and easy. I got the pattern as an early gift for my swap package from Nikki, for a "Stash" swap we're doing in the Insanity group. That was nice of her, wasn't it? Here's a picture of it... by the way, I'm using a new picture system because blogger takes a year to upload the pictures... argh, they're too wide... well, either use your imagination or go to my projects page for the rest of the pictures. Angie, if you click on that link so help me god... Ahem. Sorry. ;)



And here's me wearing it.



The yarn is the Rio de la plata that Angie sent me for Christmas... I still have at least a quarter of the first ball and the whole second one left. The color is "rattan," and I used size 10.5 and 11 needles for the Bulky version of the hat, even though the yarn's aran weight. It worked really well. I'm going to add a button to it, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I've also started two pairs of socks. The first pair is "Annetrelac" and I'm using the Cupcake factory "buttercream" yarn in "Birthday cake" that I got a while back. And yes, they are this bright.



The second pair is "BFF" socks, in Briggs and little yarn that I got in KYS last week. I'm pretty sure it was hand dyed. I am in love with them. I'm calling them "Easter Bunny vomit" socks. They were clown vomit but I think they're more easter bunnish, although a little darker than the pastel colors of easter. Angie says maybe the easter bunny had some coffee, haha!



I'm not sure if this is the last thing I started, but it's the only thing I can think of, so I'm gonna say it's last. Last night I started scheherazade, which was "Mystery Stole 2" back in the day lol. This stole is started from the center with a provisional cast on and then worked out to the end, and then you undo the provisional cast on and work out to the other end. The yarn is Zephyr that I got from taeka on KYS in exchange for some bare lace weight, dye, and stitch markers. The colorway is Dianthus. This is what the detail looks like...



However, the color is closer to this, just think less radioactive.



Whew! I need to post more often, huh? That way my posts aren't six years long... lol! :)

How has everyone been lately?

The oxyclean guy sells insurance now???

Ok guys, I'm really really close to getting a migraine so I don't have time to post my 16 things, but I'll post them... tomorrow? Soon, I promise, soon. I just wanted to say really quickly that of the people who got all of them, Knittingjoy was the winner picked!!! Yay!!!!!!!!! I've already pmed you Joy, but congratulations!!!!! Thank you everyone so much for playing!

I'm going to organized this later this year, but bigger and better!! I'll have it last longer than 2 days, and have many many many more than 16 things. I'll be great fun to see what you guys come up with!!!

Thank you again!!!!

Oh, and be sure to check on the flickr group and see the pics there, and the people who commented and left the links to their blogs. They're a lot of fun to look at!!!

Go forth and Snap!

Ok guys, sorry I didn't get everything posted last night. Don't you just hate it when life gets in the way of fun? :)

Ok, so, here are the rules posted again so that everything will be in one place for you.

It's a scavenger hunt contest. Actually, it's a photo scavenger hunt.
At the end of this post, I'm going to post a list of things. It'll be... unexact, which will leave it up to you to figure out. For example, something blue that you find outside. You'll then have to take a picture of something that you usually find outside that is blue, and take a picture of it.

Here are the rules:

1) You should have a blog, that way you can post them on your blog (with a link here of course... hello blog publicity ;) hehe). If you don't have a blog, then you should have a flickr account. You would then upload your pictures to flickr and put a description of what each thing is supposed to be (in this case, something blue found outside). If you use the flickr account option, go to this page and join the group I created, and post your pictures there, that way they'll all be in a place where everyone can see them.

2) If you DON'T have a camera, or access to one, and you really really want in on this, then it would be acceptable to post the answers to your blog in descriptive form... but they have to be really really desriptive, and I think it would be much easier to just take pictures.

3) You have 48 hours from the time I post the contest to take the pictures and get them posted. Edited to add: The pictures HAVE to be taken in the next 48 hours. I'm not going to like, go through and check the timestamps on them unless I have to, just... be honest, k? :)

4) After you post the pictures, come back here to THIS post,, and post a comment, leaving a link to your blog post or flickr account so that I know where you've posted your pictures.

So, how do you win the contest, and what does the winner get?

Well, I know that it would be hard to find all of the items on the list for everyone, so the winner will be the person who gets the most things on the list. If more than one person gets the most things (or everyone) then I'll do a random number generator and pick the winner amongst those who get the most.

What do you get? That, my friends, is the best part. You get...

A HANDMADE pair of fingerless gloves, AND a handmade set of stitch markers.

Are you ready? Here is The List!

1) Something Funny
2) Something fun (as opposed to funny lol)
3) Something cold
4) Something hot
5) Something that you find outside that's yellow
6) Something tasty
7) Something that starts with the letter K
8) Something that starts with the letter P
9) Something that starts with the letter V
10) Something young
11) Something loud
12) Something local
13) Something you find inside that's green
14) Something you collect
15) Something that takes you from place to place
16) Something Round

Ok, those are the items. Go forth and snap pictures!! You have until Saturday at noon EST to post them. :) Have fun!!!

I take the giant alligator thing very seriously

Ok, three things today, one small, one medium, and one large. Ready?

Small thing: Headaches suck. I can barely even watch TV anymore, which means less knitting, which means less blogging.

Medium thing: That doesn't mean NO knitting, just less. I've been working on my clapotis (almost done with 5th repeat of 12 of the middle section, and I'm not even halfway done with the second ball of yarn...) and the KAL for February in fgf, which are these fingerless gloves, and were designed by smariek. I've gotten one glove done, and I just started the gusset for the second one. Here's a pic of the first one.


You'll notice that's the yarn from the other day. It's knitpicks essential kettle dyed in bordeaux (you were right, psst! Hi by the way!! lol).

Large thing: It's officially...

CONTEST time!

Here's the deal. It's a scavenger hunt contest. Actually, it's a photo scavenger hunt.

Tomorrow night I'm going to post a list of things, it'll probably be a large list (like, 20 things). It'll be... unexact, which will leave it up to you to figure out. For example, something blue that you find outside. You'll then have to take a picture of something that you usually find outside that is blue, and take a picture of it.

Here are the rules:

1) You should have a blog, that way you can post them on your blog (with a link here of course... hello blog publicity ;) hehe). If you don't have a blog, then you should have a flickr account. You would then upload your pictures to flickr and put a description of what each thing is supposed to be (in this case, something blue found outside).

2) If you DON'T have a camera, or access to one, and you really really want in on this, then it would be acceptable to post the answers to your blog in descriptive form... but they have to be really really desriptive, and I think it would be much easier to just take pictures.

3) You have 48 hours from the time I post the contest to take the pictures and get them posted.

4) After you post the pictures, come back here to tomorrow's post, the one with the lists, and post a comment, leaving a link to your blog post or flickr account.

So, how do you win the contest, and what does the winner get?

Well, I know that it would be hard to find all of the items on the list for everyone, so the winner will be the person who gets the most things on the list. If more than one person gets the most things (or everyone) then I'll do a random number generator and pick the winner amongst those who get the most.

What do you get? That, my friends, is the best part. You get...

A HANDMADE pair of fingerless gloves, AND a handmade set of stitch markers.

Sound good? Any questions?

Tell your friends, cause this will be so much more fun if everyone plays.

Come back tomorrow for the items!!!!!!