When you can't show your knitting . . .

it helps to knit somewhere with a good view.  Because at least you can show pictures of WHERE the knitting was done!

My knitting mojo returned with a vengeance while on our little anniversary get-away to Cape May.  And why not?  There was a great knitting store.  I was reading a fun knitting mystery to inspire me.  And there was the comfy porch swing to knit on while watching horse-drawn carriages wind their way through the town of painted Victorian houses.

And no cooking and cleaning to be done! Nothing like days of slackerism in a beautiful place to get some great knitting progress done. And what exactly did I knit? Well, I should be able to show you that very soon.

cue cliff-hanger music . . .

June 26th

June 26th is one of my favorite days of the year.  On June 26, 1999 Pete and I went on our first date.  And on June 26th, 2004, Pete and I became husband and wife.

Happy Anniversary, SweetPea!!!

Hey look . . . .

pretty yarn and a cute cat card!!!  Not that I would try to use them as tactics to distract you from the fact that I haven't blogged since *mumble hmmmrf cough*.  That would be wrong.  But the yarn sure is pretty, isn't it???

I got it for my *mumble hmmmrf cough* birthday which was *mumble hmmmrf cough* ago.  Does it make you forget that aside from not blogging, I also haven't really knit since *mumble hmmmrf cough*.

Because I'd never try to throw you off with ploys of that sort.  Nope, because that would be really really wrong. 

But did you see the cat on my birthday card????  Sooooooo cute, huh?

Not So Quick Socks . . .

Way back in February, I had been a slacker.  (Not to say I haven't been a slacker before, or even after, February . . . but for today let's let the rest of my slackerness slide.)  The end of the month was quickly drawing to a close and I hadn't even cast on a pair of February socks for Sock A Month 9.  So I did a very smart thing.  I dug out some pretty yarn and cast on a wee pair of socks, knowing that I could gift them to one of many new babies girls that would be arriving to my friends in the next couple of months.

February ended, and alas, the socks weren't finished.  March got underway, and the socks weren't finished.  March ended, and the socks weren't finished.  April got underway, and the socks weren't finished.  On Friday night, April finished up . . . and finally so did the socks!!!

Pieces of Eight Baby Socks

Cast on: 26 February 2010

Completed: 30 April 2010

Yarn: Zwerger Garn Opal Petticoat

Needles: US1 (2.25mm) DPN

Cute? Yes.  Fun?  You bet!  Quick?  Not so much . . . but that is entirely the fault of the knitter!

Knit & Crochet Blog Week: Sunday - What a Yarn - knitcroblo7

There’s one love that we all share: yarn. Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. If it is a yarn you have used you could show the project that you used it for, perhaps writing a mini ‘review’. Perhaps, instead, you pine for the feel of the almost mythical qiviut? You could explore and research the raw material and manufacturing process if you were feeling investigative.

Today I thought I'd share with you one of my most treasured skeins of yarn.

What you see there is my one and only skein of ArtYarns Cashmere 5, in a gorgeous natural creamy color.  (Please excuse my crappy picture taking though.)  I won it as a door prize at our local Stitch n Pitch game in 2008.  Honestly, if I hadn't won this yarn I'm sure I would never ever have it in my stash.  With a price tag of close to $50 for 102 yards, it is unlikely to ever fit into my budget.  So I'm extremely grateful to have been lucky enough to win this wonderful skein of yarn.  My ultimate plan is to knit it up into a scarf from Luxury One Skein Wonders.  But for now, I'm happy to just pet it and admire it.