First day of school and new socks and a sweater

I believe that covers most of the topics of this post.

I finished the Jaywalker socks...they're done in KnitPicks bare, dyed with KoolAid. They came out rather Christmas-y. They're for my mom, since she's festive.



I also just finished Stitch Diva's Simple Knitted Bodice, done up in Cotton Fleece (cranberry). Wow, another sweater done in Cotton Fleece, who would have guessed?!?



There's a tantalizing peek into my bedroom. Don't get too excited. I would like to state, however, that the stuffed dog laying on the bed is not mine. It's Ainsley's. Mine is on the bottom shelf of the bedside table that you can't see.


Ainsley had her first day of school...


And Andra is pretty cute too.



And in other news, I got into grad school so come January, you'll be hearing even less from me than you do now. As if that were possible...



WE ARE...PENN STATE!!!

Monkeys and frogs

Monkeys are done...




I cast on for the Simple Knitted Bodice and have now ripped it out twice. Frog frog. Not a fan of the frog...hopefully 3rd time's a charm.

The kids played in the sprinkers...a good time was had by all.

Dyeing is fun and also messy

I bought some Sock Blanks from KnitPicks and some acid dye with the intention of doing some gradated dyeing.

It worked, technically, but not exactly the results I was looking for. I think I put too much dye in, so it's not as gradated as I'd like.



You can see if you look closely that it is somewhat darker at the right end. I was looking for something more obvious. But it's very pretty, so hopefully when it knits up it will come out OK.

I bought another one and some black dye, so we'll see how that goes.

I managed not to spill any, but I did get some turquoise on my fingers, which is just now, 2 days later, starting to come off my hand. All things considered, it could have been much worse.

Enjoy the dancing!

Monk (or, half a monkey)

Monkeys are halfway done...it's hard to photograph black patterned socks, even in daylight.





I'm about to cast on for Stitch Diva's Simple Knitted Bodice in a dark red Cotton Fleece.


I bought some KnitPicks sock blanks and some acid dye, and I'm going to try gradaded dyeing...we'll see how it goes!

Kids...

Rusted Root a la steek

Here's my Rusted Root cardigan...




Knit in the round with <3 skeins Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Cotton Ball from The Yarn Lounge. I then made two machine seams down the front and steeked that sucker right in half. Then I tacked down the edges and picked up stitches for the button bands. Last step, although you can't see it - a satin ribbon to cover the edges on the inside.

Hooray!

Vacay

To Vegas baby!


Balloons at Bellagio


Model of the Bellagio complete with fountain show


Bellagio flower garden


Bill's Gamblin Hall (formerly the Barbary Coast). Not a very exciting picture, but the only one I took outside.


I didn't take many pictures because I've been there a few times and they're all pretty much the same. We stayed at Planet Hollywood, and if you're thinking about staying there, I have one word for you - don't.

I finished up the Earl Grey socks...



And we had 4th of July here in the village.










I also started and finished a Rusted Root cardigan, but no pictures yet. I knit it in the round and then (eek!) steeked it. The edges were pretty ragged since cotton unravels pretty quickly, so I sewed some satin ribbon on the edges of the inside to pretty it up a bit.

Earl Grey and some pee thrown in for good measure

I started Yarn Harlot's Early Grey socks, but these are blue.


Finally getting some use of the KnitPicks Palette yarn I've had mumbling around the stash for some time now.

Not sure I'm doing one of the cables right, but oh well.

Poor Ainsley went to the doctor for her checkup today and had to get 2 shots and a poke in the finger. She was NOT amused. I told her she'd much rather have the shots than get chicken pox, measles, mumps or rubella, but she wasn't buying it.

And she had to pee in a cup. She peed on my hand. I leave you with THAT.