March UFO

Here is my March UFO. It is Odessa and as you can see all that it has done is the beads strung on it. But for any of you that have done that it is quite a bit of work. :) I finally got them all on there and then was done looking at it. That was quite a long time ago now. I took it to knit group last night and had to pack in a hurry so I just through my Knitpicks Options in their and then found out I don't have the right cords for it. :( So I ended up secretly knitting on my Inside Out socks from the BMFA Sock Club instead. I know have the right needles in the bag and it is all set for knit group. I have to have a special project for that with yarn from the store so I don't offend the owner. :)

Sockret Pal

The rest of the stuff came today so I can put my package together for my Sockret Pal. I am so excited to get this taken care of and to see how she likes it all. I didn't do many little cute extra's but I think she will love the sock yarn!! Here are her completed socks.



And the extra sock yarn and pattern from Gardiner Yarn Works.



I also ordered a package to make socks for a friend of mine's birthday. I think he will really like them.



I will post more later. I have to get ready for knitting group.

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Catch Up

I decided it was time to catch up with some things I've had laying around to blog about. I may post twice today because I have some projects that I am working on to show you but for now it's mainly yarn (lots of pics)!



This is a package I got probably a month ago (bad blogger) from Shana. Now I think she is my angel one skein pal and not the original one who was just running way behind. It has no note to say her blog or anything so unfortunately I cannot properly thank her and I hate that!!! But she made me two objects. The first is a little head wrap made out of bamboo, Dream Swatch by Wendy of Knit n Tonic. You can find the pattern at The Garter Belt. I love it. I have worn it a lot and get lots of great comments. I may make some in other colors. I love how you can stick the bobby pins right through the fabric. So much nicer than a silk scarf and it is narrow so I don't have to fold it over like I do with other scarves. I couldn't be happier. In addition to that I received a lovely scarf out of Noro. I love it as well. I wore it right away. The only problem is it makes my neck itch. :( I have yarn to make a matching hat so maybe I will see if there is someone it doesn't itch and give it to them so it can be used. Okay moving on....



This is Lisa Souza yarn in the Lime n Violet colorway. I love it. I strongly recommend her yarn!! Go check out her site. This yarn was for losing five pounds which makes it all the more special.

This next portion is regarding my February sock kit from the Rockin Sock Club from Bluemooon Fiber Arts. I didn't take a picture of the whole package as I'm sure you have seen it on other sites. I did take pictures of the yarn because....well that is the most important part!





This is the sock yarn I received because there was a problem with the binder for my package and so I just received my package yesterday and they threw in a hank of my choice because of the mistake. They are so great about fixing mistakes even when they are truly not their fault. The ladies over there are fabulous!! Of course they are Oregonians so that explains it. :) Oh I almost forgot to say that the yarn is called Little Bunny Foo Foo and as you can see is pink and brown!!!





This is the actual sock club yarn for this month. It is called Monsoon. I got a picture of both ends so you can see a little more of the color. Later today I will show you what it is starting to look like knit up and explain why I am so excited about what I have done so far and the pattern. My saying on the inside of the band is "Put your foot in your mouth." :)



This last one is sock yarn for my Sockret Pal. I know she will love it. It is from Monsoon Winds. Her etsy store is here. The color is Ablaze. I have some more yarn from Gardiner Yarn Works coming with a pattern for her. I am almost done with her socks. I should finish them this weekend and then the package will be off to her. I am so excited to see how she likes it.

I also packaged up some yarn today for the SAM3. Chrissy was needing some yarn for the final package. I had a bunch of sock yarn that I had tried to destash a few months ago but just couldn't. This time however it was for a good cause and I knew that I had so much yarn that I absolutely can't wait to knit that it was okay to pass this on to someone who would appreciate it and have earned it. I wish I would have taken a picture first but I forgot. Oh well, life goes on. I'd better get some other stuff done now. Talk to you all later.

Responses to Comments

I decieded instead of trying to respond individually to each comment I would just respond to them here in a post. So I am going to respond to the comments from the last two posts.

In reponse to 5 inches gone

Roxanne says "Congrats on the loss...that's super! As for the exes, I hope it doesn't bother you too much - it probably doesn't bother them. I always say the best "revenge" is living well despite the exes and I'm sure you're doing just that!"

I couldn't agree more about living well despite them and I am doing my best! :)

CynCyn said "Wow! Go Tiffany!!! Continued success on the health goals. As for the other, tough call. The baby will be your baby's half sibling. You're one of the most generous and kind people I've 'met', and I'm sure your inner compass won't steer your wrong."

You are too sweet Cynthia!! Thank you so much for your kind words.

In response to Hip Hop Jacket is Finished

Mandy said "Great job Tiff! Love the sweater! I am going to have to go through all my Interweave and find that pattern!!"

Thanks Mandy. I went and looked it up for you and the pattern is in the Winter 2005 edition.

CynCyn said "Well, it looks great.. the color is fab on you. Maybe you can reclaim the yarn and reknit a smaller size?"

If I do reclaim the yarn it will be a few years before I will reknit it. I just can't stand the thought of redoing all that work yet. It's just too soon after I have finished it. :)

Knitseashore said "Congratulations on finishing your sweater! It looks great on you. I'm amazed you can do that and attend school too.

Also congratulations on your weight loss. I am sorry to read about your ex-husband and ex-best friend, and admire your taking good care of yourself in spite of that hurtful situation.

Do you like your mac? My husband and I just got one too and we are learning from the very beginning. But so far, I like it! One of the other knitbloggers advised us to use Firefox instead of Safari, and it is working much better. :)"

I do love my mac. Why did you switch to firefox? What problems were you having with Safari that are fixed with Firefox? Thanks for your help.

Okay that is all the blog admin stuff for today. I wil post some pics of yarn stuff soon hopefully and maybe even a FO!!!

Hip Hop Jacket is Finished!!!!

So the Hip Hop Jacket is done. It has been done for a couple weeks now. I was postponing posting about it because I wanted to be one of those bloggers who put all the details nicely under it. I wanted to turn over a new leave and be organized. And suddenly I realized that wasn't going to happen so I'll just show the picture and move on with life.

I do know however that it is the Hip Hop Jacket out of an Interweave from last year. I think it was Christmas time 2005. The yarn is Berreco Hip Hop in Beat Box. The color called for in the pattern. The buttons were found by a friend at a Fabric store. I love the jacket. I don't think it will fit long. It is kinda big but I am so excited about it. It is my first sweater and is fabulous. I can't wait to knit another sweater although the next one will be a little smaller. :)

5 Inches Gone!!!!

So I've been working really hard at curves and I lost 5 inches!!!! I am so excited. I just had to post a quick post about that. I've also lost 8 pounds in the last three weeks. I haven't posted each week about that I just put it on my little tracker at the top. In other news, I found out today that my ex-husband and ex-best friend are pregnant. I'm not quite sure what I thnk about that yet. Just thought I'd share. I will have some knitting pictures soon. I promise!