I have so much to catch you all up on, I promise promise promise to try and get pictures up here soon.
Cozy: Cozy has, unfortunately, been put on hold for the time being. I love it, adore it and am not sad to make it last a little longer, but other things have kinda "come up." *heh*
DB Cardigan: The cardigan I started for Itty is well underway. This became a priority when I realized that if I don't hurry she's going to outgrow it before I finish it! The body is complete and I'm about 2" into the arms. I made some slight adjustments to the pattern so far... nothing to the design, just basically used a 3-needle bind off for the shoulders and was GOING to knit the sleeves in the round until I decided I wanted to knit them both at the same time and don't know how to do that in the round. It will be my next FO.
Charlotte v2.0: I started Charlotte for my SP5 this last weekend. The Alpaca Cloud is significantly finer than Koigu KPPPM so I went down to a size 3 needle and I have a feeling this is going to take me a LONG time to finish because I have no idea how many extra rows I'm going to have to tack on to make it an acceptable size. I want to make this as part of her final package which I hope to send out towards the end of August. Luckily I'm much more at ease with this pattern this time around... had I tried it this way the first time (finer yarn, smaller needles, single color) I would have surely given up. I've already finished the first pattern set and haven't had to frog once :)
Packages... thank you!!!
First off I received my stitch markers from my Bead It 2 Pal! They are too cute... I really like one in particular that has little clear beads but they're lined with pink! Thank you Rebecca!!!
Also, I got the coolest prize IN THE WORLD from Katt for winning the contest on her site. She sent me scrapbooking paper themed for a baby girl! She also sent a little teddy bear punch (that Itty has claimed and gets all torked when I try to take it away and actually use), a pink and orange stuffed pony (which Itty has also claimed and will not go to bed without), TimTam's (which very quickly disappeared, that TimTam Slam thing royally rocks!), PLUS 4, count 'em, 4 skeins of yarn! 3 which are destined to become a scarf because they're a beautiful purple colorway that is begging to be paired up with some chenille yarn I have, one that is a rainbow sock yarn for when I actually get up the nerve to try knitting socks (any pattern advice for a sock knitting virgin?). Oh goodness, I hope I didn't forget anything... because that was just the most generous prize ever!
Get this, I got a THIRD package! Suzie (my Bead It 2 giftee) sent me a reciprocal RAOK! How sweet is that? Not only did I get more stitch markers, but I also got a sheepy Pez keychain (an undisclosed favorite of mine... I love Pez!... mmm, strawberry). Now, I feel like such a putz, because I know that wasn't all, but my brain isn't working and I can't remember what else she sent (color me embarassed). I have it all together though so I can take a pic.
Now, on to a few more current events... did I mention to you that I've decided not to make the Grace pattern from DB Cotton Angora collection? I was gonna, because I love it, but it has no shape. It's just so boxy and the last thing I need is be made to look bulkier than I already am... so, I have 19 skeins of Rowan AS-Cotton that I need an idea for. Perhaps Katy or Mary from the same book? Man, I really just need to buy the darn book.
Anyway, I think that about covers it!
P.S. Y'all remember traffic court? Well, it's a long story that I think I'm going to post on my Xanga since it's been so long neglected (and since technically this is my knitting blog).
