Knitting, Sci-fi and other stuff...

     With only two days left before 2013 I thought it would be a good idea to look back at 2012.  I made a list of goals back in April so lets see what I accomplished: -Double Knitting -Socks! (There is a deadline on this one 12/21/12, its a long story and it involves the Zombie Apocalypse) -Felting -Color work, stranded knitting and I think its called Swiss Darning, where you follow over existing stitches with a different color. -Real lace knitting, shawls or wraps with small needles (I have a small needle phobia) -Knitted Ami, not sure if my little Red Blood Cell counts. -Sweaters, I tend to do smaller projects so I want to do some more time consuming ones. -Crochet, I was intending to keep focusing on knitting but I found out I do enjoy crochet. -Finishing, its what makes an item look handmade not homemade, as they say. -Traveling cables, the Celtic ones Socks check:  August 2012 Felting check and check:  July 2012    Knitted Ami check and check:

     The world didn't end!  Christmas is over!  (In theory Christmas music should also be done, but alas, St. Joes didn't get the memo.)  Hubbs and I celebrated Christmas early.  We don't do much to begin with and we normally wait 'til January since we can actually get home to Lo'ville and have some money.  We exchanged gifts a couple days before Christmas and I went yarn shopping on Sunday.  I gave him two Xbox games and volume 7 of Futurama.  I got two History Channel sets and diamond earrings.  (Really nice ones too!)  My favorite yarn shop, Sheep Thrills! Yarn Company, was having an open house on Sunday 12.23.12.  There were cookies, eggnog and a chance to win a $50 gift certificate.  I got called into work that day, but told them I had to go to the yarn shop first.  (Ya know priorities.)  I really did need to go though since I needed 32" US8s for Abalone.  While I was there I splurged and got myself some yummy yarns. Cascade Heritage Silk, which I alrea

     Maybe at some point I should mention that if anyone can name the song and or band that I throw into my tittles I'll give you brownie points.  (Note that brownie points in my household actually turn into brownies.)      So anyway, round three started back on the first of December.  I've already made two challenge submissions.  Hooray for me, motivation!  I finished the Twisted Wristers , which were the KAL for the Fingerless Glove Fanatics Group in November and what I sent to my Swappee Hale.  I used these for the WIP challenge.  I also busted out a dishcloth as a stash buster for the other project in order to get max points.  Here are the mitts completed and blocked.  The mock cable was very crinkly so I wet blocked them to make everything even out and lie flat.  I'll show you before and after pictures so you can see the difference. So that's the right mitt completed minus the thumb. Here they are blocked and dry.  They look uneven, but I think its the ang