Knitting, Sci-fi and other stuff...

      I have a few finishes from the past two weeks and a new start.  So first up; I finished  Hum Beanie .  I did a quick steam block as it didn't need much assistance to look good.  I think it turned out nicely. I finally got around to wet blocking the  White Whiskers Hat .  It grew alot.  I may need to toss it in the dryer for just a bit to snap the superwash back into shape.  It evened out very nicely and I wasn't expecting that with this colorwork. I started a pair of boot socks yesterday.  I'm using a bunch of small bits of wool I dyed myself.  A couple years ago I bought a bag of mystery wool suitable for dying from a local thrift shop.  I wasn't convinced it was all natural fibers until I started dying it.  I've done a few skeins each Easter with the left over easter egg dyes and Kool Aid or Wiltons dyes mixed in as well.  Liara has helped me most years and its been really fun for both of us.  I...

I'm going to jump right in here with a quick update.  I finished the knitting on the White Whiskers Hat. I need to do the whiskers yet and it desperately needs to be blocked.  This pattern is tricky.  It has long color sections.  I caught my floats every 3 to 4 stitches but it still is a littly puckery in places.  Blocking will help, but if I do another one I'll probably try knitting inside out.  The extra yarn I ordered for the Sackets Harbor Mittens has arrived.  I just need to get that wound so I can finish the knitting.  Its gotten cold here.  Many evenings its been right around freezing when I get out of work. I did quite a bit of reading this last week instead of knitting and watching TV.  I've read three books in the last week and just started a fourth.  I read Wall St Jerk by Megan Wade.  It was a fun little romance novel that included an FMC who knits.  Thats what hooked me initially but it was witty a...

I haven't gotten very much done in the last two weeks.  I washed and blocked Drops of Spring Mitts. I worked on Sackets Harbor Mittens up until I ran out of the gray yarn.  In hindsight I should have inverted the colors.  But I prefer the color usage as is, so I ordered another skein of the gray.  I'm just waiting for it to arrive. I started a  White Whiskers Hat .  I'm not very far into it yet.  The memory of me getting the yarn for it, ehem 8 years ago, came up on my Facebook page so I thought it was high time to finally start it.  I'm makeing the cats gray and doing the background a lime green.   I made magic cookie bars last weekend for my husband's birthday.  I use  The Eagle Brand  recipe as a guide, but I usually add more coconut and more chocolate chips.   That's about it for crafting and cooking.  I got some news earlier this week about my current job and ultimately how it's ...