Yay for me! Yay for the UPS man!

The UPS man left me some treats today- first the spring/summer 2007 pattern books (yes, they send all of them, how generous!) from Nashua Handknits, including this one, Seashore, that has TWO of my designs in it! I knit them up last August- seeing them makes me wish even more for warm weather!

The other treat was some ebony sock needles from Lantern Moon, in a very cute little bag. They are only 5" long, which should be perfect for me, since sometimes I find the 6" Crystal Palace ones I usually use a bit too long. 

Disturbingly 80's, but I did it myself

Behold the self-patterning sock yarn I dyed (my first time) at Knit Michigan this past Saturday. I was going for a "watermelon" feel (pink and green, with black Fair Isle "seeds") but in actuality the colors turned out VERY neon, and the Fair Isle patches are a bit longer than they should be, resulting in a diagonal stripes thing in that section. The pink and green parts, though, did work out into surprisingly even stripes- I can get around 1, 2, or 3 times (depending) with little to no stitches left over at the end. Giving their blinding appearance, they'll be Emma socks- nothing's too wild for her.

OH, speaking of socks, if you got the new Patternworks catalog, check out pg. 13. The ankle socks pattern they are offering for SWTC Tofutsies is one of mine! 

Hubbo's Superbowl Cake II, Knit Michigan, and other stuff

Actually, they're brownies, but it doesn't really matter. It was a big weekend! Saturday was Knit Michigan- it was so fun! I knit a lot on the Koigu sweater, shopped, watched a variety of good and really really bad knitting videos, ate lots of tastiness, saw friends, saw some of my students (who came to learn/improve in the kid's classes), acted like a freak in the fashion show, ACTUALLY DYED SELF-PATTERNING SOCK YARN (more on that later when I get it wound up), and participated in some silly (blindfolded, one-handed, etc.) knitting contests. It was really cool- I can't wait until next year!
Sunday was the Knitting Bowl party at Angela's with a number of our Tuesday SnB girls, including Sonya, Beth, and Tracy. We watched the big Knitty Gritty marathon, knit, and ate more tastiness, including the above brownies (the football is a ball of yarn, in case you can't tell). This is the second time Hubbo has made such a cake- see last year's if you want. 

$350 (winners too)

Okay, so not so earth-shattering, but my final fundraising count (thanks to a few generous co-workers for the last bits) for Knit Michigan.
And now the important stuff, as promised: the prizes! By the random choosing of names from hat, the succulent bag o' SWTC Pure goes to:
Jae!
The bag o' Classic Elite mystery goodies goes to:
Janette!
And the 2 skeins of Noro Kureyon go to:
Tara!
Congratulations to the winners and a big THANK YOU to all who donated!

Belated Birthday

Here's Emma last Saturday at her birthday party-- she had a great time. Still no knitting I can show you, but hopefully that will change soon. See you Saturday at Knit Michigan! 

Such an alarming lack of knitting

Or so it would seem-- I've actually been knitting furiously on the sweater made o' Koigu for Kerrie Allman's book, which I really shouldn't show you. The girls at Tuesday 'Bou know, though-- I'm on the second sleeve (front and back are done to the underarms) and it's only been 3 weeks, minus lots of hours spent at work. I didn't think I could work the Koigu that quickly.

In other news, I'm looking forward to Knit Michigan next Saturday. I just found out that I'm in the dyeing patterned sock yarn class- it was my 2nd choice, so not bad. I'll come home with yarn for (yet another) pair of socks-- no complaints there! I've never done any dyeing except for the time my students and I dyed yarn with Kool-Aid "sun tea style", and that doesn't count.

Two more for Knit Michigan

Up to $275- thanks Mom and Melissa!