I can't believe I never posted this sooner!

Yarn:Patons Kroy Socks (75% wool, 25% nylon) 203 yd/ 187m in White Cap
Koolaid: Pink- 2 pkgs Strawberry Kiwi
Blue- 2 pkgs Ice Blue Raspberry
Purple- 2 pkgs Grape
Method: Found Here.
Result:Glorious.

This ball took hours to wind by hand, because my skein tangled really badly in my attempts!

The colours are fairly close, but this is a webcam, so it's not perfect.


Here's a bit of it knit up. the stripes are nice and sharp, about 3-4 rows each, which will make some awesome socks.

I dubb this colourway "Care Bear Stare" due to the hues reminding me of Hugs, Tugs and Gran. I will post the finished socks someday!
Tomorrow, I'm going to try dying some more Classic Wool with lime, tropical punch, ice blue raspberry and changing cherry....we shall see! Self-striping yarn is addictive!
And now for the cuteness factor of my blog: Mahoot not wanting to be held (which is always). But see how wonderfully he matches my hair? And his eyes are just a goregeous bronzey gold. Oh to have pretty eyes like my kitty! They just now inspired me to find just the right yarn to match his eyes....for what, I don't know. I loved the cloche missamerika made with moonlight mohair (scroll down to see a close up of the yarn), so I might check out that gold color.

Responsibility, what's that?

Well folks, one more exam and my third year is over! It's one essay question, which the prof already gave us, so this should be a piece of cake! Because of my exams, my projects have been of the instant gratification sort....made inbetween studying breaks (usually while watching General Hospital, or Genny Ho as Greg termed it!) So, here they are!

This is what I'd like to call my "Crazy Ass Bling Purse". It's the Heartthrob Purse from Creative Knitting's January edition. The yarn used in the pattern are 4 worsted weight yarns (rayon and bamboo), three held together at once. Well, I went my own crazy, experimental route, and chose a ball of white phentex merit, two balls of sugar and cream christmas sparkle (white cotton twisted with a silver tinsel), and the lion brand festive fur I bought recently. Well, the result is a crazy sparkly monstrousity that I'm not quite sure will see the light of day.

If you look closely, you can see the rhinestone zipper that took forever to sew in! It's so hidden by the fun fur, I think I might need to give it a trim...that could be disasterous, though!

I bought the clear plastic handle yesterday on my excursion to michael's (more on that later). It adds so much to the tacky factor.

Speaking of purses, I now have all of the materials to finish up my fancy designer purse. Dowle handles, red satiny ribbon, and nice grey fabric for lining. This will be so classy!

It being Easter last week, I had toknit some Eastery things. So, I give you my Bunny Bunny Bunny!

He's made with Jess Hutch's Bunny pattern, with Patons Canadiana in Oatmeal. Jess suggests to use doll eyes, but since all I had were yellow cat eyes, I thought it best just to use french knots. His little bowtie is some sheer green polkadot ribbon I found one night working as Pedway Guard...not a lot of ribbon, but I think it looks cute.

I also ended up making a few Easter eggs from curlypurly's great egg pattern. The left is Red Heart Super Saver in Neopolitan, and the right is TLC Essentials in Spring. I also made one in Opal sock yarn, but I believe the cats stole it. The way the self striping yarn worked up, it looked more like a stuffed olive than an egg!

This here's an aarmwarmer. I cast on for this thing, like, 10 times. I tried working on it in the round, but then decided on doing it flat so I could sew up the side and leave a thumb hole.

Close up of the stitch. It's 3x3 basket weave stitch, which I think looks like a subtle checkerboard. I HAD to make armwarmers in this cotton candy pink to go with my new hoodie...

I love it so much! The yarn matches her little pink bow! so cute!
Anyway, yesterday I went to the new Michael's that opened up in Bayers Lake. I must have spent an hour in there....So much cool stuff, made me want to start up beading and jewelry making with all the goregous beads they had! I restrained myself, and here's my haul:

Two balls of Lion Brand Jiffy Thick and Quick in Grand Canyon ($5 each!), two balls Moonlight mohair in Glacier Bay (so pretty! I love to pet it!), and some cool flower shaped handles. Oh and the clear plastic handles as well. So worth the trip, and I can't wait til they offer a beginner crochet class!
So, that's all from me this week, hopefully I'll finish up some more projects for next week! Bye!

I'm finally free!

Classes are finally over, I just need to ace my exams, and I'm done 3rd year English! So, That's why I've neglected my good old knitting blog. So, all there is to do now is pic spam!


I've aquired some interesting yarn in the past little while. On my journey to pick up Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on DVD at Walmart, I of course found myself in the craft section. I was drawn to the lovely(?) Festive Fur, and I bought two balls each of silver and gold. I'm thinking of using them for spiral scarves (which you will see later), or with the single ball of ONLine Linie 185: Smash Irisee in blueberry that I picked up...maybe a purse???
The other ginormous ball pictured is this 3-ply teal wool I got from Kreative Knits and Designs for $6.00! It's a little less that 300yds, great for felting, which I plan on making a "designer" clutch with, which you again will see later on in this post.

This is the knitting part of the "designer" clutch I'm making, which may go to a friend for her upcoming 21st birthday. It's made with black Titan yarn, a big bulky acrylic that's super soft and my favorite bulky yarn to work with. The colour's washed out because I took pictures by the window, it's actually very black. Anyway, this clutch is going to look like these ones by margaret nicole, who sells them for $150!!! I just need the dowels and some pretty ribbon :).

My Panta is done! I had showed you the wrong side of it in my last post, but here it is, finished and after several wearings. It's perfect for bad hair days! And it stays in place so well!

I also whipped off this pretty spiral scarf, which is a little short, I'll have to cast on more stitches next time. It's made from this pattern, on size 15 needles.

The yarns are a thrift store raspberry acrylic, Patons Divine in Floral Fantasy, a thrift store peach mohairish acrylic, and a thrift store dusty rose acrylic. All in all, I think this would be a great xmas gift for my female relatives, it's so customizable and easy!

Last weekend was the Junos, and I had to work. Being very bored, I whipped off 3 dish cloths. I can make 2 1/2 regular garter stitch dishcloths out of one ball of sugar and cream (mine was navy), and I also made one "fancy" one from a pattern off the ball band.


I started a purse in the fall, thinking i would make it for my mom as a christmas present. Well, it's still not done, but I've started up with it again. Here's the pretty strap, done in a simple cable pattern.

I've sewn fabric to the other side to help it keep its shape.

This is the actual bag part. It'll be getting a lining, with a pocket, then I'll knit a couple strips that I'll sew onto a zipper, then onto the bag. I have a great ugly green zipper that will go well with the cerulean stripe in the yarn.

The yarn is Katia Mexico in colour 5854. I still have 2 balls left, and no plans for them!

Under the Hoodie is still going strong. I have 9" of the hood done, then once that's done, it's time for sewing! I HATE seams!

The rest of the body...I'm so proud of that pocket!

Carlos is being modest.

Mahoot is being destructive.