The Blog Hub Swap: Day 3

Have I ever mentioned on this blog that I love socks? Hand knit socks are my all time favorite and so on and so forth haha. Well agcertain gave me this....

Folk Socks!! It has a bunch of cool patterns and a history on hand knit socks! How cool is that? I love it and a can't wait to try out one of the patterns =) I am adding it to my Rav library as we speak =P



The Blog Hub Swap: Day 2

The next package I opened from agcertain was also squishy. I tore through the paper and found this...

A cute little hand knit wash cloth! And inside...

Fancy soap with shea butter! I can't wait to use it, it smells nice too =)

More tomorrow!

The Blog Hub Swap: Day 1

I signed up for a swap on Ravelry last month where you are assigned a secret partner then you go out and put together 7 things so that they will have seven days to blog about them. What a cute idea! I loved particpating and last night I go my package from agcertain! I was so excited I admittedly opened every cutely wrapped package =)

But not before I took a picture of the lot! Haha, I am bad because I didn't even open the card first. I went right for the squishiest package there and I swear bright light came out and I heard singing in the background....

Isn't it GORGEOUS!!!!! OMG I was thrilled when I opened this! It is from a local dyer in her town and it is beautiful. The note talks about an unfortunate incident with her puppy chewing the first skein ( no yarn was harmed in the puppy chewing) so last minute she changed the colorway she gave me. I couldn't be happier with this one! I can't wait to start and new pair! Thanks Agcertain!!! Day 2 tomorrow =)

Fall is Upon Us

The weather has been getting deliciously chilly (except for yesterday which was 85 degrees) and it makes knitting all that more enjoyable. Now is the time of year you can actually wear the socks you knit all summer instead of just sitting back and admiring them from afar. As of right now I have 4 pairs of handmade socks all to myself! 2 pairs are from my knitting guru and I made the other 2. I love all my socks dearly, but I do get the inkling sometimes that 4 pairs jsut isn't enough. I need to make more! I need to have more! I need to wear more!

During the hot summer months I dont have this feeling quite as often. Oh don't get me wrong, I am just as obsessed with knitting socks as any other time of the year, but during the fall and winter I WANT socks for myself more. I have already planned for 3 pairs that I am going to knit for myself, the Snowflake socks, the Leyburn socks and the beachy colored socks that I have already started so I am all set for a while. I am not at my regular computer today so no pictures but I wrote about them in an earlier post.

Another thing I want to do is start spinning again! I haven't touched either one of my spinning wheel since June when it started getting too hot. My house isn't that cool in the summer so if I try to spin the wool tends to felt in my hands...yuck! But my mission for the next week will be to dust off and oil my spinning wheels so they will be in perfect working order. I can't wait! I LOVE this time of year! =)

Birthday Weekend with Robert

I took a 4 day weekend this week to relax and have a good time with my boyfriend. He booked us a room at the Element Hotel in Lexington (it is a green hotel....there are special spots in the parking lot for hybrid cars and toilets with seperate flushing buttons for number 1 and 2 haha!) I forgot to take pics of the room though which is a shame because it was really nice.

We went out to a fancy dinner at Bistro 44 in Bedford and I even wore a dress which is unheard of!

I am not anti showing my face on the blog...I just didn't like how my hair came out after a bad hair cut =/ but I do love my purple shoes!

On Saturday we went to the Wretham outlets and I bought a few shirts. We were supposed to go out with friends on Saturday night but instead Robert made me an anti-pasto complete with gorgonzola cheese, an apple pear, pepperoni, crackers and of course wine. We lounged and got buzzed in front of the TV.

That is his dog Titan's bum in the background haha. We watched football Sunday and Monday was a day for knitting.

Though I am making progress I am extremely unhappy with this project. I made one of the straps too short some how and I messed up a cable pattern (mentioned in an earlier post) so I am very discouraged. I am WAY too far along to frog it....I wouldn't have the stomach to anyways. The motivation to finish isn't there but I know that I have to. If I fail at yet another KAL my Guru will disown me. Oh well...who knows....I might like the way it looks when I am wearing it. Thats a big maybe folks.

Lazy Evening

Knitting endless yucky acrylic squares at Robert's house...

In my beloved sheep slippers...

Awake and asheep! Haha! Have a great Tuesday!

Lots of Stuff

I have been extremely busy lately leaving absolutely no time to post! My birthday being last week played a big part in that. But since I was doing so much I have alot to post about! This is going to be a long one folks.

Labor day weekend was great fun. The boy and I hung around, watched movies and decided to go into Boston with a few of friends to walk around Fanuiel Hall and the Commons. This is one of my all time favorite things to go because I like to people watch. Boston is full of interesting characters.

That is my Robert walking through the Commons. It was a beautiful day to go for a stroll =) We ended up in the original Cheers bar just across the street. I had a yummy strawberry daiquiri.

Delicious! So that was labor day weekend, it was lovely. I also finished a pair of socks for my co-worker!

Then last week was my birthday. My mom made me my favorite pasta dish and I got some great presents! Which included my all time favorite brand of yarn (thus far)

Oh yeah! Socks that Rock, colorway Dilly Dilly, medium weight! I love their yarn, it knits up beautifully and has the prettiest colors! My friend Lisa got it for me =) I also got a great card.....

I don't know about you but I think every knitter would enjoy a Wii knitting game. Just saying.

I addition to these wonderful gifts I also got a cutting mat for my sewing (it's purple!), some new sneakers for the gym, a crazy huge umbrella in case me and six other people get caught in the rain, an iPhone (from the boy!), a yarn scale, Stroll handpainted yarn in Pony Ride and Felici self-striping yarn in Chimney from Knitpicks, a $50 gift card to Joann's Fabric to feed my new fabric addiction, and tickets to go see Wicked at the Boston Opera House!

What a fantastic show, I would recommend it to anyone. I will never see the Wizard of Oz in the same light again.

Other then all this I have a few sewing projects going, but they are for swaps so I won't be able to show pictures until the swaps have ended. Busy busy life, but I will enjoy it it while I can =)

Weekend Report - Wedding Bliss

This weekend my dear best friend Lindsay got married to the man of her dreams in a cute little white chapel on a beautiful summer day.

There were pinwheels...

Flowers....

Cake complete with caricatures of the bride and groom.....

and of course, a beautiful bride!

 Congratulations Linny! And just when I thought it was all over.....

My best friend Lisa got engaged on the night of Lindsay's wedding! Haha what are the odds? Time to get ready for another one! Congratulations Lisa Marie!