I am a Knitting Adventurer.

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What Kind of Knitter Are You?

You appear to be a Knitting Adventurer. You are through those knitting growing pains and feeling more adventurous. You can follow a standard pattern if it's not too complicated and know where to go to get help. Maybe you've started to experiment with different fibers and you might be eyeing a book with a cool technique you've never tried. Perhaps you prefer to stick to other people's patterns but you are trying to challenge yourself more. Regardless of your preference, you are continually trying to grow as a knitter, and as well you should since your non-knitting friends are probably dropping some serious hints, these days.
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Sometimes Things Work Out As Planned...

I've had sucess! My first felting project is done, except for drying. I know down the road I will have a post titled "Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out as Planned..." but this time they did! I only ran it through one cycle and spin as I didn't want to end up with an evening clutch. I'm thrilled with the way it turned out, especially for a first attempt and my 'own' design. The picture on the left is after assembly and pre-felting, and the one on the right, of course, is after felting and being 'blocked'.

Knitting in the Round

This is my first attempt at knitting a purse in the round, and will be my first attempt at felting. I had lots of trouble at first with it becoming a twisted mess. I now know what the pattens mean when they say, "becareful not to twist the stitches." Then I got some advice, learned another cast-on method, frogged what I had aleady knitted and started over, with success! This is pre-felting with one strap done. Tonite I hope to finish the other strap, and begin the felting process tomorrow. The pattern is my own design, based on snippets of other patterns I'd looked at. Maybe a purse of my own design is ambitious for a first attempt, but we shall see. I really like the color combinations.

Oct KAL---The Cat

I chose tan for the Oct1 KAL from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MonthlyDishcloths/ cloth as I had left over from the leaf cloth. Reggae is tan and brown, so this could be him.
I didn't know it was going to be a cat until into day #3. I used #5 needles so it's a small cloth

What Season Am I?

Funny...I thought I'd be Spring or Summer!

You Belong in Winter

Quiet, calm, and totally at peace... You're happy to be at home, wrapped in a blanket, completely snowed in Whether you're lighting a fire or having a snowball fight, you always feel best in the winter.

What Season Are You?

Cape May

Yesterday was a nice fall day here @ the Jersey Shore. I decided to take a ride down to Cape May, quick 90 minutes there the same and back. I had wanted to go to Cape May Wicker to pick up some baskets for the gifts I am knitting, and to visit a yarn shop I'd read about on the internet, Fiber Arts Yarn Shops. Cape May Wicker was easy, got what I needed and took a ride down to the lighthouse, and around Cape May to look at the houses, etc. "Town" was crowded and I couldn't find an accessible parking spot, to visit the walking Mall, so I decided to head towards Fiber Arts and then home. The shop is in the Washington Commons center. I've never been in a "LYS" before, not for any other reasons other than there are none really convenient to me, and AC Moore has a good selection. I've only shopped in the craft/hobby stores for my yarns. I'm all for the success of the independent business person, but I was in sticker shock over some of the prices. The yarns were BEAUTIFUL, but mostly out of my price range. If I had a particular project in mind, I might have been able to think more rationally. I couldn't leave empty handed, of course, so when I saw the 'fantasy naturale' cotton I'd heard about I picked 2 for the spa sets I am making. I will enjoy knitting with them! There were a few bins of novelty yarns on "sale" (?) and I chose 2 for my 'stash' that will become something...Eventually. Although I could have bought many other things, I have enough yarn here at home that will probably outlive me, I decided to check out with my few items. There was a woman who had brought her sweater in progress in for help from the sales person, as well as helping another local person pick out some yarn, so her mind was occupied, I think, when she rung up my sale. I left, and thought I'd been charged a bit too much, (just how full price were those novelty yarns??) and in checking over my receipt, sure enough the discount wasn't taken. So, back to the shop. The sales lady was very apologetic, but wasn't quite sure how to do a refund. (?) We figured it out, I hope. To sum it up...My first venture to a "LYS" was not all warm and fuzzy, (pun---fuzzy = yarn, heh heh) BUT I will check out some others when I come across them.