in an attempt to get ahead

So, I'm thinking..... I need to get started on all those xmas gifts already!!!.. Last year was a big hit w/all the neckwarmers.. and I knit ALOT of them...!!!

This year... i'm going fingerless.. I've made about 4 pairs of these so far..

Next pair? in what else? Christmas Red!

so when I start to get bored working on this...

I'll start to pick these up .. .Thanks Leslie for the pattern! :)

Voila! I give you Pamelia **UPDATED**

I'm pretty happy with it... It was nice to see it hanging in the LYS... and nice to overhear others commenting on how pretty it looks...w/o them knowing I was the knitter... lil ego boost :oP

Pictures courtesy of Kim.. Thanks Kimmy!





Got my leather buttons for the Trellis and will sew them on tonight...

Just finished.. Trellis just needs to get wrapped up.

Story behind the sweater

OK.. so I stated I'd tell the story behind the sweater.

In April of 2007, one of my twins' classmates was tragically killed. This was THE kid in school who everybody wanted to be friend with. He was the cool kid, the nice kid, the athlete, the friend to all. But, he was a kid...He was riding his bike in the driveway w/his friend and overshot the ramp, and accidentally went into the street. Meanwhile, an impatient driver was passing another vehicle and was in the opposite lane, and struck the boy. It was learned later that the man was driving 82MPH.!!.Body armor isn't going to protect anybody from that..

In death, this child brought together my community like I've never seen in real life. They erected a skatepark in his memory in my town, and it was such a great celebration of his life..

and NOW, almost 18 months later, his Mother, will be giving birth to another boy. This sweater is for that little guy, who will always have a big brother watching down over him.

So, it's blocking as I write this, and I'm going to purchase some leather buttons today.

Have a great week.

Can't think of a snappy title

Finished these

Took a better lighted pic of this.. but not necessarily a better pic aesthetically..

and started this... another Trellis...(there's a long story behind this sweater that'll I'll write about when I complete it).

Breathe...

Habitat
Originally uploaded by TLCknits

I finished the Pamelia, it's being sewn up by LYS
I finished the Habitat..






I'll finish the 2nd half of Evangeline tomorrow.. and going to cast on for some Nutkins. :)

Not exactly a flower child

Yesterday, we went to hubby's company (ESPN) picnic... they hold it at the local amusemnet park...So, C gets her face painted...

no not flowers...

no not rainbows....

and definitely NO unicorns..

nope.. she goes for the skull!

I'll get some photos posted soon on the knitting progress...As far as that goes, I've finished 1/2 of a pair of Evangeline fingerless mitts, and 3/4 of the way completed on left frontband of the Pamelia. Just need to get that and the right side completed and then get it sewn up...

Have a great LONG weekend.!

Harvest Mittens

Harvest Mittens
Originally uploaded by TLCknits

Here's the 1st one... that we'll keep... my first attempt on sz8's that pattern stated, made a very small childsize mitt... These were made on sz9's .. Much better... :) OK.. time to cast on for the second one.. Have a good weekend all!.