I think I'm in love....

This weekend I cast on for the Featherweight Cardigan using Malabrigo Lace. OMG, this yarn is so yummy. I think I'm in love. I love the way this yarn feels. It is such a pleasure to knit with. However, knitting a cardigan using laceweight yarn and size 7 needles is taking just a little while. I'm still about 20 rows away from putting the arms on waste yarn. But the yarn is so luscious that I really don't care. I'll try to take some pictures soon.

Now Laurie is it....

Ok, so I managed to get my dishrag knit last night. That meant a little less sleep than normal, but it is done and in the mail. Next up is Laurie. So far so good. :)

Tag I'm it

Well it is official, the race is ON!! I received the box today for the Son of a Dishrag Tag. So my agenda for the evening is to knit, knit, knit.

Well, I can't type anymore, I've got knitting to do.

Dish Rag Tag & WOW

Well, I guess since I'm now the team captain of Team 8 for the Dishrag tag, I should update the blog.

There just hasn't been too much to blog about. Time has just gone by too fast.

I have actually been knitting and have finished a few things. Of course they all need to be washeed and blocked. Mayble I'll get that done and then I'll try to get some pictures taken. I finished my Sugar Maple Shawl out of Nature Wool. I also finished the Foutain Lace Hat that I knit as a sample for a class I'll be teaching this fall at In the Making. Lastly I just finished Tudora last night, but I still need to find a button.

I'll leave you with a picture of Lucky trying to fit in a box.

The Secret is out......

Remember that Secret I was telling you about on Monday? Well I can tell you now. We are leaving tonight to go to Disneyworld for Easter. The little boy found out this morning and he is so excited! He told me that he didn't think he would scream like a little girl on Space Mountain this year.

Well, I've got to get busy and go pack so we can leave tonight.

Happy Easter everyone!!

Mondays and a few of my favorite things

I got home today and found a box on my doorstep from my friend Lizzie. You could say I won a bet or a dare, but the details will go with my to my grave. This was an AWESOME package. She definitely knows how to spoil a girl. Inside the package was some GORGEOUS yarn including left to right, some Koigu, two skeins of Knit Pick Gossamer Lace Yarn and Handmaiden Sea Silk. There was also the cutest little kit to make a felted Red Fox. He is darling. There was the book Knit One, Haiku Too by Maria Fire which is a book with stories and Poems about knitting. There was also some point protectors, some stitch markers, some chocolates from Barcelona (courtesy of Lizzie's husband) with a little bunny hidden in the bag with them, some gummy bears, some Malted Easter Eggs, A yummy Orange flavored candle and some great smelling Chai tea that I've never tried before. I love this Monday. Here are pictures of the loot including a close up of the little kit by Crafty Alien (I have never seen these before). I would love to tell you that the chocolates and gummy bears made it through the night, but that would be a lie. I would finish off the Malted Eggs too, but I had better stop before I make myself sick.

I also have a secret that I can't tell anyone, but you will know the details as soon as I'm free to tell. It is going to be an awesome Easter!

The Perfect Saturday

Yesterday was one of those Perfect Saturdays.

I slept in a bit and then headed to get and 1 1/2 hour massage. I thought I had been handling all the recent drama pretty well, but my body is starting to tell me otherwise, so I decided to pamper myself a little bit. After my massage I went and had my favorite salad for lunch and then did a little shopping. When I got home I had two packages. One was a copy of the book "A Patriots History of the United States" and the other was a box from my friend Kandy. Inside the box from Kandy was this:

Two GORGEOUS skeins for Wollmeise!! It totally made my day!

I then fixed myself a pizza and watched a movie. HBO was showing "What happens in Vegas". It was a very cute movie.

While watching the movie I did a little knitting. This was the project of the evening:

The project above is Pluie which is a new free project from Berroco. The owner of the LYS that I occasionally teach at, In The Making, forwarded me the link about this pattern a couple of weeks ago to check out. It was just released last week in this week's Knit Bit. I teach the Beginning Lace class and we have been using the Bathing Beauties pattern by Fibertrends, but was hoping to possibly find a free pattern to use. While this is a quick knit, I don't like it for the class because:

1. It doesn't have a provisional cast on
2. It doesn't have a chart.

The pattern we have been using was perfect because it uses a provisional cast on that is then used to knit the border on the cast on edge and it has a chart and written instructions. So by the end of the class, the students knew how to do a provisional cast on, how to read a chart (for the occasional pattern that doesn't have written instructions) and knows how to knit lace, all while knitting a pretty washcloth. It would be nice if I could find another project that was a free pattern, but haven't found one yet. I guess I will have to come up with one of my own (though borders are hard to find) or just continue to use the one we have been using.

Today, I have just been doing a little laundry. It seems I have a little help with the folding.