I had a pretty busy week at work last week.....and it seriously affected my knitting time. I moved from one building to another at work (right across a parking lot and driveway). It was not far, but I was the "Move Coordinator" and that sucked up my time, and it make me super tired in the evenings (what's up with that?)! In my old building I never saw daylight.....the building was made of concrete with very few windows.....well, the new building is made of lots of glass and look at my new view from my desk! I am super excited!
I have some pretty exciting semi-stash enhancements....first, do you remember when I was going to try to crochet a hippo for Darlene? Well, I failed miserably...but I met a wonderful lady on ravelry named Denise.....she made the hippo for Darlene and one for me (Can you guess mine is the longhorn color one?)
I gave Darlene hers this morning....I was going to wait till Christmas, but I just couldn't....she loved it.
Denise, I have no clue if you read my blog or not...but THANK YOU SO MUCH! You ROCK!
I got my 4th and final shipment from Strickmich!Club 2015. As I have said all along, I did not join for 2016, but the funny party was......I did not even get an invite to join again (usually current members get to sign up first)....so I am guessing they did not want me back!
I had a SNB a my house a few weeks ago and a good friend of mine showed up with a backpack that looked like cable knitted fabric......no, I did not NEED a backpack....but I got one! LOL! Isn't it cute?
I am also doing a New Products for Hiya Hiya.....so Qianer sent me 10 silk eye masks, 10 Octopus Snips, and 10 Sheep Needle Gauges.....I am keeping one set and swapping the other 9 sets....you can read all about it here. Thank you Qianer!
The stash enhancement I am most excited about is a large bag that Darlene made for me. Her hubby made her a large bag like this....it was meant to be a sweater bag for an awesome sweater that she was making her hubby (more on that later)...but it is so large, you can carry anything in it......well, this was pretty much a one of a kind and she is not selling it in her shop....but I found the cutest sheep material and I asked her if she would make me one if I paid her.....of course she said yes (because she is awesome) and I am soooooo thankful to her for everything she does for me.....This bag is so awesome....I just love it...and it has straps!! I already have my stuff in it ready to go. Thank you so much Darlene!
As for the knitting.....well, I finished the socks for Paige.....I know this seems kind of minor, but these socks are much larger than any other socks I have knit....she wanted them 'baggy' and 'loose'. These socks were about 350 yards of BLACK!
I also worked on my doodler.....I finally finished wedge 17 and I only had 6 grams of yarn left! WOW! Now I am onto clue 2.....seems I am staying a clue behind because clue 3 is already out and I am not even 1/2 done with clue 2.....but here it is...it is a little hard to see because clue 2 is all black (I must be crazy to knit with so much black)...but it is coming along!
Okay.....so remember I told you about the awesome sweater that Darlene was making her hubby? Well, she finished it and it is just phenomenal! It fits her hubby perfect and he loves it....Way to Go Darlene!
Well, that is it....sad, I know. I had Antonio all weekend, and I have Celeste and Cat tonight, then Antonio again tomorrow...so I am not sure when I will ever be able to knit again! Ha, Ha!
I leave you with some fun pics.....
Happy Happy Happy Knitting!
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