Mad Scientist

We've had sun the last couple of days which made it fun for me to play "mad scientist". Here is a little of what I created in my laboratory (maybe I should name that color in the center Frankenstein).

Have you seen the list of teachers for Sock Summit. Go take a look--it will blow your mind!

Rain, rain, go away

After our snow last week, the door is open and the winter storms are finally here. I know we need the rain, but yuck! It's been raining almost a week non-stop. The dogs are following me around like it's time to go for a walk, but as soon as I open the door for them, they run back upstairs to hide. They don't like to get their paws wet!

All this indoor time has helped out my knitting. I'm almost finished with my first Queen's Beads sock.

And, I have both sleeves finished (and they turned out the same size--whew!), and am moving right along on the back of Cosimo.

I have a question for you. Should I go ahead and block the sleeves now? Or should I wait and block all the pieces at once?

Snow Day

I woke up to this.

We only get snow about once a year--just enough that it's a treat!

Yesterday I made bagels for the first time.

They ended up looking more like rolls with belly buttons than bagels,

but they tasted incredible. You can find the recipe here. Yum!

I've been knitting away on my Queen of Bead socks, trying to stay on task. Then, somehow I got a wild idea that I need to knit a sweater to wear to sock camp. What? I've got six weeks...

The pattern is Cosima. The yarn is Berrocco Cuzco. It feels yummy, and so far is knitting up quickly. I've never knit a sweater in pieces before, so this could get a bit tricky. Wish me luck!

Finish It Friday

Newly finished socks out for a knit day with Tece at Starbucks.

I cast on the Queen of Beads socks with the tubular cast on the pattern called for--love it! I may cast on all my socks this way from now on. When I read through the pattern I couldn't make sense of what was going to happen, but I just plowed through the directions and voila--a very tidy, stretchy cast on. Check it out here. I'm not really a bead person (I'm just not sparkly), but I love the beads in these socks! They just look so pretty with the yarn colors, and it makes me want to hurry up and knit so I can get to a row with beads.