Delphine Amore

I finished Delphine just in time for the cold weather.
Never mind that face I'm making.

I shortened it by 2 charts because I'm short. Notice the odd pattern? Just before the V. It's a Twisted Tradition's trademark. I love this sweater.

When I showed Wooly, he said, "That's SPECTACULAR!"

I said, "Yep! It's Lorraine, she's spectacular!"

I'm her biggest fan. :)

 

Delphine by Lorraine Condotta

Jamieson's Spindrift

3mm & 3.25mm needles

size small

 

St Moritz

I'm going to try something new for the New Year. I've always loved those Dale of Norway sweaters, so when a KAL formed, I jumped in. 

Norwegian yarn isn't sticky like Shetland yarn (Jamieson's) and is thicker weight.

I decided it would be a good ideal to knit something small to see if I could get gauge & make the colorwork show up. Mr K's birthday is this month, so what better than a child's hat?!

St Mortiz Child's Hat

Dale of Norway Falk - wool

2.75mm & 3.25mm needles

For Mr K

We won't talk about how many times I started over... or who's evil plan it was to include a row with 3 colors (black + blue + white)... yes, that row in the center of the diamond with the white dot. Falk is heavy duty yarn, surviving all my ripping! I left off the tassel. Mostly because I didn't want to make one. :)

Mr K is going to be three! He's in Pre-preschool and has 3 blonde girlfriends. I wonder if they're Norwegian?! LOL!

 

I'm showing the inside because I want to share how I attached the edge to the inside.

 

You know how you cast on, knit so many rows for the edge, purl one row for the fold line and after you're all done making the hat, they tell you to sew the edge inside the hat loosely...

When I made Ruth Sorensen's hat, she has you pick up stitches on your cast on, then knit them together with the stitches you have on your needle. (Like a 3 needle bind off, without the bind off.) You end up with a really nice finished inside. Then you just continue knitting your hat as patterned.

It's Amore

 

Wooly & I were watching television...

Wooly says, "What's this commercial for? Oh pizza! Yum"

I sang, "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie... it's AMORE!"

Wooly starts belly laughing, red in the face & says, "What?"

Me, "It's AMORE. It's LOVE! It's a real song!"

Wooly, "I know. Eye in your pie... in the sky... it's Maury?"

Me, "No! lol! It's Italian, sing it with me..."

I was so thrilled! I got him to sing! He refuses to sing because he thinks he sounds like an asthmatic bullfrog. I've been hearing him sing it every now & then & it just tickles me! 

So, this morning we're eating brunch & Wooly says, "I bought a set of bagpipes... they were on sale... I saved a thousand dollars!... what's wrong with you? You're so mad you can't even look at me! Oh, there we go, the eye roll! What is it? (and he sings) IT'S AMORE!!!"

That did it! I busted out laughing! 

So guess what I ordered?

Unconditional Love!

LOL! :)

Okay, so hope you have a wonderful holiday full of laughter & love!

Happy Knitting! :)

Green Dragon

 "DUDE! You're awesome!"

"I know. Hold up, I've gotta do something..."

"C'mon Penguin Boy..."

"I'm coming... I thought I was a cat..."

"Okay you two... for the BLOG!"

"GRRR... Mighty Green Dragon!!"

"Geez... who invited Godzilla?! What's a blog?"

"You know... Auntie Michele... sends stickers..."

"Oh! I got stickers! Anyone want a sticker?

For your shirt, camera, phone, remote, floor, foot..."

I've got the cutest nephews ever...

In Knitting News

Anne's Hibiscus Cardigan is OUT!
I shamelessly begged Village Yarn & Tea to order the pattern.


I showed Mom and she wants one too... :)

Anne use to be my Spindrift yarn supplier. She spoiled me. She's focusing on designing & closed her online shop. She's fairislefanatic in Ravelry

I can't wait to start, but first I'm going to finish Delphine...

One more chart & I'll be at the shoulders!

I realized I wanted it shorter, so I cut out 2 charts.
I'm knitting checkerboard steeks for the armhole & vertical stripes for the neck steek.

This is designed by my buddy Lorraine. She's Knittingham in Ravelry.
I love this sweater & can't wait to wear it.

If you're not in Ravelry, you're missing out. Just saying. I'm glad I joined.

And I started The Queen...

"I want the tiara!"

After much thought, I decided to knit it inward. Work & turn so I garter stitch.
I've got 68/208 edge points done.

This is the Phoenix yarn I dyed this summer & it just happens to match my Japanese Iris. I love knitting with this yarn. Sorry I didn't pin block it, but I'm kinda scared, it's so thin!

I'm being very quiet about this because it's going to take forever & I'm enjoying sweater knitting right now.

So, got Thanksgiving plans?

We got invited to one of Wooly's friend's house last month.
Just now, Wooly's friend informed us that they WON'T be doing Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, we told everyone else who invited us that we already had plans.

The 'cheese' stands alone...

I'm kinda pissed.

Wooly thinks we can just call one of our other friends & tell them we're available... basically invite ourselves over. I hate it when people do that.

I told Wooly we're just going to make our own dinner & have a quiet day by ourselves.... which is really fine with me... no stress... no expectations...

What makes it worse, is this is the second year in a row that this 'friend' did this!

Okay, I'm done venting.

What's on your list for Christmas? I'm thinking better 'friends'. LOL!

Happy Knitting! Peace out! :)

Nice Dog

"Hey! Look at the nice dog over there in the truck...
Let's go say 'hi' to the nice dog..."

"How do you know it's a nice dog?!"

"C'mon! Let's go make friends!"

"Yeah, you're a nice dog, aren't you..."

This is a rare moment...

Wooly petting a dog?! Are we in bizzarro world?!
You know I love animals, especially dogs.
Wooly likes to say, "Yeah, I love other people's dogs... I love animals... I love to EAT them!"

Don't worry, he hasn't eaten a dog.

Notice the Gemsboks on his shirt? Yes! Like Kamati! :)

Scottish Highland Games

It's that time of year again!
We went to Ferndale WA last Saturday. I went to hear the bands. Wooly wanted to listen to the individual competitions too.

You know my shoulder still hurts, and I'm not suppose to be carrying anything heavy... like a CHAIR! I finally just set my chair down, sat on it.

Wooly comes over & I ask him what he thinks...
"Oh, I can make as many mistakes as they can!" LOL! :)

We had lunch with his friend's family. They have 3 cute grandkids, who were excellent helpers. They brought out & set up all the condiments for the hotdogs & hamburgers & chips.

The oldest child (around 7 yrs old) pointed & yelled out,
"NO dogs allowed! Absolutely, NO dogs!"

We look over, and there's a guy walking this huge black & tan dog.
I say, "Yeah! That's one huge dog!"

All around the park there were signs that said exactly what she said.
It was pretty funny. I tried really hard not to laugh, but it was really funny.
Kids are so funny. :)

SFU World Champions

After lunch it was Pipe Band Competition time - yay!

The RMM grade 3 pipe band (SFU's feeder band) marched up to the line & there was a delay. I looked over at the Judges' table & asked Wooly if we were waiting on a Judge again. He disgustingly said, "Maybe..." Then I look back at the field & Wooly says, "What's Jack doing on the field?" I said, "Isn't that his son that he's yelling at?!" Wooly says, "Yes, his son is the Pipe Major... Holy crap! I've never seen Jack that mad!" Then they started playing a tune. Wooly thinks he was concerned about the pipes going out of tune during the wait.

You know SFU won the World's last year. Wooly thinks that now that they've won it, they want to keep it & make Canada a hub for world piping... lots of pressure. YIKES! I don't need that kind of pressure!

In Knitting News

I'm distracting you from The Princess...

Here's Delphine...
I started this earlier this year, just never blogged about it. I love how the greens read blue. I also love large XOX patterns & that the X's are speckled. Now that I'm immersed in lace, I miss fair isle.

In Princess News, I've got 12 more rows on the Center, and then the Edging, left to do. It's frustrating having a bum shoulder... I'ld be on the Edging by now, dammit. When I work on it, I feel like a Caterpillar making it's cocoon... I don't want to be a caterpillar anymore!! Alright, enough whining for this post.

See, I create my own pressure! :)

What's Blooming?

My white Peony is blooming! YAY! I got 2 flowers this year!

My pink one is still budding.

Speaking of white... Since I've been taking breaks from knitting, I've been watching QVC & buying make up. So, I put my 'face' on and walked into the living room while Wooly was watching Deadliest Catch (Crab) and Wooly says, "Wait, come here, there's something on your face... oh, it's just makeup... I thought you smeared something on your face..."

LOL! That just killed me! He's so use to me being a white face, with no color...like Smoothie!

"MOM! I heard that!"

Hahaha! Smoothie, I love you, relax!

Hey, don't you guys have a song you want to sing?

Tale Telling Turtle, "You put your right arm in, You put your right arm up, You put your right arm on the wall,... and you stretch your shoulder out..."

Smoothie, "You do the hokey pokey,... and you turn yourself around..."

Everyone, "That's what it's all about!"

Kamati, "Um, I'm NOT the wall! I going to poop now...!"

Yikes! Everyone RUN!

Nice white face dog

Okay, I'm off to do the hokey pokey,... er,... stretch my shoulder out.

Have a great week & enjoy the sunshine!

Maybe make a new friend! :)