So here's what's keeping me busy...

I frogged my Entrelac Sock after it was nearly finished....I *HATED* how poorly I had done the heel, and continued to knit up the leg hoping that somehow it would just magically look "normal." Well, the magic never kicked in, so I ended up just frogging the sock that was soooooo close to being done.


An upside of the whole ordeal is that, when I knit up the first sock the second time (first to the second power) it went much faster. That either speaks to me becoming a better sock knitter or I'm actually able to learn from my mistakes! :) hehe


Here's what first to the second power looks like now:








It's definitely lit a fire under me...that and the hope that my first ever Rockin' Sock Club will arrive soon. I've grown to love the entrelac pattern of these socks even more than when I first saw it now that I know how easy the concept is, and how gratifying the output is---it definitely gets a WOW-reaction when I show it off.





Second sock will be my major focus, and I hope to have it done by the Super Bowl. After that I'll return to work on my Drops Design jacket:

Which is actually much further than this, as I've finished the back and I'm now working on the left and right fronts at the same time. I'm starting to worry that I won't have enough yarn in what I bought to finish the sweater *keeping fingers crossed*

I am a knitting copycat...

So here's how it goes:

I see a project either on Ravelry.com or on a blog, and I decide "I need/want to make that too!"

I don't say, "Boy, I sure could use a sweater/pair of mittens/hat/etc" and then go look for a pattern. Oh, no! I'm instead inspired by the beautiful output of my web-based friends...oh yeah, that's it! Not a "copycat!" "Easily inspired by others!"
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I'm *such* a delinquent blogger. I realllly have done something since I finished those mits for hubby such a long time ago.

So, the mits, while very masculine, and perfect for daily winter, they didn't help much during our KC Chiefs vs Chargers game in KC when it was 16 degrees F + 30 mph winds. I don't think anything would of helped that day. Is it wrong when a player is on the field, gets hurts, and you want to scream "get up!! you're delaying me getting back into the car!!! moooooooove it!!" ...eh, we'll go again in a couple of years, this time I'm thinking August/September :)

Hubby enjoyed the mits well enough that he's becoming a knitted-item requestor!! Very shyly, he asked, "do you think you'd make me a sweater?" I almost ran around the room I was sooo excited.

I prompty picked out 3 patterns for him to pick from, and I knew exactly what color he would be going for (his whole closet is blue, so that was a no-brainer!). He picked a Drops Design sweater (*squeel* i heart Drops) that has 4x4 ribbing from chest up, and a nice textured stitch below.

You can tell from his cheeky photos that he loves it. And since I finished it up the week before Christmas, has nearly worn it once a week:

"He's a model, you know what I mean and he shakes his little tush on the catwalk!"

He also then requested a hat (did I mention it's FREEEEZING here?) So luckily I had just picked up the "Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men" from Borders the previous weekend. This time I let him flip through and find a pattern that he liked. He chose the Ski Beanie pattern and I started straight-away with the left over Cascade 220 from his sweater. I found in my task some Patons that I used for contrasting color,and got this:

I really liked that it was knit flat and then seamed up the back. The garter-rib stitch adds just enough to the hat to make it interesting. It's now his favorite thing to wear to our local hockey club's games.

Well, that's that's what I have been doing since you last heard from me. I'll post again this weekend with my in progress items--trust me, they're just as exciting! :)