Sumo!

I haven't posted anything Sumo in quite some time, although I've been watching which matches I can via the internet and PBS (one my stations carries NHK World and several Japanese sports shows):

FO #19: Gentlemen's Mitts

I really do like this pattern for the mitts. It's easy to read and understand, the mitts come out looking exactly like the original pattern. And they're comfortable. Sadly, these are going to a friend across the pond, as it were...





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The down and dirty details:

Yarn(s): Cascade Cash Vero

Pattern: Notwoven Fingerless Mitts

Purchased: The Yarn Shoppe, Davenport

Needles: size 7 US

Time: for me - 8 hours; for most knitters, 4-6 hours

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The Love You Give

Yes, continually stupid with dog love for the Tank.

So old! So beautiful!

The Yarn Harlot spoke about Jacob Sheep a while back. And she made something beautiful that I'm not talented enough to knit.

I sort of fell out of my chair in my excitement, then got back in it and ordered some...and it arrived this week.















The dark brown/natural black was from Brush Creek Wool Works. The gray and white skeins are from Crafts at Bluffton.

Oh, and I'm going to turn it into an Elizabeth Zimmerman Pi R Squared shawl.

One Damn Thing After Another

But in a good way.

I'm almost finished with mitt one of two for that friend across the pond, which finished said pair needs to be mailed in two weeks (Knit faster! Knit faster!):





Then there's the cardigan for a certain Miss N. up north that needs to be finished by the end of November:




And the daughter's Too Damn Pink scarf that needs to be finished by the second week of December (there's some Tank booty in the photo, it was too fabulous to be cropped out of the photo):




Tank, less than enthused by all this photo taking:





A cabled wrap due by April 2012:




Okay from right to left, top at the photo, then bottom of the photo...let's see - green/brown for Enzo's sweater (by the holidays), pink/green for Miss M's sweater (by the holidays), sort of hot pink (but not really) a hat for me (whenever), next to that is some gray alpaca for a fat scarf for me (whenever), then the purple with black yarn is socks for the Guy (by early January 2012), and the black and white yarn is another scarf for me (whenever).




Fingerless mitts for me (whenever):




Monkey made with Lorna Lace's yarn, colorway "Zombie." Hence, Zombie Monkey...for me, between sweaters.




Scarf for me (whenever - hey! you can *never* have to many scarves):




A monster for a friend between sweaters (in the project bag), and several other monsters for me (sometime in 2012):




Hand-painted, silk yarn to be made into a scarf/wrap for a dear friend, by February 2012:




A hat for the Child O' Mine (mid-January):




Wrap for myself (fall 2012):

FO #18: Comfort Scarf

I realized I didn't have a red scarf for this winter. And I made the mistake of reading Jimmy Beans Wool newsletter and fell in love with this yarn:











That turned into this scarf:










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The down and dirty details:

Yarn(s): Debbie Bliss Paloma

Pattern: garter stitch

Purchased: Jimmy Beans Wool

Needles: size 15

Time: for me - 14 hours; for most knitters, 5-7 hours

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It was done in good time. Supposed to be colder out than it has been in a while. I'm going to go cuddle up with it and read my newest book:

It's been one busy week.

First, I began a project for a friend's birthday at the first week of November. These have to be done and *out of the country* in two weeks to reach this person:






Second, there was the local library's book fair:




Third, there was the Spider From My Nightmares waiting to pounce on me when I was brushing my teeth before bed the other night:




I killed it:




Fifth, there was new yarn for my new red scarf for this winter:










I cast on tonight despite having three other WIPs:




Someone was not pleased I was paying more attention to the yarn than to her needs of a marrow bone treat two hours earlier than normal:




And to think, it's only TUESDAY.

Yarn Happy

Despite the crushing disappointment of the Angelina, there was Jimmy Beans Wool to the rescue with the yarn for the baby sweater and toddler sweater I'm going to knit:

For Enzo's sweater




For Mallory's sweater

Gifts From Talented Hands And Kind Hearts Pt 2

In taking the Tank out this morning, I had to layer up as the temperature was 36F degrees.

I threw on the beige hand-knit sweater over my tshirt, pulled on one of my own hand-knit hats, and then threw on two more hand-knit items.

These were a gift from Judy W. I had admired the ones she was knitting for her daughter and asked about the pattern which was just in Judy's mind. Two weeks later:










And this came from one of my favorite people, Veg, who I had shown how to knit eons ago and she ended up this talented:









I'm very blessed with wonderful human beings as my friends.