Finished swiffer cloth

I woke up early this morning and put buttons on the swiffer cover so that it fits the swiffer head. I am really happy with the way this came out and I can't wait to use it on my dirty floors.

Practical knitting

One of my co-workers is having a baby and I have been looking for just the right gift to knit her. I have been checking Web sites and the knitting section at the library, but still nothing. Then the other day I stopped by Not Scarlett's blog and I saw the cute baby kimonos she made from Mason Dixon Knitting. I have been thinking about getting this book for awhile and after seeing these kimonos I decided that I need it. I bought the book on Tuesday and I love it. Most of the patterns use kitchen cotton, mercerized cotton, or flax all of which I love working with.

Yesterday I made the ball band dishcloth with some scrap yarn and I liked the stitch pattern so much that after seeing this I decided to make a Swiffer cover too. It is in the flat stage since I still have to add the buttons. I will post the finished project tomorrow.

Fun new dyes

The weekend before last some girls from the Lexington snb went up to Michigan for Convergence. They brought back tons of great books and fiber, but Zabet also picked up a little something for me.


She saw this natural dye kit and decided to buy it so that I could dye some yarn for her (I do realize that the dye is for her yarn and I will simply be the dye lady, but that's okay since I really want to try it out and I can dye some of my own yarn with it as well.) I think that I am going to dye some mercerized cotton with it to really show off the colors. Once I find a yarn I like I will post the results.

New Knitty

The new knitty is up. I don't need any more projects right now, but I do love this and these and these. now I have incentive to get all of the socks I have going off the needles.

More tiki

This seems to be a good summer for tiki since I made another great score at Jonk. I think someone sold their entire tiki collection since there were twelve mugs, a vintage totem, two small tiki sculptures, a salt and pepper set, a decanter set and some other miscellaneous pieces. I ended up buying eight of the mugs and one of the wooden sculptures to add to our collection.

Then, as if that wasn't enough, I found these fondue plates which color coordinate with my fondue forks.

Today I also went shopping for a wedding present for my sister and found these.

In case you can't tell, these are ice cube trays that make cube shaped ice. You would think that since they are called ice cubes, finding a tray that shapes them like cubes wouldn't be such a challenge. I have been searching for three years for these trays and until today nothing came close.

On the knitting front, I am trying to finish some of the billion projects that I have started and use up some of my stash. This weekend I finished two froofy scarves and a market bag and made some progress on the Jaywalkers.

Sun, knitting and pirates

Today started like any other Saturday with me crawling out of bed at 7am and hauling all of my stuff down to Phoenix Park for the Artists' Market. Things are really picking up at the market and sales were good today which makes the early morning worthwhile. While we were at the market, an old friend came by and invited us to his birthday party where costumes were encouraged. Since I hate to miss out on a chance to dress up, Philip and I dressed up as pirates. We arrived at the party and didn't know a single person. I am not sure why I found that so surprising since I am still new to this city, but I was completely thrown off by a party full of strangers. We only ended up staying for about 45 minutes and then we headed over to Third Street Stuff with Sarah and Erik for some late night Scrabble. It was a fun day despite some momentary awkwardness.

A long awaited entry

I have been a bad bad blogger. I wanted to blog, but the warm summer sun has kept me far from my computer except during work hours. I have been a little lax in my knitting lately, mainly knitting some new market bags with all of my scrap yarns. I only have enough yarn for one more bag so after that I should be back on the knitting bandwagon. I have also been helping Philip make sock monsters which has been really fun. Last week we made 10 new little friends to sell at the Artists' Market.


I currently have 3 pairs of socks on the needles so I really need to get back into the knitting thing.