I Dunno

Even though I hadn't worked today, it's been a long day.  Not sure what I did at work yesterday but definitely threw my back out somehow, probably carpal tunnul between the shoulder blades.  10 hours as a cashier when its busy can do that!  Took a nap and started looking for another part time job or a full time job....  But started knitting the snuggle tonight between Ghost Hunters and Dog the Bounty Hunter, plus trying to listen to podcasts at the same time.  I am about 5-6 inches in on the snuggle.  All the odd ball verigated yarn actually looks kind of neat!  Plus colorful to say the least. 

I wonder how people who do the podcasts out there do multiple projects and have the same amount of  finished objects and be working and do everything else they are doing.  I wanna know what they are taking and how many hours in the day they have!  Sometimes I just don't have the motivation at all to knit a row!  But tomorrow I think I am going to take my snuggle with me because I might be taking a different bus to work plus I am already taking the different bus going home.  Am getting tired with the students and the people,  who are bigger than I am, sit next to me and pretty much take over the two seats.  But hopefully with the different bus I can start knitting on the bus again!  Whoot whoot!

Oh Flog a Duck!

Okay, ah yeah, I really flogging screwed up!!!!!!!!  Just was watching Knitting in Circles and Froggie Monkey just made a point where I looked at my snuggle and went oh crud....It didn't dawn on me that it should be doubled, knitted in the round, then the top and bottom seamed.  After 3 inches in and wondering what to do with a curly edge.  Ah yeah...yet again, I am tearing back and restarting.  At least with all my scraps and ends it wil look more like a funky cat cowl instead of a cat washcloth.  So tearing and casting on 150 stitches.  Found that 72 stiches, don't know why but I want to call the stitches inches today, equals the 14 inches for my thin acryllic.  Onto a bottle of Rose and having fun casting back on to work the 3 inches over again!.  It makes sense to actually knit it in the round.  Hope there is a whoot whoot out there to encourage me to not loose my mind!

Snuggles

Wolfe Farms has a podcast out too for these pet blankets.  Haven't seen the vidcast yet so I am not sure if the ladies are giving out something or not.  But since I haven't gotten an email from the Oregon Humane Society or the Oregonian offshoot of the Snuggles Project, I am casting on with all the small odd ball acryllic yarn that I have.  They might not be the prettiest but they will be functional.  I cast on 90 stitches and it looks like its going to be a 15 x 15 instead of a 14 x 14 (inches).  So I should just go for 80 stitches next time.  Am going for my own pattern... just started it and think I am going to go for 5 knitted rows, then knit 5 purl until the last 5 and knit.  Then knit the next row, then the knit purl knit row until it is almost done, then do the last 5 rows as knit.  Probably look like a very large, abused washcloth or dishcloth.  But think it will work.  ( whew, thought that I just deleted most of this post!)  I know that with my cats will sleep on pretty much anything that feels good. Plus this was a good excuse to stop playing farmville of facebook for a bit, been a little obsessive about the game-sort of want to catch up to my aunt but gotta do some knitting and try to catch up on the 28 knitting videocasts that I have on my itunes playlist!

I am Getting Sucked In

I am not sure if I am going to get a lot of these done and I emailed the website for information because I like things that state cast on x amount or what type of yarn but...I can't resist.  Yarnivore, Knit1HeartTwo, DramaticKnits, and I believe Knitabulls are all doing knit-a-longs for snuggles.  I did ask if I could use cotton chenille, hey if I can do more than just wash cloths with them I will do it.  Want it out of my sight more than the acrylic scraps I have.  Want the stuff I have in the house in some sort of project and out of the way before I get some good stuff.  You can do the snuggles and post then on the ravelry boards in the podcasters links, possibly get a prize.  With my lot, eh, don't think so but I can try to win something, get rid of some my stash, and give it to a good cause.  I found that the Oregon Humane Society on Columbia BLVD in Portland Oregon takes them. My mom and I got our two boys about 14 months ago from there, even  though we were told that they were dewormed (one wasn't totally-yeah fun times) and both were healthy in their check up (yeah, the other one has a hole is his heart)....Sorry got side tracked.  But its a great place and have the sweetest animals. 

But here's the link:
Snuggles Project

Have a good night guys.  It's late and should be heading off to bed, gotta figure a space on the bed though, got two cats on the bed!

I Have Been Sucked Into The Madness!

Three words : Walnut Grove Shawl......I bloody bought the pattern.  After everyone talking about this pattern, I went into Ravelry, looked at the patern~which is very pretty and I will take foreve trying this~I bought the flogging pattern.  Wish it was...nope, trying to turn over a new leaf and trying to be nice.  So KnitPurlGurl, slow down gurl, you got half the knitting pod/vidcasters talking about the pattern, so RELAX!