Thanks to everyone for stopping by!  I will be by your blogs soon! 

We build Lynard (our guinea pig) a cage and we are going to get another one in the next day or so.  Their new house is very neat.  I think they are really going to like it!

Strike up the band!  I FINISHED MY FIRST SOCK!!!  Hooray!!

It is of course not perfect, but I am really happy with it.  I am sure the next ones I make will go a lot smoother.  I think I messed up the stitch count and my ribbing got off near the toe, but no one is going to see it!  I have been wearing it around the apartment - eventually I will have a pair!

Thank you to Judy, everyone on KR and the socknitters list that helped me figure it out!

I had a pretty relaxing weekend knitting.  I started on the Peppermint Twist sweater with my Rowan yarn.  The gauge worked out right the first time!  :)  I was very excited.  I have a couple of inches on the sleeve.  Hooray!  It is looking really good! 

I have also had a frustrating weekend of making my sock.  I just stressed about it too much and I got frustrated.  But, thanks to Judy and other people at KR, I am working it out.  I am just having faith that it is going to work out.  I am still working on the gusset decreases. 

Oh, and everyone from the South go and join the Southern Knitters ring y'all!

:D  :D   :D  :D   :D  *does a little happy dance around her living room*

My Rowan yarn came in!!  I can now finally start my sweater.  This is the first real sweater that I have done and I am so excited!  I have been waiting on this yarn since early July!  Hooray!!!

Hooray!  I made 2 little projects today! I made 2 little lipstick bags for myself and my sister.  Mine is the pink one and I made the red one for her.  They turned out really cute! 

Here they are unfelted:

And felted:

I joined the Poncho KAL and I am so excited!  This is going to kick my butt to actually make one.  I am thinking about making this one from FCEK.

I think I am going to stop knitting it before the length they say.  I don't want it to long.  I also thought about making the Very Harlot Poncho, but I don't think I want the eyelets running down the middle of it.  I am not so sure about the turtle neck on this one, but I can always make another!

I am having so much fun with this!  I was having a bad day and I needed to do something fun.  So, I went to AC Moore and got some of the Lions Brand Fisherman Wool and met a woman there who teaches people how to crochet and knit during the day - very cool. 

I decided to experiment with colors with small skeins before I do a lot of yarn at once.  I want to make an orange and blue scarf for football games. 

I first experimented with doing it through the microwave with pink. 

I tried a pink and green painted skein - when the colors blended together - it turned a little brown.  Whoops!

I then did a gradiated (i think that is the right word) with Black Cherry Red by dipping the color in and then boiling it.  I think I like the boiling method better - I think the color takes better to the yarn.

The yarn below ended up being blue/green when it was supposed to be orange and blue striped.  I will have to try that method again later.

When I was doing this one, I didn't realize that Kool-Aid Dye would stain my hands.  So, now my hands are a lovely shade of green.  But, it is wearing off!

That is all about my adventures for now.  I am going to dye some more yarn today.

I joined project Kool-Aid today and I am so excited!  It should be a lot of fun!  I have never dyed yarn before and it should be fun to try.  I think I am going to dye it good ole orange and blue for a scarf for football season when it gets cold.  Now, I have to find some good yarn to dye.  Any suggestions?

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I wish I could knit that fast!  I'll have to ask DH for why it actually did that!  But, I am sure I will get some engineer answer that has to do with physics - so I may not want to know the answer!

:D  I mailed squares today!  I did Cara's last night while watching the Olympics.  I have the 365 Stitches Per Year book and it is fabulous!  I definately recommend getting the book.  It is worth every penny.  

I think I am going to work on my socks this afternoon.  I have been working on squares for Afghans for Us that I haven't had too much time to work on anything for myself.  So, I think it is me, my socks and the Olympics!  I am trying to get in some quality knitting time before school starts up again.  I have to be the projecto coordinator of the CQEP this year, so I am going to be one busy gal!