I’m not sure I mentioned it but….I started a clap sometime after Christmas. My mom ganked my old one and it was looking a bit ratty anyway so I didn’t fight her too hard for it. I had decided to go with Dream in color’s gothic rose for yarn because *cough* well if you knew me 10 yrs ago you’d understand. I was oh so very goth.  At least until I decided it was time to at least go for art fag librarian instead of Elvira.  Anyway without further blathering…

Pattern: Clapotis the Social Diease
Yarn: Dream in Color Classy in Gothic Rose
Needles: Addi Interchangeable sz 8
Size: Me
Pattern Notes: Everyone has made it haven’t they? However I did twist the stitches on either side of the dropped stitch to prevent biasing. I do wish yet again I had made it larger but I could block the sucker more aggressively.
Would I knit it again? Yes of course but I’m not sure when…

Well now it sure has been a long time.  After my last post I went into packing and cleaning mode so I was pretty busy. Then we moved into the new house. I love the house. I’m still working on it and in fact I’ve rearranged since I took those photos.

However I’m going to wait to take more till the tv thing above the fireplace is closed off and I have it painted. Anyway after that I had to get my husband ready to deploy. Also we found out I’m pregnant.

I’ve got about 15 weeks left before I give birth. We’re having a girl and naming her Elke Sophia unless I can’t stand it by then.

Pregnancy has been interesting, they found out I’ve got thyroid issues which explains why I’ve been so tired for so long. Anyway lets just say with the tired and trying to get the house organized I haven’t been doing much knitting. I have been working on another Clap out of dream in color. So hopefully it will be done in a day or so and I’ll have pictures.  I also started Strangling Vine.  It’s a nice fingering weight lace scarf. I’m doing it in this blackish purple sock yarn I got from knitting notions.

I still haven’t finished that black cardi since I won’t be able to wear it for a while so I lost motivation. However I did finally get an FO shot of my wicked cardi. Which although nice looking fits almost no-one. Oh well I did it in yarn I didn’t really care about and it was a steeking experiment.

So I will try to blog more often but we’ll see.

Pattern: Scrunchable Scarf from the Knit List (Rav Link)
Yarn: Malabrigo in Velvet Grapes (2 hanks)
Needles: KP 8’s
Size: 62″ long, Although I did add a few repeats to make it wider.
Pattern Notes: This was supposed to be KIP at knit night knitting. Eventually the stress of the house made it my only active knitting. It’s a great mindless pattern and really you can not go wrong with that ever. Also would make a fairly economical gift. If I bothered to knit gifts.
Would I knit it again? I might if I had another 2 skeins of a kettle dyed something to use up and couldn’t find a new pattern for them. I think the stitch pattern is quite lovely.

I was hoping to have at least one FO done by now. Sad to say I’ve been all consumed with the house. I think in the future I will never ever want to build again. Unless its one of those custom homes where you pick things down to the nail.  We had a few almost tragedies this week but thankfully they were averted. Anyway my obsession is so total that I’m lucky if I get a few rows done a day so I have no knitting to show you but I do have this.

I was out there yesterday and all I can say is I think I love it. I mean its not the most exciting house from the outside and it’s not the craftsman of my dreams but it is a whole lot nicer than I had any right to expect.  Friday we went on a huge ‘lets go pick stuff’ trip but the only really successful venture was picking the lighting. Although I am closer to making final appliance choices. Anyway back to the knitting. With any luck maybe I’ll get some done today.

So yesterday morning I woke up and found this:

Actually what I found was the yarn stretching between two rooms with the scarf still attached. Squeak is by far the most yarn aggressive cat I have ever had. Like if she sees me knitting, she hops up in my lap to put a stop to it.  She is the devil, but she also spent over an hour last night rubbing her face against my back and licking it. So sometimes I guess she’s sweet. Having five just means I’ve had to officially accept the idea that I am a crazy cat lady.  In other news the new sock is coming along.

Like I said I am unofficially competing so I’ve decided to give myself till the end of the month.  Mostly I just am sick of the projects and want them out of the way so I can move on to greener pastures. This weekend I’ll hopefully get through most of the 2nd sleeve for basic black. Then I can focus on the finishing. Of course since I’ve yet to even cast on for the sleeve….But I have a fool proof plan. A new Falco audio book! How I love the romans in all their bloodwashed hardheaded decadence.