Package and Blanket

My second package for the Summer of Yarn Love arrived and I can't WAIT to use this yarn! It's just the perfect colors for me :) And I didn't have the book, so that awesome as well!

The colors are so saturated and beautiful!

Here is my red sqaure for Sheep in the City's Barn Blanket for her dad. In progress..

So I finished it... BUT.... I bound off WAY too tight... I plan on fixing this problem this week so I can get it in the mail...

I totally love the book and the concept of the blanket... It might become a blanket I want to make... Maybe :)

I have lots more pictures!!!

Lovely Summer Socks!

These are the three pairs of socks that I've completed so far. I love them :)

Up close...

Project Stats:
Pattern: Rippling Dunes Socks (rav)

Source: Knitting Calendar from my neighbor for Christmas 2008

Size: 9 1/2 foot

Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug in Gauguin

Needles: Size 2 DPN's

Modifications: I added 6 stitches because 60 was too tight around the foot.

Love this colorway with these socks..

Those cables are so pretty... But I think I'm done with cabled socks for a while!!

I finished the River Rapids as well. I absolutely love Shibui Knits Sock yarn. It's amazing!

The bottoms are even pretty!



Here are my Mom's Spring Forwards. She has seen a small picture and she is so excited! I will give them to her in October when her and my dad come to DC!

Just playing with the camera a little more..

Summer time Sangria! I have been having Tuesday night dinner with a few friends. And it's every Tuesday, sometimes Wednesday instead. But we meet, eat dinner, talk and just have a good time. It's only ladies allowed! Wendy, myself, my housemates I lived with previously, and a few of their friends from their neighborhood. We have fantastic food, delicious drinks, and great conversations! We are still trying to figure out a name for ourselves.. TNDC (Tuesday Night Dinner Club), Sisterhood of the Traveling Pot, or Circle of Friends. Any Suggestions??

We had Paella with no seafood. We have some seafood allergies in the group, so it better to just live them out. :) I think I will start posting what we have every week! It's always so good!!!

I just started a new pair of socks with Dream in Color Smooshy in the Flamingo Pie colorway. I love them already...

Pictures...

I've been praticing with my camera a little bit more :) I still am COMPLETELY in love with it!! This is with a telephoto lense I borrowed from a friend for a few minutes. She also helped me out with where I can buy new lenses for the camera here in DC for cheap!


My roommate and I had a Iron Chef Arlington Competition at our house a few weeks ago. The secret ingrediant was LIME. It happens to be my favorite citrus! I drink my diet cokes with lime all the time, but not Diet Coke Lime.. I have to have the real stuff!


My dish was Jasmine rice with Lime and Cliantro. And it was delicious! It was almost all gone at the end of the day.

This is Rufus. I lived with Rufus at my last house for 3 months. He is the best and most cuddly dog I have met to date. He was just get close to you and lay his in your lap so you will pet him. He loves attention and can't get enough!

Here is it all cute by the coffee table. He makes these faces and it just melts my heart :)

This is Tate. She is 14 or 15 years old now and still kicking! She is Rufus's older sister. And believe it or not, they love each other! I love this girl too. She knows what she wants and she normally gets it too!

I think that was distracting enough! I have MORE FO's to show, but finished them so late last night, that I couldn't take a good picture of them. BUT.. that is what will be next!

My mom's Socks! They are Spring Forward from Knitty in Colinette Jitterbug in Monet. It was an extremely easy pattern repeat! I have found that I like when socks have a 12-16 row pattern repeat because it seems to go so much faster! I think it's just that I don't put them down until I've finished a whole repeat!

Project Stats
Pattern: Spring Forward
Source: Knitty
Size: 81/2 foot.
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug in Monet
Needles: US 2 DPNs
Notes: I didn't make any changes.
Started: June 12, 2008
Finished: July 7, 2008



These are my first socks for SOS '08! I love them! I have now finished this sock and I'm at this point on the second sock! I love the colorway, I love the yarn, I love the pattern, and I can't wait to put them on my feet!!!

Project Stats
Pattern: River Rapids Socks (PDF) or River Rapids Socks (Ravelry link)
Source: Sockbug
Size: Size 9-91/2 foot
Yarn: ShibuiKnits in Jewel
Needles: US 2 double points
Notes: I didn't make any changes. I LOVE these socks!
Started: July 7, 2008
Finished: ??

I will get modeled shots of the socks tonight because I finally have time!! :)

4th of July

I had a party at work for all the residents in the building. By the way, I work in Property Management. We have one of the best views in the city of the National Mall in DC as well as a few other things, you know monuments and stuff. :)

We had our favorite vendors make some delicious fruite tarts.. And let me tell you, they were just as good as the look :) YUM!



Next the fireworks started! I got some really great shots of the fireworks. It was a fantastic display, besides the rain...

The colors are so vibraint and they had some really cool looking fireworks too!

The event brought out about 60-80 people to our rooftop at work. It was so much fun! I am definately glad it was a success, but I am more glad that it's over and I can relax now! I don't have to plan anything else for the summer, at work at least, and I can focus on actual work now!

You will all being seeing lots more pictures now! I love taking pictures with the new camera and can't wait to take more :)

Ohh.. up next.. my first finished pair of Summer of Socks 08 socks... Spring forwards for my mom!! She can't wait to get them!

I love my Camera!

I love my new camera!

These flowers are in our event room at work.

New sock yarn. Shibui in Rappongi! It's going to make some excellent socks.

Close up.

This is Shibui in Jewel. Also going to make amazing socks... for me!!

Dream in Color Classy in Happy Forest for the February Lady Sweater

Can't wait to get started on the sweater :) It will be my first real sweater.

Malabrigo Silk in Sunny Lime... 4 skeins that will becoming a Clapotis!

A great close up of the silk goodness! This is by far my favorite yarn.. I can't wait to start working it with!

More pictures to come! I can't stop using my camera everywhere I go! :)

New Toy...

So, I've been working at my current job for a while, long enough that I should have received a few bonuses by now. Well, I finally got 1 big fat bonus today!! I put that check right in the bank, came back to work, and ordered this....

It should be in by tomorrow. It's the Nikon D60 SLR Camera. I have had my eye on the D40 for the past 6 or 8 months, noticing that other people in blog land were using it and seemed to all really love it. I did my research the whole time, checked prices, reviews, etc. Well, I decided to upgrade to the D60. I know that it is a camera I will use for a long time and that I will get a lot of use out of.

So, I will have lots of updated pictures of my WIP's and other finished projects by this weekend! After I figure out all the bells and whistles!

Until then... Happy Knitting!

Summer of Yarn Love Swap Package

I was so excited to open this package! My swap partner nailed this package!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE It! The sock yarn is perfect and I will be casting on after I've finished my mom's socks! The Lip Shine is amazing and I've already bought more of it! And you can never go wrong with Dove chocolate and Lemonheads! Not together of course, but they are my favorites!

Back to work... I will be posting pictures of my mom's socks this weekend! They are awesome :)

Monkeys and a Baby!!

I finally got pictures from my parents of my niece and SIL in their Monkey socks!!!

Those little feet just LOVE the pick socks!!!

This is my favorite shot of the socks! SIL and Ava just sitting on the couch, showing off their socks!!

And finally, one of the best pictures I've seen of my niece to date! She is SOOO CUTE! Smiling with her Daddy, my older brother, and my Moma!

We are all patiently waiting the arrival of baby #2, who needs to stay in her mama's bellyl for as long as possible! Although, we are all really excited that she has outlasted her sister in terms of delivery. My SIL has a condition while pregnant which doesn't allow her to carry the baby full term. She has been on bedrest since week 23 and I think she is now on week 30! So she is doing really well and the baby is still inside :) I can't wait to meet my second niece!!!

Anyways, off to the beach this weekend with my new roommate and great friend, Wendy of Musings of a Knucklehead. We are getting along really great! It's an awesome house and it's nice to feel so at home!

Busy, Sick, Etc..

Yeah, so I packed all my stuff and moved last weekend, I've been the only one at work for 2 weeks now and I'm still getting over some crazy bug that hit me and put me out of work for 2 days. So, I've been a little busy and haven't been knitting much.

I have started a few projects and need to finish a few more projects. They will get done once I get completely organized! I have a feeling there will be some knitting happening this weekend!!

I will get pictures up this weekend of knitting and fun-ness :)