Contest prize. Any takers?

Look what Jen made me. If'd you'd like some of your own drop her a line.

More sock progress. Anybody ready to guess?

"But, Erin," you say, "What does a right answer get me?"


One nylon mesh pouch, one set of stitch markers (shrinky dinks) and one skein of fabu koigu.

I met Tara, Rebecca, Jen and Lesa up at Barnes and Noble last night. Lesa will be opening the new Sit n Knit shop on Saturday. She has also informed me that Kim and Jack have given me the stamp of approval to be a knit instructor, then inquired if I would be willing to work part time. Am I excited? Does a frog bump its ass when it hops? I've just gotta make sure I can work this all out.

Uh, take three?

After the fourth repeat of trying to wrestle the Trinity yarn in a gauge that made it very unhappy, (Apparently this color wants to be a shawl too.) I gave up on my second attempt. My fingers cried, "Uncle", and we went in search of a different yarn.

Same pattern, mind you, (only slightly modified) With an on-going contest of "Who can name the pattern" for a prize to be named.
I give you the third attempt at my sockpal sock.

I'm quite happy with it. I may even get around to making myself a pair (I know!) And yes, I know I have freakishly small hands.

I'm meeting some of the girls tonight at Barnes and Noble. It'll be nice to get out for a bit.

Sockapaltwo-za...take two.

I had most of the foot of my first sockpal sock done. I unravelled it. I really like the self striping regia, but the socks I REALLY want to make need to be a solid color.

Just coming off my "Flower-basket-shawl-using-Jaeger-Trinity-high", I've decided to cast on with the lipstick color I have and make the socks I want to make. Hopefully my "pal" will like them.(NOTE: Color is actually not as orange in person.)

*Extra credit question: I have a prize for the first one who correctly identifies the pattern I'm using.*

A Fond Farewell.

Ok, I promise after this post to become un-car-obsessed.



Yesterday, I signed over the title to my Eagle Vision to the Junk man.

It was a bit akward, the new car parked along side the old, as I salvaged all I could from the old and leave her to her scrap metal fate.

I am upset at one thing I could not salvage.

I've had Goofy since....1997? He used to ride along with me when I had my Ford Ranger, then he was moved to the Vision in 2001. Since then He has melted to the atennae and there was no way I was going to be able to pry him off. *sniff* I'll miss him.

In knitting news (Knitting....on a knitting blog?! NO!) The second flower basket shawl is done. It needs a good blocking. I am very pleased with the trinity yarn I used for this project. (Thanks, Tricky!)

Now it's onto my Sockapaltwo-za socks. Oh, and my marker mania stitch markers.