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Buying Yarn Does Not A Knitter Make....

Yes, I bought some yarn yesterday......I have not knit anything in a couple of weeks, but I did buy some yarn.  I just have not had the time.   The new job fills up my days, go figure, hahahaha.  By the time the evening rolls around I am just so worn out I just don't have the energy to knit.  Now that the weather is turning I think I will be spending more time outside running etc.....I do have a new reason to knit as my dearest friend April is with child!  I am excited at the prospect of knitting cute little baby things with Mare as my inspiration!

I really enjoy blogging, and I enjoy knitting, and I enjoy blogging about my knitting, but I am not knitting much these days or blogging for that matter.  I have decided to blog more even if I do not have any knitting content.  There is so much going on that I would like to blog about besides my knitting I thought I would just add it to my blog.  Like the road trip yesterday along the George Washington Memorial Parkway see below.......

Or a Short post on how much I love my iPod Shuffle..........Or a post on how much we loved the iPod Shuffle on the road trip along the George Washington Memorial Parkway......Or how terrible my vision is getting and that the Optometrist uttered the word bifocals in my presence.....You get the idea.....
So I hope your will see more posts here but not necessarily all knitting related.....

The contractors arrive bright and early Wednesday morning to complete the kitchen.........I am not holding my breath........Post and pictures to follow that big ole mess......I will keep my cool....I will not curse at them, anymore....Everything works out in the end...All for now.....

I Knit Last Weekend.......

Surprise, surprise, I knit last weekend.  I whipped up this scarf.  well, actually I had already knit about six inches of the thing a while ago.  I was itching to knit something....

 

 

It is a scarf out of Kureyon, And I forgot the color.  It is the stuff I used to knit the Noro sweater James with.  I finished the sweater but hated it so I ripped it out.  I do however love the yarn.
I followed a pattern from a little Vogue scarf knitting book, at least that is where I found the pattern.  One uses two strands of the multicolored Kureyon, alternating rows, to create the stripes.  This was even more fun that just knitting with one strand of Kureyon.  I washed this baby and the Kureyon softened right up.  I ended up with a scarf a little longer than the length of a full sized bed.

I FINALLY felted the kitty bed I knit a month or so ago and Uma just loves it....She is sitting in it as I type......

As you can see she took to it like a fish to water.  Notice the tray in which the bed sits.  I bought this tray several years ago.  As soon I got home from shopping I was unpacking the goodies I found that day.  I pulled the tray out of the bag, put it on the kitchen island and Uma promptly plopped her "fatness" right in the middle of it!  Fatness is Uma's nickname........

The tray is gorgeous, hand painted with a sort of Venetian design, not that we ever get to enjoy it mind you.  Anything for the animals I say, or at least that is the way it is in our house.  That is the way it should be in any house......Life just gets better and better...All for now......