Me & My Bobbles

Here it is!! My first completed, non-scarf, wearable item!

Hmmm, now what should I knit??

And The Winner Is ...

I'm done! Yippee! I can't believe it! Now, I have to block it (what's a block?), weave in the ends, and sew the seams. Yuck! Not nearly as fun as the knitting part. Well, I'll show you my "trophy" soon! Thanks for all the tips & support.

A co-worker and myself have a bet that we will both wear our Knitlympic items on Monday (no matter what state they may be in). I think that may call for a picture! SAY CHEESE ...

Bobbluscious!!

There was some SERIOUS knitting going on around here. I had a GREAT weekend. Watched the Olympics; knit; watched some more; knit; repeat over and over. I have finished with my reverse stockingette portion of Bobbilicious. I'm starting the final section of bobbles. The reverse ST moved along very quickly. I'm really loving the way this looks - even my quirky looking little nubbins (or 'skin tags' as I saw someone refer to them)! Here's where I'm at now:

I can actually see the finish line! I NEVER thought I would be able to do this - especially after the difficult start(s) I had. I'm really glad that the Yarn Harlot came up with this idea. On my own, I probably would have given up this project a long time ago. Now, I'm so happy I didn't!

Bobble, Bobble - Who's Got the Bobble?

I do, I do! After a couple of "false starts," Bobblicious was finally starting to take shape. GO ME! Finally, progress is being made. It looks like I've completed the qualifying round and may be moving into "competition."



WAIT - what's this?? Oh no, it's a SIAMESE BOBBLE!! Where did that come from??



Shoot, being an Olympic Athlete is quite the challenge. I guess I really shouldn't knit while watching Bode Miller, Plechenko, Joey Cheeks, and the other male athletes that compete in those snug little jumpsuits they wear. Do you think that had something to do with this accidental double-bobble I knitted? Hmmm, one can only speculate. Sometimes, you have to put down the needles and WALK AWAY FROM THE BOBBLES.

But that doesn't make me a quitter. Actually I felt it might be a bit more of a challenge to try to finish SOMETHING during the games. So, I picked up something safe, like My So Called Scarf. Done - fini - complete - chalk one up! I really like it!

The funny thing is this was my first yarn that I bought to practice on when I took my first knitting class in November. It ended up being a long, garter stitch scarf which (to me) closely resembled a potholder. So, I got in a mood, ripped it up, and ta-dah - a scarf I actually like! Thanks to Sheepinthecity for the pattern!

So, now I'm trying to decide - should I start something a little less challenging - like say - an AFGHAN or is it back to Bobbilicious? I think I'll wait for my breathing/heartbeat to return to normal before I make that decision. Hope everyone else is hanging in there!

On Your Mark, Get Set, start over

Uggg, 55 stitches row 1, row 2 57 stitches, but I don't notice until row 8. Take 2: 55 stitches row 1, row 2 53 stitches. What is up with me?? I think it's the pressure. It's really taken me out of my game. Okay. Third times a charm, right? If this doesn't work, I'm going to whip out a scarf pattern!! Right now, it looks like garter stitch may be challenging enough. WHINE!!

I mean WINE ... as in I NEED MORE!!

On Your Mark, Get Set - BOBBLE!!

I think I found a bobble pattern that will work for me. This one is not too big, not too square, and seems pretty tight (i.e. no holes)! I'll try to post a picture later, but here's the pattern:

1. Increase 4 in one stitch ending up with 5 stitches. (Most patterns call for kf & kb twice, but I had a really hard time doing it this way - I think because I knit on the tight side. So I used the k yo k yo k (but be careful to keep your yarn taunt).
2. Turn work and purl in the same 5 stitches (again keeping the yarn and stitches taunt).
3. Turn again and knit 5.
4. Turn again (WS) and purl 5. BUT DON'T TURN IT YET. Stitches will be on the right needle. Slip the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th stitches off the needle (as if you were binding off).
5. Turn k1 into the back of the stitch.
6. Ta Dah! Hopefully you will get a tight, semi-round, no-holed, nubbin' looking bobble.
7. Repeat 237,569,000 more times. ;-p
8. IF for some insane reason your bobbles don't turn out perfect, have a drink. Eventually, they will start to look better and better.

Good luck, happy knitting, and, hey, let's be safe out there!

Bobbleheads Unite!

Hello my bobble-challenged friends! You're out there and you know who you are! Just wanted to let you know I found a few additional sites that have bobble-tutorials. I haven't tried them yet, but, at least it will give me some options. One site is: Pie Knits and another is Crafter.org and finally - a VIDEO can be found here: DIY Network

I'll let you know which one works best for me! Let me know which works best for you. Good luck! (Three days and counting - I'm sooo excited!)

OH - I almost forgot. You can also get help straight from The Bobble Master. Just take a look at what a perfect bobble should look like:

Ahhhhh - only in my dreams!!

Yo dawg!

Shout out to my chick AM!!

AARP my arse!

Porn - Part 2

Oh what the hell!

Enjoy!

The Game of Life

We must interrupt your regularly scheduled knitting blog to discuss LIFE! Yep, got the new car and boy is it SCHWEET!!! I really enjoyed driving it for one full day before turning the keys over to the hubby. Ahhh, it was like a dream! But wait, that's not all, we got an offer on our house. This news is most exciting because we already have an offer out on a new house that we want to buy. Well, technically, it's not new - as in just built. There was a family living in it and another before them. But, it's new to us. So in "car-speak", we're getting a used house. Used, schmoozed - it's twice as big as what we have now so that makes me INCREDIBLY PSYCHED. That's right - twice as big. We're going from about 1400 sq. ft. to 2800 sq ft. You know what that means - just THINK OF THE YARN that house will hold. We're talking major hugantic stash!!