KnittyBug

Alright I know I said I made a goal this weekend to finish that shrug…..but that didn’t happen. However I did pick up stitches and finish the neck band. But instead of keeping with it I ended up not seaming the sleeves until this evening. So far the first sleeve looks good. But I have put the second on hold for now…because I am cooking dinner. Yes I am attempting to cook a meal with real chicken.
(Remember I said I can’t cook….but I do try)
It’s nothing fancy just baked chicken with a little seasoning. The hubby has switched to a later work shift and so now I have the choice of either starting dinner or waiting and eating really late. So I thought I would be nice and try to start dinner. The funny thing, along with my inability to cook, is that I can’t touch raw meat, or buy it. I really can’t....it's just gross. So I don’t normally do the grocery shopping either. The hubby does the shopping and bags up everything. Isn’t he a sweetie.

Anyways I am attempting to cook, sew seams, and entertain a toddler. It’s been a fun evening so far. No major fires or smoke alarms going off yet. There has been a few phantom drawing appearances…and I thank the crayon company for making them washable. Toddlers are such fun. :)
I also started this the other night. I decided that I might at well use up the yarn from Ubernatural. Oh I don’t think that I mentioned that I disassembled it. It had been in my closet and I had not worn it and while trying it on a realized I really wouldn’t wear it. So it’s gone. I think this little cardigan would be cuter.

This past weekend I also got a chance to venture out toddler free and pick up a copy of the spring Interweave Knits. I’ve been flipping through it and I love the Bonsai Tunic. I think I might start that up next.

We have had a pretty busy week around the house. It has been sunny and warm and perfect weather for weeding the flower beds. I would rather get ahead of the game now then once it starts to get humid. Which during the late spring and summer months it gets unbearable around here with the humidity. Well unbearable to me…I don’t like the hot months.

Anyways after retiring to the indoors I have slowly been putting the Silk Shrug together.

The Silk Shrug is still in pieces but I have managed to pick up those stitches….which I’ve been dreading. The seaming at the shoulders was a little tricky too. A few extra stitches showed up on the left shoulder and I managed to sew in the gap. When I picked up the stitches along the left side and neckline the wonkiness disappeared. Can’t explain that. I made sure to knit both front pieces the same with my little marked up post its….so who knows why the extra space was there. Anyways I am going to finish this this weekend ……that is my goal!

In non-knitting news we have, as Peanut calls them, baby plants.

Yesterday was so warm so we thought we would venture out to get some gardening supplies. We picked up some seed packets and indoor greenhouses.

We planted them last night so in a few weeks they should be ready to plant outside. Peanut was very excided to have her indoor garden.

Jake however doesn’t look too thrilled.

He’s just unhappy because he knows tonight is pizza night and he can’t have any. Poor guy is on a strictly dog food only diet. He really started to pork up from those pizza crusts and the vet said no more. But I am happy to say that everyone that comes to visit says he looks thinner. He doesn’t know it yet but when that summer heat comes he’ll be thanking me when he can get into his pool again.

This is some chocolate goodness I am going to be using for the Mademoiselle Jacket from Classic Knits.


Last night I swatched and realized from my being very overtired that I used the wrong needles. Opps..I was wondering why my gauge was so off. Of course this is after I finish the Silk Shrug. I did it after hours of working two sleeves at once for the shrug. Yes I am onto the sleeves and thank you for the suggestions on the pattern. I ended up just adding a row on each front piece. Which ended up making them two rows shorter then the back…but I think it will work out. If not…it’s only three rows to rip to fix…so no biggy.
Next it will be on to picking up stitches….oh fun. Happy Friday. ;)

This weekend I put off working on the Silk Shrug and decided I really wanted to use that black cotton for a shrug but just a different pattern. I decided on the Simple Shrug from Speed Knitting.

I started Saturday night while we watched a couple movies and finished seaming last night…again while watching a movie. It was a very simple pattern and just like the book says it’s something you can throw it in your bag to throw on when you get in the ac.

My only complaint about mine is that the sleeves are kind of short.


Unless there supposed to be that way. I knit the same length as the book but I think I am going to pick up and knit a few extra rows. Other then that I am really happy with it.

Now the Silk Shrug from Classic Knits that I have been working on is giving me some trouble. I have almost finished the right front piece but I got a little stumped on reading the pattern. It says to knit even …ok so that’s all the rows as listed…like knit whatever number of rows. But do I also add the decrease rows? But knit them without the decreases? Because without those the front piece would be a few rows short. Or is that how it’s supposed to be? And to make it even better…..there are no schematics for the pattern. The book has really great patterns but no schematics. I like to have an idea of the measurements so that if I get stumped or need to fudge it a little I can. Oh well what’s an extra couple of rows anyway ? Really not that much but I am just a little to obsessive.