Baby Bear Rib Warmer FO

I finished it! and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be! Maybe I am beginning to understand EZ. Pattern: Baby Bear Rib Warmer
Yarn: Icky stuff from my stash okay for bear, not for a human
Needles: US5

I cast on a tiny Tomten Jacket yesterday. To make it doll sized, I just divided all the numbers in the pattern by two. So far, so good.


Dr. Bronner's Liquid Castile Soap is much more versatile than I thought!

Book of Secrets

What a fun movie! I thought it was easily as good as the first National Treasure. I love movies where the boy(s) get the girl(s), the good guy wins, the bad guy has a turn of heart and is filmed in great locations in the world, the best, of course, being near where I was born, the Black Hills of South Dakota. If you're looking for some great entertainment that the whole family can enjoy, this is it!


Worked a bit on my Jolly Roger sweater for one of my grandsons. Those are the bottom on the crossed bones on the sides and the lower jaw (minus a few teeth) in the center. This is what I'm aiming for. The pattern is in German, so the only thing I have to go on is the picture and the chart. That's okay, though. I'm using the Harry Potter sweater in Charmed Knits as the basic pattern. It's the same pattern I used to make another sweater so I don't have to worry about construction issues. This is only my second "normal" sweater. I've done some simplistic ones, and an EZ based one in the round. Because of the colorwork, I'm doing this one flat so I'll get lots of seaming practice!

I did some work on the Tomten, too. I'm listening to the most recent book in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson, Double Cross. The Tomten is better to knit (row after row of garter stitch) while listening to this as I really don't want to miss a word of it!

Charity Knitting Again

It's time to pick up my Charity knitting. I am moderating a group on Knittinghelp.com and on Ravelry to make Log Cabin baby blankets for charity. It's a round robin type group. Each of us starts the center portion, mails it to the next one in line. That knitter adds a portion and mails it on. As it makes the rounds it grows larger and larger till it's done. (If you'd like to join us, just let me know.)

This pic is of my own Log Cabin. It's been alive for a long time now and still isn't finished. Makes a good brainless knitting project.

I finished my first two squares for the 2008 Log Cabin knitting. Some of us are doing both knitted and crocheted blankets. Sometime around mid January I'll mail these out to the next person on the list.







I also worked some on my Tomten Jacket. I'm just about done with the skein of variegated yarn so will have to add a different color to go along with the pink strand. I have about 5 ridges to do before creating the arm holes. I understand how to do all of it, except adding the sleeves, so hopeful I can get someone that's done it before to add some explanation to EZ and Meg's instructions.

Today we're heading out to the movies: National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Reviews aren't that good, but hey, Nick Cage.... It can't be all bad. One review said it was a throwback to the family entertainment reminiscent of the '80s. I can live with that!

Computer's Fixed

The computer ether thingy has been replaced and is working just fine. :::heavy sigh of relief:::


I finished up the first Skully Sock. Youngest Son is very happy with it. Will CO the second some time today. Have a eye appointment (regular check-up) today and don't want to take the complication of fair isle with me. So, while reading through The Opinionated Knitter, by Elizabeth Zimmerman, I thought, why not CO a Tomten Jacket. It's not as surprising as the Baby Surprise Jacket, but it's certainly not the conventional way to put things together. This one looks like it'll be pretty small, maybe new born size, but I'm sure there will be a new baby someday in my future.

And that was about all that was exciting here yesterday.