I Feel Gypped!

My Pattern-A-Day Calendar disappoints once again...

From the self-explanatory title, one would assume you would get just that - 1 pattern for each day of the year. Today I sat at my desk in anticipation, ready to flip to January 30, and what do I find? A chart for the mittens that were featured for yesterday's pattern! Ugh! This calendar is definitely not living up to my expectations. Oh well... few things do.

Calendar Girl

Christmases come and go, and usually no one in my family acknowledges my favorite hobby and my request for all things knit-related. However, this Christmas was a little different. I was gifted with two page-a-day calendars.

The Stitch 'N Bitch Calendar was practically a gift to myself since I was with my mom when she bought it and I had to tell her "that's what I want!" The Pattern-A-Day Calendar was a gift from M's cousin, or my cousin-in-law. (She also bought me a cool knitting pattern book, but the name escapes me right now.)

I really look forward to getting to work in the morning to see what each day brings. I love the SNB calendar - every Monday it reviews a new yarn, Tuesday it has a helpful tip, Wednesday it gives you a knitting website, Thursday it gives you a tidbit of knitting history and each Friday - NEW PATTERN!

As for the PAD calendar, I'm a little less than enthusiastic. It's a great concept, really; a fabulous concept, in fact. Unfortunately, this concept is only appealing when the patterns are of things you want to knit. For the past 19 days, I've revealed the pattern, sighed in disgust, and then spent time throughout my day contemplating on who would knit such hideous things. To be fair, this is only the 19th of the first month of the year, so good things may be coming. Let's hope.

Happy New Year!

Well, it's been almost two months since, my last post. I've been pretty busy with the holidays, personal issues and work. I hope to start posting more often soon, but for now all I'll say is:

Happy New Year!

May Your Knitting Be Merry and Bright!

Also, I know there aren't many people who read my blog. Most blogs out there are more for the blogger than the reader anyway, right? But, to those who read my blog, whoever and wherever you may be, THANK YOU!

Objects May Appear Smaller When Ribbed

I'm not posting as much as I would like to, but while I've been neglecting my little blog, I have been knitting. I'm working on the ribbed turtleneck from VK's Fall 2006 Issue. I'm working with a 100% pure virgin wool made by Iceland. I really enjoy working with this yarn. It's soft, yet wooly and it's knitting up quite beautifully, if I do say so myself.

Here's the back - worked completely in 2x2 rib. It looks teeny-tiny when unstretched, but such is the nature of ribbing. It is extremely stretchy, which is great considering the holiday weight I'm bound to put on in the next few months.

I'm halfway done with the front - it has such a great cable panel - and I plan to be done with that by the weekend. But, you know what they say about the best-laid plans...