(almost) finished!

The lace ribbon scarf for my mom!



I really love this pattern, and I did end up only using one skein of the Aracaunia. It's a little on the short side, but totally do-able. It looks soo beautiful now that it's all blocked out! Just need to weave in the ends now.

I have been knitting like crazy - the other night I started a little sweater for either Sophie or Sierra (her best friend, I'm making them matching sweaters for Christmas), I cast on at around 9:00 and by 2:00am I had finished the body. It didn't help that I started watching Lie to Me for the first time online (I heard a rumor that there would be a crossover with Bones next season - I am completely addicted to Bones. It's bad.). One of the sleeves is finished now, and I hope to finish the second one tonight. I feel like I should be knitting as much as humanly possible before I start school again and have "real" obligations!

what should i do with this?

Sophie picked this out at a little yarn store in Haines - "Me! Me, Mama!" - so obviously I need to knit her something out of it. It's 50 merino/50 silk (she has good taste in yarn!)...

What should I make out of it?

let the christmas knitting begin

I'm getting a late start! Haha. Non-knitters just don't understand, do they?



I have a bunch of lace yarn to be knit into scarves and shawls for Christmas gifts, and yesterday I cast on for the first one. It's the Upstairs Shawl (Ravelry link), and I'm hoping to put two whole skeins in it. We'll see how long it takes.

This yarn is amazing, though. It's KnitPicks Shimmer, it's 30% silk, and I love it!

the buy nothing challenge

As Crunchy Chicken says... Forgive me, people, for I have spent. Sophie and I were in Haines for the first couple days of the month, so I really started once we got back last Sunday night. Since then I bought a spiced hot chocolate from Heritage (my knitting group wasn't able to meet in the yarn store as planned, so we went across the street to the cafe) and Pel Meni's for dinner last night. I will have to do better for the rest of the month, especially because I spent so much up in Haines that I need to make up for it!

my barefoot hippy child

Sophie and I spent last weekend up in Haines for the Southeast Alaska State Fair. We had so much fun! There was awesome music (Albino, Spoonshine, Nicole Fournier) - Sophie slept through most of that, but I enjoyed it! We didn't get back to our tent until 11pm both nights.





Look at that dirty face!







Crashed out in the tent on the last day :)