The Blue Sheep Knits

Little Miss Smarty Pants

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:38:00 +0000

A cute tweedy little bow, made for me with Hermione hat leftovers. I feel so smart when I wear it!

Santa's Elf

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:50:00 +0000

WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS CHRISTMAS SPOILERS!!!

So if you are someone that might receive a gift from me this holiday season, DO NOT READ THIS POST!!!

Okay for double security I am blacking out the words, so you’ll need to click on them three times to make them magically appear. Got that? Good, I think we can proceed now.
So this year I’m making some holiday gifts for my family. There are a set of mittens in the works and a hat. Wow, I cannot believe that I am actually knitting holiday gifts. I don’t usually knit gifts. Or if I do they always seem to end up with myself as the recipient. I didn’t really intend to make any gifts, but I got so many comments on the hat and I was even asked if it could be borrowed, and things just sorta fell into place. The mittens are going to be awesome! They are Herringbone Mittens with Poms, like I made in pink last winter. This time they are Navy and red (in a shade that constantly reminds me of tomato soup) and again I am omitting the pompons. I like them, but not enough to wear them. I hope they fit the recipient. They have larger hands than I do. But I think it will turn out with a little blocking. Oooh! I can’t wait till after Christmas, then I can show you them!!! He-he, everyone is going to be so surprised!

Okay I had way to much fun with the Spoiler stuff. :) It is extreme. Ah well.

Vanilla Twist

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:00 +0000

I don't spin very much.

Not really.

But I am getting better!

It's starting look like real yarn now!

In fact I just saw some that looks exactly like it! Here.

Feather n' Fan

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:14:00 +0000

I like this.

It makes me happy.

Icy tones

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:03:00 +0000

I finished up my Rapids cowl.

It is very toasty.
You can't see the color work as well when I have it on, but it is still beautiful. It reminds me so much of fishermen, don't ask me why, but it does.

It's also cold outside.

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:14:00 +0000

So cold that I say to myself, "It might snow! You better make yourself a warm hat."

So I did. Just a plain ol' hat.

But I don't think I'm going to keep it.

I think it's going to be a Christmas gift for someone...

Baby it's cold inside

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

Did you all have a nice Thanksgiving? I did. Then I got this dreadful cold that has been going around. Ugh.
So, I got Multnomah, and pulled out the sock which I have yet to finish, and settled myself in front of the TV.

Re-watching old television shows, and random movies. If I didn't feel so yucky this would be really fun!

Noro Rainbow

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:00 +0000

My hand is much better, so I started a new project! I was getting sorta annoyed with Riverbanks.

When in doubt, Shawlette!

This one is Multnomah (rav link). I'm really liking how it's turning out so far. And I must say I do like the Noro a lot. I wasn't sure but now I really like it. The colors remind me of summer here in Seattle. It brighten's up my gray days.

Ow

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0000

I have been knitting up a storm over the last few days.

I finished the rapids cowl.

And started the Riverbanks hood from Knitty.

But all this knitting must come to a grinding halt, because I burned the palm of my right hand while making cookies this afternoon.

Ow.

Pardon Me While I Faint

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:25:00 +0000

I'm on Ravelry, bluesockmonkey, that's me. (I have a thing for blue and animals, don't I?)
You know my Twinkle shrug? It's on rav.
You know who favorited it?
Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting.
Check it out!
I could have died with excitement when I first saw that. Maybe now I'll actually wear it!

The Desert and the Ocean

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Oh to be in Seattle now that fall is here! Rain, rain, rain!!!

Anyhow, I was watching a movie yesterday, Lawrence of Arabia, and I made sure that I had my sock with me. It’s a four hour movie. There must be knitting.

So I knit.

It is now my Lawrence sock. I don’t love this movie, but I do like it. The music is amazing!

It’s very romantic, you know. Riding camels across the shifting sands….

Sounds dreamy! Nice and dry too.

Purple Haze

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Noro and plain purple wool. That's some rockin' harmony.

Back in the Saddle

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:58:00 +0000

Yep, I'm knitting again.

I started these toe-up socks yesterday. So I could have something to knit on durning my Halloween movie marathon. I really like the colors.

ahhhh

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +0000

Time to settle down into the folds of the sofa, and browse trough my new Interweave Knits.

Giddy-up

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000

Socks, meet my new cowboy boots!

Don't they look great together. I think they are going to be great friends.
I can't believe I finally have cowboy boots! I've wanted some since I was six!

Slow going

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Knitting and blogging are really on the back burner of life right now.
Both things that should be getting done, but are not.

Maybe it is the fact that I don't have any interesting projects on the needles right now.

But here is what I have been doing:

Reading and Watching The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Playing too much Wizard 101 and Animal Crossing Wii

Birdwatching

Drinking obscene a mounts of tea

Hopefully I can find a new project soon. Then you'll have something really interesting to read.

Our Fall Collection

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:40:00 +0000

So today, we went to the mall to shop for jeans for my bother. I was looking around at the clothes and I decided that it was time to put together my fall wardrobe.

So I pulled out my tweeds, my hound’s-tooths, and herringbones. My pillbox hats and my slouchy berets.

And then as I was rummaging through my closet, I found my Twinkle sweater/shrug! I thought, that's great! It will work really well for the warmer fall weather.
Only, it's sorta tight, in the arms.

So I dunked it under the tub faucet and I stretched it out on my floor.

I know, it looks... bad. But it'll be fine.

28 inches

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +0000

"I might respect you, Ernest, I might admire your character, but I fear that I should not be able to give you my undivided attention." ~ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

This is such an Algernon project.

Button Wars

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:45:00 +0000

So I was stash-busting the other day. And I happened upon some Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica and I decided to make the Blackberry cowl.

I finished it (whilst watching "Strangers on a Train", totally creepy movie!) and then I found that I needed some buttons.

I don't have a lot of buttons like some other knitters do.

These ones are the only really nice ones I have.

The thing is, I love them. I don't want to give them away.

But I don't have any other buttons.

What's a girl to do? Buy more buttons I guess. ;)

knit 1 row, purl 1 row, rep from

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:20:00 +0000

I'm working on a sweater right now.

28 inches of stockinette stitch.

This is just the back piece.

I should have done this one in the round.

My Space

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Look!

It's my very own studio! Okay, it's just a work-bench in my basement but it's still my studio.
But what I'm going to do in it, I'm not really sure.
I'm thinking dyeing yarn.

I've been reading up on it and starting to gather my supplies, and I think it's going to work for me.

I've never dyed yarn before but I have dyed fabric. It seems pretty easy.

I think I'm going to try easter egg dyes first, since I have them.

Guess what's in the magic garbage bag? A microwave! Yeah! Now I can stuff all the yarn I want in to there without making a mess of our nice microwave! (Yes, you can heat set dye in a micowave.)

I'm almost all set. I need yarn though, cheap yarn. Stuff to practice on. A trip to Michaels is in order!

Vacation, part v

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:00 +0000

On the last day of the vacation, we drove through Astoria. We enjoyed lunch at the amazing Bowpicker, the best fish and chips ever right across from the Columbia River Maritime Museum. We enjoyed views of the mighty Columbia, imagining what Lewis and Clark must have felt like.

Then we came home.

It's good to be home.

Vacation, part iv

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:13:00 +0000

Another part of my vacation that I will miss, is the chocolate dipped twinkies.

Oh! My twinkies! I shall miss you!

Vacation, part iii

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I got to shop at one of my favorite LYSs on my vacation.

Creative Beginings.

And I was able to buy a bunch of yarn that I've never tried before!

Like Dye For Me, a yarn that is made for dying. I've never dyed any yarn before, that will be an adventure.

This is the sock yarn weight.

And this is the yummy llama sparkley stuff. Also Dye For Me. Yum!

I also got some Noro for the heck of it. I don't use Noro all that much, but I'm giving it a try.

Vacation, part ii

thebluesheepknits@yahoo.com (Emma) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:47:00 +0000

Much time was spent on the beach, relaxing.

And kite flying too.