KNita KNittin'

These two girls go into a bar...

...because one of them won tickets to this Karaoke contest at Ruby Skye in SF.
This other chick, she's decided to sign up with a hopeful chance to sing.
So, she slips her card in the slot, and for an hour they don't call her name.
But they wait it out, and she is in the last group to be called up to the stage...

Here's the punchline...

Knitting sans photos..

"Jeux....sans....fron-tieres"
Y'all remember that Peter Gabriel (aka: God) song "Games without frontiers"?
I used to think they were saying: "She's...so fun-ky, yeah"
Ah...youth. 

But I digress...
I've knit about 14" of Big Blue thus far. I have to say, this yarn makes me smile while I knit.  Now, what's even weirder, is that if I were to wear a garment made from this stuff, I'd be in itch hell.  But I LOVE knitting with the stuff.  It's bouncy, springy, and all around awesome-y.  I actually can't wait to hand this off to it's intended recipient. Am hoping in time for the bash later this month, but I'd have to be on some serious speed for that to happen, so he may just get a box with the sweater still on the needles.  We will see.

My sister's F&F scarf is coming along well, except that my hands are continually starting to ache from switching off between the larger 9's I'm using for "Blue" and the 6's I'm using for the F&F.  I swear my hands suffer from ADD not unlike my brain during most of the day.  Instead of achy eyes, I get achy hands. 

My goal as of this moment is to learn as much as I can about the reverse engineering of this sweater, and to, hopefully, get the thing done ASAP.  I can't wait to see it done!!

Lots o' scarves...

Before I get to the scarves, the fun part:
This is the yarn I'll be using to make Big Blue for my friend/bass player Mr. RD.  I promised him a sweater last year for Christmas.  So after he picked out the pattern...the pattern that I have to reverse engineer (Jared said he might have the pattern by the end of the year, but I can't wait) we picked out his yarn.  This new from Rowan British Sheep Breeds yarn.  This is Dark Grey Welsh.  I could never wear it, but it's wonderful to knit with.  It doesn't scratch me, but I put it against my arms, and it's all oogie boogie.  Knits up beautifully, and the fabric is all bouncy.  So, I get to knit for a very beloved friend AND totally get the opportunity to notch up the knitting skills as well.  Thankfully, Sandi will be available to help me out.  WHEW!!!

Now the scarves:
Newest on the needles, a scarf I promised my sister in law.  She saw me putting the finishing touches on a scarf for my niece and she said she wanted one like it.  Well, since I made the scarf for my niece particularly for my niece (and I know this is weird), I wasn't too keen on repeating the pattern so soon.  Don't get me wrong, I love my SIL, but I wanted to do something different.  So, I did this:
Classic feather and fan with Noro Aurora, colorway #9, #9, #9.

I think the colors will do her justice, and it's pretty neat lookin'...

Finished my brother's My So Called:

My friend's Diagonal scarf:

And I finally wove in the ends to my Lace Ribbon!!

Yay me.
I've got about 2 feet on the feather & fan for the SIL, and have the arm pain to show for it.  I'll be taking a break for a few days.

<<sigh>>