Little Bits

Nothing picture-worthy this week, but little things have happened which are good.

1. Found a pattern for a knitted frog closure, not that I used that pattern. But I like the pattern, so I want to keep it handy. I made one frog on the sweater, and cleared the pattern with some other knitters at...

2. Stashplosion. Boy, was that fun. I brought two big bags of yarn, and came home with one big bag that was at least half new (to me) yarn, slightly less than half yarn that I didn't get a chance to overdye, two hanks of my first attempts at handpainting, plus a seder plate. (Long story.) I managed to be very very good on the getting-rid-of-yarn front, even going so far as to push a pile of fingeringish weight wool on someone who didn't really want it. Probably ungracious of me, but I have admitted that I will NEVER knit anything of substance at that gauge, and she said she'd be able to give it away. Plus it really is very pretty yarn. Just, you know, a gauge problem. I also brought along my sister-in-law-the-younger (Hee. That makes her SILTY.), and got her started with a big bag of new stash from the other generous knitters there. She likes green: therefore it was determined that she get pretty much every green yarn there. Hee. I am a bad influence. But really she only deserved it, having made...

3. Baby's first DNA for Squeakypants. She even modified it at my FIL's suggestion so that the bases were two different sizes, which they are in real life. Lovely SILTY. Squeakypants will love it. Or else.

So it actually seems like I lied: I can see a couple things are actually picture-worthy. Unfortunately, I can't get up right now, as I am under a sleeping Squeakypants. We'll see if I update sometime this week, or if the pics of the DNA and handpaint go up next week. Or, knowing me, never.

Oh! I almost forgot! How cool is this?
Random stripes generator
I have about 12 balls of Classic Elite Tweed 03 that must have been demos from last year's Fiber Loft sale - all different colors. I almost brought it to stashsplosion, but didn't because I've been dreaming of a striped sweater. I am so glad I kept this yarn now, I can't even tell you. I may just sit around hitting refresh for an hour. Nothing else to do with sleeping Snorty on my belly, anyways... yee!