Aloha!



Pictured above are the cookies my mom and I made for my work for Halloween. We are having a Hawaiian themed luau, so they're appropriate.

And speaking of Halloween, something else I made:



I just love skulls and xbones. I messed up on the coloring of this somewhat. Well, messed up if you go by the directions. But I think I made it work in the end.

Another Xstitch I finished recently:



And last, but definitely not least, I finally finished the Opal socks I had been working on forever, thanks to the Knitpicks needles! See:



Definitely worth all the hard work - I love them! I washed them already so they plumped up a little bit. Unfortunately they also got some random dryer lint and whatnot on them, but I picked it off. Can't wait to wear them. Pics of the many starched xmas ornaments once I get that post to work!

I am working hard to get things knocked off my "in progress" list. Everything has been on there waaaay too long. I sewed the lining for the stocking and for the blue bag, which is currently drying. I am working hard to finish my opal socks and am on the home stretch (the foot) of the 2nd one. I finished starching all the xmas ornaments and took pics, but they are not loaded onto my pc yet. Perhaps tomorrow. Still working on finishing up the other items on my list... hopefully I will have them done this weekend or before Wednesday when I go on vacation! Not really going anywhere but taking 4 days off work for my man's birthday for a total of 6 days off! Woohoo. I think I am gonna whisk him off to the horse racing track and to dinner, so that will be fun. Pics soon!

Been pretty busy with work and all. I work until 530 or so now so I don't get home until after 6 and then I still have to eat and wind down. So less crafty time and almost no photo time. Here are the Xmassy socks I finished tho:



I need to rememeber I do not like short rows.

Got my knitpicks needles and I LOVE them. They are perfect for magic looping... and I got the longest ones so it works reallly wellll. Now I can buy the fancy shmancy yarns that require size 0 and 1... and use the fun patterns. If I ever get done with the things I am working on.

A few crafty things to show off. First up, I finished off the Paton's Divine scarf I was knitting for my aunt for her Bday in November. I used about 1.5-1.75 skeins of the yarn and a simple 2x2 rib over 22 stitches. Here it is:



She has an affinity for red, so I know she will like it.

Next up, a tiny little Xstitch. My boy bought this and started it but gave up, so I finished it for him. I think I will put a magnet on the back.



Finally, a Xstitch I picked back up after several years. It is a stocking I bought to make cause I love stockings. I could decorate all over with them at Xmas time!



It's slow going. But the good thing about working on this is that it makes the doily I just started seem like it's flying! Another Xmas present that I've started...

I also ordered some of those Knitpicks circulars with the fixed needles... in sizes 0 and 1 to make socks. Hopefully they will work well!