Poll Results

Thank you to the twenty or so people who offered an opinion on which stitch would make a better scarf. Unfortunately for me, you are also able to easily see the virtues of both stitches. The poll came out almost dead even!!! LOL I guess I'll have to fiddle around with this a bit more then dive in and make a decision. :-D

Thanks so much for your input and suggestions!

Which One?

I found this wonderful yarn today and thought, of course I'll do this in single crochet to show off the wonderful random lines of color in the purple base. However, I didn't anticipate how much texture sc creates. After some trial I now have two scarves begun and need help to decide which is better.

The one on the left is the hdc and the one on the right is the sc. Click on the picture for a close up. Which do you think does a better job of showing off the yarn?

Thanks for your input!

Eeek!

Why eek? Well, just look at this! Ericka Jo found this in a thrift store for just $5. Why did she buy it? Well, would you have believed her if she said she'd found a designer crocheted sweater composed completely of teddy bears? If this had been child sized, then it might have been cute. However, intended for an adult it is pretty scary. Get a load of the one on the upper left hand side with the patriotic bib! It appears that there just weren't enough bears on the front as if you turn it around the solid back is decorated with two bears holding hands that are directly over the right buttock. EEEK!

Now for the squeal of joy. Here is the completely crocheted scarf for the International Scarf Exchange. I'm really pleased with the result. Now I just have to screw up my courage and block it to remove that weird one sided curve I mentioned in a previous post. Wish me luck!

Tagged!

O.K. Gina so you tagged me for seven "songs", but didn't specify any categorization. Therefore, I am going to go for variety. So here goes (there is a link to the actual music whenever I could find one):

1) Since the holidays are coming AND I just got tickets to see George Winston in concert (finally!) my first pick is "The Holly and the Ivy" from the album December. I love piano music and this one is particularly dear because I sang it in college choir so often find myself humming along.

2) Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from The Division Bell. There is something about that ringing bell in this song that I really like.

3) I am currently obsessively listening to "The Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by KT Tunstall. The melody to this one sticks with you. You've been warned!

4) A perennial favorite is "If I Had a Million Dollars" by the Bare Naked Ladies. I was driving when I first heard this, thoroughly enjoyed the clever lyrics then LOL when I heard the ending. It was like, duh, of course!

5) Natalie Cole's "Better Than Anything" from Music That Makes Me Dance - This one makes me laugh because of the ending which debates whether shopping is better than love! Any thoughts ladies?

6) Josh Groban's "Oceano" from his album Closer. So soothing!

7) Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" off of the album Storm Front. It caught my attention when it first came out and I continue to be impressed by his ability to recite that long list of significant historical events and people. This is one song you must listen to closely! Searching for the music I found this fascinating web site that has links to all the things mentioned in the song.

There are so many others but that's my list for now. Stitch Witch, Vickie, and Kat with a K consider yourselves TAGGED!

The Rest of the Story

Just wanted to make a quick post before hitting the hay. Here is a picture of the small ensemble that toured the Boston Knit Out and Crochet Too. They are from left to right:

ErickaJo and her sweety
Lora
Jackie





Here also is the promised picture of the Artyarns Supermerino I purchased at the Windsor Button shop:
I'm trying to be patient while finishing two current projects. New yarn makes we want to get stitching with it immediately! LOL This will, I believe make a lovely scarf with the pattern I have in mind. (Literally in my mind as I'm just making one up!) Happy stitching - I'm off to bed.

I Won? Sort of (The Boston Knit Out and Crochet Too)

The early bird gets the goodies! Little did I know when planning to go to the Boston Knit Out and Crochet Too there would be freebies. What yarn addict doesn't love free stuff? Take a gander! We made the rounds of all the tables and ended up with lots of free yarn, coupons (not pictured), and a book signed by the author! Next stop was the fastest knitter contest. Neither of the ladies with me would give it a go BUT challenged me to try the fastest crochet contest. I know I'm not fast. Nevertheless I was there to have a good time. I'm somewhere in this picture of concentrating crocheters...
Get a load of the variety of postures. Looking at the pictures made me LOL to see how twisted around we crocheters became as we worked! And the surprising news...I WON! Well, I was declared the winner beating out one other crocheter by a mere half a stitch (we were doing double crochet). However, after recovering from shock and composing a smile for a photograph it was discovered there was a woman on the other end who had done another entire row! I was prepared to give back my lovely prize. Luckily, there was another one available so I got to keep it. Look!

According to the tag this beauty is from Lantern Moon. I'm hoping to find time to move my stuff over soon.

We stayed to enjoy a fashion show and the key note. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the fashion show. It sounded a bit hokey, but was fun. The variety of items paraded around the Common was fascinating. Some were daunting and awe inspiring in their complexity and color work.

Before leaving we headed to Windsor Button. I don't think any of us could bear having looked at all that yummy yarn/FOs and leave without some. I think I've reached blogger's limit so a picture of the Artyarn tomorrow!

Happy Stitching from the (almost) Fastest Hooker at the Boston Knit Out and Crochet Too! :-D

Ack!

So, visiting my family we inevitably ended up in AC Moore. I hadn't planned on purchasing a thing ( I was delusional; I realize that now...). My sister, in an effort to get my mother knitting, had recently purchased some fun yarn for her. It worked.

The shopping was meant to outfit mom with the appropriate sized needles and a contrast yarn. Well, we did get those items, plus a few more:

9 skeins of laceweight mohair in greys

5 skeins of laceweight mohair in blues (this is MINE - who could resist this stuff at 50% off then an additional 10% with my teacher discount?)

1 small knitting bag

1 very tangled skein of the original fun yarn which they discounted because we spent a good twenty minutes disentangling the thing from the snarl of sale yarn

AND

1 skein of wool look a like that will become Heather's wonderful smocked gloves! (I just knew my sister wouldn't be able to resist the pattern! It will be a while, but she promises pics when done.)

Several hours later and a number of dollars poorer we returned home full of satisfaction.