You know the drill, you get pictures or all sorts of rambling. Today you are lucky it will be crappy camera phone pictures.

I have blocked the cowl, in an effort to postpone seaming since it is too hot to wear it anyway, I blocked so that it did not get lonely on me.

For Mother's day I made all the mom's I am quasi related too slippers, last count was 7 pairs. The last pair is the only one that would smile pretty for the picture, and will be mailed off tomorrow to Grandma.

The Kyoto has been ripped, I blocked it too so that the cowl would not be lonely during blocking. After blocking the stitches looked much better but the size was still off, I was pretty sure of this but hated to rip unless absolutely necessary. Hence no picture of Kyoto.

Since Kyoto was off the needles, and the slippers consumed a good portion of knitting time I decided a new project was necessary for my knitting peace of mind. I cast on for Green Gable last weekend and am plugging away. I'm loving the yarn and how this looks, the color is a bit off here though. A few other random projects seem to be hiding in my knitting bag, but nothing that is getting much attention.

The last post was all words, this time we will go for the visual side of blogging:

I finished my modified OSW, with sleeves, I stole the mods from here. I believe it was the August 18th, 2005 post. Basically I just joined the sleeves in the round, where the original pattern has you do the rib on the sleeves, then decreased about 2 stitches every inch until it was long enough for me. I used to be photogenic or maybe I just preferred the way I looked before and would allow pictures of myself. (yes my kitchen really is that color of green, not sure it will be staying for the long haul).

I have also been working on felted slippers out the wazoo, one pair yesterday turned out quite odd, so I am unsure if I screwed up the pattern of if Rio de la Platta just doesn't do much for the felting world. I need to finish 3 more pairs by Sunday!!

See our new Garden Friends, Fred and Dizzy the Lizard.

I have also been working on Kyoto, I am unsure if my gauge is off, or if I need to make a smaller size, or if I just want my sweater to be big and comfy. Cynthia helped check gauge yesterday, and came up with 4, 4.5, and 5 stitches per inch. Not real consistent, I think I might keep going and see how big it turns out, or if I need it to be smaller. Who wants to rip, then again how often do I hear that something is too big on me.

I have some new yarn pics as well. I should really take pictures more than once a month.... The bulk of this yarn is for Ted's sweater when it gets colder, I will have to post a picture of the pattern I am going to use. I also bought some Noro Silk Garden, and some more Kureyon. Not real sure what i am going to make with either yet, some ideas but we shall see.

I think because of the two Noro purchases I must restrain myself from buying yarn untile Estes, I am out of control. Unless of course I need to buy yarn to finish a started project. I can do this, it is only a little over a month.