Mission accomplished Take Two

I finished my green cabled sweater.
The pattern said to finish it with a roll-neck but since the wools are so fuzzy, I decided upon a ribbed border like in the cuffs and bottom edge.
I still have to sew in all ends but otherwise, it's finished!!!
I just love chunky yarn and big needles!;o)

Mission accomplished

What does that mean?

It means I bugged the hell out of poor Eunny (sorry again for that) who was busy and travelling...

I am still feeling bad (well, I did not become unfriendly, but it scares the hell out of me if things like that seemingly go wrong)because she is such a nice person and sent me a new link right away after she had proper internet working.

So here is what will become part of my daily mantra: Don´t bug people busier than thou (that is, if they are nice and not the rip-you-off-kind).

So now I have the lovely deep-v argyle vest pattern all ready and wool coming along (I do admit, I stole the idea for the colourway off ravelry...but don´t we all sometimes???)

Accomplishements of the day so far...

1. Removed the eye chips out of the sockets with the help of puchicollective's double-sided sticky tape tutorial.

2. Washed Linnéas hair (again).

3. Started the pullover's sleeves (both at the same time on one circular...will probably cure my finishitis).

4. Ate a load full of baked potatoes topped heavy with chicken-chilli sauce and will munch some kimchi my mom sent me.

5. Will smell badly of garlic for at least seven weeks.

6. Tried to buy (succesful) this and also tried to download it...unsuccessfully!

7. Immediately contacted eunnyjang.

8. Am waiting for a response...

Eye chips

The woman behind Brainworm is a very nice lady, she responded almost immediately to my mails! And the olive-drab chips are not in stock *lesigh*

But anyway I ordered a few others and maybe can paint a set of lighter green eyes to more closely match the colour I want (or maybe a little swap? *ggg*)

And I have finished the back of my new sweater project *yay*

And I did get some learning done.

Am Very Good.

This is a good day for me!

Because I can proudly present...Merry Skier (no name yet):
She's still looking around, getting to know her new home (I dressed her to match my outfit for a cold free day) and eyeing both my boyfriend and me.

She's sooo lovely!
(Please excuse my rumpled looks, I picked her up right after work this morning)

OMG!!!

She's here...right here in my hometown (only I am not there since I have to work a 24h shift)!!!

Today the notification slip of the tax office was in the mailbox!

Will pick her up tomorrow, first thing, I swear!

Oh.My.God.

(Crepy, how one can have a fit of joy like that for a doll with a superhuge head and strange eyes...but what the heck, I Am Glad!!!)

And here is...

what that lovely Secret Pal of mine sent me:


Which is...

A small parcel full of New England treats, namely:

Yummy Sock Yarn! Hand-painted by Dani! In a lovelylovelylovely early autumn colorway which I *heart*

A special New England Sweet (you can see we already started to eat the funny stuff, very different from what I ever had, but yummy non the less)!

Lip balm with pomegranate (wondrous stuff, let me tell you)!

A greeting card with a recipe on the backside which I certainly will try out (Lemon Cloud, sounding VERY tasty).

And last but not least a bracelet from a foundation which donates funds to breastcancer research, making me proud to own one and VERY proud of my Secret Pal, since she was so insightful to give something not only to me but also to others (btw, my mom is a breastcancer survivor so I at least know about being an affected relative).

What a great pal I have!

Parcel time!

*yay*

My wonderful Secret Pal sent me a very sweet parcel full of lovely things!

Will add pics later!

Thank You So Much, You Are Great!!!

Pics Take Two...

This is it...and I did try to rotate it but it somehow didn't work...

Pics!

I proudly present...The Pink Blob!

At least I would like to, but am unable, since blogger has some technical problems.

Adding that to the fact that my flickr account has reached its bandwidth limit, I cannot show you the pics I would love to! *lesigh*

Woah, what a fun weekend!

On Thursday, my dear sister visited me (she left today) and we had a wonderful time! Lots of talking, cooking, eating and shopping!

I love her dearly.

She even persuaded me to have my hair cut and I went and had 30 cm choped off :o)

And she loves my handknitted socks and left me with the order of knitting two pairs for her for Christmas *yay*

I am making great progress on my Secret Pal Surprise (50 % down) and will finish it next week.

And now I will clean the flat :o)

Just want to tell y'all

I have finished the monster blob of a pink raglan sweater!

Not because I waned to, but because my yarn ran out!

So now I don't have a roll neck but added a ribbing, which turned out fine.
Strangely, I think I do like the thing.

Then I went out and above myself and bought lots of yarn for a secret project for my downstream pal. Will be a première again.

Can't wait to get started but my lovely boyfriend just made wafers and now I will go and stuff myself *yay!

Call me crazy...

I just spent a horrible amount of money. On dolls.

Yeah. Dolls.

I have been forever wanting Blythes...and now hopefully two will move in with me (will take some weeks for them to get here).

I am thinking...historical costumes. Complete sets (must be cheaper, considering the samll scale, I hope).

I am thinking...drawers, chemises, corsets, bustles and crinolines and the likes...maybe eben a reproduction of a lovely chemise dress I have seen in one Gainsborough painting!

All in mini-sizes!

I am a bit wonky, I guess...but I have the lovliest silk that just screams late bustle (only its less than half a meter)!

Can't wait for them to arrive...

Progress!

Making progress on the pink raglan...big needles mean big progress!



(My boyfriend asked me, why I was knitting a big blob of pink...men!)

Great Balls o' Pink

Finally started my Pink Pullover project.

Wonders upon wonders: 8mm and 9mm needles are really quick...

No parcel...

has yet arrived...I will try and be patient...

My downstream pal told me she got hers but hasn't put up any pictures yet...

Feeling tired...

Horror story:

Delved in my stash late at night and then and there it happened -> BUGS!!!

In one bag with especially expensive yarn, there were small crawling animals! *yuck*
I did, what every sane knitter would do: Although it was around 1 a.m., I started the battle of the BUG...*ick*

Shook all the balls on the balcony (luckily it was night and nobody saw me *hope*), inspected at least 10 balls of expensive merino, shook some more, threw it all in a fresh bag and did a yarnharlot (I put it in the freezer).

My boyfriend was out working so I did not need to explain.

Loss so far: 3 balls of burgundy merino

Fortunately, none of the rest of my stash has been infested *keeping fingers crossed*

Just now, I took out the bag from the freezer and it is now sitting in the living room, giving all the bug eggs an opportunity to hatch. After today, off to the freezer for a second frosting of the horrible creatures!

To take a break from socks...

I started the most fun project ever:

And a test!

My new dressy Townsend-shoes for 18th century costumes...

Money...

is always fast to disappear...especially, if one buys this:


Yeah, hark this! my own digital camera, a special offer.

And since the battery is charging at the moment, you may expect pics of my works pretty soon!

And did you notice? The orange wall is gone *lol*