The Way of the Frog

I finished the Monkster Sweater from one of my many balls of acrylic. Attaching the sleeves was like a kind of torture. I'm still not convinced that I did it the right way. No one will know that there was a big gaping hole under each arm that I was forced to sew closed with scrap yarn. To be honest I don't think an adult sized sweater will ever come off my needles. After the first sweater I knitted another one that I think turned out so much better than the first one. Reason being... I ripped it out so many times to fix the mistakes I made that it had no choice but to look better. I ripped stitches out so many times that I started to think this is the way of the frog lol. I'll add pictures another day...

First attempt:

I could have sworn I had finished pics. Must still be on camera. *crosses fingers*

Do they play with it?

I finished the eggroll cat toy and gave it to my cats. They didn't show much interest when I did. I could be that I gave it to them right after a meal. I don't know. I've heard tales that they play with it, meow over it even. But I've only witnessed some interest in the toy once. I nearly fell over when I saw Mittens clawing it. I guess if they are playing with the thing it won't take long for it to follow in the footsteps of the poor turtle that no longer looks like a turtle.

When my mom first saw it she thought it was a knitted bone. lol.

The Poor Turtle

This is the turtle that Lei crocheted for my cats.

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After:

Egg Roll kittie toy and bears sweater

Well i'm almost finished knitting my 2 cats 1 kittie toy. I found the pattern on the knitty ages ago.. started it and then put it aside. I got a little tired of the hp scarf so this was a nice short diversion. I'll have to take a picture of it when i'm done. I know I'll probably have to make another right away. One day when I'm not feeling lazy i'll have to put the pictures of the crocheted turtle Lei made for them. Omg it was so cute and clean. I took a picture of it a couple of months ago.. I didn't want to touch the nasty looking little thing. I would throw it away but its almost the only toy that Sweetpea plays with.

I also started a sweater for one of the abandoned build-a-bears that Lei rescued from the thrift store. The bear had no name and so when we went to the bab store last friday the bear which I decided was going to be a boy got a name, Gizmo. Well seeing as i'm broke and cheap right now I didn't buy the poor thing any clothes. I decided I would find some patterns for knitted bab clothes. So far i've only found a sweater. I started making it the other day. So far its only one sleeve. My first sweater and its for a stuffed bear. But it gives me a chance to get rid of abit of acrylic yarn.

I'll be knitting this forever

Omg I feel as if i've been knitting this scarf forever. I think i'm nearing the end of it. It looks so much better in pictures than to the naked eye. I don't know how that is possible but thats how it is. I took pictures and was like wow look how nice this thing looks and the I looked at the scarf and all I could think was that it looked abit ratty compared to the pictures. I don't think my color changes are going any better. My technique sucks and i'm afraid that the scarf is going to fall apart after I use it abit lol. It might not but its a fear I have.
I need to get a size 7 circular needle thats 12" long I wanted bamboo but was rudely (well not rudely) told that the smallest circular in size 7 I could get would be the 16" which I already have in my needle collection. *sighs*. Plus it will cost me $14.95 well I don't want to pay that much unless I can't find something cheaper. I can't decide if I want to do the mittens or the hat first, but it won't be much of a decision if I don't get the circular needle this weekend because I think I can have the scarf done by the end of next week. I think. So I guess it will be the mittens first then the hat.

Well the scarf is coming along nicely accept for one thing. Small little mistakes that I keep missing as I go but see when I'm like 20 rows away from it. I hope I can stop these cause its starting to get maddening. I refuse to rip that many rows out just for a mistake... 2 to 4 rows I'll consider but more than that and I keep going. What makes it so bad is I'll wear my mistake ridden hp & the poa scarf. I think I'll try a Hufflepuff themed scarf next year to see if I can do color changes so that they look better.

Another day of knitting

Well I'm almost at my third set of color changes and they are looking abit better now thank goodness. I could have sworn I bought more of the fog color (silver or more apt a very light grey) I only have two balls of it. I hope thats enough. I think it will be enough. If its not enough i'm out of luck because knitpicks doesn't sell that color anymore... or I could always trade Lei for something I guess but if she is still anything like me aka a yarn hog I won't be getting a thing. hahaha I think I'm abit better about sharing yarn, at least I think I am.