knit-errific!

Warning! This post will have absolutely nothing to do with Evan or anything else but knitting. continue if you dare!

I've been knitting. Constantly. It's nothing short of an obsession, but a wonderful, fun and productive obsession nonetheless. Therefore, I feel compelled to tell you ALL about it.

First of all, I've recently learned how to wind a ball of yarn. You'd think I might have figured that out prior to any knitting, but I was under the impression that it was difficult, so I never did it. Typical. It's easy peasy, and actually kind of soothing. And it makes my knitting oh so portable.


Beyond winding yarn balls , I've recently been excited about socks and slippers. They're so satisfying because they're relatively quick to finish, and I love warm cozy things!

This is my first sock. I don't like it because it's made of acrylic and feels weird, so alas, there is only one. But it was a good learning experience and I'm moving on to bigger and better things.

I'm planning on casting on a new pair of socks (wool, two at once!) tonight, but in the meantime I've been knitting slippers.

These are mine:

Don't worry--I actually made two--I just took a picture of one. They were knitted VERY large and felted, so they're very thick and warm. I don't know if they're done though, I might want to felt them again to make them a bit more snug...we'll see.

And these are Evan's:

(note: these aren't actually as huge as they look--just a close-up)
Actually, there's only one of these. (haha!) I got bored with the pattern and had to move onto something else, but it only took me a couple of hours, so he'll have two slippers soon. I think I'll felt these to fit as well. I wish I had used pretty colors, but he probably won't even wear them, so I just used what I had on hand. Maybe if he likes them, I'll make interesting ones.

Mike doesn't really wear slippers, so I haven't made him any. I might have to force some on him soon...

For Christmas, I made some catnip mousies. I'm not really a cat person, but I thought these were adorable, so I made them for my kitty friends. I had fun.


Also, I lied before--this post will have a picture of Evan. This is one of the pictures I ended up with while taking pictures of the mousie...he's so grabby!


You'd be amazed at how many pictures I have that look just like this. In fact, I took this one yesterday:
I was trying to take a picture of this coffee k-cup for our Keurig because I thought it was awesome. Most of them are pretty boring--not Donut Shop coffee! Unfortunately, the coffee was not so awesome. To Coffee People's credit, their Cowboy Coffee is my absolute favorite.
And that's what I've been up to. And will continue to be up to for the foreseeable future. In fact, this post has taken way too much time, and my socks are calling.