October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Here we are again!

October!

Lots a parties (cause it's my Birthday month)

and lots a pink cause October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

You know I love this month and I love all of the unique & fun ideas that are geared towards Breast Cancer Awareness.

Popped into Joann's (my fav one, off Barranca) and saw this display from Bernat!

LOVE all that PINK!!!

I'm excited to see these pretty patterns in the Bernat newsletter.

That Chemo Cap comes at a good time as, I just found out last week that a good friend of mine has cancer that has returned.

She just got done with her chemo and radiation about a month or so ago.

Her hair was just starting to grow back and now she will need to do more chemo and more radiation.

:-(

It's a huge bummer and I'm working on some hats for her sensitive scalp.

I'd been wondering what my next project would be (after the Debbie Bliss Wrap), so it's nice to have a new project to work on,

but not for this...

:-/

Debbie Bliss Pleated Wrap

Pattern: Debbie Bliss Spring/Summer '09 Pleated Wrap
Yarn: Caron Spa Bamboo Yarn (3 skeins)
Needles: size 4

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's done!!!

Oh happy day!

Seriously... I can't even tell you. I thought I'd never finish this one.

Even my hubby was like, "Are you still working on that thing!?"

It's not even that it's hard pattern. It's actually really easy!

It just doesn't move fast.

I had a mini power-knitting session this week and after knitting my butt off,
it'd only grown like 3 inches!

I was like, are you freakin' kidding me?

I almost died.

It came out beautifully, tho...
and sis-n-law is very happy with it (which is ALL that matters). ;-)

I have to admit, I didn't get to 71 inches, like the pattern called for.

I cast off at about 63 inches. Not too short, but still. I didn't make it to 71".

Oh well... on to the next project.

Bummer is, I wouldn't mind making one of these for myself 'cause it is really pretty!

But I don't wanna spend 100 years on it!

I think Twinkle has spoiled me.

Big needles + chunky yarn = fast projects!

Debbie Bliss Pleated Wrap

OMG... it's never gonna end...

I really have been knitting! Really! I promise!

Been working on this now since, oh let's see... June!

Oh geez... Seriously? Only at 37 inches?

Only 34 inches more to go!

x-(

It is quite pretty, tho...

This is for my sis-in-law's birthday, which was July 24th...

Maybe it'll be a Christmas present!

Debbie Bliss Magazine - Fall/Winter 2009

Yay!!!

The latest issue of Debbie Bliss is on sale now!

And if it's anything like the past 2 issues, it should be good!!!

These sneak peeks below really put me in the Fall mood
(which isn't easy to do as I am not a fan of Fall...)

Not sure what's going on here, but I like it!

(Maybe it's the UK release of the mag?)

Still here... still knittin...

Yup... Still here...

Just been busy these days...

and without laptop!

Fortunately, hubby fixed the 'old dog' for me and now I'm up and running!

Am still learning some stuff on here as, hubby took off the Windows O/S and put on the Ubuntu!

I'm tellin' you this 'cause I haven't figured out yet how to 'edit' pics on here like I had been before...

Gimme some time tho and I'll figure it out. ;-)

Meanwhile, thank God for guest blogger Sidse cause she is on top of it and she does beautiful work!

I really am actually working on a project (which I'll post pics on tomorrow).


These days, I'm making the Debbie Bliss Pleated Wrap for my sis-in-law's birthday, which was actually about 2 weeks ago!

I gave her a sneak-peak and she was happy! Which makes me happy...

It's probably a bit more practical than last year's b-day gift.

Debbie Bliss Magazine (Spring/Summer 2009)

Yay!!!!

The new Debbie Bliss Magazine is out!!!

You know what I've come to appreciate about this magazine (even though this is only the second issue...) is that these patterns prove that knitting doesn't always have to be big and bulky.

In the last issue (the Fall issue) and in this current issue, there are nice patterns that one could wear year around!

And that's key for someone who lives in So Cal, where there is no 'Winter' here.

I also enjoy that she has a little section on home stuff... Last issue was a spread on Seed Stitch place mats.

This issue has a section on pillows.

Anyway, am excited about this new issue!

YAY!!!