SURPRISE !!!

Well.. Will ya look at what I got in the Mail yesterday !!!!
It seems that Erica picked my name in her Blog to Win a Surprise Package !!!
Yahoooooooooooo.. Lookie Lookie !!!
Yarn Yarn Yarn... I am making " Plans" for some of it already!!!
Thank You So Much Erica!!!! What a Treat !!!!

The Beginning.................

For those of you who have never made a Beribboned Sweater...
This is what it looks like when you have completed the One Piece .....
Then you Fold it and Flip it ........ sew up the shoulders and the two little underarms
and You Have an Adorable Little Sweater !!!

Another Beribboned Version

There is the Origional Beribboned Sweater which I have already made and is just Adorable...
Then Yvette made the Garter Stitch version which is also Adorable..
AND now I have made a Stockinette and Garter Version !!!
This is such a cute sweater which ever way you make it.
It is all done on one circular needle and there is very little sewing to do :) Which is a BIG Plus for me ..
This one is done in Bernarts Cotton .. I have had this yarn for some time now and when I origionally bought it I told my Friend " Diana" that I was going to put Scotty Buttons on a sweater made with this yarn.......... Oh.. "The Scotty With The Dotty" Mary....our other shopping buddy said ... LOL.. Well.. It took me some time to get to it but here is ..."My Scotty With The Dotty Sweater "!!!
See.. Mary and Diana.. I did finally get it made !!!

Scotty Buttons

Buttons

I just wanted to show you the Cute little buttons I put on MY Sweater :)

FINISHED !

Hooray !!!.................
I made it thru the hurdles and knit my way to the Finish Line !!!
I LOVE My Sweater too !!!
I want to Thank The Olympics for getting me to make myslef this really Cozy Sweater.. .
I wouldn't have done it Without You !!!!!

Go Knit Chicks Team !!!!!

I just have sew the side seams to my sweater.. Thats it !!!
I could have done it this afternoon but I walked down to the beach instead... and plopped in my chair and took a snooze !
I'll sew those darn seams tonight :)
Now I remember WHY I love One Piece Sweaters !!

Day 7

Hooray !!!! I'm heading down the Slopes !!!! I can almost see the finish line !!!!

Time to have a seaming party !!!! Get those sleeves on and finish up with the Buttonbands and neck band!!!!
Can't wait to put that big Gold Metal around my neck!!! Or Silver...

How is the rest of the Team doing!!!!

Day 6

I did not do much knitting today ... This darn Broncitis is really slowing me down..
I went to my Knit Group today and then to JoAnns and found the perfect buttons for my Sweater... I have high hopes of finishing it soon so I knew that I had better get some buttons so I can Complete my Task !!!!!
The finish line is getting closer.. I can see the gold or the bronze ... Ya think ???

Day 5

Hello Fellow Olympians!!!!

Today is day 5 and I have not done any knitting yet... I will do some this evening while watching a movie....
I have joined the fronts and back together with my 3 needle bind off.. That is my favorite shoulder seam...
The first sleeve has been started which I will finish tonight :)

Then I have the other sleeve and the neck and front bands to do... Yippee !!!!

For those of you who do not know about the Knitting Olympics you can click on the Blog to Read all about it http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html

There are over 3800 of us Crazy Knitters in the Olympics !!!
Knit On !!!!!!!

Day 4

Here we are on Day 4 and I am almost done with the Body.. Yahooooooooooo
Looks Like I am Going for The Gold .or at least The Bronze... * Grin*

Usually when I get to the start of the sleeves I begin to get very bored with the project and go to something else for a while... hummmmmmmm
This time I think I better " keep up the challenge" and just " Go For It"..................

Day 3....
Today is Day 3 and this is what I have achieved in The Olympics so far :)

I have finished the back of My Cardi and did the rib for the left Front....
I do like how soft this yarn is....

Knit On..... Fellow Olympians....

Goooooooooooo Chick Knits!!!!!

Here is The yarn that I have for My Olympian Sweater....
I have 9 skeins of this Lovely Sirdar Cotton Yarn which I have been saving " hoarding" for a few years... I FINALLY decided WHAT to make with it.....

After several attempts at starting two other sweater choices last night.. I decided on the Plain Classic cardi for Myself... Yippee... I am knitting something for me.... :)
As you can see I did not get very far yet..
First ... I did not realize that yesterday was the 10th until last night ... " I never seem to know what day it is " except for Sunday.. when I go to Church :)
Well Anyway.. I'll have to knit faster so I can catch up...

How is everyone else doing ?

Olympic Project

GOOD MORNING ......... This is what I wake up to in the morning... Isn't it Lovely??
" Life Is Good "....................
Two Cups of Coffee........... Some Cheerios..... and I am Ready for a New day !!!
This morning I went next door to a Garage Sale and got two nice bags of yarn.. along with a knitting bag and alot of needles and a How To Knit Book........... " There is always something to learn, Right?

Let The Games Begin !!!!

Hooray The Olympics are here....
Tomorrow we will Begin Our Challenge !!!

Light The Flame and Click those Needles...
Knitters of the Universe... Start those Turbos.....

For those of you who are not familiar with Our Olympics....
When they light the Flame tomorrow ... all the Knitters will cast on and begin a project...
We are to knit.. knit.. knit........ for the length of the Olympics... February 10th to the 26th..
We are to FINISH the Project which we have choosen to make for this Challenge..

It is the evening before and I still do not know which pattern to choose !!!
Oh.. The Pressure is getting me already...LOL

I KNOW that I am going to make a cardigan for " ME"... but I can not decide between three designs.... I do know what Yarn I am using... It is a Sirdar Aran... very nice and soft..
PERFECT for ME !!! :)

Well.. Maybe while I sleep it will come to me in a vision and tomorrow I will have my sweater started !!!!

As you can see... I am Knitting on the Knitting Chicks Team...
There sure are alot of us " Chicks with Sticks "

So all you Knitters.... Get Ready .. Set... Go......................... :)

I hope we all complete Our Projects!!!
Good Luck !!!!!

Snuggles......................
This is My " Snug As A Bug In A Rug" Sweater :)
While I was knitting this all I kept thinking of was Snug as a Bug in a Rug.. The yarn looked so much like a rug...
But when I finished it... I REALLY loved it.. Its so SOFT and Snuggly !!!!
Its amazing what a few skeins of puffy soft yarn can turn into..... :)