The B's of a Knitiot

So here are the B's of the queen knitiot...

Bloopers:

I had forgotten to mention in previous posts about the little blooper I encountered a few times while knitting the Prince Monty Kitty Throne and I've run into some bloopers on new projects since then (yeah, yeah I haven't finished the Fruit Loops Socks yet and started something new).

With the kitty bed, you hold two strands together, one of the wool and the other of the fun fur, well along the way I kinda forgot at times to check where I was at with my yarn balls and several times ran out of one or the other right in the middle of a row. This genius ended up several times having to work back to the beginning of the row to change balls. First I did it with the fun fur then said "be more careful stupid" and then quickly proceeded to run out of wool and did it all over again. Go figure.

I've begun a new sweater, for Smush out of the Sirdar Cheeky Chinos book I picked up a few weeks back.



I got all cocky after finishing the back and when starting the front, you work it the same up until you reach the neck shaping. So I had worked the ribbing on the smaller needles and ignoring the fact that there's a few decreases and increases before switching to the larger needles, I just switched, got half way across the row, realized my mistake, worked back, started across again, realized I read the wrong part of the pattern, worked back, started over again.

And then... I think I goofed big time on the first part of the sweater and you can see it in the picture above. One shoulder is longer/taller than the other. I had initially figured that this was because of the lap collar or button collar it has on one side (to get it over baby's head) but I think I messed up big time. I took notes, but I don't see anywhere in my notes that I added 4 rows like it told me to then cast off. Argh! So I think I have to rip out my cast off, add 4 rows and then cast off again. Shouldn't be a big deal though since it's just a straight edge (the opposite side has ribbing). I was so focused on not making my cast off so tight that I didn't really realize that I may have missed a chunk of instructions.

Other B's....

Boyfriends in the Bathtub...



Buttpaste



They still haven't fixed the air conditioning at Chris' work and he's developed a little rash on his tush. So we picked up some diaper rash cream (powder doesn't seem to do the trick) and hopefully that'll sooth his booty.

Boobies... As you may have noticed, there is a little link I added to the sidebar (Knit-A-Tit). One blog I frequently lurk about in is Becca's Blog (The Knitting Wounded). Recently she was diagnosed with breast cancer and will be undergoing a mastectomy. She's started a little Knit Along in Ravelry based on the Tit Bit pattern in Knitty Fall '05 issue. It's a bra stuffer basically for women who have lost their boobies to breast cancer. I'm going to get some made and donate them. If you would like to join too, just click to Becca's blog at the Knit-A-Tit link to your right.

If you don't have a whole lot of time either, you can just make one and many sizes are available too. Remember not all women lose both, so just one will make a difference to some chick out there who needs it. You can get creative as well.

And.... Big Elvis

Almost every time I've been to Vegas I've stopped by for this guy's show. I'm absolutely in love with him, he's such an amazing singer and yeah a little cheesy since he's an Elvis impersonator, but he'll totally take your breath away. I was thinking about him again because Chris was talking about taking a day trip to Vegas sometime soon (it's a 4 hour trip so we can go and come back in the same day), so if we go, we're so going to see him again.

The joB (ok I couldn't think of a "B" word for having a job) is going well. I'm only training right now so much of it is sitting over someone's shoulder watching. It's so very, very much easier than my last job, and they pay more. What's wrong with this picture?

I have been working on the socks during my lunch break since they're more portable, so hopefully they'll be done soon. I've decided I'm going to send them to my best friend with the Owl Socks as well. I think she'll love them, plus she's made me all kinds of jewlery and sent it to me, so I kinda owe her (and miss her terrible since she's all the way back in IL).

Ok that's a long enough post for now!