OWLS GO!

This is a page from my "scrapbook". The lyrics are from Architecture in Helsinki's Owls Go song. Derek and I listened to this album while apartment searching in the Avenues. We saw Owls everywhere!!! On flags, statues, hanging on sides of houses. Literally everywhere. While I had been obsessed with owls long before this, 2009 was the year of Owls and when Derek and I moved in together. I would love to post more about my scrapbooking technique and my book of love but at a later time because I have an FO!

Pattern:  OWLs by Kate Davies

Yarn: Wool of the Andes Bulky in Porcini 548yds

Needles: Size 10 and 11 US circular

Size: 34"

Started: Jan 3rd 2012 Finished: Jan 7th 2012

My Ravelry Page..yesterday was my ravelry birthday woop!

My first sweater of 2012! My first yoke sweater (Where you knit bottom up in the round and add sleeves and knit the yoke) It was really easy but the first couple of rounds was tight and awkward around the sleeves. So the huge fit I threw in my last post was for nothing. That night I finished up browsing on ravelry and knitted my sleeves to about 15 1/2" and joined them to my body all on one needle. This would have been done on friday but I got super sick and couldn't do anything other than just lay there. I did start on my owls and completed 17 rows of the 19. When Derek got home we were in need of some serious cuddle time and watched the first season of Portlandia. A-O RIVER!! It has the tendency to make you laugh your ass off and then make you feel very awkward and weird. Saturday is when I did my short rows and finished it off. I had the tiniest ball of yarn left. I left out a knit row after the first decrease row right after the Owls.

all I had left! my noro scarf watiting patiently, also my purple  book of love.

Now It's blocked and ready for buttons. I won't be able to buy them till this weekend. As much as I want to hit up Blazing needles for these buttons I have to keep it cheap and I'm hoping I can find all 38 buttons at DI or salvies. I decided to do all the eyes and have one owl a different color. I'm glad I knitted the 34" because I would rather have a baggy sweater than a small one i.e. Beatnik which rides up and I have to constantly pull it down. So annoying. It's mostly baggy under my arms and you can see where the increases stop. It left little pointy things there but steaming might help that. Other than that I love it!! Everything else fits like a dream. Roomy yet so unbelievably cozy. Derek just requested one of his own to match me :) He says to make it super manly and to match his handsome face.



After taking all those pictures in the snow I had to warm up with some tea in my brother's xmen cup...which matched my hat!

I'm seriously going to live in this sweater.

My photographer!! yup. My little five year old helped me take all these pictures.

My birthday Knitting list is well on it's way. All I have left is hats. Hats are easy peasy for me to make so I'm going to squeeze in my brother's hat he bought yarn for and of course some spinning. I haven't spun since Dec 30th! It makes me sick. Oh yes I'm about done on my Noro scarf but I want it to be longer so I'm going to save up for some more yarn.

Other knitterly news..I joined a swap! My very first so I'm nervous and really excited. My swap partner is also a spinner and works at a "real" yarn store so my gift has to be top notch. I suck with deadlines so I better not make a fool of myself.

 I plan on joining a Cowl KAL! Something I've never done before either. More about it here.

This year has started out pretty amazing and productive! Knitwise. I hope the rest of the year stays like this.

Back to knitting. over and out. Le Shmub.