Sheldon is completed

Well, almost. I just need to sew the shell together and sew on his legs and he'll be done! I'm now doing the Harry Potter Bookscarf. I've never knitted on size 0 needles before but it seems to be going smoothly. Using Pearl Cotton DMC thread is the challenging part. (Keeping it tight.) I got the pattern from this blogsite:
Harry Potter Bookscarf

So cute!

I just noticed that when I go to Mackinac Island a week from today, we will be sort of close to the Philosopher's Wool farm. I looked at it on mapquest and of course it is an 8 hour drive to it. I wonder if you can take a boat across to cut the time. Probably not. But...wouldn't it be nice?

Sheldon's Shell Take II

Finished the top part of the shell for the second time. Much better. Now I'm doing the bottom portion. Can't wait to finish. It should be sooooo cute!

Sheldon's Shell

Well....I finished the top of Sheldon's shell....looked at the picture....and realized I had the MC and CC mixed up. DOH. I put it on his back and it just doesn't look as good as what it should. So, starting over. Oh well. I now know how it works! LOL. *sigh*

Knit Knack-Arvada Knitters Night

Made it to the knit night with the Arvada knitters. The new store is fabulous! It reminds me in some ways of the Lamb Shoppe in Denver. Very cozy and comfortable. The owners are very nice and they had lots of cool stuff. (I really wanted to look but have an internal agreement with myself to finish Sheldon and the Kerry sweater before buying anything else!) The Debbie Bliss books that were passed around made my fingers twitchy to buy one but I was good! A few more meetings at the store will certainly make me cave at some point. :) (Not that it is a bad thing..)

I can't believe how much the group has grown! Patti and I used to go semi regularly when the group started and at most there were 5-6 people on a good night. Tonight there must have been about 12 people there! Whoa! I'm pretty excited to start frequenting the group again. Course it all depends when dh is on the road as well.

Here's a picture of Sheldon in progress: (He's naked.)



At the store, I worked on his shell. I have all the increases done. Now I have to start the decreases. It is turning out cute. I have his legs done but they haven't been stuffed and attached yet.

Here is the baby blanket I finished a couple weeks ago:



And after Sheldon is done, I'm back to this sweater (Kerry Cardigan):



Can barely see the cables and the honeycomb in the picture. I'm at the armhole splits and working on the back. I'll have to try and take a picture of it on a white background. Maybe it will come out better. Or further back. Oh well.

While I'm displaying pictures, here are a few more:

A sweater I did for Jake that no longer fits him (of course):




The philosopher's wool sleeve I started 2 years ago for dh:


So much knitting so little time!

Baby Blanket

Finished! Woo-hoo! I'm now working on Sheldon the Turtle from knitty.com. I'm working on his shell. I discovered the kelly green yarn I got was smaller than the body yarn I got. So, I found some Caron green yarn that sort of matched the color I'm looking for. Hope it is the same weight. This is the second stuffed animal I have done. The first turned out rather pathetic. It was a rabbit. I don't have the heart to put a face on it yet. I knit it way too loosely and so it looks rather sad looking. But Sheldon is turning out very well. I'll post a picture later.

Another project I keep looking at to start is the Harry Potter bookscarf. It is way to cute not to start. I've started reading book 7 but keep falling asleep. Too much going on right now to stay focused on the book. That is a first for me! Usually it would be finished by now!

I hope to go to knit night tonight. I haven't been in sooo long. I'm taking Sheldon with me. We are meeting at a new yarn store in Arvada. I'm excited. New yarn stores are fabulous. I wish a friendly yarn store would pop up near me. Some day...