I still have 10 minutes before it's no longer February

Sooooo, the story goes that I started this beret back in December and then threw it at the wall in frustration, I picked it back up at the beginning of this month since it's pattern name is "February Beret" and I wanted to finish it in due time.

The only problem was that at the very end, when I could see the golden light, I ran out of yarn...exactly.

I took my trusty skein sleeve and went on the hunt, but it was to no avail, the brand (Brown Sheep) while still very active, no longer had the color/dye lot on their website, and I was only able to visit one of the locations that sold that brand and they did not have a color that came close enough to match.

Sad face.

And so I put my beloved/loathed project in a bag and tucked it away until I had more resources, until today.

So, I live on the East coast, and as many people might know we recently got hit with a pretty big storm, I am close(er) to the water so most of the storm for me was RAIN, lots, and lots and lots of RAIN.

That being said I had been keeping tabs with my roomie about the condition of our basement and the giant water mark on my ceiling...as I was away in the land of boyfriend during most of the madness.

Awesome roomie texted me yesterday before I came home to say we had had a little bit of water in the basement so I should check out my stuff just to be safe, so I did.

LO AND BEHOLD. In my random crap, most of it destined for yard sale, one glorious skein of the EXACT same yarn as I had been pining after!

Why was it in my yard sale bin? I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE.

I also don't know if it came along with the other skein my grandmother gave me, but I can only assume that that is the case!

Anywho! My beret is now FINISHED (done earlier than this post) and it was completed for it's due date! ^_^

Below you can see the progress, I'll post the finished piece once I block it (my first time to block something, too!)

(finally on DPNs!)

Things!

A real update! Hooray!

So, here is my February Beret, alas, sadly unfinished cause I ran out of yarn! :(

But, the good news! TOMORROW I am going to get MORE! Yay! ::dances:: thanks to my lovely boy and his access-to-car powers. :)

My hope is to have it done by Monday and then wear it proudly! (I'm excited, can y'tell??)

And heeeere are my rose-leaf lace glovelet things. I now have two, go me! Only a little bit of finishing to do on the second one, but you can't tell from this pic anyway.

Moving on! Here is my new project, just another pair of horse-shoe lace glovelets, BUT, I am making them for ME! More things knit for me?! What a novel idea! (I usually have a hard time knitting things for myself...)

Short post, more to come, I promise!

So, today's post will be short, and lack pictures and anything really fun...sigh

After a busy weekend, including a day trip to Maine with my sister and then a rush of activity yesterday...I am lacking pictures of my most recent endeavors, and also missing pictures I took since my sister and I switched camera memory cards on Friday cause hers was full, and her camera is nicer than mine so she was in charge of documenting our adventure. That said, my memory card, with a few pics of my latest V-day get up (completely revamped from what I last posted) is about 100 miles away, at the mercy of my sister.

And yes, the question is asked "Why don't I take new pictures?" well the answer is simple, my camera is sucktastic and the only decent pictures I get happen when I have natural lighting...and now it is night time, and therefore only crap pictures can be taken (I hate using flash, it washes out all my colors...)

So, there you have it, no pictures. But here are the updates on my projects.

February Beret: I cam SO close to finishing it and ran out of yarn. Luckily the yarn company it came from is still in booming business, I just need to wait for the opportunity for access to a car to arise...

Envelope Afghan: Not much more work, , maybe a row...yeah just a row, the needles I am using for it are really awful cheap circulars and the tips are extremely blunt, so they're difficult to use without getting annoyed.

Rose-Leaf Lace Glovelets: I have finished the second glove and only have to do a bit more weaving in of the ends before they are good to go! If anyone is actually reading this keep and eye out for them in my etsy shop!

V-day Get-up: After finishing the top I have come to the conclusion that I made it too small, not that my boobs are just too big for anything without a wire...So I dropped it and found a new pattern on Threadbangers for a bikini top, might not still be the best for my situation, but I think it will give better support and coverage than the knitty pattern. I also switched out the yarn for a doubled combo of some silky black yarn made from Merino wool and acrylic something or other...and this random, thin, kind of fuzzy pink/white gradient yarn I got from my ex-boyfriends mother who used to crochet everything. The ball of it is MASSIVE (one of the pictures on my vagabond memory card) and I've been looking for a use for it for 3 + yrs...

The END!