Reliving Childhood Memories

Omg, I just discovered you can play Oregon Trail on Facebook! Yes, I realize that statement (and the fact that I'm playing a game on Facebook) makes me sound about 13.

My earliest memory of using a computer was playing Oregon Trail at the town library. So many hours spent staring at that green, pixelated screen trying to ford rivers and shoot deer. In the Facebook version you can choose to eat members of you travel party, a feature which I definitely don't remember from the game I played in 3rd grade.

Good times, good times ...

Another thing to love about my boyfriend

So, the other night I was browsing on Ravely and my BF, who witnesses more clearly than anyone my obsession with yarn, remarks isn't it funny how so many yarn shops have sheep-based puns as part of their names. Then he starts laughing uncontrollably and says, hey someday you could have your own yarn shop with a red and white stripe knitted cozy on a pole in front and call it the Baabaa shop ... like barber shop ... only baa baa ... sigh. He's the best!

One Skein baby bolero

My latest tiny creation. I LOVE this pattern. It is pretty easy (I made my first one after only a month or so of knitting), uses very little yarn (about 150 yards total), and is fast to knit because it's so tiny.

You can find the pattern in One Skein by Leigh Radford. This is one of my favorite knitting books. If you'd like to check it out you can link to it on Amazon through the library section on my sidebar.

This particular sweater is knit in stripes of Big Easy cotton and King Tut cotton (leftovers). I can't wait to ship it off to my brother and his wife for the yet-unborn Katalina, soon to be their third little girl.

The second Wabenschal is on the needles and I'm well into a very simple shrug for myself that should see some action during tech next week. Unfortunately knitting in the dark is not very conducive to lace knitting so the shawl will probably go on hiatus for a while.
That's all for now folks!

My first commission!

Before Christmas I took the Wabenschal I made for Katie in to work for blocking. (I have a nice, big sewing table there, perfect for pinning.) After I blocked it I was bringing it back to my shop to wrap it up and I stopped to show it off to my co-workers. One of them particularly liked it and asked how much I would want to make another.

Fast forward a few weeks: today he brings it up again and asks specifically if I could have another ready by the end of February for his wife's birthday. I name my price and we have a deal. How cool is that! Now I've got to get started. This will be an interesting experiment, I think. I wonder how I will feel about knitting that isn't for me or a gift for a beloved recipient of my choosing.