and all that jazz...

feliz navidad and happy holidays all...

*sigh*

not much to say...just some pictures to show some fun in the sun...

yet another sock...

i'm knitting up the embossed leaves pattern once again...i'm seriously head over heels in love with this pattern...it knits up so quickly...i received my order of sock yarn from loops last week and decided to use some of it up...my mum said that my grandma would be tickled to receive a pair of socks from me...she used to knit...maybe this will inspire her to knit again...

trip down memory lane...

wow i stumped accross this picture...it was taken a long time ago...it's dani when he was around 4...he's sportin' some hardcore tattoo's...i have to admit...it's one of my favorite pictures of him...i'm sure in a few more years the tattoo's won't be so temporary...he tells me that when he grows up he want's to be just like me...i think i've created a mini male version of myself...i'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or bad thing...only time will tell... ;)

boy does time fly...

wow...another year up and gone...damien's now 2...damn...that went quick...maybe i'll get lucky and he'll skip the terrible part...one can only hope...he had a blast this year eating his ice cream cake...none made it to the floor this year...whoohooo for me...poor daisy for not getting any scraps...he did really well at blowing out the candles...in fact so well they were lit about 5 times so that we could get a picture...we took him to target so that he could pick out one of his own gifts and he chose a...yo gabba gabba muno guitar...it makes lots of noise...all five characters singing 2 songs each...what more could a child ask for...luckily for the rest of us it also has an off button...

done...done...done...

stellar...i finished up my mum's socks...i had the chance to run out to my lys yesterday and picked up another skein so that the project could be completed...yes...i ran out of yarn just before i finished...however...lesson well learned on adding an additional pattern row to the leg...and not paying attention to yardage...maybe it's time to start knitting toe up...then it would have never have happened...now on to finishing up my dad's christmas scarf...it's been sleeping for a few months...i'm also going to cast on a pair of socks for my grandma...a former knitter...so i know she will appreciate them...

bringers of good cheer...

i started knitting these up because...my mum was over for thanksgiving and we had a great time while she was visiting...but now she is back home and feeling a little depressed...so i thought maybe she'd cheer up if she were to get a little surprise...so i decided that i'll whip these up and stick them in the mail so that she'll have them for the weekend...i finished the first sock and now on the second... the leaf pattern would look much better in a solid color but i didn't have any in my stash...so variegated it is...

yeah...i know...i'm supposed to finish the hedera before starting another sock...but working on size 1 needles is like knitting at turtle's pace...at least that's the way it feels...but i am going to finish them sometime this week...at least that's what i'm shooting for...