Wednesday on the morning bus ride, I managed to time things perfectly - I cast off the back of Twist just in time for me to put things away and get off at my stop. unfortunately, the back of the sweater is not the entire sweater, so I didn’t get too far on the NaKniSweMo goal.

so on Wednesday’s trip home, I didn’t want to start the fronts or sleeves yet, so I pulled out the HP bookscarf and got a few more rows done there.

now, back to the holiday knitting!
I started a hat:

and I have the yarn and patterns ready for the rest of the projects:

I just need to get knitting.
5 projects started, 2 finished, 4 more planned.

but figured I’d pass this one on, even if it’s not legit.

Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on “donating a mammogram” for free (pink window in the middle).

This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Here’s the web site! Pass it along to people you know

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

I used to click those sites daily and then forgot. may have to make a habit of it again…
pass it on if you want to.

apologies for yet another post without photos. I had intentions of doing a quick photo shoot last night before/while packing, but I got a bit distracted. I really need to get a progress photo of Twist.

a quick WIP Wednesday update:
Twist is going well. I probably won’t finish by the end of the month for NaKniSweMo, but I’ve made some good progress, I think. I’m at the armholes on the back.

at some point during the week, I ran out of yarn and forgot to pack a new ball of yarn. (I thought I had packed it, but apparently I was having a delusional moment). of course, that means I have nothing to knit on an hour-long bus ride home. ugh! so I studied the pattern a bit. and then I had the amazing realization that there was knitting in my bag. The Harry Potter book scarf to the rescue! (maybe it’s not so crazy of me to carry extra knitting around with me.)

Holiday Travel (and Holiday knitting)
we’re heading down to Wisconsin for the weekend. spending Turkey day with one of dh’s friends and whoever else shows up. and then I’m heading north from there to Green Bay to get together with some old camp friends for a quilting/crafting weekend.

so, last night was spent packing. priorities of course, I packed the sewing projects (the 2nd curtain, pajama pants for me, the quilt I mentioned back in May-ish, and the never-ending 5-year+ quilt. aka my first quilt project that I only ever seem to think about working on when meeting up with my camp friends.). while gathering the fabric, I realized I had misplaced the foot I’d bought to applique the May quilt. I found it in with the rest of the feet for the machine. and then I realized that the pattern(s) I had for pajama pants won’t fit me (one would have if I’d bought the Misses sizes instead of the Junior sizes. note to self, pay attention), so I may need to make a side-trip to the store for that (not a problem, at some point we usually end up in a fabric store).

alright, sewing being packed, it’s time to move on to the knitting. I’ve got Twist with me, of course. and 4 extra balls so I can start working on the fronts or the sleeves. whichever I choose to do, I’m doing both at the same time so they match.
since the holiday knitting has been suffering, I’ve made sure to bring plenty of that as well. but what to bring? well, I was going to force myself to work on L’s mittens from last year, but that’s at the house, so I guess those will have to wait a while longer (dammit!). so I’m taking yarn for L’s gift, A’s gift, the poinsettia wreath, and I think something else.

knitting on the sweater continues. I finished the second ball on the bus this morning. based on the yardage on the pattern, I’m expecting to need 15.

since I’ve got a good portion of the back done (at least 10″ - getting close to the arm shaping), I decided to check how my gauge is doing. seems I’m off. pattern says 19 sts and I’m measuring about 21 sts over the 4″. hmm. I’m making the largest size, which is a few inches over my bust measurement, so I’m thinking (hoping!) I should be ok. at least I’m not on track to have the sweater fit an elephant or something.

I’d like to get back to the holiday knits, but I think half of them got left at the house (we’re going back to get the rest on Friday), so I’m not sure what I have here and what I don’t. we’ll work on unpacking that tonight

we moved this weekend. surprised?

anyone know what LYS are close to Mound?
I know Yarn Cafe & Amazing Threads aren’t too far. Coldwater Collaborative is pretty close too (if I can figure out the easiest way to get out of the lakes). Skeins is around here somewhere… Yarnzilla isn’t really open to the public anymore, I guess (aside from classes).
what’s the one(s) down in Chaska/Chanhassen?

any SnB’s or anything nearby? (will have to consult the yahoogroup, methinks)