The Big Lug

Who’s tired of seeing my bathroom in pictures? Me! So I had the pants take a picture of me in the laundry room. Energy saver? Why yes I am.
I knit the kittyville hat for my niece. The hat pattern can be found in Stitch and Bitch (don’t sue me!) Nation. I made the hat with lionbrand wool ease and size 8 32-inch circular addi turbos. I didn’t have to switch to dpns at all except to knit the icord. This is a super fast knit and comes out really cute. I may have to make myself one in black.
Of course, I’ve finished this knit for my niece just about when it’s too warm to wear a hat. Hopefully.
Enough about the hat, onto another subject. I have found a love for a taboo food. One that adds to the granny persona that comes along with my habits of knitting and sitting infront of the TV covered with an afghan – the dried plum. Known for years as the prune, the snack has been revamped by marketing geniuses and named the dried plum. Come on people – it’s a prune. Your grandma ate them to help her poop. I love them because they’re sweet as candy but full of antioxidants and fiber (are you reading this Stacy?!). I’m not ashamed. I’m coming out. I’m out and I’m proud. I like prunes. I limit myself to 2-3 a day. Don’t be ashamed prune lovers of America. Eat your prune in peace without the facade of calling it a dried plum. There’s no shame in regularity.

Thar she blows. Tubey. Maybe I like her. I like her enough to wear her with jeans. I wore her to work and she passed the test. No one asked if I made my sweater. And at knitting group that night, everyone seemed to like her. So maybe she will grow on me.
Knitting was a lot of fun last night. A lot of the ladies are lurkers on this blog. And maybe lurkers on your blog too! Encourage them to de-lurk! Here are some shots of the girls from last night. All very talented knitters.

Stacy tagged me for a meme – click the extended entry to read it. Have you seen this meme? I’m feelin the love from Carrie on this one.

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Da da dum! Some confessions about the sweater I’m wearing today: 1.) I made it. 2.)There is one end not woven in because I missed it. 3.) It’s not blocked. 4.) I’m not sure if I like it.

I took real pictures at home. That’s just a little teaser pic. So this sweater took forever for me to knit and I don’t know that I like the results. I think for my body type (thicker in the middle) this is not the best choice of sweater pattern. It kind of bulges in all the wrong places, despite being too big. I do like the stripe pattern, the neckline and the sleeves. The body leaves much to be desired in my opinion. But it’s done! Yay! and I am wearing it to work today and to knitting tonight. I’m starting to think I should stick to projects that are under 800 yards of yarn. Maybe I’d do better with a sweater pattern with pieces that are stitched together. I have no luck with one piece sweaters so far. I will say that I love the knitpicks Andean silk. Very nice yarn to knit with.
Now I’m in that knitting limbo with no projects started! What to do next? I have my eye on making the Kittyville hat from sNb Nation. In the meantime I’m going to knit dishrags while I decide.
House update: So far so good. We got through the inspection and didn’t find anything major. We drafted the letter to the seller on what to fix and we’re waiting for a response. It’s really starting to feel like we own a house now. We’re supposed to settle on May 31st. It seems so far away! I am officially addicted to HGTV while waiting to move. I have about 30 million home improvement projects to start on when we move in.
On a totally unrelated note, we’re going to Toronto in April. Anyone have any Toronto tips?