And we have bind-off!

On my way to the moebius cowl class tonight, I stopped at World of Variety (local "dime" store) to see if they had the leaf bags like pumpkins for Mom.  They did, and I was strolling in the next aisle over to see what other fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving decorations they had when I spied a Christmas decoration on the opposite side of the aisle that I just had to get.  I know, I know way to early for anything except Christmas gift making but when you see this I'm sure you will understand why I broke down and bought it.

Before class started, I was on row 7/8 and needed to get to 10.  Easily done, okay I was binding off as the other ladies were blissfully? doing the picot bind off with beads. Was undecided as to which one of two beads to go with so decided to use both as they go great with this yarn (and the moebius is rather colorful).  I did manage to finish the repeats and do about 8 picots (only 56 more to go).

When I'm done, there should be enough yarn left to make either mittens or fingerless mitts.  For the mittens, I would have to add another sock weight yarn to this thus making the mittens not too matchy-matchy with the moebius.  Mitts on the other hand (snicker) would match perfectly.  Hmm maybe I need to decide who these will be for?

Crafting retreat results

Beginning of October Mom, Charlene (family friend) and Rosie (our Cairn Terrier) went on the annual crafting retreat.  The leaves were gorgeous!  If you can ever make it up to the Wausau area, Rib Mountain along the interstate is beautiful and then once you get up further north, well, very difficult to describe but it is a great place to be in the fall if you just want to enjoy the fall colors.


We had excellent weather and our cabin was very lovely.  It was a lot closer to civilization (last year it was a 15-20 drive to Mercer and to Eagle River it was another 40 minutes).  We are thinking about doing a week long get-away.  Wonder if we will need that trailer my Dad always jokes about when Mom and I go on a road trip??

My to do list has shrunk a little and finished a project that wasn't even on the list!  To sum up, took a total of 17 projects and completed 10.   Not bad, knew going up that there were some I wouldn't even get to but I did weave in more ends on the green star afghan.  Believe I now know what to do with the Pioneer Braid Scarf but was not happy on how I was doing the short-row turns so ripped the scarf back to the beginning of braid #2.  The instructions didn't tell you what to do on the knit row and most knitters are probably nodding their head and know exactly what  you should do in this situation, but alas if its not written down, I'm never sure what to do (for me the answer turned out to be slip the stitch).

Here is my final report of completed projects:

1. DONE - Towel holder: weave in ends
2. Pumpkin mat: weave in ends and add border
3. DONE -Tan ribbed scarf: weave in ends
4. Towel holder: figure out pattern
5. Aunt B's Pioneer Braid shawl: start 2nd braid
6. DONE - Green doily with cream edging: weave in ends
7. DONE - Paw Track Socks: fix tight cuff
8. DONE (on 3rd braid) - Pioneer Braid Scarf: cast on and work first 3 braids (so I know what I'm doing on #5)
9. DDs 2nd sock: cast on
10. Mom's double knit pine tree mittens
11. DONE - Baby sweater: add button and weave in ends
12. DONE - Dishcloth: weave in ends
13. DONE - Baby sweater: add button and weave in ends
14. STARTED - Green star afghan: weave in ends
15. Linda's Wildflower sock: cast on
16. DONE - Caliometry: add button and weave in ends
17. DONE - Tip to top mittens (not originally pictured)