Yarn Giveaway on Mona's Blog

Mona's giving away a beautiful skein of her handspun yarn. Click here for details.

(picture stolen from Mona's blog)

It's finished!!!

The middle section is wrong. I found out at the end sections that because I was left-handed I had to undo it and do them differently than the pattern said………. the same was true for the middle but I didn’t realize that until I knew that I messed up at the end. I just wasn’t looking closely enough at it.

I love it and no one but another girasol knitter will know that I messed up.

I measured it and it’s just over 6.5 feet in diameter…………. it’s sooooooo perfect!!!!

Girasol Update

I couldn't get the border right on the girasol and so after searching other borders I opted for the Hemlock Ring border. I'm hoping to finish it today and block it this week.

Invasion

Three more aliens have come for a visit on their way to their new homes. They'll be leaving tomorrow but they had a nice visit with their cousins.

Aliens and Hats

Justin already had the green alien. Kevin asked for a yellow one for a friend so I made her one. Then I decided I wanted a bigger one and used the thickest yarn I had. Here's the family before the yellow one went to his new home.

A friend needs chemo caps. :-(

Help me win a pair of UGG boots please!!

I've been invited to participate in a contest. If I can get 40 people to click on this link, I will win a pair of Ugg boots. I doubt that 40 people read my blog but I can hope. I'm also not entirely sure how this lets them see that it came from me but this is the reply I recieved from the lady who invited me:

When someone clicks that link it has a little code (the xref=arielzoe.blog) part which records all visitors that visit from your link.
If these visitors continue to enter it stores the entrant details under your code as well.. A bit confusing I know but basically I end up seeing a report with entrant numbers every day..

Please click here to help me win. Thanks!!!

BOO!!!!!

What a fun fun knit!! The pattern can be found here. Thanks Anita!!
Happy Early Halloween!!

More Chemo Caps

These are for Judi's mom. She just started chemo. :-(

Chemo Caps

My friend Susan is knitting chemo caps for the Cancer Awareness Center in Alamogordo, NM. I thought I'd help her out a bit.

Yarn Giveaway

My friend Mona is hosting her first contest. Take a look at her blog and enter to win this skein of her beautiful hand dyed and spun yarn.

Nut Cup (or is it for M&M's)

One of my favorite designers, Anita Wheeless, was looking for test knitters and I volunteered. She had several items she needed tested but I asked for something easy. She assigned me a nut cup. I'd never been a test knitter before and this was very fun to knit. Technically it is a nut cup but when I test knit it, it was around Valentine's Day and the pink and white M&M's were plentiful. The pattern isn't ready for publication yet but keep an eye on her Ravelry page or blog. She did say that I could post it on Ravelry and my blog. If you like it, please let Anita know.

Thanks Anita!!!!

Linda's Bottle Sleeve

My friend Linda was constantly drinking someone else's water when she was exercising at Curves. I improvised this bottle sleeve so that she'd know which water was hers.

Angels vs Oakland

I'm not a big sports fan but a friend of mine has season tickets to the Angels games so we tend to go once a year. One thing about baseball, I understand the game. We had a great time!!

Final score:
Angels 11 - Athletics 7

Girasoling along

I just finished the second repeat of Chart E. 30 more rows to go and then the border. It's not easy taking a picture of it at this point. I'm still loving knitting it.

When I started there were 590 Girasol projects on Ravelry. I checked Ravelry as I was posting this and the count is up to 750. WOW!!

Girasol Update

I'm on the last row of Chart D. 640 stitches on the needles. I just counted and I have 47 rows to go not counting the border. I can't even really guess at the diameter at this point, somewhere around 40" unblocked.

Round Dishcloth

I think this is the largest dishcloth I've ever made, 11.25". Isn't it so pretty. You can find the pattern here.

Jumping on the Girasol bandwagon

WIP

I fell in love with this pattern as soon as I saw it. And really, how can anything designed by Jared Flood be bad. Knitting his version of the Hemlock Ring blanket was probably one of my all time favorite knitted things.

I did need a little convincing to start it and once I decided to knit it I labored over which yarn to use. Happily though, I found the yarn I wanted - Berroco Ultra Alpaca / Lavender Mix - thanks to my friend Kathy. It also helps to have five online knitting friends that are knitting along with me.

Point of interest:
Including mine there are 590 of them being knit or have been knit on Ravelry.
I wonder how many there will be when I finish mine.

Sending some Sunshine for a swap

These two dishcloths were for this round of the Ravelry Sunshine Envelope Swap. The front one is this pattern and the back one is a simple basketweave.

Weird Knitting Of The Day

Why you ask? The rubber on our fridge handle started to rip. I looked on on the Sears parts department web site it would be over $200 to repair it. Well, not for one but we'd need two if I wanted them to match. The freezer one is fine but is starting to look worn. My hubby asked if I could knit a cover for it. So I did. Fridge Handle Cozy!!!

More Dishcloths

I joined the Cloth & Soap Swap on Ravelry. It's an easy swap, just one dishcloth and a bar of soap. Of course I can add goodies if I choose. These are the two dishcloths I sent. The first is a ballband, because they're pretty and easy. I was going to reverse the colors but then went searching for another two-colored cloth. This is the pattern I found. I hope she likes her swap envelope.