KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

My poor little silver Scion xA had a small accident last Friday. (Yeah, I know, I haven't blogged in a while. That has several reasons - more about that later.) And, of all places, it was right near Knitch, while I trying find parking for the FNKG. Virginia Highland is just too crowded... Anyways, I got a ticket for failure to yield because I hit another car. I totally disagree that this was solely my fault because the other woman was on my side of the road. We were going in opposite directions, and if she'd been on her side of the road, we would have been fine.

Maybe I was just too giddy about my new knitting bag - who knows. But isn't she a beauty?

So, poor little Flitzi (that's my car's name) was having a little cosmetic surgery this week. Luckily, only her front bumper was bruised - no internal damage. YAY for that! And she's fine now, looks like a brand new car - well actually, she is still a brand new car. Anyway, hubby got her back from the shop today. And that's why I'm driving the studmobile today...

It's just an awesome car, and every once in a while hubby lets me drive it. Then I really feel like Claudia Schumacher (maybe you've heard of the German Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher). Except it's kinda boring to have a 320 hp car when you can only drive 65 mph... That's when a German Autobahn with no speed limit comes in handy. ;-)

So, what else have I been up to in the last week and a half???

Well - there's been so much drama in my little knitting world that I kinda ducked down and kept a low profile for a while. It seems that there are always people who are jealous for what you have and what you can do/buy, and they have to dis you behind your back. Well, that kind of behavior does not go over well with me and it gets you seriously on my shit list. If you know me at all, then you know that you can approach me anytime with anything and I would talk issues over with you and even apologize if I think I should. And you would also know that I've worked hard for what I have - including a fabulous relationship with hubby - and that I had several smackdowns in my earlier life. So don't judge me, because you don't know a thing about me. OK - I'll get down from my soapbox now and get on with the knitting - it's a knitting blog after all. I can't believe I wrote all that...

I have a bunch of FOs to show you - yes, I've been a busy bee. Got a bunch of deadlines looming over me. ;-)

Gale's Sonnet has a finished body since last Saturday. I'm going to cast on for the sleeves this weekend, and I think they will be done in no time. Hubby and I divided the remaining yarn in a very scientific way. We unballed four balls back onto the swift, counted the wraps, and reballed each ball into two halves. This way I will have matching yarn for each of the two sleeves. Clever, huh??? Leave it to a software engineer, aka hubby, to come up with this method. ;-)

Aren't these colors wonderful? I feel like I'm knitting with all possible color combinations.

I finished Mom's Wavy Scarf - it'll go to the post office tomorrow. Her birthday is on October 1. I also bought some sock yarn for her - Claudia's Handpainted, which is not available in stores in Germany, and Blue Sky wooden dpns (you know - the funky ones in the tin box):

Another finished muli-directional scarf - which probably goes into my box of "need a knitted gift fast"...

A pair of socks has also been finished - finally... I used a crochet bind-off for a very stretchy bind-off, which I love on my socks:

And then - of course - I had to start a new sock. It's the September pattern of Sockamania:

This picture is from last week. In the meantime I finished the three repeats of Xs and Os, and I am past the heel. Once I get my sock blockers back from the Yarn Doctor, I'll post proper sock pictures. Somehow, my feet are not such good models...

What else???

Oh - there was the Mystery Stole 3 meet-up last Sunday at Knitch. We had a bunch of GORGEOUS lace stoles - finished and works-in-progress:

From left to right: Claudia, Alma, Linda, Jane, Ellen, Diana & Debra

And we had "Knitch" cake - well, at least the icing was in Knitch colors - Thanks to Jen!!!

And since everybody is on this competition thing about knitting a sweater for SAFF, and I have no time for that, I am going to design a felted bag for SAFF. Yup, in Knitch colors...

The pattern will be published - no worries - gimme some time to design, write up, and also knit and felt the bag.

I'm taking my coworker to Knitch tonight - she needs a knitting refresher. So I brought needles and yarn. Always good to get somebody into knitting. She crochets, but thought knitting would be fun. And I talk about it all the time, poor thing!