Of speeches and things

This is by far the best speech ever!

Mail Call!

It is so exciting to get all my favorite stuff in the mailbox! (well its not exactly a mailbox, more like the Areopaq offices, but hey! it's still mail) Last week I finally got my lovely Cascade 220 Heathers, I ordered (at Jimmy Beans Wool, great deals!) for my sister's very own Summer Slouchy that I need to cast on and finish by Saturday...she's leaving Sunday *sniffles*
Knitted Items (by me) she'll be taking:
- The Lace Scarf and Edged Hat Set
- Caron Simply Shrug (Modified Shrug Me Shrug)
- Summer Slouchy
- Garter Slippers
I wanted to make her some gloves but I still don't know how, I've read several patterns and it just seems so difficult :S
The other yarn I got for *gasp* 0.99$ (also at Jimmy Beans Wool, great deals!), 195yds of Reynolds' Whiskey , its a 2ply sort of light sport weight.
I also got some striped candy (2 of 'em) with my yarn! aren't they sweet at Jimmy Beans Wool (they're not paying me for saying good stuff about 'em I'm just extremely satisfied with my purchase there)


I also got my Gospel of John tracts! I still have some left from last time I ordered them, but one should never run out, there's always one of those divine appointments in which you just might need one to give away.

Slouchy Summer - Done!

All done! with less than 1 skein of the lovely Cascade 220, casting on 90 stitches (16 stitches more than what the pattern called for) and during the increase increasing it to 130stitches (go ahead and increase it to 135 for more slouchyness action, distribute a few more YO evenly) and then just follow the pattern, the end result should look more or less like mine!
Happy knitting and God bless!

Slouchy Summer

On my trip to NY about 2 years ago I went on a yarn shopping frenzy, and bought 1 skein of different brands of yarn, one of these was Cascade 220 Wool, after going through all the patterns shown in ravelry I finally decided to knit the Slouchy Copy Cat Hat with it.
Here's a picture of my WIP Summer Slouchy:

As usual I altered the pattern, I casted on 90 stitches because 76, what the pattern called for, would've turned out too small for my 22" head. But that lead me to alter the amount of stitches I had to increase, I skipped a few yarn overs and the stitches increased to 130 giving me a good round number for the Eyelet Mock Cable Ribbing, which is done in multiples of 5.