little bit of crazy leaking out

. . . I think.

I am no longer making dish/washcloths at a frantic pace and I even finished a sock, knit a pair of slippers for Hubby, and started slippers for the kids.  I think this a step in the right direction. 

Hubby’s slippers, pre-felting, are so big that when I put my hand into them they reach my elbow.  

The obsession started over at the Ravelry group Reclaiming the Home, a challange was issued to knit ten dishcloths by the end of December.  Since Thanksgiving, when I started the challange, I have knit twenty-one.  Yes, that’s right, TWENTY-ONE!  They are so addictive; great for playing with color combos and patterns, and so quick to knit.  So, here are the rest of the dishcloths . . .

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Yeah, I didn’t think so either.  Hubby didn’t close the filter basket all the way so it didn’t drain into the pot, instead it backed up all over the counter.  Luckily, since dishwasher is broken and I’ve been hand washing dishes, there was a towel on the counter and it absorbed most of the mess.  Well, the towel kept the coffee from running off the counter and all over the floor, so that was good.

 This Thanksgiving weekend I succumbed to Dishcloth Madness.  I took up the challange to knit ten dishcloths by the end of December in the Reclaiming the Home group on Ravelry.  After the first dishcloth, knit on Thanksgiving day, I seemed to lose my mind and so far I have knit nine and the tenth is on the needles right now.  All I want to knit is washcloths!  I already know the next three I want to knit, what is wrong with me?!

top to bottom, l to r:
1) Ballband in Sugar’n Cream Stripes (Tie Dye) and Lion Cotton? (lavendar)
2) Chinese Waves in Lion Cotton? (lavendar)
3) Ballband in Sugar’n Cream (Jute) and Lion Cotton (red)
4) Ballband in Sugar’n Cream (White, Hot Orange, pink, yellow)
5) Ballband knit during the Seahawks game in *gasp* Seahawks colors
Lion Cotton and Sugar’n Cream
6) Garterlac in Sugar’n Cream (Lazy Daisy)
7) 4 Corners in Sugar’n Cream ( Creamsicle)

Hubby commented that it felt like snow, today, before he went to work.  Yes, it was cold but not that cold, and this is Seattle, we don’t get snow very often in November.  When the bus dropped Bubba off after school, it was cold and raining, no snow.  About an hour later . . .

Yes, that is snow, big wet fluffy flakes.  The kids put on their warm clothes and went outside and had a snowball fight. They had a grand time, but the rain came and now the snow is gone.  Oh well, easy come, easy go.

Another Garterlac dishcloth, designed by Dave at Criminy Jickets, this time in Sugar’n Cream Stripes.  Started and finished yesterday.

This was not the best pairing of yarn and pattern.  In my defense I had never worked with the yarn before and was thinking gradual color changes not the abrupt color changes actually in the yarn.  That teaches me for not checking Ravelry first.  I actually thought about ripping it out, but it’s only a dishcloth for goodness sakes.  

This is the first of ten by the end of December, a challenge on the Ravelry group Reclaiming the Home.

Happy Thanksgiving, I hope you all had a wonderful day full of family and friends.  Or not if that makes you happy, hehehe. 

Hubby had to work today so we will be celebrating with my parents tomorrow.  Hubby visited his mom today at the recovery center before heading into work.  It looks like she will be there for about three weeks, luckily it is on his way to work so it makes it a bit easier for him to visit daily.