Update: Knit Mainea will temporarily be housed at http://knitmainea.wordpress.com

I haven't set anything up over there... just moved the archives over, so once I get a chance to play around it will look better. Please change bookmarks and bloglines feeds!

So knitmainea will be moving very shortly... i can keep it here on blogger and host it on blogspot, but hate ads and would rather not have them. I've reserved http://knitmainea.wordpress.com so I can theoretically move it there, too. The reality is, I just don't feel like keeping my personal domain anymore- as much as I loved it, I just have other things I'd rather do than work on it. And to keep little-earthquakes.net simply because of knitmainea seems a slight waste of money.

Knitmainea won't be disappearing... just moving. I'll post the new address once I figure it out!

It has gone from insanely cold outside last week to 40-degree temperatures this week. With the warmer temps we were able to move enough snow from the front of the garage so that I could actually get my car out (it's been stuck in there for about a month).

I got older over the weekend, too... not that there will be much of a difference between 30 and 31. Still, it was an excuse to have cake, a couple of beers and a dinner out with no kids.

My secret project is coming along fantastic... I like it so much I've already made plans to make another for myself after the Loopy Swap. Still won't show pictures or say anything else.

Happy Monday!

Two posts in two days! You might want to check to see if the sky is falling, folks. It could possibly fall here if it wasn't so damn cold outside... but single digit temps keep everything well frozen.

Since I didn't remember to add the spinning picture to yesterday's post, here is the spinning:



The Specs: Party Dress, the December 2007 Spunky Club colorway. Corriedale Wool... 4 oz. It's spun super bulky so it's nice and squishy. I found the black I wanted to offset it last night at The Knitting Experience Cafe, so I'm so excited to make some mittens!!

I've also done a few things other than the Christmas projects I blogged about yesterday. A few months back I spun up Aspen, the September Spunky Club color and although I adored the colors and the sheen (merino and tencel, yum!), I had no clue what to do with it since I didn't have a lot (I made the mistake of trying to navajo ply... and... yeah. Half the bobbin ended up as knots in the trash). I finally decided to whip it up into a quick Calorimetry:



I have gotten eleventy million compliments on the colors of this... and this yarn was fabulous to knit with. It's a little on the light side so I won't wear it until after it warms up a bit, but I love it!

I also started a new scarf... I know that is not a huge shock to all of you that frequent this blog. I'm doing Argosy with some fabulous mint green Misti Pima Cotton and Silk blend. This yarn is seriously delicious:



I can't wait to finish it just so I can wear the yarn around my neck all the time.

I'm jumping in on the Celtic Tote KAL that is happening at the Knitting Experience Cafe, but have slacked on picking a yarn. I keep flip flopping between charcoal grey and going totally crazy with pink. I've also started a new project, but since it is going to be given away, I'm not going to post details here.

A real post! Oh em gee!

It is now 2008... I am still not caught up on my Bloglines (and I only have 35 of them for crying out loud, you'd think I could get my shizz together!), but I actually have some real content to post about! And pictures!

I've decided to not bother going back and putting pictures in of all the stuff from months ago... most of it is in my Ravelry stuff anyway, so if you're really anxious to check it out you can see it there.

But more recent stuff...

I got The Knitter's Book of Yarn for the holidays! Now I'm just trying to convince Amy that she should autograph it because it would make me feel super special. It really is a great book... I was going through it with my friend Julie (who is not a knitter) and she loved so many of the patterns. Speaking of Amy, run, do not walk, to your LYS to get the latest copy of Knitscene. Amy has two wicked cute hoodie patterns in it... both which I need to remember to add to my Ravelry queue.

I also got Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair which I've already finished. As expected, this book is fantastic and funny and I can't wait to pass it on for some of my friends to read.

For the holidays I didn't knit many gifts simply because I knew I'd end up burning out like I did two Christmases ago. The ones I did do, though, were all office gifts and very well received. First up, we do Secret Santa and I drew one of the supervisors. Sue had said to me that she was hoping her gift would be knitted and since she loves green and scarves, I knit her Branching Out in green Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool. I love this yarn. Like seriously love it. It was fabulous to work with and the end product looked awesome.



Isn't it lovely how Camilla's head jumped into the photo? She wouldn't get out of the way of the camera, so I finally gave up trying. The one thing that I did notice on this pattern is that it says you should be able to get 27 repeats out of the Silky Wool... I think I only got 21 or so before I was dangerously low on yarn. Blocking it made it plenty big, though.
The Specs: 1 skein Silky Wool... size 8 needles... bought at The Knitting Experience Cafe.

My co-worker Sandra has been bugging me for two years now to make her socks... she's a knitter, but not a sock knitter. I finally gave in and made her a pair of Monkeys.



The Specs: Trekking XXL yarn... size 2 dpns... bought at the Loopy Ewe.

I bought the yarn because she originally wanted socks with Christmas colors and this yarn had both red and green in it. I wasn't prepared for how gorgeous the yarn was, though... the way it knitted up was so beautiful. I have enough left over to make some baby socks.

And finally, my boss, Dale, got a new puppy for Christmas and I knew he'd need a new wool hat to walk Jessie.



The Specs: Wool of the Andes... size 8 needles... bought at Knit Picks.

It's just plain 3x2 rib with even decreasing around the top.

I got a fantastic holiday gift from my Loopy Ewe upstream partner... Dorothy... you're awesome! She sent me a pair of wristwarmers (which I am wearing right now) and a matching scarf and some delicious coffee. I came back from visiting relatives to have it there at the door. What a wonderful wonderful surprise!

I've mentioned how much I love the Spunky Club colors... December's color was a special treat and I had to start spinning it immediately. It's called Party Dress and I spun it Super Bulky. It will be mittens... I'm going to offset the colors with plain black.

(photo will be popped in later... either flickr or my internet connection is being a pisshead)

Happy 2008 everyone!