Yarn buying spree

Yesterday while sitting around watching football on TV and looking at sale ads in the newspaper, I found out that ALL the yarn was on sale at Michaels' this week. So naturally I had to go check that out. They didn't have that large of a selection, but sure enough it was all on sale, some 70% off. So I bought 3 more colors of the Patons Brilliant that I used for my bellydance top. I got black, dark brown, and dark purple. They were 2 for $3. I also got some Patons Lacette that was 2 for $3. I think I could feasibly make some socks out of it since it seems about the right thickness. Each skein has over 200 yards, so 2 skeins of each color should make a pair of socks. I got black, light pink, and a pretty magenta type color.


I bought some red and some white Sugar N Cream cotton to make another kitchen towel for my mom to hang in her kitchen. I will have to work on that this week while I am here.


I think I finally have this Pomatomus pattern figured out pretty well. I've completed one pattern section (22 rows) and it looks really pretty. I was having issues with doing all the yarnovers at the beginning of the rows but I figured out why and it seems to be going ok now. Here's a pic of the progress thus far:

Kitchen Towels

I managed to finish the 2 kitchen towels I was working on just in time for Christmas. I decided to give one to each of my grandmas. They seemed pretty happy with the gift, and I am sure that knowing they were handmade by me made them even better.

Bellydance top complete

Well I finally got my top done and wearable. It only took me like 4 months lol. Every month I thought to myself, "I need to get this done so I can wear it to bellydance night" and alas it never got finished. This month I actually got done in time. I ended up adding rows to the sleeves until I had 110 rows on each. That took me to nearly a 3/4 length sleeve. I made a twisted cord from the same yarn as the top and used that as a drawstring tie at the bottom. I will probably eventually put a trim around the neckline and the sleeve cuffs and maybe add a button or something for closure, but it was complete enough to be worn out dancing. Here's the completed top, just in time for the holidays:

I completed another knitting project this week, but since that one is destined to become a Christmas gift, I won't post about it until after the holidays.

I plan to take my Pomatomus sock pattern with me during Christmas vacation to give me something to work on in my spare time. Here's the "Londonberry" sock yarn colorway that I am using for it:

I have been spending a lot of time reading lately due to my obsession with the "Twilight Saga" books by Stephenie Meyer. Therefore I have had to split time between reading and knitting and haven't gotten a lot done on the knitting side.