The Decorator Crab

Cutest. Bag. Ever!

OMFG.  I must make it - now!  I get an email every day from Interweave's Knitting Daily (link), and this bag was featured yesterday.  The pattern is by Pam Allen from Interweave's Bag Style, but is available as a free download if you are a subscriber to Knitting Daily.  The project is up on Ravelry, but it looks like no one is working on it yet.  Time to dig through the stash to see if I have anything that will work!

Off topic - dogs on video

This is for Minnie, who posted a very cute video of one of her dogs recently.  I shot this video of our Chihuahua, Johnny, at Cannon Beach a couple of weekends ago.  Johnny has bad knees and walks a little funny, but you can see that he doesn't let it slow him down.  Sorry for the annoying voice-over.  I always forget that my camera records sound, too - Doh!

In which she peeks her head out from behind the boxes

Greetings all, from the glorious state of Oregon!  We are still settling into the new house, but the dust has cleared and I have a few moments to get back to the ol' blog.  Anyone still out there?!

Blog-worthy creative progress is minimal, which is another reason that I haven't been back to the blog since we've been here.

The Hexagon Blanket has an embarrassing, measly 8 (8!!) blocks so far.  I started and then abandoned the first set of blocks, so my actual progress doesn't fairly reflect the amount of time that I've put into the blanket. So it goes here at Chez Crabby!!  Onward!

In between crocheting hexagons, I was drawn back to the needles by a simple project with gorgeous yarn - the Noro Scarf.  I found some Silk Garden Lite while we were at the coast last weekend, and I cast on that same night.  I'm doing seed stitch instead of K1P1 ribbing, and I love how the texture and colors are coming together.  The striping isn't as crisp as in Jared's version, but I'm digging it just the same.  I grabbed the last three balls of SGL that the store had, and will likely need a fourth ball.  I'll cross that bridge...yadayada.

And that's all the progress that I have to show for a month of absence. It's a sad state of affairs indeed. Sorry friends - my creative mojo sucks lately.   I'll post some photos of the new house once we get some decent color on the walls and the rest of the furniture arrives (squee!!). 

Johnny says, "I like sitting in the sun at the front door! Also, is that door really purple?"  Yes. Yes it is. Welcome home, pup.