Peppermint mocha ~

I am an eggnog gal. Once the holidays begin, I begin looking for that first coffee shop that will provide me with a perfect eggnog latte... there is nothing better to ring in the holiday season that an eggnog latte and Christmas knitting. I happened to be at Starbucks tonight, by a serendipitous set of events, and was happy to be able to be knitting after a crazy day-after-Christmas-at-the-mall. Going with serendipity, I announced to my barista that, "I'm going on a limb here, and ordering a tall peppermint mocha." She smiled, knowing I am an eggnog gal and said, "Do not be afraid, as you will love this."I did....wow....major yum....no one told me it has chocolate melty thingys on top too.....plus knitting on the last holiday gift.... many bonus points tonight!

Moebius Mishap ~

I mentioned yesterday that my first moebius was not as expected, and I ripped it out. Sad as I was over this moebius mishap, I realized with a *gasp* that I needed to rip out my lovely Koigu Destiny too, as I'd cast on the same amount of stitches for this lovely moebius. Thankfully, I had an inspiration before ripping out the koigu, and I counted how many stitches I had...as I thought I'd cast on 200 in that wonderfully magical way taught by Cat Bordhi. Well, another surprise for me, as there were a total of 360 stitches on the Koigu Destiny needles. This means that when I thought I was supposed to count the "up" and the "down" motion in Cat's cast on, this was an error.Using this knowledge, I cast on (again) the Rio yarn and the Koigu, and using the cast on count I used before, I cast on "only 50" to see what would happen. After the first knitted round on each, I counted stitches and had 200 on each...no idea what happened, other than it must be that magic that Cat talks about...

Cat's Moebius ~

Perhaps this is meant to be a learning experience. I'm sure that's it... When I cast off my first moebius in the wee hours of Thanksgiving, the many many "almost 200 stitches" of the glorious first moebius......I had quite a surprise.Big....really big......super deluxe big...twice as big as the hand knit one we bought at our church bazaar a few weeks ago....Perhaps if my cat was Cat Bordhi (although I do love our cat, but she's not much of a knitter) she would have warned me not to cast on almost 200 stitches...soooooo, I guess I need to rip back and cast on only 100 this time....*sigh*

Beautiful Koigu ~

While spending most of Thanksgiving day being thankful with family, I was able to knit a bit on the lovely Koigu Destiny moebius.It is lovely to knit and lovely to watch it grow!!!

Koigu Destiny ~

Thanksgiving Riddle: What do you get when you find Koigu in the most luscious deep green, and then find Lantern Moon Rosewood "Destiny"needles in a size 9, 40 inch....less than 1/2 price...and these two extra special yarn and needle pieces come together on the night before Thanksgiving holiday, marking several days away from work....Answer: Cast on another moebius to celebrate the conversion of holiday, Koigu and Destiny... Plus being thankful for my family, my friends, my job, my health, our home, our neighborhood. My best wishes to all of you, and may you spend some of the holiday counting blessings and knitting! I hope you are able to cast on, too!!!

More Moebius ~

Knitting on the moebius has been very interesting. Although the needles are 40 inches long, they are in a double-curl-of-the-moebius shape so it feels more like knitting a hat. Well, except there are almost 200 stitches in one round.It looks good and the yarn colors are blending well. I can imagine that this moebius knitting could become addictive....I'll let you know once I've cast off....

Moebius first ~

I may be the only knitter on earth that has not done the famous Cat Bordhi moebius cast on. I checked out the beginning of the youtube video (only the beginning as I was interrupted several times by a multitude of teenagers...perhaps there were only two teenagers, but they are busy busy busy and it seemed like more than two....). I did the cast on Sunday night, and waited until Monday afternoon to knit that first row.The cast on and first row are a bit awkward, but I do hope that I've done both correctly... stay tuned...P.S. Love this yarn, as it is another from the $10 bin at Sock Summit 2009 - Rio de la Plata sock yarn