DAK 8!

Ok, it's official, I love DAK 8!!! I just planned out a pattern for my punchcard machine. It let me change the stitch type so I could see what it would look like when knitted by my garter carriage; and printed out a template so I can punch my punchcard. This program is amazing!

My New Babies...

Ok, so it's been a while since my last post. Since then I've had two new babies delivered. The first is Design-a-knit 8, I've waited a long time to be able to afford it and now it's finally here. The second is my new embroidery machine, a Brother PE 770. This machine is truely awesome! BTW, if you're looking for a good deal on an embroidery machine, try Amazon. I got mine for only $615!!

My New (Almost) Reversible Winter Hat

I knitted this hat last Tuesday evening. I say it's almost reversible because I didn't think to flip over the knittng for the hem. Anyway, here are pictures:

 

 

 

My New Kitchen Floor!

This is my new kitchen floor. When we first moved into this house there was carpet in the kitchen and dining room. YUK!!!! Anyway, after my husband exploded an entire 2 liter of Pepsi on it he decided it was time for a change. This was installed on Thursday. Tarkett Style Brite beige roman tile.

My Favorite Sweater

While I was getting dressed this morning I was thinking about how much I really like the sweater I'm wearing today. In fact, I think it may be my absolute favorite sweater. I love almost everything about it.

 The colors are perfect, it's super warm, and it's knitted in double jacquard so there's no floats in the colorwork.

The only drawback is the length. I like my sweaters almost tunic length; and as you can see from the first picture, this sweater falls waaay short of that.

Still, I really, really like it. I'm thinking I may knit one just like it only making it the length I like. I've got a Brother machine now, so the Birdseye backing will be no problem. Now, I just have to find the perfect yarn.

Color Changer

I'm so excited! My new color changer is due in today on UPS. I'm just itching to start the ski masks for my husband's Academy Class. The color changer is going to make the process much faster and easier. In fact, I was reading the manual, and it looks like the Brother color changer is set up to allow for 2 yarns in the carriage at at time. One main yarn that doesn't change, and one contrast yarn that can be traded for anyother yarn in the changer. I'm really hoping I read that right, because that would be a VERY welcome change from what I'm used to with my Studio machine. With its color changer I can only knit with one color at a time. It's still helpful, but makes for a very lengthy knitting process.

Pictures of Kh-965i