Tearing it Up! (but in the most un-fun way ever.)

I've been waiting for a reason to post this awesome pictures I took the other night of Iris and Kynan, and after waiting for a week with no real reason, I've decided that I'm just going to post them. Iris's new favorite place to hang out is on the back of the love seat where I sit and knit. She can chill and look out the window at everyone and everything that comes in and out of the building. At night she curls up behind Kynan like a little fuzzball with her crazy tongue hanging out at all different angles. She looks pretty ridiculous in this picture here, but I think it's a fair representation of her character. I like this idea of taking pictures of my dog and posting them for everyone to see.
Now I just need to get some pictures of little Spirit in here. He's absolutely adorable, but he's kinda hit or miss when it comes to pictures. He looks harassed most of the time. I supposed anyone (including yours truly) would begin to look worn down if they had (v)Iris to deal with all day.

That said, I will get right down to business; me and Unicorn latch hook are currently at odds. After discovering a small problem the other night, I quickly realized that things were much worse than I thought. I then undid half the project, thought I was all set, then started again. Well I was wrong. Now I need to take it all out. Balls. I ran out of yarn to work on big blue, so I've been looking for a new mindless project while I wait. Latch hook was supposed to be that project, but instead its become an ever-escalating nightmare. Oh well.
In the interim I've started knitting the stars for my blanket. I'm rapidly becoming addicted to star knitting. I found a nifty pattern to make stars for big blue. It's a really easy pattern and can be found here. I need to be working on my flowers, but I keep screwing it up. One thing I detest is casting on like 55 stitches, messing up half way through a pattern you don't really understand, then having no choice but to take it apart. I don't mind working on tricky little patterns. I just hate having to cast on stitches over and over again.
Moving beyond that... Time for the Cause of the Day! Today's is the Heather Spoll No Hair Day Hat Program. This program works by creating groups of knitters who work expressly on making hats for chemo patients. The website provides help to start your own chemo cap knitting group or places to join one. This would be a great project for a prayer shawl ministry group, or other community service project. They also have patterns if you need an idea on what to make. This is an awesome opportunity to make someone's day, so take advantage of it!

I've been dying to try out lace for awhile now, but I've always been so nervous. My worry is that I'll spend most of my time completely lost and confused, screwing up constantly and with no idea how to fix my problems short of starting again. Finally my curiosity got the better of me and I went for it. This is a really easy lace stitch pattern that I uncovered. The picture really doesn't do it justice. Mine looked awesome and I can hardly wait to make a cute little scarf using it. It works up really quick and isn't complicated at all. So here it is!
Diagonal Eyelets
Cast on any even number of stitches
Row 1: K1 *yo, K2Tog, rep from * to last stitch, k1
Row 2: K
Row 3: K2, *yo, K2Tog, rep from * to last stitch, k2
Row 4: K
Just keep going til you're done!

And I will close with one more picture of boy and my dog.