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For Stalker Angie

2011-02-21T18:44:00.000-08:00

I quit blogging a couple of years ago. (See this post.) Between Ravelry, Facebook and Twitter, I don't miss it very much (links are to my accounts).

The reason the pictures are still showing up here is some sort of magical linky thing I did with my Flickr account. These are cross-posts of only my mobile uploads there.

Enjoy the pictures here, but don't feel obligated to comment. I just never bothered to change the settings that made them show up here :)

No More Blog For Me.

2008-05-21T12:15:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. If I have to force myself to come up with something to post, then this has lost its appeal to me. Ravelry has taken over and I'm not terribly sorry about that.

But with the spread of Ravelry comes more people that know me offline, who I really don't want having access to this, what I've written before. I'd have told them about it if I did.

So I'm unlinking this from my Ravelry page and probably stopping posting altogether. It isn't like I've been very regular about it anyways. Send me an email if you want to keep in touch and somehow aren't already in my friends list over there. (I'm mrsblueflame there. Which will change as soon as I find a username I like better. I think you can still find people by searching their old names though.) lionessria/yahoo/com

This has been fun. Thank you all for reading and commenting!

Updating Ravelry

2008-04-28T15:51:00.001-07:00

Last night, while going through old pictures for a secret project, I found a bunch of old FO pics. Naturally, I laughed, copied them to my laptop, and moved on. Later, I started adding them to my Ravelry projects page. Why? I have no idea. Quite a few of them I'd rather not admit to ever knitting. And yet, here I am, adding embarrassing things to my public knitting profile. Yikes. Attention-seeking or Ravelry-addicted? I can't decide.

(Go look if you want - I haven't added the truly bad ones yet. I need to go upstairs and double-check some things first.)

In other news, we've had a bit of nice weather and started tackling the mess that is the "landscaping" here.

And as far as I know (until tomorrow, when I go back to work and find out for sure), this is my last week of work. Hooray for seasonal layoffs!

Daisy update

2008-03-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

No blockage. No surgery. Hooray!!

The vet isn't completely sure what caused this, if it was a one-time thing or will be chronic. We're going to hold off trying medicine for it and switch to smaller, more frequent meals with a little canned pumpkin on top for added fiber. Hopefully this will keep things moving and cleaned out and it won't happen again. Obviously we'll have to try something else if it doesn't work and she gets sick and barfs like that again.

But the vet said if she doesn't barf again, don't worry!

So when I stopped at the store for some canned pumpkin, I got cake mix and frosting. Celebration cupcakes, here we come!

Poor Daisy

2008-03-19T15:27:00.001-07:00

She started her morning off with some barfing, followed by droopy behavior all day. My little white shadow kept her butt firmly anchored on the couch - not at all usual. A while later came a long vet appt., some blood work, and x-rays. Tomorrow morning she gets another x-ray.

The vet thinks either food isn't digesting normally/is too slow/something or she has a blockage. The first can be treated by medication and diet changes, the second requires surgery.

Think healthy doggy thoughts for us and I'll update you tomorrow.

Poor little neglected blog

2008-03-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

Um.... hi? Anyone still out there? I wouldn't blame anyone who wandered off during this last posting dry-spell.

See, most of the problem is that I still have a job. And the hubby is home a LOT. Like almost every night and all weekend long. I have Mondays and Fridays to myself, usually, but by the time I'm done recovering from working/the weekend, it's almost time for him to come home. Which doesn't leave me with a huge amount of free time for anything really interesting to happen.

One good thing, though. Through the magic of Ravelry, I have managed to co-start a knitting group in my town on Monday evenings. There was already one on Sunday afternoons, but weekends are busy for me. We've been meeting weekly for over a month now. Three of us started it and have been regulars, two more came last week. It was really exciting!

Daisy and I took a beginning dog obedience class through the Parks and Recreation Department, which ended in Feb. I hung the certificate for it on the fridge. Everyone who sees it says we need to just have kids already, geez. (Also said when I brought in dog and husband pictures to hang on my board at work. Fun.)

I ordered a new laptop last night. I'm very worried about this. It'll mostly empty my checking account, since I don't make very much working part time. Too late now though.

I decided that I need a vacation. Certain people at work are really bugging me and I miss my friends from our last house. So I'm taking the last week of March off and leaving Daisy here with the hubby and going to visit my sister for a few days. I'm excited!

(Also, I have many pictures to upload here and share, but I am too lazy and not at all convinced there are people still reading anyways. Maybe later, depending on comments.)

Scarf

2008-01-03T13:05:00.001-08:00

Scarf
Originally uploaded by lionessria

New project started new years day.

Happy New Year's Eve!

2007-12-31T10:41:00.000-08:00

Wow. I hadn't realized it had been so very long since I last posted until someone pointed it out to me.

(P.S. Shells - I"ll do the meme in a different post.)

Let's see. Where to start.

Oh probably Christmas, eh? When last we talked (Ok, I talked, you read. Whatever.), I was pissed off about the extended family gathering being changed from here to elsewhere.

Grandma and most of the family think I'm writing them off over it, nevermind that I've told them everytime it's been brought up (Mostly emails. Cowards.) that I'm more hurt than anything. We were SO looking forward to hosting it and then.. poof.. nothing.

Mom was surprisingly supportive. She and my stepdad didn't go to the family thing, but instead came here that day and spent a couple of days, including Christmas, with us. It turned out to be a lot of fun, mostly just hanging out. Which is something that rarely happens with them, 'cause Mom thinks she always needs to be busy. But the stores were closed, the tv was off, the radio was on with Christmas music...

They had a good time too. They're even talking about coming back down in a couple of weeks. Since we only live 2 hours away (for now!).

Also, we've had a ton of snow in the past couple of weeks. Hubby's been doing an awful lot of shoveling the driveway. He even cleared an area in the back yard for Daisy, so she wouldn't have to be up to her belly in snow everytime we let her out to do her business.

These are my angry eyes

2007-12-04T18:58:00.000-08:00

I really shouldn't be posting right now. I'm almost too mad for writing.

See, back when we got orders to move here, we were very excited to be in reasonable driving distance for family things. And offered to host the annual get-together for my mom's family Christmas. Mind, this was back in August. We've been planning this since then. Making sure we had enough room and stuff. Getting things put away/unpacked/looking good.

Today I was talking to Grandma (Yes, that Grandma) and asked her about it. Apparently my uncle has rented the place they all went last year. Because "they didn't think we'd really want to have people over to our new house" and "this way they're sure to have a place to do it".

Hubby and I SO mad right now. Not only have we been making it as clear as possible for the last FOUR MONTHS that we wanted to host this, now we can't go. He has duty all that week since we were planning on being here and can't go that far out of town. Not that we'd go now anyways.

Whee, I'm boring!

2007-11-13T16:33:00.000-08:00

Before you ask, work is going well. It's fairly easy and very repetitious, but not mindless. Plus it's not McDonald's or WalMart. Who are both hiring right now. And whose starting wages are higher than mine. *sigh* At least I don't have to deal with the general public. Just my coworkers.

We're still getting settled in. The box-unpacking slowed noticeably when I got a job. Imagine that. We are more than 2/3 done though. So that's nice. Especially since my sister and her hubby are coming here for Thanksgiving. And will be here Sunday. (Eek!)

Current reading material: Idaho Driver's Manual. I need to get my license switched over, but have to take the written test. Seeing as it's been more than a few years since I took it before, I thought maybe some studying was in order, to spare myself any possible embarrassment.

Knitting has mostly been put on hold too. Which is sad.

Starting next week, I switch to working part-time (Tues, Wed, Thur), so hopefully that'll give me time to myself again to get stuff done that I want.

zzZZZzzzz

2007-11-07T20:29:00.000-08:00

Yup. Still not a morning person. Don't expect to hear much interesting stuff from me until after I either get used to this new routine or convince them to let me work part-time instead ;)

The job

2007-11-05T11:52:00.000-08:00

Well, I interviewed for the job this morning. I didn't think it went very well. I'm pretty out of practice with interviewings and job-huntings and stuff and wasn't prepared for this one at all (except for my cute new outfit. I at least got that part right.)

Weirdly enough, a couple of hours later, they called and offered it to me. I start tomorrow. Eek!

New Yarn

2007-11-02T19:48:00.001-07:00

Cherry Tree Hill Seconds, $5 'cause it's 306 yards instead of 340. From my new LYS.

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Originally uploaded by lionessria

Slow re-entry

2007-10-30T22:54:00.000-07:00

We're moved into our new house, still working on unpacking boxes. It always amazes me how much stuff we've gathered. I'm trying to weed through some of it as I put things away, so it's taking me a bit longer this time.

Internet was hooked up on Friday and the computer was set up yesterday. I'm slowly getting caught up on Bloglines readings, since I can't just give up on the unpacking completely to do it (though I am tempted).

Yarn Harlot

2007-09-17T14:40:00.001-07:00

I finally got to go see the Yarn Harlot, at Third Place Books Friday night. Every other time she's been in the area, I haven't been.

Yarn Harlot
Originally uploaded by lionessria

Marie was off work early that day, so I drove down to her house, which took waaay longer than expected because of construction, and rode with her.

Libby and MHP got there even earlier and had saved a bunch of chairs. Yay!

I also got to finally meet Sparkles and her partner and hang out with them as well.

We were almost at the end of the (long!) signing line, so we had a lot of time to get really loud. Random books from the travel section became way funnier than they probably would have been otherwise.

Almost met Ryan and TMK but they kept leaving just as I worked up the nerve to say something.

Purple zigzag sock came, but was only worked on a few rows, as it really needs the heel done now.

We're moving!

2007-09-13T15:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, for anybody who doesn't know or may have forgotten, my husband is in the Navy. He's been in for 5 years now and is finally due for a shore tour.

One of the available positions for him this time around is as a ROTC instructor at the college he went to. Where he was going when I met him. And when I moved in with him. So we've both lived in the town and have fond memories of the place. (University of Idaho) Plus it's about 2 hours' drive from both sets of parents.

To make a complicated story short, he put in for this position, but has had the orders on hold while he finished up a school thing that was not optional. Pass = orders go through and we move. Fail = lose the orders as the position couldn't be held any longer, go back through school thing and basically screw up the careful plans for his career.

Today he was in DC doing the interviews for the final part of the school thing. And called to tell me he passed!

YAYY!!

This is fantastic news. And yet, OMG I'm Moving! Soon. Very soon, actually. Orders are for this month.

As soon as he gets back in town (tomorrow afternoon), we get to start making plans. Arranging the move and finding a place to live and all of that assorted unfun stuff that goes with moving.

Eeek!

I am SO going to miss my friends here. Yes, I know we'll still have each other online. But still. I've had such fun. And tomorrow we're going to go see the Yarn Harlot herself. What a send-off.

Socks are more fun anyways

2007-09-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

Apparently I'm the only one that thought I totally overreacted. So let's move on.

I mentioned a finished pair of socks the other day, but didn't post about them. When Grandma and I met up with Libby and Marie at Village Yarn & Tea, I wore them 'cause I'd just finished them that morning.

Photoshoot in the LYS! I handed Libby my camera and we tried and tried to get a good clear shot. This kept happening:

Marie's leg! You can almost see my sock.

That's better. I think Marie actually took this one once she'd gotten tired of sticking her leg in the photos.

I really like these socks. Pattern is Twin Rib, out of Sensational Knitted Socks. Yarn is Regia, part of the bunch Sachi gave me in exchange for some work I did for her a while back.

Details are on my Ravelry page, for those of you on that fantastic site. For the lurkers, my username there is mrsblueflame.

On the needles now:

Another pair of Jaywalkers. Yarn is Cascade Sassy Stripes, gotten in Colorado last time I went to visit my sister.

Oops

2007-09-10T00:18:00.000-07:00

I may owe Libby's friend an apology. I haven't decided yet, so I guess I'll sleep on it for now. (Ahh, late-night posting at its best!) Of course there's aleady an excellent chance she thinks I'm insane anyways. Oops.

Bad blogger!

2007-09-07T15:03:00.000-07:00

Um. Hi. Sorry about the long absence. I get distracted by stuff and meanwhile interesting things keep piling up and before long, I'm totally overwhelmed and hiding from Blogger.

So here's a summary, of sorts. No linking or pictures though. 'Cause I'm lazy like that. Anyways, this should get me more caught up and back into blogging. Hopefully.

BBQ at my house. Libby & MHP, Sachi & M, Marie & husband came. My hubby grilled ribs. Excellent time, even if it did sprinkle a little.

Grandma and PeeWee came to visit. Much fun was had. We met up with Marie and Libby & MHP at Village Yarn & Tea, then joined Libby & MHP for dinner at Canyons down the street from there. I'm still hearing about how wonderful Grandma thinks MHP is. Kudos to Libby for raising such a great kid.

Socks were finished and posted on Ravelry but not here.

Marie and I helped Libby & MHP move her stuff out of storage into her new place. So exciting.

We're stressing about our upcoming move. The ship has been doing their best to screw us over. Still a sore subject, so don't ask. Will know a lot more end of next week. I hate this waiting.

Well, I think that's about it for now. Let's see if I can get back into the habit of this ;)

Pug!

2007-08-23T17:17:00.001-07:00

Pug!
Originally uploaded by lionessria

On my couch.

Betta toes

2007-08-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

I got a pedicure Saturday. This doesn't happen often.

About the time I got home, I realized my toenails are now the same color as my fish.

Worrying

2007-08-16T16:18:00.000-07:00

Ravelry is a little bit scary. Also loads of fun and addictive.

But still. Documenting our stashes? For anyone to see? This concerns me a bit, as I'm having a bbq on Sunday, with local knitters coming. And I can't guard my stash the whole time. Am I the only one worrying about this sort of thing?

(Like I've posted my whole stash. HA. A good portion of it, yes, but certainly not very close to all of it.)

August 8

2007-08-08T00:12:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to me!

The Kidnapped Can Opener

2007-07-31T14:12:00.000-07:00

If you haven't seen this yet, go check it out now.

The Kidnapped Can Opener.

I'll definitely be playing along at some point.

Girls

2007-07-16T23:31:00.001-07:00

Girls
Originally uploaded by lionessria

Aren't we cute?

Sunflowers and planes

2007-07-12T18:18:00.000-07:00

Remember my Ben & Jerry's sunflowers? I killed one during transplanting, but the other two are doing ok.

There's an airshow going on at the tiny airport near my house through the weekend. I have a pretty decent view from my backyard when the planes come this direction.

Sewing for a craft swap

2007-07-08T21:37:00.002-07:00

I haven't been doing much knitting lately. And no spinning at all. But I have been sewing!

I joined a doggie craft swap on Craftster awhile ago. Here's one of the things I made to send. (And the one I'm most proud of.)

It's the same jacket in both pictures, just completely reversible. Vogue pattern #V8312. Not too hard, but they do expect you to have basic sewing knowledge already. Or have someone to call and answer questions, like my mom did for me.

Daisy will be getting one of her own eventually, in a slightly bigger size.

Testing

2007-07-08T20:29:00.001-07:00

Testing
Originally uploaded by lionessria

New camera phone!

Flickr

2007-07-08T19:55:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Strawberries and yarn

2007-06-11T14:29:00.000-07:00

I did go to WWKIP Day on Saturday. In the rain. There were a handful of us sitting in front of the LYS in our lawnchairs, under the overhang to stay dry. We attracted quite a bit of attention!

I even ended up helping another customer (who had no idea what was going on - had just come into the LYS for help) with a sock heel.

I dug out my latest sock-in-progress for the day, finished up its toe (except for the grafting) and started on the second one.

These are already pretty well-traveled socks. Started at my grandma's house across the stated, worked on in several places in Colorado while visiting my sister (including the bowling alley where they were in a league and I just went to watch) and the waiting room at the Ford Dealership here last month while getting my oil changed. And now the sidewalk in front of my favorite LYS!

Stats for the curious: Regia yarn from Sachi, pattern is from Sensational Knitted Socks, twin rib (one of the 6 stitch patterns). PS for Sachi: Where did you get the yarn? Everybody keeps asking and are terribly disappointed when I say I don't know.

New yarn, because what else do you do when you're at the LYS and they're being nice and you've just spent 4 hours with them and shared a pizza with other people? Buy yarn and support the store, of course!

The strawberries I planted last year have gone nuts. Not only did all of them survive and get huge, many of them put out runners. Here's my take for today, not including the large handful the bugs beat me to. I still have many pink ones and many more green ones and even more blossoms! I have a feeling I'm going to get tired of fresh strawberries soon.

Oh well. I'll enjoy them in the meantime. (Want to come over and eat some?) Also, it's Strawberry Festival time.

Reminder: WWKIP Day

2007-06-05T12:11:00.000-07:00

This Saturday, June 9. My LYS is having a get-together, 11am - 4pm. I'm planning on going. Anybody else want to come too? (I could give one person a ride if they wanted to meet up here. 2 more if they didn't mind riding sideways!)

Locks of Love

2007-05-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

So we all remember how I cut a ton of my hair and donated it?

This postcard came today from them.

The picture on the front creeps me out so much.

Tim McGraw at the ACMs

2007-05-18T16:25:00.000-07:00

Everybody's seen this by now, right?

Can't wait for it to be available on iTunes.

Happy Birthday!

2007-05-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my dear and wonderful husband. He turns 30 today.

Closeup of the pretty purple bush for Sachi.

Daisy says, "Maybe you'd rather play with this frisbee."

Snakes in my yard

2007-05-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

Would someone please remind me why garter snakes are good things to have around?

I shooed two(!) of them under the back deck this morning to keep them safe from Daisy. And yes, I'm sure it wasn't just one, twice - this was two at the same time. *shudder*

Flowers

2007-05-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

Some pictures for you today. Pretend you can't see how very much I need to weed, ok? I have plans to get to some of that this weekend, since the weather's supposed to stay so nice.

I'm not sure what this one is. It's outside my craft/computer room window. I can see it as I type.

White lilacs. The whole corner of the back yard smells fantastic. I can see these from the kitchen window while I'm doing dishes.

Strawberries. I planted these last spring. They're along the side of my driveway.

Giant lavender. It was much, much smaller when I planted it, just after we moved in here. I really need to find a new place to put it. I kind of like having it here where you can brush against it and smell it as you walk to the front door, except the bees like it too.

Daisy says "Put down the camera and play with me!"

I did it

2007-05-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

Point and laugh and then add me.

http://www.myspace.com/mrsblueflame

Myspace

2007-05-04T16:56:00.000-07:00

It seems, instead of fading away or staying the realm of preteens, myspace is getting more and more popular.

Many of my cousins are using it and old friends and people I went to school with. Even my brother-in-law, last I heard.

I've been making fun of it and those who use it.

But is it time for me to stop that and join up? (baaa)

Opinions and insights would be greatly appreciated.

Short hair

2007-05-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

This is how much was cut off. I mailed it off to Locks of Love.

Here I am! Posing with my sister. I let her and the stylist pick this out for me. Scary, but worth it, I think.

One more of me. With Daisy's "cousin", Julia (my sister's dog). My hair looks dark in this picture. The one above this is way closer to actual color.

So what do you think?

I'm home

2007-04-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

Yay!

(but can someone please explain to me what exactly happened to gas prices while I was gone?)

Checking in

2007-04-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

I'm still in Colorado with my sister.

I went to school with her on Wednesday, which was interesting. She's a special ed. teacher here.

Today we went shopping and I got a new hair style. I need to get pictures to share. It's very very different from anything I've had before. I like it. It's short - not even shoulder-length, which is taking a lot of getting used to. (and before anyone asks, yes, I will be donating it to Locks of Love.)

I may be going back in for highlights on Saturday.

Busy bee

2007-04-11T01:14:00.000-07:00

I've been slacking off in the blog department lately, I know. Sorry. I've just been wrapped in offline stuff. Nothing big, just a lot of little things I need to take care of.

Also, I'm going on a trip. Have I mentioned that yet?

I'm leaving Thursday and will be back sometime around the end of the month. Internet access will be limited. I'm going to drive across the state, visit some family, leave Daisy with Grandma and the pug, and fly down to spend a week in Colorado with my sister and her hubby, then will fly back, pick up Daisy, have an eye exam and then come home. Whew.

I'm planning on bringing my laptop and will at least use it at the airports. So feel free to email me ;)

See ya!

Sore

2007-04-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

But in a good way.

Monday afternoon, I went out and did some gardening. Ok, mostly weeding. Also, I may have taken some pruning shears to a bush that I can't identify and maybe got a little carried away thinning it out and um, yeah. Let's hope I didn't kill it. It had pretty white flowers late last spring.

Of course now I don't feel like doing much of anything. And I still haven't gotten around to taking pictures of Sunday's haul. Or the flowers in my garden.

My FIL called yesterday afternoon. Some of them are thinking of coming to visit. Next week. Eeeeeeeeeeek.

Filler

2007-04-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

Last week, I pretty much did Nothing. And didn't enjoy it. Hubby brought me home a nasty cold and it floored me. Ick. I'm still working on getting over it, but feeling much, much better in comparison to this time last week.

Friday, I went to my LYS. I still wasn't feeling well, so didn't stay long, but I did manage to pick up Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave.

Sunday, I met up with Libby and Sachi and Marie (hi Marie! Nice to meet you!) at a different LYS. I had a fantastic time.

Hopefully I'll get around to posting pictures and stuff soon :)

For the locals

2007-03-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

Alpacapalooza 2007 is planned for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup. Admission is free. Find halter and fleece shows, crafts, exhibits, sales seminars and a fashion show. Bring food donations for the needy. For more information, go to www.alpacapalooza.com.

Full story here.

Guess who?

2007-03-24T01:01:00.000-07:00

Stalker Angie crawled out from beneath the rock she's been hiding under!

Go bug her if you haven't already ;)

Mom's Trekking

2007-03-18T23:25:00.000-07:00

I finished Mom's socks over the weekend.

Pattern is Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks. (Again. This is the same pattern I used for the last socks I knit for me.)

Yarn is Trekking, which should be pretty obvious. I'm not sure how the bright orange stripes ended up matching so closely. Knowing I'd get fraternal socks out of the skein anyways, I started each one from a different end!

I'll stick them in the mail in the next couple of days. Let's hope she likes them! (Don't worry, she's seen progress pictures. She says they're fine.)

Hubby had the afternoon off, so he mowed the yard. Daisy ran around, "helping". They both had green feet, so I just had to take a picture!

Growing

2007-03-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

(Before you ask, this was a Christmas gift from my sister. They're sunflowers.)

SnB

2007-03-05T01:09:00.000-08:00

Sachi and Libby came over to my house on Saturday. Libby has a new wheel, Sachi is a spinner already, and my husband was at work all day. Perfect!

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(In case you're wondering, I did vaccuum, at least, but spent a large part of the week quilting instead of cleaning. Here's what I made, pictured with the green I bought Sunday for the border and backing.)

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Back to Saturday. In addition to their wheels, Libby brought yummy cupcakes and Sachi brought fiber. Lots of fiber. I'm a little afraid of her stash now, actually.

This is mine. For an afternoon's worth of work I did for her a couple of weeks ago.

Yeah. She went overboard. I'm not complaining.

She brought bags of beast to learn to spin with (which was not really very easy to explain to the patient but clueless hubby when he got home!) and a spindle for me to play with!

Look, I made yarn.

Daisy was well-behaved and didn't try to eat anybody's wheel or fiber, even with several hours' worth of opportunity. (*sniff* I was so proud! I had worried I'd have to put her outside or in a back room. Leaving my yarn alone is no guarantee she'd leave raw fiber alone.) I think she was a little confused why the company was ignoring her in favor of sitting in front of their wheels though!

Bonus Daisy picture:

Just curious

2007-03-01T18:51:00.000-08:00

If you happened to have people coming over to your house to play with fiber on Saturday, what would you do this week?

a. Clean frantically.

b. Scatter fabric around the kitchen/dining room areas and do some quilting. Vaccuum Saturday morning.

Soft book

2007-02-27T11:04:00.000-08:00

I got this in a kit from Jo-Ann's awhile ago, when it was on sale. I thought I'd have it done for my new nephew for Christmas, but it took quite a bit longer than expected. (Putting it in time-out for a month didn't help either.)

Front cover. Look, piping! I did that! Without screwing it up too badly!

A couple of inside pages.

Close-up on a number. I attempted embroidery for this.

Now I just need to get it in the mail!

More sock knitting

2007-02-23T13:43:00.000-08:00

Test socks for Sachi have been put on hold because of gauge issues. (I need to rip and reknit with larger needles.) I just haven't decided how long exactly that'll be ;)

So in the meantime, I dug out some more Trekking (colorway: what-was-I-thinking-I'll-never-wear-this) and started another pair of the garter rib socks. Don't worry, these are for my mom. I sent her this picture earlier and she loves them. Yay.

Daisy models. Of course.

Short update

2007-02-22T13:50:00.000-08:00

Last I heard (yesterday afternoon), sister's husband is fine. At home, resting, with her keeping an eye on him the rest of the day. Not sure what caused it, all tests came back ok.

Scary.

My little sister

2007-02-21T08:14:00.000-08:00

Today is her birthday.

(pause to think happy birthday thoughts)

I was going to write a long post about how much she means to me and generally sappy stuff like that and include a picture. And mention she lives several states away now and I miss her, even though I'm the one that moved away first.

(Here I should probably say that she doesn't read my blog, doesn't even know I have one.)

Until she woke me up this morning, needing a phone number looked up. She had to take her husband to the e.r. and didn't have his work number to let them know. She says he's ok, the doctors didn't find anything wrong, plus he hasn't been feeling well for a week.

I guess I won't be flying out to stay with her after all. See, the first thing I did when I got off the phone with her? Check flights available. Then I showered, thought about it, and called Mom for a second opinion. She managed to track her down and told her I was ready to come, just say the word, but she said no, he's ok, don't come.

Thinking about it now, almost 2 hours from the start of this, something's occurred to me. I don't need to write up some post to near-strangers, telling them how much my baby sister means to me. I already showed her again today, with total willingness to drop everything and fly to support her in a hard time.

I know I'm not a great writer and I thank anyone who actually reads this regularly - it can't be easy. And now, I think I need to get away for a bit. My LYS has a sit & knit group twice a week that I've never been to. Conveniently, one is Wednesday mornings.

For Valentine's Day...

2007-02-14T16:41:00.000-08:00

So here I was, all set to write up a post about how in honor of the holiday I've been knitting on the husband's vest instead of something for me.

I even took a picture of its progress.

Then I went off in search of a prior post to link to. And I can't find one. Have I really not blogged about this? I could have sworn I did. Am I losing it?

I guess I'd better fill in some details now, seeing as I'm currently unable to cheat and link to them.

Pattern is Skye Tweed Vest, Interweave Knits, Spring 2005. Yarn is Knit Picks, Wool of the Andes, color Winter Night. Stitch markers by Sachi ;)

I'm not entirely sure how long I've been working on this (see above, re: can't find old post), but I know it's been at least a year. This is the back. I still have the front to knit, as well as ribbings. *sigh* In my defense though, there are many, many cable crossings. And it's dark blue.

Friday's Finished Socks

2007-02-12T11:05:00.000-08:00

I finished these on Friday and wore them yarn-shopping with Libby on Saturday. More about that later. (If you didn't know, it's her birthday today. Go say hi or something.)

Yarn is ONLine Supersocke 100, color 794, that the hubby bought for me. (Well, not completely on his own - I am the one that dragged him into Pacific Fabrics & Crafts in Everett that day, though I was actually being good and not going to get it after carrying it around the store with me. Instead of putting it back like I asked him to, he bought it. Yay him!)

Pattern is Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks.

I didn't pay much attention to gauge (surprising, I know), so they ended up pretty loose. I've decided that I'm ok with that and will simply wear other socks underneath.

Five years

2007-02-02T00:54:00.000-08:00

Happy anniversary to us.

Oops

2007-01-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

My last post was Jan. 9? Sorry about that. It doesn't seem like it's been that long.

Not a whole lot is new. Daisy's 2nd birthday was on the 13th. (No, there wasn't a party.)

I'm in a bit of a knitting slump, though I did manage to finish a sock. Now all I need is it's mate.

I've signed up to help test-knit a patten for Sachi, but haven't been able to get motivated enough to work on that either. (I've started it! Barely.)

We filed our taxes already and should get our return next week. It's going to be a fairly nice one. And with nothing really important needing to be taken care of right away, we'll actually get to have fun with this money.

This is directly related to that last point. We're seriously talking about getting a Wii. They look like so much fun. I hear they're hard to find still, though, so we'll see how that works out.

Fluffy doggie

2007-01-09T15:35:00.000-08:00

Daisy went to the groomer today. It cracks me up that they always fluff her fur up so much. Every time, there's a cute bandanna as well. I just had to take a picture. I especially love the angry look I'm getting here.

Speaking of Christmas presents...

2007-01-05T14:52:00.000-08:00

I forgot to mention that the hubby got me the Knitpicks KIPer Knitting Bag Set, among other things. Yay! Now I just need an excuse to use them.

(*poke Sachi*)

Thank you

2007-01-03T12:18:00.000-08:00

I do appreciate all the comments with suggestions and supportiveness.

Sadly, I will likely take the easy way out - leave it quiet unless someone else brings it up. (I'd love to make a mention of it on the thank-you card, but can't decide what to say.)

I don't see the people involved often. That is one of the nice parts about being married to a military guy. We haven't been "home" for Christmas since he joined. And I haven't much missed it.

I suppose I just needed to vent. My poor husband was getting tired of hearing about it. It was nice to be reassured that I'm not the bad guy here, no matter what my mother may say.

So, again, thank you.

And as a special gift for having read this far, I give you Cute, But Angry, Dog At Christmas:

A couple of things to ponder

2006-12-29T13:00:00.000-08:00

My Christmas was fine. The husband had to work Christmas Eve and got home about noonish on the 25th.

Things would be so much simpler if my family would agree to stop exchanging gifts. Here's a couple of things that are weighing pretty heavily on me right now.

(note: These are actual issues I'm looking to figure out solutions to. Help would be appreciated!)

1. My dad's mom. Grandma keeps buying us Navy-themed things. Throw pillows for the couch, blankets, a clock, new floormats for the truck (seriously.). You get the idea.

Problem is, just because he's in the Navy doesn't automatically mean we want everything we own to say that. Actually, none of it would be anything we'd pick out for ourselves.

But how do you say something like that? Is it better to just keep our mouths shut?

2. My stepbrother and his fiance'. Every year, the rest of us get them thoughtful gifts. Every year, they get the rest of us something incredibly thoughtless/tacky. (last year I got 2 of the gifts from a jar books. oh joy.)

This year, they actually put effort into things. A calendar with pictures of the kids (woohoo, first niece picture since the one from the hospital when she was born 2 years ago!) and a welcome sign. Same thing my sister and her hubby got, actually. The sign is one of those multiple level dealies (ooh, here's a link-company name was on the box still).

Which would have been good. Except that instead of our last name, they did first names. And spelled mine wrong. (Yes, there were tears. I was crushed.)

(Oh, I should probably mention - this is the 3rd Christmas the fiance' has been part of the family. It isn't like she's brand-new to us. There have been multiple opportunities to learn how to spell my name (3 years worth of Christmas cards, packages and thank you notes - which is another story). The rest of us have figured out hers. I had actually pointed this out to my hubby when the package arrived and said something along the lines of "next year, I'm spelling her name wrong on their card and package, see how she likes it.")

When I mentioned this to my mom, I was basically called an ungrateful bitch, though not in so many words. Which by the way, was on Christmas day, and I haven't talked to her since. I am so not looking forward to the next phone call.

So what do I do? There's absolutely no way we're hanging up a welcome sign with my name misspelled. The hubby even agrees with me on that. Is it weird to paint over it? Or should I just put it in the closet? And what am I going to write on the thank you card?? Am I letting this get to me too much?

Finished stripey socks

2006-12-22T14:54:00.000-08:00

So I finally got around to finishing the second grey sock yesterday. It's been half-a-toe-less for.. um... a week? Or something like that.

Anyways, here's the picture:

Yay.

Pattern is same as the other one, obviously. Carnival, from The Sock Journal: Knit the Year in Socks. Fun pattern to use with stripey yarn, especially if your yarn happens to have the same spacing. (I managed to get the second one to match pretty well, I think. So the colors are started in a different spot. Big deal.)

Yarn is Swizzle, gotten from a clearance bin somewhere. It's not exactly something I'd usually pick out for myself, but obviously I'm a sucker for cheap sock yarn! I still have another full skein if anyone actually likes it (email me!)

Um, yeah.

2006-12-17T18:15:00.000-08:00

I guess I should mention everything's fine here. We never lost power, though quite a bit of Seattle did.

I've just been working on getting family Christmas stuff taken care of. Lucky me. I need to get back to wrapping now.

More stormy weather

2006-12-14T16:42:00.000-08:00

Because, apparently, we have nothing better to talk about than Rain! In Seattle! In Winter!

(Seriously, my mom called this morning to ask if I'd been keeping up on the news. Big Storm Headed Your WaY!!)

Enough with the procrastinating already

2006-12-12T16:37:00.000-08:00

My husband had to work Saturday, so I pestered poor Sachi until she gave in and met up with me. You can read all about it here, so I'm not going to repeat all that, but I do have a couple of things to add.

1. On the ferry ride over, we saw a pod of orcas, pretty close up. So cool!

2. Sachi may not have bought anything at the yarn store, but I did:

3. More lavendar! From her mom's garden. Smells fabulous.

4. Lovely stitch markers! Bad picture, I know, but I had to turn the flash off to get it to turn out even this good. You try photographing glass beads.

5. I pretty much had to pull out the tatting in self-defense ;) I couldn't be the only one to go home with goodies! (especially after I dragged her out just to entertain me.)

6. Lots of attention for Knitting in Public. Mostly stares, but some actually came over and talked to us. I suspect we made have made several peoples' lists of "Weird Things I've Seen At Starbucks."

I had a lot of fun. We should get together again soon!

Moving on

2006-12-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for their nice comments about my sock. I think my only real issue with it is the bright colors alternating with the grey. Sort of out of my comfort zone, colorwise.

Anyways, sock # 2 has been started and attempts have been made to line up stripes. Not necessarily colors, but spacing.

I'm sure everyone has seen that the new winter knitty is up. Did you also see the article on machine knitting? The one in the photographs that he talks about is the same kind that I have!

P.S. Comment #3 on yesterday's post was left by one of the authors of the book I'm using the pattern from. A celebrity sighting! Yay!

Sock

2006-12-07T02:07:00.000-08:00

Yup, just one. So far, anyways. I thought maybe it was time to throw in a finished object.

This is the one I was working on while at Grandma's house around Thanksgiving. I still haven't decided if I like it or not.

Yarn is something I got out of a clearance bin at a LYS, pattern is... um.. Carnival. Out of "The Sock Journal: Knit the Year in Socks".

I hadn't planned on making them match, but I guess now I'm going to drive myself insane trying to make it happen after the colors landed so nicely between the textured part all on their own.

Or maybe I should actually start on Christmas presents.

Some trip recapping

2006-11-30T13:58:00.000-08:00

We stayed with my grandma when we went. The one that was just here. The one that knits too. Here she is with another sock attempt underway.

I worked on a sock too. I had help, but not my usual kind.

I may have tried to bring the pug home with me.

We're home

2006-11-29T13:28:00.000-08:00

We apparently had excellent timing (for once!). The pass was clear coming back over, didn't hit bad weather until Bothell-ish. Snow was done falling at our house when we finally got to it, and power had just come back on after being off all morning, according to a neighbor.

Daisy thought the snow was great fun to play in.

I took a ton of pictures while we were gone and I'm still sorting through them. Lots of scenery from when I was entertaining myself with the camera on the drives, as well as lots of little-brother-type hockey games.

I'm hoping to get another post up tomorrow with more pictures. The hubby is back to work today and I'm working on getting us unpacked and back to normal (Slowly. It's not really a fun job.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2006-11-21T21:57:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I'm a little bit early.

We're going out of town to spend the holiday with the husband's family and will likely be back home Monday night.

Limited internet access until then, as always.

Enjoy whatever you end up doing!

I have to go finish packing 'cause we're leaving in the morning. Must grab yarn!

In Pieces

2006-11-16T11:41:00.000-08:00

Most of a machine-knit sweater:

Somebody feel free to send the finishing elves over here. Besides some seaming left to do, I still need to knit the ribbed hems, cuffs, and neckline. By hand (because I'm not even close to ready to tackle that on the machine). Oooh, fun.

I just want to wear it already!

Yarn

2006-11-14T12:02:00.000-08:00

These are from when my grandma was here. My LYS has a fantastic selection of Cascade 220. This is destined for mittens, hopefully in time for Christmas-giving.

Not fair

2006-11-13T14:03:00.000-08:00

How's this for coincidence? The hubby gets a flu shot last Tuesday and by the weekend, my nose is all sniffly and running non-stop.

Of course some of it could also be blamed on the massive rains and the leaky hot-water tank my landlord had to get replaced last Thursday.

Fun times.

Grandma went home Saturday, earlier than planned, 'cause the passes started getting snow. We had a good time, did some knitting and LYS-shopping. Daisy and the pug had a fabulous time together.

I did get a little bit of yarn, but I don't have any pictures. Anyways, it's nothing fun, just me being overly optimistic and thinking I'll get some knitting done for Christmas. Right.

I'd like to get the sleeves of the machine-knit sweater done this week, but I'm not sure how possible that'll be. I have a lot to get working on. More on that later, as plans get firmed up.

In the meantime, I think I'll be attempting to use up all of the Kleenex boxes laying around here, since my nose just won't stop dripping!

Haven't we done this before?

2006-11-07T23:41:00.000-08:00

I'm still here, haven't washed away down any of the rivers. Yet, anyways.

Grandma (the one that knits) is here visiting for a few days, so I'll be pretty busy 'til she leaves sometime over the weekend. So don't expect much online time for me. With the possible exception of late-night laptop email checks and stuff.

Anyways. I've got to go try and get some sleep. Grandma and the pug have a tendency to get up early in the mornings and Daisy thinks we need to be up with them.

PS for Libby: Grandma still talks about when we met up for tea that time and how well-behaved she thought MHP was. She said to tell you both hi.

Picovoli

2006-10-27T11:03:00.000-07:00

Here's the pink knit from yesterday's post. And Daisy. She wanted us to put down the camera and pay attention to her. (also a peek at the guest room, 'cause it was clean!)

Picovoli, knit in elsebeth lavold Silky Tweed. I chose the plain edges instead of the picots.

I tweaked the numbers in a few places, as I'm between two of the sizes (and my row gauge was a bit off). Other than that, it's knit as written.

I wore it to my LYS yesterday and got compliments on it. Great pattern!

Coming soon...

2006-10-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

More information on these projects. For now, here's a sneak peek.

Finished handknit, needs a photo session:

Partially complete machineknit:

More Simming

2006-10-25T14:10:00.000-07:00

Last week, I got my copy of The Sims 2: Pets. It is so much fun! Of course I had to make a Daisy dog to try it out with.

Playful.

Here she is with a random family (I'm not in my game. Shocking, I know.) Sim-dog Daisy loves tummy rubs almost as much as the real one does.

Howling at the tv. Hmm. Must've been watching CSI. Those sirens always get her going.

Napping on the couch.

Riding Fred

2006-10-18T14:24:00.000-07:00

Earlier today, I happened to glance out a window into the backyard, where I was treated to this sight:

(That's the husband's roping dummy she's sitting on. Fred. Yes, it does have a name. Shut up.)

Ugh.

2006-10-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

I got to start my morning off with a trip to the vet. How about you?

To make a long story short, Daisy is doing something called reverse sneezing . She's done it before, but this morning's episode was way longer and it scared me. The vet thinks it's probably seasonal allergies.

I get to give her antihistamine pills twice a day for the next ten days, to see if that clears it up.

Lucky me.

(Edited to add: I just switched to the blogger beta. Fun with labels!)

Sick

2006-10-04T13:08:00.000-07:00

The darling husband brought home a nasty cold last week. Of course he had to share it with me. This week, I'm pretty miserable and going through massive amounts of Kleenex. Lucky me.

I'm knitting in between nose-blowings and might actually have something finished soon.

Side note: Anybody else watch NCIS last night? We had a good laugh when one of the agents was undercover in a speed-dating thing. "I like computers... and that thing you do with the yarn." "Knitting?"

(At this point the husband laughs and looks over at me, sitting on the couch, knitting.)

Celery

2006-09-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

Since I don't really have anything going on around here interesting enough to blog about, I give you yarn porn.

My order from Jessie at A Piece of Vermont came yesterday. It's so pretty! I love it.

The husband saw and asked what it was for. "Me." I said. "Umm, yeah, but did you have something else in mind for it, like a project?" he replied, with a confused look on his face. "Oh, probably socks, eventually." After that, he just nodded and wandered off to do something else. Poor guy.

Saturday, but not a sky post

2006-09-18T12:41:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, we were supposed to go to a wedding. Someone my husband works with. Which would have been fine, except that it was across the Sound. Heavy traffic while we were already running a few minutes late meant that we missed our ferry. Oops. (Libby: It was the Kingston/Edmonds one. He was NOT amused when I mentioned that Village Yarn & Tea was a few miles in the other direction. Needless to say, we didn't go.)

I had mentioned to Sachi earlier in the week that we'd be over for that and were planning on skipping the reception so we could go to our favorite restaurant in the area. (We were stationed there a couple of years ago.)

Anyways, we decided that since we were already part way there, we'd go ahead and drive around rather than try and catch a different ferry. Long drive, but fun. I went ahead and called Sachi to see if they wanted to meet up with us.

In Poulsbo (If you're ever there, go try JJ's. It's really yummy), had some random guy take pictures of us all dressed up.

Then changed in the parking lot, just before Sachi and M found us. Fun dinner, then a photo op for proof. (Cropped out the Oversize Load sign behind us, sorry.)

Afterwards, they went home and we met up with a friend of mine I hadn't seen in 2 years. It was her birthday and we met her, 2 of her sisters, and some of her friends at a country bar. So much fun. I really didn't want to leave at 10, but we had to go catch a ferry home.

I was bored waiting for the ferry, as I was dumb enough to not grab the knitting on the counter before we left. So I played with the camera.

We finally got home a little after midnight. Poor Daisy.

Quick update

2006-09-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

Libby came over on Sunday. My hubby was nice enough to bbq for us, so she got to meet him finally. And Daisy. Lots of licks from the dog, as well as white dog hair all over her black outfit. (Sorry!) MHP had other plans and didn't come.

It was a lot of fun and I wished she could've stayed longer, but there was roller derby practice.

(Anyone that reads her blog knows about her new guy. She's really, obviously HAPPY. It's nice to see.)

Not a lot of knitting going on around here right now. Well, not much of anything, really. I'm having a bit of trouble getting motivated, I guess.

Just had to share

2006-09-11T15:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, so normally I'm not into the whole YouTube thing. But this was too funny not to share. Especially since it references knitting forums. (In the first minute even!)

A Beginners Guide To Faking Your Death On The Internet.

Two finished objects

2006-08-31T20:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right, two.

A pair of socks!

Pattern: Jaywalker

Yarn: Opal something-or-other (I seem to have misplaced the ballband) from Stalker Angie.

And the supervisor of photography, who basically just watched from her perch on the back of the couch:

Camping trip review

2006-08-17T15:11:00.000-07:00

So here we are, back from camping. It was a lot of fun, but over way too quickly.

Porcupine Lake, somewhere in North Idaho. Part of one of the national forests. An hour's drive (in 4x4) from a paved road, across two creeks and many rocks. I love my truck.

View from our campsite. It was one of only four, but we had the best spot by far! Let's not talk about the outhouse though, k?

Daisy is not at all in love with swimming. It probably didn't help that we were up in the mountains and the water was cold enough that I wasn't willing to swim either.

I did get in a little bit of knitting, in between hiking and eating wild huckleberries.

Other highlights include having to borrow a first aid kit from some fishermen because my brilliant husband was chopping a piece of wood and a chunk flew up and took out part of his forehead, just about the left eyebrow. Two hours from the nearest emergency room, he decided he'd rather have a scar than leave and cut short our trip.

Said fishermen had truck troubles (not us for once!) and we gave them a lift back to the nearest town when we left. An hour in the back of my truck through dust and rocks and across two creeks. I bet that was a fun ride.

Anyways. We're back home now and sad it's over. Time to catch up on laundry and finish unpacking. Yuck.

So much fun

2006-08-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes! (And to those of you who linked me - so much fun to get lots of comments for once. Thanks!)

It went well. I did get to bring my husband home. After waiting in the truck for two hours. Took a little bit longer to be done than he thought.

Anyways. I'm only posting now 'cause he's still asleep, despite Daisy's best lickings. Don't expect to hear from me for awhile now. We're leaving Thursday (tomorrow! eek!) and going camping.

In the meantime, here's a cute dog and 1 finished sock. The other one is still only ribbing on the needles.

Happy birthday to me!

2006-08-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

Let the cake-eating begin!

Um. Who forgot to get the cake?

I'm pretty sure that wasn't my job. Especially since I'm the one that's going to go pick up my husband in a few hours.

Yarn porn: A photo essay.

2006-08-07T19:08:00.000-07:00

(Note: Went to several LYSes with a friend last week. Not the cheapest way to pass the time waiting for the hubby to come home, but it sure was fun!)

Bouncy

2006-08-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

It's been a little hard to concentrate on anything around here. (Which might explain the lack of postings.)

My birthday is on Tuesday. Which isn't a huge deal, except that I'm getting a fabulous treat on it.

The husband is coming home!

(The ship's been out since Feb. Don't expect to hear much from me for awhile!)

Yellowstone

2006-07-30T16:38:00.000-07:00

Remember my recent trip? Well I'm finally getting around to posting parts of it. Yay.

My sister came to my house for a few days, we both drove across the state to my mom's house, then Daisy went to go stay with my grandma and I rode with my sister and her dog back down to her house in Colorado.

The second day of our 3-day drive, we went through Yellowstone. It was so pretty. Here are some pictures.

Stitch N Pitch

2006-07-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

Well, Seattle's Stitch N Pitch was last night. The Mariners lost horribly (3-12), but it was still a LOT of fun.

I talked a friend (who does knit, but doesn't know about blogging) into going with me - our LYS had a shuttle package that we took advantage of.

I won a bus prize for wearing something I knit. (Socks, if you're wondering)

We were really high up in the nosebleed section. Great view, but I'm not really a baseball fan anyways and didn't really pay much attention to the game.

All in all, it was a great time. I knit on my Jaywalkers - ready to start the heel now. There were a bunch of vendors. And SO MANY KNITTERS! I think our section was full and the ones on either side of us were full.

I'm definitely going again next year if we're still living here!

I'm home!

2006-07-23T18:04:00.000-07:00

Yay!

More after I tackle some of this unpacking ;)

Still not home yet

2006-07-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry Stalker Angie ;)

This is just a quick update to let you know I'm having a great time here visiting my sister and her hubby in Colorado. Lots of pictures being taken. I may even share some when I get back home.

The laptop's working well enough to blog from!

I'll be home early next week. In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed for a boring and uneventful airline flight for me on Friday afternoon.

See ya!

Well there goes my summer

2006-07-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

I've been horrible about blogging lately. Sorry.

It's about to get much worse before it gets better though.

I'll be offline for various reasons for most of July. First my sister will be here, visiting (she arrives in a few hours), then I will go with her to her home in CO. Fun, but busy!

Don't expect to hear from me until Stitch N Pitch. I might be able to be online a little between now and then, but no promises.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Fourth!

PUG!

2006-06-19T15:44:00.000-07:00

For Libby and Sachi:

Since you go so excited just at the mention, I thought I'd give you a picture as well. This is PeeWee posing with Daisy, last time he and Grandma were here, a couple of months ago. They're very good buddies and it was hard to get them both to sit still long enough to take this. (Thus Gram's hand, helping)

Enjoy!

This week

2006-06-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

My grandma (mom's mom) and her pug are coming to visit. Tomorrow. They'll be here for about a week.

I really should be housecleaning, but wanted to let you know that I'll be offline for most of that time. (Ok, fine, I'm stalling)

Unless I get the rest of the goodies for the new-to-me laptop, in which case I'll have to try it all out.

The finishing continues

2006-06-12T14:42:00.000-07:00

I'm beginning to worry myself. Normally I'm a starter, not a finisher.

I made this Saturday. I might add hangy loops, but other than that, it's totally done. About 9"x9". It was just a practice piece since I haven't done any quilting in longer than I'd like to admit. It's really far from perfect, especially considering I made it up as I went and was having sewing machine issues (probably actually thread issues, but whatever.)

Most of the rest of the weekend was spent working on the quilt. It's not done, but I've made quite a bit of progress on it.

P.S. If someone's actually interested in the piece pictured above, drop me an email (it's in my profile off to the side) and we'll work something out. Ok?

A/C

2006-06-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

Ta-da! It's in need of a blocking still, but finished! Yay!

Pattern: Anthropologie Capelet from Peony Knits.

Yarn: Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Chunky, not quite two skeins.

Pin: Butterfly, $8 at a local antique store.

All in all, it was a speedy and fun knit. Thanks Julsey!