Subversive Cross Stitch

So today I noticed in the FYI section of my paper there is an article titled Naughty Knotty. It is about naughty knitting. Books such as Dominitrix and Stitch and Bitch and others are mentioned. It is really advertisement for a play in a city about an hour away "Her Knitted Burlesque Review." All the costumes are knitted right down to the G-strings. Apparently Nikol Lohr who wrote Naughty Needles lives in the city. Anyway the point of this is on page 4 of the continued article there is the infamous Bite Me cross stitch from Subversive Cross Stitch, I have the book and the calendar cos that is my saying at work. This website is not for the faint of words because the "F" word is tossed around like no one would be offended. I find most of her patterns something I would definitley find a use for. Anyway it is too cool that such a liberal pansy paper would write a large article such as this. BTW they list this book and the Dominitrix as more kinky craft books.

Back to the comics, must see what bucky cat is up to.

Tote Exhange IV

Here is the tote I made, it did not work out right so i redid it. The yarn is Plymouth Tweed, it felted soft but not very much. I made an eye glass case to go withit and filled it with some other goodies. I hope she likes it. I am so glad to be done with this.

BTW the kite is still in the tree.

License To Wed

I love Robin Williams, I don't care what he is doing, he is so funny and can you imagine how his brain works? It makes mine hurt to think bout it. I saw the movie, I loved it and it is funny. The kid that plays his mentee is great, looks just like one of the guys I work with.

Hope everyone had a great 4th, being allergic to sulfur stuff I can't sit outside and watch the fireworks but I am privileged to see them from about every window in my house.

I woke up on the 5th to find someone sleeping in their car outside my living room window. Freaked me out cos I did not know if he was alseep or dead. Called the cops, he was just asleep, I DO NOT live in a neighborhood where you sleep in your car.

The dreaded Tote IV bag is finally done, sure did not turn out like it was supposed to but I would carry it so I am sending it in the mail this afternoon. I will post pics this evening when I get home.

Now on to my DDS exchange.

Dog Days of Summer Dishcloth Exchange Questionnaire

Do you knit, or crochet, or do both? How long have you been knitting\crocheting? I do both but prefer knitting, been doing so since I was 4 (am 51)
Have you knit dishcloths or dishtowels before? yes
What are your favorite cotton yarns? Is there a cotton or linen you’ve been dying to try but have not? Dont know that I have a favorite and not really dying to try any, I love them all
Are there any cotton yarns you don’t enjoy knitting with? no
What type of needle do you prefer using? (Metal/Wood/Plastic) wood
What other projects do you enjoy knitting or crocheting? socks, bags, afghans, gloves
Do you have other hobbies or enjoy other kinds of crafting? cross stitch, sew, read, garden
What kind of treats do you like? Chocolate? Candies? Nuts? i like almost anything with sugar, am a chocoholic, cant eat splenda though. I love cashews and pecans, hate walnuts. Fig newtons are my fav cookie and i love animal crackers.
What colors are your kitchen and bath decorated in, if any? my kitchen is sage green with chickens, my bathrooms are light blue, terra cotta orange, yellow/blue, and sage green
What are your favorite colors and what colors do you dislike? i love periwinkle, bright colors, not much for fall colors
Do you drink coffee? Tea? Other beverages? coffee, tea, pepsi, dr pepper
Do you have any kids (human or pet variety!)? 4 inside furballs, Hermione Grace, Harry Will, Groucho Marx, and Bucky Crookshanks and 1 outside stray Little Bit, they all meow, I do have a 17 year old niece that is like mine
Do you have any allergies? feathers, horses, and sulfur
Please share 3 tidbits about yourself that you think your pal and other swappers might find odd or interesting. My grandmother worked for Cole of California and made Esther Williams' swimsuits for her movies. I love sports cars, Dodgers, The Who, and Journey. I am afraid of worms, but not snakes.

I am addicted

Dear GW: I figure I can call you that since you are the President and I work for the FAA, technically you are my boss through a bunch of other bosses. Anyway I write to you today to tell you that instead of some of the stupid laws you are working on you need to consider making knitting a legal addiction. As I was driving to work today the DJ's were interviewing a dishwasher from Sweden. His government has dictated he is legally addicted to heavy metal music. They pay him 20% of his salary (omg the yarn I could buy with that much money each month), he gets his birthday and Ozzie's birthday off (I would settle for my birthday and Karen's birthday off), he gets to listen to his music at work as loud as he wants. I will settle for 15 minutes/hour to knit. They asked him what happens if he does not get to listen to his music, he said he gets aggressive. Well I am telling you right now if I dont get to knit at work I may stab one of these engineers with my metals, don't want blood on my bamboos. I promise to work real hard the other 45 minutes of each hour.Your Employee

ITE IV

I got my bag felted, did not felt as much as I wanted but I am going to finish it this weekend. My spoilee likes polar bears, so I knitted her a white polar bear dishcloth in a soft cotton so she can use it as a washcloth. Did not find any sea turtle stuff yet and it is too hot to mail chocolate so will have to see what I can find that is chocolate but won't melt. I used to find pretty tape measures at Joann's cos everyone needs a pretty tape measure in their purse but have not found any yet, still have stores to check though. I am making a kleenex holder and will find some other "purse" things to put in. I need to finish it this weekend and get it mailed as I have another purse to make for a 55 birthday in July. So here is a picture of my supplies, stay tuned for the finished tote. The yarn is Plymouth Tweed which felts very soft but not a lot cos I put this through 5 times, oh well, I will make it work, that is why we knit isnt to put our special touch on projects. I got the lining which you cant see and two coordinating fabrics. I got a light lining cos there is nothing worse than looking in a dark purse to find something. Well I need to get busy on work, darn it.

Please Don't Spit on my Car

I was driving to work and I will be darned if two guys did not lean out and spit. That is so gross, I made sure when I got to work I did not have chew on my car. I also saw a guy knitting while waiting for the bus, very heavy yarn, dude too hot to knit with heavy yarn, get some sock yarn and keep it cool.

Why do guys spit? Women use a kleenex, but guys have to be gross.

The kite is still in the tree, wonder how long it will stay.

We have 3 baby pigeons across the way, they are so cute trying to learn to fly.

Please remember if you pull up beside a Black Murano with HALLWN on the tag, DONT SPIT ON ME!

Surf's Up

Don't waste your time and money seeing this movie. A penguin surfing animated movie with a stoned chicken and a Jerry Garcia has been surfer. My niece and a friend at work are penguin-holics but I hope they don't go see this one.

I felted my purse for my spoilee, it did felt soft but not as much as I wanted, so I was gonna start over but nothing floated my boat so I am gonna take a step back and go forward with another tactic on this purse. Will post pics on the ITE blog.

I started reading Knitting by Anne Bartlett today. It is kind of hard to get into but reads fast and is a small book.

I worked in the garden the past two weekends and I see the Poison Ivy foundme, I figure I should be itch free about the 4th of July.

PEEPS

Ok no one I know but my niece, bless her, loves PEEPS. I just finished reading the Yarn Harlot's latest book, Casts Off, It is hilarious and realized I needed some sugar to get me through 4 more hours of work. What, one box of purple bunnies left, til omg HALLOWEEN< I cant be expected to ration my peeps. I wonder which store might still have left over PEEPS. I know what I will be doing this weekend, searching for PEEPS.

My Spoilee

I just finished reading the blog of my spoilee. I think the bag I chose to make her will work out just fine. I see she has a bunny and a dog, looks like a black lab, i had one once, she was a wonderful dog, had her 15 years til she got cancer, i still miss her.

She likes dark chocolate but it may be too warm to send chocolate and swedish fish, what the heck are swedish fish?

Polar bears and sea turtles, hmmmm will have to look into that.

I keep reading blogs that have 100 things about me, perhaps I shall do that to see what I come up with that, may be fun and a reality check as well.

This is my Idea of Summer

The past couple of weeks have been low 60's at night, high 70's in the day, window open, attic fan on weather. I love it, no a/c bills or wondering if it is too hot upstairs to sleep. Fresh air in the house, kitties heads hanging out the windows breathing in the fresh air. I know it is the midwest and it won't last long but rarely anymore do we have a chance to have the windows open for more than a couple hours before we switch from heat directly to a/c.
I have been corresponding with my ITE pal but have not heard from the one I am knitting for, must check into that.

I almost have my purse knitted for ITE, need to get it felted, lined, and finish it and figure out what else I am adding to it.

BTW the movie Mr Brooks is great, a little gory but then it is that kind of movie and who doesn't like Kevin Costner in a tux? Great movie, one I would watch again. Whoever wrote this movie has a twisted mind but very carefully thought out everything.

I have my Exchange Partner to Knit for

I have my person to knit for, Jen, emailed her before lunch but not have heard back from her yet, I know patience is not a suit of mine at all, my genes do not have patient DNA in them at all. I have a few bags in mind but dont want to make her something she wont use. I have not heard from the person knitting for me.

Can you believe May is over, it has finally stopped raining for today, more on the way tomorrow, I need to mow.

The kite is still in the tree, will my 40' ladder in the middle of the street be a nuisance while I try to take it down. Too bad my niece is not here I would make her climb the tree and remove it, it is just bugging me something awful.

Since I dont work Fridays, my weekend is 1.5 hours away, hootie hoo.

Tote Exchange IV

I am anxiously awaiting my person to knit for. I have only participated in one exchange and that was dishcloth, so atote is way more exciting and challenging. Purses are so personal, I never bought a purse as a present cos to me they are like a fingerprint, each person has their own unique wants and wishes in a purse. But I will give it my best try. I have about half dozen books and magazines with purses/totes marked to see what strikes my person's fancy. Have you seen the new Harry Potter knit book, the totes for Mrs Weasely and Hermione are so cool. And then there is AlterKnits and Yarn Cocktail and on and on, please stop the new patterns, I can't knit that fast.

I was supposed to get my person last night and I checked my bulk folder and did not see anything unless I did not recognize and deleted it. I will wait til this evening to see.

The baby squirrels are out, last night the cutie was sitting in the bird seed bowl picking out the sunflower seeds. My squirrels are gray with a reddish/brown around the gray part and a white belly, I know many people dont like them but Ifeed them cos they are so cute. I also have 2 stray cats, LIttle Bit (4-had him since he was born, but cant get within 5 feet or he runs) and Skittels, (1-he runs when I look at him out the kitchen window), they get dry cheap cat food and Little Bit gets cooked chicken when I see him, no he is not spoiled. I also have possums and racoons and birds, so quite a little zoo I have.

Well I have to go to a meeting as I am work.

OTN, a pair of Halloween gloves I designed myself, see an earlier post and the mitered square from Mason Dixon, they are my serious projects now, too many others to list or remember, just look around my house at my bags.