Yarn Harlot

The Yarn Harlot is coming, the Yarn Harlot is coming, the Yarn Harlot is coming. Ok she will be 3 hours away but I have to go see her. My mom does not knit but she is coming too cos she needs a little one day trip out of the house. Let's see I have to get my copy of Cast Off, I know where it is with my other YH books, my latest modular knitted socks, and my Karen's gloves cos we need to get her into the KAL. Tickets are free and this is on Sunday so ..... I am soooooooooooooooooooooo excited.

Where did my post go from yesterday?

I just wrote some drivel yesterday and it is not showing as being posted but when i go to edit posts there it is, hmmmm something is wonky.

The kite is still in the tree and the eggs were gone when I got back from LA.

I saw most of the eclipse this morning on the way to work, almost a Halloween sky with it, too cool. Let's see if this gets posted.

Where has August Gone?

Wasn't it just August 1? Where has the year gone to, it is just whizzing by so fast I can't even keep up anymore. I got to go home for a week compliments of my job, of course besides having a good work week, I hit Venice Beach, I think we were the freaks cos we were normal; my Dodgers won the game in the 7th inning-they don't play here so I can only watch them on TV, and I spent some time with 2 of my cousins. All in all it was a good trip, the weather was great and I was not here at work.

I been knitting ballbands for xmas presents and found the 12 oz skeins of bernat xmas yarn at Joann's this weekend so bought one of each color and will make an xmas dishcloth for each gift as well.

Will post some picures later this week.

DDOS Exchange

I sent out my box today finally after staring at it for a week and when I got home there was my box, boy did I ever get spoiled. The orange dishcloth is my own pattern and the blue one is a pansy, my knittee's collectible. I sent her some blue/yellow/white yarn, some hot chocolate and tea, a pansy tea bag holder, a knitted bag with chocolate soap, and some M&M calendars for 2008. Hope she likes them.

The one with the ballband cloth is my box I got today, I got SPOILED. I got a yellow/blue ballband cloth, and a blue sailboat cloth. The ballband is one of my favs, how can you go wrong with it. Dark chocolate, pink lemonade, pina colada soap, some yarn to make more dishcloths, a lighted fan to use while it is in the 100's the next two weeks, animal crackers and a pattern book to make some more dishcloths. I LOVE IT<>

NY Yankees

My father is 83 and has been a huge Yankees fan since he was 10, so he has all his wearable stuff but not a dishcloth so here it is. I can not tell you where I got the pattern from, just it made his day because when we went to the game the Yankees lost to the stinking Royals, how humiliating. I am a Dodgers fan being born in LA, so next week I get to go home and see my team play. Hope they win.

Goodbye Harry, Hermione, and Ron

I was telling a friend of mine today that I feel like it is over. How many years have we waited for the next book, the next movie, etc to wander the halls of Hogwarts? He said he and his wife thought maybe they should actually see a movie or read one of the books so they knew what the world was talking about. I told him they must be the only people who have not experienced Harry Potter, the boy with the scar. I dont know that I want to see movie 5 even though it was my fav book or the other two except the magic scenes where Harry does battle. My niece is so much like Hermione, smart, a good person, totally into her books, etc.

I did not like the way she ended this book, just seemed so wrong and out of place, with lots of questions unanswered, who is running Hogwarts, what is Harry doing, etc. etc. etc. Ron and Hermione, what an odd pair dont know that I would have put them together but... I did not write the books. I also did not like that she killed Hedwig, how can you kill a pet, well ok killing Nargina was fine but then was Voldemort's pet really a pet?

I do have the Charmed Knits book and have marked several things I want to make out of there, so maybe I will keep the magic alive a little longer with my knitting.

PS The Yarn harlot will be close by in September so I hope to get a chance to go see her.

The kite is still in the tree.

Tote Exhange IV

I got my tote from Melissa last night. Isn't it beautiful and the colors are perfect for me. I also got some candles, notecards, note pad and calendar and bath crystals. I love the pattern as well. she did a really good job for a newbie knitter. I LOVE IT

Monster Crochet

If you have not visited this blog you need to when you are truly bored and really have an hour or so. In all reality this person is extremely talented because to create these pieces takes some major talent. www.monstercrochet.blogspot.com is a compilation of such things as slices of bacon, slabs of raw meat, a cheeseburger, olive loaf shawl, turkey purse, etc etc etc. I visit it often to see what she comes up with next. While most things I would never attempt to do even though the patterns are there there are some cool things that i printed off such as the bloody finger stumps for my Halloween decorating. I can see some uses for her stuff, like the eyeballs which my mom hates again for Halloween decorating. I was thinking of making my buddy McPhee some of the fingers cos he does Halloween more than I do, imagine that.


PS Someone please take the kite out of the tree.

9 days til the last Harry Potter book comes out. Do you have yours reserved. I do have the Harry Potter knitting book, it is great, too many cool things in there I have to knit, when do I have time? Too bad I have to work to support my addiction, I mean my hobby.

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