HEY! A Contest! Of sorts.

I decided to do it. I'm going to do the Tri-County Humane Society walk this year.

You like my puppies?

http://www.firstgiving.com/knelsen

Go give them monies. They promise to walk really nicely.

The contest part? You donate something, even 1 dollar, and I'll enter you in a drawing to win a prize. Just post a little note here or something there to let me know you donated, and then on the day of the walk (or day after) I will randomly draw a winner. For every 10 donations, I will toss in another prize.

Prize #1

1 skein of Yarn Pirate in Inferno colorway (picture stolen from the Yarn Pirate herself. Hey, it's her yarn, it's a good picture, and it's raining out here, so no good photos right now. )

Very bad. No good day.

Dog ate my knitting needles. No idea what size I was using, and I can't find a piece big enough to measure.

Feel like crap. Need a nap. Belly button infected.

Vesper!

I got home from work, and some vesper just fell into my shopping cart and I paid for it. No idea how that happened.

Know what? There's still some left as of 10:33 pm. Dude. Go buy me some Astro. :) I was good. I only got 2 skeins. Which brings my count to.... 6? or is it 8? And how many socks knitted from it? Exactly 1 1/4.

Anyway. Still alive. felling better. Still feel like I got hit by a truck. But now it's just a little truck.
And, my belly button is bruised. So weird looking.

I made it!

Survived my lap today.

I guess they found some Endo on my left ovary, which caused it to stick to my uterus and cause all the pain.

Lasered it off, and we're good to go.

Now if I can just git rid of all the CO2 they pumped in, I'll be golden.

I picked up some supplies to make Bauble yesterday. I really want to start it, but I'm trying to be good and finish cleaning the house first. :) I want to do a heavy 'spring clean'. I've started in the bedroom, and I'm tossing out (well. giving to goodwill actually) things I haven't worn in a while, or stuff that just doesn't fit right anymore. Then a good dust and vacuum, and I may even do the windows. But, my goal is to be done with the whole house before my surgery on the 10th, so I can be lazy for about a week or so. I'm sure it won't take that long to recover, but I'd like to just not feel guilty about being lazy. I'm planning a Buffy marathon and lots of knitting.

I've been working on making some baby socks for one of my coworkers wives. They had a baby on Tuesday. So, I must knit socks. I have the toe to do on the second one, then weave up the ends and done! I should get that finished today. I also need to weave int he ends of my swap socks, and get them in the mail on Monday.

I think that's about all the news that is news. Once I finish those baby socks, I'll post a picture. They're just too cute not to share.

Sunburn and Socks.

So, I finally blocked those socks. So, here's a picture. I hope my sock pal doesn't mind me spoiling her surprise. :)


I just love the colors is in this sock. I'm normally not a yellow person, but for this yarn, I'd change me stance on yellow. The yarn is from Scouts Swag. It's Puesta del Sol. 350 yards of Superwash/tencel light sport weight. Knit on a size 2 needle.
The pattern is from Nancy Bush's book "Knitting Vintage Socks" it's "Fancy Silk Sock".


Here's the pair. I really need to get myself some decent sock blockers. Can you tell where my homemade ghetto fabulous ones ended? Yeah, wire hangers are cheap, but they're just not long enough.

Oh to the sunburn!

We went to the lake yesterday.
These pictures are actually from the last time we wet, but... same lake, same dogs. Who would know?

Siris loves the water. Loves it. Now, Cleo I can understand. She's part lab. But the Italian Greyhound? He gets cold super fast. He'll stop playing and just start shivering. In 80 degree weather. So that's when I have to pick him up, and wrap him up in a towel.

What a strange little dog.

Anyway, after being out in the sun for a little while, both Hubby and I are burnt. It sucks. I went from "hey... no color" to "hey! Lobster girl!" in like... 10 seconds. The aloe is getting liberally applied often.

I did finish knitting my AquaMelon sock. I started the second one yesterday. I love it. Now I know why vesper yarn is so coveted. It's lovely.

Update.

So I finished the yellow socks. Yeah! I just need to block them and they can go to their new home.

That is all.

Shit-tastic.

That is how my week has been. Yours?

I'm so freaking happy that this week from hell is over. I have a Margarita in my hand, and life will get better.

Oh, and to top it off, I just realized I left my knitting at work. Fuck. I was so going to finish knitting my sock.

Dear Ovary. I hate you.

So yesterday went sort of like this.

get up.
go to couch.
Lay down all day.
Get up.
take shower.
Go lay on couch.
get up.
go to bed.


Yeah. Fun. Anyone want to buy a slightly damaged ovary?

I <3 Nerds!

My score on The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test:

Pure Nerd

(69 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 34% Dork)

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.


You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.

The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.

Congratulations!

Not exploded.

I made it! My ovary didn't kill me! :)

Also. Totally not fair. I thought I had completed my collection of Vesper yarn, when I suddenly see colorways that I haven't seen before. Namely "tequila sunrise" and "in the wildwood" Poop! I totally could have bought some too. I was home, I was just avoiding the update. :) Ah well. I guess I shall start stalking her shop next time. Since I really need to pay for breaks on my car, and not more yarn.

Tomorrow we leave for our vacation! Woo! I've got my clothes packed, and I almost have all my yarn packed.

The Day my Ovary exploded.

Yup. That's right. I've got another ovarian cyst. Woo! Joy!

I made it to work today, but ended up leaving and going to the doctor. Because I just love getting wanded up the woo-hoo.

Apparently it's 3 centimeters big, and shouldn't cause my ovary to totally explode. But, it hurts like a mother trucker. And the Tylenol-3 only takes the edge off.

I'm going to go lay down and sleep now.

Crappy Picture. Pretty Sweater.

Well, I didn't get all the billion ends woven in yet, or buttons. But it is done.
It fits like a dream. Seriously, I can't wait to finish this thing and wear it. Even if it's 90 degrees outside. I don't care.

A sweater that soon will be.

So. Anyone want to sew this up for me? Pretty please?

I still need to go get some buttons for the thing. I'm thinking I'm going to go hit the craft store today, and hopefully fine some buttons.

I found a mistake on my sock, and had to rip it back four rows. I've worked on it last night after I finished my sweater, so I feel less guilty now.

I have 2 fulls skeins left over of the yarn for this sweater. So.. now what to make. Baby sweater? Hmm... swap it away? Keep it on hand for a just in case project? I just can't believe I didn't use it all up. I got gauge, so that's not an issue. (I learned that on on my 17th attempt to knit organina) I may have bought one extra skein "just in case" But still. Boo on having too much extra yarn.

Here's what I'm thinking on bringing to the lake for my vacation knitting.
1) swap sock.
2) sock to be determined out of vesper yarn for me
3) Sweater for my niece (needs to be cast on)
4) Sweater for my brother (needs to be frogged and recast on)

Too big of a list? I know I'm going to have 2 full days of knitting. Plus half of one had and the rides there and back. I might cut the list down a little. I'll see how much room I have to pack. :)

Sock Porn

So, I've been holding out on ya'll and I'm sorry. I've been hiding this away from prying eyes.That's Aquamelon, Meteor, Neapolitan, and Strange Little Mama.



Soon to join their ranks will be Love Stinks (yeah yeah). I can't wait for that to get here. :)

I think I will be packing one of these to take with me on vacation. I'll also be bringing my Swap Sock I'm knitting for the Knittyboard sock swap.

I've sort of set this one aside this week, and I feel guilty about it. So it's going back in my bag to work on my lunch hour again. The pattern is from Nancy Bush's book "Knitting Vintage Socks". It is the "Fancy Silk Sock". It's not silk but it sure is fancy. The yarn is from Scout's Swag and the color is Puesta del Sol.

I've been seriously working on my Sweater Babe pattern. I've got half a sleeve to go, then I just have to sew it up! :) The only issue is finding buttons. I'd like white ones, but I'm not sure I can find decent white buttons that big. I'd even be okay with those shell type buttons. I just don't want dark wood or leather ones. Well, I've got to run some errands today, so I may swing by the craft stores to see what I can find.

So. Excited.

So my hubby and I have both been in a weird funk lately. Especially we got some rather... disappointing news. So, we decided to go on a mini vacation. Just us and the dogs. We were thinking about going to the Black Hills, but that 9 hour car ride with 3 days to go would have killed us. So, we're going to his Mother's cabin in Brainerd. Not exciting, but quite. And the dogs can swim. I'm so freaking excited I can't even tell you. I've got next Friday off, and away we go. I'm currently picking out knitting things to pack. woo!

So I'm knitting. Really I am.
Pretty, no?

But I have been doing alot of this lately.
Taking the puppies for walks. So many walks. I wish I had a fenced in yard some days. :)

Oh F*ck! I just realized I missed Amy Singer. Dude. That totally sucks. :(

KIP

Did you?

I remembered this year!

It went something like this.

Him: You're knitting?
Me: Yes. Of course. I have to. It's knit in public day. If I don't they will throw me out of the cult.
Him: Oh.


We were at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs for his grandmothers birthday. And I knit after I got bored with gambling. And if you're ever there, eat the "Seafood Tower". I'm just saying.

Go now.

And vote for my Husband's Comic. He's made it to round 2! I'm sure you all love Prince Valiant, what with the sexy haircut and all... but Hulk vs Bizarro is better!

That is all.

Meh.

There has been knitting. But not alot.

I frogged Rhiannon because it was one. size. too. big. FRICK!

I cast on my second pink/yellow sock and have finished the inch and one half of ribbing.

I've been working on some baby booties to go with the conception sweater. If I get my butt in gear they could be done tonight.

So yeah. No exciting pictures of knitting. I'll leave you with photos of my dogs.

Stuff my Dog ate.

File this under... "stuff my dog stole off the island and ate."


A sweet potato.


And some knitting. Note the monkey and quarter for scale. :)
I don't know if you can see the cables. My monitor is crap. On the camera I could see it. But not here. Oh well. There are cables on it. Really. There are.

Oh, And As for the knitting issue I had, I decided to dig out my hubby's socks and finish them. I think they're about the same size now, all I need to do is split the ball in half and knit until I run out of yarn. :)

Knitting Conundrum

So. I have a issue. I like to knit on my lunch break, but bringing Rhiannon back and forth is beginning to make me nervous. Plus, I only get like... one row done. What to do!!?? Do I finish up my second sock in the Lorna laces sassy stripe? Do I start up a new sock in the Vesper I just got? Try that potumus sock finally? Argh!!!

I think I should maybe finish up the second sock, but I only have 1 pair of size one needles, and Rhiannon currently on that. Poop. So maybe I better go dig and see if I can find some size 2. Then at least I could start something else. Something easier. For at lunch time.

Not related to knitting.

As some of you may know, I'm married to a freaking genius. (He's my husband. I can call him what I want.)

Anyway. He's been working on this little online comic, and some folks liked it and voted for him to be in a... I don't know what you'd call it. A comic off. Or something.

Anyway. I'm going to pimp him out. Go here to vote for him. If you want to see all his work his website is 50footrobot.com His comic that's up for voting is Hulk vs Bizzaro. Yeah, I don't get all the comic geeky references, but it's funny none the less. Also, I think you have to register to vote. Could you take 10 seconds and do that?


Thank you all.

Next time there will be knitting.

7 days of knitting

And one skein of Knitpicks essential and this is what I have.

The cuff to Rhiannon.

Dude. I hope I got enough yarn! :)

This has been the only thing I've knit on all week.

Dude!

I just got some vespar yarn.

Stumbled right over in and it fell into my cart.

Whoa.

New Swag!

And for once it's not yarn!

The lovely Splatgirl agreed to make collars for my doggies.

Here's Cleo, all tired out from the walk.

And the little man. Who is never tired after a walk.


She does some pretty sweet work folks! Go buy something from here. Do it!

The Dog ate my Breakfeast.

Well, yesterday he did. He jumped on the island and ate my yogurt and granola. Boo!

Yesterday I cleaned the house from top to bottom. So you know what that means? Guiltless knitting all day! :D Woo! I think I'm going to cast on some socks. Since I got the rest of my radio yarn in the mail. I got knitpicks sock yarn, in black, purple and blue. The purple will be Millicent and the black, Rhiannon. I think I'm going to cast on for Rhiannon. That's calling my name right now.

We're going out to eat today with the whole family ( his side and mine) for Mother's day to Coyote Moon today. Never heard of it until last week, but the food is supposed to be good. So here's hoping.

Other then that, it's a slacker day. I think I'm going to hop into the shower and then get comfy on the couch and knit.

Free Yarn!

remember that 100 bucks I won on the radio? Here's some of the yarn I got. :)


After looking at my stash, I've decide that I don't have enough solid sock yarn. So, I only bought solid sock yarn. I think I'm addicted to sock yarn. But that's okay. I can handle that.

It was my friend Jenny's birthday yesterday. I got her sock yarn and the promise to help he knit socks. I'm tying to hook her too. :)

Also, saw the weirdest thing last night. Some emo highschool kids went into Perkins, sat themselves at a table and started to EAT the FOOD that was left there by the previous customers. When they got kicked out, they(the kids) were rude about it. Saying they should have been told they could not do this.

Um... isn't that what your mother is for? Seriously.

Umm... Thank you?

Thank you to whoever mowed my lawn while my Hubby and I were at work. That's super keen. I think. Weird...yes. But Super Keen. Who are you? I'd like to thank you and apologize if you stepped in any dog poop.

clever. witty. me? Nah.

I think I need to knit more.

Seriously. I've been hopping blogs, and see this super cute finished item.. and think... "hey! I want one" Then... "hey, didn't I start swatching for that? Don't I have all the yarn I need and even that pattern? what gives?"

Yeah. I finished the left front of the Sweater I'm working on. I just had no interest in casting on yet. So. I knit on my pink and yellow socks. Which is good, as I turned the heel and and am cruising down the foot now. But still. I want my sweater finished! I want to were my Argyle vest!

I think I may have to drag that out and finish swatching for it. There's no way I'm heading blindly into that one.

I do have an urge to cast on for something. But I want to cast on for some new socks. And I've already got 2 going. So there's no reason to cast on another one. Really. No reason at all.

I think I'm going to finish cleaning the kitchen then drag out my swatches.

good knitter.

Knitting. Actual knitting!

I started to carry around a sock in my purse. You know. For knitting. That way when I'm stuck at the doctors office or on my lunch break, I can knit a row or two.

Here it is so far. It's Lorna's Laces in Sassy Stripe. I'm using the yarrow rib pattern from Knitting vintage socks.


My Niece came for a visit, and she was wearing the little green sweater I knit for her. Funny enough, my dog was wearing a little green sweater I knit for him. Same color green, different yarn. Her- cascade 220, him- chunky wool-ease.

Am I too young to let my hair go grey?

Really. Am I?

Because I think, Screw it. I'll go grey. But then I think... crap! I'm only 29! I'll look older then my husband!

I won 100 bucks on Tuesday. I rock.

Can I get a maid for that?

The doctor upped my meds. I start 100 mg of clomid tomorrow. Woo. I hope I don't cry.

I almost paper cut my finger off today at works. It still hurts and sucks to type.

I think I want to chop my hair short.

I'm going to pour myself a glass of wine and knit now. For real-ies.

Big Brother is watchinhg....

my dogs.

I took them to the vet yesterday to get them chipped. Haha! Now they can't run away. :)

We also did some yard work/cleaning of the garage since it was nice out. We're planning on some landscaping this year, and I've been having some fun googling plants and trees.

The knitting front has been quite. A row on a sock here, a row on the sweater there. So nothing really exciting to report. I did order some book the other day from Amazon.com. I think I got 2 sock books and a baby knitting book. I don't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

I have a huge urge to go spend some money at Knitpicks. I like a few of their new patterns. But of course you have to spend 45 to get the free shipping... and do I really need more yarn right now? I have to finish something before I get more yarn! I want to get started on those felted Xmas stocking, but I gave my Mother the needles for her to use. So, of course, like every project I start, I need to go buy needles. Maybe I should get needles from Knitpicks...hmm... there's a thought...

This just makes me sick.

The world is a unfair, fucked up place. You want proof? Last week a 17 year old girl gave birth and then stabbed her baby to death. Not once, or twice... but 135 fucking times!

What is wrong with people? I heard this on the news last night and I actually cried. To make matters worse, MN has a Safe Place for Newborns law. You give birth, don't want the baby, drop it off at a hospital w/in 72 hrs. No questions asked.

Why aren't they fucking teaching THAT in health classes? Huh??? why??

In which we find out I dont' have a title...

There has been knitting at my house. Not finishing, but knitting. Wait, I lied. I did finish a pair of baby socks for a girl at work. But really... baby socks? That's a small thing.

I've got the back of a sweater completed, and I'm working on the left front now. It's a fast-ish knit because I'm using size 11 needles and lambs pride bulky. I love lambs pride. I thin I am a lambs pride kind of girl.

Other then that, nothing exciting going on here. Heading to the gallery to meet some artist and close up shop. So. I'm going to have some yarn for sale. Yarn pirate and Scouts swag. Thinking about posting it on etsy. Thoughts?

Flashing my stash.

Well, since everyone is doing it... why not? :D

This is most of my stash. The rest is still in the craft room. There is some random yarn in my craft room. And 2 totes of charity knitting yarn. That's a cloths basket full of acrylic. It's for babies, and toys and hopefully one day, blankets for homeless puppies and kitties. And this is a tub of cotton yarn. Cheap stuff. For dish clothes and charity knitting. Again.



Random bag of yarn. Bought to make my Niece a blanket. Other stuff tossed in to keep away from the dog.
On the left, that's a bag of wool ease. It's going to be dog sweaters someday. The cone is sock yarn I got on ebay.
Wool odds and ends. There's some lambs pride, and hand dyed. And SP yarn in there.




Bag of Mohair from a swap.


Box of leftovers. This is stuff that's stashed in my bed stairs.
More cotton for a baby blanket. And Wool for some mittens I never got to. And more baby acrylic. Here's the bottom stair. It's a blurry picture, but it's Knit Picks WOTA for a shrug that I've frogged 4 times.


So. That's all the yarn from my hiding places. Now I'll break down the tubs and bags of yarn.



From left to right. Lambs pride Bulky. I just got that last week, and I'm working on a sweater. The next is Knit Pick WOTA. It's going to be a shrug. Then KP Merino and Serra. Going to be baby sweaters.

The Blue on the left is Baby Ull. It's for that set I've been working on. I have the booties and hat to make. The purple is from a swap. Knit picks Shine. I think I want to make a little baby shrug from One skein. The Lambs pride is for Eunny's Vest. I'm working on swatching it.

Box of cascade 220. I got 15 skeins for felted xmas stockings. that just came in the mail last week.


Box of lace weight. I think it's all Knitpicks.

The blue is going to be a sweater for me. The pink is for a baby sweater for my niece and the green is left over from a sweater for here. Also in that box.

Cotton fleece. For a sweater I'm working on right now.

Next box, from bottom up is...
Jameson & Smith for vest for me.
Cascade 220 heather for a sweater for me.


And shine sport for a Hush-hush. For me.

Next box...
20 skeins of WOTA for a sweater for my brother. Firecracker Heater.

And more WOTA for a sweater I'm working on for Cleo.

Next box....
10 skeins of Jaeger. Bought off ebay for a steal. I hove no idea what to do with it.

And finally, my sock yarn box.


Knitpicks, Lorna Laces, Vesper, My hand dyed, Bernat hot socks, Patons, Yarntinit, Yarn Pirate, Scout's Swag,
And bought yesterday, some Toofutsies.


Whew!