Meh.

Dude. What's with the weird little storm we just got? Sunny happy day.. all of a sudden boom! grey skies, thunder and rain. Lots of rain. Five minutes later, it's sunny again. Weird.

Anyway. Knitting has been happening! I wound up both sock yarns, and decided to cast on the BSJ for Johnathan. (Ravelry link) It's slow going. Mostly because we found out Johnathan most likely has acid reflux, and the way that babies fix this is that they eat for 5 minutes every 30 minutes. So. All I do is feed him. I swear. I've finally been able to jiggle him around and I can knit. But that's only if I remember to grab the knitting before we get him set. So he eats, then he has to sit upright for 30 minutes. Then he eats again. Whatever I gotta do to make him happy I guess. :)

I know the BSJ is like.. magic and whatnot, but I still cannot figure out how this thing is going to turn into a sweater. I know it will, I've seen in happen in person. I just can't figure out where/what it is exactly I'm knitting right now.

Dude!

You'll never guess what I did yesterday.

I took a shower! I exfoliated! I shaved! I conditioned! It was... awesome.
Now, if I can get 30 minutes to touch up my hair before father's day, I'll be set. :) The pink is starting to fade pretty badly in the front, and I know my Mother will want Family pictures. Vanity, thy name is Valkryie.... so ya. Hopefully I can fix my hair. :)

Lets see, knitting hasn't happened much. I've be able to update a little of my stash on Ravelry, so that's cool. I still am nowhere near having everything entered, but it's getting closer. I also updated a few of my older projects, and now that I no longer have a baby belly, I can take some photos of me IN the stuff.

I've been tossing around a few projects I want to start in my head. Not sure which to do first. My mom's socks or a baby surprise jacket. I think is should start the BSJ. Because I want to do it in sock yarn, and the little guy will only be a peanut for a little while longer. Maybe I should ball up both skeins of yarn and just look at them and see which calls to me the most.

Two weeks tommorrow!

Wow. Time has flow, and yet, it seems like it's longer than that. Could be all the extra hours I'm awake at night. :)

Johnathan is a great little bug. He sleeps well, eats well, and I think he's growing like a weed. I was even able to take a shower today. He did start to cry the minute I got the shampoo on my head, but I didn't really want a 20 minute shower I guess. :) But I'm out of my pj's and my hair is clean, so I feel great.

He's been eating like, every 30 minutes it seems, so I've been catching up on the daytime television today. I can feel my brain turning to mush and I love it.

I think we're heading someplace tonight for Michael's Grandma's birthday. So that might be exciting. I'm not sure if we're heading out to eat, or going over to his aunts' house, so it'll be a surprise.

Oh! If he stays asleep for a little bit longer, I might even get to knit some today. :)

Welcome!

Johnanthan Cassian Vernon Lastname was born on 5-27 at 12:43pm weighing 6.3 oz and is 19.75 inches long. He came into the world after 5 1/2 hours labor.

aw man!!!

Bad timing!

So. Yeah. You know how I've ALWAYS wanted to be a roller girl? Guess who's holding adutions?
yeah. The MN Roller Girls. For when you ask? One month. So yeah... I can totally pop out a kid and then be a roller girl.... right?

Poop. Now I is sad. I shall go eat ice cream. That will make it better.

Pinwheel Done!

I finished the Pinwheel Blanket yesterday. OMG! Blocking it was such a pain in the ass! I've never blocked something round before, and let me tell you, it sucks. Or rather, I suck at it. :)

I used a size 8 needle because that's what I had the most of in double points and circulars laying around. I think the fabric ended up a little airy, but that's okay, as it's cascade220 superwash. And what May baby doesn't need a nice warm wool blanket? :) It was a easy knit, something that I could totally knit while watching TV or chatting with friends. I would totally knit this again. But if I were to, I'd go one size down with the needles.

Thursday Update

This turned out a little blurry, but whatever. 39 week belly. (plus 2 days) Doctor apt on Tue went well. Apparently I can have this kid at ANY TIME! Dilated between 2 and 3, 80% effaced. If I don't have him by Tuesday, I'll go in at 5 freaking am, they'll break my water and I'll have a baby. BY TUESDAY!!! Doctor is guessing he's about 7 1/2 to 8 pounds. Not bad. Right in the ball park that I was hoping for. :)

On to the knitting... Pinwheel blanket is almost done. I started the moss stitch board and ran out of yarn from the second skein. I'll use just a smidgen of the third skein, so it looks like Siris will be getting a sweater after all. I think I'm going to do 5 rows of the boarder, and I'm on row 3 maybe? I've got 5 inches left on Maya's Hood. I took my hubby's socks with me today to get an oil change and I got a full repeat done on them. I might just bring those with me to the hospital to finish up. I thought about starting some for my mother, but if I could get 3 projects done from my WIP list, that would totally rock.

So, the fridge is stocked, I started packing my bag. All I have to do is finish washing some clothes and maybe vacuum yet and I'm good to go! :)

Oh, and I totally have Internet access in my room at the hospital, so I'll keep ya'll updated. :)

I shall leave you with a picture of my little dog, with funny ears. He thinks he's a cat, and likes to sleep on the back of the couch in the sun. I can't really blame him.

This post is full of swear words.

Damn damn damn.

I was cruising along on Maya's sweater and I just noticed I miss-crossed a cable. Fuck! It's way too far back to fix it. damn it! Son of a bitch. Piss Fuck Damn.

Okay. Breath.

I think I can fix it. Al La the Yarn Harlot. Option #2. damn! I'm so pissed off right now. I can't believe I did that.

Is this a Knitting blog?

You wouldn't know, as of late, would you?

I finished Jen's socks last night! We just happen to be getting together for some knitting and visiting, so I'm going to bring over the sock, and force her to either A) put them on and let me take pictures of her feet so I can post those pictures on the Internet. (hehe..that sounds SO CREEPY!) or B) let me block them, so I can take a photo of them. Or, maybe both. :)

Worked on the pinwheel blanket. Up to 37 stitches per section which means that I still have no idea how big it is. :) When I switched up to my larger circulars, it didn't look very big. I'm sure when I block it the thing will like.. grow to cover my queen sized bed or something. I'm not even halfway through my second ball of cascade 220 so, we'll see after some more knitting tonight I guess. I'm planning on bringing that blanket and the sweater for my niece. Because it's May, and what toddle doesn't need a wool sweater in May? d'oh. I just have to decrease the sleeve cap, and then it's on to the hood. So close to finishing I can almost taste it!

A Day at the Dog Park.

Since yesterday was so nice outside, and I've been feeling guilty about having a baby and ruining the 'good thing' these dogs have, I went and took them to the dog park for a few hours. I can no longer walk them both at once, but I can let them run and play while I sit in the sun. Everybody wins!

Cleo was being extra funny yesterday. She kept protecting me from the other dogs. When a huge husky came to visit me, she chest butted him out of the way. She did this to all the dogs that were getting 'too close' to me. Which is funny, as normally she's so busy with sniffing and whatnot, that I can pet all the dogs with no problems. I think she was watching out for my belly. :)

And, my little guy Siris, who is scared of EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY, was sitting on my lap when a lady with a baby sat next to me. Next thing I know, he's sidled over and is licking the babies ear. This is the same lady who he would not go near 10 seconds earlier. Then Cleo had to come over a lick the babies too.

Hm. Maybe these dogs do know something is up.

Stuff not related to knitting

Lookie! My new hair!
Not soccer mom like at all. Very happy with it.

Also, since I was taking pictures of my hair, here's my 38 week (tomorrow) belly.
Yes. I look like a dork. I know. But all the other pictures were either blurry or I had an even weirder expression on my face. Eh. What you gonna do?

I think I'm now going to go eat the whole container of strawberries I just bought. They're totally calling my name.

Never tempt the Knittting Gods.

For they are vile and fickle. This I have learned.

The past couple days I've really been craving lace. I've been surfing the ravelry and everything I added to my to do list was lace. Lace. Lace. Lace. So I decided that instead of casting on yet another project, I would dig out my Kimono Shawl that had been banished to the bottom of the UFO box. I was uber proud of myself, for being able to 'read' the lace pattern better. So I was thinking I was all hot stuff, and flew threw a pattern repeat. It was at about 10 pm last night that I held it up and realized that... you got it... I had re-started the pattern in the wrong spot. d'oh!

So, I got to frog 25 or so rows. Which is exactly the amount I had knit yesterday. Ugh. So. Now I'm back to where I was when I picked it up. Blast and Damn.

I've been thinking of digging out that UFO box, and being completely honest with y'all and posting it all on my projects list in ravelry. That way I can honestly see what I have. And when I get an itch to work on something (like lace) I'm pretty sure I have something sitting around that I could pick up. There is a sock and the very start of the second on in there. (that's posted) There is a scarf that I'm probably 1/4 the way done with. I know I've got a Dale baby sweater in there, and my Morale builders in there as well. Funny thing is, the reason a lot of the projects are in there is because of Siris. He goes all crazy with the yarn, and I get frustrated, and I toss it in the box. To rewind at a later date. Well, when I was cleaning, I did all the rewinding, so I should be able to just start knitting again. In Theory. If of course, I sacrifice a chicken or something to those fickle knitting gods first.

Math is HARD!

So I've been working on the pinwheel blanket, and I have no idea how much yarn it's going to take! According to the little excel spreadsheet someone made up for it, I've used one skein of cascade 220 and the blanket is already 23 inches in diameter. Now I know that as I add stitches, it gets bigger, thus taking up more yarn as I progress, but.. I don't know... that just seems really massive for one skein of yarn. Even if there are 220 yards on it. I know I bought enough, I do have 3 skeins total. I just keep wondering if I think I'll actually use them all or not. It's a crap shoot I guess. Ah well. Dog sweater for Siris if I don't I guess. :)

Today I finally finished the dust ruffle for the crib. I ironed it and everything. And I finished the crib sheet too. Then I started the curtain panels. I just have to do the bottom hem and pocket on the one, and then the hemming (all sides) and top pocket on the second one. Then. I. Am. Done. Whew!

So, now that the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. I can post. Those Appletini socks? Not for me. Nope. For my friend Jen. I gave her the completed one last night. I was hoping to have them done by our Saturday get together, but... she's a knitter. She understands. :) So, I'm going to bust butt and get the second one finished ASAP. At least I know they fit!

Today looks like a lazy day. I hope. Might get out to do some yard work. Or not. Who knows? I'd like to just sit on my butt all day, but then again, I've been doing that a lot lately. :) Something I should should really do first is go clean the bathroom. Eh. We'll see.

TGIF!

Let's see what's new and happening....

I started a baby blanket for the little seamonkey last night.Size 8's Cascade 220 Superwash I picked up at Yarnover this year. I bought three skeins, so we'll see how big this thing gets. It's the Pinwheel Baby Blanket. So far I loves it. But, when it gets huge and it's taking me 80 hours to do a round, we'll see. :) It's my "I need to knit something for this baby, but I don't want him to come out early, so maybe if I take awhile he'll stay in a bit yet" project.

Next thing I've been working on is my Appletini Embossed Leaves Socks.
This is the second sock, up to where I need to start the heel. I love the colors. It's Scouts Swag.

That's really it I guess. I'll be cooking up a cake today, for my friends birthday shin-dig tomorrow. Um.. some knitting too maybe?

Had my 36 week check up yesterday. Things are fine, and he's dropped down, which is why my girl bits hurt where there previously was no hurt. so, now it's just the waiting game I guess. But he can't come before the 19th. My doctor is on vacation until the 19th. :)

Snow? Again?

Okay. This isn't funny anymore. I'm seriously sick of winter. I think I should pack up the doggies and my hubby and move south.

Anyway, so my plan for a snowy Saturday was as follows:
Stay in house
Watch movies
Eat Cookies

Good day huh?

I also uploaded 3 tubs of yarn on ravelry. My stash is scary. Seriously. It's out of control. I still have more to post, but, the more to post part isn't getting smaller and smaller.

Erm...

Maybe there is something to this nesting thing. I didn't take a before, but here's a after.


Yeah...

Oh, and if anyone can guess what color that Manic Panic is.. you get a cookie. :) It's totally going on my head on Monday. Responsible adult? Yes. Yes I am. Responsible adult not currently working (or employable) who's scared of turning into a soccer mom. That's me!

I've been accused of nesting.

But I'd like to think of it as getting to things that have been put off for way too long, now that I've got the time. (and before the baby comes.)

I've got my craft room cleaned. Yay! Also, I turned the hallway linen closet from the "closet of shame" back to the "hallway linen closet."

See, I'm forgetful. And I have a dog that loves yarn. Sometimes I forget to put away the knitting I'm working on before I go to bed. And then, he finds it the next day, and unravels it everywhere. I cry, and pick it up and put it in the closet until I can deal with it. I've got many a project stalled for that very reason. Want a list?? My Rhiannon socks. Morale builders. The pink and yellow socks. Oh, and as of lately, my Appletini socks and my Husband's jitterbug socks. I've also got my swatch from Enny's Vest to deal with. Someday. Not today.

Anyway. I took the yarn, and untangled it, balled it up with my winder, and I'm good to go. Well, all except the vest and the pink and yellow socks. The socks are upstairs, and was too lazy to bring them downstairs to work on.

Anyway, I put yarn away, and put projects together. And I started a tub that I'm calling "the UFO box of SHAME!" for projects that have been sitting way way too long. I cleaned. I frogged. I organized. I feel good. I also searched Ravelry and found some patterns that will work with the yarn I have. I loves ravelry.

Now, I hurt. But I blame that on the yard work I did yesterday, not so much on the yarn. Yarn can't ever be at fault.

Monday Monday

My Monday has been... well... not as dreaded as they have in the past. Well, except for that dentist appointment I went to this morning. I had been well over a *cough* year and a half since I went in for a cleaning, and since my insurance ends on the 30th, I thought I should go. Good news, no cavities. Bad news, my teeth STILL hurt. ow ow ow. So yeah. Puttered around the house today. Did laundry, and the dishes and took a 3 hour nap. Because I could. :)

On the knitting front I have the toe to finish on my socks I started last weekend. I'm using Appletini from Scout's swag and the embossed leaves pattern and I loves it. Hopefully I shall finish the toe and start on the second sock. I'd like to get them done, so I can work on some older knits, like Maya's sweater. I want to cast on for a baby blanket for my little seamonkey, but I'm waiting until May 1 to do that, and I'd like to be guilt free and maybe (please god?) have Maya's sweater done by then. I can dream, can't I?

Almost Famous!

Dude. I made it on Franklins blog. And I'm right next to Lucy Neatby! Dude.

Yay! Done!

Ignore the goofy face. I think I must always look like that. :)
Me and my almost 34 week belly and a completed Mommy Snug. So happy.

Went to yarnover. Met Franklin. OMG. He is so sweet and cute, I just wanted to put him in my pocket and take him home with me. Now, I am all yarned out. I think I need a nap.

Hells to the Yeah.

I finished my Mommy Snug. Hells yeah. Okay, So I wanted it done my the 6th, and I just had to sew one sleeve to the body, attached the buttons, weave in the ends, and then do the neckline. And... well... I quit. Because I am a quitter. :)

So, I sat down and did it today, because then I can wear it tomorrow when I go see Franklin at the Yarnery. At least I'm pretty sure that's where he's going to be. Damn, I better make sure, since I am the driver and what not. Oh... double damn. He IS at Yarnover. Not the Yarnery. Good thing I checked...Ack! NOw I fear for my wallet. :)

I read on the ravelry that someone finished the neck edge with an i-cord bind off, and I totally stole that idea. I used the handy tutorial off of Knitty. I loves me some i-cord. Loves.

So, now that I'm unemployed (long story) I find I have time to do all the stuff I never did have time for before. Who knew? :) Not only have I spent time looking for a job, I also have gotten a butt load of cleaning and organizing done. So nice. I might just be ready for this baby after all. After lunch I'm going to head over to the temp agency to update my resume. Then.. who knows. Knitting? I think we're going out to eat tonight because it's my SIL birthday. Woo! No cooking tonight.

ugh. Still stressed out about the whole ordeal, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel I guess. I'm still freaked out about my insurance, but we'll figure something out...hopefully sooner rather than later.

just keep knitting....

Ack! Must. Finish. Mommy Snug. I've got the front, back and one sleeve done. I'm at the elbow of the second one. Think I'll make it by the 6th of April? I've been taking it to work and sneaking in a few rows on my lunch. I was home sick yesterday but spent the whole day sleeping. so I only got an hour or so of knitting in the evening done. Keep your fingers crossed!

Other then that, it's just been more of the same. Trying to scrub the house down for the shower, keep my head down and out of the drama, and trying to figure out how to take a nap at work.

Random update.

First, look at my car!Yeah! I still loves it. Even if it's a mom car. :)

Next, baby socks!
They're for a girl at work that's going to have her baby on Friday.

What? Baby? Why yes. There is one in my belly. Want to see? This is 28 weeks.

There. That's all I got.

Just step away from the yarn.

I did! I walked away! I had the pretties in my shopping cart, and I put them back and left. Aren't you proud?

So yeah, go buy the vesper so I don't. I don't know how long I can hold off.....

So, 2 weeks ago we bought a car. A Chrysler Pacifica to be exact. It's such a mom car. I almost feel like a grownup!

Also, Braxton Hicks = total suck. I'm beginning to worry about this whole... how the baby is going to come into the world part of pregnancy. I may have to start telling everyone I see in scrubs that I want drugs. Lots of drugs! :)

Civic duty? Check!

So I actually got picked to be on a jury yesterday. In a criminal case. I was totally freaked out, but it was really interesting and I'd totally do it again. I am still on call for the rest of my two weeks, so I have to call in every night after five to see if I have to show up.

Monday there was a little drama, at the metal detector. I had the choice to ditch my metal circular needles, or walk back to my car in below zero weather and leave them there. Yeah, guess what I did? I handed over my needles. They were only susan bates, so.. Whatever. I brought only bamboo needles today. They let them pass. So, you can get on a plane with metal needles, but not in a courthouse. Just in case you needed to know. Thankfully I did have back up knitting yesterday. And I only got to knit for a few hours. Poo. Today I got to knit during breaks. So it's all good.

Too Cold!

It's too cold to do much today. I did go to the grocery store, and almost froze to death on the way home. We made our Green Chicken Chili for supper, and I've just been sitting around updating my Raverly page.

I finished the first of my husbands' socks. This was taken yesterday afternoon.
I finished it last night while watching the food network.

Also finished (well, except for the weaving parts) are my Vesper Socks.
Have I said that I love them yet? Because I do. I love them. They are the first ever socks that I have knit (and finished) for myself. Considering my stash is like 98% sock yarn, I better knit myself some more. :)

So for the next 2 weeks I'm on jury duty. I have to go in Monday morning. Can I tell you I'm freaking excited? It'll suck to make only 20 bucks a day, but I can knit while waiting. KNIT!!! I'm so happy you have no idea. I'm going to bring my mommy snug and probably the 2nd sock for my hubby. So. Excited.

Yes!

Check it. I totally got the fabric for my nursery today. (image stolen from craftyplanet.com)
This is going to be the main selection. When I get in it, I'll take it to the fabric stores and find some others that go with it. I'm planning a quilt, some curtains and a crib ruffle. So cute!

On a not so exciting note, our heat is screwed up. Again. A few weeks ago it went out, and hubby and his uncle fixed it, buy getting a new thermostat. Well, it's not working again. Poop. Hubby is going back to home depot, and uncle is coming back to poke around again. The heat will kick on, run a sec or two, then kick off. The temp is sitting at 63 degrees. Me and the dogs are under a blanket in front of the fire place. Thank god for that.

Musing on knitting monogamy

You know, it's really funny how much knitting you get done when you focus on one thing. I've been dragging around the sock for almost a week. I've turned the heel, and I'm working on the gusset. Yeah! And, this is with a size 12 sock. Of course, now that I've been good for a week, I had to pick up something else to work on. I've got a BSJ sitting around that I started, and now I want to get this done for charity.

But still, focusing on one thing really gets you progress. Go figure!

Anyway, I don't think that BSJ is going as fast as it should. Probably because I have to stop and count every 2 seconds, to make sure I haven't screwed up again. It's not that it's hard, it's not. I just can't seem to ever get the decrease in the right place.

Anyway. That's about all I've got for tonight. I haven't looked outside lately. Are we snowed in yet? Please? I want to stay in bed. All day. That would be grrrreat.

Okay, why does my check spelling button not work? why???

I guess I lied.

No pictures of the vesper socks. I haven't woven in the ends yet. But, I shall post the socks I started tuesday night, after I had finished my vesper socks. They are socks for my husband. He picked out the yarn on our vacation. It's jitterbug, in the Sea Breeze colorway.

The yarn isn't quite as yellow as it appears. My colors are off due to night photography. But whatever. You gt the idea.

We got the insurance check in the mail last week for my car. (Finally!) And so now begins the fun of car shopping. I think currently I'm leaning towards getting a Ford Escape. Haven't test driven one yet, so I don't know if my hubby will fit in one, but they're cute and get pretty good gas mileage, and I think we should be able to fit 2 dogs and a baby in one. It doesn't seem like such a scary step up into a larger car than say, getting a mini van. :)

My brain is full of random thoughts.

And so, dear readers, I shall fill you with random thoughts.

I finished my Vesper socks. I shall take pictures tomorrow when the sun is out and I find my camera. I think my husband still has it after vacation.

Vacation was fun. It was the best ever. We ate lots of food, I met his friends (they like me!) and I got pretty yarn and jewelery. Which, I shall take pictures of, when I find my camera. (see above)

Have you ever heard of the movie Fido? Oh. My. God. I do love me a good zombie movie. But a good Zombie movie, set in circa 1950's? Hi-larious! Seriously. Due yourself a favor. Add this to your netflicks cache.

Knitting ADHD..

Seriously. I've got it bad. Just reading over my last post should prove it. How many freaking things do I think I'll have time to work on during my 4 day, 3 night vacation. Seriously. Am I planning on being alone with nothing to do for 2 days straight?

Ugh. I think I'll just stick to a sock. I'll bring along my vesper sock, all I have to do is turn the heel on the second one and then the rest is cake. Maybe I'll bring the baby surprise jacket I've started (for charity) and call it good. Small and portable. They'll take up no room in my bag.

Put the crib together today. It's all to surreal to see it put together in the baby room. Weird. Still not used to the whole idea yet. :)

Ugh. I think I need to take a scalding shower and head to bed. I'm tired. But I don't want it to be Monday yet. Unless I can skip to Monday at about 6 pm. My parents are coming for a visit.

Hell week. Over? yes?

Ugh. Last week was bad. very bad indeed. My work moved, so this week was the first one in our new building. Which is lovely and not yet finished and that's why I live in the break room. Which sucks around 11:30 when everyone eats and I still have to work. And it sucks when there's lots of meeting int he break room, as the conference rooms aren't finished yet either.

So, on top of the move, and getting used to the new set up, I got a killer cold, and was actually out sick on Tuesday. I think (hope) that I'm over the worst of it, but now it seems my husband has come down with it. Ugh. My head was so plugged up, that my teeth hurt. It was miserable.

So, we leave for Arizona on Thursday. we're boarding the puppies at Sam and Danni's. We've boarded Cleo there before, and she used to go there for puppy day care. So I'm sure they'll be fine. I have to decide what knitting I can bring. I think I want to maybe bring my brothers sweater, and the Mommy snug I've been working on. Plus a sock or two for plane knitting. I think I've got my hubby agreed to hitting a yarn store or two while we're out there. Yeah! Yarn!

Oh, and I forgot. We found out last week we're having a boy. So I might bring along a Baby Surprise Jacket to knit. I think I might use Vespers' Knit and Tonic colorway. Either that or Tainted Love.

So, today is a day for laundry, running errands, and hiding under a blanket, as it's so freaking cold outside. Stupid winter.

It's so on.

My vacation that is.

Jan 24-27th. Phoenix AZ. Woot woot. :)

Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Nic. I didn't forget about you. :)

2days left?

So I did hair for a wedding yesterday, and the bride actually got teary eyed (the good kind!) when she saw her hair. Which made me get all teary eyed. Best. Reaction. Ever.

Anyway. I gots me some guilt free money, and I need to spend it. At first I thought I would buy some clothes or something useful, but I can still wear most of my normal wardrobe. And I have got a lot of hand me down maternity clothes, so I said... screw it! I'm buying knitting goodies.

First thing on my list? EZ's book The Opinionated Knitter. Can you believe I don't own this book yet? So sad. I might also pick up the Knitters Almanac while I'm at it.

Oooo! I think I'm going to get me some socks that rock too. Because I can. It's guilt free money. Remember?

Anyway. Lets see.. what else.... Jan 8th! It's coming up soon. That's when we get our ultrasound. I'm super excited. But, I'm trying to not get to excited, I'm betting the baby will be shy and we won't get to find out what it is. But... here's hoping! :) I gotta get my butt in gear and finish my mommy snug. That's the sweater I had issues with and frogged a ton a couple weeks back. I think it's sat int he naughty corner long enough.

Merry Dogmas!

Happy Holidays from Me and Mine to You and Yours.
(if we do this to our dogs, can you imagine what we'll do to our kid?)

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Cleo! She turns 4 today. We got her a stuffed duck. She killed it already.

In bed.

That's right. Right now, I'm at home, in bed.
Why? You ask? Because last night on my way home from work I was rear ended. And boy, do I feel like crap today.

Evey body's fine. Went to the ER and hear the heartbeat (140 bpm) so that's all well and good. But I think my car is not so fine, and my husband thins I should get a new minivan. (hells no!)

So. I'm in bed. Snuggled with my dogs.

Thank god for laptops and wireless internets.

Sometimes...

There is only two words. F*ck me.

Yeah. So I picked up some knitting that had been laying around. Feeling good, I was cursing along. I had split up a v-neck and I had half of one side done. I picked it up, and finished one side, and was almost done with the second side when I realized that I was 6 stitches off. One side was almost 2 inches larger then the other. F*ck. So. I frogged back to the beginning of the v-neck split, and I'm starting over again.

Yeah Snow!

Hubby and I cleaned out the garage yesterday. So the cars are safely tucked in away from all the mean nasty snow. Yesterday we just puttered around the house, and I stayed in my jammies for as long as humanly possible. Today we're going out to eat with his family. Which is a good thing, as Ive been craving mozzarella cheese sticks with ranch dressing for the past 2 days. Yum...

No knitting as of yet, but I did work on cleaning up the craft room a little. I really need a hat, now that it's winter, and I'm stuck on what to knit. I just bought a new jacket that's black and red. But 75% of the yarn I have in my stash is a shade of pink. So, do I clash? Does it matter if my hat doesn't match my jacket? Plus, the yarn I bought to make mittens is A)pink and brown or B)black purple and lime green. Huh. Maybe I'm just not meant to match.

Holy Cow!

Dude. I totally need this. Right? Yes. I thought so.

Well, there's nothing much here to report.
No knitting has happen since... um.. September.

Aside from that....

Yeah. It's boring here really. You don't want to hear about how I cleaned the ouse this weekend. Or ate my weight in turkey and stuffing.

So. Yeah. Maybe December will be a better month.

Well.

I guess since it's like all offical and stiff I can post it.

I'm pregnant. 12 weeks on Tuesday. Due May 29th.

Had the first doctor appointment today, we got to hear the heartbeat. Too freaking weird, and super cool, and scary, all at once. :)

Halloween?

Tommorrow? When did that happen.

Can't type with dogs sleeping on the laptop.....

I so need to:
A) take a nap
B) hire a maid
C) hire a maid so I can take a nap.

Nothing happening here. Very little knitting. I keep trying to knit, and then I need to sleep. Lots of sleep. Had been feeling better up until Sunday, then I felt like ass again and laid on the couch all day, watching bad horror movies. Today, I feel a bit better, but still ass like. Maybe a little better. Like just the butt crack, not the whole ass.

Why...?

Am I always a day late and a dollar short?

So I really want to knit this pattern(link to ravelry. Sorry) Anyway. So, I want to knit it, and it's no longer available. Poop! I don't like the Opal version (vertical stripes). Well. Story of my life I guess. :P

Felling pretty good today. Got a little knitting on my Monkey sock done. Still way way way behind. Must remember to notify my swap pal. And bribe her for forgiveness. :)

More Socks! Yeah!

I got my Monkeys in the mail on Sat. Thank you so much! All the goodies were wonderful! :)

Pictures when I find my camara.

Yeah socks!

Sorry I've been MIA lately. So sick. All I do is sleep and try not to throw up. Fun times. :)

Anyway, I got BOTH my sock packages in the mail, and I love my socks. Thank you Momma Monkey and Aitara. You two are too kind.

So, off to take a bath and the sleep.

Not much to report here. There has been no knitting as of late. I didn't quite finish Maya's sweater, which is fine. She'll get it on my birthday then. :) I've been feeling a little under the weather, so I get home and crash. I don't think I've knit anything in a week. Ack!

Plus, lots of family drama. Again. Argh! I'm just going to pack up my hubby and the dogs and move off into the woods somewhere. That'll solve things...right?

ack!

Ravelry = the devil.

Seriously. All the pretty photos makes me want to cast on new and exciting projects. But I can't!! I must finish my niece's sweater (Friday is her b-day) I've joined that monkey swap so I have to knit those, but I don't think that will sooth my casting on urge. I want to knit mittens. Lots and lots of mittens. Tons even. But I mustn't!! So sad.

My little dog was FREEZING on Friday, so I made him some new jammies. They alpine fleece and have sushi all over them. So cute! Must get a photo to post.

That is all. Off to knit. Or, do laundry. One of the two.

Dude!

If I ever say I need more sock yarn.... smack me upside the head. Seriously.

Oh, and Cpurl won the yarn. Email me will you? :)

yeah!

Thank you all for donating to the puppy walk. I promised a drawing today and well.... I liead. I shall do it tomorrow. Because I am lazy, and sore, and I need to go to bed now.

New month. New projects.

I cast on 2 new projects today. The first one is that sweater for my brother, that has taken me a freaking year to find a decent pattern for. Attempt #3 is going to be "Cobblestone" from the laterst interweave knits.

And the second is a hat for my niece. But when she makes a request for knitting, how can you say no? :)

Dude!

Must. Stop. Surfing. Raverly.

Hey! My user name in valkryie. Add me so I feel cool. :)

almost....almost...

130 in front of me on Ravelry!

Monkey Swap!

Monkey Sock Swap THREE Questionnaire
(sign ups go until Aug 31)

The basics:
Do you consider yourself a beginning sock knitter, an intermediate, or have you been doing this so long you could probably knit a pair in your sleep?

Urm...intermediate. I think. I guess.


The measurements:
Shoe Size: 8 to 8 1/2 depending on the shoe size
Foot circumference: 8
Foot length: 8 1/2

Yarn Preferences:
What colors do you love?
Pink, turquios, purples, deep jewel tones, bright shocking colors. Greens, reds, blues, even black and brown. You know. COLORS!

Do you prefer solids or variegated?
I like semi-solids and varigated.

Do you prefer wool, cotton or acrylic yarn?
There can be only wool.

What colors would you never wear?
baby puke

What are your favorite brands of yarn?
I loves me some Lorna Laces, Vesper, Scouts Swag, Yarn Pirate. I also love me some cheap-0 knit picks.

Are there any new brands you would like to try?
Yes. Some of the smaller indy dyers are also a must try. I've never tried that yarn that all of Cookies patters are made from.

Cookie A. Patterns:
Which of her patterns have you already knit?
I started Rhiannon, but frogged it as it was too big. I've also made Hedra. I own Millicent, and someday will knit that.

Which pattern(s) would you like to knit and don’t already own?
I'd love to do the Pomatomus someday. As well as baudelaire, German Stocking.

Other pertinent information:
I like monkeys.

Would you be willing to have an international Monkey Pal or do you prefer one in the US?
International is fine

Do you have any allergies?
no

Will your knitting be exposed to smoke or animals?
Dogs. I try not to let them near the knitting... but you know. Dog hair everywhere. :)

Are you on Ravelry yet? If you don’t mind having new friends, what is your Ravelry name?
Give me one week and I'll tell you!

Socks!

I just finished the toe on the second swap sock. All I have ti di us block, make sure I've picked out the dog hair, and mail them off! :)

Yeah! Well ahead of the deadline.

Holy Golden Carp Batman!

I think I may, someday.. be invited to Raverly.

I heard about it, and thought it would be a lot of work. And then, heard about it some more... and finally, I heard about it again! So, being the lemming I am, I joined. On June 23. Now, currently there are 346 people ahead of me.

I'm starting the toe on my second swap sock! woot woot!

Socks! Lots of socks!

Sorry for the crappy dark picture. I snapped it before I wrapped them up. I used leftover yarn from Cpurl17's socks, and the pattern was Matthews leftover baby socks.

Next up, only singles. :)
First up, AquaMelon from Vesper. It's knit in garter rib, from Sensational Knitted Socks, the first.

Next, my swap sock for the Knitty Sock Swap. It's out of Tufootsie, pattern is 'foot the bill' from the Soysilk page.


Last up, finished last night. It's knitpicks yarn, handdyed by me. Just a generic sock pattern.

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?