Contest Winners!

Dudes. I scared myself. I counted my yarn and I have a helluva lot more than I thought I did. I think I've gotten it all. I opened every little hiding spot and I found all the yarn.
I counted the skeins. I added them all up. I have *88* skeins for sock yarn. I could make 88 freaking pairs of socks! And that doesn't count the yarn that I traded for and is in the mail. :)

Carrie was closest, with 85 skeins.
Ikkinlala was second with 101
and Trillian42 was third with 40.

Okay you guys. Email me at kelly at 50footrobot dot com and I'll send out your prizes. :) I'm still gathering little bits and pieces for the fun pack. :)

Is now the time I let you know that I'm not buying any more yarn until the 1st of the year? I'm not going on a yarn diet, I'm going on a yarn starvation.

A Bloganniversary Prize Extravaganza!

Come the 26th, I will have been knit blogging for 3 years. So, I think that deserves a little prize giveaway.. yes?

Here's the deal. I shall give away 3 prizes. Here are the rules, all you have to do is guess how many skeins of sock yarn I have! Okay, and for those of you over on Ravelry, I did just get some birthday booty in the mail, and I haven't added it yet. So there is no way to cheat. Unless of course, you come over to my house and count it all. :)
To make things easy, we'll count only yarn specifically for socks. I know I can knit a thick pair of socks out of say... worsted or whatever. And I do have some knit picks palette laying around, but that's not specifically sock yarn.

Okay. The 3 people that are the closest will win. So, as soon as I find some neat things for prizes, I'll let you know. You have until midnight on the 26th to post in the comments your guess.

Have fun! And thank you to my loyal reader for sticking around. ;)

Carpet! Tile!

So the guys are here and installing carpet and tile as we speak. (type?) The only problem, is that they're loud, and Johnathan did not want to take his nap. Even being so very tired. I finally got hi to sleep, we'll see how long it lasts.
I finished his pumpkin hat yesterday. That's the best picture I could get. He was in his jumper and would not be still. Imagine that! Anyway. It's super cute and fits him just right. I cast on 5 less stitches then the patter called for. He's not going to be able to wear it for too long, but really... pumpkin hat in December? That's just silly. He'll need an elf hat by then. :)

I'm working on getting rid of some of my WIPs. I finished his hat, I'm almost done sewing the dog sweater together, so that's helping things a bit. I really need to get my butt in gear and sew his Halloween costume. Maybe this weekend...

Speaking of knitting...

Ode to my knitting if you will. (for the Blog stalking 3 via knittyboard)
Dudes. I have got to get a handle on this knitting thing. What to take a walk through my WIP?
I have a dog sweater that just needs to be sewn up. I have two sweaters that need just an arm and collar. I have a sock that needs to be done by the end of the month. What do I do? I cast on for a hat for Johnathan. And now, I want to join the Sexy Knitters in a knit along and knit Snow White.
All the while, still having a bunch of things I've pushed off finishing. Like that second sock for my husband. And a pair of socks for my Mom. And, I bought yarn for like... 3 sweaters for Johnathan. Which If I don't get my butt in gear, he will out grow before I even begin to knit them!!
Plus I want to finish my Hats for Alex project AND knit a few for Knit one Save One.

I think I need some focus.

Wow!

My baby has a tooth!
Last night there was nothing there, and today, a tooth popped out! Bottom left. Crazy!

Today,

Is looking to be a good day. I am NOT doing anything that is 'work' today. I am going to knit, and color my hair, and eat chocolate. All day! My hubby already gave me my present Hedwig and the Angry Inch DVD! (I loaned mine out and it's gone.) and the book "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" awesome! I also got lots of chocolate from a friend. Yay! Hence, the eating chocolate all day.

I'm way behind on posting knitting things. If I can find the camera I shall post some pictures of yarn that has come in the mail. Oh! And my new knitting bag. So Sweet!

Off to enjoy my day. Happy Birthday to ME!

A quick Update of the last few week or so.

Last Thursday marked my first yoga class. I loved it! It's a yoga/Pilate's class, that really works your core. So I have hopes of getting rid of the baby belly. :)

Speaking of the baby, Friday was his 4 month check up. 13 pounds 11 oz (25th%) 26 inches long (86th%) and his head put him right at 50th%. Got shots, and since he no longer wants a bottle, we were told we could start trying rice cereal, as he most likely will take that from someone else.

Then, we went to our friends house and watched the debate, where he rolled over for the first time.
Ready for the debate

On Tuesday Osiris went to his last vet visit. They gave him the all clear!
He does not like to be woken up to get pictures taken

Which is good. We're finally done with the dog bite ordeal. Money from the other owner should be coming within the next couple weeks. Also, Yesterday was Osiris's birthday. He turned 2. Which is a pretty big deal considering we very nearly lost him in July.

ON Sunday my Grandmother turns 85 which is a much bigger deal then 2. We're heading to Spicer for the party, and to show off the baby, as no one on that side has seen him. I'm sure he will get squeezed by everyone. Poor guy. :)

I'll save the knitting update for later, I need to take some pictures. :)

Bah!

So I've been fighting a cold for a week now. It just won't go away. And, I think my poor hubby finally caught it too. Stupid cold.

Because I don't have enough to do, I've joined the Sockdown! 2008-2009 on Ravelry in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group. The Challenge for September is Cookie A patterns, Mystery Sock, or Orange. And, I don't have any yarn that's Orange enough. (can you believe it?) So I grabbed Mona and a skein of Fearless Fibers I had lying around and I cast on Saturday afternoon. And after a quiet Sunday afternoon, and an evening of watching Dexter (season 2 on DVD) I am working on the heel flap! Now, if I can keep up the steam, I shall get this done with the time frame.

In other news, Um.... yeah. Not much going on really. Baby is teething. I have a cold. Oh! The housing development is having a garage sale this Friday/Saturday, and I'm totally going to have one. I have so. much. crap. Plus, my hubby said if I get rid of all the random fabric I have, I can have more yarn. Got to love that! So, I think I shall spend this week going thru stuff in my garage and in the crawl space and hopefully come Friday, I have enough junk to put out for the sale! :) Okay... not junk... you know what I mean.

Yay! and Stuff.

So, we did it! We beat my goal! 280 bucks! Thank you all who helped out. We did the walk and missed the ran. It was grand. And Carrie gets to take home some Vesper sock yarn! Woot woot!

And! I have walls! They FINALLY started work on my basement yesterday. Now if was can decide on a paint colors and carpet/tile samples, we'll be set. :)

Also, I finished my hat. To match my mittens. It's lovely. I put it on last night as asked my husband if I looked like a spy. He said I looked like an Art Chick. Hehe.. he's silly.
It's Gretel by Ysolda. I made the medium/regular size.
Here it is hanging out on a plate. I'll get it blocked and then snap a modeled shot.

One last request!

Dudes, do you see that little box over on the right hand side? It says 82 % !! Woot woot! So close.
Thank you all that donated so far! If you haven't and can spare a buck or two, you have until Friday evening to do so.

Oh! I never posted the prizes! Either 4 hanks of Alpaca Cloud in peppermint, or a skein of Vesper in Neapolitan.

So, go Help the animals. Please? :)

Shiny!

I made a baby hat. Cunning no? I know it's not exactly like the show, but it's cute and that's all that matters.

Next up? A hat for me! To match my mittens. And if blogger would work, I'd post a picture.....no dice.

Next time folks!

All is right again.

The yarn was found. Things are good. The little skeins are safely tucked away in rubber maid tubs waiting for me to finish a project or two before I cast on something new.

Speaking of finished projects, look! I finished something!
Osiris is now ready for some fall weather. He has a jaunty new sweater.

Other that that, we're still in a holding pattern. Waiting for insurance to get their butts in gear and fix out basement. it's been 3 freaking weeks since the adjuster came out, and apparently we're just waiting on him. Yes. I am calling him today to chew his butt.

Dude.

Where is my yarn?

Tracking number says it was delievered yesterday at 4:27 pm. I have no yarn. I have no notice of yarn. I was home at 4:27 pm. No yarm!

arrrggh!

Okay. I'm better now. I've called the post office and someone put in a request to figure out where my yarn went. Knitpicks (bless them) said they'd send out a new box if my yarn went *poof*

Osiris Update

Since it's been almost 2 months since the attack, I thought I'd update ya'll.
This is what he looks like as on Monday.
The scab is about as big as my thumb to the first knuckle. Which is a damn big improvement let me tell you. It was the whole leg, what with the cleaning of the dead tissue and the part that got left in the yard and all that. He even got clearance to walk in the Humane Society walk. Which means, I'll most likely carry him. Because he did not make the distance last year, and he's out of shape because we've been A)afraid to walk (dogs still in neighborhood-lady had court today) B)Babying him.

He's back to his old self really. Jumping on the counter for food, and racing around the house leaping over me from couch to couch. We're all very happy here, and again thank everyone for there wishes.

Need a Laugh?

There. I have one for you.
Please ignore my double chins. It's not like that in real life.. I promise. :)

Check it!

Dude. That's my baby on the YouTube.

It's that Time again!

Time for the annual Tri-County Humane Society Fundraiser Walk!

Last year ya'll helped me raise over 150 dollars. Can we do it again this year?

Same deal as last year. Click that little box over to the left, (firstgiving) and donate something. Even a dollar! Put a little note that you're on the ravelry or knittyboard or even just your username and "knit" and I will put your name in a hat for yarn! Last year CPurl won a skein of Yarn Pirate. (Dude! I still have your yarn! Shoot me an email!) I'll pick out the yarn here this week, when I can hopefully get into my stash. :)

Thank you in advance for all your help! :)

I'm no Michael Phelps.

But, I still get a gold medal.


I finished it this morning at 10 am. I love it so very much. The colors are just lovely. And the little braid? Totally cool.

Also? I wear my pants way higher on the hips.

The fans are gone! Well, they were actually gone yesterday, but I'm been so enjoying listening to...well silence that I've been to lazy to blog. That and I'm surrounded by boxes. I'm trying to downsize and get rid of tings before they go back into the craft room. I already took 2 bags to goodwill (one was full of clothes) and I've got another box going soon.

I've been knitting! Because I can't vacuum or do laundry or really, anything except the dishes. :) So I've got one sleeve to go and I'm gone with the baby sweater. I'm planning to make a matching sweater for Osiris out of my leftovers. I've talked with a couple folks on Ravelry and they're going to send me their scrapes. I hope I have enough yarn!

I've got a wedding to attend on the 30th. If we go. It's in Madison. Which is a haul with a little baby. Anyway, I want to cast on a shrug for that. Maybe I'll get it done? Maybe we'll go? Who knows! I also plan on casting on some doggie sweaters for K9KittersUSA, which is a group that sells dog sweaters to raise money for dog charities. I can get on board with that.

That's pretty much it really. We looked at some paint and carpet samples on Sunday. The rebuild guys are coming tomorrow to do...something. I don't know. Measure?

Oh. Better go. Baby is waking up.

Why I did not Knit yesterday.

No. For once it wasn't because of the dog. I woke up at 6 am to feed Johnathan, and heard water running. Oh. Just the softener I thought. No... toilet running... no... what IS that? SO I went downstairs.....SQUISH! Oh FUCK! The hose on the washing machine broke, and was gushing water everywhere. I ran upstairs, grabbed my glasses and woke hubby. I had just happened to rent a steam cleaner, and I took out 8 buckets of water before he got a hold of his mother and we found out who to call. Turns out or basement was pretty much toast. Water had run down the hallway, into the guest room and HORROR! my craft room. Thankfully all my yarn is in totes and off the floor. So, we cleaned out that room and moved everything into the rest of the family room. Then, they found that the carpet was delaminateing in the living room, so everything went upstairs and into the garage. Carpet could only be saved in the guest room, the water only went a little bit in there. They had to tear out everything else. And part of the walls to. And the bathroom and laundry room floors. So pretty much, we get a new basement.

Looking down the stairs. That's where the TV used to sit. The dark? Water damage.
Looking down the hallway. That's the bathroom door on the left.
Craft room! The horror! That's a huge dehumidifier. There's 2 of them in my basement right now. See how the wall under the window is missing?
And this? This is the wall that had my shelves with all my yarn stored. You're looking into the laundry room now.
This is the guest bedroom. They've pulled up the carpet, and cut out the pads. There are fans like that in every room. The fans and dehumidifiers have to run for a full 3 days at least to dry everything out. It's so loud that I'm holed up in the bedroom with the dogs and baby with the doors closed.