My Family...

I Love It....

FO: Baby hat for a friend

Baby hat is finished. I started it on Feb 21 and finished on Feb 24. Its made from LB Microspun in French Vanilla. I really hope they like it.

Looky, Looky, What I got today.....

Can you guess what this is?

That's right its a leg! I finally have an extra leg, now I just need an extra hand & head and then I'll be set! I have a feeling my postman probably thinks I'm crazy now, haha. Here she is without and with a sock on. As you can see she can stand on her own, now I just need to name her ;D.

So what would you all name her?

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On another note, here's a picture of one of the many things I'm working on right now. Yay, having a new camera.

Day 7... I hate the ER....

So I had to go to the ER tonight, I had a severe allergic reaction to something. They think the shrimp, so I'm going to go get tested. YAY ;P I'm all doped up on Benadryl right now so I'm just going to post a couple pictures and get to bed.

PS First is cornbread with children's finger marks, Second is Stitch markers from Traveling Scarves Swap Partner, Third and Fourth is snow on the neighbor houses/yards.

Be honest... I'm truly curious.....

1. Think of the first word that comes to mind when you think of me.

2. Go to Google Images and search for that word.

3. Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (don't tell me the word).

4. Put this in your own journal so that I can do the same.

Sheep and Wool Festival Haul

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Originally uploaded by bhuidhe

Here is all that I gathered at the Fest, I would have liked to have gotten yarn but none caught my eye (or at least not when I still had money) I think it turned out to be a great haul. And the day spent with my kids and hubby, ...... Priceless!

If you click on the picture you can see all the notes on the things purchased.

other pics

Family Swap Exchange gifts, I didn't get a photo of the one I gave so hopefully she'll take a pic and I'll post it.



Ugh!

YH event by the Yarnery

Yarn Harlot at the podium, a very nice lady in line that gave me her door prize and than won another that was way cool too, my friend Courtney and YH, myself (ugh) and YH

WHY?????????????????????

A birthday cake...

Ju's birthday was on Easter this year, so we decided to do her party on the Saturday after, yesterday. Here is her castle birthday cake with a mote and all.

Almost to the end of it all....

So I'm posting early so that I don't run into issues coming home from Knit Night. T's take the monkeys over to his parents so he can watch the Packer/Cowboy game and I can still do knit night. Ain't that sweet. I'm still unsure about tomorrow night. Can you believe that the holidays are upon us and well I know I'm not ready. I think the time between Thanksgiving and Yule/Christmas has gotten shorter. Seriously.

My yarn for mittens hasn't come yet, still waiting impatiently :P. But I did find my missing yarn for my mom's gifts. YIPPIE!!! It was in the one place I didn't think I would stick it, of course. Now all that stuff is back on the list, but I have something knit already for her for the holidays themselves so I'll be happy if I get stuff done before the season is over.

Now I promised you some pictures so here we go:




Pattern: NHM #5 page 96
Source: Selbuvotter by Terri Shea
Materials: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Heather (both yarns) | 20% Wool, 80% Acrylic
Source: Jo-Ann's in Woodbury, MN
Color: Grey Heather | Color Number: 151
Color: Natural Heather | Color Number: 98
Needles: US 2 (2.75mm) Knitpicks 16" circulars
Started: November 16, 2007 | Finished: November 28, 2007
Notes: I actually finished on the 24th but I didn't weave in my ends until the 28th. These are a gift for Miss Vivian and I think they are just darling.

And a little view of Miss Ruby's gift:

Post Turkey day report...

So Thanksgiving went relatively well, I ate until I was near to bursting, and it was totally unexpected. When I was eating I didn't feel like I was full and than all of a sudden it hit me, hard, I was beyond full. Argh! The kids ate a lot as well, Se loved pumpkin pie as well as the Tweedles. I don't know what pie Ju had but I believe pumpkin and I know she liked it.

I got some knitting done, I'm up to 2 whole repeats on the scarf, I did about a half a repeat last night and I got started on the strand work on the second mitten.

Well I'm off to make breakfast for the munchkins and get them ready to go "shopping", see you all tomorrow.

Cadena in Peat

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ETA @ 6:53pm: We went to Kohl's this morning, it was crazy busy, but my mom bought me 3 bras, so now I can have my boobs where they're supposed to be :P. Than lunch at Baker's Square and after that off to the Maplewood Mall. We saw Santa first and then did two rounds on the carousel, after all that we went to B&N and looked at books for a little bit. When all was said and done we went to dinner at my parent's house and now Ju is staying over night there and is going to help MamaTee (my mom) decorate the tree. Over all it was a good day, I missed going to some places I'd hoped to go too and I didn't get any knitting done, but I hope to do some in a little bit. Hope everyone's Black Friday went well. See you tomorrow.

Froggin' it.... I'll show you...

Another on the wire post. Today was a long one but at the same time when I look back it actually flew by. Got up with the kids, did the whole routine, wound some yarn, payed some bills, received some yarn in the mail. Completely finished one mitten and played with the munchkins.

This afternoon Courtney and her daughter "Peanut" stopped by and played with Ju and Se, the tweedles were down for naps, their craziness was a bit on the mellow side today but still they are 2. Peanut and my monkeys had a great time running around and playing like crazy. I invited Courtney and Peanut to stay for dinner but the playing so hard finally one out and the lil' one was wearin' down, so they went home. It was great to see the kids play and to see Courtney out and about. We decided we should definately do it again sometime.

This evening after dinner and bedtime, I watched my shows and taped the ones required by hubby and knit. I worked on my socks, and frogged the second sock. The pattern got messed up somewhere and couldn't find the right place to start again. So I frogged the whole sock and will start it again after I get this one up to date. I have until Thursday to get caught up, than it's more mittens.

Speaking of mittens, a lady on Ravelry had a whole bunch of Wool-Ease on major discount, for sale from her stash and the colors would work great for the munchkins. So I'm buying it off of her, it's going to be a mitten chrismahanaquanzayuleica this year for the munchkins and if I have time little mini teddies to match. Cross your fingers for me.

So in ending I'm going to add some pics of my first ever stranded mitten. (Ju is my lovely model in the first pic :) )

PS I opened my Harmony tips and oh my goodness they are impeccably smooth, yum, I can't wait to try them out.

It's HERE...

The Winter 2007 Interweave Knits cam in the mail today, YIPPEE!!! Funny I also got my new check cards and checks, good day for the mail. Of course all this good mail karma means that my children are being exceptionally whiny, it's awesome.

So I'm think I really want to make the Celtic Tote, and I'm thinking maybe the yarn that is supposed to be used for it would be cool too. I don't think I've ever used the yarn suggested in a pattern before, so that would be really neat to do.

I finished the Tasseled Earflap Hat last night (sans tassel) for hubby, I decided to frog the whole thing and reknit and it looks a lot better. I'll take pictures tonight when he gets home, and now there is a request to make the Calorimetry for him (he uses it as a face guard) in the orange because he is feeling a bit on the colorful side with a green face mask, orange hat, and dark blue fingerless mitts. I guess it's just too much. We'll see.

Calorimetry Repurposed

The Infamous Fingerless Mitts for Hubby

Pattern: Fingerless Mitts pattern
Source: Twin Rib Fingerless Mittens/Wrist Warmers by Dawn Adcock but I made quite a few changes for my hubby's special needs.
Materials: Cascade 220 Heathers | 100% Peruvian Highland Wool
Original Purpose: Purchased for this purpose
Source: LYS, I can't remember which
Color: Heathered Blue | Color Number: 9414 | Lot Number: unknown
Needles: unknown size (Knitpicks)
Started: January 24, 2007 (?) | Finished: February 18, 2007

These were a pain to knit and seemed to take a lot longer than they actually did to knit because of mistakes and nagging from the hubby.

What am I going to say.....

So I'm going to write about the start of the mystery sock for the SKA group on Ravelry. I'm really liking the pattern but I'm hating my cast on and I might frog it and start over, it was too loose a cast on and left it kind of yucky looking. I'm thinking on it, at least it isn't too tight, maybe when it stretches it will look better. I'll probably cast on a second sock and see how it looks and if I still don't like the first one I'll then frog and reknit.

On another note, I'm also in need of working and finishing the latest pair of fetchings, I'm just kind of getting bored with the pattern, I think it's just that I've knit 2 pairs and I'm on my third. I was going to knit my mom a pair too, but I may do something different.

I'm supposed to get to go out and about today, but we'll see what happens, I'm thinking a coffee shop and some quite knitting is in order. Here's hoping.

Also, don't forget to change your clocks back one hour if you live in a place that does that. It's that time of year again.

If I could be sweet.....

So I'll do a couple photos today for my post. Later I'm going shopping with my mom, we're just going to get out of the house together with the kids. It should be nice, now that I no longer live there, we fight way less. That's not to say that we don't fight, but it's like a once a year thing instead of 30 times a day thing (just so you know that was an exaggeration), I guess were a lot a like, I just like to think I'm cooler and way less annoying. Which means that I have the same view every child has of their parents, they are so not cool and they embarrass us, not that she does that anymore. But on another tangent, I'm going to show you some pics and explain them as the month goes by:


Or Not, the server is down and the kids are being insane so I'll try again later for the pics.

AOTN: Fetching for a Friend, November Mystery Socks, and a bunch of UFOs that should be.

(AOTN = Actively On The Needles)

I'm alive and I have FOs

Okay, I'm still not quite up to par from the weekend but I'm alive and "well". I've been pretty busy with Ren faire and family life. I've got two finished objects for you so hopefully that will appease the need for a long blog, I'm too tired to write too much, sorry.

Pattern: Fetching
Source: Knitty
Materials: Knit Picks Andean Silk | 55% Super Fine Alpaca, 23% Silk, 22% Merino Wool
Source: Purchased for this Purpose
Color: Pitch | Color Number: 23516 | Lot Number: 1491
Needles: US 6 (4.00 mm)( Knitpicks 24" Options circulars)
Started: September 17, 2007 (?) | Finished: September 21, 2007

These were gifted to my boss at the Renaissance Faire, Slugger.

Pattern: Tessellating Lace Socks
Source: Test Knit for someone from Ravelry
Materials: Knit Picks Essential Tweed | 65% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 10% Donegal
Source: Stash
Color: Flint | Color Number: 23861 | Lot Number: 4470
Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)( Knitpicks 32" Fixed circulars)
Started: July 26, 2007 | Finished: October 3, 2007

These will be a gift for the Holidays to come.

Houston. . .

... We have a problem. Or is it I have a problem. Whichever.

I'm out of fleece to spin and don't have the funds at the moment for more. This sucks, I was just starting to really get a groove. Not the best groove, mind you, but one none the less of a beginner. Argh, I need a sheep and a drum carder now. :P or at the least more roving. Anyone want to go buy me fleece and bring it to me is more than welcome, I'll pay in something not sure what but something. You think T would let me get more if I offered sexual favors, me neither. Damn.

Fleece Need

So I'm figuring out this spinning thing when I look in my basket and realize that I'm almost out of my first fleece, huh oh. So I take a look at the finances and maybe after my pay from last weekend I can order some but maybe not, I may have to just wait, grr. I did stop at the lys and get a 4 oz ball for $6.00, I don't know though if that's a good price, it's not super soft but its romney, just plain white. After thats gone I'm out, and that's a sad thought, I'm going to have to ration it all out. I am improving though, I started with bulky to lace to bulky again and now I'm more of a sport worsted to lace fingering weight. Need to keep up the predraft.

I'm definately looking forward to this next week, I'm going to Monday fiber night and Thursday knit night, no if, ands, or buts about it. T will finally be off of 3-11 so I can go and leave the babes behind.