April Socks and other FO's

I finished my April socks for the sock-a-month KAL. They're just plain black boot socks for my hubby. I am glad to say that I got him to try wool. The others have been a yucky white acrylic that he wanted and boy did it make his feet reek!



Other finished things not yet photographed are a sweater for my hubby, he got this for Valentine's Day. My first sweater. It's a copy of one that was in Creative Knitting.


And finally my new fave purse. I can't decide if I want it lined. I do have a button for it but it's not yet attached. I'm using it anyway!!

Much Ado About Nothing

Not much exciting going on. Last night I went with my friend Renee to "Much Ado About Nothing". It was put on by some youth at her church. They were great and it was a lot of fun. My daughter went too and she also enjoyed it very much. It was a nice night. Then we came home and watched "Click".
Earlier in the day I went and finished up shopping for the Knitters Treat exchange. I will be mailing that tomorrow. I also signed up for Sockapalooza 4 so I am waiting to be matched with someone so I can start knitting up some more socks. I finished my hubby's work socks, I'll post their photos tomorrow from work.

MIA

Sorry for my lack of posts, I've been busy!! I had to go to Portland last week for an HIV case manager training (for work obviously). That drive was not fun due to the terrible weather, or maybe I'm just a wimp. I have been doing some knitting also, I'm making a cardigan and trying to finish some work socks for my hubby. Will post pictures later. We did some major Spring cleaning this weekend too, wow we threw away a lot of crap! It's truly unbelievable how much stuff you accumulate.

March Socks and My Weekend

March Socks
First off, here are my march socks for the sock-a-month KAL. They are BFF socks from Cookie A. I used Knit Picks essential solid yarn that I had in my stash. I have to say I love this pattern. It's very stretchy and it's easy to remember. For Robyn's favorite pattern contest for SP10, this is it. So far this is my favorite sock pattern!



My Weekend
This weekend was the 10th Annual High Desert Wool Growers Fiber Market Day. I had such a blast! Some of my Wednesday knitting group gals met up with me down there and we did a little shopping and drooling.
These guys were there



And this cute little girl was there



These little goodies came home with me

Some Lorna's Laces and some hand dyed merino and silk from Finney Creek Farm

We all thought about becoming spinners, I don't know if I'm ready to take that plunge yet. This is Patty trying out a drop spindle


And then Jasper from Gossamer showed us a drop spindle that she made from a CD and a dowel. Now this may not be news to some of you but I had never heard of this before. Barbara (from my knitting group) and I decided that we could handle making our own and try it out. Here's Jasper showing the CD drop spindle

And I bought this to try on my new CD drop spindle (As soon as my hubby makes it for me)!!!

I'm excited at the prospect of being able to spin this into yarn but we'll see. I had such a great time, thanks to all of my knitting group buds for making it such a great time! I hope everyone in blog land had a great weekend too.

Yeah Babee!!

On Friday, my DD went and took her driving test and passed with flying colors. I knew she could do it because she doesn't scare me when I ride with her anymore :o) Man, time goes by so fast, she's so grown up...boo hoo, that means I'm old...yuk! But I am definitely proud of her! Great job Britt!!

Knitter's Treat Exchange

1. What's your favourite type of yarn? Any yummy sock yarn is my favorite.

2. What's your least favourite type of yarn? Acrylic

3. What's the first thing you do when you visit a new yarn shop?
I walk in, take a deep breath to inhale the new yarn fumes and then hunt down the sock yarn stash :o)

4. What other crafts do you do / would like to do? I stamp and scrapbook, though not as much since I started knitting

5. What magazines do you currently subscribe to?
Creative Knitting

6. Put this type of magazine in order of preference:
A. Knitting
B. Other Craft
C. Garden
D. Home
E. Food
F. Fashion
G. Celebrity Gossip
H. Crochet

7. What items do you like to knit / crochet? Socks mostly, sometimes I branch out a make a bag or sweater.

8. Are you allergic to anything? no

9. What do you like to* smell of? Fruit
(*This is not a typo. The question is: What do you like to smell of)

10. What's your favourite way to relax? Kicking back on my sofa with my knitting and watching American Idol.

11. You're stood in front of a Victorian style sweetshop, an Italian cafe, an old fashioned bakery and a dainty tea room. Where do you go first? Italian Cafe

12. What do you come out with? A cappuccino

13. Where do you go next? Bakery

14. Any other words of wisdom for your pal?I like most things, not terribly picky. It's exciting to get surprises in the mail :o)

My Favorite Accessory

Well, I live in the high desert of Central Oregon so my hands stay very dry. The air here has no humidity so my skin is basically dry all of the time. I found this at a local yarn store and fell in love.



It's called "Knitter's Little Helper" and it's from Blue Sky Alpacas. It keeps my hands moist so that I don't snag my knitting, plus I love the smell of it.

Do I have a life??

180, I think not....
You put an X next to movies you've seen and if it's more than 85, you have no life...

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
(X) AnchorMan
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
(X) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
(X) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(X) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(X) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
(X) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
(X) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(X) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
(X) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(X) King Kong
(x) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(x) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween
(X) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
(x) Surviving Christmas
(x) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
(X) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
(X) Ocean’s Twelve
(X) Bourne Identity
(X) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
(X) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(X) Christine
(X) E.T.
(X) Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(X) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
(X) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(X) The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
(X) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
(X) X-2
(X) X3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
(x) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
(X) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
(x) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
(x) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
(x) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
(x) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 2
(X) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(X) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded
( ) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
(X) Evil Dead
(X) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
(X) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
(X) Hannibal

There are some that I think I saw, but I can't remember exactly.

Finished Objects

OK, So I have been doing some knitting and here a couple of FO's to prove it. These are my February socks, the famous Pomatomus sock pattern. These I made with the Mama Llama yarn that I got from Amy in SP9. The yarn is soft and yummy, I love the colors


This is my DD modeling the Chevron Moebius that I made. It's getting too warm for this now but it sure was nice in the cold of Winter!! I found the pattern online somewhere and I used Cascade 200 yarn. Nice and toasty!



Stay tuned for more, I'm getting trigger happy with my new camera, yippee!!!

Basketball Jones

My DD played basketball for the first time this year, she did OK but still has a lot to learn. Here she is (left) with her friend from the team. I kind of miss the games, it was pretty fun. Hopefully she'll do it again next year!

Finally some pictures....

OK, so I got a new camera and finally had the time to sit down and upload some stuff. Here are the presents from my SP9 that I was unable to post before:

Here is the box of goodies



Here is the yarn that was inside, so nice and soft.

This is the book that I received, I casted on the bag on the front, very pretty colors

Here is a look at the rest of the goodies in the box


Everything was so great, sorry it took me so long to post it. Has anyone had trouble uploading pictures to the new Blogger? I finally figured it out. Next I will post pics of my finished objects!!

Paxil is EVIL!!!

I'm currently tapering off of it and trying to get totally off but it is one of the hardest things I've done! Withdrawals are so bad that I'm tempted to stay on the shit for ever!!!

Yippee!!

I got a new camera so watch for a picture heavy post coming soon!!!

SP 10 Questions

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? Natural fibers are the best and superwash wool is way up there on my list What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? Scratchy acrylic
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? I have a messenger bag and they are in one of the pockets
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? 1 Year, 4 months, I taught myself with the help of books and the internet
Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? Intermediate
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? yes
5. What's your favorite scent? I like fresh and fruity smells
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? I do but I'm trying to quit due to my blood sugar
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? I scrapbook and stamp
Do you spin? No
8. What kind of music do you like? I like most types of music, not country though
Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? yes, My stereo can play burnt CD's
9. What's your favorite color(s)? I like most all colors Any colors you just can't stand? Not really, not a big pastel yellow fan though
10. What is your family situation? married w/2 kids Brittany 16 and Gavin 7
Do you have any pets? yup, a cat and a dog
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? never wore a poncho, but I might. The rest, yes
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? Definitely socks
13. What are you knitting right now? I have socks on the needles and a bag
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? yes
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Right needle for the job
Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? I prefer bamboo, but I'll use whatever is available
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? neither
17. How old is your oldest UFO? Almost 1 year
18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
19. Is there anything that you collect? Nope, Just yarn ;o)
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? Any of the Yarn Harlot books
What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? Creative Knitting
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
22. Are you a sock knitter? Yes What are your foot measurements? 9" length, most women's patterns fit me
23. When is your birthday? 7/28

SP9

I got an amazing package from my SP9 Amy . I don't have a camera right now so I'll just tell you about it. There is a book, the coolest book I've seen called "Knit: Handmade Style" It's filled with cool things. I already casted on for the bag on the front cover! There was also a photo box filled with more lovely things. There are 4 balls of lavender angora blend yarn, it's so delicate and beautiful and also 2 skeins of Patons SWS, which I have been wanting to try out. There were cute notecards and stitch holders and markers, cute valentine stickers and a cute bandaid stamp. There were also circulars to use with the angora yarn. Now what to make with it??? Thank you Amy, I really enjoyed Sp9, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

The Saga continues...

OK, so the MRI showed nothing, not one thing wrong! How can that be I ask you. Well the last week or so the muscle spasms and sciatic pain have been so terrible that one of my coworkers took me to the ER. In the ER I found a Dr. that actually listened and understood my pain. He did a trigger point injection into my SI joint and my piriformis muscle (the area next to my butt crack). It really hurt but it helped relieve some pain, he also gave me muscle relaxers and pain meds. This was the first time I've been comfortable in many months.

I have been doing some knitting, I just don't have a camera right now to post pictures. I did some more striped socks from sockotta, I finished a chevron moebius for myself and now I'm working on a sweater for my hubby. I'll post pictures when I get a camera.

My Aching Back

I hope everyone out there had a Happy Holiday! I did, it was nice to spend time with friends and family and also have time off of work :o)

I went to the Dr. today and I'm finally having an MRI on my back. FINALLY! I really don't know how much more of this pain I can take. Sometimes I feel like the doctors don't believe that I'm having as much pain as I am, it's really frustrating. Hopefully I will finally get some answers. Stay tuned...

Where Have I Been???

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted! I have been trying to get everything done for Christmas, knitting and shopping and decorating, whew it's exhausting. I've also been nursing my back too. Some people know this but I hurt my back in May and have had trouble getting doctors to do anything for it. Right now I'm going to physical therapy which seems to help ease the pain a little but only temporarily. Hopefully I will be back to normal soon, it's hard to function when you are in pain daily. Some days I can't even walk! Anyway, enough of the pity party. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday and I'll be back soon!!

Speechless

I received a package from my SP9 on Friday that was full of so many wonderful things that I don't know what to say! Here is a picture of the contents:
(sorry it's blurry)

There is a cute felted bag, stickers for scrapbooking, a Reese's zipper pouch because I can't eat the real thing, yummy soap and lotions, 2 books (Knitting vintage Socks and Socks on 2 Circs, which I have been dying to try), circ, needles,and of course yarn. Here is a close up of the yarn:

The yarn is from Mama Llama and is a colorway called Earth. I just love the colors in this yarn and I can't wait to play with it! What an awesome package I received and I can't say thank you enough to my SP9!! I love it!

Wow

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