Tuesday, May 27, 2008

dpn... don't point north... or rather point everywhere

I need work w the dpn adventure. I say adventure because I thought that 9:30 on a Friday would be a good idea to start learning. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Um, nope. I found a pattern that looked cute and somewhat beginner - oh baby baby booties on Ravelry. I just need to get a hang of them. Good thing that Baby G isn't due til end of summer. I found a cute gender neutral color too. I found some adorable lilac baby yarn but alas even if the royalty spin is used, some dad's wouldn't been keen on that. Now if I do Cubs ones for them, he's loved it. I don't think she'd honestly care.

I've always found it amusing the color choices/turn offs of people. I, for the longest time, hated pink. I'll blame grunge and my ever present favors towards greens and its fellow cool colors buddies. I learned one thing when I first started making scarves for people.. ASK before you think you know what to buy. It saved me from navy yarn when a friend wanted hot pink and black stripes. Either would have turned out, but a gift always works when you know the person will wear it. THAT is also why some patterns I keep finding to save for later. Later = when there is no more unpacking and painting to be done.

I've realized I didn't realize how much stuff I had until I moved. True, we've had the house for awhile now but there is still quite a bit that I need to unbox/de-crate/de-bag. (Hey, you use what you can when overstuffing your car w tidbits you didn't realize you still had yet during packing you thought you still needed.) The MIL has a table in a future church yard sale. I'll be there selling some stuff, incl the outdated encyclo-factoid books the previous owners left here in the house. Hmmm this yard sale may result in more yarn. Hmmmm. I can't believe I didn't think of that. My stash isn't huge, though mismoshed most def. I found Target dollar section dark sky blue/lightest more blue than green teal yarn that I had "lost" in storage. I had planned a light scarf with it and still think it will be a good idea. (The fact that it was TOO COLD FOR MAY this morning seconds that as well.)

Big Cat has decided his new place to sleep is under my bedside table. I don't mind this too much since the evolution of his sleeping places were a.) above my head b.) on my hip c.) right next to my feet so turning over became interesting. You have to also remember this cat is over 18lbs. (Kitty diets are slow to provide results.) I looked up some cat beds. Some are really cute. I have a feeling he'll be the "oh look something for me, I'm not going to use it."

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mom's Day to the moms out there

I am having one of those weekends.

One of those weekends where anything that can fall when you are in a hurry decides to, The Puppy pees right before you can get her crated so you can go out of the house, and deodorant decides to explode out of the plastic applicator when you need to be at your parent's house for Mother's Day in 10 minutes. I was about ready to start looking for the hidden cameras in the house. (Maybe one was hidden on Little Cat. He was extra affectionate this weekend.) Best of all a weekend when your perfectly good cell phone has an identity crisis, thinks it's a dirty sock, and takes a trip to washing machine land. Being overtired yet wanting to be productive is NOT a good idea. So now I am the "proud" owner of a new Blackjack II. A perfectly good new phone, a quite pretty one at the moment but money spent that could have been spent of better things, like yarn.

So I park my butt at the kitchen table w the laptop, 90s Janet Jackson music playing - an odd choice but her Ms Nasty era has that don't mess w me element that is working well, and the latest sugargy goodness discovered at the dollar store...Toffifay. Whole hazelnut in a caramel cup w chocolate. Can't go wrong w chocolate. It works so well when you'd rather be knitting but I've found being aggrivated and knitting equals much frogging later. THEN I check Raverly and LO and BEHOLD!

"753 people are ahead of you in line"

YAY! Happy dancing, whislt sitting ensued. Not as happy as the eeping squeeking when I found of the Yarn Harlot is returning when I will be able to attend. The Husband of course laughed because he doesn't understand. He understands that knitting is my thing. He plays paintball. That's his thing. I've gone to the paintball shops with him. It is interesting but after awhile my eyes start glazing a bit and he'll realize this and we'll leave with him to return to the shop w/o me later. I don't mind at all. I have not taken him to a knitting shop. He's survived Michaels mostly due to the other items in the store that he can look at whilst I'm in happy lala yarn land. I don't think he'd have fun at a yarn shop as I ooh and ahh over the multitude of goodness. He runs around shooting little gumball sized bits of pigment at others, I sit w two needles and make things. To each their own, and it works.

Speaking of two needles, I did pick up sock needles set. I have a set of 2 size 3 double points that were my great-grandmothers but the patterns I've found are smaller. I'm thinking to try a sock. Try being the key word. I have the monster scarf that has been on the needles for over a year. It's taller than me so there's a bit of allowance for that but mostly it's being lazy/bored with it and wanting to start something new, the wedding/house/moving, and pretty much being lazy. It's gotten so huge that it fills one of my knitting traveling bags. I should just sit down one night and finish it. I did find the mini notebook w the pattern in it in a box this weekend. I think it is a sign. Ditto w that I need to work on my stash better. Little Cat though the gorgeous more expensive that I usually get yarn splurge yarney goodness was the perfect skein to pull out of a bag - up top a ton of stuff w the thing folded over - to play with. Luckily he didn't wreck it but he did get a yelling at... speak of that cat. He has just invaded my lap.