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Monday, July 30, 2007

new name

Hello!

I've changed the name of this blog to "knitterrunnrgirl's blog". I think it sounds better...... certainly not as blah! Anyway I came up with the idea after I signed up to participate in www.ravelry.com. The website, hosted by frecklegirl is really cool! I got my info regarding my "secret pal" for the fiber frenzy swap!!!!!! I'm psyched, it sounds like fun.... I'm gonna start shopping for my package to send this week.

WIP's...well, a pair of fingerless gloves (www.interweave.com) Nicholas' fingerless gloves to be exact.... is in the works for my B.F., and I am finishing up on the Wonderful Wallaby in (not so crazy about it but it holds up to an active 10-year-old) Bernat Camouflage acrylic yarn.... and a pair of jaywalkers (pattern my grumperina) in some superwash wool.

I finished the mismatched (bad.....tofutsies I guess) thanks to pooling of the dye, I am told by SWTC's rep..... waffle stitch socks....What a disappointment those are...but I'll wear them I suppose....under my work uniform.

WEll, I guess that's about all... it is so humid and hot here..... I don't feel like doing much. ttfn

Monday, July 2, 2007

new name for blog????

Help...I need a new name for this blog...I think this one--well is dumb! so, I want to enlist your help.... I'm talking input......Let's see.....I have 7 kids, I work as a nurse, I knit, I spin I run... I got a dog, a cat.... can anyone think of something more fun, more fitting than what I did????? (Good God I hope so)!

Anyway, WIP..... Those damned socks in Tofutsies, mismatched blunders... I'm actually in a email conversation with the CEO over there at SWTC as to what to do about it. She called it pooling of the yarn...."some people like it, some don't" I fall into the latter group! She seems very nice..... So, we'll see if there's a resolution... I will post a pic for you all to see.

I'm also working on a wide brim hat knit out of Cascade Fixation.... the pattern is from Cynthia Walker.... Its really a cute hat!!! Otherwise I got nothing going on in the knitting world. Spinning I'm working on some peachy-colored (feels like) Romney wool. It is lucious! I'm really enjoying it....My spinning is beginning to smooth out now, not as nubby as it used to be.... I kind of miss the nubs.

And, as for the looking for the Home to Rent thing...well that goes on...kind of hard to find one....with pets.....not giving them up though.....I really think homeowners have misconceptions though, I think kids are more dangerous to a homes wellbeing than pets are... but whatever.

well, thanks all for reading my incessant babbling!

Have a marvey day!!!!!

Dutchie modeling my finished Bejeweled Scarf

Dutchie modeling my finished Bejeweled Scarf

Bejeweled Scarf in Sublime Mohair

Bejeweled Scarf in Sublime Mohair
So, here is the start of my Bejeweled scarf. I'm kind of on a deadline, trying to finish it for a lunch meeting Wednesday afternoon with a good friend. Hopefully, I can getting it done. I started it yesterday during the Patriots/ Jets game and during all my cleaning frenzy.

K2,P2 sock #1 in jojoba/ aloe yarn

K2,P2 sock #1 in jojoba/ aloe yarn
The yarn I am using to make these socks is sooooo yummy!!!! feels great on the hands.... it's from Germany... it's got jojoba and aloe in it...... can't wait to finish them so that my feet can be treated as well!

Mindy w/ K2 P2 cap in progress for son Seth

Mindy w/ K2 P2 cap in progress for son Seth
This I am just poking around with in Classic Wool by Patons. it's for my 10 year old son. With this El Nino pattern of weather I wo der if he'll need it?

Cardi from Fall Knitscene in progress

Cardi from Fall Knitscene in progress
This cardi is coming out nicely, if I can say so myself. They use a bright, almost kelly green yarn in the mag issue, the color of the Debbie Bliss yarn I have is like a pumpkin color. I really like it! The pattern itself is easy to memorize.

FUN STUFF!

Just for kicks and giggles