Make Me

Hip, Groovy and Far Out Crochet

"Oh Suzy!  Wasn't it totally karma meeting that nice man at the bus station who bought us these far out threads! Now all I have to do is eat this candy apple reeeaalllly slow and he'll take us to California!  Funny though....I always thought it was Ash-bury..."

Tired. Cranky. Confused.

Because contents have settled while shipping, I've had to make the following adjustments to the weekend brouhaha that is my life.

1. Throw away the 6 month old meat in the freezer.  And maybe figure out why, if a dish doesn't turn out well, I think that it get better once frozen.
2. Finish the other fingerless mitt and figure out think about how to embellish it.
3. Update my Netflix queue.
4. Find out what the top of my dresser looks like.
5. Price and inventory the current stuff I've completed for the craft sale.  Ask for help - I'm apparently bad at pricing my stuff.
6. Knit at the Whistlestop Nancy's on Sunday.
7. Stop by The Grove for needles and other assorted goodness.
8. Inventory my needles so I can stop buying size 8-16" circs.
9. Go see this play on Saturday with my friend, Olga.  (going next week instead.
10. Fix Olga's birthday gift so I can give it to her on Saturday Thursday.
11. Add all my knitting books to Library Thing.
12. Buy handmade soap.
13. Try not to drool over Eric, Andrew and Carter (my TV boyfriends)- gosh, I've missed those boys!  Not to mention this dreamy drink o agua...
    
    I could just eat him up with blueberries and cream every morning for breakfast.  Sigh. (sidenote: figure out a way to keep Stefani from "accidentally" running into Andrew.)
14. Convince Wendy of the everlovin' goodness that is Doug Wilson.
15. Choreograph new happy dance to commemorate the long DeLayed indictment.
16. Have meaningful conversation with my opposable thumbs - convince them they don't want to spin.
17. Bring about world peace.

Things I WILL Do This Weekend

So, I'm anticipating an anxiety free weekend starting Friday.  But a gal's gotta be sensible and keep things in perspective, right?  We all know the cable man is coming on Friday and he will be bringing me HGTV, TLC, FoodTV and America's Next Top Model and all those wonderful things I've gone so long without. I will try very hard not to kiss him. Remind me next time I try to make a statement that no one really cares, okay?

So, to keep order and possibly save at least one of my retinas (from sitting too close to the TV - any of you hear that when you were growing up?) I've composed a little list of things for me to do this weekend.

1. Start a cable project (actually, that should be find a cable project.  No, wait.  Find a cable project that I currently have enough yarn for).  Maybe this?
2. Throw away the 6 month old meat in the freezer.  And maybe figure out why, if a dish doesn't turn out well, I think that it get better once frozen.
3. Finish the other fingerless mitt and figure out how to embellish it.
4. Update my Netflix queue.
5. Find out what the top of my dresser looks like.
6. Price and inventory the current stuff I've completed for the craft sale.  Ask for help - I'm apparently bad at pricing my stuff.
7. Knit at the Whistlestop Nancy's on Sunday.
8. Stop by The Grove for needles and other assorted goodness.
9. Inventory my circs so I can stop buying size 8-16" circs.
10. Go see this play on Saturday with my friend, Olga.
11. Take the trolley so I can knit along the way.
12. Fix Olga's birthday gift so I can give it to her on Saturday.
13. Add all my knitting books to Library Thing.
14. Buy handmade soap.
15. Try not to drool over Eric, Andrew and Carter - gosh, I've missed those boys!  Not to mention this dreamy drink o agua...
    
    I could just eat him up with blueberries and cream every morning for breakfast.  Sigh.
16. Bring about world peace.

The Tears of a Fug

Oh those funny folk at Go Fug Yourself have made me get out the handiwipes to clear the mucus and other nose-blown detrious from my keyboard.  Tess Smith would do well to change her name, marry a dentist in Poughkeepsie and keep her little self away from the limelight!

Surpassing the Threshold of Tired

I've been tired.  Not just, oh-I-need-a-little-power-nap tired, but I'm almost to the point of drinking coffee tired.  And frankly, I've never been tired enough to drink a cappucino, so I hope you get what I'm saying here.

I've been working a lot and even though I've been trying to get to bed early, it's a little difficult trying to get my brain to slow down enough so I can get to sleep.  You know it's bad when you try to convince yourself that a little nap while driving wouldn't be a bad idea - it's a straight road, right?

So I decided yesterday, after a good 12 hour sleep, to spend the day knitting.  I made one of the fingerless mitts from Weekend Knitting.

I think they need some sort of embellishment - knit flowers maybe?

It's from some TLC super soft stuff that splits like a mother.  I've learned to do short rows on this and am wondering what the heck I was so afraid of.  I've got a new appreciation for that book. The directions are really well written and precise.  I sort of poo-pooed the book when it was first recommended to me - thought the projects looked too difficult for my level of knitting, but now it's become one of my favorite books.  It's high in readability, the instructions are well written and the pictures are really good.

I finished three garter stitch scarves for the craft show

I've also started Wavy from Knitty. 

I like it in this Moda Dea stripe yarn. 

Bought Sims Nightlife last week.  Haven't had much opportunity to play with it yet though.  I did the chance to have my sim go to one of the nightclubs and do the "smustle" on the dance floor.  Too funny. 

This may also be the last week you hear from me.  I anticipate spending a lot of time with a much anticipated arrival.  Friday afternoon, I get cable!  Can you believe it!  I've gone a year and half without, but now I'm back in the ranks of the couch potatoes.  I expect to be as slack-jawed, empty-eyed and vapid as a Federline about 36 hours post installation.  But I'll save you some Cheetos!

Sites for Sighting

Just a quickie post because I found a couple of cool sites to share!

First is Brenda Marks - lots of great artwork here with book binding, stamping, collage and altered art.

Second is a cool ecard site, Hipster Cards.  I remember visiting them a long time ago, but they only had a few cards available.  Now there's a bunch more, and not a cutesy one in the bunch!

Third, Superhero Designs, has fun jewelry and I am excited to dig into the blog.  Anyway, I love the colors of the necklaces, especially the one called Champagne. 

Fourth is An Altered Journal Journey.  I always say I'm going to do an altered book, but then I don't ever get 'round to doing it.  The pages are so rich - I'm jealous!  I really need to get off my duff and do a book for once and for all. 

But then there's this:

Won't do to show up at the craft show with one lopsided hat and some tangled up fun fur, will it?  And that wool ain't gonna knit itself.....

Singing the Aladdin Soundtrack

Aladdin:) I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
you last let your heart decide

(Aladdin:)I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways, and under
On a magic carpet ride

(Aladdin:)A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

(Jasmine:)A whole new world
A dazzling place i never knew
But now from way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world
With you
(Aladdin:)Now I'm in a whole new world with you

(Jasmine:)Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

(Jasmine:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) Don't you dare close your eyes
(Jasmine:) A hundred thousand things to see
(Aladdin:) Hold your breath- it gets better
(Jasmine:)I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far I can't go back to where i used to be

(Aladdin:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) With new horizons to pursue

(both:) I'll chase them anywhere, there's time to spare, let me share this whole new world with you

(Aladdin:) A whole new world
(Jasmine:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) A new fantastic point of view
(Jasmine:) A new fantastic point of view
(Both:) No one to tell us no or where to go
(Jasmine:) Or say we're only dreaming
(Aladdin:)a whole new world
(Jasmine:)Every turn a surprise
(Aladdin:) With new horizons to pursue
(Jasmine:) Every moment gets better
(Both:) I'll chase them anywhere there's time to spare
(Jasmine:) Anywhere
(Aladdin:) There's time to spare
(Jasmine:) Let me share
(Aladdin:) This whole new world
(Both:) With you

(Jasmine:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) A whole new world
(Jasmine:) That's where we'll be
(Aladdin:) Where we will be
(Jasmine:) A thrilling change
(Aladdin:) A wondrous place
(Both:) For you and me

Yes, I've learned to knit cables....

I went to play knitting at the Whistlestop on Sunday and it was great fun.  I met Tania and Jessica and others (don't remember names well).  And Wendy gave me oodles of cool crochet and knit patterns of yesteryear which made me laugh so hard, milk would have flown from my nose - if I were drinking milk, that is.  Yes, I will share soon enough.

Tania brought in a cache of knitting mags she didn't want anymore and I snagged two issues of Knitting.  One has a purse I want to make and the other a shawl. 

But now I have to go - I have a busy week ahead of me at work and I have to make sure I get enough rest.  Also I have to go through ALL my books and magazines looking for cable projects to do!  Yay! I can make cables!

Two New Knitting Books

Had a chance to look through this book the other day and I'm quite impressed.  It has some very doable projects in it.  It's definitely going to stay on my wishlist. 

Also had a look at this one and just in the short period I looked at the book, I learned a number of things, like a new way to wind a pull skein and how to frog my knitting back several rows quickly. Oh, next payday, please come quickly!

Here's a scarf I finished out of that icky expensive yarn.  It's short because I took the second ball back.

Art Unraveled, Finale

I forgot about the ATCs!

Somewhere I have a few more, but I can't seem to locate them!  The one on the bottom right is a little notepad - doncha love it!

Love Me or Leaf Me

Started a scarf from a mohair blend.  Using a pattern from Knitting on the Edge and I'm surprised how easy it is! I'm thinking about doing some sort of fringey bits along the length.

Also bought a bit more yarn.

And I'm now the proud owner of 12" Addi Turbo needles

And even more yarn. 

I made this cute baby hat:

I made up the pattern and I think it turned out well.  I also wrote down the pattern so maybe I'll get that posted next month when I have a free moment.