so,
i have NOW have 2 Great-Nephews & 1 Great -niece
i have 1 Great Nephew who will make his appearance in 2 months
a VERY GREAT Friend has a daughter who will be 2 in October
so, the plan is to make FIVE Munchkin stockings
i STILL have to make one for me using the OCT pattern for
i am waiting PATIENTLY on the yarn to be made
so that can KNIT the Stock
OK
so i am NOT patiently waiting
i WANT to knit the Stock
CAN'T show you 'cause it's a Secret till Sept 1
ITMT, i found this pattern which is TOOOOO KUTE!!!!!!!!!!!
i LIKE it
i can use Brown Sheep OR Bartlett Yarns
i probably have Frou-Frou yarn that i could use
if not
i am sure Michael's OR Meijers OR Wally-World OR JoAnne does
so
now i am in a quandary
i COULD knit all the Muchkin Stockings like this
it's ONLY 40 stitches
approximate size is 6" after felting
i COULD make it larger
altho, i WANT to put their names on the Stockings
AND i want to put 2006 on the Heel so they know when i made them
so, in order to make the stocking large enuff to put the name on
i would have to cast on 88 stitches
i gotta google for Santa graphs
i REALLY want to make the Boys (old time)Santas
and the Girls Angels
i do have a few weeks to look for what i REALLY want to do
OR i could create the graph
yeah, i KNOW
that would be an undertaking
but, i HAVE done it before with the Fireplace in 2002
for Chris Coghill
and then i used it for the Kit in 2003
and the reindeer in 2003 for a Stocking Swap
and the reindeer kit in 2005
and for a Stocking for a swap in 2005 and
this years Kit
so, doing a graph for the Santas & Angels shouldn't be too hard
OTOH
sometimes easy is GOOD
oh yeah, on
the current discussion is about Needle Felting
anyway, i think it was Alice that said
use a cookie cutter to get the basic shape you want to needlefelt
i COULD knit a plane jane stocking THEN
NeedleFelt the design AND name on later
'course, i would be free handing the NeedleFelting
OTOH, when i was in Atlanta
i saw plane cookie cutters
i could knit a sky blue purse
then NeedleFelt the planes on
i would THEN carry the purse WHEREVER i went
i could probably knit the bag in a weekend
goin' to Nashville on Fri (24 hours)
Salt Lake City on Sat ( 20 hours) & Sun ( 16 hours)
home Mon about 1 AM
back out on Sat
i COULD force myself to knit IF i had to
oh yeah ....
i found a day i didn't know i had lost
i thought today was THURSDAY and that i had to go to work tomoro
NOPE!!!!!!!
it's only Wednesday
i have NEVER found a day
i always loose them
i live in the State of Confusion
unfortunatly, it has NO Zip Code,
so you can't send me mail
:(
anyways .. i got stuff to do
maybe i can find sky blue yarn that will felt
then i will hafta figure a pattern to use
i KNOW JoAnne has a Sky Blue yarn that felts
i have some when i knit the vase that was to be felted
there are 87 yds on the skein
don't know HOW it felts
i COULD see while i am at home
but, IF i remember rightly,
it's kinda expensive
IF i can find Patons in sky blue
it would be about half the cost
OR if Lions Wool comes in sky blue
OH YEAH, i need to loose
actually, i need to eat better & exercise
so i joined
other knitters in the same boat as me
we want to knit
we NEED to take better care of ourselves
it's an online group of friends that knit who will
offer advice & encouragement
JEANIE TOWNSEND is the sweetest lady
she inspires ME to be better
well ..
i NEED to put in my 15 minutes on the treadmill
and I need to get other things done today
i am SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO pschyed that i have TWO days off
i am ALMOST packed
gonna finish that too ..
hhhhhmmmmmm
spellcheck doesn't ike me ..
:)
gotta go do something
even if it's wrong
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