SP10

HEHEHEHEHEHE

i am mostly done shopping for the Secret Pal

just need to get a small knitting project for her

altho

i spent too much already

as a former postal employee

i know that a package under a pound

can have stamps on it and NO return address

as a flight attendant

this means

i can take packages with me & mail them from my overnites

so

i COULD
pack up a bunch of small packages

mail one EACH time i go out

from a different location

this would confuse the recipient

hehehehehehe

i LOVE the mystery of it all

FLOWERS

ok

did i tell you i LOVE

Daffodils & Forsythias

maybe it's 'cause they are YELLOW

a brite happy color

maybe it's 'cause it means

SPRING IS HERE

FABULOUS!!!!!

i am pretty happy with it

for being something i played with

the yarn is Caron Felt-It

color is

heather

used # 9 circs

wish i wrote down what i did

gotta put something heavy on the coaster to flatten it

glad i bought the to-go cups from Target

it SHOULD fit the Starbucks & other cups

that flight crew use during our trips

mite gift it to Amie

had a BLAST flying with her

felting

RATZ!!!

forgot to write down what i did

you know

how many did i cast on

how many row did i knit

oh well

what IS it you ask

*** PERFECT ***

now to dry

will leave it in the car

while i go to Cedar Rapids

ready to felt

ok so it's 4 1/2 inches across the bottom
6 1/2 inche high
forgot to purl last 2 rounds
have 2 yds 29" left of yarn
ready to felt
think i forgot to decrease my stitches
it' almost 8" flat
oh well

# 9 needles
gauge is 4 st & 6 row / inch

off to felt

failure

so i had to thro the vase & flower away

'cause the yarn didn't felt

theoretically

the yarn SHOULD have felted

it didn't

but i have reliable yarn to use NEXT time

giving the yarn away

i will NOT want to use the yarn

everytime i see it

i will be reminded of the failure

MORE books to get

done for the nite

added a welt

s'posed to give it some
stability
anyways
i thought there were MORE colors
it' a decent yarn to work with
i am enjoying the color changes

i don't think you will see the marl effect

once the thing gets felted
it's tomoro
off to bed

Time & Money wasted .. Lesson learned

so

the Jo-Ann

Senations

Bellezza Collection

Tesoro

didn't felt

i bought 12 skeins @ $5.99 ea

next time i make flowers

i will use yarn i KNOW will felt

not sure what i will do with

the leftover yarn

it MITE felt if it were knit in a bag/vase

commenced the felting

ok
so i started to felt the flowers & vase
so far
it look like they GREW
and the i-cord stems
wrapped around each other

this may be a bust

18 minutes the first time

add HOT water

more time in the washer

after 30+ minutes in the washer

they are showing some signs of felting

put MORE water on to heat

started cycle # 3

so it's lookin' like this yarn is a waste

of time & the $$ i spent for it

$5.99 a skein

i bought 12

it does NOT felt

took the flowers out

left the vase in

we'll see if it felts alone

so

i rung it out

spun the washer empty

puttin' it thru the rinse cycle

we will see it this stuff felts

i DID do a test swatch that felted

i used the white

ok

so i will give it ONE more try

spun the washer empty

added a stock pot of boiling water

this makes 5 times thru

this stuff makes more fuzz than Brown Sheep

funny thing

i was jut telling Nancy today

how GREAT the washer felts

possible pencil holder

pattern is wine bottle jacket

using 2 #9 circs

RATZ!!! my "s" key i messed up

other than the 2 circs is a challenge

so far, so good

gauge is pretty close

using one strand

this yarn would be GREAT

for entrelac

long color stretches

note to self

next time

use dps for the first 2 increases

bought the yarn in KC Mo when

i visited with Abby in Jan

almost ready to felt

finishing the prep to felt

another one i wanna get

Knit a Dozen Dishcloths - Designs for Cotton Yarn

currently reading

it's slow going
for one thing
i'd rather knit

it will be a put it down
and read other books

hopin' it picks up

i LOVE this stuff

what can i say

i LOVE rice

this is my FAV

it goes with pork chops

it goes with chicken

it's great alone

yeah i know

NOT nutritous alone

but it tastes GREAT ...

guess what i am having for lunch

on my wish list

a NEW Nicky comin' soon

http://www.nickyepstein.com/iframe_home.html

i'm THIS far

found my # 5 dps

can finish the fingers

progress

2 pm - midnite

Minus the hour or so I took a nap

10 rounds to the fingers

Gotta catch a few zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

AGAIN!!

So, my numbers are WRONG
AGAIN
Using #6
Should have cast-on 42 st
Will have to create a pattern
All the ones I found are based on 48 stitches
So done with the gloves for now

12:1 am sun

Started hand

Eadin' to bed

7:40 PM

Watched the island w/
ewen mcgregor
GREAT movie
Gotta pee
Ready 4 row 26

Needles

Well first,
I started with #5 Chrystal Palace circs
They were too small
Need a 6
I have ONE #6 Addi
I need 2
I have 1 #6 aluminum circ
Bad join, stitches didn't slide
didn't FEEL rite
I remember gouging rivets in the tips of my old aluminum needles in the late 60's early 70's
So I NEED 2 - #6 circs from same brand
Went to Jo-ann
Bought 2 - #6 clover bamboo circs
WAY BETTER!!!! to knit with
Gettin' a good gauge
Good join, stitches glide
Only thing is
Cable is thicker & stiffer than the CP bamboo
Almost bought the Jo-ann needles
They remind me of the old teflon needles .... HHHHHHMMMMMMM
Maybe I will buy 1 of several kinds
Try them with different yarns
Give a report

Yeah rite

NOW I gotta crash
Hafta get up in 4 hours
Almost tomoro

Something wrong here :(

I FINALLY get the right size circs for

the hobo gloves for Penny

I cast-on

I knit

They are working GREAT!!!!!

Then, all of a sudden,

I am doing Magic Loop

:(

I hadn't planned on doin' Magic Loop

Guess it's time for bed

YEAH!!!!!

This PROVES I am finally working on the things to keep Penny's hands warm ..

NEXT winter

:)

NITE ALL

for another swap

someone suggested that as i traverse
the country
i get a postcard from everywhere i knit
the item to be gifted
i REALLY LIKE that idea

i will TRY it with the gloves

hhmmmmm

so

do i send the postcards

letting the recipient know the progress

OR

do i do as the other person suggested

write the day & a progress report on the postcard

then give to the recipient as a little photo

album/progress report

HHHMMMMMMM

starting tomoro

Sat 24 - LGA @ 2:30 PM

Sun 25 - LGA @ 4:29 PM

Mon 26 - 2 hours in LGA

Mon 26 - DCA @ 3:54 PM

Tues 27 - 1 hour in LGA

Wed 28 & Thur 29 - INDY

Fri 30 1 hour in ORD = Chicago

Fri 30 - Cedar Rapids

Sat 31 - 1 1/2 hours ORD

Sat 31 INDY

so, i will get postcards IF i get to knit

will probably be in the room knitting

so will start a collectin of PostCards

EASTER CANDY !!! oh yeah

i don't like MOST of the Easter candy you find

M&M's are fine

this year you can find the egg shaped ones

KUTE!!!

i LOVE WHITE Chocolate

other than that

this is the only Easter Candy i buy

the Mini Robin eggs by Whopper

don't like the bigger eggs

altho

this year

Hershey's has a bunch of Kisses out

but as i walked by the massive aisles of Easter Candy

this was the only one that made it's way into the cart

ANOTHER sock pattern i want to make

http://www.daytonknittingguild.com/patterns.html

designed by Katherine Misegades

VERY BIG SIGH!!!!
someday

i want to make a gansey / gurnsey

GOODIES in the Mail

went to the Post Office today

there was a puffy in the box

hhhmmmmm

i don't remember that i was

supposed to receive anything

OH YEAH
a short while back

i ordered Red Dress Stitch Markers

for myself & my BOTTLE SWAP partner

the marker with the Red Dress charm

reminded me of an earring

so i asked Amy if she could make me

earrings

she ALSO included a set of GREEN

shamrock stitch markers

oh yeah about the stitch markers

from AMY

The American Heart Association (AHA) has

designated February as Heart Disease awareness

month for women. The AHA's signature for this

event is the red dress.

To help spread the word and further awareness

that heart disease is as big a killer of women as

it is of men I have designed stitch

markers with a red dress theme

if you want some stitch makers OR earrings

contact Amy

you know the drill

hoovfam at hotmail dot com

GOODIES at the Post Office

went to the PO Box today

the dishcloths from the exchange were waiting to be retreived

got an ANGEL one and a few more

i'll take pix later

gotta tell Pat thanks for being the swap coordinator

glasses

Yvonne bought me some
REALLY KEWL!!!!
reading glasses for my bottle
she said she got them at Target
so today
i had to go get new circs for the gloves
jo-ann is next to Target
need eggs & mayo
so popped into Target
saw some reading glasses
found LOTS of 125
bought a few pair
1 will stay by the 'puter
some 150
a few pair of 175
ALSO found 125 & 150 in sun-reading glasses
that will be GREAT!!!!
now i will be able to knit sox by the pool this spring

since people KEEP asking

on Easter Sunday

i will awaken in Dallas Tx

i will be there till 9 am
fly to LaGuardia = New York
sit for FOUR hours
it's NOT a big airport - i WILL be knitting
end up in Chicago @ 8:50

the Cpt is KEWL!!!!
i think i flew with the FO
have never met the other FA
hope we get along

GANGSTA KNITTERS

http://tomanddoug.com/dougweb/GangstaKnitter.htm

TOFUsies

so i started the TOFUsies
using 2 #2 circs
the pattern i picked isn't working
like i had hoped
so
Gonna rip & redo
forgot to take a pic to show
what the NEW ones look like
kinda like DRUNKEN MASTER




anyways
i was surfing the net
yeah .. BIG surprise
found a pattern
similar to what i wanted THIS
pair of sox to look like
maybe i will use the other
pattern some day ..
it would have saved the brain
ALOT of thinkin'
VERY BIG SIGH!!!!!
i know what i wanted them to look
like .. but the math was wrong

the things for the hand

heard them called hobo gloves
& glittens
they are for an exchange
they will match the scarf
& hat i knit
for this individual

so
yesterday in denver
i cast on
First I cast on 42 instead of 48
Then I only did 2 rows insead
of 4 rows in the pattern
Need to reevaluate needle
size & guage

HAPPY SPRING!!!!

Had A BLAST working with Todd
didn't get much knitting done
infact
TODD kept asking me WHEN i was gonna knit
that's all he has heard about me
i take knitting EVERYWHERE!!!!!

anyways .. FUN pilots
all 4 of them

and i get home to find
PARTNER for Secret Swaps
WHO-HOOOOO

life doesn't get MUCH better
gotta e-mail Ang again
find out IF she is comin' in to meet
me on sat in Cedar Rapids

found out we now overnite in Winnepeg
i could face -to -face meet Penny & Cathy

gonna try to thur overnite in KC Mo
so i can meet some of the GLOVE KAL LADIES

anyways ...
it was 65 when i got home

headin' to bed

not what i wanted :(

SP10

Here are is the questionnaire for SP10.

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? natural fibers, sock yarns, feltable fibers What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? 50% or more acrylics
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? dps are in a holder i bought, not sure what it is called - looks like a binder with plastic sleeves .. circs are in other knitting or in a drawer .. unless they escaped
3. How long have you been knitting 40+ years & how did you learn? not sure .. i think from a book Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? somewhere between intermediate & advanced .. there is still stuff i wanna learn
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? yup, do now
5. What's your favorite scent? candles - pumpkin or autumny .. chai .. don't wear perfume / colone
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? somedays Favorite candy? nothing particular other than chocolate covered macadamia OR cranberries
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? NEEDLEPOINT, sew Do you spin? not yet .. wanna buy a wheel someday
8. What kind of music do you like? varies .. country - rock - pop Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? yup (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
9. What's your favorite color(s)? blue / green Any colors you just can't stand? NAH
10. What is your family situation? live alone Do you have any pets? just dust bunnies
11. Do you wear scarves yup hats yup mittens yup & gloves or ponchos yup .. looking for a hooded poncho pattern to use yarn i have
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? sox & anything that gets felted, love making dishcloths as gifts, bags & totes, any SMALL portable project
13. What are you knitting right now? bag for ITE3, 3 or 4 pair of sox, mitts for an exchange
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? OF COURSE!!
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?circ Bamboo yup aluminum yup plastic not really .. like wood
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? BOTH
17. How old is your oldest UFO? old enuff to be my child probably
18. What is your favorite holiday? ST PAT'S DAY
19. Is there anything that you collect? rubber ducks - knitting paraphanelia - St Pat's stuff .. leave it up all year, knit Christmas Stockings & stocking patterns
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? ENTRELAC MITTENS pattern .. yarn = Nashua wooly stripes tweed, Crystal Palace Panda Cotton & Panda Wool What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? none, buy them when something strikes me
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn? ganseys / gurnseys & better fitting garments .. need to work on stranding - getting the floats to be the correct tension
22. Are you a sock knitter? YUP!! What are your foot measurements?
A Ball of Foot 8 1/2"
B Toe to Heel 9 1/2"
C Instep 8 3/4"
D Ankle 9 1/2"
E Calf 13"
F Top of Sock to Ankle 6"
G Heel to Floor 2 1/4"
23. When is your birthday? July 23, 1957 .. this will be the BIG "5-0"

Knitting Library

Joanne & Michael's honor each others coupons

they also honor Hobby Lobby & Hancock Fabric coupons

for $1 a week

i can have the newspaper delivered to the end of the driveway

for some reason, it never makes it to the porch

ANYWAYS!!

this week

Joann's AND Michaels' have 40% off coupon in their ads

they both carry a wide variety of knitting books

and they both let you use both coupons at the same time

to save 40% off 2 purchases

as opposed to

buy one, go outside, come inside, use the other coupon

for $1.75

i can buy a Sunday paper @ wally*world or grocery

altho, somethimes

Joann's don't have an ad in them

but it's a GREAT way to build your knitting library

got 2 books today @ joann's

this one i bought for the pattern on the front

i NEED that pattern for my Glittens on KnitExchange

i also bought this book

because on page 104 is ELLA

an Entrelac Beret

the plan is to make a hat, scarf & mitten set

the idea came from Deb Brown

who provided me with the pattern for the scarf

on WhoDuKnit

there are NEAT patterns in this book

it will come in handy for

Cover Your Head

and this book was bought because

i am in several swaps of ONE SKEIN of yarn

we send ONE SKEIN of yarn to someone

we knit something out of the skein

& send the knitted item BACK to the

sender of the yarn

one of the swaps is a MAGIC BALL SWAP

the other is on WhoDuKnit

ANYWAY!!

i JUST realilized that the pork chops

and rice are NOT cooking

apparently

you HAVE to turn the gas on under the pan for the fire to ignite

no flame means no heat source to cook

RATZ!!!!!!!!

have to finish packing

so, i am looking for felted Bowl OR Vase patterns

http://www.deborahgray.org/2006/11/25/knitted-felted-bowl-pattern/

http://www.dailyknitter.com/april.html

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/chicks/chicks.html

http://mmandmyy.blogspot.com/2007/01/felted-bowl-pattern.html

http://www.knittingatknoon.com/coasterspatt.html

http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter04/PATTmancalamia.html

SWAPS

joined another swap

it's a MAGIC BALL SWAP

i kinda did that with the BOTTLE

wanna check it out

go to

http://www.crochetswapblog.blogspot.com/

Wish List

My favorite colors - Blues, Greens .. HOT PINK, Magenta, Teal, Purple (together)
My hobbies - KNITTING, reading, swaps, annoying friends
My kitchen theme and colors - nothing special theme, colors are gold & blue
My bathroom theme and colors - RUBBER DUCKS!!! Yellow
My dislikes - working, but it supports my additions .. errr hobbies
My crafts..what I like - natural fibers, felting, sox .. unusual fibers
My allergies - HOUSEWORK ..
My favorite pets - none, the sea monkeys died while i was gone
My favorite scents - pumpkin & spice .. fall .. Chanel 22
Other stuff about me - i am trying to be more laid back & not take life so seriously .. want to enjoy life .. don't want to grow up .. eventually, find someone that likes to travel with me .. i am TIRED of WINTER!!!

BOTTLE SWAP from YVONNE

WOW!!!!!!
i was Blessed with a GREAT BOTTLE
from Yvonne

she hand wrote a letter
i don't do that 'cause I can't read my handwriting
some days

but what ELSE did i get??


WEEELLLLLLL ... where do i start

Sock Yarn from Knitpicks - color is Geranium
will have to find out IF it stripes so i can decide what pattern to create for it
a Knitpicks circ ( 30 " # 0) & DPS (#1)
a bookmark that she made on a loom
in current book i am reading
Nora Roberts Morrigan's Cross
some stitch markers from Fimo ??
Lime Sticky Notes
a laundry bag
TWO pair of KEWL!!! Reading glasses in +125
hard for me to find that stregnth
hhhmmmmm
which pair goes in the purse
and which goes in the knitting
a LIGHT-UP duck (w/ jelly beans)
a cherry bag that will hold a small knitting project
Sally Melvilles KNIT

did i tell you she HAND wrote a note
her blog is bookmarked on mine so i can keep up with her
new craft of KNITTING

THANK YOU Yvonne for the FABULOUS BOTTLE

HAPPY ST PAT'S DAY

didn't make it to the POST OFFICE

for the BOTTLE,
i bought some DPS for a specific project for the partner
i KNOW something she WANTS to make
hehehehehehehehehehehehehe
anyways .. i also created a sock pattern for her
but ...
when i was assembling the BOTTLE
i couldn't find the DPS i bought last week
it's 2 hour round trip to the LYS
so i figured i would run to JoAnne's
they had them
saw TWO books i want
wonder if there was a 50% off coupon in Sunday's paper

the ITE3

ready to go

still can't find anything the right size box

to BLOCK the bag

so i will send directions for the receiver to do it

found a little something @ Joanne's

oh yeah

i revamped a prior sock pattern for the

recipient

hope she likes knitting sox

i didn't make it to the Post Office

because i locked myself OUT of the house

shut the door before i realized the keys & cell

were in the other purse

got to meet my neighbor Anita

anyways

i did make it to run some errands

oh yeah

on a list

FRAN keeps talking about spaghetti

i think i was thinkin' of food when i left

HUNGER pangs ..

anyways

i went to get groceries

bought pork chops & yellow rice & corn

spaghetti squash & sauce & zucchini & MORE corn

and cheesy bread .. not as good as the stuff we

used to get in Brown County or K'ville

but it will work since i couldn't find garlic bread

WHEN did there get to be SSSSSOOOOO many

varieties of sauce & where did Paul Newman's go

and finally

the April Fool's Swap is going tomoro as well

just need to write up a sock pattern

since she didn't tell me WHAT kind of a pattern

she prefers

i guess the Joke will be on her

i am creating a

HEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEH

you don't think i would TELL you

no way

not till SHE gets the pattern in her hot little hands

i FEEL like this some days

stuff

so i have this gunk in my lung
it's the LEFT lung
i take 2 mucinex twice a day
it's 'sposed to get rid of it
it hasn't
taken 2 antibiotics & 2 cough medicines
SSSSTTTTIIIIILLLLL hangin' on

on the good side, i have gotten some knitting done

THANK YOU TERRY ROSS for a well written pattern

i have the yarn

now all i have to do is sit down & put the i-cord on the bag

then decide HOW to emblellish it

thinkin' oak leaves & acorns

it's a fall bag

think i will give BOTH bags to the partner

SHE can do what she wants with them

ALTHO

i really like the BOKU one

but since i bought the yarn & designed the bag FOR her ..

so, i have been at home & eating

been running the dishwasher every other day or so

a coupla times,

the dishes need to go thru a 2nd time

the glasses are spotty

so, i bought Garbage Disposal cleaner AND Dishwasher cleaner

hopin' that will take the gunk out of the diswasher

so the dishes,glasses & silverware are actually clean

bought a Jet Dry to hang as well

i lost a st patrick's day sock
:(
got the pattern from Bethany Larkin
think i will wait a while when i have LESS to do
convert it to fingering weight

the BOTTLE & the ITE3 need to be packed up to head East

yup

they BOTH head east of Indy

gotta get the yarn for Teri

got a design in mind

AND

i hafta gather all the stuff for taxes

it's ALMOST runnin' out of time again

did i get my house cleaned

NO

do i feel rested

NO

but i can almost breathe with no sound effects

don't feel as bad as i did last fri when i got home

dishwasher has stopped

is it safe to open it

will the dishes be clean

or will i have run it in vain

NEED to do towels & sheets .. again

sheets are run every other day

it's 'sposed to cut down on being sick

missed the knit-to-gether on the north side

didn't feel like driving

couldn't decide WHAT to knit

anyways

gotta do something

even if it's wrong

if i pack the BOTTLE one way

it fits in the smaller container

kinda like the rollerboard EVERY 3rd day of a 4 day

gonna repack it again

address it

send it tomoro

OK

MOST of the dishes came out cleaner

getting off