Spring Felted Bag Questionnaire

1. How long have you been knitting or crochetting?
Knitting 40+ years .. crochet about 35 years How did you learn? don't remember
mostly on my own, took knitting lessons in 198? to learn continental
2. What are your favorite yarns to knit\crochet felted bags with?
LOVE Karoake, SWS, BOKU and of course the normal Brown Sheep, Galway, cascade 220 .. malabrigo, rio del plato, manos .. ANY natural fiber .. sometimes i add FUN yarns
3. What are your favorite needles to knit\crochet with? BAMBOO CIRCS
4. What are the last 3 bags you knitted\crochetted? Tues mar 13, 2007 are the last 2, i made up the Boku one, the other pattern had LOTS of problems for me & a friend .. the 3rd .. well i STILL am working on Bjork- finally got the rest of the yarn & ditto for English Garden Carpet Bag
5. Do you carry the bags that you make, give them as gifts, or both? BOTH
6. What is your favorite felted bag that you have made for yourself?
uptown bag i kool-aid dyed OR felted entrelac suki i used kool-aid dye wool for
7. What are your favorite colors? BLUE, GREEN in combo Magenta, Purple, Hot Pink, Teal
Do you like bags in these colors or choose other colors? YUP!!!
8. Chocolate: White, Milk, Dark, or not so much? White, Dark, then Milk
9. Coffee, Tea, or Milk? TEA
10. Do you prefer sweet or salty treats? depends What kinds?
LOVE CRAISINS in the trail mix, or apple chex mix
11. If you went into Bath and Body Works and could only come out with one item, what would it be and what would it smell like?
no clue, unless they are selling the GIANT RUBBER DUCK
12. Do you enjoy any other crafts or hobbies ? READ mysteries
Do you collect anything? Rubber Ducks - knitting gadgets
13. Are there any bag patterns you have not yet knit, but hope to someday?
a few from Nicky Epstein's book & from Terry Ross's book
14. What is currently OTN (on the needles) for you? a coaster
http://tryintaknit.blogspot.com/2007/04/sleeve-for-take-out-cup-coaster.html
15. What is your most recent finished object before that? a sleeve for take out cups
http://tryintaknit.blogspot.com/2007/04/sleeve-for-take-out-cup-coaster.html
16. What's cutest: Puppies, Piggies or Pixies? PIXIES
17. Do you enjoy reading? YES!!! Books, Magazines, or both? BOTH
18. Do you have any children? NOPE!! (kid-kind or pet-kind apply!) mite have some dust bunnies .. but no living kids, animal, human or plant
19. What are some of your favorite yarns for other projects? yarn for sox OR felting
20. And for the final question, one I see debated all over: Novelty Yarn: Love it! Hate it! or It depends! DEPENDS

My MAGIC BALL ARRIVED

today
i received a package from .. RATZ!! forget who
will have to get out of the chair to see who it's from
it came via Royal Mail .. which my 25 years at the Post Office
tells me From ENGLAND!!!!
oh yeah
Nicola
thank you so much
forgive the blurry pic
it's been one of THOSE days

it's the MAGIC BALL

inside the package
i found a ball of DROPS sock yarn

been wanting to TRY it
and 2 easter wrapped items
unfortunatly
the pic is worse than the one above

here is what was unwrapped
i pulled the little blue thing OUT of the yarn
it says egghunt
the little yellow thing on the right
is a chick button
i resisted the temptation to unwind the ball
hhhmmmmm
do i make gloves or sox out of the yarn
too soon to tell
thank you Nicola
oh yeah
i had to TRY the ORGANIC white chocolate
it's yummy
need dinner
gonna hang with knitter friends

OOPPPZZZZZ!!!!!!

forgot to mail mine today

it WILL go out tomoro

Confusion

27 years ago
I had to memorize zip codes
It was easier back then to remember things

Now I have to know airport codes
AVP =
IAD =Washington Dulles
DCA = Washington Reagan
IAH=Houston Bush
HOU= Houston Hobby
SAT= San antonio
SAN=San diego
LGA=New York LaGuardia
JFK= New York Kennedy
ORD= Chicago O'Hare
MDW=Chicago Midway

Anyway
I spend so much time in hotesl
I forget where I am or where I am goin
Sometimes I forget the room number
So, it helps to convert the room # to a zip code
Fri in atlanta, I was in fla
Last nite in nyc, I was in chicago
Tonite in chicago, I am in louisville

Helps to remember the room #
Then I don't have to go to the desk when the hallway doesn't look familiar

Anyways
Gotta crash
Maybe the brain would work IF I got more sleep

Better to be the scarecrow, than the tin man

had a blast

hangin' out with tiff

almost got her convinced she should fly to NYC @ the end of may

she can hang @ the hotel while i work

when i get there

we could yarn shop & tear up the town

not sure when i come back to chicago

RATZ, RATZ, RATZ!!!`

couldn't find the shoestring licorice to make AL

a pair of edible undies

oh well

it was fun lookin'

went to 4 or 5 stores in Chicago

anyways

it's almost tomoro in Indy

i should be sleeping

i gotta get up in 7 hours

home by 3PM

knitting with friends @ panera in greenwood tonite

will NEED sleep

making slo progress on the scarf

NYC

FINALLY remembered to order the pattern
& yarn for the gloves on fri

SAT spent a few hours wandering down by canal st
went to central park
then we headed to times square
the guys wanted to go into EPSN
had beer & wings
then we went to HardRock

back to the hotel about 7:30
i crashed
now it's 4 am & i am wide awake & HUNGRY!!!
after i check e-mail
headin' back upstairs to take a shower
get ready for work
then i will knit till it's time to leave @ 8 am

we go LaGuardia to Midway
Midway to LaGuardia
LaGuardia to Midway
end up in Chicago for the nite
about 6:30 PM
SUPPOSED to hook up with Tiff
for dinner @ Outback

NO treadmilling today

Gonna be in NYC in about an hour
Gonna head downtown with the guys
<VBG>

Back to the treadmill

1 hour = 2.24 miles

yahoo & sbc BITE!!

internet keeps glitching

no one can use the wireless at my

house .. sometimes

NOT even me

i call tech support

they are condesending

act like i don't know how to get connected

anyways

after 2+ hours

i would like to strangle someone

so i didn't get to go hang with Linda & her girls

gotta pack

hafta be up in 4 hours

but i get to atlanta about 1pm

LOTS of knitting time

tried to defrag the puter

it wouldn't do anything

will deal with it next week

PROGRESS on the Bulletin Board

so i am using the multi colored yarn

both balls so the colors line up

i have to tweak it every once in a while

didn't tweak 1/2 of a row

wish i had

anyways

1st load of laundry almost done

gotta add softner

got things to do

as soon as 2nd load goes in the washer

meeting Linda & the Mad Indy Knitters tonite

will post a pic later

cell is in another room

Books I've Read

Here's a little MEME I did on the books I've read
In the list of books below, bold the ones you’ve read,
italicize the ones you want to read,
cross out the ones you won’t touch with a ten-foot pole,
put a cross (+) in front of the ones on your book shelf,
and asterisk (*) the ones you’ve never heard of.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L. M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
*10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
*14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
*17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
*24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
*25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
*35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
*36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
*37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
*38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
*39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
*42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
*62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
*65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
*72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
*81. Not Wanted On the Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
*89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

in the news lately

i see they are talking about a sequel to TITANIC
not sure how
Ben Stiller & Vince Vaughn are involved

forget the other story i saw yesterday
oh yeah KRYPTONITE is real


today i see Rosie is getting
leaving the VIEW

the Baldwins ( Alec & KIM)

are at it again

sick of celebrity's misbehavior making the news

don't care that Brad & Angelina are breaking up

interesting what is considered news

polymer clay - NOT Marzipan

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2005/MarzipanBabies.htm

i can't cook

MEEE

got this from Carol

goin' to bed

it's raining

i sleep good when it rains

stuff to do

progress

so

i need a project that i can work on

when i am waiting on web pages to load

or while i am reading

or while i am talking on the phone

so i started the no brainer bulletin board

so far, so good

if i BOUGHT yarn

i would need about 8 skeins of

worsted weight yarn

use it dbl

this way

i get to use yarn i have to

play with an idea

started 2nd skein

about 31"

15 hours

gotta get ready to go home

finished another page

By the time I get home
There will be OVER 15000 miles
On the scarf

Havin' FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Workin' with Va-a-a-a-a-a-leri
Too much fun
Gonna knit

done for the night

WHOO-HOOOOOOO

Get to fly with Kara twice in May

May sked

WHO-HOOOOO!!!!
In may
I get to overnite in BOSTON & JFK

Also ATLANTA
I will get to see Deb!!!!

Gotta fly

some knitting in Austin

goin' to bed

where was i knitting

remembered to buy
a postcard
in New York
done knitting
gotta fly

knitting in JFK

the scarf

done for now

page done

PROGRESS

2 hours of
knitting
it's a
NO-BRAINER
but it ain't
gonna go
with me
this weekend
i NEED to finish
the scarf first
i mite not get to knit much
friends want to get
together & hang
:(

BUMMER

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Gotta find a book to take with me

the PLAN is to use the treadmills

for an hour a day

if i start again

i will be able to get into shorts

probably NOT a bathing suit

but since i don't swim

that's NOT a loss

gotta start packing

i leave in 1 1/2 hours

got a few errands BEFORE i

go to the airport

NEED this

if meds don't work

maybe it's time to start with

what i eat

da yarn

SO

so i finished the gloves

no time to go to fed-ex tomoro

before work

so

will intrust them in the care

of the USPS

now what to knit

need a no-brainer

saw a bulletin board

you felt it

in Alter Knits

think that was the name

didn't buy the book

but got the concept

gonna use the Kool-Aid dyed

yarn from a few years back

then i will make DESK ACCESSORIES

maybe a 2nd board

at least i will start the board

not sure how much knitting i will

get done tonite

laundry is in

time to kill

TO the Post Office ... tomoro

DONE!
DONE!!
DONE!!!

ARCHIVES GONE!!!

i went to look for something i knit

about sept '06

archives don't go beyond Dec '06

even tho it says there are 795 posts

for 2006

CRAP!!!
didn't know i WOULD need a

separate page for photos

SLEEVE for Take Out Cup & Coaster

yarn is SWS
by Paton's
finished knitting
4-19 @ 12:42 am
finished felting
4-19 @ 1:20 am
NEXT time
knit a 2nd coaster
make it 5 rows bigger
use it as a topper
YUP!!
gonna make more
whole thing took about 3 hours

my hands were sore from the gloves
my brain was too tired for the scarf

treadmill knitting

i was impressed that i could knit on a treadmill

check out SUSIE who will be turning "50"

a month or so before me

she knits while she does a marathon

http://www.justgiving.com/extremeredhead

i could knit while doing a walk-a-thon

only 55 degrees

19 minutes ago, at 15:54 UTC, the wind was blowing at a speed of 6.7 meters per second (15.0 miles per hour) from Northeast in Indianapolis, Indianapolis International Airport. The temperature was 13 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit), and the pressure was 1,008 hPa (29.78 inHg). The relative humidity was 50.6%. There were a few clouds at a height of 7620 meter (25000 feet). The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles).

MY work week

had interesting flights due to the weather around NYC
it was BUMPY ..i resisted the urge to say
"Buckle up folks, it's gonna be a bumpy ride"
<VBG>
i LIKE bumpy when i am strapped in
last week a woman complained because
her "BUTT came out of the seat"
this week was bumpier
on one landing
the FO got an ovation

the tragedy in Va

when i first turned on the tv

there were 2 known dead

the gunman was on the loose

the next time

22 dead

then before we went to work

the number had risen to 31

a passenger coming from LGA - DCA

is a news camera/photograher

what a thing to have to go to

got to knit quite a bit

mostly HAT .. but some AAT

was sitting in ATL, waiting on the plane

a woman asked if it was gloves i was knitting

others didn't know anyone knit anymore

HHHMMMMM
maybe for WWKIP day

i should sit in ATL & Knit

<VBG>

saw a passenger knitting while

i was doing the compliance check

prior to push back

asked if it was a Market Square Bag

she was amazed i knew what she was

doing by looking at it

HAVE to finish the gloves & mail them so i can

knit something QWIK for me !!!

i only have 16 rows to knit

they are the decreasing rows so they

SHOULD knit qwik

then the ends to weave in

about a dozen per glove

Indy was in the mid 70's while i was gone
temps dropped when i get home
naturally .. think it's 60

maybe outside
good day to sit inside, knit, read & drink tea
should i get out of my jammies ...

NAH!!!!

otoh
gas prices dropped to $1.73/gal
have errands i NEED to run
gonna eat breakfast
put on sox & long sleeved shirt
make a 3rd cup of tea
& try to finish the gloves
will work on them till 3
then i HAVE to go outside to
run errands

ready for the decrease

so i was sitting in ATL

waiting for the plane to

come in so i could go home

a lady sat next to me & asked

IF i was knitting gloves

she hadn't seen anyone knitting

gloves in QUITE a while

we talked about MASS AVE

time for

HAPPY GO HOME LEG!!

time to get ready for work

and it slowly grows

slow progress

READY TO ADD THE SHELL

fingers & thumbs done

SHOULD have waited to finish the thumb

until i am done

incase the thumb is too short

fingers almost done

2 repeats done

worked on scarf at

the airport

in Indy before i flew

@ 7:30 am

then finished the pattern repeat

once i got to ATLANTA

now to work on the gloves

CAN'T wait to finish the gloves

so i can WORK on the scarf

ITS 4

so this is the

yarn &

progress for

for the

Secret Scarf # 4

pattern is Besotted

yarn is Malabrigo

color is vermillon # 24

reminds me of sunset over NYC

this is 1 hour knitting

in INDY 4-13-07

what i am gonna TRY to do

make a pictorial progress

report

also gonna TRY to buy a postcard wherever i work on the scarf

HOPE she like it

'cause i REALLY do!!!

wrote down a row by row of the pattern

copy & pasted it MANY times

using a higlighter to mark as i complete a row

you will also see THAT in the progress pix

gotta finish packing

have to be @ work in 7 hours

weather up @ Eagle Creek

23 minutes ago, at 13:53 UTC, the wind was blowing at a speed of 3.6 meters per second (8.1 miles per hour) from West/Northwest in Indianapolis, Eagle Creek Airpark. The temperature was 4 degrees Celsius (39 degrees Fahrenheit), and the pressure was 1,024 hPa (30.25 inHg). The relative humidity was 69.8%. The sky was clear. The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles).

weather today looks good

18 minutes ago, at 13:54 UTC, the wind was blowing at a speed of 4.1 meters per second (9.2 miles per hour) from West/Northwest in Indianapolis, Indianapolis International Airport. The temperature was 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit), and the pressure was 1,024 hPa (30.25 inHg). The relative humidity was 65.1%. There were a few clouds at a height of 7620 meter (25000 feet). The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles).

wire hanger sock blockers

i mentioned once or twice

that i use wire hanger sock blockers

i have had requests on HOW to make them

http://www.needletrax.com/blockers.htm

coffee sleeve

had to go to dr today

earache & allergies

anyways the dr & i were talking about my knitting

told her the latest thing i knit was a coffee sleeve for a

starbucks cup

she said she needed one

so i gave it to her

i LIKE my dr

her scale weighs 6 pounds heavier than

the one in my bathroom

i am according to HER

183.8 pounds

5'4" tall

temp was 97.5

bp was 126/80

allergy med WAS claritin

boosting it to Allegra

some variation

^ the colors in the cuff stack on this sock ^

the one below
the colors in the cuff swirl

DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:42 am

Thur 4-12

you can see the shadow

the overhead light

creates

on page 110 of Needled to Death

headin to bed

ready for toes

yeah,

i know i gotta shave my legs

ANOTHER Dishcloth Exchange

WHOO-HOOOOO
i got addicted to knitting Dishcloths

ABBY

uses KEWL fibers to make SPA cloths

there WILL be another exchange

Note to Self

sign up SUN before i go to the Airport in ATL

putting a reminder on the phone

screwy weather

14 minutes ago, at 22:28 UTC, the wind was blowing at a speed of 4.6 meters per second (10.4 miles per hour) from South in Indianapolis, Indianapolis International Airport. The temperature was 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit), and the pressure was 992 hPa (29.28 inHg). The relative humidity was 82.1%. There were a few clouds at a height of 518 meter (1700 feet), broken clouds at a height of 1829 meter (6000 feet) and broken clouds at a height of 4267 meter (14000 feet). The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles). Current weather is Moderate Thunderstorm

FUNNY

all day the weather pixie has been showing rain

even when it wasn't raining at home

NOW

there is thunder & the weather pixie is showing SUN

done with the book

5 rows till i can start the toe

hear thunder outside

doin' the math

gauge is 6 1/2 st & 10 rows / inch

if MY foot is 9 1/4 "

i need 92 rows for the foot

or about 70 rows for the foot & 22 rows for the toe

the sock is almost 6" in the foot

so i have 1 1/2 " of foot to knit

so first i finish knitting the foot

then i figure the toe

almost ready for the toes

started knitting & reading about 2 pm

it's been about 2 hours

i have added about 2" to the foot

another inch or so

and i will be ready for the toe

read 100 pages

so i am reading as i knit

i have read Knit1, Kill 2 before

but i want to read the next 2

and when it comes out

the 4th one

i forgot Kelly lived in Fort Wayne for a while

and Jennifer lived in INDY

i got this from my friend Diane

i laughed SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO hard

i peed my pants

after i got into dry pants

i thought i had better share it

with friends

it's been raining all day in INDY

i need SOMETHING to cheer me up

REMEMBER

WHEN YOUR MOTHER

TOLD YOU NEVER TO TAKE CANDY

FROM A STRANGER....

...THIS IS WHO SHE WAS

TALKING ABOUT!!!!!