September 28, 2006

Udon...mmm...Not as good as the stuff in the mall, but does in a pinch. update: that stuff was spicy...oops...my poor babies ate it anyway...brave kiddos eating things mommy finds at the Asian market...

This is my attempt at entrelac. I have a much bigger pattern and plan with different yarn... It will be a wrap in Noro yarn...beautiful...but practice...practice is good.

The best part of my own little kitchen are my egg magnets. They amuse me. I also have a whisk, which started it all, and an egg slicer...they're just too funny...


Why is it that some of us have such a hard time saying "I love you?" A random act of violence makes me ponder this. I have friends who knew her. I grew up near there... I think once you're a part of a small mountain community it never really leaves you. Even though now I live far away from the trees and quiet. From the place that once caused me much misery. Still hits home. But that's off the original topic. It's an important thing to say. Always, not occasionally. I think it would be worse not to say it and never get another chance to say it rather than say it and be rejected. Gotta remember that.

September 26, 2006

And...

I'm back!

And all because of this little black box. Aww...hugs to the little black box. Thank you little black box.

And this is the progress on my blanket. Fifty more rows on the bottom and then a border and I'll call it done.

The concert was good. It was indeed cold but my friend brought a blanket, which was awesome. We got there at about 5:30pm and we amazingly got 16th row. I was surprised, but I also hadn't been to a concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre in years. I can remember a time when people would get there at about 2:00pm to stand in line until the gates opened since it's general admission from rows 1-20 usually.

I broke down

Hopefully today...around 11-1, a nice technician in a shiny black or white van will come and pay me visit and bring me a present. I have broken down and decided that I need internet access inside my home. The inconvinence of having nothing has won out. I tried...for a month and a half...for the first time since I was 15...but the mere sight of my barely here blog and the lack of email and IM has driven me to the point where I have decided that I don't think I can live without being connected.

So perhaps...I'll have an update for you all later tonight. Wouldn't that be nifty.

As for other things...

I've finished the "love" part in my blanket. I have also finished organizing my yarn for the most part. It did involve reassigning my wax and soap tupperware tub into a yarn tub, and my holiday nicknack tub into my wax and soap tub. Conclusion? I need some more tubs...

Lastly, it's now been a month or so seeing this latest one...he hasn't run away screaming yet and he helped me feed my little monsters last night. So why is it so hard for me to say, "Yea...I like you back too?"

September 24, 2006

oh i finally got it to do it...

So, for my adoring fans *giggle* here's a picture of my place.

I have been very good and trying to finish the baby blanket that I think will be going to my sister. I will take a picture of that soon.

September 21, 2006

sdarwkcab

So I'm happily crocheting along...I finish the 50 rows between the Hangul for "love" and the English spelling of "love." I am ready to start the English word and enthusastically crochet 5 rows before noticing that it's backwards...rats.

Frog, frog, frog...

Well at least it wasn't done. At least I caught it. I suppose it wouldn't have mattered too much, I've already had 3 stitches disappear from what I started with, but still. Damn perfectionism.

Today is my Friday. Thank goodness. It was turning into a long week. I'm going to a concert tonight at Red Rocks Ampitheatre. I haven't been there in years. The last concert I went to there I think may have been sometime in 1997-8 for Dave Matthews (Dave who?) because my girlfriend told me that I had to go with her because she bought two tickets already because she didn't want to go by herself. I remember actually feeling so guilty...(Dave who?) that I bought my then boyfriend a ticket because, after all, it was one of his favorite bands. Lesson learned? I shouldn't have felt guilty. If a guy is going to make you feel so guilty for just having a nice considerate friend, well then, he can take a hike. Ahh...so explains the last 10 years of my life.

So this should be fun. I like Rob Zombie and well, I've heard of Godsmack. *grin* So other than the...oh...rain...it should be good...good, and cold...but fun...and cold...did i mention cold? Bummer.

September 19, 2006

I am still here...in the land of pictureless blogs

Well, I'd say I have been knitting a lot, but I'd be fibbing. I finished the socks. I've reorganized my yarn into 4 big plastic tubs...4...I couldn't believe it. I have 3 blankets in progress; one for my sister, one for my dad, and one for a baby...somewhere...I don't know...I think the person I originally intended it for has a child who is now 2...or so.

I have a lot of sock yarn...that I have no idea what to do with. I should try a pattern, but...then I worry I might run out or something...I don't really knit. I just like collecting the yarn so I can touch it and stare at it...I'm a little odd. You should see my Hello Kitty note paper collection. I have enough note paper to write my daughter a little note ever day for her lunch for the rest of her life. This is not to mention my collection of crafting for candles, soap, sewing, scrapbooking, card making, rubber stamps...yes...I am a walking craft store. Although I know people worse than myself.

***This is where it delves into other things besides knitting. More knitting below.***

Oh and you know what tickled me the most? This friend of mine that I've recently found insisted that I go ahead and knit something the other night when he came to visit. Not out of irratation or to get rid of me...he even listened to me blather on about yak yarn and the yarn I picked up from Estes Park. Then, he told me about how he has candle molds...I'm in love...talk wax to me baby. Wow.

Even better than that...I finally got to celebrate a birthday with someone of the opposite sex who I'm close to without them 1) getting pissy for having been born, 2) getting pissy because I remembered they had been born, 3) getting pissy because i didn't know what to get him because i wasn't listening (but in this case we hadn't talked about), 4) getting pissy because i got them something small and thoughtful...sense a pattern here? Wow, I got to celebrate someone else's birthday and they didn't get mad at me. That's nifty. He even gave me a hug and a thank you for just being nice enough to think about him.

***Knitting***

So I think for now I'm going to continue to work on finishing the blanket of never ending. What? It seemed like a good idea at the time to make a baby blanket out of sport weight yarn on a size I crochet hook.

Oh, you know the other thing I've been nosing around at...I want to find out what these "plant" fibers feel like. I know hemp is very twine like, but did you know they make yarn out of soy, bamboo, banana, and other items? Nifty.

September 06, 2006

Quick!

Currently on my spindle. Slowly but surely. It's quite different just spinning wool and not a wool silk blend.

And the never ending ball of yarn has come to an end. I just need to bind them off and they'll be done! Yay! I had so much yarn, I had enough to make something for the boy.

I've been so distracted lately. After I finished the socks I couldn't figure out what to do next. I still don't know. I think I may try and finish the blanket I started awhile ago. We'll see.