tiggertat's socks

Vacation

2009-09-24T13:18:00.000-07:00

Brian and I just got back from vacation at Sand Lake, Or. We got there on Friday before everyone got there. Then everyone showed up and it got very busy until Monday. Then the dunes cleared out and we had the place to ourselves. It was great. We didn't really have to worry about running into anyone. I was wonderful hearing the ocean and going out there to sit and knit and watching the waves. I won't bore you with any more words I will just let the photos talk for

2009-09-05T07:24:00.001-07:00

Not much has been happening around here. Just going to work then coming home and knitting. So I won't write much I will just post pictures of what I've been knitting.

These two socks where the ones I started on the way to sock summit and I did a welch heel and normal on foot then the second one I did welch heel and a fitted arch.

The sock above is my socks from that I did for my class Toe up for stubborns. It was fun learning how to do the heel and what I learned in one I was able to remember and do it on the second one.

With the two above done I was able to dive into the new stash. I pulled out a skein from Wool Candy and I'm working on a pattern Queen of Cup. It is knitting up great. Sock #1 is already to the heel flap. I'm making them for a Flight Attendant that was a be supporter in helping me get to Sock Summit.

I'm also working on another pair for myself. No one gets my Mamma Llamma yarn but me. The pattern is embossed leaves out of Favorite sock book. I loved the colorway of this yarn and thought of the pattern would go great. I've got more done but don't have a picture on my computer that shows the pattern better, but OMG it is turning out great.

That is about it. I should sideout so I can go and Knit. So that is it for now. Happy knitting

Gena's Boss's socks

2009-08-25T19:10:00.000-07:00

When I went to see my mom on Friday, Bev gave me the socks that she knitted for my boss Ann. When Bev and I started to plan to go to Sock Summit I made a deal with Ann if she would work for me Bev and I would knit her a pair of socks each. Even though Cherina work for me on Sunday Bev and I still knitted a pair of sock for Ann. Today was the day that I gave them to Ann. You can tell by the look on Ann's face that she was very happy.

She loved both pair of socks, but I know the truth she really loved the pair that Bev made her. She said look they have sexy little holes in them. Thanks Bev for making my boss happy.

OMG

2009-08-19T06:38:00.000-07:00

I guess that has two means. The first OMG will be I haven't blog since June OMG sorry. The other OMG is all about Sock Summit!!!

Lets just jump in to the heart of it. Last Wednesday Bev and I headed down to Portland on the train to SOCK SUMMIT. It was great just to sit there and knit and not have to worry about the traffic. Once we got there we headed to the hotel to drop off the bags then we went to get registered. Then it was the long wait until Thursday to 4pm until the market place open up for the students. Once it open up it was like Disneyland for me. You would walk all you see is YARN and Fiber. It was like were do you go first. Of course Bev and I had our game plan set and we had we stuck to it, but still it was OMG!

The classes we took were fun. Friday was basic drop spindle, Saturday was sock heel, and Sunday toe up for stubborns. I learned something new from each class and it was great. I've already finished my first two up sock and started the second one also done one of the heels that we learned in class. We got meet one of my favorite Sock designer Cookie A. Here she was signing by book.

I did spend a little to much but I don't regret anything or any purchase that I bought. It was fun we shopped until we dropped. Here are a few pictures from our trip. The loot on the table is Day 1 of shopping and what is in the chair was day number 2 purchases. I can't wait until I finish the socks that are on the needles to dive into the new yarn.

This is Mama Llamma Cathy Kerth she is one of my very favorite dyer. She has the best colorways that I love.

That is it now for now I have to start getting ready for work. I will try to be better at blogging and post more photos from sock summit. Keep those hands knitting.

left my voice in Iowa

2009-06-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

I made it back from Deb's house no problem, the only thing was I left my voice there. Lets start from the beginning Wed May 20. I started work at 0915 and I tried for 3 different flights to get to Iowa. I finally decided at 2230 to go home and try again the next morning. I only got two hours of sleep, but I got up and tried the next morning and the only way I got out was (and I very grateful) because a Seattle base flight attendant took the jump seat so I could get on. After that everything went fine.

I had a great visit with Deb and the girls. While I was there we celebrated Kirsten Jo's birthday and also Nicole's. I didn't get to celebrate Beka's graduation and Kristina's birthday it sucks coming home. My allergies acted up on Thursday so by Saturday when it was time for me to come home my voice was gone. Here are some photos from the trip.

Color

2009-05-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

Brian and I did it, finally add color to the inside of our house. On Saturday we started by finally picking out colors and trying them on the wall to see what we like. We decided on two different colors and off we went. We started with the ceiling and painted that white and then onto the walls. Here are some pictures of what we did and the colors are Green Tea and Summer Harvest.

In the words of......Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

2009-05-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

5 ways that knitting is better than video games.

1. I never, ever have to take turns with my sister.

2. I decide how many points I get and for what.

3. I can do it even if the power goes out.

4. I never lose because I forgot to hit "save" before

I go do something else.

5. If my mother was to come unhinged and scream,

"I cannot stand the infernal sound of your knitting

for one more second," I could pick it up and take

it to my room.

Walk to Empower

2009-05-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I did the Mother's Day Breast Cancer walk. I was very happy that the weather was better than last year. I didn't raise as much money as last year but I'm grateful for any and all that I did raise. Here is a few pictures from the walk.

Sand Lake

2009-05-02T07:50:00.001-07:00

Last week Brian gave me a choice of either going to Sand Lake, Or or out to Belfair. It was a tough choice do I want to ride in the sand or the dirt. I picked the sand. I thought after not being on my ATV for over a year that it may be easier on my body and remembering how ride the bike. So after work on Thursday, I was lucky to have the early shift Brian had everything loaded we hopped in the truck and off we went. The weather was great on Friday. Here is some photos of Sand Lake.

On the knitting side of my life is going great. Bev and I are planning to go to Sock Summit in Portland in August. The class list just came out so we are trying to decide which classes to take. We are going to take the train down so both of us can knit all the way there. I guess I talk about Sock Summit a lot at work because at Purser meeting (flight attendants) they decided to help me out and take a small collection to help me out. So now I'm making mini socks as a thank you card some of these will be turned into key rings. Sorry no pictures of them yet, but when I get them done I will try my hardest to blog about them.

I need to cut this short shopping, knitting, and chores are calling my name.

Majestic Sock

2009-03-28T16:49:00.001-07:00

I just finished with the Majestic sock #1 and started on #2. I received the pattern from the Wool Girl March sock club. It was the first pattern that called to me to do. I didn't use the yarn that it came with I used instead Hazel Knits in Pacific Dk. I've had a lot of compliments on the color by the flight attendants. Here is the finished sock.
Brian has been on vacation this week. He and Tom (are old neighbor) went to Moses Lake. Brian wanted to see how the truck did with pulling the trailer with the new tranny. He said that it did well. They cut the trip short due to the snow in the pass so he did not get as much riding in as he wanted. He found that there is still a few more things he wants to do to the truck. More money. Other than that, that is all that has been going on. Just work and snow mixed with rain. That is it for now. Until next time stay safe and happy.

Micheal

2009-03-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

I finally was able do add pictures again. So here are some of my favorite pictures of Micheal.

Micheal right before he got on the plane

Micheal and Bev at my graduation

Ho Ho Ho

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I found more I will just have to scan them so I can share more.

Proud Auntie

2009-03-20T14:36:00.000-07:00

I'm very proud of my nephew Micheal. He is an Army man. He flew out today for basic train for 5 months. He is off to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri for Military Police. I sat with him as we waited for them to start boarding. I'm very honor to be the one to see him off. I just can't believe little Micheal is an Army man now. I did bring my camera with me and I did get a picture, like normal I'm not able to down load the picture. When I got home I went through my photos and and I found some of my favorites. Sorry Mom, so when blogger will let me down load pics again I will post them.

As for my knitting its coming along. I finished the monkey socks and I moved on to another. On the running front it has not be going well. I did a run out side and now when I try to go on the tread mill it just not the same and I can't seem to stay on it and run.

Sorry for a short blog, but I wanted to get something written before I get in any more trouble.

I'm a Wooly Girl

2009-01-29T19:06:00.000-08:00

I'm soooo happy that I'm officially a Wooly Girl now. Ok for those of you that don't know what that is it just means that I've bought a lot of yarn. Actually I've placed 7 orders with Wool Girl. I thought I had two more orders to go, so to my surprise when I went to the mailbox for bills I had two packages waiting for me. here is what I got for being a Wooly girl. A new bag and what came inside was another sock pattern, notebook, yarn, tape measure, a sample of body butter, and a stitch marker. I should thank a flight attendant for helping me become a Wooly Girl, because if it wasn't for her I would have placed an order. The flight attendants are asking for people to donate baskets for a silent auction and they wanted me to donate a knitted item which I don't have anything for them so I decided to do a sock yarn basket with needles, pattern and a sock bag so this is the yarn that did it. Its Mamma Llama original sock yarn in Pink Lady.

As for my knitting I haven't done much I've gone into a slump. I hope now that I became a Wooly girl I will get inspired to knit.

Until next time stay happy and safe.

My new toy

2009-01-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

Our VIP for Onboard Service came today and spent sometime with us. I was asked to come in early because she wanted to meet with the staff. Not knowing what was going to happen I came in early and waited for the meeting to start. I knew that we were going to celebrate someones 30th anniversary. After they did their thing they started on the rest of us. They wanted to thank us for coming in during our snow event and staying in hotels giving up on time with our families so now I'm a proud owner of my own snow shovel. Now watch we won't get any more snow now that I am prepared.

As for my knitting my almost done with my paid knitting job. I'm loving the yarn it is sooo soft. The pattern is easy to. The only problem is that I keep forgetting to pass over a stitch so sometimes I have an extra stitch or two.

I think that is all for now. Until next time stay safe and happy knitting.

Christmas in January

2009-01-17T06:41:00.000-08:00

Brian and I drove up to Bellingham yesterday to finally have Christmas with his family. With the weather this year and all of our schedules this was the first time we all could do it and boy was it fog out there coming home it was worse and I tried my hardest to stay awake but get me in a car at night and I will fall asleep. We had a good visit and Brian and I got our normal presents Brian gets his gift card to Jack in the Box and his shop rags. He also got a 6 foot folding table that we will be putting in the trailer. As for myself I got a book of lifesavers plus extra butter rum ones and my last one a 2009 Tinkerbell calender. I also got a set of 7 pairs of pearl earrings in different colors very nice and the new Tinkerbell movie. The also gave us both a $50 gas card.

On to my 2009 goals. The running is coming along. I've made it over the 3 mile mark. I've up the incline to 1 and the speed at times has gone up to 5 mph. I'm still very motivated at doing this. I've set a goal at 5 miles for a week I get to buy some new running clothes so I'm really working on that.

Onto the other goal more Knitting in 2009, well its not doing so good. I'm working on one project that I really need to work on because its a paid job. I'm knitting a hat for someone as a gift. A friend at work has a friend that has a brain tumor and going through chemo and losing all her hair so she asked if I would knit a hat. The sucker that I am said yes. So I'm working on that and as for socks I have a pair that I'm trying to work on but not doing so very good. So I hope today I will get some knitting done.

Well I better go and work on that running goal. I will try and add pictures the next time I'm on here. Until next time stay safe and warm. BRRRRR it cold out there.

2009 Goals

2009-01-09T08:28:00.000-08:00

OK I'm going to let everyone know of my 2009 goals I've set for myself. I only have two one is a fun one and the other is a major one that I will need every ones help with.

#1 the fun one:
Knit more
Ha ha. I told every one it was an easy one and it is a fun one for me. OK here is the second one. I'm a little scared to let everyone know, I've very scared that I won't be able to do it. This is why I need every ones help. OK here I go I will just type it, but please don't laugh.....

#2 the Major ONE:
I want to run a 1/2 marathon or just be able to run 13.1 miles. I would love to do a 1/2 marathon, but its just finding the right one to do and one that does not cost an arm and a leg. Right now I'm training on a treadmill do to the time I get up and get home from work it is dark. I'm only at 3 miles and I know once I get out side it will be totally different that 3 miles that I'm so proud of right now will be like 1 mile out on the road. The part I need from you all is support keep asking have you run today or how many miles are you up to. I'm hoping if people keep after me that I will stay at it. I guess we will have to wait and see.

I should sign off so I can get some food in me and hit that treadmill and try for 3.5 miles today. I just hope I won't get to bored running in place. If only I could figure out how to run and knit at the same time that would be great!!!

I will try to blog sooner and maybe it will be more about knitting than my 2009 goals.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T08:51:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas. Brian decided to work to let his co-workers have the day off and be home with there children. So that gives me the time to blog and wish you a Merry Christmas.

It has been very interesting week. On Saturday it started to snow and I was very lucky that the customer service had booked rooms at a hotel room and I was able to stay in one. On Sunday morning I had to be at work at 0430, but since no flights were making it out I didn't have to be there until 0530. This is what I saw when I finally got to my office. The window has a lay a of ice on it and my car had ice and snow all over it.

Sunday I was able to stay again at the hotel and I did not have to drive home and back to work at 0430. I really wanted to go home but I'm glad that I didn't because around 1100 the snow started again and did not stop. So when I got to work on Monday this is what my car looked like. They finally came and plowed our parking lot after small FedEx trucks and hotel vans keep getting stuck in front of our office. Now they just piled the snow taking up parking spots. They were unable to clear it all so when you pull in you look for a spot that does not have high snow drifts.

When I finally made it home on Monday this is what I came home too. This is the walk way up to my front door. The worst part of my drive was getting in and of my house to the main roads. They keep them clear so we all can make to work and back home again. The rain finally showed up yesterday but it is making it worse out there in front of our house. Now we are getting standing water all over the place.

I hope every one is staying save and warm and everyone is having a wonderful Christmas

Snow Snow go away

2008-12-18T11:54:00.000-08:00

I'm very thank you that today is my day off and I have the next few days off. I feel really bad for any one that would have to go out and drive in this weather. I was very thankful that on Sunday things were not as bad as today. I had my favorite shift that day 0430 and was glad that the main road were good. I was able to get to work ontime and so did all the flight attendants YAH. When I got home this is what I came home to. Now today is totally different, like the rest of Western Washington it is still snowing here.

Now I have to wait until Saturday night to see what Sunday is like. I get to play supervisor on Sunday and Monday and I get to start at 0430 again. I hope the roads are better then than it is today.

I hope everyone is ready for Christmas. I'm not. I still have to get to the Post Office to get a package out in the mail. I don't think that I will make it today, I hope maybe tomorrow. I finally was able to get pictures to load so I have added a picture of the Christmas tree.

As for the knitting I'm having a problems. I've tried a pattern twice and I can't seem to get going on it. I have the perfect day to try and start knitting. Off to get a pattern and yarn to start a new project. So I will sign off for now everyone stay safe and warm.

try again

2008-12-06T06:28:00.000-08:00

Last night I had a new post typed up and was going to add pictures to it and it would not let me add pictures. Then the next thing I know everything that I had typed was gone. I gave up and went on to another websit and played. So here we are at it again.

The first major thing is that I got a pair of sock knitted up and all done. On the road to Denmark are done. I finished them on Thursday as we were out and about. This pair is going to my mother-in-law for part of her Christmas present. I know I can post pictures due to the fact she doesn't know I have a blog. So now that I'm done with that pair I have to think of what to make next and for who.

On Thursday as Brian and I were running around, he was really nice and took me two different yarn stores. The first one we went to is the one I always go to is Renaissance Yarns in Kent. As Brian was parking I noticed that the shop was emptied out and a note on the door. All it said was that they had moved to Kent Station. I was happy to know that they didn't go out of business, but just moved. The second one we went and visited was Yorkshire Yarns in Lakewood. Another wonderful yarn store that carries the sock yarn that I love.

Before we left Thursday I put up our Christmas tree. Now I get to sit here in the dark and look at the tree and be all merry. Not much else has been happening around here. I've been in my room sew away making sock project bags. Maybe one of these day I will start a store on Etsy and sell them and pay for my bad habit of sock yarn and now fabric. Here are a couple that I got done yesterday. Ok you will have to wait until next time it won't let me add any more pictures. So until next time be happy and knit away.

blogging from work

2008-11-25T18:54:00.001-08:00

I thought I would give this a try. I figured that I spend more time here on this computer at work than I do with the one at home. So I'm sitting here at work updating my blog when I should be doing some work. So here is what I've been doing lately. I've made a few hats and gloves and I'm tired of them for right now. I started working on a sock again. The pattern is from Nancy Bush Knitting on the Road book and it called Denmark. I'm using Miss Bags: "Yummy Hand-painted sport & sock yarn in Suede Rose. Lets just say its another United sock, I think I've knitted most of it right here in my chair.

Right behind my sock is one of my new sock project bags that I got made on my last day off. I've got a lot made and maybe one day I will start selling them on-line who knows.

Ok I have to do a flash back here. The song that is playing on my Ipod right now is Pink Cadillac from Bruce Springsteen. It takes me back to Macy's in New York City doing my music video to that song. I'm glad that song is over now its onto the Muppet Movie "I hope something better comes along".

I've got to go now, its 1900 and now I have work to do. Have to start get the paper work done for tomorrow morning so see who will be checking in. I hope you all have a wonderful Turkey day. I hope my turkey won't still be frozen on Thursday. Until next time keep smiling and stay stay safe.

New Hobbie

2008-11-10T06:30:00.000-08:00

Lets start by saying that Brian and I went up to Sumas to visit my Mom and Dad. We had an early Thanksgiving dinner and I got a sewing lesson. Bev started making sock project bags and she had made me two. I was thinking and thinking in my head that I could make those, make those but did I want to start a new Hobie. Bev said they were easy to make and she sat down and put one together very quickly.

I ended up with the pattern and on the way home Brian and I stopped by and bought some fabric. When we got home I said see you later and off to my room I went. I ended up making two bags for myself and using all the fabric that I bought, so on Saturday off to buy more. I made three more bags and a matching coffee cozie for one that I made of Friday. Now its time to make Christmas gift for my sock knitting friends.

Not much else has been going on. I've been knitting more fingerless gloves and hats. The set I'm working on now is a pair that I will be getting paid for. Cool. That it is for now I can't think of anything else to write. Until next time stay safe, happy and dry. Happy knitting.

Spending Spree

2008-10-25T14:35:00.000-07:00

Brian and I have been on a major spending spree. Brian spent money on a new 5th Wheel Trailer and myself what else YARN. A week ago on Friday Brian found a deal we could not pass up. Brian found the trailer that we wanted with the garage in the back so the toys have a room of their own and the rest of the trailer is all ours. Now Brian's elbow can get better so we can camping and riding.

All I bought was more yarn for socks and fingerless gloves. I finished two hats and one pair of fingerless gloves. I've bought more so I can thinking about Christmas gifts. One bad thing has been happening is that my joints in my hands have been hurting. I keep trying to knit through the pain and even typing right now my left hand hurts. I did get my October Woolgirl Sock Club Package and I've already signed up for next year.

I hope you like pictures of our new toy. Until next time happy knitting.

Knitting update

2008-10-17T19:33:00.000-07:00

A lot has happen in my knitting world. First I talked about last post Beka's sock. They wear a big hit. I finished them right before I left to go back to Iowa. So I had to start on a new pair. So I looked through my books and found a pattern called the Gentleman's sock out of Knitting Vintage Socks. I used Socks that Rock in Lunasea and I just finished them today. I really like the pattern. It was easy, it did have a 10 row repeat. I just keep the pattern near by just in case I needed it.

I did do one project while I was working on the Gentleman's sock. I knitted myself another hat. I was at Apple Yarns using my birthday gift from my mother-in-law when I saw one of the owners wearing a hat. I asked what pattern did she use and it was out of Knit Simple magazine the eyelet hat. It was a very simple and I was able to knit it up in a 1 1/2 days. I wore it the next day at work and I had three more orders for hats. But first I had to finished my sock. Now that I have that done I'm off working on hats. I already started on the first one. I've got the rib done time to start the rest of the pattern.

I have an idea for Christmas gifts so I have to do some very fast knitting. I've already got the next sock pattern picked out and a pair of fingerless gloves on my list to knit. I think that is it for know off to do some serious knitting. Until next time stay safe and happy knitting.

Oh my its October

2008-10-13T06:37:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that it is already October and its the 13 already. Where has the time gone. Well I did things different this year, instead of going to Iowa at the end of the month I went at the begin. I went to visit Deb and to celebrate my birthday with them instead of Halloween.

I took the all-nighter on Wednesday night and I got into Iowa on Thursday morning. We went out to Breakfast then off to Deb's house for a nap. I may have sleep for about 15-30 mins. We had major things to do. Deb and I had to decorate the Haunted Cheesy Game room. Deb cooked a ham and everyone came over for a ham dinner. Lets just say I didn't get any sleep until around 1 or 2 in the morning. Beka arrived around 10 pm I think and I was able to give her, her socks. She was so happy had to put them on right away. Actually she made Nicole put them on her feet.

After seeing Kirsten Jo with her new haircut I decided to cut my hair. Deb made an appointment with the person that cut Jo's hair and I got about 3" cut off. It feels great. I don't need so much shampoo or conditioner. Now Kristina says that we look more alike now.

Every one came over on my birthday to have a birthday drink. Here is a picture of Kirsten Jo with her Appletini aka appletini mix and diet Mt. Dew and myself with my glass of wine. After Nicole got off work, her and Beka came over so I got picture of the three of us.

Oh on the Knitting side of my life there is a lot to tell but I will save that for another posting. All about sock yarn new pair of socks and a new hat that only took 1 day to knit. Until then stay safe and happy knitting.

new project

2008-09-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

When Brian and I went to the fair I bought a coffee cozee. The more I looked at it the more I thought to myself I could make them. I went trying to find a pattern but I could not find one. I didn't want to tear apart the one that I bought, but then I did. The green polka dot one was the first one that I made and the two other followed. I keep making them until I figured out what I was doing wrong. By the time I got done with the purple bat I finally figured out what I had been doing wrong so I had to make another one to see if I had figured it out. I decided to make two at once and I did make the proper changes. The next step was the hand sewing them up. By the time I was to my finally two purple bats I had it all figured out. Now its time to go back to the fabric store and buy more. I think I want to get some more Halloween themes and maybe Thanksgiving and Christmas. The fabric that I really want to find is anything in a Knitting theme. Off on a mission to find some.

While Brian and I where out shopping at Target we went past the pet line and on the end cap they had Halloween costumes for pets. I saw one and thought of Mavrick. Brian said that I would never get in on him and he would hate me and he would run away from me when ever I got close. Well when we got home I got Mavrick and put it on him and Brian was some what right. Mavrick did not like it but he is not running from me. Snowball on the other hand does not mind having the chicken hat on. Here is a couple pictures of the two of them. Mavrick sure does hat that hat. But at least he let me have my fun and put it on him and take his picture.

And for the knitting I still going on the second sock. I finally got it cast on the way I like it and I have not made a mistake that I couldn't fix by ripping it.

Until next time stay safe and happy knitting!

Flag Pole

2008-09-13T14:52:00.001-07:00

With 9-11 over, we raised the flag to full staff. We add the Navy flag to honor our family members that are either active or retired from the Navy.

Yesterday we sent time putting in new wiring and lights so we can show off the flag at night. One thing we noticed last night is when the wind picks up and the flags start flying, the flood light over the garage comes on and stays on until the wind dies down. So now we are having to play with sensors so we don't get our neighbors mad at us.

We went for a walk this morning and noticed how many flag poles that there are around here, but I think we have the only one that has lights on it.

On the knitting side lets just say rip it, rip it, rip it. Now I'm starting over for the 3rd time.

long time coming

2008-09-11T13:43:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that it has been almost a month since I've blogged. Not much has been really going on around here. Last week Brian and I went to the fair. We should never have days off together we end up spending toooo much money. While we were there Brian bought a flag pole and I got a new knitting bag. He was been wanting one for a long time and he keeps looking at them every time we go to the fair so he finally went ahead and bought it. So yesterday Brian poured the concert and set the pole all in time so we could put the flag up 0600 on 9-11.

On the Knitting side. I finally gave the Seahawks sock's of Kindness away yesterday. They were a birthday gift for a co-worker and she loved them. I've heard from flight attendants that she was showing them off and that I might be getting for more pairs. I forgot to get a picture of Cherina and the socks. Maybe she will enjoy them while she watches football on Sunday. As for the pair I'm working on now I've got sock number 1 finally done. I've already cast on for sock number two and I'm working on the cuff. I've already in my mind thinking of what I'm going to do next.

Until next time stay safe and have as much fun as you can.

A first

2008-08-16T17:20:00.000-07:00

Brian and I did something that I haven't done since I was a kid and Brian has never done it. We went horse back riding. Our friends in Napevine own horses. Brian was on Q and I was on DeeDee. Scott walked with DeeDee and I as I did the barrels. It was scary at first it felt like I was going to fall off but I didn't. I did start to fell more comfort able towards the end. Then Ann got on Q and showed us how it was really done.

Boy it was hot out there. Not much shade or a breeze. Champs and Gracie had the right idea yesterday and they got in the kiddy pool. I wish I my swim suit on so I could join them.

Not much has been happening on the knitting front. I almost have the second sock done. I hope tomorrow at work I will finally get it done.

2008-08-01T09:15:00.000-07:00

2008-07-31T17:31:00.000-07:00

Brian and I were at Costco the other day standing by the Wii stuff talking about something else when an employee came by asking if we were waiting for the Wii fit. Kristina said that she has never seen my head turn around soo fast. Lets just say I had to buy one and Jo and I could not wait until we got back to our house so we could start playing. Here is a video of Jo doing the hula hoop.

On Tuesday our whole family was together for the first time in 12 years. We had the party at Skagit River Woods. The weather did not work for us it rained. We still had fun all together. Here are a few photos of all of us together.

Brian and I had a house full last night. Mark, Deb, Nicole, Beka, and Jo all spent the night and they all left this morning. Now it is just Brian and I in a very quite house. Brian was able to take a nap on the couch and they only one who bothered him was snowball.

another week

2008-07-26T15:34:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that Kristina and Jo have been here for a week already. My brother flew in on Monday. I met him at the gate and talked a few minutes, I was the only one in the office that day so I left and went to see him. He didn't make it to my house which was OK I had a house full already, he went up and saw mom and dad. Kristina and Jo headed up there on Tuesday and came back here on Thursday. Friday we all went to Seattle again. This time we made it all the way to the top of the Space Needle. We had a really nice day weather was great. Jo and I had fun trying on different types of sunglasses. We did something that I've always wanted to do. We got into one of the photo booths and took pictures of ourselves it was a big blast and the pics turned out great.

Brian has been great with Jo. When we got home yesterday she wanted to play in the sprinklers so he turned them on in the back yard and sat out there while she ran through them and then she wanted to sit in the hot tub and he let her sit in there to until dinner was ready. Its great seeing them get along

Today my sister from Florida is flying in. Then at 10pm my sister from Iowa is coming in. Now Sunday night is going to busy here. I think I have an idea of were everyone is sleeping. Kristina is going home on Monday and I think the rest of us are heading up to the woods for a big party on Tuesday. That is when everyone will be together for the first time in 12 years. The last time we were all together was when Brian and I got married. WOW!

On the knitting side I've started working on the second sock. Jo wants a pair now. I think before she heads home I will have her pick out some yarn and start working on them next. Its been a very quiet day here. Jo fell asleep on the coach and Kristina and I are sitting here and playing on our computers.

They are here

2008-07-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

Kristina and Kirsten Jo showed up on Friday afternoon. Their flight was only an hour late. Which gave me some more time to get the house ready. We stopped by Safeway so Kristina could say hi to Brian and for Jo to met him. Once we got home Jo noticed that we had a hot tub. So I made sure it was warm and off we went to sit in it that night.

Saturday we headed to the Pier in Seattle then tried to go to the Space Needle. Little did I know that there was a Mariners game and the Bite of Seattle was happen that week-end. OOPPSS. We did find parking on the Pier. We went to the Aquarium. It was my first time going also. It was great. Jo got freaked out by a shrimps. Lunch was at Iver's Kristina was happy to have fresh seafood. Then it was off to Pike's Place Market.

After that we were going to go the Space Needle, but trying to find parking and all those people made it hard so off home we went. Dinner then bed. I had to get up this morning at 0300 to start work at 0430. I do it again tomorrow and two days of 1000-2030 and then I'm on VACATION. Deb, Nicole, and Becca arrive on Sunday and Kristina will be leaving on Monday.

On the knitting side nothing is happening. I got one sock done and started working on a cuff but only got 2 rounds done and I have not picked up my needles since.

Viewers beware

2008-07-13T19:03:00.000-07:00

I know I should have not taken this picture or even blog about it, but I could not help myself. Maverick, he is so cute showing laying there in his favorite pose.

He just likes lay there under the coffee table all sprawled out for any one can see. He is just laying there right now just like the photo.

I hope everyone is enjoying the sun. Stay cool

A week after the 4th

2008-07-11T20:22:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that the 4th of July was here and gone. With our new shift I was able to have it off. I drove up and had the 4th with my family. We had a big dinner spread with BBQ chicken and ribs and all the other fixing that go along with 4th. Bev had to make two strawberry rhubarb pies. She made the first one on Thursday night, I told her it would not last until Friday I was right. She had to come home from work and make another they were other wonderfully good.

Then came the fireworks. I got to help Tony and my dad let them off. We were and trying to light 3 fireworks off at a time. Sometimes we did and most of the time I missed up and did not get mine light in time. I will tell you one thing it was a blast.

On with way home I stop at Apple Yarns. I got to check out their new store. I also had to buy some new yarn. I did get some knitting done while I was up at Mom and Dad's house. Now I have one sock done. I've cast on for the next one but I haven't started knitting it yet. We've been very busy cleaning the house getting ready for family to show up. Kristina and Kirstin will be here in one more week. YIPPY. That is it for now, I will try my hardest to write more later.

A new month

2008-07-02T20:22:00.001-07:00

I can't believe it is July already, here has the time gone? The last two weeks have been very emotional for me. It start off when my boss said that we will be losing one supervisor and 1 coordinators position (which is my job) on June 27. The kicker part is she would find out on the 27th and your last day would be the 27th. For a week and half I was worried sick that I would not have a job come July. The black Friday rolled in and I found out I still had a job, but my favorite supervisor would be retiring after 35 yrs. I'm really said to see him go, the worst part is now who is going to buy me McDonald on the week end? The only thing that came out of all this is now I'm working on a set schedule. Hour hours are 1000-2030 and I have 3 days off Thr, Fri, and Sat. I now have the 4th of July off.

As for the knitting side of my life. It has been on the back burn since I've come home from Iowa. I finally started knitting again on Sunday, but I haven't gotten far on the sock due to I can't find the time.

I have only 14 more days until my family start showing up for a visit. I've gotta start working more on my guest room. I've currents for the room. Nothing big I just bought sheets and sewed them together easy and cheep. But I've got to get the bed cleaned off so some one can sleep in it.

New Toy

2008-06-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

Ok, I finally broke and did it. I went and bought me a Wii. Now I can bowl when ever I want. The fist game I bowled a 141. Yah me!!!

Happy Anniversary

2008-06-15T18:55:00.000-07:00

Well If you can believe this Brian and I have been married now for 12 years. It still seems like yesterday that we were get married. We went and bought part of our present today it was a 37" flat screen TV that was mainly Brian's part. We are still waiting on getting what I want. A Wii. I had fun playing with Deb's when I was going back in Iowa now I want one of my own.

A lot has happen since my last blog. First I went on vacation at the end of May to my sister Deb's house in Cedar Rapids Iowa. I went and saw Kirstin Jo's play at school, watched her play softball and do gymnastics. We had a blast everyone doing great. I just spoke with Deb the other day and she and the girls are doing fine and they have not floated away.

On the knitting side I've been bad in two different ways. First I have not picked up any knitting needles since I've been home. The second way I've been shopping. I ordered from the Loopy Ewe yarn and roving, ordered a sock book and a spinning book from Amazon, and when I hadn't gotten my order from Loopy Ewe Brian let me stop by the yarn store and I bought more roving to try and start spinning. The funny part was my package came the same day. The best part was yesterday I received my second package from woolgirl sock club. Jennifer did a wonderful job on the this one. It has inspired me to start knitting again.

Wonderful Husband

2008-05-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

When I got home yesterday Brian said lets go I want to take you some place, I found you something. I was questioned him what did you find for me. He was wondering if he should tell me or not. I finally got it out of him. It was a spinning wheel. He found it off Craig's list and it also came with Alpaca roving. I just ordered me some books so I can learn how to spin. The only thing is that on Wednesday I will be heading off to Iowa to see my sister. So learning how to spin will have to wait unit June.

On the knitting side I finished sock #1 of the Nutkin sock and

started working on #2. I hope to finish it while I 'm gone. Now I have to find a pattern and yarn before leaving in a few days.

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T21:20:00.001-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful day. I had a very busy day. I started 0430 this morning getting up and getting ready for the day. I was at work by 0630 to be picked up and head to Seattle Center to be part of the Y-Me walk for Breast Cancer which started at 0900. I was captain for United Onboard Service division. We walked for 3 miles through downtown Seattle. One thing I was happy about it did not rain on us, we had the wind which made it cold but no rain. Here are some pictures from our walk today.

thanks for taking the time to look !!!!

Whidbey Island

2008-04-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

On Thursday I got together with some friends and we headed to Whidbey Island. Kelly's family owns a home in walking distance of the water. A few of us met up at Kelly's house and started our ride to the Island. We finally made it on the ferry and then it was a short ride to her family's lake cabin. We walked down to the beach and looked for sea shells and I had to pick some of them up.

It was a great night of good friends, good food, and great wine. We did play a dice game called LRC, and you can play with chips or quarters so we played with quarters. There was 3 four sided dice on each side there was a L, R, C, and a Dot. So if you roll a L, R, and a dot, you pass 1 quarter to the left one to the right and you keep one quarter. If you rolled a C then one goes the middle the big pot. Who ever is the last one with any quarters wins and get the big pot. Guess who won both games....ME. Then they did not want to play any more and they sent me home the next day. I did some knitting down.

Sock Update

2008-04-21T17:54:00.000-07:00

Ok here is an update on the sock knitting front. I finished the Horcrux socks right before we left for vacation. So I brought with me two different yarns and patterns. I tried the first one and it did not work so I tried on the second one and it worked. I doing the Monkey sock again , but with a twist. I'm doing it with out the "purl" I'm knitting every stitch. I just finished the first one today.

When I got home on Friday, I had a package waiting for me. The first Wool girl sock club package arrived. The yarn is great, it is one of my favorite yarn too. Mamma Llama. I am so glad that I spend the money and joined. Now I have to wait for two month for the next one and I don't think I can.

Vacation

2008-04-19T09:05:00.000-07:00

Brian and I just got back from a weeks vacation. Boy did the time fly by, I can't believe that I have to go back to work tomorrow. On Sunday morning Brian and I loaded up the truck and trailer and headed down to Florence, Oregon to our favorite place "the DUNES". The morning was not the best but by the afternoon the sun was out and the weather was great. Here are some pictures of why we like it down there.

We also went to the World's Largest Sea Lion Caves. It was something I've wanted to do since we started going down there.

Snow in March

2008-03-27T06:49:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it Snow in March. While I was at work last night I was receiving phone calls from Flight Attendants asking if it was snowing at the airport and I finally said Yes it was. It didn't stay around but at 10:30 pm when I went to my car and this is what I saw. SNOW !!!! Sorry the picture is so dark. When I got up this morning it was all gone.

I finally finished my elegance sock. They turned out great. As a treat to myself I bought yarn from Hazel Knits. I bought Weekend Warrior, Greenlake, and Chocolatier. Now I just have to find a pattern that will work for them. I did start working on another pair of sock. I started working with Sunshine yarn but it was a dark yarn the pattern that I wanted to do did not work with it. I actually tried another pattern and it didn't work either, So off to a different yarn.

I off I went to my stash and found Mama Llama Bamboo Sock in Caves & Crystals calling my name. I went back to my first pattern that I wanted to do and it is working great. It call Horcrux sock. It is knitting up great that is when I have time to sit and knit.

Twinkleberry

2008-02-27T09:28:00.001-08:00

They are done. I mean the Twinkleberry socks. The first one took me a long time. It went with me to Washington DC and also Denver. The pattern was easy to memorize. I finally finish The first sock on Feb 22 on my first day off and I started to work on the second sock the same day. I was able to sit and knit knit and knit all day long. By Monday I finished sock #2. It felt great completing the sock so fast. I think the best part was learning how to do short row heel. I was able to do it with out looking at the direction for the second sock. I love short row heel. No more heel flaps for me. I think its great that every sock that I knit I'm learning something new or just getting better at what I know.

On Monday I start working on another sock. This one is Elegance Sock designed by Anni Design for Sockamania. This one has a cable on each side of the leg. Now I get to figure out how to do a short row heel on this sock. Will come you updated on how the socks comes along.

Twinkleberry

2008-02-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

Valentines Day

2008-02-18T17:35:00.000-08:00

Brian and I made it to Washington DC for Valentines Day. I left Wednesday on the all-nighter to Dulles airport. I was in coach middle seat, its not the best for sleeping but I got on. Brian was flying up from Jacksonville, Fl Thursday morning, which his flight had a 2-hour delay. That was ok it gave the day time to warm up. Once we were together we made our way to the the hotel. We took the Washington Flyer to the meter stop and hoped on the meter to Union Station. Our hotel was 2 big blocks from Union Station and about 3 big blocks from the Capital. The weather was great the whole time we were there. If you were in the wind watch out. You will wished you had a hat and mittens. By the afternoon the wind was gone and it was sooo nice to be in the sun. We walked every where. We hit all the tourist spots and had fun. By the end of the day our feet hurt.

On a knitting side. I'm working on Twinkleberry and it called for a short row heel. I was not sure I wanted to do a short row or just do a normal heel that I know how to do. I decided to do the short row heel, so I went to google and looked it up. I found two different sites and found out what I wanted. I did it and love it. I most likely will never do a heel flap again. That is it for now.

Socks of kindness

2008-02-09T14:08:00.001-08:00

I finished the Seahawks socks of kindness on Friday morning. It is a very easy pattern to do. I'm glad that they are done and out of the way now I can start on another pair.

I started working on Twinkleberry a lace and cable sock. The pattern is by Knitzi at http://www.knitzi.com/ under patterns. I using Mamma Llamma bamboo that is 60/30/10 merino/bamboo/nylon in the colorway of Night. I don't know who these will be for. I guess I will just wait and see what I feel like doing with them. They may just might walk into my sock drawer.

Other than that not much has been happening around here. Brian is leaving tonight on the either the Chicago or Washington DC allnighter. He is heading for Jacksonville, Fl to see his Uncle in St. Mary, Georgia. So I will have plenty of time by myself with just to knit away. If all goes well and the flights look good on Wednesday night and I can get the day off, I might be hopping on a plane and meeting up with him in DC to send Valentine's Day with him there. I will keep watching the flights to see how the they look. We will just have to wait and see.

Update

2008-01-28T07:33:00.000-08:00

On my days off I went to Renanissance Yarn and I bought more yarn for hats. They where surprise that I did not buy any sock yarn only yarn for hats. They even had the new Nora sock yarn and Colinette Jitterbug yarn too, but I was good I did not even buy. They also told me of the new items that they were getting in next week.

I gave up on my fingerless gloves for some reason they were not working for me. I started working on another pair of socks. This pair is called Seahawks socks of Kindness. I'm using Hazel Knit Yarns in Home team color. The pattern is called Socks of Kindness. The pattern is very easy I'm already on the foot actually today I should be doing the toe. Then again I'm working on the afternoon shift and working the weekend. On Saturday I had one crew checking in around 3:00 pm and the next one was not until 10:00pm so there was plenty time to knit and then there was Sunday and it was about the same for the crews coming in. Today the last crew checking in is at sometime in the 3:00 pm hour. So I hope to finish today.

Knitting at Work

2008-01-19T15:36:00.000-08:00

I'm happy that I have a job that will allow me to knit when my work is done. Last week I was able to finish Snape. There was not much happening at work so I just keep knitting. I think they turned out good. I haven't wore them yet maybe tomorrow. I got another head cold and I could really think on my days off so I couldn't think of what to knit next. I tried one thing and then that did not seem right then I tried to knit something else.

I ended up knitting my Fake Isle hat on Friday. I finished it today, 1/2 hour before the end of my day at work. Everyone thought I was knitting a purse, nope wrong a hat. I think I got it done just in time, boy it was cold walking out to my car. No one has to wait to see me in it. Now decision of what to knit next, a pair of fingerless gloves or the Seahawks socks. I guess I will flip a coin.

New Year

2008-01-08T17:48:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Years Eve. Brian and I went over to some friends house to watch the fireworks after I got off work. The next day was spent driving around to make sure the deal Brian found was a good one. We bought a new car!! Brian found us 2003 Acura TL with 38,000 miles in Pearl White. It is just like the Black one. I've named the cars Salt and Pepper. We are going to share the new car, but it is mine. We don't want to rack up the miles on it so that is why I got it.

I used my gift certificate that Cherina gave me for Christmas. It was to Blue moon fiber arts for $25. It was one of the best gifts that I got. I order two skeins of yarn.

The one on the Left is Falcons eye and the one the right is Lunasea. They both look better in person that on the computer. I don't know what I will make with them, but I still wanted to have them.

I'm still working on my Snape socks. I've got the first one done and I've started working on #2. There are other projects that I want to do, but I'm not going to start them until Snape is totally done. The problem is that I am having is with my hands. They have been hurting real bad. They joints in my fingers mainly my right hand hurt. So I haven't been doing much knitting which SUCKS. I better stop typing so I can get back to knitting before they start hurting again....

Merry Christmas

2007-12-27T06:42:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Brian and I stayed home and had some friends over. We watched movies and eat all day long. The one cool thing was IT SNOWED! Ok it didn't stay around the minute it hit the ground it was gone, but I got to see snow on Christmas.

Ok Bev and Tammy here is a picture of me with my hat on. Brian had to join the picture so we both have our hats on. One thing I found out about Brian's hat it kind-of goes up into a point at the top. I must of pulled the yarn a little to tight. Oh well now I know what to do with my hat.

I received my package from Wool Girl with new yarn on Christmas Eve a Christmas present to me. I just forgot to take pictures of them. I got the Seahawks team color from Hazel Knits. That is already in queue to be knitted up. I don't have to have the pair done until September, but if I start now then I know I will have them done in time. I also bought some Mama Llama bamboo sock in Night. It is so soft.

I know I said that I would not start another pair of socks until after the first of the year. I lied. I did not want to start another hat and I just received my package from Sunshine yarns and Snape was there and it was calling my name. At first I cast on one pattern and it didn't show up very well so on to the next. I cast on for the Sedona from Lisa Dykstra from http://ayenforyarn.blogspot.com/. So far it is turning out ok. I made one mistake but I didn't frog it I just keep going .

new items

2007-12-23T20:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I received my packages from Sunshine Yarn. She had an update on the 18th at 0800 est and I was on the computer refreshing and refreshing until she put the new yarn on her etsy site. I bought two skeins of yarn the main one that I wanted was Snape. She only had two skeins so I wanted to make sure I was one of the lucky ones to get one and I was. The other skein that I bought was Welsh Green Dragon. I love that she has colour ways after the Harry Potter books.

I just casted on Snape. I'm doing the pattern Rhodie Gus Sock. The pattern can be found at http://throughtheloops.typepad.com/rhodie.pdf. I know I wasn't going to start another pair of socks until the new year, I just could not wait for another week. I just finished Brian's hat. I think it turned out ok. Brian put it on and wore it around the house and when we went to the grocery store he wore it and showed it off. It is a little pointy at the top. Other than that I think I did ok. My hands hurt now they are a tad stiff.

Packages

2007-12-19T16:48:00.000-08:00

My mail box was full today. I had 3 Packages waiting for me when I got home. First was my Dec Booty Club (the last one) sock yarn. The second one was my order from Knit Picks so I can start working on our hats and the last one was my sock blockers from Chappy.

I was waiting and waiting for my third package that I went on and started working on a different project. I went and finished some fingerless gloves. The Pattern I used was called Fetching by Cheryl Niamath. I used Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino which is 55% merino wool, 33% microfibre and 12% cashmere. I don't know what they call the color of this yarn sorry. I made one just a little longer then the other. That is what you get when you are watching TV and getting into the show.

Now that these are done I'm going to start working on a hat for Brian. I will keep you updated on my progress. I did a rough count on how may socks I knitted this year only 10 pairs and 3 Dobby socks. I thought I had knitted more, I will just have to do better next year.

New Year Day socks done

2007-12-17T15:02:00.000-08:00

I must of had nothing but time to do nothing but knit. I started the sock on 12/14 and I finished the sock today even the toe. Now I can work other projects until the first of the year. I don't think I can finished another pair before the fist of the year. Vacation is almost over and a wonderful head cold started to come on, on Saturday and I think it is finally here to stay awhile. Right now I'm having a problem breathing.

9-5

2007-12-15T07:42:00.000-08:00

I finished them yesterday morning. Brian and I stayed home for the first time on this vacation. The only time we left is when we went out to eat. I guess I need to go to the grocery store to buy some food.

I think the main reason that I was able to get it done was Brian and I went to Bellingham to visit his parents to an early Christmas on Wednesday. Then on Thursday I met Bev at Apple Yarns. We sat in there and knitted for about 4 hours. It was great just sitting, knitting, talking, and people watching. We both received many complements on our socks that we were working on.

I did do some shopping while I was there. I bought some yarn for the hats that I will be working on. Brian asked for me to knit him a hat so I went looking for a pattern and I found one. Its called the "Fake Isle Hat" is design by Amy King. I like the pattern that I bought yarn for me too. I went for bright color and from Brian's his is going to be more on the darker side. Now I have to wait for the order from Knit Picks to come for the needles. Yah !!!

I've started working on New Years Day sock #2. So off I go to get it finished before the new year.

Update on 9-5 sock

2007-12-09T18:08:00.000-08:00

9-5 sock was coming along until I hit a speed bump. Brian and I are on Vacation together and that mean I don't get too much time to knit. Today we started work on our guest bedroom / my craft room. I am going through some of my old hobbies getting rid of stuff to make more room for new hobbies. Yah right lets face it make room to hide sock yarn from Brian. We went and looked at cabinets and paint from my room. I saw a coco butter color that I like. I want a very soft color in there. He wants to get the room done with in a week. I don't think that will happen, he wouldn't be able to stay home and keep working on it. He will want to go out and look at different stores to shop.

Also another thing that is keeping me from knitting is I got my invite to Ravelry. For those who don't know what it is. Its a majorly cool website for knitters. I love looking through all the different patterns for socks. I already have found one that I want to do next. I also received patterns from Bev and I found some in there. We just have to see how many of them I can do in 2008. So stay tune and lets see how many I can knit next year.

My hat

2007-12-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

I finished my sock oops I mean my hat on Saturday at work. It took me two tries to get it done. There is one round that I hate. You've got to slip every other stitch to the cable and you have to remember if its in the front or the back. I would like to try it one more time. The yarn that I used was Rowan wool cotton in Tender. It is 50% merino wool and 50% cotton. It only took one ball of yarn and I bought two oh well.

I didn't get to try it out in the snow. I was working and by the time I was off it was more rain then snow. At work we were having a Fantasy Holiday. We had about 20 children that were either taken away or their parents were taken way from them. We gave them new coats, hats, and mittens. They were able to go onto a Boeing 757 tour the plane and sit in the cockpit. They all had a real good time. So when they were out on the plane, I sat at my desk and finished my hat.

Yesterday I started working on 9-5 sock #2.

Its Done

2007-11-28T06:42:00.000-08:00

I finished the New Year's Day sock yesterday. I can't believe that I finished it only in 11 days. That is fast for me. The sock pattern was easy to knit. It was an easy 10 row repeat. Before I knew it I was at the heel and then I was on the foot. Now I have to start a new sock or try again the hat. I may work on the sock at work and the hat here at home. That is if I get the chance to work on it at work.

Went Shopping

2007-11-26T05:42:00.000-08:00

It Finally came. I ordered from Socks that Rock back when I was on vacation earlier this month and it showed up on Saturday. Plus on Friday my Nov's Booty Club yarn came too. But the best part about this week is that I went up to see the In-Laws and I found a yarn store that is in walking distance (that is if I ever want to walk that far). The store was called Apple Yarn and they have Jitterbug and I had to buy, it was calling for me to take it home. The one with out the label is the Jitterbug I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the yarn.

Brian was in the mood yesterday to decorate for Christmas. Like us we don't have a Christmas tree so we went out and bought one. I wanted a Fiber Optic so we would not have to decorate it. So off to the mall we went. First to Sears nothing, then to Target. There was one we liked it wasn't a fiber optic but it looked nice. So then we decided to go to Walmart to see what they had and that is were we found it. So off to home we went to set it up. It looks pretty cool when the lights are off. Sorry the pic is dark, I will try later to get a better one mabye once there is presents under the tree.

I finished the 9 to 5 sock also when I was on vacation and started the New Year's Day sock in Socks that Rock Downpour. It has been knitting up fast. When I've actually worked on it . I was trying to knit the hat but I have had to frog it twice. The first time I was working the first round after the ribbing and that row is had you are slipping every other stitch to the cable needle and holding it either the front or the back. You got to actually think when you are doing it and not sit it down. Both times its been that row I've made mistakes.

Mavrick has been enjoying this time of year. We turn on the fire place more and he loves to sit in front of it for hours . Snowball would sit there to, but most times you would find her on my lap that is if the laptop is not sitting here first. I really think she hate the the laptop. It takes away from her time on my lap. I have the foot rest up and now she has taken to sitting on my legs. Oh well. Off to knit.

Magic Loop

2007-11-14T14:36:00.001-08:00

I finished my first Magic Loop Sock the other day. Yesterday I started working on the second sock to see if I remembered how to do all the steps before the last class on Saturday. This sock has gone together a lot easier than the first. I can't believe that I was intimidated by the magic loop. I can understand why we used worsted weight sock yarn, it knits up fast.

I've been also working on some baby booties. I first saw them on Yarn Pirates blog. I went to the book store looking Last-Minute Knitted gifts and they did not have it. So I went home and logged on to Amazon.com and bought the book. Then on Saturday before class I bought some Lorna's Lace Angel (70% Angora 30% ) in Yellowstone. This is another pattern that knits up fast.

I also found this pattern that I want to work on. It is out of Interweave Knit Holiday Gifts issue. The pattern is called Koolhaas Hats. It calls for 100% Yak yarn. I don't think so. There is no way Yak yarn is going on my head and I'm not going to buy it either. The good this is the yarn store recommended Rowan Wool Cotton in tender. They said that it should show off the cable in the design. The gauge is smaller then the yak yarn but all they said to do is to knit down. I have to first finish the magic loop sock so I can start working on the hat. My wish list is growing and growing. It has been nice having a vacation that I'm not going any where. I can stay home or go some where and also I can just sit on the coach watch movies and knit.

TGIF

2007-11-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

I finished my home work this afternoon. I can' t wait until tomorrow until class.We will be working or I should say we will be learning to do the gusset. I really want to try and do it on my own but I think I just might wait. I thinking about doing another pair in worsted weight, but the only thing different is not do the toe. That way I can paint my toes this winter but keep my feet warm.

I haven't be working on my 9 to 5 socks, but I have been working on Brian's sock #2. I'm almost done with it. It is getting real close to the toe so I treated myself this morning. Maybe I was a little weak, I did wake up at 0245 today. So I went to Socks that Rock and bought 4 skeins of yarn. I bought the Grinch which is now in my header. I can't wait until they come. I need to hurry and knit up the socks that are on my needles.

I also started getting my candles ready for Thanksgiving season. I made two pumpkin pies and one honeydew for a friend that loves the smell. On Monday I will be making more with the new scents that I bought in Iowa. Banana Nut Bread. At work right now I have Hot Butter Rum. That smells soooo good. It helps me to relax. Gotta go and work on Brian,s sock more, I've gotta have it done before the new sock yarn shows up or I'm in trouble!

Home work

2007-11-04T16:50:00.000-08:00

I started my knitting class yesterday at Renaissance Yarns on the Magic Loop Socks. I was scared at first not sure I would be able to do it. Basically all you've got to do is slide the back needle out to work on the front. In the begining the stitches would not stay where they need to be, but the longer it got it started to staying in place. Then it got easier I was happy that I got it. I was able to get 2 1/2" done in class. At the end of the 2 hour class she gave us home work to do and have it done by next Saturday's class. We've got to knit the heel flap and do the turn heel. I've started today working on the heel flap. You've got to do 6 set of a 4 repeat. It is a different heel flap then what I am use to knitting on my socks. Its not the straight K1, Sl1 and purl the next row. I'm looking forward to next weeks class where we are going to learn to do the gusset and I that has me a little scared.

Well I got back from Iowa on Friday. I did all my normal things like the candle store and playing bingo. I got some new scents but right now I can't think of what I bought. The only one coming to mind is Banana Nut Bread and I think some kind of berry smell. I also got to have Halloween with Jo. She was a cheerleader and I just showed my other side.

In Iowa

2007-10-26T15:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry no pictures on my socks. Right now I'm visiting my sisters in Iowa. I didn't bring Brian's sock with me, but before I got on the plane I was doing the gusset and half way done with that. I brought with me two different yarns and two different patterns to work on.

I started one called waving lace. I did the cuff and started working on the first set of waves. The cuff turned out great but the leg part I don't think I was doing it right. So I went on to the next. On this one its called 9 to 5. All I've gotten don is the cast on and two rounds. It's kind of hard to get knitting done here. We are either on the go or Kirsten Jo is around and I don't dare to knit with her here.

Here is a picture of Jo

Birthday Gift

2007-10-20T16:26:00.000-07:00

Brian and I made it up to Sumas for Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner. The best part about it besides the food was my birthday gift from Bev. She knitted me a pair of socks. Plus I got to pick

out of her stash which I choose Mama Llama Bamboo in Caves & Crystals and also DPNs from Knit Picks. I also got a bunch patterns.

I took the socks to work to show them off and I was asked to model them which I had no problem doing. I couldn't take them off they felt so good on the feet. My feet were warm all day long. When I got home had to take pictures of them to post so when I put them down Snowball just started rolling around in them.

I signed up for the Magic Loop Knitting Class today. I was the only one that has signed up and they need 3 people before they cancel it. So I hope between now and Novembe 3 people sign up.

Update on Brian's sock. Right now I am almost to the heel. This sock is moving fast. The only problem is that I am on the morning shift and I have a hard time coming home and knitting. I have other things that need to get done. There is a lot I need to do before 24Nov when I leave to go see Deb. Here is my socks that Bev made for me.

Yarn Pirate

2007-10-18T08:06:00.000-07:00

I received my October Yarn Pirate Booty. I like the color, I'm not sure what I will make with it but I will think of something. It also came with circular needles 24'' size 1 and 2.

I'm also going to try to get into a knitting class. The magic loop. This would be cool, that means knitting faster socks. Brian made one condition. I have to knit him a pair of socks before I buy any more yarn or take any more classes. So what am I going to start now Brian's sock. At least I have one already done. Now I just have to start #2. The yarn is thinker than most sock. But it is just straight knit round and round.

I finished Shelia's sock last night at work. It only took me 18 days to do it. Then again I didn't work on it for almost a week. That is because of the wonderful head cold Brian gave me for my birthday. Now she is going to have to wait until Christmas or birthday.

Keep those fingers knitting those socks.

I love my Husband

2007-10-16T08:36:00.000-07:00

Brian is so cool. I left my laptop at home so he could hook up the little printer, so I can add pictures. I did not not know that we had a cord to the camera to down load the pics. So last night he set it all up for me. I am so happy. Now I just have to figure out how to set up my blog on how I want it.

I received a email from Yarn Pirate that I will be getting my 1st shipment for this round is getting sent out today. So I hope to get it on Thursday. Then Bev and I can talk about it. I can't wait to see what she has bought.

I got the heel turn and the gusset done yesterday on Shelia #2. So now its on tho the foot.

This is Shelia sock #1. I hope she likes them. Kelley told me the colors to use. I thought she said bright yellow. But Kelley said her favorite color is purple. We will have to wait and see.

That is all for know until then keep knitting those socks.

Upset

2007-10-15T08:18:00.000-07:00

I can't seem to get anything to work. I can't find the software to make the Dazzler to work with Vista, I can't find the cord that would go from the little printer to the laptop, and Brian's jump drive I can't seem to get my pictures to go on it and then put them on the laptop. Maybe the only thing to do is to buy a new camera so I can get my pics on my laptop.

On to my knitting. I got done yesterday the heel turn and now I'm on the gusset. Yeah that means that I'm half way done. I didn't get any knitting done on Saturday, I tried to get my work done and Brian stop by and keep me company for a while. Then yesterday I was able to do some knitting. We will see how much we get done today

Brand New

2007-10-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

This is all new to me but I thought I would give this a try. Brian gave me this laptop for my birthday present, so now it is easier to get online and watch tv all at once.

I've just getting over my cold so I haven't been knitting very much. I'm still working on Shelia #2 sock. I'm about to start working on the heel. So I hope it wouldn't take me much longer to work on it. I have the night shift this week so I hope to be able to work on it a lot, depending on what they have waiting for me there.

The next sock I hope to work on is Brian's sock. I still have to find a pattern that I like and also works well with the yarn that I bought. Right now I have a gray and black variegated yarn. After that I'm not sure what I want to knit. I was thinking about doing a hat. I quess only time will tell.

I needed to get the dazzler set up so I will be able to down load pics to the computer so I can show off the sock that I am working on. That is it for now until then keep your hands busy knitting those socks