Happy Birthday Kiki!!
And Happy First Day of School!

Poor Baby it is her 6th birthday and her first day of 1st grade. She was happy and excited so ready to start "real" school.

All going in together. DJ starting 5th grade, Abby starting 2nd grade, and Kiki going into 1st.

Look what I gots. Spunky fiber in chocolate cherries.

Yummy!

This is my first half of spinning. Not too great. Not too bad. It is a little inconsistant. Thick in some spots and thin in others but. I'm happy with it. I like the off-ness. It is mine.

Here is batch 2. Much better. Much more consistant. Looks very pretty. Now, do I have to ply the two together? I don't really want to. Can I call it lace weight and do a pattern for the mountain scolf I have from Spunky as well? The original yarn she sent to me for the pattern looks similar to this one. Mine is a little thicker in some spots but overall it is similar. So can I just use this as a single? Is that allowed? Once it is all spun I know I have to set the twist? How do I do that? Just wash and block to dry pulling it tight? Oh well who cares. I spun and it looks good. LOL

Is it a bad sign when you take the kids out of the tub and the water looks like this? I felt the need to shower them as well afterward.

One finished Jaywalker down #2 on the needles

Here is the yarn I got for my Hogwarts sock swap 2 pal. Lovely isn't it. Can't give too much away since my pal knows who I am she might read my blog and I want some secrets.

I'm sorry I don't have much knitting content today.


I have been working on my ToFutsies Jaywalkers but it is slow I have been so busy I haven't had much time to knit lately. I have turned the heel on sock 1 and I am working down the foot, no progress shot as I left my camera at work and didn't take any lately anyway.

I haven't started my 2nd Hogwarts Swap sock yet for my Ravenclaw partner as I ordered the yarn but still have not gotten it. She did promise me it would ship today so hopefully I will will have it this week and can get working on them still not sure what pattern I'm going to do but I'm wierd that way I have to physically see and touch the yarn first

. It has been way too hot to work on Lil' Red Ridding Hoodie. I know I have to work on it now or I won't have it when it is colder but I'm kinda burned out and tired. Does anyone else get that way? I'm not burned out knit wise per say just in general. At night during my free time I just sit, and stare and don't have the energy to pick up the needles. Mostly because I set such odd standards for myself. Like If I start I have to do 6 pattern repeats and I can only end at certain points in the pattern (mostly so I keep it consistant and when I do pick it back up it is always in the same place pattern repeat wise and I know where I am immediately), but I have been so tired all I want to do is sleep. I sit on the couch at night and watch TV or a movie and I fall asleep, I go to my room and watch TV and I fall asleep, I read a book and I fall asleep. This is not me. I have run for the last 10 plus years on 4 hours a night. I have always done this and they do say that everyone requires different amounts of sleep and some can do it on a lot less. That's me after 4 hours I never felt sleep deprived, It felt like pleanty. But the odd thing is I get about 6-8 hours a night consistantly lately and I am still exhausted. Like I said this is so not me I am always moving, doing something, can't waste time eating and sleeping, there's so much else I can do. So what's wrong with me? Is it just catching up to me? Am I just *gasp* getting old? Should I be worried there is a medical issue? Or is just that hubby is so lifeless and I'm tired of fighting with him to just move let alone anything else that it is wearing on me?

I'm having serious issues and no one to talk to so anyone who happens to come across this blog gets the brunt of it. I'm sorry. It's just that yesterday I was so close to actually commiting murder. REally I am not joking if I had had a weapon I think I could've killed him. I'm tired of doing it all mysel and if I am going to do it all myself, then damnit I will but I will have one less person to worry about. It's not like he's a mean, jerk (ok sometimes he is) but I'm not saying I'm ready to kick him out. I'm just tired. I've tried everything I can think of to get thru to him that I need help, and if he's not willing to help, at least don't leave another mess that he made for me to clean up as well. I don't mind taking care of the kids, and meals, and the house, but when I do that and then come into the living room and he and the kids have trashed it I want to scream. Then when I ask for help I get Yup and he sits there, and sits there, after I've had enough, and I start to just do it myself he starts yelling at me, I was going to do that you didnt' give me enough time, Your doing it wrong, Your wasting time, yadayadayada. Then he gets pissy with me. Granted I know I am bad. I know when I want something I want it now. I'm doing it now I asked for help now not 3 hours from now. But I do not want to nag I am not that way. I ask once. I give him as much time as I can stand and then I just do it. Then he gets mad at me and takes it out on me and makes me feel like shit. So now I just figure it's not worth the fight and I just do it all and let him sit on his ASS after all he works and deserves to enjoy his day off right? For the most part this does not bother me. I want it done and I want it done my way so I just do it. No big deal. But I work, I do have a job, yes it's not too bad of a job, but I take the kids to work with me, then I come home, I clean, I go to the next room and clean, then go back to the first room and clean again, then do dinner, clean dinner, clean first two rooms again, do bath, clean bathroom, clean first two rooms, again and put the kids to bed. So come the weekend when I don't have to "go" to my job I still clean and entertain all the neighborhood kids all weekend. So why does he get to go fishing (oh its too windy your not going fishing today) sleep til 1 o'clock in the afternoon and then sit in the recliner all day, and get mad if I ask for help.

Ok this is how my day went yesterday just to give you an example.
Got woken up at 8 am to phone to tell hubby fishing is off too windy
Baby hears talking wakes up
get up with baby
bake muffins
others kids get up (mine, his neice, and nephew spent the night too)
give breakfast,
clean living room where they all camped out
clean kitchen
do load of laundry
clean girls room and start rearranging the furniture
take out old dresser
bring in new dresser
try to run cable to new TV in their room
can't get it
11 am go to hubby in bed ask for help (Ok I'll get it be up in a min)
Go make lunch for kids
clean living room again
clean kitchen again
give up on cable, do more laundry
shampoo rug girls room
clean living room again
shampoo rug
mop kitchen
It's 1 pm are getting out of that f&*$king bed today?
Do more laundry
make kids beds
clean living room again, clean bunny cage
go out and clean up yard
give kids snack
clean kitchen
put together new bookcase for living room
clean living room, clean cat box
do more laundry
send neice and nephew home
"Can you help me with getting the cable to the girls room?" sure
he putters around outside for about 2 hours and then say's where are my tools. I have to go get them
comes back putters around for another 2 hours and says he can't find the cable, he can't do it.
All this time I'm rearranging my living room for the new bookcase.
Ok the hell with the cable just set up the TV and the PS2 and we're good for tonight.
7 pm him"what's for dinner"
Me "whatever you find figure it out"
him "what are you making the kids?"
me "I'm not you figure something out I'm taking a shower"
Shower, come back out and I could not see my living room floor I kid you not
There were toys everywhere, a whole bag of cheese curls and god only knows what else all over the floor.
So I just look at him
him "What?" nastily
me I just walk away, come on girls tubby time
him "what the f&%$kever"
Me "yup that's about it"
tubby girls
clean living room
10 pm sit down to watch Ice Road Truckers
finish ice road truckers, no knitting either I was exhausted
Tell him clean up the kitchen
Go to bed to read
fall asleep
him waking me up at 1 am "what are you doing dinner hasn't been put away yet"
me " and your hands aren't broken yet clean up and put it in containers"
him "what the f*&^k I have to do everything"
Me "yup you do it all and I've just sat on my ass all day could you please put dinner away for me?"
Roll over and go back to sleep, he came in around 3 am or so.

So I ask you how am I supposed to stay sane. Usually it doesn't bother me I have accepted this is the way life is but everyonce in a while I break and I can't take it anymore. I really have hit the end. I mean I would do it all anyway so what's the difference, right? But the attitude and the bullshit aren't worth it. I know when I hit the point that all I want to do is hole up in my bedroom alone, then there is a problem. But it must just be me. I don't know. I got up this morning went to work, came home, and instead of doing things I know I need to do I think I'm going to take a nap. Maybe later tonight I will feel like knitting.

Again I am sorry to anyone who reads this I know no one wants to read shit like this, but I had to let it out, it has been eating at me for sometime now. Thank You.

Six Degrees of Draco Malfoy Contest

OK here goes

1.Arabella Figg-watched Harry for the Dursley's

2.The Dursley's-Harry's Muggle Aunt and Uncle

3.Harry Potter-son of James Potter

4. James Potter bestfriend to Sirius Black

5.Sirius Black-Cousin to Narssica Malfoy

6.Narssicia Malfoy-mother to Draco Malfoy

Ok the contest is over. First off thank you all so much for the wonderful patterns they were all so great. Kiki had a hard time deciding which one she liked the best. I definitely see quite a few of these in my future. As much as we loved them all we do have to pick just one to get the Ravelry invite. So here goes.........................




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Little miss Kiki decided that out of all the ones submitted...........................




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Congratulations to Cassandra Black (aka Tammy) email me at (yarngoddess AT roadrunner DOT com) and I will forward the invite to you.

Kiki loved the Fawkes pattern as she loved the colors and she loves Harry potter. Thank you I had not seen this one before so I definitely will have to try it. Thanks to all of you who entered if I had enough invites all of you would get one. We loved all the patterns we saw and were so happy people actually participated. Thank you all again!!! And congratulations Tammy!

Hey all who read this I got an extra Ravelry invite by accident. I am going to hold a contest to see who gets it. Here it goes.

I'm bored with the same old sock patterns. I want you guys to leave me a comment with the most interesting sock pattern that you know of. I will look at all of them and let little miss Kiki decide which one she thinks is the most interesting. The one she picks will be the winner of the Ravelry invite that I have up for grabs. You have until 9:00 am Saturday the 18th to submit the pattern you think is the most interesting.

Tell anyone you know who has been waiting for an invite and we will see who the lucky winner is.

tofutsies jaywalker
Originally uploaded by yarngoddessme13

So here are my ToFutsie Jaywalkers. I was not really a fan of this pattern when it first came out and started it's craze on-line. It's nice and it looked good and I knew it wasn't hard to do but I just don't generally like variegated yarns. So I found this colorway of the ToFutsies in my stash, didn't know what to do with it. I was looking on my Ravelry and saw some Jaywalkers in different ToFutsie colors. I figured what the hell lets try. Lemme tall ya. I love it. I love the way the colors look, I love the pattern it is easy works up superfast and looks good. It is a little snug tho. I tried it on and I had to really fight to get it up over my heel and on my leg but once I did It is ok and I think a little fight is worth getting it on. I can't wait to see the whole sock done and try it on. Now I have at least 4 other pairs in mind to do this pattern on. No wonder there was such a craze about it. I have been converted.

simply lovely lace socks
Originally uploaded by yarngoddessme13

So here is the result of my mangled Simply lovely lace socks from spring 2006 Ik I got so pissed that the pattern got ruined so I started on the toe (after incorrectly measuring the foot and thinking it was long enough) I just winged it and did the standard toe decreases and figured all would be ok. I got a copy of the mag from a friend and realized that my toe wasn't too off so I was good. Then I tried to put it on and it is about 3 inches too short in the foot. Ugh. Well they fit the 6 year old kid so they will be hers. At least I can make the mate not that I want to now but oh well.

Here are my finished sockapalooza socks. I have been having computer issues so I wasn't able to blog them before this. It is an open eyelet rib pattern, claudia's handpainted in John B colorway. I like the way they came out but not too fond of the differences in the two socks. I hope my pal doesn't mind them. They have been mailed so we will see what she thinks soon.



Little miss thing got a hold of my Spring 2006 IK and chewed on it( see ink on face) I'm not kidding that is ink from her eating the magazine. She ripped most of the mag up, I was like ok whatever until I got to my simply lovely lace socks pattern, which I have on the needles right now. I am at the toe of sock #1 and don't know what to do. I put a post up on Ravelry to see if anyone could help me out with a clean copy of the pattern and I got bitched at for trying to infringe on copyright. I called everyone I know and no one had that issues, they had the one before and the one after but not the Spring one. So I was about a millimeter from ripping and doing a different pattern when a kind soul offered to lend me her copy of the mag once she finds it so I can finish my socks. So to anyone reading this I am sorry if I offened you in anyway by asking for a copy or trying to infring on copyright. I did email the copyright office and they told me it was OK that if a work is published in collective work, i.e. magazine, that has to be purchased, that the owner of said mag is allowed to copy and use or share as long as it is not for profit or commercial use. At that point it is public and fair use. Same as me going to the library and making a copy of an article they have in a magazine there to use. Or the same as my printing off 3 copies of a knitty.com pattern to give to someone who doesn't have a computer. So I figured all was ok posted my message and of course everyone knows better and had issues with it. So I am sorry, I am going to finsh my sock, and I am borrowing a copy of someone's mag to do so, not a photocopy but the actual purchased copy and I will return it to said owner hopefully free or drool. :-) As soon as my home comp (I'm at work) is over the uploading issue I will put a pic of what I have so far up. Dummy me didn't take a pic of the wet ripped mag as hubby was "watching" the children and didn't see the baby eating my patterns, until it was too late to save so he tried to clean the mess up before I got home and there was no evidence. I did get some of the pattern and tried to tape it up but I was still missing the last page with the toe and the chart on it. Once this is done I'm making the brat a pair of these socks :-)

Here are my Sockapalooza socks. I had the best pal ever just look and see




Aren't they beautiful? Thanks so much Jennifer. I love them

the sock are beautiful. They fit so well. Thank you again!

Remember my spinning issues? It was awful, trust me.

So the wonderful Shannon of Spinsanity Spindles took pity on me and said maybe it's your spindle. Let me send you a better one. And she did and I love it and I think it worked. I think I got it.

Here is my lovely lizard spindle. It is too cute. Perfect for me.

Here is the fiber she sent with it. Thankfully she had it started. I watched some Youtube videos on spinning and I think I got it.
Here is my attempt with the new spindle. Not to bad, Huh?

Another shot.

A stranded shot. I think I did pretty well. I am happy. It looks pretty good, and I love my new spindle. Maybe that's all it was was the spindle I was using. Now below the strand is a bag of alpaca that I had that I was originally trying on the Ashford spindle. Now I am going to attempt to spin the alpaca on the new spindle so far so good. Yeah ME! Yeah Shannon. You are the bomb. YOU ROCK!!!!! Thank you again.