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.

No knitting today. I did knit but it was way too hot to knit much. More on that tommorrow.
For now I have a fish story.
We went out to the camp my in-laws rent every summer in Stetson, ME.
My husband and his uncle and nephew went out on the boat to go catch some big ones.

My SIL boyfriend went snorkling and caught this Bass. With the net. No hook nothing. Just net baby.

Cousing getting ready to clean the fishy.

And fishy #2 that SIL boyfriend caught with the net. Yup two with just a net and a snorkle.

Me holding fishy for cousin so he could take a picture of it. For those of you who dont' know me I am a petrified of fish. I don't know why I just am. Its not ick factor. I am scared of them the actual phobia is called Ichthyophobia. I don't think I 've gone that far but I am afraid of fish. I cannot put my hand in a tank with guppies in it, I cannot swim in water where I can see them (if I can't see them I'm ok), I can't go fishing. So hubby's out on boat, cousin wants pic, here Barbara hold it. Ugh the sad part is I would not have even done this for my husband I would have told him he was SOL but I don't know said cousin well enough to talk to him like that, I know said cousin does not like me, said cousin and hubby were very close until we got married, so I want said cousin to like me and to regain the closeness he had with hubby so what do I do. Touch a fish. I am so stupid and pathetic. I doubt it worked, I doubt he know what it cost me to touch that fish, I know he doesn't appreciate it, just laughs at me and thinks I'm princessy but I tried.

So knitting will resume tomorrow. I cannot touch my yarn until I am sure there is no fish stink on my hands. :-)

It came! It came!
My Hogwarts socks have arrived!!

The wonderful Kellie of Gryffindor!
She was soo great to me.

Wicked cute packaging!
This side saysK1, P2, K1, K2TOG, Read book seven, resume knitting, K1, P2, K1, K2TOG*

"Wingardium Leviosahhhh........."

What cute graphics!

And Ta da

Bloody Brilliant!
lovely Ravenclaw socks, awesome stitch markers, killer magic scissors, blood pops, jelly slugs, and a photo journal of the socks birth. All the places it traveled and things it saw. I am so lucky.
Thank you so much Kellie!!! You were so great to me!

Cast

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Here she is with her cast. She looks so cute. She gets around no problem on it. They told me she was a full Chihuahua but I don't think so. They said the mom was full and there was a male Chihuahua and a male pomerainian. I think the Pom was the daddy. But she is so cute and we love her anyway. She is only 3lbs right now so she won't be very big at all. I think the pink bunny is bigger LOL

New Family Member

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Here is the newest additon to our family. She is 12 weeks old and Kiki has decided to call her Pixie. The family she was living with had kids that got a little rough with her and she ended up with a broken leg. She will be fine and is doing ok, the cast can come off next week. She curled right up in Kiki's lap and went to sleep. They have become fast friends.

I'm a Second Year!!

Hogwarts Sock Swap Questionnaire
Second Years

1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into? Ravenclaw

2. Shoe size? 9 Foot length? 9 3/4 Foot circumference? 9 3/4

3. List your three favorite sock yarns.
a. Claudia’s
b. Blue Sky Alpaca
c. Tofoutsies
4. Would you like to try a new brand of sock yarn? If so, which brand? Anything different would be great. There are so many I know that I have not tried.

5. Do you prefer variegated or solid sock yarn? Sold or self striping I don’t like to many variegated yarns unless they are only one or two colors and not to tacky.

6. What colors would you like to add to your sock yarn stash? Wow. Plum’s, blood red, black and red mixed, chocolate brown.

7. What kind of sock patterns do you gravitate toward? Lace? Ribbed? Fair Isle? I love all patterns not to big on the Fair Isle socks tho.

8. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, animals, etc.) nope

9. Will your socks be exposed to cigarette smoke or animals as you knit them? Yes probably I have cats and someplaces I go put me around smokers

10. Are you willing to have an international Hogwarts Sock Pal? yes

I am so excited to be a second year I had so much fun with this, even tho I haven't heard anything from my pal of the first swap. I wonder. I am almost starting to think she forgot about me. BTW I loved the book. Now I have to wait for hubby to hurry up and read it so I can talk about it. UGH

I really want to spin. I figured I would try a drop spindle first.

Me+ drafting+spinning=major unccordination.
I cannot walk and chew gum. I am the biggest clutz ever.
I cannot do this. I have tried and tried and tried.
Maybe it's because I am trying to teach myself. Maybe I need a visual. I don't know. But I can't get it. I get all tangled and fumbly.
What should I do? Keep trying, find someone who can to teach me, or call it a loss?

the pile of what I attempted.

A close up of the best section.

The jumble. I dont' think for my first attempt it is all that bad. But I don't think I am doing it right. I think I am doing it my way for ease and convience and not properly. Some might say that's ok. Not me. I am a real stickler for following directions and doing the right way. Then once I have mastered that I have no issue adapting it to fit me. I was going to get a wheel and try my hand at that. With this being such a failure I really don't think I should. From what I've heard you need to master the drop before the wheel and if I can't do this how can I expect to do a wheel?
UGH!

We're home! We stopped over at the MIL and the kiddos enjoyed the pool.

These are the Hogwarts House color earring that hubby made for my hogwarts pal. Now I just have to get him to make me a pair.

Since I'm putting pics of my tats on Ravelry. I figured I would blog them as well.
So for anyone who cares here they are.

The little butterfly on my right foot. It has purple and white wings. This on is my most recent one. I would give birth without drugs before I would do this one again. This is the only one of my tats that hurt.

My tribal ankle band. This was my first tat and the heart on the other side is the very first one that was later made into this.

The lizard on my lower back. I love him his name is Herbie. I think I might have a cute sun put above him. He needs one.

The ankh on the base of my neck. I took a regular ankh in photo shop and bent it down to the heart this is what I got. I love this ultimate womanhood, motherhood, and all encompassing love.

Hopefully I will be able to find one I want of the girls names and get that one soon too.

My Hogwarts package will be leaving the owlery in the next day or two.

Here are some of the contents.

The entrelac socks of course.


A Decopaged trunk.
Inside that trunk...........

A Hufflepuff book scarf. Hufflepuff stitch markers, and matching earings.

The Ravenclaw scarf I made for me.

Here is a better picture of the stitch markers and the two up top are the matching earing. I cheated. Hubby actually made them for me since I had such issues with them. He is working on something else as well. If he finishes it tonight I will post it too.

Ohhhh I'm so excited!!