"This is my chocolate!"

I got to go to the NETA 2008 Spa knit and spin weekend yesterday.
I have been wanting to go forever but I hate going alone and I don't have anyone I know who is as into knitting and spinning as I am. Since it was in Freeport this year I managed to convince my SIL to go with me as long as she could hit the shops. She was a real trooper about it too. She walked around with me. She ohhed and ahhed with me and pretended to be excited and love looking at all the fibery and yarny goodness. My payment to her. A trip to the Chocolate Factory. No Problem. As I told her while we were discussing this and walking around looking at all the merchants "This is my chocolate!" I had a blast. There were so many cool things to do and see. There were so many nice people to talk to. I got to meet THE Spunky Ecclectic. I got to meet Dave from The Merlin Tree. I got some more spunky fiber and I got some great Icelandic from a shop in Limerick Maine Frelsi Farmsthat is so cool. She had pictures of the animals the wool came from. I love that it is just so personal. And she was so super nice and helpful too. I brought more home but for right now you will have to wait for the unveiling (not that anyone really reads this anyway).

As for knitting I sent my hat of death off and I got the hat of death. I loved my hat. I did all black Lamb's pride binary cables and I was so pretty. I got a blue and green one. It was very pretty and looked so nice, but what are my two least favorite colors? That's right green and blue. I don't mind, Kiki loves the hat and it looks so cute on her. It just seems that everytime I join something like this I get green stuff. Oh well the risks we take right? It's not that big a deal and everything has always been so pretty, just not me. Good thing the kids aren't picky right now. Oddly enough some of the roving I got from spunky at spa was called swamp monster and was shades of green. I loved it and mostly my SIL loved it so I got it to spin and make her something out of to show my appreciation for going with me. I am also working on finishing my flip-top mittens, I am amking a pair of fingerless mits for friend to wear at work. And I have some lovely seacoast yarns bamboo that will be socks shortly. OK enought for now especially since I don't have any pictures to add as my desktop still not working well.

SPA rocked, I had a nice relaxing day with no hubby, no kids, no mom bitching at me, and it was my heaven and it was my chocolate!

Aren't they just too cute for words?

I spent all day saturday freezing my but off to see Hillary she was up here at UMO. It was worth it. It was interesting I've never gone to a rally before and I was kinda cool. My Hat Attack hat got delayed because of it but hopefully I can catch up before I get killed.

My socks of death have arrived. I got them friday. I guess if I had to go there is no better way. These are so pretty and so comfy. Thanks again to my assassin as I do love them.

My almost sock of death on its way to my assassin to finish and mail out. This was Yarn for Sox on size 5's. While nice and pretty and possibly after washing will soften up they are not comfy. Best of luck to you!

Will this snow ever end?

Don't get me wrong I love the snow (to some extent) and I don't mind it for the most part, but this year we got it earlier then unusal and it just won't stop. It is snowing again today and quite heavy too. We are all sick. The baby got bronchitis and sinusitis the beginning of January and she did good with her meds and was better in a week. About 2 weeks ago she got it again. While we were fighting that the older one comes home from school coughing. Last Friday I woke up feeling horrible. My thoat hurt, my body ached, and I was all snotty. We are all still fighting this for the past week once we get home we just lay around. I kept the older one home from school monday and she was better. Last night she wasn't eating, drinking, nothing. All she wanted to do was sleep and she had a fever. Baby had a fever, mommy had a fever, and daddy had a fever. Obviously we just keep passing it around to each other no matter how hard I try to keep the germs at bay. Ugh! Right now daddy is home in bed sleeping it's almost 11am. Do I get to stay in bed and rest? Nope, everyday I'm up at 6 with the kids and go all day long. He had yesterday and today off from work and he'll sleep all day both days. It's no wonder I can't get better. 4 hours of sleep a day just aint' doing it anymore I guess. Any way knitting.

I have been working on occasion when I can focus and willingly hold my head up. Battle of the Soxes started midnight friday. I have sock #1 done and sock # 2 halfway done. My goal is to have them in the mail by friday at the latest. As I start Hat Attack on friday. Stupid you say? Well I wasn't sick when I signed up for them. I could do it no problem. I started sock #1 saturday and worked on it off and on and sunday it was done. It is now Wednesday and sock 2 is only half way (which makes me mad they should have been mailed by now) but I can only do so much being ill. Thankfully the pattern is a great one from the wonderful Spunky Eclectic and it doesn't take too much thought to work on it.

Wow is that all I've done?
Lets see my last blog was Jan 11. I went to NJ on the 17th and was home on the 21st. I worked on my fingerless mits while there and once back. I've been working, cleaning, being sick, and going to a funeral. I did have to go up to Houlton for the funeral and was able to stop in Carol's Country Yarns and got some great stuff. I'm at work right now so I don't have any pictures and can't remember all the names of what I bought but It was some great stuff. I will update later tonight with it all.

Kntting content:

Ok so I have been knitting I just don't have any pictures to upload right now. So here is the run down. for what I did in december.
1. Red ridding hoodie ( working on zipper band all else is done)
2. A pair of flip top mittens for hubby (cascade 220)
3. A pair of flip top mittens for step-dad ( lambs pride worsted)
4. A pair of Kolenya's for SIL (Noro silk garden)
5. A pair of flip top mittens for BIL (Peace Fleece)
6. A pair of flip top mittens for me (Lamb's pride worsted)
7. A stretchy headband i-pod holder for me (can't remember what yarn)
8. River rapids socks (razzytazzy knits on etsy)
This is a blanket my mom made for my cousins baby that was born on the 8th. She made the first one of these when she was pregnant with me. I still have mine too! She makes one for everyone who has a baby and they are great. This one was lovely and so soft. Guess what happened to it.


About and hour after I took this pic I was uploading them to my mom's computer and lo and behold the baby found a bottle of red nail polish. Need I say more? Yup we were not happy. All over her, the rug, and the blanket. I took the blanket home and used Q-tips and nail polish remover and got almost all of it off. I washed it up 3 times with dreft and it looked good as new. I was afraid the remover would ruin or eat thru the yarn but since it was lion-brand it held up really well. Thankfully! So that had been the last month in a nutshell. I am going to NJ next week and once I get the mittens done we will see what to do from there.

Aren't they cute?

Wow it's been a while. So much has happened. Let see my van got hit by an oil truck. It was parked in the driveway across from my mom's house and the truck tried to go up the hill and slid back into my van. Pushed it about 10 feet to the side, busted out the back windows, dented the back door and side and broke the tail light. OK not so bad could've been worse. At least we werent' in it so its ok. The oil company settled with me and I got the van fixed and all is good. That didn't happen until about the 21st of December tho and he hit me one the 4th of Dec. So that slowed down all my plans and hoilday stuff but ok we worked around it. No big deal. Christmas!

The girls had a blast. They got way too much crap and they were so good. Hams to can't you tell?

I know it is so unfair of me to do stuff like this to my dog but how cute is she?

We got so much snow! There is like 4 feet laying around as we got hit with 4 separate storms that gave us at least a foot each. Last year Lana was petrified of the snow see previous post. This year she loves it! Yea! We went sledding and played and had a blast. Now she has bronchitis LOL

See sometimes they do love each other and aren't trying to kill the other. Must be Tom and Jerry they love these old cartoons. Whatever works for a few minutes fo peace right?

What have I been up to?


Not too much. I've been so sick with a sinus infection I haven't been able to do much of anything. It started out small. I ignored it and it got real bad. By the time i finally went to the Dr's it was bad and i had to go thru 3 rounds of anti's. I'm still not too great now. I've been too ill or too loopy to do much. Plus I ended up with a concusion from being hit on the head with a hammer. I was trying to take it away from Lana and she swung and got me. So knitting hasn't really happend around here as I've had a hard time seeing straight and just felt icky in general.

I am in the middle of clue 5 of SOTS. 7 is out. I tried so hard to not get behind but with being loopy I haven't dared to knit on it as i know I would mess it up and it wasn't worth it to risk having to frog.

Halloween was fun. My Kiki ghost and my Lana super baby.
I have done some mindless knitting as of late. Nothing extrodinary but some.

I made Kiki a pair of mitten. This was some lamb's pride worsted I had stashed and I just made a basic mitten for her.

My Lil' Red Ridding Hood has 2 sleeves, they are sewn and attached and I have picked up all the stitches to start the hood but that's about all the further I've gotten.

I know Lana is modeling the hat but it is one I made for Kiki. This was the Spunky BFL in Tahiti, I think, that I spun and knit a hat up for her with. I'm so happy this is the first actual knit project from my spinning and if I do say so myself it looks pretty damn good. LOL. I really love how it almost stripped and the dark is mostly at the bottom and it got lighter towards the top. I took the last 2 stitches on the 3 needles and makde some short i-cord and just attached loops to the top of the hat. Right now it has a rolled edge but later on I did an attached i-cord edge to tie it all in and keep it from rolling.

See all the hand print turkey's in the background. We made 22 of them. One handprint from each kid and finger painted bodies. 22 of them. Why 22 you ask. Well these will be used a place cards for Thanksgiving dinner. Thats right for 22 people. My head hurts worse thinking about that. I am making dinner for 22 people. Everyone is pitching in yes. But I'm doing the turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, and two pies. for 22 people. Yup I'm nuts. I also bought a big bottle of SoCo to go with dinner. :-) Wish me luck.

I'm off to try to get the baby to sleep and try to finish off clue 5 so I can start six one day soon.

I just loved this apple picking picture.

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Dada, dada, dada, BatBaby!

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My very first ever carved pumpkin

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My pirate ship carved pumpkin.

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I thought this would be a lot harder then it actually was. I'm surprised with myself that I was able to do these and they look good.

Happy 2nd Birthday Baby!

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We didn't do a formal Build-a-Bear party like with did for sissy but we took them to go have some fun with us.

Daddy made her cake.

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Blowing out her candles

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Her batmobile

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Secret of the Stole Progress

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Here are the progression photos so far on my stole swatch, hint 1, hint 2.

hint 1 completed

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hint 2 completed

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Completed hint 2. I had to burn bamboo on this one. I sat down friday night to try and finish it I was on row 117 and made it up to 168 from 9pm to 1 am. It had to be done by 12 am CST so i just made it in time. I have hint 3 and am starting that tonight. I love the KAL aspect of this. I have tried to do lace several time and didn't stick with it but having the contests and race feeling is keeping me interested and going on this so this might be my first finished lace. We'll see. I do love the pattern, color and texture so I'm sure I will push myself to do this one.

Kiki getting ready to make me a surprise

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Daddy helping Kiki cut the wood for my surprise

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I love this daddy and Kiki cut the wood. I painted it with my lizards and a Godsmack sun and it is so pretty and personalized. I'm so happy.

Thank You Daddy

Thank You Kiki