Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts
Friday, November 23, 2012
Super Sale and Can Knitting and Crocheting Burn Out be Far Behind?
OMG how much knitting and crocheting can one person do? Me thinks it might be time for a change in creative outlets. But I still have miles and miles of yarn and crochet thread. I guess I'll keep going until the first of the year and then decide. Here are a few things I have finished lately that are now for sale in my Artfire shop. (You DO NOT have to join Artfire to buy items there...just sayin) Oh and BTW I have a Coupon Sale going on there....Just enter DANCESWITHPITBULLS at checkout for a whopping 40% off!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012 Please Be Kind
Yeah it was a long hard year. I'm hoping 2012 is kinder, gentler. At least I got some awesome knitting done these past few days.
I had a friend tell me not to buy yarn as she has a BIG container full....yay!
More good news. I got a library card yesterday. Let the borrowing begin.
I had a friend tell me not to buy yarn as she has a BIG container full....yay!
More good news. I got a library card yesterday. Let the borrowing begin.
Friday, August 26, 2011
RIP Knitter's KOve (or why I had a Yarn Fail) 204/365
I had a yarn fail due to the fact my LYS, Knitter's Kove, is closing for good tomorrow. 60% off. I couldn't help it.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Robin Hood Coincidence 201/365
Oh those lovely coincidences. I get such a thrill when it happens.
Today I present for you "The Robin Hood Coincidence". It happened at the old Penrose Hospital which is now an Urgent Care facility. Dakota had a boil that needed lanced (gross!) and his regular doctors couldn't fit him in so after a two hour search we landed at this place.
I was looking at a magazine in between rows of knitting and found this:
Ahhhhhhh Russel Crowe as Robin Hood, my very fav movie at the moment. I even bought it, something I rarely do.
So what's the coincidence you may ask?
I was knitting with yarn from NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND!!!! I kid you not. My friend, Jaine, who lives there now, sent it to me a few months back.
Here's the shawl at the Tea house for the Steampunk meeting a couple of weeks ago.
Jaine insists that Robin Hood is a myth. We all know better don't we? (Wow, I think I've said that before)
This is the yarn (and candy) as it came to me. I am making Elizabeth Zimmerman's Pi Shawl. (Note, my shawl is not round and it's not lace. I got my pattern from an old Vogue knitting mag.)
Today I present for you "The Robin Hood Coincidence". It happened at the old Penrose Hospital which is now an Urgent Care facility. Dakota had a boil that needed lanced (gross!) and his regular doctors couldn't fit him in so after a two hour search we landed at this place.
I was looking at a magazine in between rows of knitting and found this:
Ahhhhhhh Russel Crowe as Robin Hood, my very fav movie at the moment. I even bought it, something I rarely do.
So what's the coincidence you may ask?
I was knitting with yarn from NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND!!!! I kid you not. My friend, Jaine, who lives there now, sent it to me a few months back.
Jaine insists that Robin Hood is a myth. We all know better don't we? (Wow, I think I've said that before)
This is the yarn (and candy) as it came to me. I am making Elizabeth Zimmerman's Pi Shawl. (Note, my shawl is not round and it's not lace. I got my pattern from an old Vogue knitting mag.)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
So Totally NOT My Fault! 158/365
I got a package from England...it had homeopathic allergy meds, candy and YARN!!!! Gifts from out of country of yarn will always be cheerfully accepted.... thank you very much Jaine!
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Tell Tale Heart Shawl (& don't worry be happy) 134/365
Erin hand dyed this yarn. It's yummy. I used size 8 needles even though it's a sock yarn. I like how it turned out.
For those of you stressing about the so called end of the world tomorrow...please consider Jesus' words at
Matthew 24:36 - "Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father."
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
More Than One Way to Skin a Cat 133/365
If you can't knit it up, give it away!
Stick update. It wasn't just a treasury that got us noticed, we were actually FEATURED in an Etsy Finds email! We got like 800 hits on our custom made walking sticks in 24 hours. Whoa!
Stick update. It wasn't just a treasury that got us noticed, we were actually FEATURED in an Etsy Finds email! We got like 800 hits on our custom made walking sticks in 24 hours. Whoa!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Hanging with Erin 103/365
I got to hang with Erin today. She owns a business called The Asylum for Wayward Yarn. Yes, I added a little bit of her yummy yarn to my stash but it wasn't a purchase....it was a gift I couldn't refuse!
We had to go down to the school for a little bit...notice our name tags LOL!
We had to go down to the school for a little bit...notice our name tags LOL!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Downsizing the Yarn Box and Dreaming of Spring 76/365
I got tired of moving the massive box of yarn around in my studio so I picked some colors I needed and put the rest away in a big suitcase Dakota emptied and left sitting in the living room when the demon child, Dalton, moved in. Now I can maneuver slightly.
Oh it's soooooooooo nice out! I watered and cut down some dead stuff and cleaned up some leaves. I saw a little green here and there. I hope my columbines come back and the clematis and the new rose bush. I meant to water more but I kept believing the weatherman when he said we'd get the snow. I think our total for this winter has been a whopping 16 flakes.
Here's a reminder of some of the flowers out front last summer
Oh it's soooooooooo nice out! I watered and cut down some dead stuff and cleaned up some leaves. I saw a little green here and there. I hope my columbines come back and the clematis and the new rose bush. I meant to water more but I kept believing the weatherman when he said we'd get the snow. I think our total for this winter has been a whopping 16 flakes.
Here's a reminder of some of the flowers out front last summer
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Defending My Choices 61/365
Something happened to me Monday that has been bothering me. Maybe the simple act of posting it to the world will help me get over it (or make it worse...hmmmm, no worries, this too shall pass)
A friend called me about 3 PM and asked me to go down to Knitter's Kove with her. Same friend who had me go there with her last Friday to get yarn for two projects she wants me to do because in her own words "I'm not knitting now". Same friend who in December begged me to teach her to knit socks and hats but then backed out. Same friend who I know I told about this challenge on more than one occasion.
When I got into her car I showed her the hat I finished and gushed about not having any yarn left from it. Then I told her the yarn for the shrug was yummy and when I started buying yarn again I was definitely going to get some.
Her: "What do you mean when you start buying yarn again? Why aren't you buying yarn?"
Me: "I'm doing that challenge where I am using up my stash of yarn, fabric and beads." (In my mind I'm saying OMG I JUST EXPLAINED THIS FRIDAY )
Her: Silence
A minute later she asked me about fingerless gloves. I told her I had a nice easy pattern that you could work flat I would give her. Me being the non-confrontational kind of person who I am, did not bring up the statement "I'm not knitting now" nor the fact that I had told her about my challenge.
We arrived at the store. She wanted cotton for dishcloths and I pointed her to the crib full of it by the front door. I took the hat I just finished from a skein of yarn said friend bought here Friday (see the post a few ago for that) to show whoever was working. New girl, didn't know her, so I explained about the friend buying the yarn and my own personal challenge of NOT buying yarn for a year or until my stash was gone.
Friend comes up with arms full of cotton yarn and tells me she needs needles. You know why she needs needles? Because last year when she quit knitting she gave me all her needles. I would give them back if she asked. I would offer to giver her a whole damn set of every size ever made in a custom knitting needle roll if I thought she would stick with knitting. All this goes through my head in a matter of seconds. I have a feeling my gift would be futile so I show her where the needles are.
Now she asks salesgirl for a fingerless glove pattern. Uhmmmm didn't I just five minutes ago say I had an easy pattern I would give her?
Salesgirl shows her a pattern you get for free with yarn purchase. It's worked in the round with size 7 double points. She copped out on the sock and hat lessons and has no double point needles except size 10 1/2 that I bought her to do the hat. I say nothing.
Now the really disturbing part.
She asked "Aren't you going to buy yarn?"
Picture me.... with.... Deer in the headlight look.
Me: "No I'm not buying yarn for year, remember?"
Her: "What? Why? Why would you do that?" (Sincere look of concern on her face)
Me: "Because I have enough yarn to last for three years and I made a public challenge to not buy more until it's gone or Jan 1, 2012 whichever comes first" I look to the clerk and add "I'm blogging about it everyday" She nods in total disbelief also.
Friend: "Can I buy you some yarn?"
Me: "No"
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because I'm not adding to my stash I am trying to use it up"
She's now looking at me like I just told her I have terminal cancer, I kid you not. I'm thinking "Do you EVER listen to anything I say? I have been talking about this for months, and I JUST TOLD YOU IN YOUR CAR ON THE WAY HERE ABOUT IT, AGAIN, FOR ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME" But because I am non confrontational, as I said before, I say nothing.
I'm still shook up. It was the look on her face. I should have taken a picture. She was truly concerned about it like I was dying. It's a freaking personal challenge!!! I am not crazy!!!!! I will prevail!!! I have yarn!!! I will not die from NOT buying more!!!!
It's like talking to these teenagers in my house. All they hear is blah,blah,blah.
This is most of my sock yarn. I am counting at least eight pairs of socks in there. I am guessing I couldn't knit that many socks in 10 months if someone held a gun to my head.
A friend called me about 3 PM and asked me to go down to Knitter's Kove with her. Same friend who had me go there with her last Friday to get yarn for two projects she wants me to do because in her own words "I'm not knitting now". Same friend who in December begged me to teach her to knit socks and hats but then backed out. Same friend who I know I told about this challenge on more than one occasion.
When I got into her car I showed her the hat I finished and gushed about not having any yarn left from it. Then I told her the yarn for the shrug was yummy and when I started buying yarn again I was definitely going to get some.
Her: "What do you mean when you start buying yarn again? Why aren't you buying yarn?"
Me: "I'm doing that challenge where I am using up my stash of yarn, fabric and beads." (In my mind I'm saying OMG I JUST EXPLAINED THIS FRIDAY )
Her: Silence
A minute later she asked me about fingerless gloves. I told her I had a nice easy pattern that you could work flat I would give her. Me being the non-confrontational kind of person who I am, did not bring up the statement "I'm not knitting now" nor the fact that I had told her about my challenge.
We arrived at the store. She wanted cotton for dishcloths and I pointed her to the crib full of it by the front door. I took the hat I just finished from a skein of yarn said friend bought here Friday (see the post a few ago for that) to show whoever was working. New girl, didn't know her, so I explained about the friend buying the yarn and my own personal challenge of NOT buying yarn for a year or until my stash was gone.
Friend comes up with arms full of cotton yarn and tells me she needs needles. You know why she needs needles? Because last year when she quit knitting she gave me all her needles. I would give them back if she asked. I would offer to giver her a whole damn set of every size ever made in a custom knitting needle roll if I thought she would stick with knitting. All this goes through my head in a matter of seconds. I have a feeling my gift would be futile so I show her where the needles are.
Now she asks salesgirl for a fingerless glove pattern. Uhmmmm didn't I just five minutes ago say I had an easy pattern I would give her?
Salesgirl shows her a pattern you get for free with yarn purchase. It's worked in the round with size 7 double points. She copped out on the sock and hat lessons and has no double point needles except size 10 1/2 that I bought her to do the hat. I say nothing.
Now the really disturbing part.
She asked "Aren't you going to buy yarn?"
Picture me.... with.... Deer in the headlight look.
Me: "No I'm not buying yarn for year, remember?"
Her: "What? Why? Why would you do that?" (Sincere look of concern on her face)
Me: "Because I have enough yarn to last for three years and I made a public challenge to not buy more until it's gone or Jan 1, 2012 whichever comes first" I look to the clerk and add "I'm blogging about it everyday" She nods in total disbelief also.
Friend: "Can I buy you some yarn?"
Me: "No"
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because I'm not adding to my stash I am trying to use it up"
She's now looking at me like I just told her I have terminal cancer, I kid you not. I'm thinking "Do you EVER listen to anything I say? I have been talking about this for months, and I JUST TOLD YOU IN YOUR CAR ON THE WAY HERE ABOUT IT, AGAIN, FOR ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME" But because I am non confrontational, as I said before, I say nothing.
I'm still shook up. It was the look on her face. I should have taken a picture. She was truly concerned about it like I was dying. It's a freaking personal challenge!!! I am not crazy!!!!! I will prevail!!! I have yarn!!! I will not die from NOT buying more!!!!
It's like talking to these teenagers in my house. All they hear is blah,blah,blah.
This is most of my sock yarn. I am counting at least eight pairs of socks in there. I am guessing I couldn't knit that many socks in 10 months if someone held a gun to my head.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Nothing Left to Add to Stash 59/365
It finally happened. Someone wanted a hat and insisted on buying the yarn for it.
It all worked out in the end. There was only about 5 inches of yarn left LOL! NO stash adding for me!
It all worked out in the end. There was only about 5 inches of yarn left LOL! NO stash adding for me!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Temptations Abound 54/365
Went to knit at the Yarn Outlet. I managed to not buy yarn somehow. I did get a wee 12" circular needle to do a baby skully hat though. I didn't say I wasn't buying knitting needles....back off, lol!
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