sheep in the city

What? Knitting progress?

I have been working on a few projects over here at Sheep in the City and I just haven't had the time to blog about them. On my way home from Oklahoma a couple weeks ago I cast on for Kate (the kitty with pants!) from the latest issue of Knitty. This is destined to be a toy for Alice since she loves all kitty cats. Or as she calls them, "Mows".

I just need to attach all the arms, ears, and legs and add some eyes and she'll be done! I knit it all up fairly quickly and then stalled on the finishing. That's what I do...I'm hoping to change that this year. I need to finish and I do mean "finish", as in sew up, seam, and all the last little details, more projects! I used up some of my Lamb's Pride worsted scraps for this quick knit.

I've also been working on my Charlotte (I'm on the 3rd/4th alternating rows!) like a mad woman and my scarf for the International Scarf Exchange. I had planned on knitting the Backyard Leaves scarf for my pal, but I wasn't liking the look of it in the yarn that I had chosen so it came off the needles! I had many opinions on the subject, mostly ones that encouraged me to keep going and that it looked great, but I just wasn't feelin' the love! I knew in my bones that it would get down to the wire and it would be painful for me to work on it. Who wants to knit on something that they get no pleasure from? Not me! So, on Drought Day I bought some Rio De La Plata in the color Autumn Leaf to make a different scarf for her. It's already moving right along and I'm loving it...that's what I like to feel about an exchange project!

About two days before Christmas I decided to make a couple of the "sweater bags" from AlterKnits. (why do I always decide to make last minute projects?) I like the way they turned out...for the most part. One of the sweaters that I felted that said it was 100% wool decided to only felt in the middle! Ahh! (sorry mom...that one was for you! oops!) The ones for my grandma and my sister-in-law Jackee turned out great though. I used a Tweed sweater for my Grandma's bag and a blue striped sweater for Jackee's bag. I guess I should post these on Jenifer's Tote-along blog since I finished up some totes!!

Alrighty...that's all until I get to Arizona! Happy knitting everybody! Is it just me, or do you take way too many projects with you when you go out of town?! There is no way that I'm going to work and/or finish them all...but they are all packed and ready to go!

Projects I'm taking with me:

•Kate/Mow: attach arms, legs, and ears
•Charlotte's Web
•Fair Isle Jazz: I want to finish the first striped section so that when "we" (Cynthia, Wanda, Michelle, Marsha, Cassidy, and Judy...and anyone else who wants to join us!) get together to officially start I can dive right into the Fair Isle section!
•Wee Knits sweater that is almost done. I need to knit the sleeves and seam it up.
•Twisted Ribbed gloves out of my Soft Lux
•My so called scarf...for the ISE.

Do you think I'll have enough to work on?! :)

Papers and Peppermintini's!

I've been buried in this huge pile of papers at work since I returned to town. I have about 6 huge papercuts on my right and left index fingers...can you say, "Ouch!" We are sending out a year end letter (it's between 2500 and 3000 pieces) and it's taking longer than I thought. Ahhh! Only 4 days until Christmas! Believe me, I'd much rather be home knitting. If I get unburied...I may post some FO pictures!!

One good thing that happened yesterday is that I had my friends, Genia and Mandy, over and we watched the season finale of Nip/Tuck! This show is one of my guilty pleasures...I can't not watch it! Lots of exciting stuff was revealed last night in the two hour episode. To top off the evening we had Peppermintini's, courstesy of a holiday mix from Target. They were super yummy and hit the holiday spot!! Now I have to get back to stuffing envelopes...we're almost done and then it's off to the post office!

I'll be back...

I'm going to be heading to Oklahoma City in the morning with my parents and grandparents for a wedding. I can't get over the fact that I've taken so many roadtrips this year! New Mexico, Arizona, and now Oklahoma in the last few months. Pretty exciting locations, huh?! This one will be about 10 to 12 hours...one way...can you say knitting time?! I should have lots 'o knitting to show you on Monday!!!

I Chibi, do you Chibi?

A few months ago, in the strange world of knit-blogging, there was a feeding frenzy for people to find a Pink Chibi. Like this one. I've had it since I started knitting almost 4 years ago. I like the color pink, but I didn't understand the desire to acquire one at any cost. What I do understand is the desire to buy a new color when it comes out, especially if it's a cool see-through orange one! Nifty, huh?!

The cool thing about the orange one is that it came with a set of three different sized tapestry needles, all with a bent tip! (before the only bent tip ones were the big gold ones!) The see-through blue one comes with 2 of the gold bent tip needles. (just like the old ones did) I bought mine at my local knitting shop, A Knitted Peace. I'm sure that your local shop will have them too, and if they don't...ask them to order some in!!

Tough job, but someone's got to do it!

Since my sister is my boss, and everyone in our office was preparing and attending a luncheon this afternoon, look who I got to stay home and watch. These are three of my favorite recent pictures!

Sitting in her special "chair" that Grandma (read my mom) got for her. She's totally entranced by a Baby Einstein dvd! She kept her hair in those tiny pigtails for a few minutes total my sister told me! Doesn't she look like she belongs in Whoville?!

This was the first time that Alice had tasted Jello. I think she likes it?!

And my favorite...me reading to her. What does she bring over to me to read to her? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. So funny.

I will have some progress pictures of my Charlotte in the next few days. Thanks for all the encouragement everyone...things are going really well with it. I just finished row 50, so it's bye-bye chart, hello figuring it out myself. I think I'm up to the challenge though!!!

Gimme some of that Gilmore style!

Gilmore Girls has got to be one of my favorite shows on TV right now. Not only do they have snappy dialogue and wonderful actors, they have great clothes! Especially the character of Sookie. Check out this quickly taken photo from the episode where Luke and Loreili get into an arguement at dinner with Jackson and Sooki. (it's also the one with the really bad bedroom furniture!)

Doesn't this look like the Debbie Bliss Bolero jacket? Does anyone know how to figure out where this sweater came from, or if it is indeed a Debbie Bliss design? Sometimes I'm able to navigate my way around the internet, and some days I can't. Today is one of those days...I can't find any references to Sookie's wardrobe on the show. Any tips would be appreciated!

Nothin' but knit.

That's what this weekend felt like to me. On Friday, I headed downtown for a little late night knitting at the Monkey Bean with Michelle and Cynthia. (and I do mean late...I got there about 10ish and left at 1:30am-ish) By the time that I left it was snowing pretty heavily and by Saturday morning it looked like this outside:

It was the perfect day to stay home and knit, listen to Christmas music, drink hot chocolate, and cast on for my Backyard Leaf scarf...AGAIN! A huge thank you goes out to Cynthia who read me the first 10 lines of the chart so that I could get it started right this time! I owe you big time!!

Let me lure you...

...into my Charlotte's Web! I have talked and talked and talked of knitting this shawl. I think that everyone in blogland has knit this shawl at least once, and some knitters have even knit it more than once! Well, I'm finally going to do it. No more talk, I'm going to cast on this weekend. If you have been reading my blog from the early days you'll recall that I have mentioned this shawl before. I've even started it before, only to be ripped out due to a lack of joy in the color choices that I had made. Not this time. I think that I've fallen in love with these 5 skeins of Koigu or maybe those 5 skeins of Koigu...ahh! This is where you come in. I have two options. What do I do when there is a decision to be made and I just can't decide? Put it to a vote!!

This is choice number one. Starting with the smallest section of yellow and ending up with the bright pink. There is a nice *"brownand" in the middle of this one that I love, and it's not in choice number 2. I'm heavily leaning towards this one!
*this has become one of my favorite ways to describe this color...brownand...thanks Cathi!

Then you have choice number two. Starting with the same small section of yellow and ending with a light pink.

**for those of you that haven't heard of this scarf (are there really any of you out there?) here's a couple links for ya! The first one is for ThreadBear. These are the guys who helped spread the craze through blogland. The next is just a google image search that will show you a whole bunch of finished Charlotte's web shawls. Enjoy!**
I have also cast on for a Ruffle scarf...no reason why other than I felt like it. That's as good of an excuse as any, right? I brought my camera to work today to grab a quick photo, only to find out that it is out of power. Crap. I hate it when that happens! It'll have to wait, but until then go vote!!! Help me out!

You have now entered...the Koigu Zone!

**first let me say thank you to everyone who played along and put a pin in my map in the last few days! I think it's so fun to see where everyone is from!! If you still want to put a pin in my map, just look to your left and you can find the Frappr button!**

As many of you know, I love my local yarn shops. I love the yarns they carry, the cozy warm feeling that I get when I walk in the doors, and the greetings that they give me. Well, some shops just go above and beyond...and this week that shop is String, in Highlands Ranch. For weeks I have known that the Koigu was coming. I would call, or drop in once a week to see if it had arrived. Sometimes I'd just call, say,"this is Stacey, is it in yet?" and Cassidy (the owner) would sweetly tell me, "not yet".

Then Monday night I got an email from her that had IT'S HERE! in the subject line. The next morning I showed that I do indeed have some self-control and I didn't leave work at 10:00am when the shop opened, and then I had plans that evening. Ahhh! Finally Wednesday night I went by. Have you ever seen Koigu all bundled up in a big pack of 20 skeins...it's a beautiful thing. I wandered around the shop with one "bundle" for a good 10 minutes and then I slowly backed away and did the math. Nope, not in the budget. (no worries, I did get a little somethin' somethin'.) In my usual style, I needed to see the Koigu again. I went back today with my mom over my lunch hour. Oh yes, I've passed on this sickness to her. She's just as addicted to the Koigu as I am. See for yourself.

See how she's grabbing for it double-fisted style? That's one of the first signs of addiction right there. We both brought our Koigu stashes to show Cassidy, and to make sure that we didn't go completely nuts and duplicate a bunch of colors. Here's a peek at some of my mom's stash (all in little zippered plastic bags, she's so stinkin' organized!). It really is dangerous for us to go shopping together. Yes, my name is Stacey, and I'm addicted to Koigu. Isn't the first step to recovery admitting that you have a problem?

Jumping on the bandwagon!

I keep seeing these fun maps all over blogland that everyone can sign and say where you're from, etc. I couldn't resist...I must know where all you readers are from! I think that this could go one of two ways:

1-I'll be overwhelmed with the response and amazed at all the places around the world that people actually read my little blog
or
2-My sad little map pin is going to be the only one in the map.

Please don't let me have a sad map! Head over and tell me where you're from!! I love this kind of stuff!

Click here to get to my map, or click on the little button above!

If you have any trouble figuring out how to operate the map, those fantastic ladies over at Mason-Dixon Knitting have written a little 'how-to' guide. Thanks ladies!

15 people and a Harry Potter scarf...

Saturday I had 15 people through out the day, starting at 10am, in my little house to watch all 3 of the Harry Potter movies. It was a little crowded to say the least, but lots of fun! I love having people over...I think I get that hosting gene from my mom. We watched non-stop from The Sorcerer's Stone, through the Chamber of Secrets, and ending with The Prisoner of Azkaban around 5:30. You would have thought that I would get lots of time to knit on my HP scarf, right? Well...there was a little distraction named Alice that kept wanting my attention. She was definitely in her element being the center of attention and entertaining us all. I wish that I had taken a picture of her, she had on a little outfit that would have made the Gryffindor house proud! But alas, I didn't, so all you get to see are the ladies who lasted through the afternoon and into the night.

My sister and I had a hard time planning and cutting down on what to serve, so we had a little of everything. (once again, I wasn't thinking and I forgot to take a picture of the spread) We had queso, donuts, gummi worms, hot apple cider, puppy chow (which we changed to owl pellets for the occasion), butter beer, and baked macaroni and cheese (thanks Michelle! It was yummy!). Not to mention all the other various candy and soda that showed up. Overall, the marathon was a success, and I can hardly wait to see The Goblet of Fire!!!

On the knitting front, I have made significant progress on my scarf. I'm on the 11th repeat, and there are a total of 14 repeats. I think I just may get this thing done!! And none too soon because I'm going to a midnight showing with Cynthia and Kim on Thursday!!

Please excuse the lack of a pretty backdrop for taking this photo...I was at work, and a girls gotta do what she can, when she can. So, the next few days are going to be spent madly knitting stockinette in the round...I have knit about 32,670 stitches so far...and I only have about 8,910 left to go. That's do-able, right?

Harry Potter and Football?

Friday night a bunch of us met up to knit together at the Tattered Cover. It was a great group, Wanda, Joanne, Michelle, Kim, Sharon, Sheila, Laura, my mom, and a new girl (I think her name was Mercedes?! Ahh, help!) were all there. I pulled out my Harry Potter scarf to work on, and who else showed up? My sister! And she'd brought her Harry Potter scarf that she just started!!

We both plan on having our scarves done for the movie premiere, and we're planning to have a movie marathon the Saturday before the movie comes out! We're dorks, but we sure have fun together!! Sisters are so fun!

So, why did I mention football, you ask? Well, I wanted to have some quality time with my mom this weekend while my Dad was out of town. Sunday was the only time we could do it and the Broncos were playing. The rest is history.

We watched the game together and knit. She was knitting on her Rogue sweater and her second Clapotis while I knit on my Harry Potter scarf. (she seriously needs to get a blog don't you think?!) I have to admit, as much as I am not a big football fan the game was pretty exciting. My mom on the other hand is a HUGE Bronco fan. Did I just say that? Did I actually admit that football was exciting? What is the world coming to? Yikes.

****I keep assuming that everyone knows where to find the patterns for these scarves because it seems like so many people have made them. But since you asked, you shall receive!
Big Harry Potter scarf: (otherwise known as the Prisoner of Azkaban or PoA scarf) can be found at Atypically Knit They have a ton of cool Harry Potter patterns. I'm knitting mine with Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted. The colors are Sunburst Gold (308) and Brick Road (225).
Small Harry Potter scarf: (otherwise known as the HiP scarf) It was designed by Alison of the Blue Blog. My sister is knitting hers with Cascade 220 in a burgandy and golden yellow colors...Gryffindor all the way baby!!!****

What a cutie!

I had lunch with my sister, my niece, and Julie last weekend at one of our favorite Japanese restaurants here in town, Kokoro. I hadn't been in months, and I was trying to give Julie a sample of some of my favorite local places. Since I haven't posted any pictures of the world's cutest niece lately...here's one outside of Kokoro:

Over the weekend we managed to eat at:

•Kokoro-(Japanese)
•The Original Pancake House (the best breakfast around)
•Hacienda Colorado (yummy food that they call Mountain Mex) I ran into a local knitblogger that I haven't seen in months eating with her family there!! It was great seeing you Libby!!
•Romano's...my all time favorite Italian place!

mmm...lots of yummy food!

A new favorite thing.

Here's my new favorite thing:

It's my new water bottle that I picked up at Shuttles last weekend. It makes me happy...it say's on the side, "Feeling unraveled...knit!". It has become my constant companion in an attempt to drink more water.

On the knitting front:
I've decided to continue knitting the Spork bag (I'm going to take some pictures when I get to the color change, right now it's pretty boring) and use Noro for the middle section. But, instead of using the Big Kureyon, I'm going to double up the regular Kureyon. We'll see what happens, yikes!

I'm also trucking along on my Harry Potter scarf...it's not looking like I'll finish the patterns 13 repeats, but I'm still going to try. I'm almost to the half-way pointAt times like these, I wish that I had some of Mrs. Weasley's charmed knitting needles. Wouldn't that be grand?! Go to sleep at night...wake up...and the scarf is done!!

I have a few other projects going on over here that I'm not ready to talk about just yet, but I'm having fun knitting again and that's what I was aiming for.

On the gifting front:
Yesterday I received an unexpected package from the Knitty Professor. (I just love that blog name...it always makes me smile:) Michaele is just too sweet! She sent me some Halloween socks (I don't think I've ever mentioned my love of all crazy holiday/themed socks, but I have some serious love for them!) She also sent a fun leopard print candle (love it!) and a funky blue journal (love it!). Thanks so much Michaele!

My friend Julie is visiting me this weekend...she arrived last night, and I'm so excited to hang with her this weekend! I'm taking a couple days off of work, which is always fun, and we're going to do some fun stuff around town. Maybe I can even talk her into learning to knit?! Next week my goal (besides knitting, knitting, knitting) is going to be to post more...no more of this once a week crap. I love it when people post everyday, or at least a couple times a week. So, in order to post more, I need to knit more. It all comes full circle, doesn't it?

Swatches abound!

I have been having fun playing with some of the yarn in my stash these last couple days. Some of it is for a specific project, some of it is just yarn that I bought on a whim. Here's a little bitty swatch of Debbie Bliss Cathay yarn.

A month or so ago I did a little trade with Jenifer because I fell in love with this A-Line sweater that she had made. I gave her some Interlacements, and she gave me some Cathay. I love yarn swapping! Since my Rogue trouble with guage, I've been a little freaked out and I've started swatching more. Before "the incident", I was loath to make swatches, but we'll see how long this lasts.

Spork:
I decided that I would use Noro for the middle stripe on my bag. I've had 2 skeins of Big Kureyon that I've been itching to knit something out of. I knit my two color options up:

Option one:

This one is knit out of Brown Sheep Autumn Harvest, Noro Big Kureyon in color No.2, and Brown Sheep Aubergine.

Option two:

This one is knit out of Brown Sheep RPM Pink, Noro Big Kureyon in color No.2, and Brown Sheep Aubergine.

Through much discussion and debate, I decided to go with Option number 1, the Autumn Harvest color. Even though I personally own a ton of the RPM pink and it's one of my favorite Brown Sheep colors. I do have a lot of pink bags as it has been pointed out to me (on numerous occasions)...so I'm branching out a little bit. Kind of branching out...because look at the yarn that is going to be the middle section of my bag! I don't think that it's going to stripe a ton. I guess the only way to know for sure is to just start knitting it!

So, I'm going to cast on tonight at knit group...and of course get a few final opinions from the masses. So, if you have an opinion speak now, or forever hold your peace! Have a great weekend everyone!!

These made me laugh...

This meme is hilarious! I found it through Larissa's blog. Here's what you do: Google “[your name] needs” and list the 10 best.

Stacey needs...
1. ...to graduate

2. ...$1.95 for a pack of gum.

3. ...understanding, not rejection.

4. ...the support of the Baby-Sitter's club.
(i did love those books.)

5. ...help getting her name out there.

6. ...a break!

7. ...just 63 points to become the Falcons career leader.
(who knew?!)

8. ...to set up a massage table.
(my Dad would agree)

9. ...to shut her mouth!

10. ...more signs.

Also, find and post the 5th sentence of your 23rd post...

"I knitted mainly on my Harry Potter scarf."

How appropriate that I am even now trying to finish up that same Harry Potter scarf more than a year later. I'm aiming to get this done by the next movie...what was that, another deadline? I can't help myself. I really should have chosen another scarf...but alas, the HiP scarf wasn't even designed when I cast on for my scarf. Michelle is half finished with her scarf...arrggh! (click
to see a picture)

Gummy candy...mmm.

Tuesday is one of my favorite days because that's the day the Mountain Man comes around to our office. Oh yes, a truck full of candy and chocolate and nuts. This time of year they have the best selection because its almost Halloween. What did I get from the Mountain Man today?

That would be Gummy Teeth and Gummy Brains! My day is complete. Candy does make me happy. It may be shallow, but it works for me!

Where did the Fall go?

This is my car in the parking lot at work yesterday morning. I usually have a beautiful view of the mountains from this spot. Not this morning though. I knew it was going to snow, but I just didn't believe it when it was 87 degrees on Saturday. That's Colorado weather for you. I love it, winter is on it's way!!

Thanks for voting on the projects, I mean project, that I should knit next. I really appreciate everyones input. The Spork won by a landslide, there were 62 votes. Who doesn't love a quick felted bag?! The colors that I chose will be debuted tomorrow...I need to take pictures of the colors tonight. I have yet to cast on, but I will as soon as I hear how a certain someones bag turns out.

In second place we have the Shadow Shawl using 3 skeins of Koigu and 3 skeins of Silky Tweed. (all but one skein out of the stash, oh yeah that's what I like!) This one got 46 votes. I have a feeling it was the allure of the Koigu. If I had said I was going to make it out of Red Heart methinks that it would not have been voted on at all. Hmmm. Interesting. Don't get me wrong, I am just as drawn to the Koigu as the next person:)

In third place we have a sweater using Rowan Plaid with 19 votes. I did start a swatch with this yarn on Friday night at my knit group because it was just too tempting.

This yarn feels so soft, and it feels huge at 3 stitches to the inch. Click here to see those giant stitches on my arm.

Here's an image from the book of the sweater that I chose. The only thing that I would be changing is the neck. I want it to split like this one.

I have more to share, but I need to get this posted and head to the dentist. My favorite place.

I think I'm in a knitting slump.

I'm not really excited to work on any of the projects that I have on the needles right now. But I'm determined to get some of them done before I start anything else because that's the right thing to do, right? You know what I'm talking about. That self-imposed rule about having a certain number of projects going, or there being a 'Rule of 4'. Who makes up this stuff and why do I feel like I should follow these "rules". Here are the projects that I have on the needles:

•Crumpets...didn't get it done for the deadline, still have miles of stockinette to go, or so it seems.
•Clapotis out of SWT Bamboo. My grandma started making one, and so I cast on to show her how to knit it at the different stages.
•Salt Peanuts sweater our of Rowan Cork that needs to be ripped and restarted
•Harry Potter scarf that will be finished for the next movie!! (this is the one knit that I'm currently working on)
•Koigu Wristlets (seriously, I'm embarrassed that these are even still on this list, I have a couple inches left to go, sheesh!)
•tank out of Rowan Summer Tweed for a friend. This has been sitting in the back of my WIP pile for a while now, I just don't like working with the yarn that much.
•Poetry in Stitches sweater
•Rogue, it's officially off the needles, because I had to rip the whole thing, but I have the yarn and need to recast on. What a bummer that I had to rip it out...stupid gauge.

So, I've decided to screw the rules, take a little poll, and see what you guys think I should knit next. I need a project that will bring back the love. I need to jump start my knitting. I need a project that will inspire me to finish it. I'm casting on for another project! Here are the choices:

**if you feel that none of these are the right project for me, feel free to suggest something. You can also feel free to send me yarn to make the project that you suggest:) Ha! Just kidding! Do suggest stuff though!
**for some more inspiration, go check out the Koigu stash over at Caryn's! She had 88 skeins in her stash!! That's a lot of Koigu! Scroll down to Oct. 3 entry to see a picture. It really is a beautiful thing!

Happy 30th Birthday Whitney!!!

Happy Birthday to the greatest sister ever!!

This picture cracks me up. She looks so sweet and innocent, doesn't she?! What everyone doesn't realize is that it's always an adventure when we're together! I can't wait to see what the next 30 years brings. I can just see us as little old ladies laughing away at something that only the two of us would find funny or understand. Happy Birthday Whitney! Love ya!

I'm home for good now!

I arrived back in town at 2:00 am last night after driving through the day and night from Missouri. It's good to be home, but I am wiped out from all the travelling. The weekend was amazing. I saw a ton of people that I haven't seen in years, and I was able to hang out at a couple of my favorite places, with some of my favorite people! I have pictures of the socks that I got in the mail before I left town, and the package from my Secret Pal 5 where she revealed herself to me!! Fun stuff, coming soon!

Last Weekend knitting...

So, I just can't seem to get on track with posting blog entries this month. Sheesh...it's almost another weekend, and I never posted about the last one! First things first, my parents were out in L.A. last weekend (my dad had a wedding to do) and so of course they stopped into one of our favorite shops out there, The Alamitos Bay Yarn Co.. They are shopping, finding me a little gift (awww, thanks mom and dad!), getting ready to check out, when this woman comes up to my mom, no lie...and says, "do you have a daughter named Stacey?" She replied that she did...and of course my mom and dad immediately called me and my dad explained that someone recognized mom from my blog, and then he says, "here, talk to Skyler!" So, I got to talk to Skyler of Knitaholics-R-Us! How cool is that?! Of course, now my parents are convinced that I'm this world famous blogger...and I have some sort of cult following. I don't know about world famous, but it sure is fun having people recognize stuff and or people from your blog!! The crazy thing is that I didn't advertise that my mom would be out there...and as my grandma said when she heard the story, "it's not like your mom was walking around with a nametag that said Stacey's Mom on it." How cool though! Thanks Skyler for saying hello, and it was fun talking to you!!

I do so love a long weekend, and with my family out of town it left me all to my own devices!! So, much knitting was done, and fun hang out time with a few of my knitting friends! Michelle and Cynthia came over for a little porch knitting at my place...until it got too windy and starting raining a little bit, so the party went inside where a certain someone was once again knitting on something that looked very much like a pink project. She's got us all fooled.

Sunday I didn't leave my house all day...and it was so nice! Jesse kept me company from one of his favorite places to sleep:

That would be an ordinary cardboard box. For those of you thinking to make your cat a special bed, just give them the box from the next package you receive and they'll be in heaven! I bet my secret pal had no idea that her June package would be for Jesse too! Monday was spent with my grandparents out at their place. I brought my sewing machine and feverishly worked on the last gift for my secret pal. It did get done, and it has been mailed. I'm going to wait until she receives it to reveal what I made for her, but I had so much fun doing it. I am loving the sewing thing!

I can't believe that it's already friday again...and the last two weekends this month I'll be out of town, and then it's October already?! Where does the time go?! I have to say, I'm ready for the fall. I just love wearing sweaters and scarves and hats and winter coats. I'm going to be working on my Rogue and a couple of other fall projects soon. It's not too late to join us! You can knit Rogue too...come on, if I can do it so can you!!

What to blog about?

I have been at a loss all week about what to blog about. I've been busy at work and tired at night, so not much knitting has been done since last weekend. I think that I've run into one of those times that I just don't have much to say. I'm going to hang with some friends tonight and that should be just what I need, plus I have no plans this weekend! It's going to be so nice to sleep in, and knit all day if I want to:)
There is one thing that I've been meaning to share with you. This picture of my mom and sister and I,it cracks me up everytime that I see it. Last week, the three of us went to my brothers house to mow the lawn. Since he and Jackee have already moved to Indianapolis, but they still haven't sold their house, we are in charge of the upkeep of the place. (if you know anyone in who is looking for a house in the Denver/Lone Tree area...let me know!) My sister wasn't dressed for hot weather, so she ran in to Target to buy a tank top...and she came out with 3 matching bright green tank tops that we all wore while we did yard work. This made us think that we were a professional crew...I mean, come on, don't we look professional!?!

Hell freezes over, and a new yarn shop comes to town.

This is why I think that Hell has frozen over:

This is Cynthia. She hates the color pink. This is one reason we get along so well...because we never fight over yarn. She has her blues and greens, I have my pinks and oranges. We both walk away from a fiber festival or yarn shop happy because we both don't want the same thing. Why is she holding pink yarn then? Ha! Because she is going to knit a sweater for a friend who looks good in pink! I am going to throughly enjoy every minute that she is knitting that sweater! I mean come on...look at that face! This is going to be fun!

So, where did she buy that lovely shade of Rowan Kid Classic? At String, the new yarn shop here in the southern part of the city, and it's less than 5 miles from my house. One word...dangerous! Especially when you walk in and it looks like this:

Click to see the other wall! The shop is arranged by color, which I think is visually stunning, but may be slightly annoying later on when you are looking for a specific weight of yarn and have to go all over the store to find what you need. Other than that, it's got just about everything that a knitter could want. I forgot to take a picture of the little bag that my mom got me there...but guess what color it is...pink and orange! It's made by the ladies at KnowKnits, and it's called a Go Knit pouch. I love it, and I've been carrying around a pair of socks in it ever since! (and working on the socks too of course!!) I love when shops start carrying things that I've never seen before. This shop has been open less than a week and it's made it into the top 5 on my list of good local shops. Stop in if you're in the area...it's called String: A Knitting Boutique, and it's located in Highlands Ranch. Of course if you come this way and need someone to go with you to the shop...I think that you could probably twist my arm!!

**I'm having a bit of technical difficulty at home in the internet department, so I'm only going to be able to receive mail while I'm at work. Hopefully this problem will be solved in the next week though! Or I may just have to head down to my sisters or Panara Bread for a little free WiFi access!**

No fear and no age limits!

I have the world's coolest grandma. Seriously! How many grandma's do you know that would knit themselves a One Skein Wonder? Not too many I bet...but my grandma pulls it off with style and flare!! Look at her...

She looks great! Later that evening I was upstairs in the loft talking to my grandparents when my Grandpa (who's 84) spoke up and said, "I like that camisole that you made Sue." My grandma was like, "what? what did you say?" He repeated himself adding, "you know, that thing that you've been knitting on." I just had to laugh when she told him it was a shrug, not a camisole.

I'm not the only one that is getting some knitting done this week. Way to go grandma!! Congratulations on finishing another great project!
*and yes...that is a knitting needle in my mom's hair!!*

Vacation time!!

I love this time of year...because it means that I need to use up the rest of my vacation time before it just goes away. So, I'm headed up to Vail with the family...my parents, grandparents, my brother and his wife and her family. It's a big group, but it should be fun! I'll be posting from the mountains...I have progress to show you all, but for now I need to get back to packing up my car and heading out. More later, I promise! Have a great weekend everyone!!

I'll leave you with a picture of another of my favorite things, it's the tin that holds all my sewing gadgets. Believe it or not, but my mom used the shoulder pads that were in this tin for years. If the outfit she had on didn't have shoulder pads in it already, then she had these babies ready to go:) Ha! I love it! The graphics are a crack up...do you see the woman telling her dog to "stay put"...just like the shoulder pads would!!

Mmmm...cake.

****Warning...no knitting content ahead, just incredibly cute pictures of my nieces first birthday cake*****

I spent last Saturday at my niece's first birthday party, and oh my goodness she is the cutest thing! Here's a little lesson in the way that cake should be eaten...no matter what the age!

First we have the tentative approach. She doesn't quite know if she's allowed to make a mess or not.

Then we have the,"let me see what this stuff tastes like."

"Look mommy, no hands!" She just went at it face first...we were all laughing so hard.

This was the look at me, I love being the center of attention face.

And last, but certainly not least, this is the what was left of the cake when she was done with it. I think she did pretty good with her first taste of mass quantities of sugar. I'm thinking that she will love sugar and candy just as much as her Aunt Stacey and her Daddy does!!

Where does the time go?!

Today I realized that I hadn't updated my blog in a while, except for the little blurb on Friday...and I had to ask myself what have I been doing with my time?!

Well, Wednesday I saw the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I have to say, I was a little disppointed. They didn't have any of the old songs, the Oompa Loompa's were different, and they had squirrels instead of golden geese. I loved the golden geese!! Just messing around on the internet, I found this link and it tells you about the original book and what the Oompa Loompa's were like, but I still have an affection for the white haired orange skinned little men of my youth. Other than that it was an enjoyable, entertaining movie. Johnny was a little creepy, but overall he was really funny.

Thursday I met a super fun knit-blogger from Boston...

Yes...it's the Bookish Girl, Wendy, right here in Denver!! Cathi hosted a little shindig so that we could all meet her. One of the girls at the gathering was wearing this shirt...you'll never guess who?! Ha! The usual crew was there, yummy drinks and red velvet cupcakes were in abundance, it was lovely.

Friday I got some fun mail...and you all know how much I love goodies coming in the mail!! I received stichmarkers from Jenn as an RAOK, which is funny because at first I thought that they were part of the marker mania that I'm participating in, but nope! She sent them to me just for fun!! Thanks Jenn! Here's a picture...aren't they so cute in their little watchmakers tin?! I love that extra little touch!!

(Marker Mania update...I think that I'm going to hold off showing pictures of the ones I receive until I get them all, and I take a picture of them all together!! I already got one set in the mail last week. Hey all you other participants...what are you doing...posting individually or as a group?! Let me know your thoughts!!) And that's not all I got in the mail on Friday...Joanne sent me some of the fun fabric that she sells over at her knitting blog/website! Thanks Joanne, you know that I needed a "knitting" skirt!! I love all the colors in all the balls of yarn!!

You can purchase your very own knitting fabric, here! Seriously cute stuff, so be warned...you will want to buy at least a yard of each fabric!!

Friday night, I had dinner and a movie with Cynthia. We went to see The Island, and boy was it good. Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor did a great job...and they weren't too bad to look at either:) I worked on my Crumpets dress (read boring stockinette portion of pattern) for a while, but then the movie got so intense that I couldn't knit and watch at the same time. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes futuristic thrillers, it was highly entertaining! Saturday was spent helping my sister make desserts for a baby shower, going to said baby shower, cleaning my studio (I'll show pictures eventually) with the help of my mom (thanks mom!), almost melting in the heat, and then collapsing into an exhausted sleep. Which brings me to today! I've been lounging up in the loft here at home, knitting on my Sockapal2za sock, and blogging. But look who's been keeping me company.

What a good buddy! I've managed to cast on a provisional cast on for my sock pals socks, which I had never tried before. I have my picot edge all ready and I'm starting to knit the 4 row repeat, yippee! I have some pics of the process to show ya, but that will have to wait until later, or tomorrow, laundry and other assorted housecleaning duties are calling my name.

It's the little things...

It's been hard to think about blogging about the little things that are going on in my life, when there are so many other, bigger things going on in the world...but we all just have to keep on going, you know?! I wanted to just blog about something that made me smile lately. This is what I found when I came downstairs a couple mornings ago.

Jesse had claimed my Buttonhole bag as his personal cat bed! So, I guess I need to make him a Kitty Pi bed of his own. I made a couple of them last year for charity, but never one for him. (poor guy!) He seemed more interested in the un-felted beds than the felted ones...so I'm still not sure if I'll felt it or not. We'll see. This project is going to go on my ever-growing list of things that I want to do.

I'm going to a "finishing" party tonight, so I should have a couple finished projects to tell you all about this weekend. (these are of course the projects that I've been procrastinating on doing that tiny bit of finishing on! I'm not sure why I put them off?!) Have a great weekend, I plan on staying home and knitting as much as possible with season 4 of Felicity that just came from Netflix. Sounds good to me!

I'm going to be a knitting machine!

Literally! A kind gentleman (that's what I'll call him, since I don't know if he'd want me spreading his name all over the knitting blogiverse) here in town found my blog while searching for people in Denver who knit, and he emailed me to see if I'd be interested in the knitting machine he had. Well, I've never really thought about getting a knitting machine because I truly enjoy knitting things with my hands. But when he said the magic words "free" and "knitting", I thought I'd check it out! So off I went last night, after a dinner with a bunch of friends, at 9:30 at night, to get my knitting machine before the kind gentleman left town for the holiday weekend. RayLynn stood in for my mom in the worry department last night though, she was very concerned that I was going by myself, and had me call her when I got to the guys house and when I left, so that she knew I was safe:) Awww, thanks RayLynn! So...here it is:

I haven't really had a chance to do much with it other than take it out of my car and photograph it. But, it's a Passap Duomatic, made in Switzerland. It came with two boxes of gadgets and an instruction booklet. I showed my brother-in-law, Drew, a picture of it this morning at work and he asked how much they wanted for it. I then told him...no, no, it's in my garage, I picked it up last night, it was free! His eyes got all big, and then he asked if he could come over and play with it! Oh yes, this is going to be fun!

Yes, I am alive.

Thanks everyone for all the well-wishes about my root canal! I, obviously, made it through the ordeal, and am going to live to blog another day. My face is still swollen and I'm going to start to take antibiotics today to help with that. My dentist decided that I have a very high pain tolerance, because it hasn't hurt me at all. I guess that's a good thing?! This weekend is getting off to a good start, I'll be knitting at Jenifer's tonight, and then hanging out with friends and family all weekend! Have a great 4th of July everyone!

Quick catch-up!

So, I've been busy the last few days...doing what you ask? I'm going to sum it up in pictures.

Saturday night, I knit over at Cynthia's apartment, or should I say Cosmo's apartment...because it was clear who ruled that house! :) He has a sidekick named Danger, but the picture didn't come out, but how cute are those names? Cosmo and Danger?!

Sunday was spent finishing up my backtack project...busting out my Grandma's sewing machine. I think I see a lot of sewing projects in my future!

Monday was a blur and Tuesday was spent playing with Alice and taking her to the library for storybox time! So fun! She is such a cutie...of course I took pictures! I have to brag a little and say that the librarian was very impressed that she listened so well and paid attention to the story since she is still less than a year. Yep, she's a baby genius.

Tuesday night I met up with some lovely ladies at The Tattered Cover bookstore to knit. Unfortunely we didn't find the comfy chairs until more than half way through the evening. But seriously, does this look like a comfortable way to knit with your friends or what?!

We all had recliners!! Recliners, knitting, friends, beverages at the ready, and being surrounded by books is the perfect way to spend the evening before a root canal.

Wish me luck...I'm headed for the dentist at noon tomorrow. Hopefully you'll hear from me sometime tomorrow evening...if I make it:)

Amoxicillin sandwich

Guess what I get to do on Wednesday morning? Have a root canal. I woke up this last Wednesday morning and the left side of my face felt swollen...and sure enough when I got to work, my Dad and sister thought so too. They both strongly urged me to go to my dentist right then before it got any worse. You have to understand though...I have the sweetest dentist. He is this little old man that is soft spoken, gentle, and encouraging, but I despise going. I 9 times out of 10 have to have something done...and by the time I'm ready to leave I'm either crying or about to have a panic attack. Seriously. It seems so stupid, but a lot of times you just get left to "wait" in the chair with all that stuff in your mouth, and the drilling, and the burning smell. I have a long list of complaints, but I don't need to air those out. Luckily, on wednesday he just took an x-ray and saw that I did need a root canal, and I made the appointment. We'll see how it goes, I've had one before and it didn't hurt at all...everyone cross your fingers that this one will goes as well. Until then, this is what I get to take 3 times a day:) I'm off right now to clean out my garage. I have no idea how it got so filled with "stuff"! Then tonight I'm going to Cynthia's to knit. Have a great weekend everyone!

One year down...

...many more to go! Wow! I can't believe that I've been writing here at Sheep in the City for a year! I started it as a lark, wanting to keep track of my knitting projects, start journaling again, there were many reasons. But, I had no idea the impact that this community of knitters would have on my life. Seriously, not to get all sappy...oh who cares, I can be sappy...I have met some of the greatest people. Through my blog I have met a group of girls that I knit with usually once a week, and they are some of the funnest, most creative, most encouraging knitters around! I love my knitting crew!! Then there are the knit-bloggers that I have never met in person, but I still consider to be my friends...you know who you are!! Thanks for enriching my life ladies...here's to another year of knitting and blogging!

What's to come in the next year? I hope to continue to knit from my stash and not be such a greedy yarn purchaser. I want to go through the design and submission process just because I think that it will stretch me and make me push the limits. Travel to meet some of my online knitting buddies?! Roadtrip anyone? You heard them here...those are the goals, I can't wait to get started!

**ps...if someone wants to knit me this birthday cake, feel free...I love it! What knitter wouldn't want to get a knitted cake?!**
*pps...this little cake is pictured on the back of a Rebecca magazine, I think in celebration of some anniversary of the magazine, as far as I can tell, there is no pattern, bummer!*

Lookie what I found!!

**So I feel bad...I've received a couple emails asking where I got a copy of the book...I don't have one, it's not being published until September, I just found it while I was cruising Amazon. Sorry to cause a ruckus**

Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen...the Yarn Harlot has done it again! I can't wait!

It's Good to be Girl...and it's good to be me!

Amy of Good to be Girl is one of the coolest bloggers I know...last week she sent out gifts to some of her readers, on her blog anniversary! What?! I thought that we were supposed to be sending her stuff! (oh Amy...just you wait, I have an appointment at the post office tomorrow morning, where a little somethin' somethin' is heading your way!) I don't think that I've ever received a cuter package in the mail...the whole thing was so her, just too cute! I, of course, ripped right into it, and look what I found!

My own little Good to be Girl mascot! It's going onto my special shelf in my studio, where she'll cheer me on to finish my projects and creatively start new ones! But that's not all, there were special Dark M&M's, a G.T.B.G. magnet, a bath fizz in the shape of a cupcake, and the sweetest little pink snowman stitchmarker! You are too generous Amy! If you haven't checked out her blog yet, go do it! The fun thing about Amy and I is that we've discovered that we have all these funny things in common. My 1 year blog anniversary is on Thursday June 9th, her's was on May 28th, her birthday is June 11th, mine is June 14th, we've randomly started the same projects...it's sounds like I'm a stalker, but really I'm not, we just like a lot of the same things!! Go over and visit her, look at all the fun pink stuff, and the sushi made out of candy, and wish her a happy birthday on Saturday! Thanks again Amy, it has been fun sharing ideas and crafty stuff with you this past year!

Barrettes, Books, and Buttonholes

Let's start with the barrettes. Mine came all the way from Australia!! I've never received any mail from down under. I was able to participate in the latest Pinku swap...this time it was hair accessories. Check them out! I immediately had to wear them of course...do here's the head shot. Aren't they so fun?! (please just ignore the crazy hair:) Thanks Lucy! (if you have a blog and/or email, let me know because I want to see what other crafty stuff you are up to!)

Now for books...many of my knitting crew can attest to the fact that I love knitting books. I love books in general, someday I'm going to have my own library, oh yes, I will. So when I heard that they were having a silent auction to benefit Sidna Farley, a beloved Denver knitter, who taught many people around town to knit, and who is suffering from Parkinson's, I knew that I had to go and show my support. She loved to knit all kinds of things, but one of the things she really loved was colorwork, so there were lots of books that I was interested in. Here are the ones that I got:

•Latvian Mittens
•Latvian Dreams
•Magnificent Mittens
•Folk Mittens
•Flying Geese and Partridge Feet
•The Complete Book of Progressive Knitting
•and the last one I can't remember the name of, but it has a lot of history and photos...I'll look it up at home and add it later.

The Latvian mitten book is one that I have been searching for ever since a certain Yarn Harlot introduced me to it...I've been drooling over all the beautiful mittens and socks that she knits. Now I can too! Expect some mittens in my future, probably not until late summer...but I'm ready!

Last but not least Buttonholes. It's that time again. My mom wanted an easy felted bag pattern that all of us girls could knit this weekend while we are back up in Vail. So I suggested Kay's wonderful pattern. Yep there are going to be 6 of us knitting buttonholes. Of course, I'll have to photo the whole process so that no one misses out on the fun. My whole family, minus the baby brother in Indiana, are going to be there, along with an aunt and uncle and my grandparents...lots 'o family fun!! The Clapotis really, really, really is almost done. I'm planning on watching 3 hours of Lost and Alias tonight...and if it's still not done then I'm going to watch the 2 hour season finale of One Tree Hill. I am going to finish this bad boy!

So long Dr. Carter, Hello Darth Vader.

So, last night was the season finale of E.R., and Noah Wyle's last night on the show. Did you see last nights episode...holy crap! Cynthia and I were squealing at all the bloody protruding body part shots, sitting on the edge of our seats, knitting set aside and forgotten. Wanda just laughed at us. What a fun evening though.

This is the chocolate cake that Cynthia made. The one that I even now have waiting for me in my fridge. It was beyond excellent. Cynthia may have found her calling, that cake was to die for! After stuffing our faces and watching ER (by the way both girls were wowed by the TiVo. I may have swayed a few more people over to the dark side...they couldn't get enough of the rewinding and pausing Live TV!) we stopped for a little sock lessons. Cynthia has been wanting to make socks and learn to use Double Pointed needles, so I obliged her. Then I wrangled in Wanda, and made her show Cynthia how to join in the round! I'm not sure how that happened, but all of a sudden I was working on my Clapotis (almost done!!) and Wanda was doing all the teaching. *I'm so sneaky, sneaky*

Speaking of the Dark side...yeah baby! I'm seeing Star Wars tonight!! I can't wait! I'm heading downtown on the Light Rail with my friend Emilie and we're seeing an 8:00pm showing. I saw all the previous episodes with my brother, sister, and brother in law at the Thursday night midnight showings. Part of me is kind of bummed that I'm not seeing it with my brother...have I mentioned that he moved to Indianapolis? At times like this, when I'm doing something that I would have previously done with him, I really miss my buddy! One of the guys that I work with here came in today and told me that Anakin Skywalker turns into Darth Vader...what? I can't believe that he ruined the end for me:)!!! Ha! That was a joke folks...and for all my friends that haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies (i pity you your childhood)...oh yeah, Anakin Skywalker turns into Darth Vader. Sorry if I spoiled it:)

Ok, we all know that I've got the sense of humor of a 12 year old...but this is too funny. At my grocery store, in the pet aisle, they sell fat cat toys. One of the lines they carry is called AppeTeasers, and they have a little dog that is a cocktail weiner. So, of course I had to get it for Jesse. Now, it gives me a reason to say that Jesse's playing with his weiner! That cracks me up everytime! Cynthia went out and bought one for her two cats...So funny. And on that note, have a great weekend, I really am just rows away from finishing my Clapotis, so you'll see finished pictures soon! I promise!

When in doubt...

...post a picture of your cat! Ha! Here's Jesse, the wondercat, doing what he does best...getting into whatever I am doing! He sure loves my Clapotis, and the new needles I got a couple days ago.

No new progress pics here, but I'm spending the weekend with my family up in Vail so I should get lots of knitting done! I'm bringing my Clapotis to finish, a pair of Koigu glovelets that are about 1 to 2 inches from being done, a purse that just needs to be seamed up, and maybe a new project to start! Am I a little ambitious in my packing? Of course! But a girls got to have options!! If I have internet access, I may post from the mountains...otherwise, have a great weekend, and I'll have lots of fun pictures on Sunday or Monday!!

Mmmm...breakfast food...

Amy has done it again. Another round of creative genius! This woman can make anything out of clay, oh yes, she can! She just released the latest and greatest stitch markers in her growing collection over at her shop Amyville...and you'll never guess which ones I'm coveting?! Come on...I hosted the Fry-Up knitalong for pete's sake, what did you expect?!

Oh yes...it's breakfast stitchmarkers. My stitchmarker collection is complete. Thank you Amy...you complete me.

Go check them out though, there's pie, and cake, and cherries, and mmmm...did I mention that I love cheese more than chocolate. She has cheese. Ok...time to go find some real food before I start eating my stitch markers.

**and Cynthia, this is the third time that I've posted today, I don't know what got into me, but I decided it's all for you...did your computer ding alot today...I hope so!**

Her future's so bright...

...she's gotta wear shades!! I couldn't resist, I had to share this picture with the world. I have the cutest niece ever!!! No knitting content today folks, come back another day for that. Although I did do something today that was knitting related, but I can't talk about it yet. It's a secret for now...what is the dream of every knitter though? Think on that tonight! I'm such a tease!

***And holy crap! I just topped 1000 comments over the weekend when I was up in the mountains! So, Dani is the lucky 1000th commenter...her blog is so fun, it's called Knit, Stitch, Click. Go check it out! And Dani, email me and I'll send you a fun little prize...I'll bet you never guess what it's going to be!!

A weekend getaway

What a great weekend in the mountains! I had a great time with my friends and I got a little knitting in too! My sister and I drove up on Friday night, we thought that the whole weekend mght get cancelled because it had been snowing in the mountains. We had to cross over Berthoud Pass to get to where we were staying in Granby, but we made it! There were probably 25 people total on the retreat, there were 6 people in my condo. It was nice, but the funniest thing about the place was that there was a hot tub in condo...not on the deck, but in the condo. It seemed a little odd to me that my room had french doors that led right to a hot tub, right next to the living room. I played alot of games (i love Phase10 and SkipBo!!) and my Clapotis is coming along...I'm on the 10th dropped stitch. That's what my life has become, counting the time in dropped stitches!

So Secret Pal 4 was over this past weekend...and I had so much fun spoiling Lu, from Maglia!. I loved hearing her write about the packages I sent, and she took the greatest pictures! I don't know who was sending stuff to me yet...she remains a mystery! I do need to tell her again how much I enjoyed her packages...the pink package with the yummy grapefruit stuff in it, including a gift for my cat Jesse! The orange Koigu and peanut butter goodness was awesome, the iTunes gift certificate! Wow! You really spoiled me!!! Thanks so much...whoever you are!

Speaking of being spoiled, last Wednesday was Secretary's day...and my boss asks me if I would want a gift certificate at a local eating establishment, or a knit shop?! What do you think I chose? Ummm, let me think about that for a sec....ummm, the knit shop!!! So now I have some fun money to spend on a rainy day in between pay checks:) Yippee! Plus, it's at my favorite local shop, A Knitted Peace, where everybody knows your name...and they're always glad you came! Ha! That song keeps running through my head:)

I made some stitch markers over the weekend, and they are so fun, if I do say so myself! I found these little plastic charms, that are totally kitschy, but I love it! The chinese lantern is really too heavy for a stitch marker, but I may turn it into a little thing that I hook onto my scissors so that I can find them when I'm digging in my knitting goodie bag. I'm gearing up and investigating what kind of stitch markers my Bead it pal would want, I need to figure out what here favorite colors are and what kind of stuff she likes!! Sneaky, sneaky! So, there are going to be more stitch markers on display here in the next few days!

I just got the info on Back Tack, and who I'm sending stuff to! ( i love exchanges like this!!) It's time to break out the fabric stash!

Knitting+U2

So...the concert was amazing! And no, I didn't take this picture...I got it from the official U2 website. Go visit for lots of cool stuff about the tour.
Seriously though, I could go see them over and over and over. There is something so timeless about their music. And boy, have they aged well. Sexy Irish boys that they are. Ahhh...what a good show. I'm so bummed though, because I brought my camera, but my brother in law thought you couldn't take them into the concert. So I left it in the car at the light rail station, and of course everyone else in the arena had their cameras, arrgh! So, I'm going to attempt to download a picture off of my cell phone. (which I have never been able to do by the way!)

Nope...didn't work,so you get a picture of the picture on my cell phone. It's of me knitting...at the concert! I didn't care that I was getting weird looks, obviously I put it away when the concert started. I'm having a hard time coming up with the words to describe the set...it was SO cool. The stage was a big elipse that went out into the crowd, people were standing in and outside of the circle. (one of my friends actually was about 4 people back from the outside circle, which means that she was a few feet from the band!) I on the other hand was up in the nosebleeds...but that's ok. I've seen them before, at previous concerts, up close and personal, so I was ok with our seats. The cool thing about all of the people sitting in the higher seating was that you had a better view of the light show. I keep thinking that they can't top the stuff that they did on the last tour...but they always do! There were 6 big curtains of light bulbs (i'm sure they weren't bulbs, but that's what they looked like to me) that would come down during certain songs and flash different images and words across them. It was cool because even when they had them all down, the people in the back could still see. I'm not doing it justice...suffice it to say that it was one of the best shows that I've ever seen. I highly recommend seeing them sometime in your lifetime.
Now, I'll always remember that I was knitting on my Clapotis at a U2 concert, ha!

Here's the list of songs that they played that night:

City of Blinding Lights
Beautiful Day
Vertigo
Elevation
Gloria
The Ocean / New Year’s Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running to Standstill
Bad
Pride in the name of love
Where the Streets have no name
One
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
All Because of You
Original of the Species
“40”

Guess where I'll be tonight?!

Under 12 hours and I'll be listening to these guys! This is the 4th time I've seen U2 in concert...I went to the Zoo TV tour and Pop Mart in the early and mid 90's. And then I saw them a couple years ago for the Elevation tour. Needless to say, I'm a little excited!! They put on the greatest show I've ever seen.

Report to follow, but here's the set list from tonight's first show in Denver.

Love and Peace
Vertigo
Elevation
Cry/ Electric Co.
An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart
City of Blinding Lights
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
New Year’s Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running to Standstill
Pride in the name of love
Where the Streets have no name
One
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
All Because of You
Yahweh
“40”

My sister, who has the U2 iPod and the ultimate edition of U2 songs from iTunes (which is every song they have ever recorded...I think it's like 485 songs!!) made up a playlist of the songs that they are going to sing tonight and she's been listening to them at the office all week. My sister is awesome:-)

Who knew...

...a measuring tape could be so much fun? I went to lunch with 4 of my favorite people yesterday. My friend Laini and her daughter Hanna and my sister and niece Alice!

She's concentrating so hard to figure out how to push the button to retract the tape. Once she figured it out, she would let it snap back and saw"Oww" and then do it over and over and over again.

It was really fun to watch the little girls interact with each other. We ate at a little locally owned place called NoNo's. It's the greatest if you like Cajun food and food with a little extra kick, plus they have the best desserts around! They serve real sweet tea and pralines...but my all time favorite is their strawberry cake. Mmmm...it is so good!! Anyway, when we were close to being done, Hanna started to get fussy so I rummaged through my bag for something for her to play with and that's where the measuring tape comes in. I think she could have played with it for hours.

But then Alice managed to grab ahold of the end...it was really funny to watch!

Look at that face...doesn't it just look like she up to no good?!

A different sort of string...

*I started writing this Saturday night*
So I spent my Saturday playing with a different sort of string...the garden variety. I finally had a weekend day that I spent completely at home, it was wonderful. I don't have a ton of room to plant, just a little space right in front of my patio, but it's the perfect amount because I'm really not that good with plants, but I'm trying. So, I cut back the rosebush that is starting to bud, before it gets out of control, and tied it to the fence so that part of it would start to grow over the fence. (don't ask how many times my clothes became attached to that rosebush!) I planted a few little ground cover (*fixed after my lovely sister pointed out that it's perennials*) flowers last year and it's fun to see that they are coming back...and spreading! I love it!

Here's my creeping flox, it's called Candy Stripe or Peppermint stripe or something like that. I love the little stripey petals, and it looks so fun next to my purple crocs!!

**Click on the picture to see the difference a day makes!!**

*it's now Sunday night*
So, the weather took a turn for the worse...aside from a jaunt down to my sisters (she lives just down the street) I have been home all day. Church was cancelled due to the snow. Snow? Yep, it's a spring storm, after all...March and April are Denvers snowiest months. So here's a picture of what my cute little patio looked like today.

It's all snow covered,no gardening for me today! Only knitting and watching movies! It's the perfect time to curl up on the couch, put a movie (or two or three) in and make some progress on my Clapotis! I just got the call that we are not opening up the office until noon tomorrow, yippee! Here's hoping that the snow keeps coming and I get to spend another day in my pj's!!

I spoke too soon...it's Peeps for me!!

So, yesterday I was reading Cathi's amazingly funny blog. (If you haven't added In the Pink to your daily reads, than do it!, right now! hee hee...here's a little picture of her!

She's famous you know...she's modeling Libby's latest creation that just got published in the new Spring Knitty!! Way to go Libby! That girl is a designing machine! Maybe the longer I hang out with her...some of that designing goodness will rub off on me!? So...back to the reason for this post. Yesterday I read Cathi's post with just a twinge of jealousy...what? She has a peep's stitch marker? I kept telling myself, "Stacey you do not have to have all the same cool stuff that everyone else has. Cathi is allowed to have special stuff." But I keep thinking about it. All day it would pop into my head. Cathi has a peeps stitch marker. So, I go about my business as usual, check the mail on my way home, no special key in the box...so no presents...but wait...what's that little manilla envelope in the back of my box?!! No way! Could it be? Sure enough...I ripped into it and there it was, cute as could be. My own little Peep stitch marker from Amy. It immediately went on my knitting, of course! I love it. Thanks Amy!! You made my week!

Today is not my day...

Ok, so this whole daylights saving thing is kicking my butt this year! Monday morning I woke up at 4:00AM! totally alert, couldn't go back to sleep. (hence the reason that my post from yesterday was up and running at 5:10am!) So then last night, after watching the game at a friends house and driving home, I hardly remember getting upstairs and into bed. Next thing I know it's 8:54AM and I was supposed to be at work at 8:00! Holy crap! Why didn't my alarm go off? Why didn't my silly cat wake me up like he does every other morning at the crack of dawn?! So, needless to say, there won't be any post today on knitalong updates, or at least not until after work!! I even have some progress of my own to show you on my Fry-Up bag!! Finally!! This day is not going as planned. Hopefully, I'll get my stuff together, but until then here's another stash for ya:

The Colored Pencil Stash: looking at them in their little jars just makes me happy

Projects I'm only thinking about...

I think that this is a common occurance for knitters who are finishing up projects...to dream about the next project that is. It doesn't hurt to think about it, right? It's not like I have cast on for anything. I have only joined one new knitalong in the last few days since flapping my jaws about finishing old projects. I have been eyeing the Flower Basket girls for some time now, and I have some, if not all, of the yarn in the stash! (bonus!) Speaking of stash, I'm feeling a little vunerable here after showing my stash to everyone. I've even thought of taking the pictures down...I can't explain why, but I feel kind of like I have told the whole world a huge secret, and now what? I have a lot of yarn, and I do someday want to own my own yarn shop, so maybe I'll just tell myself that this is my way of starting my inventory...or something! Ha! Thanks for all the comments ladies, you too could have this much yarn if you just visit your local yarn shop on a regular basis!!

Next up in the cue:

•Strawberry Hat for Alice, my niece. I made one for one of the dozen baby showers that my sister had, but then I was told, by my sister, to give it to our cousins brand new baby, so I did. Here's a picture of Alyssa sporting the strawberry hat I made.

Awww, what a cute family! My sister, of course, still wants me to knit one for Alice, so what's a good aunt to do? And besides, who can resist this face.

•Rogue: (you can find the amazing pattern at Girl From Auntie)
Cathi and Michelle and I decided that we would all knit Rogue together. We'll be our own little support group! This is a project that I wouldn't knit for a while, but I need to gear myself up for. I'm thinking about knitting it out of Peace Fleece. I've wanted to try this yarn for a while now. Has anyone used it, or have an opinion about it? I'm thinking of going with either the Georgia Rose or Buffalo Brownski for mine. Thoughts? (Besides the fact that I never need to buy anymore yarn...but I probably will!)

•Sweater from Rowan's Plaid collection. I received some from my parents last year for my birthday in color #164, Sea Thistle. The practical side of my brain says I should knit this because I already have the yarn...what a concept! I am thinking of knitting either Tidal Wave or Spray.

•The more I see people making mitered square afghans, the more I want to get started on one for myself. I have been hoarding Cotton Classic for a while now. I'm thinking that this would be a great portable project to bring to work. Grab a couple colors from the stash, and go.

Of course, none of these are going to be started until I FINISH some other stuff first! So, for now, these projects live only in my dreams.

Feast your eyes on this!

So I was meeting some friends at one of my favorite local book stores, The Tattered Cover, the other day, casually looking through the knitting section...and what jumped off the shelf and into my hands? It's Stephanie's book! You know...the bookbookbook that she has been writing. I checked just yesterday on Amazon and it still wasn't available, so the local book store wins out again! You may notice something a little odd about the picture...hmmm...you're not seeing double! I bought the only two copies that they had. Some people might think that this is a little bit selfish on my part, to not leave any copies for any other Denver knitters that might be searching for it. Well...I was caught up in the excitement of finding it, and honestly I was thinking of no one but myself! I gave the second copy to my mom this morning along with her stitch markers, which brings me to my next topic. Something else is lurking in the picture above. Click on the tin below to see a closeup of what's inside, and be prepared to shortly there after place an order...you won't be able to resist!

It's stitch markers from the amazingly talented Amy Secrest! You can buy her stitch markers at her little online shop called, Amyville. My mom and I went together and bought some. Each of us getting donuts and cupcakes, and splitting the chocolate bites! They are just too cute! And I just know that they are going to make my knitting go much faster, because you know, I have always been motivated by food!! :-)

You better believe that I immediately put them on my Clapotis! Here's a picture of a real mini cupcake and the stitch marker...people at work think that I'm crazy taking weird pictures all the time!! I have a knitalong summary/update mostly written, so stay tuned all you fry-up gals!! It is coming! In the meantime, I'm going to eat cupcakes, knit, and occasionally stop between bites to "meditate" with my new book!!

Somebody stop me...

I am addicted to

Oh yes, your eyes are not deceiving you. I now have orange, pink, and purple crocs. I am lovin' them! I think everyone needs at least one pair...and when in doubt more than one! Ha! I haven't had time to write a real detailed Knitalong update, sorry fry-up ladies! It is coming though! Hopefully I'll have some time tonight after I help paint my new classroom that I'll be teaching pre-school sunday school in at my church tonight!! Yeah! It's going to be super cute. Murals of circus animals, painted by moi, on one wall and a fabric circus tent hanging in one corner. I have lots of ideas!! Can you tell I'm excited? Anyhoo...I leave you with this...a super cute picture of my niece, who I watched over the weekend. This was the first time her parents had left her over night...doesn't she look like a little pink Jedi in that hoodie?!

She's holding one of my, I mean her, favorite toys...it's an incredible hulk teething toy! It cracks me up to see her chewing on it!

**you too can spell your own words here!

Quick hello...

I have been absolutely swamped at work trying to get ready to leave town! Vacation sounds so nice right now! I plan on posting an update tonight about all the parties and knit groups that I've been to lately. I should have a finished sock, and a finished surprise project to show ya! So come back later!! Plus...I plan to blog from the road, yes, that's right...Blanche is coming to California with me! So now it's California Clapotis or bust!!!

I'll tease you with this picture of RayLynn and I standing outside my house after most of the guests had gone home from RayLynn's 30th birthday party. Yeah...less than 24 hours and we will be in California!!! Yippee!

New Yarn and Button Bags

Sounds like a winning combination to me! I got home from work a little early yesterday and there was the magic key in my mailbox that signifies, "you got a package!". Yippee! It's yarn from Emma all the way from England! I would have ripped it open right there by the mailboxes in my car, but it was taped so well I had to use scisssors. A while back when I had my survey to see which yarn to use for my Sockapalooza pal, Emma was very interested in that particular shade of Interlacements Toastie Toes that I had in my posession. So, what did we do? A little yarn swappin'...International style! The only parameters that I put on the swap was that I liked bright colored yarn.

Well, Emma sure knows how to pick them! She sent me 2 skeins of Silky Chic, in color 134/Jamboree, and 1 skein of Zanziba, color 34/Florentina.(note that this is a very Emma color, awww, now it will make me think of you when I knit with it!) She also stuck in a bonus book...all about things to knit with Silky Chic!! A couple options are these fingerless gloves that kind of match my orange tweed coat (this is a great representation of the brightness of this yarn!) or some furry muppet slippers. I'm leaning towards the gloves, because they only take one skein and then I could make something else with the second skein! Opinions are always appreciated!! Thanks so much Emma, you let me know anytime you need something from the states!!

On to buttonhole bags: (turn back now if you don't want to see a whole lot of buttonhole bags on parade...I'm warning you, many pictures of non-felted and felted items ahead!!)

Let's start with the pattern itself. The lovely Kay over at Mason-Dixon posted it a while back (January 24th to be exact) and it has taken off! There are so many people knitting this bag! They keep popping up all over the place! So, my friends Genia, RayLynn, and I all decided to make this purse together. It's a really quick knit, so if you want instant gratification than this is the purse for you!! Why is it called the buttonhole bag you ask? Because you use the same technique to make the handle that you do to make a buttonhole...it's just on a bigger scale! Exciting, huh? So here are a few pics of the process.

All three bags, pre-felting, lounging in my lap, while Genia and I watch Alias. Jesse loved laying on these bags. I think it's the Brown Sheep yarn because he doesn't like any other knitting as much as he loves this particular brand of wool. What a weird cat, but I already knew that!

My bag: (next to a Fiesta cup for scale...hee, hee...some of you detail people might have recognized that I have the same Chartreuse dishes that Kay has and used with her bag...no I'm not stalking her, I've had my dishes for years. I just thought it was a funny touch) I used a lighter green on the bottom because I have a ton of that Limeade color, and I only had 2 skeins of the Kiwi that I wanted to use for the sides of the bag. Here's the catch, you had to double the bulky yarn that you were knitting with! Double bulky! That's some really thick knitting. And to make it even worse, my Kiwi was worsted weight, so I had to quadruple it! That was not so fun. Note to self, only buy bulky in the future, and if the shop doesn't have it, change your purse color! I also made my bag a little bit taller than she calls for. I'm loving my little bag already, California, here I come! This baby is going to carry around my Clapotis!!

RayLynn's pink and orange combo looks great, of course they are my favorite colors...so it's a given that I'll love it. I'm glad you went with the orange instead of black, good decision RayLynn! You are on your way to being a knitting rock star!

Genia's purse, pre-felting, which I named the "Baby Bag". We have no idea how or why hers is so much smaller than both of ours, but it is. I know that I knit mine to be taller, but even the bottom of her bag is smaller. She followed the pattern exactly, or so she say's. Ha! Just kidding Genia! It's super cute, and just the right size to carry around the socks that she is going to learn to knit!! Yep that's right, she's learnin' to knit socks. Aww, it's a baby!

Ta-da! Here they all are after 1 cycle through the washer for Genia, and 2 full cycles for RayLynn and I! I love this bag and can definitely see myself making another one in the near future. I'm thinking I want one thats a little bit wider at the top and bottom...or just a deeper one...or, well the possibilities are endless! Thanks again Kay for this great pattern!!

Hi, my name is Stacey, and I'm a spoiled girl!

Last night my mom called and said that she and my dad wanted to take my sister and I to dinner. So we met at Qdoba, a local giant burrito place, and sitting in my chair was this bag:

Blanche has a new home, and isn't it pretty! It's a computer bag from Timbuk2! I just checked their website though, and I don't see the pink anymore! (i'm thinking he got it at the Apple store here in Denver) I have the greatest Dad ever, he just wanted to give me a little something, and he saw this and knew that I would like it. Umm, yeah, I love it! Thanks Dad! Let me explain why there is a giant Baldwin face on my TV screen...ha! My roommate and I have been watching Celebrity Fit Club and it's highly entertaining. I mean what's not funny about the Snapple lady, Biz Markie, Daniel Baldwin (always known to me as the "fat" Baldwin), Mia Tyler, and others all competing for who can lose wait and win challenges?! It is entertaining for sure!

As far as knitting content...well, I have been knitting away on Ginger (little pink summer tweed tank) that I had to rip out the majority of a few weeks ago. The plan is to have it done by the time I go to California, so that RayLynn can wear it! Gotta keep knitting! My Crusoe socks are coming along, and just this morning I got a few helpful hints from Julia because she was knitting (yes, I used the word was) these socks for her sockapalooza pal too. She has since started on a different pair for her pal and she's going to keep these for herself! Here are some of her tips that she sent me in an email:

"I used a larger needle than recommended and got a much smaller gauge - weird, huh? I stuck with it because I like the fabric at the smaller gauge and I knew I wanted the socks to fit tightly initially. My only caution would be to shoot for snug, but to be careful, because if they are too snug they won't go on. One last trick, ala Priscilla Gibson-Roberts: Your fist balled up is the same size as your foot circumference. If you make a fist and it fits snugly in the top of your sock, it should fit your foot (this is my own logic and it worked for my crusoe). If your sock pal has a different sock size than you just hunt around for a friend with a similar size. This should help you figure out if the sock is working prior to starting the heel."
Thanks a ton Julia!! This has really helped! So no knitting pictures today...because who wants to see a few more inches of the same old project, really??!!

Hurry, hurry!

Ok...FYI...if you live anywhere near a Michael's craft store and still have your Sunday paper, find the Michael's coupons. There is a 50% off of one item coupon in it and it was only good yesterday and today! I bought a set of the Boye interchangeable needles with my coupon, for only $36.00! There are 13 different needles, sizes 2-15 and 4 different cable lengths, a 16", 24", 29", and a 36". This sounded like a great deal to me! I love my addi-turbo's, but they just keep getting more and more expensive! I'll let you know how I like using them, but for now I love their shiny bright colors!! So, hurry on out to Michael's!!

Who's got the button?

I do, I do! This was a really fun easy project that my friend RayLynn and I knit up in no time! We are going to bring them with us when we go to L.A. in less than a month!! I can't wait! She knit the pink and orange one, and I knit the green and pink striped bag. I know, I usually am a pink and orange girl, but I wanted to break out and do something different...and I thought we'd look like total dorks with matching bags;-)

Thanks to Kay over at Mason-Dixon Knitting, one of my all time favorite blogs, for the pattern. Scroll down to the January 24th entry and you'll find the pattern! I'm going to felt these bags as soon as RayLynn gets back into town next weekend, so be watching for final buttonhole bag pictures then!

Quick hello...

This is going to be quick and photoless...sorry! You have to go check out what Cathi has done now! She is funny and fearless that one! I love her clapotis!

Lookie what I got!

I've been thinking about getting a new computer for a while now. I've had my green iBook for about 4 1/2 years, and little things keep happening, like the sound goes in and out, the battery is pretty much shot, etc. Little things that aren't that big of a deal, but when added up, are frustrating. (not to mention that Apple keeps coming out with really sweet computers and that has been highly tempting in and of itself) Sooooo, here's the new iBook...

I've just barely begun to play with it, and I was busy and sick most of the weekend. My brother-in-law is going to help me tonight with transfering all the files off my old computer to the new one!!! Yippee! I love my new iBook, now I just need to come up with a fun name, my green one was named Kermit 2.0 because, 1)it was green, the obvious answer and 2)it was the second green computer that I owned. I had one of the original light green iMacs, man I loved that computer! So let me know your thoughts on what I should name this one, and if I choose you I'll send ya a little something in the mail!

Flowers and Football

Just a quick post...

These are the flowers that my Flowerswap partner made for me...aren't they pretty?! I can't wait to wear them! The biggest flower is going to look perfect on my orange tweed coat.

Here's how I spent the Superbowl:

Awwww!!! Yes, it's the cutest niece ever...and yes, that's the beginnings of a buttonhole bag. More on that later.

I've been tagged!

My neighbor, Lynne tagged me, so I'm going to play nice and answer the following questions!

1.) Total amount of music files on your computer:

Well, before a slight goof yesterday, I had just over 400 songs, just a fraction of the total amount of music I own...but then I made a minor error that involved syncing my iPod with iTunes and apparently my settings were goofed. (I know that everyone is very interested in this story;-) The end result was that when I was finished, I had 87 songs on my iPod instead of the 400 I had already put on it. Dang! So now, after madly trying to rip more music onto my computer last night (instead of knitting, I might add) I have 167 songs, 11 hours of music, 753.2 MB. (my brother-in-law has 1977 songs, 5.5 days of music, and 8.2 GB...he's crazy!)

2.) The last CD you bought was: I purchased the Garden State soundtrack yesterday...love that CD, love that movie!

3.) What is the song you last listened to before reading this message?

•Give Judy My Notice by Ben Folds
•Sunshower by Chris Cornell...I'm a huge fan, I love the sound of his voice. It's so distinctive and beautiful. This song is from Great Expectations: The Album. It's a great movie soundtrack. I also own Great Expectations: The Score which is in my top 20 all time favorite movie soundtracks. (I'm a big movie soundtrack fan!)

4.)  What are your five favorite songs and why they mean the most to you (now here comes the good stuff!)

1-"Kiss Off", by Violent Femmes---I chose this because it reminds me of high school and road trips!

2-"MIA", by Foo Fighters "There is Nothing Left to Lose"---Dave Grohl kicks ass! I love this band...they put on one of the greatest shows I have ever seen. This is a talented group of guys, led by Dave Grohl.

3-"Jesse's Girl", by Rick Springfield---This was really hard because I love 80's music...Toto is great, I loved 9 to 5, and so many others but this is one of my favorites, and one with a lot of jr. high memories!

4-"Tribute", by Tenacious D---this whole album is hilarious! Jack Black is a comic genius!

5- Ben Lee, I can't pick just one song...I listened to him at a certain time of my life and he's now tied to all those memories. So I listen and remember.

So this was really hard to do because I have such a wide range of music tastes...from The Police to Weezer, from George Winston to THe White Stripes, from U2 to Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis...I love them all. Music is essential to me.

5). What 3 people are you going to pass this baton to and why?

Larissa because she's an artist and she rocks the office supplies, Amy because I think if we lived in the same town we'd go to antique/flea markets together and it is good to be girl!, and last but not least I'm sending this silly thing to Shelby because I think that she has the same sense of humor as me!! There you have it, I participated in my first "meme" although I still have no clue why they call it that! If someone wants to enlighten me, feel free!

Life happened...

When I have been really busy, I don't have as much time to knit, and that in turn doesn't give me much to blog about. I hate this cycle!! But...there has been some knitting in the last week, I went to the Littleton Meetup last Tuesday. (see sidebar) We had our largest group yet, with 11 people showing up...it was great fun as always, and is quickly becoming one of my favorite nights of the month! Skip ahead to Friday night, I went to Cathi's house to knit and I met another Colorado knitter/blogger, Jon and his friend that some of you might know as Brian "the Lurker". Cathi has some great pictures over at In The Pink since I seem to have misplaced the vital little cable to download pictures from my camera to my computer...aarrgghhh! Anyway...Saturday I spent the day with my friend RayLynn shopping for some clothes to wear on our trip to California! Yeah! I'm getting sooo excited! It's still over a month away and I can hardly control myself!!

*FYI* If you were my pal from the Secret Pal 3 program...I'd love to know who you are, because I think that you live in L.A. and it would be really fun to meet up in person when I come out there!!

Then came the swatching for my sockapalooza socks...normally I wouldn't spend much time swatching for a pair of socks, but I wanted to see the color knit up...and be sure about my pattern. Here is the color I chose, it's Interlacements 'Toasty Toes'. I love this yarn, and it's hand dyed in Colorado!

Sunday...Golden Globes...kind of a disappointment, I can't really put my finger on why though. Monday, I had the day off of work (yeah!) but I had an appointment with my skin doctor (not-so-yeah!) and my doc ended up taking off 2 abnormal moles...and giving me stitches. (definitely not-so-yeah!) So now I'm walking around like a little old lady, because I'm scared of popping the stitches that are on my shoulder blades. I never realized how much I actually move my shoulders in a day until now. And that's the recap of my week...exciting huh?

My goal this week: I'm AM going to post some finished Wavy scarf pictures!