tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39145948738570392992023-11-16T02:24:49.656-05:00Knitting From the Animal HouseThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-91511876225004712312012-05-08T13:12:00.000-05:002012-05-08T13:12:44.964-05:00I'm such a tech loser. There are some awesome photos on my phone and I can't get them on here.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-30216441283439617622012-02-07T05:21:00.002-05:002012-02-07T05:29:27.604-05:00I Got NothinBetween crazy work schedule that conflicts with everyone else's in the house and my need for sleep, seems like a lot of things are going by the wayside.<br /><br />I work 5 pm until somewhere between 3 and 5 am. Days off are through the week sometime. The hub works 8 am until between 5 and 6 pm through the week. The boy works 2 pm until between 10 and 11 pm with random days off. Talk about passing in the halls.<br /><br />The best thing about it are that the dogs never get lonely because there is always someone here or on the way here and with time together as a family so limited, we rarely have time for any disagreements. <br /><br />Just a hint: Getting food for a vegetarian from Outback is a sad, sad thing. However, the local Mexican restaurant has a few awesome choices.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-22514107772339093552012-01-02T12:23:00.001-05:002012-01-02T12:23:00.630-05:00Finally, finally, it snows. Just a wee skim, but snow.....Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-11338379681208946632011-12-27T13:59:00.001-05:002011-12-27T13:59:32.490-05:00Trying out a different phoneThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-63230011620014218972011-05-27T17:00:00.001-05:002011-05-27T17:00:06.415-05:00Now to see if mobile blog posts work.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-70556519495656134712011-05-27T16:50:00.001-05:002011-05-27T16:50:49.069-05:00OMBOB!It's been foreeeveerrr.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-27437243173862463262009-10-15T14:14:00.004-05:002009-10-15T14:36:16.536-05:00EEEEEEEEPP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlq-xiTXCka30W-VIK_WElUHR6pZdr7zH09v8JUZq3R49xYF92A041TzgLBfbeZtcjfxVOoXZO2iaBufp0rDjlTzejRh9l8_6dPS6gUCb_liesZOhLhyr9_7Z86Eek-xK7QaNJVi0iGM/s1600-h/DSCN0027.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlq-xiTXCka30W-VIK_WElUHR6pZdr7zH09v8JUZq3R49xYF92A041TzgLBfbeZtcjfxVOoXZO2iaBufp0rDjlTzejRh9l8_6dPS6gUCb_liesZOhLhyr9_7Z86Eek-xK7QaNJVi0iGM/s200/DSCN0027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392909939850390882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijSo5W7nJX-XjCngKganxm5DRA9dM6VdIrzAjrHQ_1dZgebDzaZ3qZrH9XtF16p4ZAWN27wmV0VTrXdJlKtyKV8mKGLNcob7Scxv6_RYZlNgxRdTgOG6W1CNhv6eqA7kc13j1_22ZwuA/s1600-h/DSCN0028.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijSo5W7nJX-XjCngKganxm5DRA9dM6VdIrzAjrHQ_1dZgebDzaZ3qZrH9XtF16p4ZAWN27wmV0VTrXdJlKtyKV8mKGLNcob7Scxv6_RYZlNgxRdTgOG6W1CNhv6eqA7kc13j1_22ZwuA/s200/DSCN0028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392909946203466402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03pnKjy1qNJNVC8g4hWkqiMG6VyLR_t-D0j3GEHbMHUQCvV5Fn7QMnDswml2D4sQSmxfl3RGm78o3_q4hJ76m2qsVFig1UUK_6eikk0yPCeeisXd08LUih5gbEsDS40Z0zIpDevpNwkc/s1600-h/DSCN0026.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03pnKjy1qNJNVC8g4hWkqiMG6VyLR_t-D0j3GEHbMHUQCvV5Fn7QMnDswml2D4sQSmxfl3RGm78o3_q4hJ76m2qsVFig1UUK_6eikk0yPCeeisXd08LUih5gbEsDS40Z0zIpDevpNwkc/s200/DSCN0026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392909929424551218" /></a><br />I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted. It's true that life really does get in the way. <br /><br />Since the last time, I've met some local knitters from <a href="http://ravelry.com">Ravelry</a>. They're awesome and fun and funny! It's odd how folks react to ladies with sharp sticks and yarn at a Chinese buffet. <br /><br />There has been some knitting that is still around to be shown. Let's see, how about these:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLridFqnr3RkaGVMenc8NTDz6vTMD7QxMslxlzZlC4CnyibvxXQd-LNfaWottBkve-0pRwmpGXcqaXo_9YWynoGO6h5R5YCNxQaHKoZSd93U07iKecMmra5PBtYU1mYEhobY8C54cvwZ0/s1600-h/DSCN0025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLridFqnr3RkaGVMenc8NTDz6vTMD7QxMslxlzZlC4CnyibvxXQd-LNfaWottBkve-0pRwmpGXcqaXo_9YWynoGO6h5R5YCNxQaHKoZSd93U07iKecMmra5PBtYU1mYEhobY8C54cvwZ0/s200/DSCN0025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392908950706001410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhYCfB_9q4iEn1_qeCGWOLHXUb84cIC0DmHJ_mjGBLX7a_YQiXFdAh3ffEwk8z0k4snwp5wHqoQFvRLgN7QigPm2ekXAKOXMPA8dwSBZWDoNHnx15qUXQ7VdITQtUarOq0_Qal5zQPL4/s1600-h/DSCN0024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhYCfB_9q4iEn1_qeCGWOLHXUb84cIC0DmHJ_mjGBLX7a_YQiXFdAh3ffEwk8z0k4snwp5wHqoQFvRLgN7QigPm2ekXAKOXMPA8dwSBZWDoNHnx15qUXQ7VdITQtUarOq0_Qal5zQPL4/s200/DSCN0024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392908940764380626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESSFmey7b9VzBenjS8EbDnMqDB1ZFr8YPOZFxiWXp3bxQKqwelVqwL7uK-M8X1376s4AzrhYgdAJp3thA8qb4zLQklfyr9ws8LuoqcjZG0Nu8Iw6_mnj879BaM1JlGyFKwOAIXzi1ixY/s1600-h/DSCN0023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESSFmey7b9VzBenjS8EbDnMqDB1ZFr8YPOZFxiWXp3bxQKqwelVqwL7uK-M8X1376s4AzrhYgdAJp3thA8qb4zLQklfyr9ws8LuoqcjZG0Nu8Iw6_mnj879BaM1JlGyFKwOAIXzi1ixY/s200/DSCN0023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392908934339636482" /></a><br /><br />I know, the Teal,Aqua,Lime ones are the same colors. I just wanted to play with the colors and this is what happened. <br /><br />The black and white hat is from a pattern called Selbu Modern by Kate Gagnon Osborn at <a href="http://kelbournewoolens.com">Kelbourne Woolens</a>. It was a lot quicker than you'd think to make up and I adore the finished product.<br /><br />Hi ho hi ho off to work we go. I have to do something productive.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-13108421264974204832009-01-20T12:51:00.006-05:002009-01-20T13:11:20.697-05:00Inauguration DayWell, I had this big thing already written about my hopes and fears for the new President, but then erased it all.<br /><br />Everyone is probably already sick to death of everyone else's opinions, so..<br /><br /><br />As far as knitting goes, I've been working on a cowl pattern out of some nice thin fuzzy Patons Lacette. It's a nylon/acrylic/mohair blend that's looking pretty and girly. We'll see what happens when I'm done fooling around with it. Keep your fingers crossed because this would be a bear to frog. <br /><br />If it turns out pretty, I'll get pics up and if not, we shall not speak of it again...Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-55561323452111894312009-01-16T14:58:00.004-05:002009-01-16T15:06:20.803-05:00ColdAll I <strong>have to say is <br /><br /><strong>BRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....</strong><br /><br />0 degress Farenheit this morning (-17.8 degrees Centigrade)<br />When they put in the lovely wind chill that's about -12F or -24C.<br /><br />I am having a hard time wraping my head around it being colder here than in Fairbanks, Alaska.</strong>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-79243281215599741312009-01-14T17:04:00.006-05:002009-01-14T17:34:00.205-05:00Happy New Year - finally.<span style="font-family:arial;">The Holidays are finally over. That sounds a little grumpy, but I don't mean it to at all. We had a very nice Christmas after all. Wow, that sounded sort of grumpy, too.<br /><br />It was an odd Christmas overall. The first time we had two grandkids to see. The older one is a joy and such a girly girl all around. The youngest was crawling everywhere. What a hoot! She thinks she's so big.<br /><br />We went to the hub's parents' houses. Everyone was nice and got along and it was so drama free and without stress. When you've had a lot of drama, drama-free is so extremely nice.<br /><br />I guess the <a href="http://wvknitter.blogspot.com/2008/12/such-slacker.html">shawl </a>is making it's way across the country at light speed. It's actually ahead of schedule a bit which is great news. The pictures on here and on the blog for the shawl are showing it as a work in progress. I wish people who aren't knitters could envision how it's going to look after it's finished, washed and blocked. The difference will be night and day. It's going to be amazingly beautiful.<br /><br />I'm reminded of how fortunate we are here. We have a warm place to live, food in the fridge, our kids are healthy, ditto the grandkids, I just got called back to work (not full time, but every bit helps) and our pets are spoiled rotten. Those things are HUGE. Agreed, it's not fun to not go shopping for "stuff", or go to movies or restaurants with no thought, or any of the various other ways we used to entertain ourselves, but we are trying to concentrate on what we do have, and it's more than sufficient.<br /><br />One thing I want to remember to do this year is a little more charity knitting. When I think about it, there are yarns in my stash that aren't colors or types that my family would like, but someone else may adore, knitting is pretty much an obsession of mine, and there are so many people who would love to be warmer or just to know that someone had a little thought to their comfort. Charity knitting is a win-win for everyone.<br /><br />Sometimes it does get a little crowded on the couch to be flailing about with pointy sticks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/3127854887/" title="crowd by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3127854887_6bfb0bee42_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="crowd" /></a><br /><br />Maybe if I put a little list thing on here, it will motivate me to do more.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-59685468258760458332008-12-22T12:12:00.003-05:002008-12-22T12:53:32.978-05:00Such a Slacker<span style="font-family: arial;">Yep, that's me. I just realized how long it's been. Somebody should have smacked me w</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ay before now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">First off the important stuff. I'm a participant in the Traveling Shawl that's working it's way across the country being worked on by knitters in all fifty states. The purpose is to raise funds towards breast cancer research and hopefully a cure very soon.</span><br /><br />For all the details and links and such, someone else put it much better than I can, so here you go:<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span> <ul><li>During the coming twelve months selected knitters from across the United States will be going Passionately Pink for the Cure® by working on the Traveling Shawl to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.</li><li>It’s passionate, because the need to end breast cancer is so urgent. It’s pink, because that’s the color we’ll wear to accomplish our goal.</li><li>Participating is simple. One knitter from each state is adding six to eight rows of intricate lace knitting to a beautiful pink shawl that when completed will be raffled. To enter chances to win the Traveling Shawl make a donation of $5 or more to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the leader of the global breast cancer movement.</li><li>If you’d like to contribute online, please use the link below. In return for your contribution, you’ll get a pink ribbon pin and the satisfaction of helping to move us closer to a world free of breast cancer. To enter the drawing, when you receive an email confirmation of your donation send a copy to <a href="mailto:travelingshawl@gmail.com">travelingshawl@gmail.com</a> . For each $5 donated you’ll be entered in the drawing for a chance to own the completed Traveling Shawl!</li><li>Thanks in advance for your help and for showing your true colors by going Passionately Pink for the Cure.</li><li><a href="http://www.komendonations.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/PassionatelyPink?px=3408007&pg=personal&fr_id=1080">Donation page</a><br /></li><li>Follow the progress of the shawl and share the journey!</li><li><a href="http://traveling50statesshawl.blogspot.com/">http://traveling50statesshawl.blogspot.com/</a></li><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Here is a picture of how far it's been knit as of Saturday (12/20/08)</span></li></ul> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/3127857265/" title="travel by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/3127857265_ceaa4ac882_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="travel" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Raffle.. $5 for a chance to win the shawl.. Did you read that? wooohoooo.</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br />Sometimes it gets a tad bit crowded around here to knit, so you HAVE to take breaks...<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/3127854887/" title="crowd by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3127854887_6bfb0bee42_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="crowd" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes you have to power through and do the sweater and beaded backpack anyway<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/3127853767/" title="bag by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3127853767_40fb285f53_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="bag" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/3128684342/" title="swtr by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3128684342_814f2e7fb5_m.jpg" width="240" height="134" alt="swtr" /></a>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-36095910411366284102008-10-07T14:36:00.000-05:002008-10-07T14:53:03.246-05:00Lots of cool stuff<span style="font-family:arial;">If I were getting grades for originality of blog titles, it would have to be at least a D, but what the heck. It's mine and that's that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I finished up the <span style="font-weight: bold;">'</span></span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/PATTheyteach.html">Hey Teach</a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">' </span>from the Summer Knitty. It's funny. A really quick knit, easy to remember lace pattern and stash yarn, yet it's gotten more compliments than things that have taken much more time and effort to complete. Just goes to show that a good design shines through.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I've also joined a cooperative knitting effort. You can read about it </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.traveling50statesshawl.blogspot.com/">here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. When it's all done, it will have been to all 50 states with people from every state taking a part in knitting it. It will be raffled off to benefit the </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm">Susan G Komen foundation</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> for breast cancer. It looks like the raffle tickets will be $10 each. For the winner, that's going to be a great deal. For everyone else, they should get a great feeling of doing something good for not a whole lot of money.<br /><br />That's it for now. If I ever get around to putting batteries in the camera, you guys can see some pics.<br /></span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-24863604293021260852008-09-24T16:32:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:48:08.634-05:00Hi - Whatcha doin?Good grief. Seems like we've been busy, but it's spinning our wheels. Which is ok, cause we do like hanging out with each other. Here's about as energetic as it gets:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2885082686/" title="Friday & Skippy by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2885082686_98b4a3b3da.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Friday & Skippy" /></a><br /><br />That's two stubborn animals not about to give up the bed for each other. The cat is Friday and the dog is Skippy. Friday just doesn't look like her old self anymore. She's lost about 13-1 4 pounds and is now a downright svelte 15 lbs. I know, I know, it's HUGE. She really IS a biggish girl, but she's tall and long and carries it well.<br /><br />As far as knitting goes, I've joined the MS4 knitalong and have finished clues one and two. So far it looks like this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2884248019/" title="MS4 Clues 1 & 2 by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2884248019_8502a87d51.jpg" width="500" height="302" alt="MS4 Clues 1 & 2" /></a><br /><br />It's a bit of an odd combination, but to me it seems really 'fallish'. I'm using a fingering weight yarn called Breeze that's 40% alpaca and 60% wool. It just feels squishy and soft and warm. Just the thing for the cooler mornings on the horizon very soon.<br /><br />There's been some random knitting. I'm working on a little backpack thingy for the oldest granddaughter. How many kids do you think will have a beaded purple alpaca bag? That's what I thought. Not many. Thank goodness the girl likes beads - and purple - and soft stuff. She's most surely a girly girl in every sense of the word. Not like her grammy at all. <br /><br />Also sent out a few 7x9 inch squares to a local knitter who's working on a blanket for a family member from TX. I guess Ike hit them really hard and comfort items will be a real blessing for them while they're getting re-settled. It makes me wish I was a quicker knitter and could provide more.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-81743602499844489062008-08-26T14:56:00.000-05:002008-08-26T14:58:16.187-05:00FOUND!The dog from the post the other day is home with his real family.<br /><br />We found out where he lives. The people are great. He's loved and cared for as a part of their family. He'd just gotten out and gone visiting.<br /><br /><br />It's GREAT when things work out.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-54087315179180618702008-08-24T11:35:00.001-05:002008-08-26T14:56:25.451-05:00Look What Came to VisitWhen we got home from the grocery store, this is what we found on our porch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDkmsRMOI_vNZxJuN-HewszKMUCRv509ixAsxAcS9wC_rDAkbD39ABK_HoWfOdL3JjPlQHHexSkBkSsINk9iS3ps9UgvjHzNKRcQSiXBmIw-g-xo0cmu0giuZUA3dgAlNZyWYTxVvfjc/s1600-h/thedog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDkmsRMOI_vNZxJuN-HewszKMUCRv509ixAsxAcS9wC_rDAkbD39ABK_HoWfOdL3JjPlQHHexSkBkSsINk9iS3ps9UgvjHzNKRcQSiXBmIw-g-xo0cmu0giuZUA3dgAlNZyWYTxVvfjc/s320/thedog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238917549516038914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The dog, that is. We're trying to find his people. He's wearing a blue collar, is a kissing fool and will sit on command.<br /><br />Anyone, anyone, Bueller????Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-27304027820148456262008-08-13T15:49:00.000-05:002008-08-13T16:01:55.839-05:00Cowgirl Butterfly Astronaut Vest<span style="font-family:arial;">Love the name of this pattern. I found it </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://fpea.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-pattern-friday-cowgirl-butterfly.html">here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. This lady has some really cute patterns, and I am so glad she chooses to share them out. My worst problem with making this was finding buttons I thought were cute enough. (I'm actually still debating).</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2752695947/" title="vest by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2752695947_334a91a462.jpg" alt="vest" height="500" width="498" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The fine folks at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> are holding Ravolympics (not sure I spelled that right), and I entered an event for making a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.flintknits.com/patterns/ladysweater.pdf">sweater</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> while the Olympics are going on. It's running a tad bit behind for two reasons. The first was company for two nights (which was great!) and the second was that I apparently can't count to 39. I did the same set of 39 increases a couple of times and didn't come up with the right number at all. After the second frogging, it's finally right and ready to move on.<br /><br />Here she is so far:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2753529826/" title="day3 by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2753529826_03e91f97a2_m.jpg" alt="day3" height="161" width="240" /></a><br /><br />Not much to look at yet, but hope springs eternal.<br /></span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-25635299145043993092008-08-11T14:07:00.001-05:002008-08-11T17:06:21.912-05:00Finally, a few pictures<span style="font-family:arial;">I told you that there really was some knitting going on around here. This is the baby sweater I talked about in my last post:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2752695653/" title="einstein by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2752695653_8f4f06b51e_m.jpg" alt="einstein" height="237" width="240" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's the <a href="http://www.yarnabuse.com/kipling-baby-sweater/">Kipling Baby Sweater</a> from Yarn Abuse.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">That creepy stuff hanging down in the top right corner of the picture is my hair. My bangs are out of control and will probably stay that way for a while until they grow out to a more manageable length.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here are the <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/PATTspringforward.html">Spring Forward</a> socks out of the last Knitty. They were a nice quick knit and the yellow colors seemed to fit them.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2753530762/" title="yellow by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2753530762_d911ffd324_m.jpg" alt="yellow" height="240" width="218" /></a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Last is a little raglan/lace sweater I made up as I went along for another baby girl on the way. It isn't laying too straight in the picture, but it hasn't been washed or blocked yet.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9352978@N04/2752695817/" title="swtr by terrilynn_pa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2752695817_8c433052cb.jpg" alt="swtr" height="279" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />You can see that there are threads to be woven in, but all that is the last thing before the final wash before it gets gifted away. <br /><br />There are more, but company's on the way and I'm out of time for now.<br /><br /></span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-10486185381581894342008-07-22T07:34:00.000-05:002008-07-22T07:48:24.142-05:00I SWEARwell, I promise I'm still alive out here. You aren't supposed to swear and all that.<br /><br />Anywho, life is rolling along as it always seems to do only with less and less time. It seems that most of the time is taken up with work (silly, because it's only part time), plotting the next little cute thing to knit for a baby that either has entered or will be entering our world soon, knitting a little bit of nothing (mostly socks) and dreaming of sleep.<br /><br />Yeah, dreaming of sleep.... <br /><br />For some reason, sleep still eludes me on most nights. Not completely, there are still random two hour stretches where surely snores rock the walls and snorky noises wake the birds, but a stretch of 5, 6 or more hours strung together at any given time are just a dream.<br /><br />It will get better, it always does. I get stressed, don't sleep, the stressful thing gets resolved then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. Hopefully, by the end of this month, life will be rolling along with just normal stuff.<br /><br />I have made several pairs of socks, but still need to graft all the toes. Perhaps when I run out of small needles it will get done. <br /><br />There's a cutie patootie sweater that I got the pattern for <a href="http://www.yarnabuse.com/kipling-baby-sweater/">here</a>.<br />This little thing gets more compliments - probably because of the nice little structure details. I'll probably make it again, which is high praise for someone like me with the attention span of a gnat.<br /><br />Maybe, hopefully, with a little luck, I'll remember to take some pictures of things and put them up here....Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-32308845577846170382008-06-13T11:02:00.000-05:002008-06-13T11:12:19.483-05:00I got nuthin in the way of a title.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bad knitter.. Bad knitter. Well, it's more a case of non-photographing knitter. I've finished up pair of simple socks, but haven't taken a picture yet. Also, there's a little cardigan-ey sweater I made early on in the spring and didn't take a picture of. (Some folks at a local knitting/eating Mexican food get together actually saw the beginnings of the sweater back a few months ago.) Ahh well. I'll try to dig out the camera and see if I can rustle up a couple that are semi-decent to put on here.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Speaking of the folks who were at the restaurant (yeah, I know, but it's a baby change of subject and it's my blog and I can be as tactless as I want) it was so nice to see people who don't give you the "look" when you're knitting. You know, "Hmmm that's odd. Wonder what that woman is crocheting? Maybe I'll pretend not to look in case she's embarrassed for doing something weird like that." THAT look. It was actually the first time in my life I've ever seen anyone else knit. How crazy is that?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The other good news is that my new needles should be here that will let me finish the border on the shawl that's been in the works forever and a day. PLUS, I got 10 skeins of a really pretty rusty red fingering weight (can't remember content and it's at the house and I'm not) that is asking very nicely to be turned into something for this fall.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-4755162951685724672008-06-06T08:32:00.000-05:002008-06-06T08:49:39.208-05:00So Laaaaazzyyyyyyy<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yep. That's me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've done nothing "blogworthy", so I'll have to bore you with the mundane.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've been working along so slowly on the 'Secret of Bad Nauheim' stole. I think pretty much everyone else in the free world who was working on this stole finished weeks ago. Now I find myself at the point of picking up stitches around the stole to put the border on. My circ is too short for all the stitches to fit. How short? Waaaaaaaay short. I've got another on order, so at some point in time I will finish this. It looks like it's going to be gorgeous after it's blocked. ummm.. after I get the new needle, the stitches picked up, the border knit on and get it dyed a good color for the recipient. Heh. It's practically finished!</span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-75158426788520910092008-05-22T09:07:00.000-05:002008-05-22T09:20:15.787-05:00Friday Diet<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday the cat has been on a diet and has lost a tad over 9 pounds. In the grand scheme of things 9 pounds isn't a lot, but when you're only about 8 or 9 inches tall at the shoulder....dayum. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">She's lost one third of her total body weight. And she's still chubby! Her middle name has been Sumo for years and we're not yet ready to go through a name change yet. We really aren't starving her. (Ignore her yowling to be fed every morning at 4:00!) It's taken about 9 months and a couple of vet visits, but she's well on her way to finding out what the term 'catlike grace' means. Yeay Friday!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Another li'l thing that gave me a big loopy grin was a phone call from my sis. For a little background, you probably should know that every week, I make flyers for my boss. The flyers are pictures of animals that are ready for adoption at a local animal shelter. After they're printed up, off they go to local vets and groomers in the hopes some of their customers will see a pet they can't live without. Anyway, back to the sister call. She told me that one of her friends adopted a puppy from the shelter.. It's this little guy:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203206553912128690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="105" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnfplGQeKgLbHjgVfmwAIZ4Jt14u8xIDqraiMeU0R0qKuRHtTwDYT7lSPiVF5l6lDGZ_mGabpBbeR_Fug0DslopFd8iulRhOCnpLsYnlL8pdDIvBaaYQoKCx7BeMHBS-hXEDP9u6YqP8/s320/Chad710.jpg" width="213" border="0" /></span></div>awwwwwwww.....<br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><div></div>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-75429747603525891722008-05-16T07:57:00.000-05:002008-05-16T08:30:44.776-05:00STILL ALIVE!<span style="font-family:arial;">Yes...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm still alive out here. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's been so insane and so many things have happened over the last few months. We moved from one state to another - which in itself is a major pain when you 'do it yourself'. I don't think we'll ever find everything, but the kitchen is set up, we've got beds and clothes and the pets, so the important things are done. Everything else is just gravy and we'll get to it at some point in time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I gave away the chicken, because you really can't keep poultry in a subdivision. With the price of eggs going sky high, I'm wondering if I can't get a couple of hens and pretend they're some sort of exotic parrot or something. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We had fostered out the cats, and now have one (the big one at the top of this thing) back. She's lost 8 pounds and is down to a practically svelte 19.5 pounds. We're so excited at how well she's doing getting around and grooming herself that we're spoiling her unmercifully. She's actually turning into a yowling brat. The little cat was adopted permanently by a young lady who can spend a lot of time and give her undivided attention. We miss her, but it is a win for her since she's a very needy girl when it comes to petting and loving. I just hope she gets the occassional Cheetoh. She loves those things.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Best of all, we have a beautiful, gorgeous, perfect new granddaughter who looks amazingly like her big sister and her mother. She arrived a little early and was a little small, but is doing terrific. Of course I went over her with a fine toothed comb to see if there was any teensy tiny resemblance to me or my son anywhere. (I can't help it, I'm just weird like that!) She got her dad's curly hair and her second toe is longer than her big toe like mine. We are <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> going to mention anything about any sort of Irish temper! I will deny, deny, deny that she got that from her paternal side of the family.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The knitting has been so slow lately. It's just been tough getting back in the groove while going back to work and being overwhelmed with ch-ch-changes.... I'll get there, it's just slow for us old grammies. Heh..</span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-54591635187137900602007-12-09T18:00:00.000-05:002007-12-09T18:11:10.568-05:00Whew!<div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">So much stuff going on lately. We've found out the grandchild to be is a granddaughter to be. It looks like I'm going to be covered in pink or purple for a while. Now it's time to get some girly buttons on the stuff that was already ready for her.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">My other mother had to have some surgery and so far, so good. We'll know for sure when the word comes back from the lab.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Holidays are getting close and we are anything BUT ready! eeeeeek </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Not a lot going on that I can share, but it's looking like we're doing what we're supposed to be doing for everything to work out the way it should in the long term.</span> </div>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-73078681364018228542007-11-16T08:53:00.000-05:002007-11-16T09:06:51.670-05:00Cat update<span style="font-family: arial;">Well, the baby cat (she's 8, but still she's the youngest cat) is much better now. Actually fully recovered. She's been placed on the "Catkins" diet. That means wet food that is all meat with no gravy or veggies. The first couple of days were really rough for her because she is the one who would ONLY eat dry food. No interest in tuna, any other type of fish, or any meat. The picture at the top isn't her at her top weight of 28-1/2 lbs,, but still. She's down to about 21 lbs and still is a total lap full.<br /><br />The other cat will do about anything for a piece of roast beef, and heaven help you if you got Cheetos. She'll just about jump down in the bag to defend her share. She, of course, tops out at a scrawny 7 pounds.<br /><br />I've mostly been working on the <a href="http://www.menwhoknit.com/">Queen Anne's Lace circular shawl</a>. This morning I wanted to see what it looked like other than a ginormous hat bunched up on the needles. I threaded waste yarn and spread it out. It still has a way to go, but Oh My Goodness. It's freakin' awesome. This is one of the few times ever that I've looked at my own knitting and been impressed. <br /><br />It's actually an easy pattern and not an extremely intricate design, but is just perfect for it's intended use. The link takes you to Men Who Knit which will take you to the pattern.<br /><br />The camera went to work with the husband, so no pics today, but soon.<br /></span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914594873857039299.post-35369432487232385362007-11-09T13:00:00.000-05:002007-11-09T13:14:59.301-05:00A Kitty Post<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Chubbalicious (Friday the cat at the top of the page) has really slimmed down. She's practically a wraith at a mere 23 pounts.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Ummm... the picture at the top IS a current picture and not at her top weight. Poor kitty has been sick and had to make a trip to the emergency vet the other night. We'll know by tonight how she's going to be. Keep your fingers crossed 'cause we just adore this chubby cat.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Knitting - AAAaarggghhh. I started a <a href="http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/files/QueenAnnesLace.pdf">Queen Anne's Lace shawl </a>to go with all the other WIPs. Maybe soon there will be some actual finished things to put on here.</span>Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552481680649224883noreply@blogger.com1