Monday, December 26, 2005

Happy Holidays !!!

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Have you ever....?



Saw this floating around, so I'm doing the meme, too!

Have you ever...?

smoked a cigar: yes
crashed a friend’s car: no
stolen a car: no
been in love: yes
been dumped: yes
dumped someone: yes
taken shots of alcohol: yes. phase 10 is a great drinking game :)
been fired: no
been in a fist fight: yes
snuck out of a/your house: no
had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back: yes
been arrested: no
made out with a stranger: no
gone on a blind date: no
lied to a friend: probably
had a crush on a teacher: no
seen someone die:no
been on a plane: yes
thrown up in a bar: no
miss someone right now: yes
laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by: yes
made a snow angel: yes
played dress up: yes
cheated while playing a game: probably
been lonely: yes
fallen asleep at work/school: 7:45 am classes suck
used a fake id: yes, had one at 18
felt an earthquake: no
touched a snake: yes
run a red light: yes, but not intentionally
had detention: yes, too many times
been in a car accident: yes, not bad though, just a bump
hated the way you look: no
been lost: yes
been to the opposite side of the country: yes
felt like dying: yes
cried yourself to sleep: yes
played cops and robbers: yes
karaoke: yes... great times
done something you told yourself you wouldn’t: oh yes
laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose: no
caught a snowflake on your tongue: yes
kissed in the rain: no, then I'd get my hair wet and that's a no-no.
sang in the shower: yes
made love in a park: no
had a dream that you married someone: it wasn't a dream :) and it camt true 5 years later.
glued your hand to something: yes
got your tongue stuck to a flag pole: no
worn the opposite sex’s clothes: yes
been a cheerleader: yes for 2 or 3 years
sat on a roof top: yes
talked on the phone all night: yes
ever too scared to watch scary movies alone: lol... yup
played chicken fight: lol.. yesssss
been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on: yes
been told you’re hot by a complete stranger: always
broken a bone: no
dipped snuff: no
lived overseas: no
ever passed out/fainted: umm.. possibly


If you read this.. do it too and put it up on your blog!! Have a great holiday everyone !

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Ornamental Gift
















I heart my Ornamental buddy. She sent the most beautiful felted snowman, hand dyed roving that she dyed herself, and a card!

























I've already gotten into the roving and spun a little last night!

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Finished!!

Here's the baby outfit. It took about 5 days to knit. ok.. heres the stats... The cardi was knit with Laines du Nord (almost 4 skeins) but I dont remember what colorway. The pattern was http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/PATThaiku.html . It was an easy pattern but the yarn called for size 3 needles, so it took me for ever. I did not put in buttons, but I attached 2 I-cords to the front to make a cute little tie. The pants were made from TLC cotton (2 sheins) on sz 7 needles. That patterncan be found at http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTcargo.html . This was a VERY quick knit. I think it took me 4 hours to comeplete. Again, in stead of putting elastic in the waistband, I made a drawstring closure using the leftover yarn from the cardi to make an I-cord. The sizes for both were 18-24 months and fit the baby wonderfully :)









Saturday, December 17, 2005

Updates!!

Wow!! I can't believe that it's been a month since my last post! I've been knitting like crazy trying to finish up Christmas gifts. As soon as I get to the end of my list 94875398 more gift requests come out of nowhere. I went form having to knit 4 pairs of kid socks, 1 pair of toddler socks, a cabled hat, and an intarsia scarf with my brother's nickname in it, a hat for my husband and an Ornamental gift to also knitting a belt, another pair of toddler socks, a hat for my niece and nephew(which is not done yet), a scarf for my sister(Not even started), a cardi and pant set for 18-24 mo old(the cardi is almost done and the pants not started yet), and a few sweaters to fit my nieces Brat Dolls. Ugh!

I am hoping to finish the cardi today and get started on the pants this evening. Since my brother's b-day is the 27th, im going to wait till after Christmas to start it. It will be knitted on sz 10 1/2 needles so it will go quick.
The scarf for my sister will be knitted as soon as I find a pattern. She gave me an early Christmas present of Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb in the colorway of Purple Club. She also purchased one for herself in the colorway of Flame. They are so beautiful. And soft. And oh so yummy. Since I only have 1 skein of Flame, I dont know what pattern would look nice and make a decent lenght scarf.

I am still teaching the knitting class on Sundays. It's so much fun to see the children knit and actually understand what they are doing to the point where they can fix most of their own mistakes. They love the class so much that on their way out they are talking about the following weeks' class. It's great!!

I am sending out my Ornamental Gift today. I hope she gets it before Christmas. Most likely she will. I hope she likes it :).

Update: Here's the ornament:). I already shipped it so she should get it any day!!
I have tons of pics to post, but they have to wait until HWDT gets back from FL next week somtime with the digital wire for the cam.