I Miss Journeyman

Ok, geek moment but here is a petition to save one of the shows I really liked this year. Not only was it canceled but they totally left everything hanging. SO frustrating.

....so if you happen to be a fan (or just want to do me a tiny little very easy favor) go sign the petition and hope for the best.

While you're clicking stuff - come see me at the blog with more pictures =)*)

Here a Contest, there a Contest...

and yet ANOTHER contest!

This one is a bit different, because it's a win/win situation. Ya see even if you don't WIN the contest, you win by having a new source for awesome yarn!

See NHKnittingMama blog for contest info

Then be sure to check out her Etsy shop under the same name, NHKnittingMama

Contest Alert

Head on over to McKnitter's blog and enter a contest. It's super easy, she's looking for vacation suggestions in the comments. Check it out!

Update/ Lace

Hello everyone. I keep saying that I am going to abandon this blog, but it continues to get traffic every day. SO, instead, I'll be periodically posting something for y'all to look at when you show up, with another reference to the blog I now use most often. kay?

Here's what I'm working on now. It's my Fern Lace Stole and I'm almost half way finished! Yaay!

If you'd like more details, you can click on over to Clandestine & Candour. While you're there, you can subscribe =)) (hey, a girl can be hopeful, right?)

Take care, I'll be sharing more stuff in the days to come.

Sleep, Breathe and Knit

Oh yeah, and sometimes I eat a bit =) But the former 3 seem to be all I do lately. The sleeping is real nice. After having such a hard time sleeping for so long, it's such a relief to be able to relax into sleep.

The knitting is nice, too. I didn't realize I could finish a pair of socks that fast. I really like these. They look a little similar, but different. They are very comfy and that's what's important.

You can I've cast on for pair number 3. There were only 10 stitches on the needles in this picture, but now, I'm very well along into the first cuff.

I would like the start my second sock some where close to the same spot as these since it's a self striping yarn. One of the Knit Picks variety. I don't recall the name or even the color. I've had it in a ball waiting to be knit for like a year and a half, at least. Too long. It's a little rough on the hands now that I've gotten used to the bamboo stuff, but these yarns always soften up greatly once washed. (as you all know, so why did I bother to say so? hmmm?)

Well.... we'll see how I keep up the pace. I would like to at least start pair number four this month. That'll be a serious record for me. I don't think I've knit 4 pairs in 6 months before! The weird thing is, you'd think I'd be getting tired of making socks, but it seems to be the reverse. I won't be able to keep up this pace forever, but I can see me making lots more that I have been.

Yaay for Socktoberfest!

Hey Everyone

Check out my Socktoberfest Socks! 1 1/2 pairs so far! Yaaay!

Feeling Better

I want to start this particular post by thanking all of you who left comments on my last post. I'm doing lots better now. I've been reading a couple of good books about how to talk to yourself in the positive instead of the negative and it really helps my attitude. I still have lots to learn, but I'm on the right track.

On a lighter note, here is the "so far so good" shot of my sock in progress. I'll be turning the heel next, when I actually pick it up again. Can't read and knit at the same time very well, and I have 2 books to read, well 1 and 2/3's since I've read at least 1/3 of the first book.

I really thought I had more to say, but I guess I didn't! Hmmm.... I must be processing what I've read so far or something. OH well, maybe it'll come to me later.

OH yeah, I found the other balls of this yarn. Where? In the place I keep my sock yarn, duh, I just didn't think it'd be on the bottom for some reason. I probably put it down there to hide it from myself so I wouldn't think about how many times I tried to knit with it on my cruise. Wow just "voicing" and I started clenching my teeth, I think I have some tension about that, ya think? dang -- cleansing breath and let it go. I think I'll go and figure that one out! ttyl!