Oh My!

While reading the Island Gazette . . . I know, I know. There is a newspaper on the island, but their printing schedule is limited. Anyway it seems another "not so well managed" knitting shop is under new management. Hmmm. There seems to be plethora of knitting stores experiencing this fate. Perhaps while on the island, three can remain in the coffee shop, while we send one in to explore the "lay of the land," so to speak.

Put it up HIGHER!

It happened today. Megan called me as soon as she got home. It seems that Sadie Blue, grabbed the white Peaches & Cream need for Knitting 105 in February. Grabbed it out of the basket on the end table. And then proceeded to play with it, until it was all unraveled. I might be late for class. It will take that long to get it untangled. All yarn will hence forth be kept out of Sadie Blue reach.

30 MINUTES

I have now told myself that I WILL knit for at least 30 minutes per day. That way I will get some of my projects finished and then can start some new ones with the yarn that I purchased from our LYS that is closing not knowing what to do with. Then I will start taking photos of them all and will be able to post them like all my other chick friends that are ubber talented!!!!!! I will be knitting wild woman and will not get anything else done. I like the sound of that. Now just to find the time between work, home and keeping track of the kids, dogs etc..... Can't wait for the island and unlimited knitting time. I shall be an early riser and late to bed person just to finish multiple projects.

Security

I was jolted out of bed last night because the dog started to bark. As I opened my eyes, I saw someone in my bedroom. The shadowy figure only caused our 9 pound guard dog, (a 2 year old shitz tsu named Dax) to bark even louder, not the regular bark, but the "I am going to rip you to shreds" bark (you may ask, where was Reggie our 27 pound lhasa apso during all this?--sound asleep) . Dax also leaped from the bed to chase the intruder, which caused the intruder to scream and run for the safety of her bed. Little did I realize that the intruder was actually MMT, who needed ibuprofen at 1:45 am. The moral of the story is this: I now know my yarn is safe at all times, Dax is willing (and in his mind able) to do whatever it takes to keep the family safe.

I managed to get to YD today to get my yarn for mittens, yet another project to add to the all ready long list of "knitting that needs to be done", but alas it is the end of the semester and my time needs to be spent grading papers, final exams and preparing for 150 new faces on Monday. This too shall pass and I will be back to my regular knitting schedule.

Pay it forward

About a month ago we started a knitting club at MHS. We have had great response! Yesterday I took 6 novice knitters to Hancock for supplies for a new project. It was so much fun to watch these unsuspecting novice knitters touch the yarn and get giddy with excitement over a new project (and spend more money than they had planned on spending--good news it happens to others, not just Guild members!) The girls left with the materials (although man-made- but yarn never the less) for a knitted bag. The older knitters left with materials for a bag and dishrags, and a plan to head off to other stores that sold yarn. I was like a proud parent.

Today I got brave and wore "my Igloo" to school. MMT greeted me with "I'm glad I don't have to go to school with you today!" I got lots of compliments, so I feel pretty good about my knitting right now. I wanted to go to YD after school for needles (who knew tossing a sock in a book bag could lead to broken needles??), but I decided to come home and enjoy the quiet time. I knit in the peace and quiet.

My new hairdo and I are off to the holiday party for my spouse tonight. I hope all goes well. God grant me the strength to not have one to many beverages and say something I will regret. MMT is off skiing with the middle school, the boy is at practice and then has to go to bed early because he has yet another swim meet tomorrow (that is 3 in 6 days---too many??) I am looking forward to the swifting meeting on Sunday, another chance to look at my TB purchase and dream about projects yet to come.

Dyseclectica

Do you remember her??? She was there to see the Harlot also. I checked her blog this evening. And I quote . . .

From there to Three Kittens which is still transforming. If you haven't been since it changed hands (and you're local), go just to see the place. Did you know there were windows? You can actually figure out where the patterns are now. It is a wonderful improvement and I bought a couple of skeins of Dreambaby to make a sweater for my nail technician's new baby. Which I should be knitting.

They have windows??? Who knew???

Dominoes

So last week NK went and had her hair cut. CT on Monday. Me, I am going tonight because I can take it no longer. Off with her hair!! I figure if I don't like it, I can blame it on Nancy, she started the whole domino thing. I manage to get out last night and pick up a lovely shade of golden brown so most of the gray is gone. Notice I said most. ASJ, apparently you need to make an appointment . . .

Knitting . . . well that cardigan is coming along just fine, thank you very much! It will be traveling to NK's for the guild meeting on scrap yarn. I shall be requesting input from the chicks. I am at this point cautiously optimistic. CT (She Who Knit's Like the Wind) is already on her third top down. She has left me in the dust.

We did have a knitting field trip this week. Yours Truly came home with nothing (they were all out of Katmandu). Unbelievable but true. It is rather sad that one of the LYS is closing. Even more depressing is the fact the yarn was 40% and I came home with none. CT got a rather nice stash and was purchasing with NK's wild abandon (it was difficult for her), ASJ also came away with a basket full of yarn. NK too had yarn, and then went back the next day for more. Well will be swifting for hours! What fun . . . I can't wait.

All is not all is lost for me. The field trip in February will place me squarely in front of a wall of Koigu. Be still my heart! I can't wait. Sock yarn heaven!

My photo for the day. My great Aunt Helen was a knitter! Who knew! I was so excited to see this. I having it hanging right where I can see it all day long. Aunt Helen is in the front row, left side, in the white dress with a Peter Pan collar. Knitting what appears to be a scarf! This was taken when they still taught knitting in schools, I believe some time in the very early 1900's, maybe 1912 or so. Isn't she cute.