Birthdays..

So today is my birthday..yep 30 years OLD..ok I guess I am just feeling pretty old right now, but hey..whatever. Now if I could only get some love on my knitting blog...anyone...

Daylight Savings...

Well I must say that I do like the extra hour of daylight at the end of the work day, but my body does not like the weird feeling that its just too early in the morning, although every day is getting a little better. Monday was touch and go let me tell you. I am getting ready to move in a couple of weeks and the only thing knit worthy are my futile attempts at a toe up sock, I want it to be perfect and look like all of the beautiful socks on flickr..but alas it does not, little holes or ripping back to find that I dont know where the heck that dropped stitch fricken goes, riippppp all over again...So I need some toe up sock help, there is the provisional toe with the short rows and the wraps, and I did find some tutorials but I still can't get the two sides to look like perfect toes, any suggestions on working into the wraps? Pleeeaassseee I need it! Or then there is the magic toe where there are no wraps but then the joins on the side just looked horrible, am I doing the M1 increase wrong, well maybe.every book shows it a different way...Must find magic sock book with many pictures and many descriptions that can reveal the secret of the toe up sock....before I turn my yarn into a frogged fuzz ball...and my bf gives me the look again, like didn't you just do that last night?? ...uggh..

Crafty goodness...and no love..

So this awesome little case here is from splityarn, she has an awesome tutorial in her flickr pictures, Once I can find all parts to the sewing machine I am so going to try attempt to construct this case, in the meantime I will have fun searching for all the necessary elements!

I keep wondering when the magic is going to happen and I might be interesting enough for people to read my site.....

I guess moving to an area where you really don't know a lot of people makes one want some more person to person contact..or in my case I want some crafty person to crafty person contact..Hey don't get me wrong my BF is great but he lack that excitement that I have for anything craft..his excitement factor is usually for the automobile..which I can't complain it could be worse, say all things sports, video games, booze..so I consider myself lucky :)

Pop ups??

I was visiting one of my favorite sites Scout's Swag and read the following about Julie Amero, I thought that I would help spread the word.
I'm taking advantage of this space for today to make sure that you all read and learn about Julie Amero. For those of you who don’t know, Julie Amero is the seventh grade substitute teacher in Connecticut who is facing 40 years in prison after pornographic popup ads came up on her computer screen during a class in 2004.Forty years. It takes about one second to Google this story. Please take a few minutes to read about what is happening to this woman. We all know the power of the internet. We can make a difference in this woman’s life. Steve Bass also talks about the power of e-mail. The State’s Attorney responsible for supervision of David Smith, the prosecutor in the Amero case, is Michael L. Regan. You might want to write him and strongly urge he help Smith file a motion to vacate the conviction. An e-mail to the Chief State’s Attorneys of Connecticut Kevin T. Kane and Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell can’t hurt, either. (There are more e-mail links on the Julie Amero site.) http://julieamer.blogspot.com/

To dye or not to dye...

So I have been wanting to try my hand at dying some yarn, because to be honest I am in the middle of buying my first condo and can't really afford the super beautiful $25/per skein yarn..nope, its top ramen here and for a while I think.. (and yes mom I know when you buy your first house you will be poor..)
So I visit all of these great sites everyday and wonder, how do they do it?? How do they get such beautiful color combinations, stripes, vivid colors, etc.? If anyone has any advice I will sure appreciate it :)

Oh yes the picture is from http://www.adamknits.com/

His sweet doggie Dallas is modeling with some of his hand dyed yarn, so check it out!

So cute!

So I saw this fabric on
craftoholic.blogspot.com and I really thought it was cute. I especially like the green dotted and the multi color fabric above it, but I need to figure out where to buy it. Right about now I am in baby gift making mode.. I have three friends that are having babies..well second and third babies (one is having twins!) and so many cute things that I want to make, but so little time... If anyone knows where I can get this fabric let me know :)

Sleepy Cabby

Sleepy Cabby,

Here is my secret yarn eater..hiding under the covers.. sometimes it gets cold here in Ventura and Cabby Cat likes to cuddle, which is fine by me, she is an excellent cuddler..now the yarn eating part, not so good..but hey what are kitties for?