Leisel's Stripedy Socks!

The socks made from the yarn dyed by Leisel are finally completed! The stripes even lined up. A friend asked for purple socks and I'm still trying to decide if these will qualify. I don't have any solid purple yarn, just variegated currently.

This week the girls and I were out at my parent's home on the coast. While there my Aunt Marlene and I went jetty fishing in North Cove. I caught two small perch that I threw back, but Marlene caught a good sized fish before the bait ran out. There was a bald eagle that caught a large fish not too far from where we were. He/she stood on the beach eating it but I didn't have my camera.

B. is back home again and he starts classes on Monday.

My friend and old college roommate, Karen, will be by shortly. She is an avid quilter and several ladies from her quilting guild are participating in a "Shop Hop". I'm going to tag along and visit. I don't do much quilting due to time and room constraints, but it should be fun.

Geeky Happy Birthday!

Today is B's 42nd birthday. Unfortunately, he's away from home so the festivities will be postponed until this weekend. This also happens to be the birthday of Susan, an old friend. I haven't seen Susan much over the past years, but happy birthday to her too.

I was able to get B season 1 of the original Star Trek series (hooray for ebay selling). And darn it all if it didn't arrive damaged. Amazon seems to be agreeable about replacing it though. My husband is a typical computer savvy, Star Trek watching, Monty Python quoting geek. Here's where I come clean and confess to a brief geeky phase, complete with multi-sided dice and a trip to a Sci-Fi convention. This picture was taken at a Halloween party. I have no idea who the guy is in the other Star Trek costume. I was slightly intoxicated and he just happened to be at the same party so somebody took a picture of us . Ah, college days. Anyway, Happy Birthday to B., I wouldn't humiliate myself by posting a picture like this for just anybody, but I figure that you could use a good laugh. The girls all miss you lots.

Knit Sock Kit Swap Questionnaire

Q What are your favorite colors? Bright colors and Earth tones. I don't care much for pastels

Q Are you a new sock knitter? How long have you been knitting socks?Nope, been knitting socks for several years.

Q Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn?I like both, it depends on what pattern I'm using as to a preference.

Q Where do you usually knit socks?Everywhere.

Q How do you usually carry/store small projects? Inside whichever bag is handy. I have a bag from Trek that is adorable, but I usually want to take more than one project with me.

Q What are your favorite sock knitting patterns?No favorites, but I don't care for tube socks.

Q What are your favorite sock knitting techniques?So far I've only used double points. I have the needles for magic loop, but I've never tried that.

Q What are some of your favorite yarns?Smooth wool or wool and natural fiber blends.

Q What yarn do you totally covet?All natural fibers make me happy.

QAny pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object?All of them

Q Favorite kind of needles Wood or addi turbos. I do not like aluminum or plastic.

Q f you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? Something simple and natural. I'm boring.

Q Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack?CHOCOLATE

Q What’s your favorite animal? Cat.

Q Do you have pets? What are their species/names/ages? Tasha 16+ cat, Bonny almost 1 cat, Peeper, Raven, Ariel and Spotty chickens about 4 to 2 years of age.

Q If you were a color what color would you be? green.

Q Describe your favorite shirt (yours or someone else’s).. plain white cotton t shirt

Q What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature? I love water images, they're calming.

Q Do you have a wishlist? Not for anything that can be purchased and nothing written down.


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Leisel Rocks!

Today our mail carrier cowered as I charged her truck to retrieve my Dye-o-Rama package. It came! It came! Whoo hoo! My Dye-o-Rama spoiler turned out to be Leisel. She created this



delightful self-striping sock yarn that is so yummy I want to eat it. She must have known how hungry after seeing the yarn because she also sent two wonderful kinds of chocolate. And as if this wasn't enough, she also included some of the loveliest stitch markers. Thank you Leisel, I love it all. And my New Year's resolution to not have WIP's/UFOs floating around has been hopelessly shattered. I've cast on another pair of socks with this already before finishing my Jaywalkers or the Liv Sweater. I almost feel guilty!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all of those Dad's out there. Although my girls, A1 in particular, would be mortified that I'm posting this, here is one of my older, but favorite pictures of B doing the Dad thing. Giddy up Alpo!

And Happy Father's Day to my Dad. He builds boats, raises cranberries and can make just about anything under the sun. He BBQs fish that is to die for, is a math whiz and ran the 440 in 49 seconds while in high school. To my knowledge he has never changed a diaper during his 42 years as a Dad and Grandpa.