Yarn Stash and new addictions

Ok so I have a stash.....it doesn't take up rooms, or even walls, currently it lives in a sterilite tote that I can't get the cover on......if I took all of the roving out it would seal but that's OK. I have those yarns you see and you don't know what you are going to do with, but you just HAVE to have it.








Like this Harrisville Orchid yarn which is wool, merino, and cashmere. I bought 3 skeins of the pinkish red for a hat and scarf set, I have the hat done, but have yet to design th perfect scarf. The other color I knew was destined for a sweater, but as of yet have not found the "perfect"pattern. I know it will have to be "aran-ish" I am not stressing out about it, taking the Elizabeth Zimmerman approach. I keep going back to it and waiting for it to tell me what it wants to be.

Then please tell me I am not the only one who does this. A while
ago I bought 2 skeins of the coveted Socks that Rock Yarn. I immediately knit a pari of GORGEOUS jaywalkers and LOVED them.....and I so want to knit the last skein up (bottom of photo at right) but if I knit it up it will be gone. So I look at it and long to knit it but I don't want to not have any. Am I strange or what?










Random yarny ness. Some Brown Sheep cotton and merino.











































Randomm goodys and left overs.
























And here is the roving. I have it to make stuffed mittens and stuff






























And then this.....this is really lucsious...but I have no idea what to do with it. It is home grown mohair........I started a hat but it was not whatI wanted so I need to frog and start from scratch.......perhps some lace.


And then for the new addictions.....well it seems I finally figured out podcasts.......and after a few suggestions from the blog keeper at I like Yarn
I have found a few that I really like
1) Lime and Violet
2) Cast On
3)Pointy Sticks

There are sevral others I am trying out but so far these are the best of all worlds......L&V are like having a SNB right in your house with your 2 best friends, Cast On is jst calming andentertaining all in one, and pointy sticks is Educational....KnitPicks has a good one 2, I justleistened to thier 2nd podcast......thanks to I LIKE yarn for her help and input! I love it!

Remember the song.......

Too much time on my hands.....I've got to much time on my hands.......now it is lodged in my brain. So anyway, just got my new edition of Interweaves magazine and began flipping through and on page 11 there is a Trekking ad, OK so there are 3 pictures of sock clad feet.....well picy me glances at the ad and the first thing me sees is.......a poorly grafted toe.....the 2nd picture on the top with pinks, purples and oranges......there is a perfectly round gaping hole, as in I can plainly see this persons big old toe.....and then you look at the bottom pic, and it is girly pastel colors and the leg is so fuzzy the hairs cast shadows.....one question here....AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SAW THESE THINGS??????

On with the rest of the http://www.interweaveknits.com/default.asp...I totally wanna knit the Wheat ear cable yoke pullover...love it
Like the hand in hand cable sweaters...and the people posing in them are awfuly cute.
The Syncopated Caps are really cool lookking
BUT OH OH OH OH I am completely in love with the Oriel ace Blouse, and when I weigh 20 pounds I will have me one......it is beautiful though.

Over all a good magazine, and if you don't knw how to knt a toe up sock......(first of all what the heck ails you??) the magazine teaches the technique with a simple pattern....OOOHH and I just found out Cat Bordhi has a new book and really want it, but the check book says NO.

While the shawl is misbehaving

I have been re connecting with other passions......this is our 7 year old black Lab Panda....she has been bathed and treated and re trained





This is the item in time out.........BAD SHAWL BAD BAD!! You can back out and play, when you can be nice to others!!






I have been trying to get caught up on scrapbookking....I love doing it, but with 3 kids I have a ton of scrapping to do!!


Look at those smiles!! He really does have a nice smile!



This is my 13 year old part siamese cat Flash. She earned her name! She moves like a flash!






As you can tell I am just woring away at Little B's book right now!







I did get a lot done today!! WOOHOO







First I had to clean off the desk though!









HEHEHE more of my boys!





Knitting content!!! I see a problem though.............I ran out of yarn.....it felt like enough to do a second one but alas it was a wee short!!!! Well hubbster went to te mainlnd today and bought a charge more.




A 3rd wash cloth. It just came off the needles a few mminutes ago, and Iam sewing in the ends...wohoo....look at all the things I accomplished today.....oh yeah and I did 6 loads of laundry and got them all hung dry folded and put away! Warshed the bathroom, ad vaccuumed...oh yeah and fed the kids!! LOL

Enough for one day......C YA

Circus Pics

So here are the pics I promised!!! The kids had a really good time at the circus.....everyone's favorite was the elephants of course!!!




On the knitting front....argh, did you all hear my growl yesterday morning?
You should have by all means!!!!
I crewed up the border pattern somewhere along the line and
have to frog back 8 rows, mind you they are something
around 800 stitches per row.....needless to say it is in an
extended time out!!!
In the meantime I am working on some SMALL, projects
that I can finish for instant gratification!
Wanna know what they are???








POTHOLDERS!!! Got the patterns from Dish Cloth Boutique they
have some very nice ones. I plan to knit 1 for charity and oe for gift stash!!! I bought a huge cone of cotton from walmart and plan to dye it..........we'll see how it holds up though!!!! Anyway
That's all for now, well almost, these days I have been reading blogs to make me laugh and I foun another that gets me giggling, along with the aforementioned I like Yarn, Tales from the Den of Chaos
is giggle worthy too. I think te giggle factor comes from being able
to see yourself in the exact predicaments.

Hope you all are having great days!!!!

We are stil alive! I promise

DOH I thought I posted this...but I saved it to draft!! ARGH!!! Here it tis

I am just a bit in the dumps......I guess. No need to send out the troops, it is just so hectic around here......Mom just had her first rond of chemo, an infusion plus 2 days waling around with a hip pack full of chemo too. We are awaiting Dads appointment on he 14th. Big B was in the ER on monday as I wrote....we eturned and he seemed great, but then got a fever on Wedesday that lasted 20 minutes (still not sure what that was all about) and Miss S came home with a croupy cough that ended up being Pneumonia ARGH. Little B got the sniffles and now Big B has them....I hav the beginnings of a chest cold.......I am seriously ready burning down the house.........Sanitizing at a whole nother level!!!!

We did go to the circus this weekend and I have to say we ha a blast......it was a shriners circus and the kids enjoyed the elephants the most...I think if the Barnom circus eer comes to town it will be a must see. Thank you all for your prayers!!! I have mostly been lurking on other blogs such as I like Yarn (which by the way is HIGHLY Enteraining! and the owner is awesome!)and leaving comments. I will post some circus pics later!

On the knitting front I am on the border of the shawl and it is kicking my A$$!!! ARGH I am ripping out a section now and then I am putting it in time out for awhile.....I am also skeptical as towhether or not I have enough yarn.......hmmmm an excuse to order from knit picks SQUEEL!!!

Well thugh I would drop a lineand let everyone know tht all is OK here on the hom front!

Can a girl get a break??? PLEASE!!!!

So I got a bit of knitting done......I hesitate to take pctures of this shawl, because it just looks like a heap of yarn.........I have it on 60 inch circs and it still just looks ICK! But each section now has 18 butterflies on the last row, so I am almost ready to start the flower garden part! The lacey line is the corner intersection.......so what yu are looking at draped over my computer screen which is 17 inches wide BTW is only PART (7 butterflies wide at the top) of 1 section. This thing is going to be huge!
I can't wait to try and blcok it.....anyone with suggestions feel free to post comments! I hate blocking stuff and have never blocked anyting this big!!!



I think this picture of Little B is too much My What Big Eyes You Have little one!!!







This was Big B today............he is still a bit ragged around the edges, but a huge improvement over yesterday!!!! Yesterday we took te baby for a regular check and took Big B because we wanted him to get peeked at they both had this stomach crud....Little B started last Sunday and woke up this Sunday ful of P& V. Big B woke up Weds with it and i just seemes to get worse....Saturday we thought he was btter and then just before bed he lost everything he ate and drank all day.

Suday he seemed better again and the same thing happened. Anyway
te pediatrician said his intestines had shut down and he would reach a certain level and it had to go somewhere.......so 6 hours in the ER with a 2 year old hooked up to an IV....not alot of fun....I feel personally respponsible.......I thought I was taking good care of him...and he kept perin up and we would think we were over the hump and BOOM. Alot of tears shed over that boy!!!! We aired him out for a little bit (15 minutes) this afternoon
it was soo beautiful out!

Meet Flash the stuck upkitty.....she is 13 years old.

This is Big B a few days ago.......poor little thing......he looks so impresed huh?

I am hoping that the next few days bring a peaceful calm ove my family..........I am hoping that the treatment that mom got today brings with it hope and no terribly bad side affects, and that it takes care of the cancer.

Secret Pal Strikes Again!!!!!!

Ok so I think my SP10 has an "in" with my brain!!! Thank You whomever you are. I needed a pick me up today. I went to the mainland to day and just had a down day. I think it was just quite simply because it was the first time since the wee one was born that I have actually been by myself for more than just a few hours. The combination of feeling "not needed" in a mommy way in combination with having time on my hands to do nothing other than be alone with my thoughts (hmmm those of you who are in the throes of being parents know what I am talking of here) and having to actually think about what is going on around me, in my life, left me emotional. I think it is a good thing, but up until today I had been abl to busy myself with "other" things! Anyway I called home to find out how everyone was (more onthat later) and my hubby told me there was a package awaiting me!!! I was instantly lifted but had another hour to go before the ferry left and then an our ferry ride to get through!!! I love everything and thank you for the card. I have been green with envy over all the hand made stitch markers....
HEEHEEE I love these....my favorite is cobalt.....
I had a really nice close up but blogger ate it....sorry. Anyway take t from me they are lovely!!!!

Here is the finished hat on a lamp shade!








Ok so when I left tis afternoon, I left 3 kiddies with stomach viruses, those of you with queasy stomachs.....avert your eyes and scroll down a bit or some knitting goodness. These poor kids have it bad, puking, and back door trots like you wouldn't believe! Lathargic...oh it breaks your heart. The boys have bottoms that ar so sore it hurts ME to wipe them, the bigger of the 2 is indignant because he has to wear diapers again......oh what is a parent to do.




Here hat strikes a pose on the laptop!











Here is oh indignant one! Poor guy!!! He had a fever of 103.6 andour pediatricians nurse tells us they have reports of the back door end lasting up to 2 weeks!! OUCH is all I can say!!!









Believe it or not miss pink has the pukeys too........and a fever...says she feels "alright" until she moves then she feels sick!!! : ) I think it is the same for the boys too as they are al right until you move them then they get all whiny and sometimes puke! Perhaps a headache too as they al rub thier heads! YUCK

Here are the pictures!

This is what I call the silver lining!!! Soooo breathtakingly beautiful. These are last nights intended pictures!!!! I know I have said it before but I love my camera!!!!! This thing is worth every pnny we scrimped to buy it...........do you know how many times over the course of three years we looked at that change jar and thought "boy we really could use that for.........." But then we would have had to roll it and count it and it would hae been hard work :) so we left it in a dusty forgotten corner and kept adding to it.......worth every penny!!!!! Canon rebel xti WOOHOO!
Oh my goodness is this kid gonna be a hear breaker or what...........can you see the devil in his eyes??? But that grin is priceless!!











This is Bib B No Neck. He puts his chin to his chest when he dances and it looks like he has no neck. Goodness do I love my kids.......wowee!!!









So this is the hat that is now in factfinished! I love it....the yarn hs some cashmere in it.....it really doesn't make it too different to knit with but the color is gorgeous........you can't tell from these pics but perhaps we will get some sun so I can get a true to life picture...but take my word.....it is purdy!!!!

Mrs. S said something about "you can't get me" to Grandpa and when she did, she opened a can a whoop butt!!!!!! She knows that both Grandma and Grandpa hae cancer and we have been very honest with her, and she has been through one roller coaster with Grandma and has see that it isn't a death sentence, but she is rightfully scared and know mom is too, as are Grandma and Grandpa.....although they try not to show it......(yeah I know you guys too :P~~~~) and we have tried to use it as a lesson in loving. You never know what isgoing to hapen so everyday show those you love in little as wel as big ways that you love them! She gets it and has done several little things (calling to say I love you and goodnight, designing cards just because) I love my kids....even the ones I can't quite figure out......(perhaps because she is very much like me?!?!?)

See where little Mrs. S ended up? Hmm now whaddya have to say about that.......I gotthe evidence.....HE GOT YA!!!

Can you tell Mrs. S thinks grandpa hung the moon
and stars???? No fear no humans or animals were harmed in the pictur taking of these events!!!

I will post pics of finished hat and hopefully the beginnings of a scarf to match......I am trying to create a pattern.........and as for the scarf I have one, yes I said ONE more pattern repeat before I get to start a different pattern.....which means I am closig in on the end......yahooooooooooo!

Memories in the making and.........

OK so blogger is obviously burping!!!!!!!! I have some cool pictures of my father and my daughter "dancing" aka wrestling and I think my princess opened a can of whoop a$$ cause in the end she ended up on the floor!!! Believe it or not I also had knitting pictures too! BUT BUT could I upload them NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I had 3 uploaded and wnt to do 3 more and it gave me an error msg and then burped and the other 3 disapeared too......WAAAAAAAAAA so you are stuck with a cheesy no picture blog entry with descriptions of pictures to come!!!!!! GRRRRR Will try again later.

Thank You!

Thank you for the comments! It really stinks when people you love get sick. Really sick. It forces you to think about mortatlity and family and such. smiling face you see in this post along with the 2 additional smiling faces are what keep me going. Without going into too much detail as I know they would not appreciate it, and my momat least pops in once in a while to peek at the kids. My father was just diagnosed with cancer. He beat cancer 25 years ago to beat all his odds. There is no plan at this point, just that he will live to see his grandkids grow up, graduate, and move on to have lives of thier own, just as he told Dr's he was going to do with me 1/4 of a century ago. And I have faith that he will! We are forever praying that mom will remain in resmission, and are currently awaiting (not very patiently I might add) her latest results. Stress would be nice to experience....I don't know what this is. One day at a time.

Kids and knitting are the best therapy.......with kids around who can stay in a funk???? My youngest 2 are constantly making me smile and bringing me out of my grey cloud mind setting, and my youngest is at a very frustrating stage and she force me to not have any strength left to think about anything other than how to not strangle her!!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS I CAN HARDY WAIT TILL SHE IS 16 ARGH!!!

Kntting is great therapy.... I started a very cute cabled hat with CASHMERE mix yarn.........it is complicated enough so that I lose myself init and small enough to be portable which the shawl is not so much anymore.

Well that is my life in a nutshell right now..........again thanks o those who read post and e-mail!!! I will post kntting pics sometime very soon the shawl just looks like a ball of yuck on the needles right now so it is not vey picturesque, and the hat is new and cute...just haven't taken pics yet.

Explanations of sorts

Ok so I guess I sort of need to make some excuses for not being around......got a lot going on in life right now. Not really ready to go into it here, but please bare with me. Thank god for a good support system. Word of advice to, that at thispoint I feel is very necessary! Please people...take a minute and think about all the people who have made you who you are

and appreciate them. Never hold back what you feel! Be giving with love, not withholding for fear of rejection. Give it while you can....I can not sy this enough..........those who toss it back at you will some day regret it.........I promise they will...so keep giving!!!!

The pictures are from easter. The Easter unny treated us very well! The snow picturewas from last Thursday morning!!!! We got dumped on an from what I hear they are redicting the same for this Thursday YEEHAW!!! Can you detect the sarcasm???????

Wake up mother nature it's APRIL!!!!!

This is what we woke up to this morning........it snowed until well after noon....it didn't amount to anything but nonetheless it snowed on april 3rd!!!!!BAH!!!

I am still knitting away at th shawl........hopefully will be done soon.....2 days of work so I shoudl get a fair amount done btween customers!!!