Purling Dervish

Now with half the Purling, and ten times the Dervish

Email? What’s that?

With all of the drudgery and stuff that goes with house hunting/listing/moving/ thinking of just burning everything you own, I’ve been kind of busy.  Please don’t be offended if I don’t write back right away, or at all for that matter. Oh hell, be offended if you want, just don’t complain. Mmmkay?

I have however, had plenty of time while waiting to do some knitting.

WIPs

Yeah. A sock even.  My socks are starting to look sad, so I thought I’d knit a pair or 12.  I was going to challenge myself to a pair a month, but let’s be real here.  We are talking about me.  Plus, life happens and I may be curled up in a corner, babbling and banging my head against the wall in a month or two.

Weaving

I even threw something on the loom before she has to get packed away for moving.  Juniper Moon Willa.  You must go fondle it somewhere.  It is precioussssssssss. Oh and that’s a 7 foot (convertible to 5′) triangle loom.  Continuous weaving.  Sweet.

I only have 14 skeins of my hand dyed sock yarn left.  YEAH!  Believe me, that’s a lot less yarn then there was, ( I may have even unloaded some of  the lace weight) so thank you all who bought. I’m still going to leave the page up until I have to pack it, but still, it’s less to worry about.  I was able to pack up the dye pots and labeling stuff and all that crap.

I’m off to browse some blogs and then it’s back to sorting and packing and finding my brains.

Happy Thursday y’all!

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Say it ain’t so!

Well, yes, the decision has been made.  We’ll be checking out neighborhoods this weekend.  I’m happy and sad and excited and ZOMG! I have to pack a whole house!!  Except for these lovely bits of yarn (because the less I have to pack and move, the happier the Squish is)

General details:

  • $18/ skein
  • Buy two or more, get free shipping
  • Buy four or more (at one time) get free shipping and the price per skein goes down to $16

Check out the Moving Sale Page

I’ve already spent a week winnowing my stash and paperwork and clothing.  Now it’s the yarn stock.  When we land where we land, I hope to play again.

I’ll be out and about today, so I won’t be checking in until this evening.

Happy Wednesday y’all!

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Start as you mean to go

That’s what Cookie said.

Check!

Slept through the night for the first time in 3 weeks. While the aerobed may be fancy, it is still an air mattress. Not comfortable.

Went to the yarn store today. It is really closing this time. They just didn’t have enough regular business. Takes one of the minuses off my list for moving.

Two active projects on the needles right now. One would have been finished had I had dpns in the size I needed with me. They’re for two people that up until New Year’s I had far more respect for. Well, I still respect one, but I’m unsure about the other. Perhaps I will tuck what I saw and heard and be more aware in the future.

Made pork and sauerkraut on NYD. Texas had never eaten it. Yeah, I was shocked too. Needless to say, he liked it.

I’m taking the week off from bi-city living. You would have thought that I learned a lesson about how hard that is last summer. I miss Texas, but my mind and body are appreciating the rest, relaxation and normalcy.

I think we’ve made a decision about the house and so I have started to go through things and doing some organizing.

Should I be ashamed that I have a whole bin for silky wool and one for Ella Rae?

I don’t believe I have found all of the stash yet. I certainly have not seen the spinning or weaving stuff.

Happy 2012 people! Make it a good one.

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Eye Candy Friday

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Well, except for all the houses surrounding me.

I will find the positives.

Happy Friday y’all!

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Where’s my mojo? There it is!

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To recap the year:

Texas went back on the road and is now stationed in Ft Worth for at least the next 6 months.
Spent a month touring Texas with Texas.
Lost my vision again, got it back.
Gotta love University of Texas Southwestern.
Also revealed differences between friends and acquaintances.
Started dyeing yarn again.
Had a fundraiser.
Still have to get Sarah her prize – still waiting on little bits to throw in since her’s was an add-on.
Regained my knitting mojo with 11 projects finished since July.
Yeah, 11.
No, I didn’t know that I knitted.
Lost the mojo again for a few weeks.
Now sailing away again with all this “free time” while staying in the DFW area with Texas.
I’m really trying to find my rhythm with this bi-city living
Considering selling lake house and moving up here.
Having mixed feelings.
Makes sense financially and medically.
It took 1 MRI up here versus 3 in Tyler to figure out there’s a lesion on my spine that’s been causing problems for over two years.
But, it is the lake house.

Hope everyone had an awesome holiday – whatever you choose to celebrate – and here is to a happy and healthy 2012.

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I drank the koolaid

So, Texas was home for a week and we were both sick as heck.  It’s kind of funny (or very, very weird) that we got sick on the same day while in different states.

I was expecting him to be home for at least a month until the next Postal contract started. However, his company had other plans.  Last week, they called with an assignment in Ft. Worth. Yeah!

Luckily, his step-father lives in Grand Prairie, so he didn’t have to drive 2.5 hours each way or get an apartment.  That’s where I’m hanging right now. 

With no internet. Or t.v. 

I got my interwebz fix at the Starbucks down the street and then did a little shopping. I got some bathroom stuff like a rug and toothbrush holder and such to make it a little homier for him.  Oh, and a couple of pillows since I kept stealing his all night.

Apparently, I like pillows.  Lots of pillows.

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Yep, sequined shirts, and velvet and glitter jeans.

I’ll let it sink in a second.

I’mma becoming Dallas-ified.

Tonight? Dinner and maybe a movie.  Tomorrow? I hear there’s a yarn shop within 5 miles.

Happy Tuesday y’all!

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Can’t Talk

xmas cat

Christmas cat.

Really.  I lost my voice sometime yesterday afternoon. I blame Texas. He has the same thing.

No, it doesn’t matter that I haven’t seen him in almost 6 weeks. No one else at the party was sick.

tgiving

Speaking of Thanksgiving.  Right there are the cards I was going to send out to y’all.  Sorry.  Maybe next year.

Turkey day was a quiet one spent at Janna and Big Rock’s, grilling steaks and farkling.

The big family thing on Saturday was a little different.  Fun memories I’ll not soon forget.  Especially since I think I’m still finding bits of cake from the food fight.  Luckily, it was at their house and not mine.  I may have had a stroke.

heater cat

Heater cat

Someone is happy I’m sick, since I finally turned on the heat.  I figured I better give my body a shot at getting better instead of bundling up in extra clothes.

I will not however, be giving the husband socks** a second (well, actually 4th) shot.  Besides the Fred Flintstone feet, I dropped a stitch yesterday and after half an hour of trying to ladder it back up, I just ripped that s!t.

In case you’re wondering, he’s a 10 -10.5 EEE or EE (depending on the shoe).  I kid you not, if you look at his feet and then Fred’s, you’ll be hard pressed to tell the difference.

He shall only get hats and scarves from me.  Why no mittens?  Two words: bear paws.  Ask Carrie or Angie. I’m not a small girl and his hands envelop mine.

Since it’s Tuesday and I’m sick, I figure I’ll just hang out on the couch and knit and nap and read and eat chicken soup.  I hear there is no better cure.

What are you doing today?

Happy Tuesday y’all!

** Husband, I love that word.  I could say it a million times. Husband, husband, husband.  Yes, I’m still all squishy.

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And the parade continues

Yeah, I REALLY don’t know what is going on either.

pumpkin mitts

Pumpkin Mitts

  • Pattern: I fudged it
  • Yarn: Silky Wool XL
  • Needles: US7
  • Start: 10/30/11
  • Finish: 11/17/11

I wanted extra long mitts to keep the floppy warm and decided to make a matching pair this time. (instead of one long and one short). I also decided I didn’t want a thumb and instead knit back and forth for a hole opening.  That way, they could be pulled back and look like sleeves. Love the yarn.  Everyone should go buy some.

Now.

Oh yeah, they are totally not THAT orange.

sweetness for Gracie

Sweetness for Gracie

  • Pattern: Honeycowl
  • Yarn: Mirasol Ushya
  • Needles: US11
  • Start: 11/19/11
  • Finish: 11/19/11

Shut up. The bear was the only model I had.

Gracie is the wonderful co- founder of what used to be a Google group for NMO. She is a wonderful inspiration and an endless supply of knowledge.  She can also spout off statistics and studies to calm your fears or drive you into action.  She’s also one of the few people I can call and be completely honest with about what is going on with my health.  No having to fake being “fine” with her and no topic is off limits.  I can even talk to her about Texas and NMO when I don’t think he can handle one more bit of the sadness and worry.

Julie, Gina, me, Tracy, Grace

The red blob is blocking now. I finally got off my butt when I realized I had 3 FO’s to photograph. It needed some serious stretching.

I’m off to hunt and peck through the stash and avoid working on the sweater for me.

What have you knitted on today?

Happy Saturday y’all!

 

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