Agile Knitter

Mother’s Day Tea and Free Sock Patterns

Leah — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:59:22 +0000

I mentioned in the last post that my Mom and I were going to tea for Mother’s Day and would post details. So here tis.
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Savannah Tea Room was offering a high tea for Mother’s Day on Saturday as they are not open on Sundays. If you are familiar with Nashville, it is located on 8^th Avenue near Zanies and Wedgewood. When we arrived, they had a few tables set for tea. Inside the front door to the right, there was a room full of tea pots and accoutrements. In the main room behind the counter, there were rows and rows of shelves full of glass jars containing tea leaves.
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We were seated in the Green Room for the 3:00 pm seatingand everything was decorated very prettily. A group of ladies sat in the room where the hats were and they made themselves glamorous for tea. How fun!
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Tea anyone?
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My Mom and I went to Miss Mable’s in Dickson a few years ago on Mother’s Day and did the hat thing then. This time, we were just in the mood for tea and the goodies that go with it and let the other ladies have fun with their hats. Speaking of goodies, they had a tea tasting and we got to pick our tea cups and saucers. Ladies came through the room periodically with different tea pots. I tried Crème de Caramel, Chocolate and Raspberry, Blueberry Bay, Berry Berry and Rose Hips Oolong. Ma tried the Jamaican Rum and said it did not taste like rum and was out of the mood for hot tea so she switched to Pomegranite iced tea instead. I am not so sure there wasn’t RUM in that tea…..
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What do you think? Rum or No Rum???
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While we were waiting, they brought clotted cream in a wine glass topped with a fresh blackberry, little scones, then little carrot cake muffins and then spinach/artichoke quiche. I was so into the goodies and what was coming that I forgot to take pictures when the three tiered server came to our table. The top layer held fruit: pineapple, kiwi, oranges and grapes. The middle tier held spinach swirls and little chicken salad sandwiches and cucumber sandwiches. There were little wedges of cheese and carrot sticks there too. The Bottom layer held the mother lode. Yumm…..strawberry coconut macaroons, raspberry cheesecake cupcake things and chocolate covered strawberries. I think my favorite was the strawberry. To end the meal, we had peach sherbert with cream.
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I read a few blogs where people wrote about their Moms and how much they miss them because they are gone, some wrote about missing seeing their Moms because they were far away, and then some wrote about what they did with their Moms on Mother’s Day. The thing we all have in common is that we do have (or have had) a Mom. Lessons learned from the first mentioned bloggers is to appreciate and enjoy the time you have with your Mom while she is here.
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I knew my Mom (and me too) had fun with the tea experience so I was excited when I found out about Savannah Tea Room. I wanted to do something with her that she would enjoy. Like my Mom said after we got there, “It is easy to find and we could get back there again.” I also brought a little case and filled it with little things–little things that I spent time in picking out that I thought she would like. It is fun for me to spend time thinking of things someone would like and finding them.
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All in all, we enjoyed the tea room, but we are still on a quest to try different tea rooms. What a fun assignment. Big grin.
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(click the picture to see her) Before our tea outing, the mobile groomer came and waved her magic wand and made all my dogs pretty and clean again. Lacey will be 14 on June 1st and is still pretty as ever. Wonder why dog’s don’t wrinkled???

Free sock Pattern time. Carole of Carole Knits posted a picture of the socks she received as a gift and they are called Artichoke Socks. Very pretty! Carole’s socks are modeled and they represent what the pattern looks like much better than the empty socks shown on the pattern. Check them out!

Teyani, Intrepid Fiber Wizard, knitted a pair of the Primavera Socks that I posted recently, knitted and shared the link a few posts ago. She shares a picture of her Primaveras on her blog and also another free sock pattern called Hedgerow Sock pattern. This sock is very pretty and a little lacy looking. It was designed for solid or semi solid sock yarn. Be warned, the pattern is 8 pages, but the nice thing is that you can download a printer-friendly PDF file which includes directions and pictures.

I made yarn

Leah — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:26:11 +0000

My Majacraft Alpaca talked to me this weekend and said she wanted to spin the Spunky Club offering from Dec 07 called Party Dress, SW Corriedale (4 oz). I saw this CLOUD YARN that looked JUST like clouds. I wanted to spin something like clouds too. For a first effort, I didn’t do too bad at spinning yarn, but my clouds are way flat next to Maggie’s!
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I wrote to Maggie and asked her how she did it. I was partially on the right trail, but she offered several other suggestions that I think will help me get to where I can spin clouds. For starters, I need to spin the fiber thicker. Goodness, it felt like I was spinning rope, but I guess that would happen after spinning lace weight for awhile. Next thing is that I need to use a tighter twist when plying.
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I was not wild about this colorway and figured I had nothing to lose. I think it will be fun yarn to knit up as it will stripe and be fluffy. I think it will become a scarf of some sorts.
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Fluffy 4oz turned into 180 yards at 8-9 wpi (bulky worsted). I was shooting for CHUNKY/BULKY. I will certainly do this again and Soon as it was a lot of fun and very liberating to spin 4 oz of wool in less than an hour. It took me longer to ply it than it did to spin. What did I ply it with? It is one single of the Corriedale and one strand of Wooly Nylon in sort of a Raspberry color.
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another view, and another….
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Too fun, I definitely recommend trying. Give Maggie a shout and leave a comment on her blog if you go see her yummy fiber. She is such a nice person to share her technique and a great spinner as well!
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I am taking my Mom to have High Tea tomorrow. I will be sure to take pictures…how much fun, I can’t wait!

The “buy me now” button OR Wanna Be In My Will?

Leah — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:56:05 +0000

Beth suggested that I might have a problem with the ‘buy me now’ button. My reply to that is that it is kind of like a drinking problem. I drink, I get drunk, I fall down….No Problem. The problem isn’t with the button, it is staying AWAY from the button….or would that be the internet in general??? There are lots of things that I do resist, but there are some things that I fall in love with and want. In some cases (like the Digitessa), I see something, but don’t act on it. I will live without that something, but then something comes along and revisits me and I then decide that I really do want it. No rhyme or reason to it.
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I guess if you are a Thinker (and a knitter/spinner), you might be asking if you can be named in my Will

Knitting/Spinning/Dog Doins and New Toys

Leah — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:42:56 +0000

A few weeks ago, I shared a picture of a mitered square shawl that I just started using Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn. It starts on the big side of things and gets smaller as you go. I am using the Loop De Loop shawl pattern and you begin by knitting a mitered square using worsted weight yarn. I *gasp* swatched and ended up doubling the numbers to cast on for double the amount of stitches called for in the pattern. It is taking for bloody ever, or seemed like it, to decrease down as you only decrease two stitches every other row. I have decreased over 100 stitches now and still have a way to go. It is going faster now as the rows do not have as many stitches in them. I am using a size 5 circular needle and the colors are very pretty. While the yarn does get thick and thin, I have not found any knots so far. It is a great mindless knitting project and feels softer than you would think when you go back and feel it. I hear that it softens up more after it is washed. Once I am done, I will soak and block it and will let you know if it does soften up. I think it will be very pretty when finished and visually interesting as the stripes will be going in several directions.
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I got this little gadget (I love gadgets and containers) to use as a bobbin for my WIP. I like to leave a long tail in case it can be used to seam up a side when finishing or who knows what. I have one of these things on a sock in progress (SIP) too. They are fun and come in all kinds of colors.
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There is a little to talk about in Spinning. My Alpaca wheel was calling to me as I have not spun on her in what seems like forever. I like to spin outside better than inside as I can see the colors in the natural light so much better and it is a lot about the color for me when spinning. I have been spinning lace to fingering weight for at least the last six months and that seems to take for darned ever. I subscribe to the Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club and have many fun bits of different kinds of wool to spin in my stash. For some reason, the Party Dress (which is very brightly hand painted Superwash Corriedale) said that it was time to be spun. I read a blog post (can’t find it now) where someone spun a tightly twisted single and then plied it with thread with a loose twist….the resulting yarn looked like clouds or moguls and was very interesting looking. I tried spinning thick and felt like I was spinning rope. Four ounces of fiber was spun in less than an hour. Wow, how liberating. The bobbin has the fiber resting on it and I am going to try and ply it tonight or tomorrow night. I am hoping the single is thick enough to give that cloud or mogul effect once it is plied. We shall see.
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Dogs. Agility. Toys.   Many people ask what you ‘get’ when you compete in dog agility. They are amazed when they hear “I get a ribbon if we place and the dog gets a toy.” Agility is not about monetary prizes, but spending time with your dog(s) and building a bond with them and working as a team. Other dog events such as Confirmation, do result in big money and I think that complicates things a little. I am happy with the way things are in Agility. Now, if you are highly competitive, there are levels of competition where you could get sponsors and maybe make a living at it.
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I ran with Jake and Gracie this weekend in Decatur/Priceville, Alabama. It was pretty much a practice weekend….both Friday AND Saturday. I forgot to move Gracie from Exc A to Exc B Jumpers, so our one Q in Exc A didn’t go to our Exc B count. Darnit. Jake didn’t Q the whole weekend, mostly due to his bad handler (me). He is at the level where you cannot have any mistakes or you are disqualified. I ran for the first time last week and this was my first trial since my surgery. I felt pretty good up to the last run of each day and then I was out of gas.
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There are usually great vendors attending the competitions and this weekend was no exception. They are coming out with the cutest toys for pets nowadays. I think about people saying “I wish they had these cute toys when I was a kid” when I see these toys.
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How can you resist these faces?
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How about a cat fish, er catfish?
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Balls? How about Biscuits?   These biscuit-shaped balls are a HUGE hit at my house. They are soft and squishy and squeak – until Jake gets a hold of them. I have learned to only give one or two toys out and let the crew play with them rather than giving each one a toy. Now, they have a huge amount of toys in the brass dog bed that only holds toys, but new toys are more interesting and fun to everyone involved. I give a few of the new toys out and the dogs follow around the lucky one that has a new toy. The dog plays with the new toy till he/she gets tired of it and someone in line pounces on it to play with it some more. Back to the biscuit balls. My dogs are wild about these balls. I only had one the first go round a few months ago. Jake carried this ball around for two or three days. He put it down long enough to eat and then he would pick it up again. He finally relinquished the ball after carting it around and guarding it. The other dogs followed the one dog around with the ball and this went on for two weeks. The vendor at the show this weekend finally got some more of these balls in and I got them all. I gave out two of them to the pups and the rest are safely resting on the counter for now.
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Jake says it is MY BALL and I am NOT giving it up!
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Hunter and Pierre came Saturday night to visit with us until next weekend. Their people went on vacation so they came to stay and play with my crew. Hunter and Pierre are Papillons and compete in agility as well.

Pierre was HIT (High in Trial) at the Papillon Nationals a few weeks ago. Hunter got HIT last year and

Pierre got HIT two years before that. These are some fast Paps! Hunter

Pierre

Serious. Sock. Content.

Leah — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:37:53 +0000

Thanks to Monika of Smoking Hot Needles, I found A-nother thing I just ‘HAD To Have.’   Well, I better clarify. I went to THIS website and saw all these wonderful, amazing socks. You can order them as kits or as single patterns. All I can say is “Oh. My.” While I was at Yarnissima, I went and found a conversion chart and figured out just how much one of these amazing kits would cost me. All I could say then was “Oh. My.” and then I closed the browser without making a purchase. I must have signed up to receive updates because I receive an update a few weeks later from Yarnissima stating that they had updated inventory and kits were in stock. Silly me went to the website and Currency Rate be Damned, I pushed the ‘buy me now’ button for La Digitessa. Who the hell cares if I have to eat peanut butter and jelly in the dark, I will have a beautiful sock kit to knit during daylight hours, LOL. Well, it seriously won’t affect my budget to that degree (but the gas prices may), but it was enough to make me think twice. So, enough about my waffling over the purchase decision. My Yarnissima package was in my mailbox Saturday. Oh, what a yummy package it was too.
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Organanza ribbon, tissue paper, cute little business cards, a little wooden lady bug, feathers….oh and Chocolate. Did you know that Toblerone comes in White Chocolate???   There were some chocolate chocolate things too. But, best of all was the Wollmeise yarn. Give me an Oh. My. and an Amen!
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Now for the pattern. 15 pages of pattern. What the hell was I thinking???   Wellll some of the pages Are charts….   Speaking of charts, a small laminated card was included that is for the main chart so you can carry it around with you in your portable sock bag. Somehow, I just don’t know how portable this puppy will be. This is a toe up socks with lots of patterns, a very interesting gusset and traveling stitches. Not sure what those traveling stitches are, but I will find out. Someday.
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On to Ravelry. I love Ravelry for different reasons. Some of the biggest reasons are: You can input a name of yarn and see all the projects people have made or are working on in that yarn. Another reason is you can input the name of a pattern and see what yarns are all being made into that pattern. Too cool. It’s like wanting to get your hair dyed or paint your walls and you can push a button and see what the different colors would look like before you have to commit. Amen again. The correlation to Ravelry and Yarnissima is there is a Yarnissima group for this vendor and I am not the only one that is a member or that succumbed and pushed the ‘buy me now’ button. From reading the posts in this group, I learned that the pattern I purchased is likely the most challenging. Figures. I think I may go back and download the Firestarter as that is where I believe I should start. Hey, best part is….Firestarter is FREE.
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Big news: I have been working diligently on my Yarn/Fiber room. It is almost bursting at the seams and I need to think about transferring my fiber over to my office/bead room. Not quite yet though, but it is a though. I have about two piles of ‘stuff’ left to figure out what to do with and I will be able to say “This Room Is Clean.” My friend that cleans my house saw it last Thursday and said “oh, you have a path in there now.” Now, it was much more than a path, it was a safety zone. I don’t have to play twister to walk across the room. I spent about 4 or 5 hours in there this past Sunday and put together this cubicle type thing I purchased at Target on sale. On

Sale. I think I should look for things Fully Assembled instead of On Sale. This cubicle thing required lots of hammering. I now have one purple middle fingernail on my left hand. It HUT and the air turned a little blue after I banged that one. I will take pictures after I figure out those two last piles. It will be worth the wait. I will be giving tours this Thursday night, LOL. Jan and Anne are coming to my house to pick me up and I will be giving tours. Au Gratis, Ha. Is that a real word/term? Sounds like potatoes, but I know that is Gratin.

Non Sock Knitting and Such

Leah — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:33:17 +0000

What am I working on?
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I am working on enjoying the feeling of a finished PAIR of socks. I am modeling for the picture, but these socks are actually a gift. I will be sad to see them go as they are very pretty and fit very well.
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   Regia Silk, fingering weight
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Can’t have empty needles, not that I would have that problem ever in this lifetime…but I had a couple of empty sets, soooo…..Haus of Yarn just received a huge shipment of Noro sock yarn. Carolyn and I were talking about what we could make out of it besides socks. Is there something more to life than socks? Yepper! So, I am working on a mitered shawl. There are three parts: one big square and then pick up stitches on one side of the square and knit a triangle (repeat that again on the other side) and you have a finished triangle shawl. I am on the big square that will be in the center and had to cast on a BUNCH of stitches so it seems like forever to finish one row. I decrease two stitches every other row, so the stitch count is going down, sloooowly, but surely. I love the colors and have not gotten to the end of the first repeat. Yet. It is like Christmas….I can’t wait to see the next color and want to keep knitting.
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Free Pattern Time! Scarf this time instead of socks. Wow, all this Non Sock content.    Dyeabolical Yarns has this really great scarf called Alexio’s Scarf and you can see it on her blog and it looks like Coral Snakes!!!…Very Cool! This is a Must Knit for sure. I would have pushed the “Buy Me Now” button if it had not been free.
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  Purple Fix. Need a Purple fix? Well, I can help you with that. My Mom visited last night and mentioned she thought the lavender blooms look like beaded flowers. I agree….very pretty!
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   Purple and Green, a few of my Favorite Things!

I Shall Wear Purple!

Leah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:43:48 +0000

Please DO click the photos to make them larger, the flowers are worth the click!

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Spring….my yard says “I will wear Purple!”
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I so enjoy Spring (minus the pollen) and how my yard and living things continue to surprise me each year. This year, my Lilac bush is stunning. Every year it is beautiful, but this year, especially so. Maybe it is because it is now, I might have said the same thing last year.
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I wish I knew how to take better pictures, that butterfly was stunning.
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Seems there is a purple theme going on. In the backyard, the Japanese Iris are fraternizing with the Spanish Lavender with great results.
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I added Classic Lavender to my flower bed this week and it also rests near some Japanese Iris. In case you did not know, Japanese Iris bloom both in the Spring and Fall and have shorter stalks and very deep intense colors. The Fall bloom is always an extra bonus. Florence, a friend and former sock student, gifted me with this Lavender as a get well gift from my recent surgery. The leaves on the Classic Lavender are very much different than the Spanish Lavender and the blooms are even a different shade.
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While the Coral Bells are not quite purple, they received a new resting place this week too and I think they are very happy. For the last several years, the Coral Bells were in two large terra cotta pots. The drought last year really took their toll on them and I thought htey were goners. As you can see, they are more resilient than I thought.
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I managed to live through my first full week back at work. A little stress snuck up on me as I ended up managing a test environment due to the usual manager having a death in the family. Testing is something that I have done on a regular basis, but my former department was disbanded and I now am on a new team. I will likely find out what my new role is in the next week or so. They have been so kind and have been giving me time to recover and to finish up things from my old position.
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I am off to knit at the LYS. Have a great weekend!

Soup, er Bowl, anyone?

Leah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:07:28 +0000

I got the coolest bowl this weekend. A church was hosting a charity thing and they had ceramic painting for these bowls at a pottery place. You go to this place and pay $5 to paint the bowl. Then this church hosted a soup night and you paid $20 and got to pick one of the bowls and got soup. Two of my friends went two days after my surgery to paint a bowl. In honor of me, one of the ladies painted a green and purple bowl in memory of me (they have been my favorite color combination for years). She painted it lime green and then stamped different kinds of faces all over the outside of it in purple and splattered purple inside. She called me the night of the soup event and asked if I wanted to buy the bowl. The rest is history…. I love this bowl. I had the bowl sitting where I was knitting. It is a small, deep bowl. I put my ball of sock yarn in it and was knitting with it–iIt is the perfect yarn bowl. I thought it was nice of them to think of me and paint a bowl…and I love the bowl.
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(much less fattening too)
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Now, I am thinking about a bigger deep bowl to put fiber in while I am spinning,.
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Each time I visit the lady that I got Sprite, my black and white Pap, from, I admire this picture she has. It is a print from Arthur Beckham from 1907 and is of the Teaparty with Alice in Wonderland. Well, she recently let me purchase it from her. I also have a ceramic topiary and the green part of the topiary is of the Cheshire Cat. Now, I need to figure out what to hang the picture….

Maybe you should feel my forehead….

Leah — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:03:18 +0000

In other words…I knit/washed/blocked a swatch AND I cleaned. Oh, I forgot….I cleaned my stove off and cooked too. I know I am sick…..
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Rambling first pictures and links to free, great sock patterns toward the end.
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Recovering from surgery meant time off. Time off is a very Good Thing. In addition to having time to sleep, not wake up to an alarm clock, do the things you want to do, time also allows you to get some things done you might not normally do – like clean up your fiber room, clean out a corner of the room, clean off the top of a cabinet – you know….stuff you don’t Want to do, but would like to Have done.
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While I can safely say that I did NOT take a picture of my fiber room, Before or After. I just couldn’t bring myself to document the total chaos that my room Was in. For those of you that are thinking that you may need to feel my forehead or want to know where the real Leah really is, I offer that the Fiber Room is 75% straightened up-not 100%. I guess I need to leave some still to do. Not sure why, I get to a saturation point and have to save some for later. There were three motivating factors:
1. I had to play Twister and do unplanned pirouettes to get across the room

2. I couldn’t find a pattern that I knew I wanted to make

3. I am missing one of my sock blockers
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I can now safely walk across the floor without playing Twister or creating a new crazy looking dance move. I found my pattern, which, by the way, was NOT in The Room. Alas, I still have not found my Blocker. Hmmm, where is That thing???
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Another really cool thing that I did in some of my Free Time is I met Susan of Susan’s Spinning Bunny. You may remember the Hibiscus 50% merino/50% tencel that I recently spun….well, that beauty was dyed by Susan and SmokeyBlue, her spinning bunny. In talking with Susan, I learned a little about her and am truly inspired by her, not only for fiber reasons, but because of the kind things she does for animals. SmokeyBlue was a very interesting character and you can learn more about him and how she cared for and loved him a little over two years after he broke his spine. In addition to SmokeyBlue, Basel is a much loved family member who had two broken legs when she met him. She nursed him back to health and, in her words, he now levitates in the back seat when they take a ride. Such selflessness, love and dedication are an inspiration to me. It also lets me know I am not the only one out there that does what they can to help one in need. There are so many ways you can help, even if you cannot adopt. Donating time, supplies, money, or driving on a transport are a few ways to help a little friend in need.
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Enough with the mushy stuff….in addition to Susan’s awesome empathy for animals, she has an amazing eye for color. I contacted her last week to purchase some of the A-m-a-z-i-n-g new color Butterfly Bush in the merino/tencel blend. At that time, I read her blog and realized she was making the Antique Lace vest by Ilga Leja that I just purchased and was contemplating what yarn to use. Susan is making hers from her Hibiscus merino/tencel yarn which is fingering weight. The pattern calls for a DK weight yarn. Hmm, I figured why not, it gives me a chance to work with some of her yarn…so I ordered it in the Blueberry color. The yarn came last week and it really is nice. In talking with Susan via email, she said she swatched AND washed/blocked her swatch before beginning the project. I read the pattern and the designer stressed how important it is to knit a swatch and wash and block it. Harumphfffff! Mee? Swatch??? I replied that I usually swatch by knitting the sleeve. Susan rather smartly replied that I am ahead of the game (remember, it’s a vest, LOL). So, now, those that know me can come feel my forehead. I swatched. Yep, me. Hmm, I lived to take pictures.
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Pattern and yarn

Swatch
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The amazing thing is that I got gauge. That is, thanks to Susan, since I knew she dropped a needle size and I did the same thing….she saved me from knitting TWO swatches. Something tells me that there is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks that I would’ve knitted two swatches, so it is a Good Thing I got gauge the first go round. It is very pretty too.
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Question is, do you think the pattern shows up with the varietgated yarn? I need some input here. I also went to Ravelry and looked to see what some other people used for yarn and they are all beautiful.
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Now that I have that outta the way, I need to go find some stitch markers. I better find em the first go round because I don’t want to clean that Room anymore tonight!
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(Warning: Links to seriously beautiful sock patterns coming up. Nice thing is…they are all free, shared by some amazing designers!) Before I get to knitting on that vest, I have a pair of socks…almost. I am halfway down the foot on the Second sock. Regia Silk….Primavera Sock pattern. I love it!
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I have been wanting to make some Monkey Socks for some time now and I also have Nutkin on the list “to do.” So much to knit, so little time.
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Brr, it is cold out here. 75 degrees one day and 35 or 40 the next. Go figure! We are even supposed to get Frost tonight. Ugh and poor flowers!
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I am going to stare at my yarn room and enjoy all the colors. G’day!

Spring has sprung

Leah — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:13:00 +0000

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Weeping Cherry Tree. This is the most beautiful tree in the neighborhood when it blooms and it never fails to charm each Spring with it’s graceful bending branches loaded with blooms.
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The Lilac bush is lilacking…
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The Forsythia is sything….
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The Tulips are twolipping…
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The Iris and Lavender is fraternizing….
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And some kinda little purple flowers were peeking….
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Spring is such a joy that Nature shares with us!

Well, I can safely say that recovery is not a cheap form of entertainment. Recovery gives you lots of time to ponder, investigate and and SHOP! Hmm, I must admit to a little presurgery jitters and I spent a little time (and $$) online. I keep saying it is cheaper than Crack, but I am not sure about that (big smile).
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So, a few pretty things to show you…
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Left to right - Union Center Whatnot Sock yarn Bahama Dreams and Arizona, Posh - Dragonfly
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Madelinetosh-Spring 101 (top), Blue Ridge Yarns Kaleidescope-Evening Jewels (bottom)
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Shot of the sock I am making from the free Primavera sock pattern I shared a post or two ago (update the sock is finished). Made from Regia Silk #190   yummm
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I finished a lace sock using lemmony butter yellow Shibui too, but it as the store showing off. I am on the second Regia silk and almost to the heel. Yipee!
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While I was off recovering, Murfreesboro Jan and I visited my friend Jan in Clarksville. We had a dye day and played a little. I dyed a little and they dyed a lot. I got tired so sat and watched (and helped by saying “add a little more green there…”   Jan fixed this awesome salad that had an oriental pear in it and a ginger teriyaki dressing. She fixed cappachino and I actually liked it. My TV died while I was off and replacing it was a major event replacing the darned thing. I had a projection TV so it was necessary to learn about a bunch of letters like HD, LCD, Plasma, HDMI, blah blah. It took from Monday to Thursday to get everything situated.   I missed American Idol, LOL.
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So, today was the semi-end of recovery….I went back to work half-days this week.
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I think one of the things I enjoyed the most about the recovery was sleeping without waking to the alarm clock. I so enjoyed spending time with the dogs and I got a LOT of sock knitting done. Many of my friends called or visited to check on me and I received a fruit basket and another fruit basket with CHOCOLATE in it (yes!). I was surprised to find out that everyone was interested in my recovery, but I shouldn’t have been with such good friends. Mufreesboro Jan gave me a big mug that says “Everything tastes better with Dog Hair in it.” Too fun!
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I am trying to organize my yarn/fiber room. Again. Sigh. It is never ending. IF I get it in shape, I will take a picture. Yeah right.   The big IF….