A Happy Day!

30 years ago, our little Cara Lee came into the world, with a head full of hair, 9 lbs. 11 oz, and one extra finger! Also with big dimples and sucking her thumb. She's all grown up now, but will always be my Car-Car...Happy Birthday, Butchie!

So True!

I saw this comic today and thought it was funny, and so true. Life revolves around the blog lol.

My Contest Entry and some camping fun

I have once again allowed myself to get distracted from my projects at hand. Down goes the Kauni cardigan (it's pretty hot to hold in my lap right now anyways), thrown aside is the Touring Wrap, discarded is the felted Squirrel I haven't even told y'all about yet.

I'm going to knit "Kate" from Knitty for their calendar contest, and because it reminds me of my own little Katie-Cat. And because I just happen to have enough Lamb's Pride Worsted yarn in the stash to make her. And because I think she is very very cute.

The idea is to photograph your project in an interesting setting, so once she's done, I'll be scouting locations. I'm thinking the Rose Garden at Manito Park or maybe I'll go for something a bit funkier. Suggestions welcome!

We had some fun camping last weekend on beautiful Priest Lake. The boys got as grubby as little boys can possibly get, and we did a lot of swimming in the nice warm lake. Here are some pix of the campers:

Another cool contest!

Have you knit a project from Knitty? They are looking for good photos for their 2008 calendar, and offering nice prizes! So if you've knit a "Desparate Hausfrau" wig or a womb or even something less whimsical from a Knitty pattern, take a picture and enter it here

I'm off to check out their patterns and see if I can whip something up!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is birthday #53, and trust me, I look nothing like the picture here. But I liked it, so I'm going to pretend it's me.

My buddy Lorraine and my little buddies RJ, Alex, Liam and Mikey have invited me over for a birthday dinner, and I hope to go use the A Grand Yarn gift certificate I got from DD Katie (thanks Kate!!)

Other than that, perhaps a little nap this afternoon while I contemplate the joys of being ever closer to that senior discount...

I Just Realized I'm FAT!

good lord, why didn't someone tell me!!!???

I worked on my Kauni cardigan yesterday, got the body done, and cut the steeks (these are the selvages where one cuts the sweater body up the center front for a cardigan, and at the armholes and neckline for the sleeve and collar openings. A little scary for novice steekers, but it doesn't bother me any more, I cut like I'm Sweeney Todd) Here's a picture of the sweater after cutting.

(The greens look a lot more neon than they really are)

So I cut the sweater open, and now I can try it on. I'm sort of in 'reverse anorexic' mode, where instead of looking at my ulta-thin body and thinking I am fat, evidently I don't really look at my fat self AT ALL, and think I am thinner than I really am. The sweater is too small. Ack.

I will go ahead and finish it, maybe this will give me the kick in the (large) a** I need to get back on Weight Watchers.

And just because, here is a picture of my buddy Liam (Toast Boy), eating his toastie and being a goon, as only a 6 year old can be.

Why Unfinished Projects are a Good Thing

Got a visit today from the hooligans. The twins are absolutely sure that I can knit ANYTHING they need/want, and they've been bugging me to knit 'a leaf' and 'a tree' for the dinosaurs I knit for them a while ago ("Laurie, Dino is getting HUNGRY"). Well, they asked again today and of course I hadn't knit any such thing.

Unfinished Project Bin to the rescue! I had knit and felted a Tiger Lily a few months ago (well more like a year ago), but never finished assembling it, and of course had lost the little finishing pieces along the way. What I had were two pieces: the stem with 3 orange petals, and 3 more orange petals that were supposed to be sewn onto the flower/stem. I found a stick out in the yard, poked it up through the stem, and voila! A rather prehistoric looking tree! The other piece became Dino Chow, and the boys were once again convinced I can indeed knit anything!

We also made blankets for the dinos (and tubes which we will call shirts because these are boy dinosaurs) using scraps of the silk I had left from lining the purse yesterday. The boys pressed the pedal on the sewing machine and I hemmed the blankies. Fancy schmancy blankies of silk!

There's nothing nicer than having two 6 year olds think you are amazing!