Socks and Tattoo's...!

Well I'm hard at work on my very first sock.....can't really say if i'm 'getting it' or not as I'm just doing the ribbing of the leg part. When I get to the heel then we'll see how I'm really doing...As you can see from the picture I really am just starting out - but no matter what I'm not giving up - i'm going to be a sock knitter even if it kills me!! How's that for determination lol...

and...

now for my tattoo that I told you all that I was getting...well here it is....I loved how it turned out - the tattoo artist I went to designed it just for me and it turned out awesome! I was pretty much mentally prepared for the pain - but was REALLY surprised how much it DIDN'T hurt much! My friend Maureen came with me to get one and she almost fell asleep while Kris (the tattoo artist was doing it). By the way the chinese writing on it says "grandmother" - I went with spelling it in chinese because it looks a little more 'classy'.




It's 3:00 a.m and I'm off to bed - I stayed up late trying to get a cashmere sweater ready to put on Ebay tomorrow - I'll post a picture of it - in it's previous life it was a sweater set so there is a HUGE amount of yarn there - who ever bids on this one won't be sorry...

Kim

Happy Birthday to Me......!!

Yeppers today is my BIG B-DAY!!! and I was spoiled by my loved ones....DH gave me cold hard cash - I'm going for a tattoo on Friday and my hubby is paying for it!! My very first tattoo I should add and I'm scared s!@*less - but I've ALWAYS wanted one so I'm going to get me one!!!....and then I went and met my sisters for dessert and the picture is what they gave me!! My sister Kris gave me circular needles for my log cabin - yes I was knitting like 300 stitches on straight needles - she gave me the interchangeable set from Knit Picks - I have only heard GREAT things about these needles so I'm excited to get started using them! - AND she gave me a gift certificate to Indigo/Chapters so that I can purchase the book "Scarf Style" so that I can get started on my "Lady Eleanor" scarf that I have pictured in an earlier post! THANK YOU KRISTEEN I LOVE IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and my sister Karen has given me two circular needles and sock yarn so that I can FINALLY join the club of sock knitters - she too gave me circular needles from Knit Picks and self-striping yarn from Knit Picks as well! THANK YOU KAREN I LOVE IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My sisters are AWESOME!!!

Well one more dishcloth for my friend and then I'm done with dishcloths for A LONG WHILE since I'm going to be knitting my log cabin big time since I have nifty new needles AND knitting nifty new socks!! So stay tuned for pics and posts as I struggle through trying to learn how to knit socks!!

Kim

Just For Fun

My birthday is coming up and I seen this on another blog so thought I would try it out...ummm it's pretty close to my personality!!

Your Birthdate: September 20

You are a virtual roller coaster of emotions, and most people enjoy the ride. Your mood tends to set the tone of the room, and when you're happy, this is a good thing. When you get in a dark mood, watch out - it's very hard to get you out of it. It's sometimes hard for you to cheer up, and your gloom can be contagious. Your strength: Your warm heart Your weakness: Trouble controlling your emotions Your power color: Black Your power symbol: Musical note Your power month: February

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Kim

Beware of Cute Two Year Olds....

I babysat my 2 yr old nephew on Thursday - my sister Kris had to work...When she dropped him off she told me he was 'sick'....well OF COURSE I couldn't withstand his cuteness and I kissed him repeatedley when he was here...YEP!! I've been sick for the last couple of days!! My own fault - noone else to blame...

Knitwise Update - if you can believe I'm still knitting those damned dishcloths for my friend at work....been working a bit on the log cabin - but I REALLY want to finish the dishcloths because I really want to buy yarn for socks - lady Eleanor scarf or the Booga Bag!!!....

Other news - I joined my very first sway Knit Tea Swap - the link is on the sidebar! I can hardly wait to get my swap buddy!!

well off to bed!......

Kim

Stop the World I Want to Get Off!!

My head is just spinning around and around and around....Why you ask??? Because of knitting...WHAT ELSE!!....I've spent quite a bit of time lately (in fact TOO much time) reading and reading knitting blogs and going to online yarn stores...I have sooooo many things I want to make that now my head is just SPINNING!!...I've narrowed it down though to 2 things that I HAVE to make!!...


this is the first one - Lady Eleanor, it's in the book Scarf Style - I'm definitely going to have to get this book!



this is the next one - The Booga Bag - click on the link to get the directions - isn't it FABULOUS?


So there you go - my newest obsessions - like I really needed MORE of them! I'm still knitting the dishcloths for my friend - haven't worked on my log cabin lately because of the dishcloths but I'm anxious to finish the log cabin as I really want to start on my granddaughter's log cabin! One of my problems with the log cabin is i'm still knitting it on straight needles and I'm in dire need of circular's as there are way too many stitiches on my needles now - I need to get my butt to my LYS and get some! I making a promise to myself - I, Kim, promise NOT to start the above projects until my granddaughter's log cabin is done. Yeah right! lol......

Right now I'm listening to James Blunt - the man is a huge musical talent - check out Goodbye Lover (his new one) and You're Beautiful.

have a great night..

Kim

The Story of a Sweater Recycler

My sister's (Karen and Kris) and I recycle previously owned sweaters. We go to thrift stores find quality sweaters - go home and wash them in wool wash - then we "frog" them. You can't find merino, cashmere, silk etc. yarns at that price! Some sweaters we keep for our own projects (I come from a long line of knitters) or we sell them on Ebay. We sure aren't getting rich! But we do save enough money up for a little shopping trip to Detroit once in awhile. We're starting to get a good reputation on Ebay as we have been doing this now for over a year. The above pics are sweaters that we have frogged and have since sold - the first pick is of a bronze silk, the next one is a blue cotton cashmere mix and the last one is a purple, pure cashmere.

Right now we have some on Ebay here are the links - go check them out!
Recycled Yarn - 100% Merino - Black
Recycled Yarn - 100% Cashmere - Charcoal
Recycled Yarn - 100% Silk - Deep Lilac


And that is the story of a sweater recycler!

Kim

Happy to Return!

Well baseball season is over! What a weekend that was - it rained and rained and then it decided to rain some more! The picture above was actually taken at a earlier tournament - couldn't take any pictures this time around because of ALL the rain - but wanted to show everyone what a cutie of a kid I've got! lol

Well things go back to normal tomorrow - school etc. it's a bit of a relief! Although I do like the no lunches and no homework life!

In my last post I talked about recycling yarn - i'm off to work in a bit when I get home i'll get into all of that!

have a great day!

Kim

And Away I Go.....!

well i'm off to Toronto for the long weekend. My son, Max, plays travel baseball and this weekend most travel teams go down to Toronto for the O.B.A.'s - which means playing down for "All Ontario" - couple of years ago we came in second.

For the trip i'm packing - cotton yarn for dishcloths (have to finish them for my friend) - and my log cabin (suppose to be cold this weekend, will be GREAT ballpark knitting - and a couple of sweaters to 'frog' for recycling. When I get back I will tell you all about my 'other life' - sweater recycling!

have a great long weekend!

Kim