Out Of Print Books

Holy Crap. I was surfing ebay this afternoon....what else is there to do when you have a crabby baby who doesn't want to nap.....which of course means that I accomplished absolutely no knitting today.
So I'm sitting here surfing through ebay when I come across this book that has a starting bid of $425. It's called Principles of Knitting, which I've heard is a good book, but not good enough for me to pay that much for. :~)
No ones bid on it yet but I wouldn't be shocked if someone does bid on it before the auction has ended....there's still 2 days left on it. I read on someones blog that the publisher will be reprinting this book some time next year (2008).
It looks like our trip is going to be put off for now. Bree is running a fever and I'm aching from head to toe so it looks like we may be coming down with what Kaity has. I don't want to go over to my Granny's house and risk her getting sick again. She's already been really sick this year, actually I think twice now. So we are going to try to go over there in June. A real bummer for me because I was going to go yarn store hoping. Oh well, more time to save now and my B-Day's in June so I can justify more yarn buying by saying its my B-Day gift....lol. Well it sounds good. :~)

Glass Needles and Such

You all have to go check out glasspens.com. They have some of the most beautiful stuff. I heard about them the other day when I was trying to catch up on the Lime and Violet podcasts. I'd love to get some of the glass needles and a few other things.....they would make great decorations. I don't think I'd knit with them though. :~)

Just wanted to share this site with you all.

Monday's Goodies

This is what my wonderful mailman brought to my doorstep this morning. It's enough to make a Monday seem a little bit better.
Shawn's taking Kaity to the doc this afternoon. We want the doc to check her out before we head on vacation because she's had a head & chest cold for over a week now. Getting authorization from our insurance is a great big PIA when you are out of the area. So to be on the safe side better to get her checked out now.
Shawn got me the necklace. It has my birthstone set at the top of the heart and the both of the girls birthstones move freely on the heart. I love it!
The other picture is of the sock yarn I ordered from Scouts Swag. It's gorgeous and the only way I could get a true shot of the yarns color was to take it outside. I'll definitely be ordering again. I may put in an order for custom dyed colors for the girls. I'll have to think on some colors.

Last Nights Knitting

I worked on my Monkey Swap partners socks last night. I got into the second repeat, wasn't happy and frogged them. So I didn't really feel like casting back on again so I worked on other things. The pic is the beginning of the Bunny Blanket from Lionbrand....sorry you'll have to have an account with Lionbrand to view the pattern, it's free to get an account. I've finally started it for Bree. I know it's been in my WIP sidebar for a little while now. I also worked on some squares for RC, which I need to get mailed off to her before I leave on vacation. If I wait till I get back, I'll probably forget about them.

"RC.....I'll be mailing out at least 2 here in the next few days".

Suggestions Please!

Alrighty then, the new socks are bleeding like a stuck pig. Anyone have any suggestions on how to make these:



Stop producing this (should have took a pic of the water...lol):


I mean I knew they were going to bleed seeing as my fingers would have a dark blue/black tinge to them when I would finish knitting on them but I also figured that vinegar would have taken care of that. They have already had a very nice soak in very stinky vinegar. The damn things won't bleed in the vinegar water but they will when swapped over to wash out the smell of the vinegar even in even the coldest water, short of putting ice cubes in. Any other suggestions? Or should these babies be washed on their own?

New Yummy Yarn

Look what I managed to get from Perchance To Knits etsy shop. You can check out her blog here and her etsy shop here. She has some really gorgeous colorways.

We ended up not going to Boise today. Kaity started her "I don't feel good, my tummy hurts crap again today". So she missed her Daisy Scout pizza making trip. She's fine but because she wouldn't eat I didn't want to take her to Boise and have her end up getting sick because she has nothing in her stomach. She seems to think that every time her stomach hurts she's going to get sick. We've tried to convince her that she isn't always going to get sick when her stomach hurts but she just doesn't seem to believe us. I think her stomach was just sore because she did a lot of coughing last night before she fell asleep.
She's eating now but it's to late to head out plus Bree is sleeping and I don't want to wake her up. So we'll have to save that for another time. It's really aggravating when she does this, but hey whats a mom to do. Oh well the bonus is that I don't have to cook tonight. Shawn's going to run into town and grab some pizza. It isn't as good as Red Lobster or Red Robin but it'll have to do. :~)

Done!!!!

My Martha socks are done with plenty of time to spare. Hopefully my Fearless Fiber order will come in so I can get to making my Monkey Sock Swap pal his/her socks. I'm hoping that the yarn I ordered will work well for the Monkey sock pattern.

So here's my Martha socks in all their glory.



On the sock blockers I just purchased....I'm damn proud of these. Shawn watched me do the happy dance this morning when I slipped on the Martha sock I finished the other day and it fit beautifully. He thinks I'm a little off my rockers but that's OK I love him anyway. :~)

Sock Statistics:
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill in the Tropical Storm colorway
Yardage: 420 yds
Needles: US 1 Knit Picks metal DPN's
Pattern: Parallel Socks by Wildhorse Designs
Size of Sock: 6" cuff, 3" heel flap, 10" long foot
Pattern Adjustments: I made the cuff shorter and I didn't carry the pattern down the foot.

Another note on these socks: I didn't knit to gauge on these socks which was 8 sts per inch. If I would have knit to gauge which is tough for me, I probably would have used the medium size for the pattern and I probably could have carried the pattern clear down the foot. I like a nice tight gauge so I went up in the pattern size and my gauge was about 10 sts per inch.

This is the yarn that I had left over. It's not a very large amount. :~) It's a good thing I made the cuffs 6" instead of 7.5" and I didn't carry the pattern down the leg.....I know for sure I would have ran out of yarn. Now if I would have made these for my sis I could have carried the pattern down the foot and everything. She has a skinny little size US 8.5 foot.


Finally a pic of the socks on my tootsies.....oh these are going to be my new favs. Of course this is only my second pair of socks for myself. Hey and you all get to see very small part of my Tony the Tiger PJ pants....lol. Actually tried to get a pair of Lucky Charm pants that had Lucky on them and it say "Their Magically Delicious", but alas Wally World did not have a big enough size. The things that entertain me. Even I have to shake my head at myself from time to time. The scary part is when I start talking to myself and I answer my own questions. Wonder how much longer it'll be before Shawn has me committed? :~)


Some time tomorrow I'm going to try to get a shot of my socks outside in some natural light and get them uploaded to the photo gallery out at Sheri's site.
I'd better get my butt to bed. We promised Kaity a trip to Boise so she can spend her B-Day money at Build-A-Bear. She has her eye on a Hello Kitty stuff animal and an outfit. Plus she's jazzed because we promised her we'd go eat out somewhere that she likes, she's pushing for Red Lobster. Yes, my 6 year old loves seafood. She also loves fish but doesn't like Spaghetti-O's and Ravioli's and she'll eat salad as long as we don't make her eat the carrots or onions....lol. I'm not going to complain too much. I'd have to say that's pretty good eating for a 6 year old.