Monkey Sunrise Progress

I managed to get quite a bit done on the Monkey Sunrise sock yesterday.




I put on pattern repeat on in the afternoon.  I put the other four repeats and the heel flap after I got the girls in bed.  I have to put 3 more pattern repeats for the foot and I'll be starting the toe.  If all goes well I'll be able to finish these and cast on my SOS 07 socks and get the swatches knit up for Kaity's skirt and my sis's tank. 

Kill The Cat!!!!

This evil cat who's name has been change from Skitz to "Evil Furball Who Chews Socks" or maybe shortened to "Wool Eater".




Did this to my sock:




I wanted to kill the cat but thought that would be to easy on her.  What possesses animals to chew on things?  So now Wool Eater is on my poo list.  Those were some comfy socks too.  Damn cat!

Cute Card & Such

I got this b-day card in the mail this morning from my mom.  I loved it and wanted to share it with all of you.  :~)




On the inside it says "...But apparently, they don't know how to knit. Warmest Wishes"

Warning: Major Rant Content containing absolutely no knitting.  Skip to the bottom to get back to knitting if you don't want to read my rantings!  You can skip it, I don't mind.  The rant is mostly for my benefit!   :~)

This card made me crack up and I sorely needed it after the news Shawn gave me.  He was told that he needed to make sure his personal bag was packed and ready for the upcoming exercise.  So we went out and purchased all of the stuff he needed.....all $45 worth of stuff.  I'm pissed about wasting the money but I'm more pissed because this isn't the first time the little ass has done something like that.  I can't even begin to comprehend what is going through his pea brain. 
Shawn found this morning that he didn't need his personal bag because he's not deploying because we are PCSing (moving) before the next deployment.  Only the people who are deploying in Sept need to have their personal bags put together for this exercise.  Shawn's stupid little pin headed (insert a whole lot of creative cussing) weasel of a Lt (more cussing here) tells him "Oh yeah, I knew you didn't need to but I wanted you guys to show flight initiative".  WTF, does that mean Flight Initiative.  Did the idiot think he was going to gain brownie points for omitting information which in my opinion is lying!  Let me tell you what, I was ready to go in there and show that little (insert a lot more cussing) stupid moron just what flight initiative is.  He's a worthless waste of space and is sucking up valuable air that is needed for more worthy individuals.  I told Shawn to make sure the little (insert a lot of creative unladylike name calling here) turd stays away from me when I'm up there for Shawn promotion ceremony because I will not hold back my opinions.  What I'm saying here in blogland is what I'd tell that little waste of space if I ever see him.  This isn't the first time he's done something like this.  I have absolutely no problem looking someone in the eye and saying "Go away, I can't stand you".  I'm not one for politely smiling and making small talk with some one I don't like.  Life's to short to waste it on things like that.

Anyways, back to knitting content.

I've changed my mind and am now planning on using this for my SOS socks instead:

It's Scarlet Fleece It Tubular x2 sock yarn in the color Irish Eyes.  Wonder if I'll change my mind again?  I'm still planning on sticking with Elenore, a pattern by Momma Monkey.

Sorry for the rant everyone.....I just needed to get that out of my system so I can get through the rest of the day.

Happy Knitting!

Monkey Sunrise Update

Just a quick update to show you all what I worked on.....I've got to stop staying up so late to knit.  Wonder how many more times I'm going to say that before I actually listen to myself?




More on Summer of Socks (SOS) and my wishy washiness to pick a damn yarn to use.  I've changed my mind again.  I may change it again before I cast on, I'm going to finish up these first and then cast on for my SOS socks, plus there's Kaity's skirt and my sisters tank that I need to get on the needles.  Actually I need to swatch first.  Guess I need to get to knitting. 

Good Night, Good Morning, or Good Afternoon...depends on when you read this post.  :~)   I guess I have all my bases covered.

My B-Day Gift

Lookie what I got:




And when it opened it, this is what I saw:




A lovely set of lace blocking wires.  Now I need to start a new lace project so I can use.

Summer of Socks 2007

I've been searching far and wide for a pattern that grabs my interest that will go with the sock yarn I have for the first pair of socks for the Summer of Socks KAL.  You wouldn't think that would be too difficult with the amount of sock yarn that I have.  It took me two nights of hem-hawing over what I wanted to do.  So I've decided on one of Momma Monkey's patterns, Elenore...see what they look like here and get the pattern here.  I'm going to be using this.  I'm using my one and only skein of STR.

Since no post is complete with out a pic:

Look she really does smile!

Baby Hats are Done!

I finished the other baby hat.  The pattern is located in the Free Pattern section....link is located in the top left column.
Here's the photo:




I improvised on the model since Bree is sleeping and there is no way I'm crazy enough to wake her up.  It's one of her toys.  It has these cool see through plastic balls that get dropped in the top and you pull the blue lever and they drop down into the bottom and roll out.  She loves it!  You can see if here if you're interested.  Fisher Price is in my opinion is one of the best toy makers for little kids toys out there.  Out of 7 years of buying their toys we've only had two toys that were recalled.  Look at me, here I am putting in a plug for Fisher Price.  Hell with the amount of toys I've bought from them I should own stock in the company.

I also tried the coffee can.....I think the toy worked out better.  Wonder what coffee Trish drinks.  :~)

I'll get these hats mailed out to Sheri here in the next few days. 

I'm not typing anymore....I'm going to bed.  Good night or should I say good morning since most of you will be reading this some time later in the morning.  :~)

Have A Great Day Everyone!