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Last week at Yarn Today one of the ladies showed up with a Looper. It seem like a very nifty little item.
I have been searching since last Thursday. Do you have one of this things in your stash? Are you trying to get rid of it? Please leave me a comment and let me know...I really want one.
Thank you for wishing the little princess a happy birthday. She really enjoyed herself and she even slept late the day after her birthday party. I guess she was really worn out from everyone holding her.
I also enjoyed seeing my comment numbers go up. I know, I am a comment hog, I love them! Can you believe I am almost to comment 500! It is sooo totally neat.
I also want to thank my wonderful and superb Secret Pal, Val. She was absolutely the bestest to me. She spoiled me rotten--you may remember the yummy yarn she got me from Knit Picks, then my roses for my birthday, and the last present, well, let's just say that she got me just what I wanted--a shopping spree at my newest and most favorite yarn shop--KPixie, and in her busy life, she always found the time every week to email me and chat with me. Thank you Val for taking such good care of me :).
As half of blogland already knows, the new Knitty is up
and I absolutely fell in love with both sets of Mrs. Beeton. The green just calls the organic side of me, and yet the red calls my romantic wild side. I don't know how to knit with beads (yet) but I would surely learn if it means having a pair of these gorgeous wristlets. However, I think I will try them first without the beads just to get the idea of how to make them.
In other news, I received the calendar of events for Stitches East, so many classes that look interesting and yet, I think I may have to miss it, or maybe if I behave and save all my pennies, I can save enough to go there and take some classes.
**Ok, I just re-read this and what the heck do I mean by organic side? I sure spit out stuff when I am writing that I don't even know about.
A Year in Pictures
It has been one year, one year that my little Nyah decided to join our little crazy family. She has been a joy to everyone with her sweet temperament. She is always full of smiles and cheerfulness. The only time you see her cry is if she is hungry or her little ear hurts.
Yesterday we went to Grandma's to celebrate her birthday. Grandma has a tradition where she bakes them a birthday cake on their birthday. A lot of her little cousins were there and we all sang Happy Birthday to her. I think she is still wondering what Happy Birthday means since we kept telling her that all day long. She specially looked at Dad and Mom a bit weird when we sang her happy birthday after lunch time.
One of my favorite pictures of her--my little sleeping beauty.
For almost a whole 6 months, her hair stood up on end. No matter what I did to it, it would end up sticking up to the ceiling. So cute.
The summer picture--my little flower.
Getting into trouble...trying to get my yarn and needles like always.
And last night, eating her chocolate birthday cake.
Playing dolls with Grandma Phelps. Grandma Phelps has the most extensive collection of porcelain dolls so playing dolls with Nyah is a regular thing. Grandma usually gets one of her porcelain dolls and puts Nyah on her lap and Nyah holds the doll--I think Grandma enjoys that the best.
Ny-Ny with her Birthday doll--she is feeding her the bottle.
Uncle Wendell playing dolls with Ny-Ny, she really enjoyed this part of the day, no not the doll, but being held by all her uncles that were visiting. They both fed the baby and then they burped it, at which point Nyah decided she had had enough! LOL.
Happy Birthday sweety. You have really made our lives a lot happier :).
I found the perfect yarn to use for the Holiday Knits, Sox Exchange. The chosen pattern: Dublin Bay Socks. Yarn: wonderfully soft Cherry Tree Hill in shades of green.
I am loving the simplicity of the pattern, the easy to memorize lace chart, the yarn makes it even more enjoyable. Only one problem--my gauge is completely off and I refuse to go down to a 0 size needle, or smaller than that to get the desired 9.5 sts per inch.
I remember when I was making my stitches so tight that I had to go up a needle size to match the gauge, now it appears that I may have to go down a couple of sizes...what's up with that? Any of you out there have the same issue?
Or is it Lorna's laces that much thinner than Cherry Tree Hill?
Right now, I am getting about 7.5 sts per inch, so if I change the pattern to reflect my gauge, I would need to change the entire thing--no big deal, the math is easy to change. However, I donnnnn't want to froooggg itttt. I love it. The pattern calls for 72 sts which at my gauge of 7.5 sts provides with about 9.5" in circumference. (I am just waiting to hear from my pal to see if the circumference will work, if it doesn't, then the frog will have to come visit).
Since I was already sitting down changing the numbers on the pattern, I decided to work it out with one of my favorite yarns: No No Kitty-Kona Superwashed. So, I started that one sock while I await for my pal to send me her digits.
The yarn color is much prettier than this picture--my camera flash is set too high. The shade is named, Earth and Sky. Very pretty colors--maybe this one will end up going to my pal if I have to frog the first one.
Look at this little things--they are 8" circular needles. I don't know how well they work as I just got them in the mail, but they are sure cute looking. Anyone out there has them? Have you used them?
