I am so official now...see my new banner and cute little button! I am officially the Purling Sprite in the blog-sphere! Cynthia hooked me up with a mystifying-sizzling web banner. For lack of better words---it totally rocks! Look closely--I am knitting socks (my favorite item to knit), it is purple--lots of shades of purple, and she even added a couple of knitting looms! I just feel so glamorous--a glamorous Purling Sprite ;).
To celebrate my new banner, I had to start a pair of socks--in purple of course. The stripey goodness is the self-striping yarn I got from Scout..I love the swirling stripes of black and purple. The design--my own crazy thing, I'll post the pattern when I finish the first sock, it is not difficult at all. I am using size 1 Crystal Palace dpns and a rib of k6, p2.
In other projects, I am chugging along with the loom knitting projects...slowly but surely. I can see the end near....yay!
I have decided that every day, I am going to set an hour aside to knit on needles...an hour a day may not seem like much, but I can get a few rounds on a sock done, or even a small project done--time to take out the One Skein book out!
Reporting on the weird plant: It has some type of weird-looking-flowers now.
My neighbor next door (whom cornered me after coming back from Knitter's Nite) inform me that it is a thistle and I should take it out. So--the weird plant is not from out-of-space like some of you suggested, so no big money is to be made...sad news, I know, hahahaha. Come this fall, I am afraid a lot of the plants in the yard are going to be taken a one way trip to plant-heaven.
Checking out for now from the bunnies in Utah....the glamorous, purple, Purling Sprite :). Thanks Cynthia for the great banner!
enjoy checking your daily life..You are a very interesting lady to read all the happenings about you and your family..Yes, that is a thistle and if left to go to seed your yard will be full of them next year..LOL I have tons of lillies from rare to plain old day lillies..The deer love them.LOL-- thanks for all the looming information--you have kept me looming where without your help I would of quit.
Posted by: june | July 29, 2006 at 08:13 PM
Like Becky said on Friday, the plant is a teasel. The what the 'head' or cone was originally used for wool fleecing or to raise the nap on woollen fabric.
http://www.workingforwildlife.org.uk/education/teasel.htm
Love the self-striping scout yarn: yummy!
Posted by: Kay | July 17, 2006 at 03:04 AM
Wow, great banner!! :)
Posted by: Aija | July 15, 2006 at 10:44 PM
Cynthia did a great job on the banner! And as for the thistle, don't forget, Eeyore LOVES thistles (he's sure love them at my house anyway!)
Way to go ladies!
Posted by: Deb B. in VA | July 15, 2006 at 11:24 AM
Love your banner! It's soooo cute! Love the colors too!
Posted by: angelique | July 14, 2006 at 08:26 PM
Love your new button and banner! Nice socks too!
Posted by: Zonda | July 14, 2006 at 08:22 PM
I love it! You are so snazzy now.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | July 14, 2006 at 11:48 AM
Those socks are neat! I was wondeirngif you mystery plant was a thistle. Now that I see the purply floral things I agree with the neighbor. We once had a giganto thistle in our yard...I dug down around it to get as much root as possible and then put a salt paste (lots of salt and some water) on the remaining exposed root to kill it dead. All gone and no chemicals! :)
Posted by: Susan | July 14, 2006 at 11:47 AM
awh man! wow! cool! hey those weird pods dry and people use them in crafts!
Posted by: Denise | July 14, 2006 at 11:03 AM
That is super cute!
Posted by: Christie | July 14, 2006 at 10:49 AM
Great banner! Looks gorgeous!
Posted by: Mouse | July 14, 2006 at 10:15 AM
I love your new banner!! I just finished your curly Q scarf and can't wait to post a pic of it to my blog! It's great to know that there are others out there who loom and needle knit too!
Posted by: Alicia | July 14, 2006 at 10:05 AM
Ooh!! Love the banner!
Posted by: peggy | July 14, 2006 at 08:29 AM
You have cute feet and shapely legs -- no fair! I want them, too LOL
Every time you model a new sock project, I am reminded of my thick canckles. No wonder my socks don't look as nice -- My legs and feet are larger. How about a project to magically shape and shrink what we've already got? A Purling Sprite has to have some magically powers, right???!!!
Posted by: LizAndrsn | July 14, 2006 at 08:21 AM
What a fabulous new banner! And love the purple socks too.
Posted by: Brenda | July 14, 2006 at 08:04 AM
Love the stripey purply socks! Oh and your weed/flower? I've been meaning to look that up in my wildflower book. Your neighbors thistle comment sent me over the edge. It's a teasel: http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/diwsi.htm
Posted by: Julie | July 14, 2006 at 07:52 AM
I love it!
Posted by: Becky | July 14, 2006 at 07:38 AM
Ooooh, I LOVE it! She even looks like you!
Posted by: Kim | July 14, 2006 at 07:12 AM
Groovy, baby! ;)
Posted by: Stitch-n-Snitch | July 14, 2006 at 06:51 AM
Great banner!! And I love how that yarn is striping - very cool.
Posted by: Chris | July 14, 2006 at 06:42 AM
Oh I love them! And hooray for Cynthia. Isn't she awesome?
Posted by: Scout | July 14, 2006 at 06:39 AM
Veryyyyyyyyy cool! It suits you perfectly.
Posted by: Norma | July 14, 2006 at 06:14 AM
Too cute!! I love the swirls and sparkles.
Posted by: Beth | July 14, 2006 at 05:22 AM
I love the new look! Soooo cute!
Posted by: sara | July 14, 2006 at 03:08 AM