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May 17, 2005
To Market, To Market
Busy working on cardigan for Alchemy.... found a minor problem during sewing up so redoing above armhole portions ;^{ Lotsa good mail last week: card from Lolly and silk from Alchemy. Won some fabric and buttons via Evil Beckons All o Ye and snagged a sewing machine at Grams. But the real news is I signed up for some classes at Stitches Midwest. This will be my first year attending. Every year I get the brochures and pour over them astounded by all the knitting knowledge available. The fact that there are so many tempting choices has helped in keeping me away~ I could't decide on this class vs that class but this year only one snafu Latvian Wristers vs Beaded Wristers and I went for the fun vs technical Beaded. Well I am sure there will be techniques just not as many. Why were the two wrister classes at the same time? I remember when socks were all the rage[still are but on outset of sock mania] they offered sock classes every single day not all at same time. Norwegian Purl was full up and that was a maybe since I am a thrower and NP is for pickers still I figured if I learned it I might convert to picking. If your gonna be there and want to meet up shout out. I will be staying in the city with my sis but I plan on hitting the market....
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May 07, 2005
And you?
I found this little pop~pyche quiz via Liz and got this:
4% Republican. | "You're a complete liberal, utterly without a trace of Republicanism. Your strength is as the strength of ten because your heart is pure. (You hope.)" |
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May 04, 2005
Fixed
My camara pluggie thingie the one with tons of prongs keeps getting bent.... pretty soon one of the prongs will break and I will be out of luck in the photography dept. But you don't want to hear all that. You came for some stylin photo so here it is:
Oh yeah baby. Vogue is calling me right now ;^>
By the way did anybody realize I am a major cookie fiend? I am. When I moved into the house my next door neighbor Lynne H brought over some cookies and we got the recipe from her:
Take 2 sticks of butter that are softenend[room temp] and cream with 1 cup of sugar. Mix together half a teaspoon of vinegar and half a teaspoon of baking soda then add to sugar/butter mixture. Fold in a cup and half of flour. Roll into balls and the balls into some sugar. Flatten slightly and bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 20-25 mins until edges are just starting to turn slightly brown. Takes me 20 in my oven and I get about 18-24 cookies using a common tea spoon[not the measuring teaspoon the stir your coffee and tea spoon] but the recipe says 3-4 dozen. Little morsels of goodness using what you most likely have at hand....
Posted by Elka at 02:32 PM
hmmmmmm
Ah so yesterday's photo and discussion of projects was way laid by Ms Eco~terrorist in training... you remember View image">this one. See last week she absconded with a tube of toothpaste and smeared its contents all over my couch. I covered the couch with a comforter while the upholstry covers were being washed. I couldn't help but notice that my work cardigan and the comforter looked rather springy in additioin to matching. A photo op! So yesterday when I went to take the picture ~ everybody notice I have been inspired by the non knitting blogs to think about my pictures and go for a whole setting ~ what should I see? Toothpaste! All over the comforter and heartstoppingly near my work knitting. I washed the comforter and replaced the upholstery covers. I arranged the comforter, cardigan and FOF shawl which made up the weekend knitting for a nice springy picture. A picture that would rival any picture in blogdom. Vogue would wish I was its stylist. Yep a killer photo. It won't load. Maybe tomorrow. Til then be amazed by the wondrous photo. We will deal with reality sometime later....
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May 02, 2005
Flower Power
Addictive little buggers. I could knit these day in and day out. The chenille makes for a very plush washcloth and I cannot imagine these in any other fiber. And despite being too old and jaded to believe in hippy dippy love I will admit peace, love and happiness can be found within the flowers. Cherios
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May 01, 2005
A link
Working on the cardigan and neglecting my faithful blog readers terribly. So a little sumthin sumthin to tide you over til tomorrow. Remember my girl crush? Martha I think recently wrote about craft vs art. Check out her post here. Good stuff.
I am thinking hard upon what I want to be doing. Reading non~knitting blogs such as WeeWonderfuls, My Little Mochi, Loobylu, Angry Chicken and such has me chasing some serious sewing related skills. I cannot sew on a button. Seriously. Still I ordered some books I discovered via the Chick [scroll down and look at Happy Book and Happy Book #2 there are only 3 books archived in the books section its not a long scroll down] and have spent an inordinant amount of time looking at fabrics. I have even pulled out my old Pieceworks and Fassett's Patchwork&Quilting #1~ purchased as a gift for somebody who disappeared from my life. Seems to me that I not only need to learn how to sew but I need to cozy up to somebody with an obscene stash. The plushie craze is so bad I have been scouring the net for doll patterns and supplies. Til 4 or 5 am every morning. The knitting is slow but I will have FO's soon....
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