Sorry, it's been a while

Not much has been going on. Well, a lot has been going on, but not much has been blog-worthy.

However, I have a few things for an update now. Let's start with knitting:

Slip Up Socks - Cherry Tree Hill Sock Yarn
And the March Sock Club Kit from The Loopy Ewe - Under the Sea with limited edition Casbah yarn. The first picture is without flash and shows what it looks like in the normal light of a room. The second is what the yarn looks like in bright light and shows off the beauty of the colors.



OK, now for the update on me. I went to D.A.R. State Conference this weekend. Here is my picture from Friday night at Opening Ceremony. I paged again for Ms. Patricia Rhoton and had a BLAST. If you ever wondered what the Daughters of the American Revolution is all about, or if you are interested in becoming a member or doing further research on your ancestry, please feel free to contact me about it!!

And now for the final pictures - both cats and the bird. I know you've all been waiting to see the bird again!



Bogart says "bye bye bird"

Been doing stuff

My lack of posting is no reflection on my readers, if there are any left.

I finished the Colts socks for my father-in-law. Please note the self-striping yarn self made an I and a C on the bottom of one foot.




I started new socks with Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn - these are called "slip up socks":
And my darling project of the moment, the Clapotis, aka the Clap. This piece is so beautiful. The yarn just glows. It sings. It was spun by unicorns and dyed by elves. Or something. It is both expensive and hard to get. VERY hard to get. This was a trade for something I had that was hard to get. I feel very lucky. (For any yarnies, it is Wollmeise, Wild Thing Suzanne 80/20 Twin)
Now, the fun in this is that you drop stitches. On purpose. And pray a lot that the whole thing doesn't fall apart when you do. If you did it right, then you are ok. I have done it right, so far.
And because he cannot be left out of an photo shoot, I give you the bird.

Major SQUEEE!!!!

I made it into the Loopy Ewe sock club!!!!!!

Major, major squee.

Yeah - I kind of fell off the earth

Not much has gone on. There were holidays. There was knitting, most of which you've already seen. Nothing was really finished. No photographs were taken.

And this past weekend I experienced my first real dental issue. I went to the dentist last week because my mouth hurt - he said it was a mouth sore and provided a rinse and some paste stuff to put on it. Well, it got worse and worse and Friday I was ready to go nuts. I thought I was just being a wuss.

Nope - Sunday I was at the dentist (I love my dentist - he saw me on a SUNDAY for an emergency) and it was an abscess that opened through my cheek. So my tooth got drilled out as it was dead, and he packed it with calcium and gave me massive antibiotics to get the infection under control.

I can now close my mouth again, but I still can't really eat. It aches, but the major pain is gone.

I guess at least next time I will know what it is.

And I'll try to have a sock or two off the needles in the next few days to show you - there should be sock goodness ready soon.

More knitting - Beverly's mitts

These are for a dear, dear friend who taught me a lot about beading. I always said I wanted to be her when I grew up. While I hardly ever bead anymore, the hours of pleasure and wonderful patterns and techniques she shared with me can never be repaid. I hope these go a small way to showing her how much I love and appreciate her. Go visit her over at No Easy Beads and say hi - http://www.noeasybeads.com/

Finished hands!

Closeup of the lace
Finished mitts!!!
And me. Don't faint - it's another update in less than a month!

I know - it has been a month

Things have been decidedly crazy here. My boss is going (gone?) on maternity leave. So the month has flown by and here it is December.

I have been knitting.
These socks will find a new home at Christmas. They are from the Seaweed Socks pattern.

These socks will find a new home at Christmas, but they are long overdue from a birthday in July...... I had yarn problems. They are Temptation Top Down pattern.


These will also get a new home at Christmas, altho only one is done now. They are Healthy Spine pattern.








Mallory, Kismet and Bogart are all doing fine. They are not knitted, and no pattern is available :)

Derby Ball

It has been brought to my attention that I never posted pictures from the Derbytante Ball. OOPS!!

So I get up this morning, and put the elf ears on Mark.



He's so cute. So we go outside and he gets into his car and I smoke. Now, every morning we do this. And every morning I check the door behind him. So this morning do I check the door? No. Guess what? As he pulls away from the house I discover the door is locked. By the time I get to the end of the driveway, he's past the stop sign and gone.

So I try to find a neighbor who is awake. I find one, but it takes about 15 minutes. I convince her that yes, I am a lone white chick in my bathrobe and PJs and not trying to rob her but please can I just use the phone. She lets me use her cell on the porch and I call Mark's dad. He heads over. And gets stopped by the train. So after another 15 minutes he arrives and lets my half-frozen ass in the house.

I got to work and got my ears on. Let's see who notices. I have hair to hide them some. Also, my orange hose have bats and pumpkins and cats on them.




Tonight we are going as Velma and Shaggy from Scooby Doo. I hope that red dress fits Mark......