The plans for our knit group this evening are to meet at Chase Palm Park for a Concert in the Park. I will try to be there around 5:30 or 6 (depending on when George gets home from work) to save us a spot. If anyone else gets there sooner just find a spot on the fringe so it’s relatively easy to find eachother.
See you all tonight at the park!
The new Knitty issue is up. It’s right up my knitting alley. Socks, small stuff, stuff that takes little to no brain power to make. Here are a few of my favorites, in order of appearance in the issue not in my desire to make them.
I like these gloves because here in the beautiful land of SoCal we rarely need real gloves. These would just take the chill away which is all we need on our cool, humid evenings.
Perdita, name is fun, it’s a bracelet, I think I’ll make it!
Reptilian lace, socks, lace, just my style.
Good lord does it get any better than this??? Lace, foofy skirt, Beaudelaire has it all!
Lickety Split, tabi socks are a favorite of mine. Cold feet run in my family so there is always someone that needs flip flop socks. I would do them solid or with a selfstriping yarn and leave the intarsia & different colored toes/heels off. Not that interested in bringing attention to the socks!
I do believe Swell is swell. Perfect for our beach boys here in SB.
Although I agree with legwarmers for our coastline mornings I don’t think the ‘winter’ theme of these is quite right for summer wearing. I think that wave pattern from swell along the bottom edge would work better. Then again, I will stick with what I have, thanks anyways.
Whew! It’s up to 840 stitches a round now! It’s still easy to pick up & work on though. I haven’t started to hate or even dislike it yet. Amazing, I really thought that by this point I would be so annoyed with how long the progress takes that I would give up. Nope! I just keep pluggin’ right along on it. I haven’t worked on it for about 24 hours but I think I may take it into the backyard here this afternoon for a bit of peaceful knitting.
Tyler had a rough night (therefore I had a rough night) last night. He was awake from midnight to 4am. I mean wide awake watching movies from his bed. He was a bit delirious by the time I got him to actually take the pain medicine. See, my 2 older kids really, really hate medicine. Of any kind. I bribe them, I scold them, I try reverse psychology & it rarely works. So when it took 4 hours to convince himself that he really needed it to feel better and sleep I was not surprised. What I was surprised at was the fact that he did actually give in & let me give him the medicine. I thought he would just tough out the night. But alas, the pain got to be too much & delirium set in. That is when I struck with the meds. His eyes were all glassy & he couldn’t remember words correctly, poor guy. It must have hurt so much! I thought I was stubborn, I don’t compare to my kids!
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.
| How You Life Your Life |
 You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.You’re laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think. You tend to have one best friend you hang with, as opposed to many aquaintences. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren’t attainable. |
| Your Power Color Is Teal |
 At Your Highest:
You feel accomplished and optimistic about the future. At Your Lowest: You feel in a slump and lack creativity. In Love: You tend to be many people’s ideal partner. How You’re Attractive: You make people feel confident and accepted. Your Eternal Question: “What Impression Am I Giving?” |
| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 80% General American English |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Yankee |
| 0% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
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| Chauntel Sedgwick Andreasen’s Aliases |
 Your movie star name: Candy Rex
Your fashion designer name is Chauntel Copenhagen Your socialite name is Peabrain Santa Barbara Your fly girl / guy name is C And Your detective name is Dog Eldorado Your barfly name is Caramel None Your soap opera name is Sedgwick Hibiscus Your rock star name is Chocolate Car Your Star Wars name is Chacha Andgeo Your punk rock band name is The Content Blown Glass |
| You Are Bert |
 Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable – even if you don’t love them!
You are usually feeling: Logical – you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others |
| Your Five Factor Personality Profile |
 Extroversion:
You have medium extroversion. Conscientiousness: You have medium conscientiousness. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. |
| Your 1950s Name is: |
 Virginia Regina |
That is funny because my grandma’s name is Virginia! Fantastic!
| You Are 88% Lady |
 No doubt about it, you are a lady with impeccable etiquetteYou know how to put others at ease, even if their manners aren’t the greatest. |
| You Are Marge Simpson |
 You’re a devoted family member who lovesunconditionally. Sometimes, though, you dream about living a wild secret life! You will be remembered for: your good cooking and evading the police Your life philosophy: “You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.” |
| You Are 80% “Average American” |
 You are average because you don’t make New Year’s resolutions.
You are not average since you don’t drink. |
The morning started out with a sick girl & ended with a boy trip to the ER.
First, Sadie woke up with all over body aches and generally not feeling good. How we really knew she didn’t feel well was that she wasn’t talking. An 8 year old girl that doesn’t ever stop talking, stops talking & there is need to worry. So we stayed home from church to rest up.
Later in the day Tyler was outside in the backyard swinging from a tree branch, one of the giant bird of paradise limbs that he has swung from hundreds if not thousands of times, slipped off & landed on his wrist. After half an hour of serious crying we decided a trip to the ER was in order. It was George’s turn to go this time, I took Trevor last time. We take turns like that.
After 2 hours & 3 x-rays later they came home cast & all. Not the traditional plaster cast, it’s some new-fangled cast that is wrapped in a bandage. Semi-hard cast or something like that.
He was just a tad loopy from the pain meds they gave him.
You can see the break in the ulna (bone on the left) about an inch down from the wrist. It looks like someone just bent it, it’s not a full on break. It will heal in the next 3-6 weeks depending on how good he is with it. Swinging from trees is not recommended. Sucks for him, that is how he spends most of his day, swinging from that tree. I suppose his number was up. Now to find other things he can do outside, that will be a tough one for him. Creativity is the key I suppose. So that was Sunday.
I did decide that I needed a bit of a break from the shawl & socks so using some yarn I got from Thuy on Thursday night I started a beach bag. Crocheted using a K hook. Big hook, my hands will be sore from this one! I am just hoping I have enough yarn to do what I want to do. I crocheted the handle first & now I am just going to crochet a large rectangle that will be folded in half & sewn along the bottom & one side to make the bag. Simple enough! The crochet rows will go vertically instead of the traditional horizontally. I don’t think that is the best description but I will post more pictures to make it more clear.
Once again my bandwidth is getting eaten up by the end of the month. I am not sure why the last 2 months I have had this problem & never before but that is why you can’t leave comments sometimes. At least that is what I am suspecting is the reason for you not being able to leave comments. I haven’t checked but it could be that there is work being done by my blog host also. Not sure which. But thank you for actually trying to leave me a comment!
SP strikes!!
My kids all had a heartattack because the mail lady actually got out of her vehicle & walked a package up to the house instead of just chucking it on the driveway like normal. Yippee for me!! Not so yippee for them. I just about got yelled at for buying more yarn but I convinced them that I didn’t do it!
So as I sit here eating my new cherry sour balls let me show you what I got!!!
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The Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Chocolate is just RADICAL! So soft & lovely. What to make….it’s actually telling me it’s feeling the need to be lace.
The potpourri bowl will go on the coffee table next to the fish, the postcards will go with the rest of my stationary & maybe one will go to my sp, the notepad on the fridge of course, cherry sour balls will be gone by midnight~no worries there!
Thanks so much SP! I look forward to using it all!
I posted a new photo to apad2.
I did say I would do it more often as I like to play around with the style of things here at firebrunette.
