Day: October 28, 2004

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.

Half way through my second, count it, hallowig. “Blonde” this time for me mum. Oh so happy she will be!

Knitting group last night was fun but we learned that now Muddy Waters is closing at 6pm nightly also. So we have arranged with a great scandinavian restaurant in downtown SB to handle our group. We will have the whole upstairs to ourselves if we so wish. Not as comfortable as couches at Java Station but their pastries & coffee kick ass!! Plus there is actually enough light in there to see what you are knitting! Amazing, ingenius thought!

Then this morning Tracy & I had Suzanne  (who unfortunately had to leave for work & only got to hang out with Tracy for a mere 5 mintues)& Summers (who couldn’t make it at the arranged time due to parental frustrations but made it eventually & are we oh so glad she did ) over for coffee & a bit o’ knittin’. Fun to get to know some of the new crowd. Tracy went to coffee & knitting with them last Saturday but I could not make it. I had guests at my loverly home. Fun, fun, fun! Glad to meet more youngsters like myself.

I think the social side of my life is kind of picking up a bit. I am just waiting to make a trip to Ventura. I had promised Laura last week that we would try to make a trip down to Anacapa Yarns soon but timing is not working well for either of us. It will happen, I have faith!

I balled up my koolaid dyed fishermans’ wool today. I have decided to do a poncho for my daughter out of it. I think it will look dandy. The only problem is that now I have to get the gifts for my parents finished so that I can take them to Idaho in November. The koolaid yarn is sitting there on my ottoman just smiling & winking at me saying “Please knit me (with that Adam Sandler sweet retard smile) you know you want to…please…it will feel good…you know you want to touch my …..”

That is all the quotes you will get out of me.

I’m audi 5000!

Finally some sunshine around here!! Of course it didn’t show up until after noon but that is better than nothing! Tracy & I were downtown for a while, hit the one decent thrift store, Pier 1, Global feet & had lunch at a sandwich shop. Fun to be out but now I am home. I stopped at my LYS & bought myself a ball winder with my 40% off coupon, buttons for the poncho I started on Friday & some size 4 circ & dp needles. Gonna do up some fun smaller stuff.

There has been so much chunky stuff that I am feeling the need for some more delicate work. I am working on George’s sweater & the poncho right now. I started a sweater on Thursday while my son Tyler was having oral surgery, its not my favorite right now. But maybe next week I will like it better. I am going to go do some pics before it gets too dark outside.
Ciao!

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.

Okay so I suck & I am lazy! I haven’t done any pictures or sent the poncho out for “special person”‘s bday yet! Lame of me I am sure! SO eventually I will get caught up on all my crap & get my life together again.

On a happy note…George & I got to go to Pismo Beach for the weekend with NO kids! Miraculous!! We stayed at the Cliffs Resort in a suite with an awesome layout. No pics because I was too busy doing other things!   Tracy was kind enough to watch the kids overnight…trooper that she is! It doesn’t hurt that we paid her, we love her!

Tracy & I did something today that we have been wanting to do for a while…kool aid dyeing (sp?). We bought some cheapy fishermans wool (Lion Brand) and used tangerine kool aid on one end & cherry kool aid on the other end. It is in the kitchen sink drying right now. I will go do a pic actually! Okay done! now I will go add them so you all can actually see them!