It's WTF Friday!!

Yesterday I was working my way through a box of children's books listing them for sale and I found this:


Mind you, some oddities turn up now and again in this business, but seriously. I'm no Child Development expert, but is this really coloring book material? I'm just not sure.

So when the Chief came home from work, I of course had to show him. He did a double take and said "wtf!" Then he asked if they had an actual pic of poor Joan burning at the stake. Well frankly I hadn't thought of that in particular, so I checked. In fact, there are no flames, but check this out.


You guys sometimes I find weird stuff, but I have to say this is right up there at the top of the weirdest.

I've been knitting and should have some photos this weekend, but I have a LOT of housecleaning to do today so off to do the Donna Reed thing!

Random Thursday

1. I'm going to Cast on for Ice queen as soon as I finish blogging for today. Behold, I have even gathered the materials.


2. School is canceled again today. We got a shitload of slippery snow yesterday in the evening and overnight. I love snow days!

3. I am about to start the fourth chart for Wings of a Dream. There are 10 charts in all, so yay for progress!

4. I have a question to answer:
Nancy @ the Jerse shore left a comment asking about my favorite ebay store for laceweight. Well, Nancy, my favorite store is called Forestgreener. They sell laceweight in a cashmere wool blend that is very thin (sometimes I double it, sometimes not) and it's so lofty, there is just no weight to it. I love that stuff! Luckily the store will reopen at the end of February when the owner has finished traveling. However, you have intrigued me and I can't email you! Tell me about your fave store! Are they coming back? Did you try to email them on Ebay? That's how I found out it was just a vacation. I hope you come back and tell me about your fave.

5. I have started new socks. They are Synesthesia, and knitted out of Tofutsies. I've never used it before, and so far I'm loving it. I do agree with some opinions I've heard before about the tendency to split, but I'm just watching it a bit more than usual. I really like the sheen and texture.


6. The Chief is going to be 45 next week. So last night we were lying in bed and he complained that his forehead wrinkles when he raises his eyebrows

hmm

Well I hate to be the one to point this out, but if you raise your eyebrows, that skin in between your hairline and said eyebrows has to go somewhere. If it didn't, your hairline would slip halfway back onto the top of your head and the skin would puddle on the back of your neck. That would just be really freaky.

7. The day that I am the voice of reason in my marriage has come and I'm pretty sure it hails the apocalypse so tell your loved ones how you feel now just in case it's tonight.

8. I gotta go do some work now.

Yeah right Have you ever seen me go Wordless Before?

I mentioned this Monday. See we've had a dilemma in this house. The mantel had been removed when we bought it, so there were anchor thingies in the wall, but nothing else.

The Chief built this floating mantel over the weekend. See the only other place that our flatscreen would fit was on the opposite wall. That's why we finally put a big mirror over the fireplace. We could watch TV in the mirror. It was kinda weird though because it always looked like people were driving on the wrong side of the road, and as Ink pointed out from the Broken Barn, we couldn't watch foreign films. I can't read backwards fast enough for most subtitles.

Now we can enjoy the fireplace and a movie at the same time. We did a lot of that over the weekend! In fact I hope to be doing a lot more of it every weekend.

If you come over, bring snacks. I never grocery shop.

Beer too.

Wordless Wednesday

new handspun socks


Mom's "Wings of a Dream" stole. I'm almost done with the second Chart.

I'm tired already!

So, some of you know I work from home. I'm a bookseller on Amazon, Alibris and Half.com. The last two are pretty new to me, but eerything is going along. I work really hard, plus I keep this house going, because I'm here. The Chief is always willing to pitch in, but since I'm here, it just makes sense that I toss in laundry whenever etc.

Why do people think that just because I work from home, I don't really work? It's weird. I know most people aren't motivated enough to do it themselves, but really. It's away more work than most folks realize. I know several people that have started and realize how much work it is (including my dad) then they give up. Heck I don't blame them! I just love books. I don't make a lot of money, but it's enough to pitch in to help take care of the fam. Most of the time I'm less stressed than I was when I was a Payroll Manager, so that's worth something right? If this sounds like bitching, I'm not even agitated, but I just think it's quite odd. I wonder if they think it's a cover for freeloading or something lol. I wouldn't call it working from home if I was freeloading. I have no qualms about freeloading, so I would just say it hehehe!

In other news, I'm on the second chart for Wings of a Dream. I'm making it in a sort of bright teal or aqua for my mom. It will be a Mothers' Day gift and she picked the yarn herself. It's lovely. Check back for a photo tomorrow. I'm about ready to go ahead and start Ice Queen as well. Prolly photos tomorrow. I'm just lazy today!

More o'the same

Remember this? Well that batch of roving has become this.



I like them better than my first handspun socks. Who knew!?

I also finished Mystic Waters yesterday and did the ole end weaving this morning. I have yet to block, but here is a preview!



We had an awesome weekend. John built a new mantel for the TV to sit on, and a big fire. I spent a lot of time working, but still we ate, relaxed, hung out with friends and eachother. Gotta love a weekend like that.

Try to have a passable Monday!

Done and Done!

So I'm participating in this really fun Blog where you knit at least one pair of socks every month and post them. SAM5. My January socks were OK, but I set a goal for myself of spinning the yarn for my February socks. I'm a very new spinner still, but I did it!

Mind you I bought white Suffolk Wool for $5/8 oz from someone clearing out her old roving. I dyed it myself (you can see the pile of dyed roving here) and I have finished spinning just about half of it.

Welp the socks are all knitted now too and I am totally in love with them! I know the striping doesn't match, but this was my first time. I have another batch of yarn for socks all spun, but next time I will try to make the striping match.

Anyhow, what do ya think? The pattern is waving lace by Evelyn Clark, and I'm keeping them.


The Chief took the photo and I said "try and make it look artistic." Now he IS artistic, but he was funny. He took a look at me and said, it's two socks and our couch. How artistic could I possibly make it?"

Man has a point.