FO: One Pink Lacy Scrotum

I did it! Continuing with our recurring theme of cutting projects frighteningly close on yardage. I honestly have less than three yards left.

I had 2000 yds of laceweight on the cone. That's one seriously close project. I'll try to take a blocking photo tomorrow but I have a pink blocking board and the scrote is actually pink soooo. Not a huge help. I also have two new completed yarns to show. I've been spinning my bum bum off!

Oh and last, I have sworn not to start another project until I finish up Wicked. I'm on the sleeves so it won't be long, but I'm already starting to look at what's up next. I think the Swallowtail shawl by Evelyn Clark will be next with this.

handspun BFL.

Come back tomorrow and see pictures. I'm just too tired to take photos tonight.

Believe it or Not

I am still doing stuff.


Embossed leaves made from my own cherry fizz colorway


340 yards of Shetland sock yarn.

That's all she wrote for today.

Limits Schmimits

So after the last episode, I figured I better set some limits because I was really upset. I sent my dad an email that he would not be taking number five out of town until further notice (due to a little lying about the kid's age to get him into the pits at Berlin raceway and signing a waiver he had absolutely no legal right to sign), and that one two day visit a month would be more than enough.

Dude, this is not the Hilton or his vacation home ya know? I know I seem like I'm really mean (and frankly I'm cool with that) but I know it's good for number five to get to know his grandpa, and that his grandpa won't be around forever and all that, but I don't think I have to let him walk all over me either. Where's the balance? I don't know! I tend to want to just cut off communication altogether, but that would hurt my son, so what to do!?

In other news, i went out of town to help my sister move into her new place with number five and my mom. I'm not sure how much help we really were, but it was fun. It was still good to get home and see the Chief last night.

finished pair of socks photo to come soon. Oh and I'm finally on the last clue of the scrotum. It's still like twenty rows or something, but I'm feeling like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. When you have close to 1,000 stitches per row, they go a bit slow.

Summer is kinda gettin me down. i feel like I need a break, but none in sight, none at all.

I'm Having a Stroke!

My dad's here. Dude he has been here for less than 3 hours and he's already trodden on my last nerve! He asked to take number five to his house (almost 3 hours away) for the weekend which he JUST DID less than a month ago.

I said no, we need family time on weekends sometimes too. To which he replied

"Well you had him all week"

You know I wish I could really let go on him, but I said, "I'm his MOM. Who else would he be with during the week?"

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I don't split custody with you! PUHLUS! I know you are just bored from being "retired" and using him to entertain yourself. He's not a damn trained monkey! Of course I had him all week! I'm the parent! WTF!!! He LIVES HERE!


Omg that felt so much better. Seriously my head is pounding from it.

Wtf! The Scrotum of Bad Nauheim?

So I'm finally on the border of The Secret of Bad Nauheim. I'm looking forward to finishing to I can knit up the handspun swallowtail I've been waiting to work on. More than three projects and I'm spread too thin.

So I held up Nauheim once I had all the stitches picked up for the border. They look so funny that way, and I said to the Chief, "Look a big pink blob".

To which he replied, "It kinda looks like a really fancy scrotum." Oh yes, ladies, that's right, handsome AND creative and all mine!





The sleeves on Wicked are going to knit nite with me tomorrow. I have 12 inches to go on one and all 19 left to go on the other. I'm just getting bored I guess, but I am determined to get it done so I can start on a secret project. Oh AND my first wholesale yarn order will be made for the dyeing here in a week or so. Busy busy!

I finished another pair of socks over the weekend. Pics coming soon.

Socks & Socks & Socks

Alrighty then, let's all get up to speed shall we?

First up, Mini Me Socks for number five. They were knit from the handspun polypay that took forever. Navaho plied and very warm. Probably not to be worn until November when they will be found to be too small since he is 10 and growing like a baby elephant.



Next up, handspun Shetland. Number four dyed this roving. I like to call it "Ouch my retinas" or "Bozo's best shirt".



Last of all are the Slipperies from the yarn hollow panda wool i bought. They turned out very pretty.


It hasn't been that hot here so far this summer so I haven't minded knitting at all, not even my big wool wicked. I like summer but I prefer it like this, nice and sunny but not that hot. It makes the summer knitting wayyyyyyyyyy more fun.

I'm spinning again! Come back and see tomorrow!

Oh and I talked the chief into taking me to the grand opening of a LYS just a bit south of here tomorrow. Maybe I'll have some pics. \

Oh oh AND I'm knitting up a pair of socks from the yarn number 4 dyed at the workshop last weekend. They're turning out so beautiful!

We Beat the Michigan Weather!

So we have kind of unpredictable weather here and we've had a particularly wet summer. That didn't stop some of the ladies in the knitting group from coming over on Sunday for a little dyeing workshop.



Dyers circled the mixing table like sharks.



Angie (who is currently incubating a little one) working on her blanks.



KaRi working on her blanks too. I saw Laurie's blanks being knitted up the next day (that's right the very next day) and they turned out so cool.



Here's the finished hanks and blanks. I never hosted anything like this before so I think I could have done a better job if I knew what I was doing, however, I didnt.


I now have the dyeing bug so today I will probably do a bit of roving.