Archive for April, 2009
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A Funny Thing Happened on the way to.. oh Forget it, it Lasted all Day!
Saturday was A Knitter’s Fantasy. It is a local annual event with knitting classes, a fashion show and market.. as well as a swell swap table!
I taught two classes. In the morning I taught learn to knit on looms, and in the afternoon I taught learn to knit on knitting boards.
Well on Thursday I had arranged to meet a few of my knitting peeps at a local strip mall at 7am so I could ride with them. Saturday morning came and I woke up at 7:10!! I quickly found my phone and called them and they said not to worry they would pick me up because I was on the way.. I had 10 minutes to get ready..
Fortunately I had everything packed up and ready to roll. Brian had picked up some nice breakfast buns and some Mountain Dew the night before.. and he even made me some coffee! After switching shirts and shoes twice( I won’t tell you what I stepped in..) barely brushing my hair and consulting them with directions twice we were on our way..
After getting slightly lost (nothing we couldn’t handle) on the way we arrived! At the registration table.. they couldn’t find my one teaching packet! Yikes! They looked through the box twice and then suddenly after just looking the booklet over and figuring out where my classes were, the thing appeared in the box!
I then figured out that my first class was at 9 when I had signed up for 9:30.. oh well. I was a little late. The class went well and at lunch I went to the market.. after all they gave us some ‘funny money’ as a reward for teaching the classes..
In the market I ran into my old boss and an old co worker who had come out from PA to check this thing out! It was nice to see them! (Hi Toni and Marge!)
I also got myself this:
So in the end though some odd things happened it all turned out well!
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You Gotta Love Freecycle!
I have a bit of a lul in my knitting right now. I am in ADD knitting mode.. I have a shawl that is NEARLY finished… as in I RAN OUT OF YARN halfway through the bind off.. so I need to get more yarn for it..
I have mostly finished a Tudora.. and I have a seatbelt cover nearly done as well..
I also have about a million projects going through my head and lining up in my brain queue.
So I thought I would go on a little stash busting adventure and make a few toys to drop for the Toy Society. And I thought I might do some ‘yarn grafitti’ too.. been dying to try it. I guess I am all street art these days..
So what does this have to do with Freecycle? Well, when a post came across our local Freecycle list for felt squares I thought great! I will try for this I can use it with the yarn for making toys. So I replied.
Now. I rarely get in there as the first person to get these things so I am never too optimistic.
I was pleasantly surprised when I got it, so I dutifully went and picked it up. It was a BIG BAG, with BIG pieces of felt! Cool.. check it out..
Then in the morning, I was walking up the steps, and that bag was sitting there at the top of the steps.. and I noticed the bag itself..
An audible “EEP” came out of my mouth… Of all the bags she could have used to keep this felt in..
I never showed you a close up of my plates in my dining room yet..
Amazing..
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Taking Loom Knitting to a Whole New Level!
Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.This is amazing! I am stunned. My kids were intrigued and amazed! And my husband wants a sweater made like this! YIKES!
Enjoy!
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Test
This is a test.. this is only a test.. had this been an actual blog post it would have been more interesting..
This concludes our test of the blog posting system.
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Wordless Wednesday: I love it when you send me pictures!
Ok.. not so wordless.. This is a Pinwheel Blanket by Tiffany! She did a different edging than called for in the pattern and it looks great! I love seeing photos of the items you all create using my patterns!
And remember the proceeds of my pattern sales this month go toward my friend Anna’s 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer!
Paying the bills…
Coming April 13th
