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I can still say that because my clock says it is 11:27 PM. Dear blog, I miss you!
Just stopped in for a minute tonight to share some Halloween happiness with all of you. Hope everyone had a safe evening!
When I saw these pumpkins at the grocery store, I knew I had to buy them. I had never seen a conjoined pumpkin before, but had to revel in it’s freakish glory. It has welcomed guests to our home for the past few weeks…
Our contractor remarked one day that it looked like a “bottom”. Viva la freaks!
We finally carved the pumpkins on Friday. I bought one of those carving kits last year, the day after Halloween. Best 99 cents I have ever spent in my life. It was such a breeze to zip through the pumpkins. I wish I had known how great they are 5 years ago…I would have paid full price rather than struggle with a paring knife!
The boys…hmm, the penguin costume looks oddly familiar doesn’t it? Grandpa Mike sent Connor his leopard costume…he found it while out thrifting this summer. Good thing Halloween wasn’t any later, the kid is growing rapidly!
Peace.
I have a friend. Let’s call her Phoe. She takes amazing pictures. She knits (and designs) amazing things. She makes amazing jewelry. She makes amazing food.
All of the picture taking, creating, and cooking send me further down the spiral as it were…my friend Phoe is an evil temptress. Okay, so she really is not evil at all. But she still is a temptress.
Originally, she got me hooked on Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock sock yarn. Which in turn started my sock obsession. Most recently, she posted a recipe link and amazing pictures of something she just baked…so of course I had to do a little clickety-clicking and found myself salivating at the keyboard.
Have a look-see over here. I will wait.
I know, right?
And I don’t even like damn cheesecake!
But I couldn’t shake it. I thought about those brownies for at least 24 hours.
Then I did it…I made them…
And to this non-cheesecake lover, they are phenomenal! It is hard to put it in words how freakishly good they are.
I have to put cream cheese on my grocery list again *licking fingers*.
Peace.
There are secret societies out there in the world of yarn that I want to join. Yarns that I covet but am unable to snag. One such yarn is the ever fabled Wollmeise. The yarn is hand dyed by a lady in Germany and is more rare and expensive than a Unicorn fart. When the dyer updates her online shop, the yarn hounds descend and people go bananas. Seriously freak out. People don’t care what colors they get, as long as they get something. The know full well that they can trade it for what they want or sell it for more than the original price. Supply vs. demand and all that jazz.
I have been dreaming about this yarn. Hearing the stories of the knock your socks off colors (ha ha, it’s sock yarn…get it?), and the intensity. Oh, the intensity of the colors.
Now, since I have two wee ones that demand much of my time, I am unable to stalk said dyer’s online shop (or the shop in the US that now carries it). My only hope was that we would win the lottery and I could buy a skein of it off ebay, or shamefully beg come holiday time.
Then I had a revelation. I have some pretty decent yarns in my stash. I decided to just throw out the idea to the world (read: Ravelry ISO & Destashing board) and see how it floats. I figured I would get heckled within minutes.
Imagine my surprise when I had multiple offers within a few hours. I was floored. I wished I had more to trade…but alas it ended up working out so that I could trade with two people.
The other day I got my long awaited Wollmeise in the mail…
And while it is incredibly gorgeous (and smells nice too!), I don’t have the sudden urge to roll naked in it. Is it because it is a very thin yarn, whilst I like heavier sock yarns? Is it because I am scared of the Wollmeise and living up to the hype?
The color is Buxkranzl or “Box Wreath”. Clever packaging. Stay tuned to see what I decide.
Peace.
The other day was a very good day. The kids napped decently. The contractor showed up to finish his work (a feat onto itself). I got a little knitting time in. And while the rain tried to get me down, I happened to peer outside to check on said contractor and found this just outside my back windows…
Not one, but two. Plus, I was able to locate the camera and the batteries weren’t dead!
Yeah, it was a good day.
Peace.
Ok, so we aren’t playing Blackjack here. I just wanted to say that. Actually I have been saying it quite a bit since we watched 21 recently. Haven’t seen it? I highly recommend it.
Anyway…back to the issue at hand. I finally had a minute to catch my breath and draw a winner for my giveaway. Sorry for the delay, this was a bonkers weekend and on top of it, husband had yesterday off which really threw my schedule out the window.
Drumroll please……the winner of the hand dyed, hand spun “Second Base” yarn is Lisa from The Hem Line. As drawn by the uber-scientific flashcard deck by the toddler…
Yes, he is usually this grumpy lately. So, congratulations, Lisa! And stay tuned for another giveaway this week.
Oh, one more thing…I have put up a couple new yarns in my shop…check them out!
Peace.
