My Avatar??

These cartoon pictures are called "Avatars". It actually kind of looks like me, don't you think?? Except I wish I was that skinny. I have lost 20 pounds, 10 to go...........not fun.........that's another story........................

No knitting cuz I've been reading Harry Potter.......couldn't wait to get the audio from the library, though I still am on the waiting list.

And then no reading tonight because I took Lacey for our "short" walk. Met too many people & had tons of fun, but now I didn't get to read either..............our short walk ended up taking way longer than our long walk.

And then I played with this Avatar thing & added it to my blog.

Well, tomorrow is trash day & I'm ALWAYS successful in taking out my trash. See, I can do something right on schedule every week!! :)

Jaywalkers...again,...or should I say still.....

Just thought I'd show you how slow I'm going on these. Remember, I didn't do the ribbing on them. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm not so thrilled with these, & I haven't had much time to knit lately. The picture didn't turn out very good. I think I need to take my knitting outside to take better pictures. But it's time for bed & there is no sun outside right now though!

I still have half of my deck to de-moss from last week...........haven't done that either.

Could you please make all weekends 3 days for me?? But then, I would want 4 day weekends. And if I had 4 day weekends, then I'd want 5 day weekends...........but then.................

Before & After

As I am writing this, I am listening to a Harry Potter Podcast. Everyone is pondering what will happen in the last book. It's fun. I just came home from watching the movie. It was my favorite so far. The books are the best though..........but actually I listen to the books on CD. Jim Dale is amazing!! I am number 389 on the waiting list at the library for the CD. They've ordered over 140 of these, so I anticipate getting it about 2 weeks after it comes out. I have to make sure no one spoils it for me. No, I'm not in any Harry Potter Knit Alongs. I haven't even checked any out. Not interested right now.

Lacey got shaved yesterday. She belongs to the "Before & After" title. So the picture to the right is what she looked like a couple weeks ago. She is so beautiful!! Of course, I'm partial to my pooch!!



And here is what she looks like today. It looks like she lost 15 pounds!! She looks fragile . Every year when I get this done to her, I am always shocked by what she looks like shaved.

Wishful Thinking

I've barely knitted at all this past week. I've learned how to put buttons WITH links added to the sidebar of my blog though! The KnitList group gets me sidetracked constantly. But because of different peoples' ideas I have learned how to do a picot hemmed edge on a sock. Really cool. I wish I read about that before I "re-started" my Jaywalkers. I realized I could have changed the Jaywalker ribbing to a similar ribbing as the Broadripple Socks by purling the knit rows for the first inch. Again too late. I will NOT rip these again!!! I also got sidetracked by reading about "combined" knitting. I just now "wasted" an hour or so on that. But really, all the time I "waste" I am learning new things & it's a lot of fun. I just don't see any knitting progress.

Went to dinner with a neighbor this weekend. Went to my friend's house today to meet her daughter's future fiance (not quite a fiance yet). Actually more playing this past week than I have done in ages. Fun, but no knitting!!

My sloppy neighbors got a rat in a trap & they CLEANED UP their yard!! Their place looks very nice, I hope they keep it that way. I gave them my empty trap, since the rats liked their place more than mine, maybe?? Pest control will come over again tomorrow & tell me more of what I need to do. I get to leave work early to take care of rats. Oh boy, what fun..............NOT!


I was hoping to have taken pictures of the sleeve of my sweater that I started, though I didn't get very far. I was hoping to have taken a picture of my Jaywalker Socks without the ribbing. I was hoping to put a link here about the cute picot hemmed cuff for socks. I was hoping to frog the Broadripple Socks (they look a lot like the Jaywalkers) & start the same guy's pattern for what he calls Rib Tips Socks. I was hoping to completely finish bleaching/de-mossing my deck today (I did half of it yesterday though!).

Yeah, yeah, yeah..........lots of wishful thinking..............

I am a Knitting Adventurer!!!

I just took a quiz. It is called "What Kind of Knitter Are You?"
It tells me that I am a "Knitting Adventurer"!! Why don't you take it too & let me know what kind of knitter you are!!

This is what it says about me:

You are through those knitting growing pains and feeling more adventurous. You can follow a standard pattern if it's not too complicated and know where to go to get help. Maybe you've started to experiment with different fibers and you might be eyeing a book with a cool technique you've never tried. Perhaps you prefer to stick to other people's patterns but you are trying to challenge yourself more. Regardless of your preference, you are continually trying to grow as a knitter, and as well you should since your non-knitting friends are probably dropping some serious hints, these days.

It also says that I'm not alone. But that: 4502 other people got this result! This quiz has been taken 25540 times. 31% of people had this result.

Unraveling.......frogging........rippit.................

So it turns out that after knitting my heel flap on the Jaywalkers, that it looks like these are way too tight & will NOT work. Last night I frogged the whole thing, I'm back at square 1. Not so happy to say the least. Especially because I haven't had much time to knit at all & it took me 2 weeks to get to that point. SO...............I think I will start the sleeve of my sweater. Just for a little sock break, then I'll go back to the Jaywalkers & will not do a rib (because the rib is so loose) & I will cast on the 76 stitches. I'm off from work until Thursday, but have lots of plans. It's good to play, but I want to knit too!

Bait is set for the rats.........pest control finally came.

The weather is beautiful........I'm off to the dog park. Hey, I've got an idea. I'll take my knitting, then maybe I can hang out under a tree & knit after my dog gets her exercise. I'm all talk & no action/knitting!