I Sort of Finished!!

Yes, all my panels are knitted!! I have to block & weave together now. Then I have to take a picture & put it on my blog!! Any bets on how long it will take me to finish?? I could say that the winning guess wins some sock yarn of my choosing............I'd take it out of stash & give to you. That is if you win..........& I could just say that there were no winners!!! :)

Tomorrow...........breakfast the The Madison Park Cafe!! Sounds good!

Just for fun..........

I heard that I can do a blog post from my cell phone & upload it to get here. So I am going to try that soon.............I will let you know which post will be from my cell phone!! Boy, all this new technology is amazing!!!!!!!!! I'm barely scratching the surface with all the new technology...............

Happy Valentine's Day all you sweethearts of mine!!

I started my 5th & final panel of my afghan last night. It has 11 repeats & it takes me 1 hour to do each repeat...........you may understand when I finish it & take a picture. I have 10 hours left. Not sure how I should block this thing. I posted my question on Knitting List & only got 2 answers & didn't like either answer...........

I have a very full/fun weekend planned....knitting included on 2 of the days with 2 different friends! One is an out-of-towner that I get to take to Little Knits with me. Yarn, I don't need, but I did find a couple of really good deals on the website, so I just may go for it!! I will also ask the Little Knits gal about blocking my afghan. She will tell me!! My other friend ordered us some stuff from Knit Picks & she received it.........so that is something to look forward to also. I also have lots of leftover small balls of yarn that I can give to her 10 year old knitting daughter!! Very fun!

I'm late for work.........usually leave at this time..........but I'm actually not buried today. I am even hoping to meet a friend for lunch!

Happy knitting!!

"Little Cracker"....eh??

Thanks, Anonymous, for your message! I'm right here. Where are you??

"Little"?? Well, I cooked alot this past weekend. I made a 17 bean soup in the crockpot. Brought some in for my co-worker today. I went in late, after the snow melted. I had talked to her before I went in.........& she was definitely in the mood for someone to bring her in lunch, so I did. It's fun to make people happy when I can.........I also made some brown rice pasta with shredded beef, zucchini & mushrooms...........and.................pumpkin cheesecake. The "crust" was just chopped pecans & I didn't use any sugar. I used something called Blue Agave. That is a natural sweetener from a cactus & is low glycemic, so I thought I'd try it. Quite delicious. I ate too much & I'm not so "Little"!!

On the knitting scene: I'm on my 4th panel of my afghan. I'm about 1/3 done on this panel. Then only 1 more to go......then blocking.....then sewing it up.

See, not much new...............that's why I haven't blogged. So, what are you doing?? Did you take up knitting yet?? You should if you haven't!! And if you knit...........what are YOU knitting??

Happy 2008!!!

As you can see, blogging has NOT been a priority for me. I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas & New Year's. Me too!!

I finished my Net Market Bag.........looks just like the first one I did when I started this blog last June. I'm keeping this one!!

I also started my afghan. I'm doing a cable pattern done in strips. It is 5 long strips altogether, so sewing it at the end will not be any fun. But I'm on a roll & it is taking me about 1 week to do one strip. I'm half way done. Scary to tell you all that, because you will now expect me to have the completed strips done in 2-1/2 weeks. Then I figure a month to sew it together!! HA!! Don't hold your breath for any of this..............because, as you know.....................

I've still got my 2 pairs of socks on needles, just sitting there..............

See my chart on the right?? The one that has my projects listed with percents?? I am trying to change it, but it's been so long since I've touched that, ......I may just delete it if I can't figure it out again.

And for non-knitting news...........I'm really enjoying my job now. I'm FINALLY getting some of it. My brain doesn't hurt as much. So glad I made the change.

I'm not doing pictures today. By the way.......why do all of your pictures come out so clear & sharp & mine are so bad??? The old fashion SLR camera that I have took great pictures. Of course I had to choose the speed & set the F stop, but my pictures were always beautiful. Sometimes I just don't like new technology.....................

Monday, Monday.

Mondays are not my favorite day of the week. But today was MUCH better than last Monday. Why?? Because last Monday I had food poisoning or a virus or something. NOT FUN! So I ended up taking Tuesday off also. Monday I couldn't do anything, but Tuesday I did start a scarf. I finished it last night & wore it to work today.

I bought this yarn at a sale in L.A. This yarn shop has ALL yarns on sale for 35% off for the WHOLE month of December & they do this in June also.

Ok, so I bought the Netflix Gift Card.........for the dogsitters. I think they are happy with it.

Would you like to see a picture of L.A. from my trip?? This is from Griffith Park. When I was a kid I always would drive to the Observatory & check out the sky. Brought back memories.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack...........

Just got back today!! You know what?? I didn't knit a stitch!! I did BRING the 2 sock projects & I did start the Net Market Bag BEFORE I went on my trip & I did bring my book & just barely started it on my flight back. I was busy every minute. Not much rest. It was great to see my family & friends.

I also had a GREAT dog-sitter for Lacey. She & her husband said I could put them in my will to have Lacey if anything happened to me. I asked them because I'm in the process of doing my will. I have no intention of not being around........but hey, you just never know. I also got a bargain price to do my will for $45 through work. The catch is that I have to finish it by the end of the month.

Back to the dog-sitters........I need to get them a thank you gift. Any ideas?? I was thinking about a gift certificate to Amazon.com. That way they could buy anything.........or a 6 month subscription to Netflix. What do you think?? Any ideas?? Tell me fast, cuz I have to get it soon!

I get tomorrow off too, back to work on Tuesday. Maybe I could at least knit ONE stitch tomorrow. Even ONE row might be ok!!