It all starts like this....
Then you open the kool aid...
Mix it with vinegar....
Microwave....
get more help from Claudia...
And bingo presto! A Very Jerry wrap is on the way!

National Talk Like a Pirate Day

In honor of National Talk Like a Pirate Day, I am posting on my blog!
What does that have to do with knitting you say? Well, I don't know.
But, I found a cool video on MSN and thought I would share it.
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=f24f5de2-fd6d-4d8f-925c-625235e0cd5d&playlist=videoByTag:tag:viral:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:mk:us:vs:0&from=MSNHP&tab=m137&GT1=42003
Is your name in the book?

Holy Smoke

Wow I can't believe it was the first of May since my last blog! But summer school is over! Stats and Abnormal Psyc out of the way! Also, I spent 8 days being a sort of nurse at a camp for kids with organ transplants, kidney disease, etc. Before you go awww don't think for one minute that these kids are high energy crazies. I had seven 9 year old boys. Good grief! But I am back and realizing how rusty my knitting skills have gotten. I am starting a project for a friend's birthday. You know how knitting on a time line is, BUT after my 3rd start on the freaking thing, I have high hopes this round is the charm! HA! Also, I am in my new apartment and really liking it other than it is a bit hot. But it is July in Atlanta afterall. So if anyone is even reading this anymore, drop me a note and let me know what is shakin!

Free At Last!!!

By now you have probably heard me shouting from the rooftops! I am finished with my first year of nursing school! I have 3 B's for the semester and that makes me happy! I haven't worked this hard for B's since graduate music theory classes! Anyway, I am excited to have some time to knit. I spent most of the afternoon on Sunday outside and knitting. I have made peace with my red tweed and have gotten in the continental purling groove. I should be finished with the Samus sweater pretty soon. I have the right side completed and most of the back and left side. The braids are all done, so I will just have to do the sleeves. I am still trying to think of something cool for the closures. The pattern calls for grograin ribbon and hooks. Not gonna happen. After seeing the tiny cable on Doug's squeeze cheese, I am considering some kind of cable that overlaps and has button holes. hmmmm....

On the HOME STRETCH

Okay, I really have no idea where that saying came from. Anyone know? But I have only 2 weeks of school left. Yes that is correct only 2 *&%$@#^ weeks and year one is done! I will go to summer school, but that is beside the point!
I gave the tomato hat and booties to my classmate. She was just beside herself and promised a picture once the baby is born. It made me all warm and fuzzy and stuff.
I am working on a sock now from Sockmania. It is the April pattern. So I will post a pic soon. Also, I still working on the red sweater with the Celtic braid at the bottom. It is so freaking boring now because I am just on the knit 216 stitches then purl 216 stitches. If I could just sit in front of drying paint, my night would be made!
Send me good thoughts for lots of studying and remembering!!!
Tootles!

yea pictures!

My sister Lynne has a friend who knits these little cutties. It was a birthday gift to me! (Dec)
My first attempt at entrelac. I really liked it once I got the hang of it. I gave it to my niece Brandy for her birthday. Noro silk garden light.

These are from the Sockmania patterns. It is hard to see the details in the pics. This is yarn the Lou brought me back from Fiber Fair in Fall. (say that 3x's fast!)

And last but not least the little tomato outfit! Sorry the stuffing is bumpy. It is not a growth! And the shuhe pattern is from Claudia. LOVE IT!!! And just for the record, I took some time to knit before my last big exam and made a better grade. Just a little FYI :-)

Tomato, Tomahto

I just finished the tomato baby beanie and even a stranger in Caribou stopped by to tell me it is the cutest thing she has ever seen. I am just beside myself. I took a break from studying, watched Dirty Dancing (believe it) and started the hat. Then I am using Claudia's Oma's Baby Schue pattern to make matching booties. That pattern is so fun to make and you know I just love that it has been passed down through the generations. The booties are red with a green chain stitch string. I have finished one and when the other is done I will put pics up. There is a girl in my classes that is having an unanticipated bundle of joy this spring. All I needed was an excuse right! xoxoxo