Damn

It's so sad.

short and sweet

Well this is short and sweet simply because I don't have a whole lot of time right now (I should be cleaning the bathroom right now). Work has been fine this week. Still trudging along. I had yesterday off and I spent it with Ben and then spent the evening watching movies with my parents. I have gotten completely caught up with the Mystery Stole 3. I've knitting through clue 5 and am waiting for clue 6 to be released (it will be tomorrow). So far the stole is quite pretty.

Saturday is the day we move Ben into his dorm. I took the day off to help with the move. It's going to be odd not having him around all the time.

Home again

Well I am home from my short (too short) vacation to New Smyrna Beach in FL. It was a good trip and I needed the break from work. But I'm back home and back to work. Gross. I did find something special while at a Flea Market in Daytona Beach.

And antique sewing machine. I saw it at one of the booths and it didn't have a price tag on it so I was curios and asked the guy running the table for the price. He didn't know so he called the owner and she said she could let it go for $15! So using my best poker face I said "yeah I think I could take it." This machine is worth around $200-$300. I got a deal. It's a hand crank sewing machine which is something I've not actually seen upclose before.

It even came with the cover and the original key along with the original instruction book.


While on vacation I continued knitting on the mystery stole. I've halfway through clue #4. It's getting longer. It looks great too. I've just got to keep knitting.

Life has been good. I am refreshed from the vacation and am almost through what has so far been a rough work week. I'm ready to get back into my work schedule (having my set days off) which should start this Sunday. That's all I have time for today. I shall write more later.

Made it out alive

Well Harry Potter came and went. I worked the midnight party and it's over and I made it out alive. We worked until 2 am but the party was great. I still haven't read any of the HP books but it's cool. The important thing is that kids are reading. Too many kids rely on video games and TV to entertain them and if series makes kids get excited about reading I'm all for it. Well I'm still knitting along on the Mystery knit. I've finished clue 1 and 2 and have started on 3 (which means I'm not TOO far behind) and I have already printed out 4. I have two weeks to work on Clue 4 so hopefully I will get caught up soon.

Peace.

Finished

Well the surprise is finished. It's been done for about a week now but I am just now getting time to post about it. This is the finished result soaking in water getting ready to be blocked.


And what it looked like while being blocked (In case you haven't gotten it yet. It's a shawl. A very lovely shawl.) It's all pinned in place and it only took a few hours for it to dry.


After it dried it looked AWESOME. It's very soft and light and very very beautiful. I can't believe that I actually made it myself. I'm so proud of myself.

Trying to take pictures of yourself proves difficult. This is the best one of the pictures I took. (I picked that one because my rear looks small in it.)


A semi close up of the detailed edging. I loved making this shawl. It proved to be a nice challenge.


Baby helped in the WHOLE process of blocking and getting everything together. Even after it was done she still had to inspect it.



I swear. This cat follows me everywhere I go. As I am writing this she is sitting here right beside me watching me type. She's so goofy.


In other news. I have decided to join the Mystery Stole 3 group online. I got a late start because it took longer for me to get a hold of the yarn. I did get the supplies and I LOVE the yarn. It's Zypher Wool Silk and it's so soft. I love it and I really love knitting with it. This is also one of my first ventures into knitting with beads. It's proved to be easier than I thought. I ordered three skeins, which they wound into balls for me. I'm going to have extra left so maybe I'll be able to make something else out of it.



Here is a terrible picture of the progress so far. It looks much better in person.


I'm also working on something pretty in white cotton. We'll see how it comes out.



Well I'm out tonight.