Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
SP 11 and Ravelry
I have heard from my SP partner, but haven't received my email from my hostess. Have left a comment, so hope someone will get to it in the next few days. As far as Ravelry...........
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Secret Pal #11 questionaire
Here are is the questionnaire for SP11.
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
I like cotton, have started trying to do some lace knitting with some fingering weight yarn. Hate the fun fur stuff.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
I have 2 fabric roll cases made by a friend of mine. But I need something for my circulars.
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
I took lessons at my LYS about 1 1/2 yrs ago, and am an advanced beginner, maybe an intermediate depending on the pattern.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? Yes at Amazon
5. What's your favorite scent?
Vanilla, am allergic to most scents but still like candles
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Oh a giant sweet tooth! Love anything chocolate, but do try to keep it in check.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
I do not spin, have started some scrapbooking, know how to crochet but wrist arthritis made me stop
8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
Computer can play, like jazz, oldies, gospel, piano, Way behind technology - don't have an MP3
9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
Favorites are the mauve to rose to deep fuchsia, love blues and purples, not a brown person
10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
At home are just husband and me and our old Min Schnauzer. Very allergic to cats
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
Scarves and hats seldom cold enough for mittens, would prefer stole/shawl type over poncho
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
Do a lot of dishcloths for family, scarves, baby items.
13. What are you knitting right now?
Dishcloths for my daughter's new apt. and the Tulip baby sweater
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
I love to receive them - to me I know the work involved in something and I appreciate that someone took some of their precious time to make me something.
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Use circulars almost exclusively, some bamboo, but most are aluminum. Am planning on ordering some KnitPicks
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
No but would like to
17. How old is your oldest UFO?
Not very since I am a new knitter - but do have an old crochet unfinished afghan that I just gave away a few years ago!!
18. What is your favorite holiday?
I love holidays, like to decorate for them with candles, wreaths, kitchen things, candy dishes
19. Is there anything that you collect? Barbie ornaments,
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
I do not have any mag subscriptions - buy single copies now and then as budget allows
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
Would like to learn how to adjust a sweater or top fit me.
22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
I would like to learn to knit socks. I wear a 9 1/2 WW - Lower calf is 13, ankle is 9", arch is 10", widest part is10"
23. When is your birthday? January 15th, 1954
24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what's your ID?
No, but if they expand may try to get on.
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
I like cotton, have started trying to do some lace knitting with some fingering weight yarn. Hate the fun fur stuff.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
I have 2 fabric roll cases made by a friend of mine. But I need something for my circulars.
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
I took lessons at my LYS about 1 1/2 yrs ago, and am an advanced beginner, maybe an intermediate depending on the pattern.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? Yes at Amazon
5. What's your favorite scent?
Vanilla, am allergic to most scents but still like candles
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Oh a giant sweet tooth! Love anything chocolate, but do try to keep it in check.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
I do not spin, have started some scrapbooking, know how to crochet but wrist arthritis made me stop
8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
Computer can play, like jazz, oldies, gospel, piano, Way behind technology - don't have an MP3
9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
Favorites are the mauve to rose to deep fuchsia, love blues and purples, not a brown person
10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
At home are just husband and me and our old Min Schnauzer. Very allergic to cats
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
Scarves and hats seldom cold enough for mittens, would prefer stole/shawl type over poncho
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
Do a lot of dishcloths for family, scarves, baby items.
13. What are you knitting right now?
Dishcloths for my daughter's new apt. and the Tulip baby sweater
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
I love to receive them - to me I know the work involved in something and I appreciate that someone took some of their precious time to make me something.
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Use circulars almost exclusively, some bamboo, but most are aluminum. Am planning on ordering some KnitPicks
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
No but would like to
17. How old is your oldest UFO?
Not very since I am a new knitter - but do have an old crochet unfinished afghan that I just gave away a few years ago!!
18. What is your favorite holiday?
I love holidays, like to decorate for them with candles, wreaths, kitchen things, candy dishes
19. Is there anything that you collect? Barbie ornaments,
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
I do not have any mag subscriptions - buy single copies now and then as budget allows
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
Would like to learn how to adjust a sweater or top fit me.
22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
I would like to learn to knit socks. I wear a 9 1/2 WW - Lower calf is 13, ankle is 9", arch is 10", widest part is10"
23. When is your birthday? January 15th, 1954
24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what's your ID?
No, but if they expand may try to get on.
What a nice surprise!!
I was late getting Monday's mail (like, Tuesday morning) and there was my first puffy! Oh how wonderful I felt! It was special and just for me! Deborah B. sent me a little goody bag full of .......what else, goodies!! I took some pictures but can't download them to my computer straight, so will wait until later to try to load a picture. So my description will have to set the picture in your mind! A beautiful rose pink dishcloth that she had knit - and she must have peaked into my closet, because if that is one of the color choices, I have it. Then comes the tea part - a cute canister of fruit flavored tea with the cutest little tea bag ... what do I call it? A tea bag retriever? A tea bag squeezer? Any way it is way cute, even my 21 yo daughter wanted it. And some bags of a vanilla flavored tea, a fall leaf notepad, and a Super Size skein of Sugar and Cream - I have not seen that size here before. And some dice beads - they will make some really cute stitch markers! Deborah B was so nice in sending this package to me. I was thrilled! Thank you Deborah B.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
What I did on my summer vacation!
This is my essay already prepared for when I go back to school - if ever needed!! I have had an event filled summer and have the debt to show for it.
I have had 4 retinal detachments and surgeries to repair them. The last involved attaching a schleral buckle around the eyeball to try to hold it to one shape to keep the retina from having to stretch and conform to the macula. I even have a photograph of my "vacation" - but warning - it is not for the squeamish!! Not even for the almost squeamish!! It is even hard for me to look at now. I am still in pain from the last surgery and looking at the picture brings back memories of how really painful it has been.
So I have had a vacation FROM sunlight, the beach, baseball games, church because of the lighting, a little housework - but that only lasted about 2 days each surgery!!. So..........there you have it! All of the escapades of this one eyed woman!!
I have managed to begin a little knitting again. Earlier, when I had a little time and felt good it was taken up with dishes, laundry, etc and then resting meant shut eye sleep during the day. I am doing some easy dishcloths for Christmas gifts to get my speed back up. I have a gazillion baby gifts that need to be made so they are on my list.
I have had 4 retinal detachments and surgeries to repair them. The last involved attaching a schleral buckle around the eyeball to try to hold it to one shape to keep the retina from having to stretch and conform to the macula. I even have a photograph of my "vacation" - but warning - it is not for the squeamish!! Not even for the almost squeamish!! It is even hard for me to look at now. I am still in pain from the last surgery and looking at the picture brings back memories of how really painful it has been.
So I have had a vacation FROM sunlight, the beach, baseball games, church because of the lighting, a little housework - but that only lasted about 2 days each surgery!!. So..........there you have it! All of the escapades of this one eyed woman!!
I have managed to begin a little knitting again. Earlier, when I had a little time and felt good it was taken up with dishes, laundry, etc and then resting meant shut eye sleep during the day. I am doing some easy dishcloths for Christmas gifts to get my speed back up. I have a gazillion baby gifts that need to be made so they are on my list.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Time goes by
I have found it difficult to find things to add to this daily journal as I have never kept a journal before and am not necessarily a wordy person. I read a lot in school, but was not a witty writer.
I am FREE all week as my husband has gone to Florida to spend some time with a gathering of some of his siblings, so what shall I do?? Spend all of our money? or tackle some projects around the house that I have intended to do then would not have time to finish before he would be headed home, hungry, dirty laundry etc. Knit all week.............vegging in front of the TV, eating junk food.........possibilities are endless.
I found this list one day and thought it appealed to me - I love to read, but have not been able to since my right eye has developed all of its problems. I can read for short periods, large print, but not an all nighter that a good book brought forth. So here goes:
Take the list below, paste it into your own blog, put READ next to those you’ve read, WANT TO next to those you are interested in, AGAIN & AGAIN next to those you’ve read and can’t stop, and leave blank those you don’t care to read.
1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) Never ever
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) READ
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) READ
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell) READ
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery) READ
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) READ
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) AGAIN AND AGAIN
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) READ
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) READ
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) READ
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) Again and Again
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) READ
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck) READ
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) READ
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks) READ and CRIED
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) READ
34. 1984 (Orwell) READ
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) READ
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) READ
45. The Bible READ
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) READ
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) READ
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) READ
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) READ MOST
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens) READ
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) READ
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough) READ
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) READ
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) READ
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy) READ
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) READ
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) READ
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell) READ
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) READ
76. Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) READ
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) READ - son's favorite book
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) READ
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier) AGAIN AND AGAIN
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) AGAIN AND AGAIN
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer) READ
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding) READ
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) READ
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) READ
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford) READ
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Whew!! I can see an age gap in the books listed. Many old standby's or 70's and 80's school required reading. Then the newer books when my children were too old to be interested in or had other interests in reading. Makes me want to go to the bookstore or library though!! Go hunt for my coupon for Books a million!!
I have been knitting - just don't have a working camera to take the pictures. Making a sweet baby cap for a little girl - the Petal baby hat done in a beautiful peach/coral King Tut cotton. I am doing most of my baby items in cotton for here in the south. Breathes well, holds up well. Have finished a violet 12mo dress for another baby gift. Will try to finish up pictures with my camera and see if I can post some pictures.
Now to go and plan my week.........................
I am FREE all week as my husband has gone to Florida to spend some time with a gathering of some of his siblings, so what shall I do?? Spend all of our money? or tackle some projects around the house that I have intended to do then would not have time to finish before he would be headed home, hungry, dirty laundry etc. Knit all week.............vegging in front of the TV, eating junk food.........possibilities are endless.
I found this list one day and thought it appealed to me - I love to read, but have not been able to since my right eye has developed all of its problems. I can read for short periods, large print, but not an all nighter that a good book brought forth. So here goes:
Take the list below, paste it into your own blog, put READ next to those you’ve read, WANT TO next to those you are interested in, AGAIN & AGAIN next to those you’ve read and can’t stop, and leave blank those you don’t care to read.
1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) Never ever
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) READ
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) READ
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell) READ
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery) READ
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) READ
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) AGAIN AND AGAIN
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien) AGAIN AND AGAIN
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) READ
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) READ
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) READ
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) Again and Again
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) READ
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck) READ
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom) READ
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks) READ and CRIED
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) READ
34. 1984 (Orwell) READ
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) READ
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom) READ
45. The Bible READ
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) READ
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) READ
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) READ
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) READ MOST
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens) READ
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) READ
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough) READ
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) READ
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) READ
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy) READ
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) READ
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) READ
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell) READ
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) READ
76. Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) READ
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) READ - son's favorite book
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck) READ
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier) AGAIN AND AGAIN
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) AGAIN AND AGAIN
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer) READ
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding) READ
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) READ
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) READ
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford) READ
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Whew!! I can see an age gap in the books listed. Many old standby's or 70's and 80's school required reading. Then the newer books when my children were too old to be interested in or had other interests in reading. Makes me want to go to the bookstore or library though!! Go hunt for my coupon for Books a million!!
I have been knitting - just don't have a working camera to take the pictures. Making a sweet baby cap for a little girl - the Petal baby hat done in a beautiful peach/coral King Tut cotton. I am doing most of my baby items in cotton for here in the south. Breathes well, holds up well. Have finished a violet 12mo dress for another baby gift. Will try to finish up pictures with my camera and see if I can post some pictures.
Now to go and plan my week.........................
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