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Wedding Wednesday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:22:00 +0000

4 months from today!!! I will be walking down the isle in 4 months!! I'm super excited and kind of freaked out that it's coming that soon. Seems like just yesterday it was 13 months to go and now it's 4 months and we have replanned the wedding and are trying to figure out the caterer. :)

I just got a call from David's that the dresses we've ordered so far are in and they can be picked up! Yeah!! That is awesome.

Well....other than that we haven't done much for the wedding. We've approved the amazing invites designed by my sister and let me tell you they are AWESOME!! We need to finish up the detail so she can print that along with them. :) I'm just trying to take one step at a time.

Well...have a great Hump Day!! and Wedding Wednesday!! :)

Gnat!

DishPaw Raggers are on the move!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:54:00 +0000

My dishrag is knit and in the mail!! It's off to Kansas where the next team member will knit hers and send it along. The pattern is really nice. I enjoyed knitting it. Here's a quick picture right before I packed it up and took it to the post office!!

So, today we got the day off work due to the possible bad weather but the day has been really nice. We just are starting to get rain and it's about 5pm. It's been cloudy and windy all day but no real rain. Since we were off and the doggies were staring at me a lot, I called my sister and cousin and asked if they wanted to meet up with us at the dog park. We spent about an hour and a half there and had a great time. Check us out!!

Jackjack had a bit too much fun for his body to handle and is very sore this afternoon. He was limping a lot when we left. I gave him some pain medication and am making him relax this afternoon. I know he had a blast at the park so it was worth it. I just think I need to get him back on some joint supplements. We've kind of been off them for a couple months. I'm thinking of giving him human supplements now and called the vet today and figured out how much I can give him and need to head to walmart and get some for him.

Well...I'm off to finish a movie and spin up the last bit of fiber that I was spinning this weekend. Then I'm going to knit the clapotis the rest of the evening. I have a feeling I'm not going to get it done by Sunday but you never know. :) I still need to sew in the ends on my sweater and the buttons on! I'm slacking.

Happy knitting, spinning, dog walking and Happy Tuesday!!

I've been tagged!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:57:00 +0000

Today I came home to the box!!! Oh yes. There sat the box for our Dish Rag Tag!
I quickly entered the house and carefully opened the box and found yarn, measuring cups, a great recipe, the instructions and a pattern. Also some melty chocolate. :) I spent time sewing bags tonight for the store and a custom order but now I'm off to get ready for bed and cast on. Since the pending weather, work was canceled tomorrow so I have the day to knit and spin!! I'll keep you posted.

Hope you guys have a great night and a good day and I'll keep safe.

Happy Knitting!! GO TEAM DISHPAW RAGGERS!!

Spinning!! and a hurricane is a comin.

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +0000

First thing today is spinning!! Using my new spindle that I built and painted, I was able to spin 38 yards of yarn!! I am so pleased with myself. Also check out the the niddy noddy that Special K cut the pvc for and I put together. We spent time measuring and doing math to figure out how many yards it was. What do you think of my yarn and niddy noddy? I'm still just exited that getting a better spindle has made the expeirience for me so much more pleasant. I am still itching to get a spinning wheel but this will hold me over so I have time to learn to draft and save for it. :)

So, tonight Sheryl is coming over to sew some more bags for our etsy store. We are going to have dinner and sew sew sew. I'm excited. We've gotten a good response to the store so far. Hope to keep it coming!! ;)

We are planning on adding some dyed fiber soon and once I finish doing my research on how to create a balanced spindle. I'll be adding some of those as well. Also keep in mind if you want a yarn swift, Special K still says he's willing to make one to sell.

Ok..well, I need to finish up work and get ready to head home. We still don't know if we are going to be working tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Happy Spinning!!!

More Crafting!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:43:00 +0000

So, after I spent hours and hours with Sheryl working on cutting, ironing, and sewing bags for the etsy store. I had dinner with Special K. French Toast for dinner...one of our favorites. Then we settled in for more building. We had stopped at Home Depot today while buying stuff for our sewing projects and bought stuff for Special K to make me a yarn swift. Isn't she pretty?

No working pictures but it was fun to see SK work on this. He did a great job!! If you want one like this, we might be putting them up on the etsy store as a made to order purchase. If you're interested let me know and I'll poke SK. :)

While he was figuring out the instructions and building my swift. I painted myself and built myself a new yarn spindle!! Yes, I decided that I was just going to make one. I didn't want to spend a lot of my spinning wheel budget on it but I really want to spin something. This new spindle isn't perfect but it's WAY better than the other one!! I can spin tons of yarn!!

Also look at all the yarn I was already able to spin decently well this morning!! I love it!! It's not perfectly balanced but it spins longer because it's a bit heavier and it's easy to park it as well. :)

I also got Special K to cut some PVC for my niddy noddy but I got the wrong size t-joints so I have to go exchange those today and then I'll show you a pictures of that too. :)

We did tons this Saturday and I feel very productive. I'm going to go to knitting group today and actually get some knitting done on the clapotis and maybe spin some more on my spindle. :) Special K is going golfing with his dad and then I'm meeting them over there for dinner.

Have a great day!! Happy crafting and knitting and spinning and dog walking and enjoying your sunday!!

New Adventure and FUN!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:35:00 +0000

I wanted to share with you what Sheryl(knitidiot) and I have spent all day doing. We first went shopping and then organized and then sat and sewed!! She's learning but it was fun!! We are going to be putting up more stuff soon but for now we've got a couple box bags. This is the first step in finding a way to save money for my spinning wheel. :)

Let me know what you think!

Happy Crafting!!

PS...as of right now my camera died and we can't get the baseball picture to download so that is coming tonight!

Ok..off to knit a bit and spend time with Special K. I'm hoping I can get him to build me something. If he does I'll share pictures of that tomorrow. :)

Dogs on Thursday!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:39:00 +0000

This week's DOT post has tons of info so you should go head over and check it out.

The dogs have started to really enjoy our new bed. So, much so that they truly believe it's theirs. When we are finally ready to spread out and sleep...Jackjack has been spending more time making sure we are REALLY serious before he gets off the bed. I started keeping treats by the bed and using them to reward quick responses. :) It's been helping. But until we are ready to sleep they have free rein to join us, while I knit and Special K watches tv.

So, two nights ago while I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed. Abby jumped up first to cuddle with SK which she rarely does. Then Jackjack joined them and then I squeezed in to knit. I had to get a picture of my knitting and they just happened to be in the background.

The big black lump in the back in jackjack. :) They are so darn cute and I just fall for their cute faces every time.

Happy Dogs on Thursday!

Wedding Wednesday FINALLY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Ok, so I promised you all an update on how bridesmaid dress shopping with my four of my sisters and my 2 nieces went. We got to the place around 7pm and the lady assigned to us sat me down and started asking me questions about the wedding and what I wanted the girls to wear. I quickly told her that anything they wanted in apple red. So, she pulled out the book and they picked a bunch they liked and told her their sizes. She picked one to start with and got all their sizes in that dress and set them up in dressing rooms. This process went suprizingly well and the lady helping was pretty good. Everyone tried on a bunch of dresses and some quickly decided on which they liked and didn't like. :)

After about an hour or so most had picked a dress but my oldest niece. They didn't really have any of the dresses their in her size that we had been trying on and she really wasn't sure how they would look in her size so she was having trouble picking a dress. We decided that she could look online again and call the other store and we would start checking out. Well, as we were checking out she saw a dress she thought was great even though it's long and decided to try it on. She did and she loved it. So, at the end everyone found a dress they liked. It was a fun experience but I was a bit stressed because I really wanted everyone to be happy with the dress they picked out. :) Afterwards we stopped and had dinner and enjoyed each other's company. I split a beer with my cousin who had come with us and that was a great half a beer and it was much needed!!

Ok...I'm sure you're wondering are we going to get to see what dresses they picked...well, of course!!

Here's the list of the four dresses that were picked. Several were picked by 2 people and one sister and Special K's sister still need to go and pick a dress but they don't live here.

Ok. Regina and Lucesita picked F12899
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=3319&prodgroup=110

Fleas and Surfer Girl picked 81591
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=3331&prodgroup=110

and CZbrats picked F12723
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=2986&prodgroup=110

and College Niece picked F12904
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=3318&prodgroup=110
and she is going to crop it. :)

Everything else is going really well. We still are looking at carterers but we've cut out of a few from the list so that is good. I still need to call about renting chairs for the ceremony. I did call my cousin's company and found out about ordering the cups, which are going to be used at the reception and people can take home with them. The cups will be 22 oz stadium cups half of them in red and half in blue with white writing. My sister is going to design it. She's also working on my invites so I'll be approving those soon.

I did order something fun!! I ordered a Cub's garter! It's the coolest. I ordered it from Garter's by Kristi. She has so many choices.
This is the link to the one I ordered with the throw away garter too. I love it!! Jackjack did get into the package and get a little bit into one of them but it's not that noticeable and come on...most things in my life have been touched by Jackjack. That is why he is rarely aloud around the stash and knitting. :) By the way, she has great service and is so very nice! If you are in the market for a garter please go check her out.

Well, hope you all enjoyed the wedding update. I'll try to keep them more regular. Things will be hectic closer to the wedding so should be fun!!

I had a long day today but am feeling good. I ended up making it to my Wed night SnB and it was tons of fun!! I got a bunch of knitting done and talking too! I'm off to bed to knit and sleep hopefully.

Happy Hump Day!

Thankful Tuesday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:55:00 +0000

I am thankful today for the fact that I'm not heading into school to organize my classroom. I'm thankful that I have a new job that I really enjoy. As stressful as it can get, I am happy that I am not teaching. I enjoyed my time teaching and I will miss my students but I am thankful that I have a new job! I am thankful that my co-workers are friendly and nice. I miss my fellow teachers very much but these new folks are pretty good too! ;) Hope you find the thanks in your day!

Happy Thankful T

I have fallen and I can't get up!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:00 +0000

I have fallen in love...(Yes, I'm still in love with Special K and this does not change my love for him)...but I have fallen in love with a spinning wheel and she is called a Suzie. This past week I posted on the Ravelry Florida Spinning board about where I could go to try out a spinning wheel. As of last week I had spun on two wheels, both where Ashfords. One was a single treadle Traditional and the other a double treadle Traveler. I really wanted to try several different kinds.

So, Allison, who works at Uncommon Threads in Palm Harbor, sent me a message and told me that she is teaching a class on saturday and there will be wheels there and that I could try hers. So, I spoke to my friend Sheryl and asked her if she wanted to go for the ride. She said OF COURSE!! I called my high school friend who has shown interest in learning to knit and lives up by the store and told her we'd meet her there. She didn't show but oh well. I'll keep trying.

Off we went on Saturday and when we showed up everyone was very nice. It was the first time I met Rosemary, the owner of the shop and she was very sweet and helpful. I waited until noon when they broke for lunch and Allison said I could spin on her Lendrum. For a visual click here. I sat down and had to relearn how to draft since I haven't been using my spindle as much I should be. But I spent 30 minutes getting to know the wheel, which is a double treadle. I liked it. It seems to be easy to use and a good height for my shortness.

After I had been sitting for a bit, Rosemary came over and said I could try out her wheel. She has a Majacraft Suzie, which is also a double treadle. I sat down and started to spin and OH MY was it nice. It seemed to be so much easier to spin on than any wheel I had sat down on. I spent 15 minutes on the wheel and I could have spent hours more. I realized then that I had found my wheel. After I finished trying her wheel and the class resumed I spoke to Rosemary a bit about the wheel and she is a dealer which is great. The wheel was really sweet and again perfect for my size. I left smiling and knowing that some how I was going to have to find a way to get me a Majacraft Suzie. There are three different Suzie's and I would take any of the three. :)

I now am in search for ways to make some extra money to go towards my spinning wheel fund. I have decided that any money I make on crafts will go straight to that fund. I know that right now it's going to be hard to save for a wheel while saving for a wedding. So, I have to categorize where this money is coming from. :) So, I guess I'll be busy for a while! :) You'll just have to check back and see how I decide to make this money!

Hope everyone is well!! I have been knitting on my sweater and am almost done with the second sleeve! I should be done tonight and have pictures for you tomorrow!! Ravelympics is going strong!!!

Happy Knitting, Spinning, and dog walking!!

Foot update!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:47:00 +0000

Ok...yes this is late but I figured I'd start with an update on my foot. When I went to the doctor's office on Friday, he had to numb the bottom of my foot and use a scapel to cut off the top layer of skin to expose whatever was embedded in my foot. So, he did this and then was able to get this little white ball which had a circumferance of 2mm out of my foot. The most painful part was the actual numbing shot. The rest was fine. When I finally was done and was getting up to leave though...my world spun and I almost passed out. So, he forced me to laydown and wait until the feeelings passed. It took about 15 minutes. He said this happened because I was laying down and the blood rushed to my foot while he was working on it.

So, my foot is healing and dispite my little stubborness trying to play tennis on saturday, it's been going good. I will spare you pictures because come on it's pretty gross. :)

Well...hope all is well!!

Happy Healing!!

Ravelympics 2008!! Begins tomorrow!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Some of you who may have noticed that a bunch of projects have popped up with this logo as their picture on my side bar recently.

These are projects that I'm knitting for Ravelympics 2008!!

Oh yes, the fiber world some how got involved in this years Olympics and made it our own. :) You knew it was coming. I think it's great there is always something fiber related to go along with any event in the world or in life. I love how Knitters/Fiber folks step up and make themselves useful.

For a quick overview of Ravelympics, it's a team or individual competition per say. You pick projects that you plan to cast on during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and finish these items before or during the closing ceremonies. You have to add your projects before 8/8/08 and have all the yarn and needles ready to go. You can however use projects you are currently knitting in the WIPwrestling event. I am hoping to finish my current sweater for that event and have a couple more as you see added to my projects to keep me busy. My main goal is to cast on and finish the green clapotis that I'm making. It's a lot of knitting but I think I can do it in 17 days!! Wish me luck. I'll be posting occasional updates so keep checking back.

Since you know I love Photoshop, I also make some cute ravatars for my team. I joined Team Bob, which had some of my fiber friends. For those of you not on ravelry, Bob is Casey and Jess's dog who is the Ravelry mascot!! Isn't he cute!!!

There are some great teams though!! I can't name them all because there are so many but just know...there are some great ones!! Not sure how the points and such are going to go so the more I learn the more I'll update you.

I wish everyone a safe and fun time during this Ravelympic time. I hope to finish my projects and be able to stay sane. Just need to figure out how to maximize my knitting time and keep the house and dogs clean! ;) That's always a tough one!

Happy Competing!!

PS...I think I may have a piece of glass or metal chip from Special K's work in my foot. I'm going for a doc apt tomorrow to see what he can find. I tried having SK dig in and take it out but I just couldn't handle the pain. I'll update you on this tomorrow!!

Fun, fun, fun!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:57:00 +0000

I found this on Purlin' Goldens blog. I thought it was coola nd figured it would be interesting to see what my blog's wordle would be.

This wordle is for my blogspot page.

And this is for mypodcast.com page.

Thought it was cool!! Notice that Knitting is the biggest word in both. :) That's cool.

So, last night I finished the body of my February Lady Sweater. I had Special K take a picture but he's no photographer and I don't really want to share the picture. :) I'll try to take another one soon. It looks GREAT!!!! I'm picking up some dpns tonight so I can finish the sleeves. :) I'm going with my sisters and nieces and my cousin(the mediator) to go find a bridesmaid dress. I'm kind of nervous about this but I'm sure it will go ok. I really want them to find dresses that they like and are wanting to get. I just hope it goes smoothly. I'll post up tomorrow a Wedding Wednesday post to share what happens. :)

Hope you are all doing well...I'm working on catching up on other's blogs so you should be getting comments from me sometimes soon. :) There are so great posts out there. :)

Happy Knitting!!!!

Stash enhancements!!! knitting update.

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:03:00 +0000

First off I want to say a BIG thank you to (not so)Cynical Knitter for the greatest yarn!! She lives in Chicago and knows I'm a cubs fan and she sent me some Lorna Laces Sport weight in Cubby Bear colorway!! Now how great is that and how great is she that she did this!! So a BIG THANK YOU goes to her!!

I'm not sure what I'm goign to make with it but I just love looking at it!! Makes me smile!!

My new enhancements are for some clapotis I'm planning to make. I know you all watches as I knit the one out of Dream in Color Smooshy and loved it. Yes, I LOVE THAT YARN!! But not that I'm done I'm really not happy with the end result. I don't think it would be warm enought for who I want to gift it to and also it's just not the best I can do. Even if I keep it which I am thinking about I'd still frog it and reknit this one. I think it need to be bigger and longer if it's going to be made from sock yarn! I should have preplanned this but I didn't. So, I'm planning on remaking the one I'm gifting and I'm going to make it out of different yarn. I thought all last week what yarn I wanted to make it out of and called around to my local yarn stores to check their stock and then decided to head to Tampa to Knit n Knibble to see what I could find and....

I found this.....

This first one is to replace what I knit. I love this color and this picture does not do it justice!!

And this one for someone else who deserves something knit. Also a beautiful color that this picture does not show.

So, now that I've shared my stash enhancements...I'll talk a little bit about my knitting. I spent a lot of time knitting this weekend and I'm almost done with the body of my first sweater. I don't have any pictures but will post when I finish!! It's coming out beautiful and I love it!! I can't wait to be able to wear it.

Well...that's all for now. Hope you are doing well.

Happy Knitting!!

Week recap. no knit pics but they are coming...

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Hey everyone!! Sorry I've been a blogging slacker. I've just been super busy at work and haven't been spending much time on my computer outside of work. I've spent a lot of time knitting and with my pups and Special K. I did manage to get a podcast up last weekend...and am planning on getting another one up Sunday.

I've been setting some knitting goals and I joined the Ravelympics, which I'll try to post about and share some cool ravatars I created. I'm on Team Bob.

Well, for this quick week recap post I figured I'd share some pictures of my desk at work. :) You have to understand that I used to work at an animation studio and had my desk FULL of toys and paraphernalia. (love that word) So, I have brought a couple but have toned it down. So, here we go...tour of the desk.

Starting from left...here is my line up of Pixar characters! Oh yes, my favorites. I have more of these but these guys made the cut. The box is from two summers ago when I was teaching summer school.

Next up is mid desk. Yes, if you notice I have two monitors. I LOVE TWO MONITORS. I'll share what is on my screen in a bit. The silver thing is something Special K made in one of his machining classes. I thought it was really cool. Then there is my favorite army dude...and you guessed it...another Pixar toy!!!

Then on further left. We have a picture of Special K and my babies!! And this cool flower pens that I created for my desk in my classroom so the kids couldn't steal them. :)

Then here is my cool bamboo plant that was given to me my first day. I LOVE these little water balls...I like to play with them...they absorb back the water that gets evaporated. It's cool.
And last but not least I have this picture as my wallpaper because who could resist the site of them two. I love to look at them to get a good smile. It took a lot to get them to lay there and sit for awhile. :)Ok...now off to finish up some stuff before I head out. Take care.

Happy KNITTING!!!

Dogs on Thursday!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:00 +0000

So, for this weeks Dogs on Thursday post I wanted to share some cute pictures. :)

Special K and I have been sleeping on a full bed for sometime now. We do not fit that great and rarely have good nights of sleep. We decided to go splurge and buy a new bed. We headed over to Sam's Club with my sister CZBrat, who is a member and checked out their beds. We laid on all the different mattresses and decided on one. We got a great deal and were so excited. We brought it home and set it up and guess who was the first to break it in?

Of course Abigail!! Isn't she just too cute being caught on the bed!!

After that...you know who of course took her lead and tested it out as well. It's a bit high for him and his arm but he makes it up and gets down fine. I have a feeling we may need to get him stairs later in life because of his bad elbow and his arthritis. But he is just too cute!!! He knows there is more room but hasn't tried to get up and sleep with us yet.

Well, I hope everyone has been good. I've been knitting away at my sweater and separated for the sleeves last night. I'm hoping to get a ton of knitting done this weekend. :) Special K will be up visiting his mom and family for a wedding this weekend so I will miss him loads.

Happy Knitting and Dogs on Thursday!!

The rippin truth!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:26:00 +0000

A mistake was made in my Lady February Sweater. It was made way back when I was making the raglan increases on the yoke. I didn't notice or realize until I was starting the lace pattern. ugh. So I decided that I was going to rip back. I consulted the greatness that is www.knittinghelp.com and found a video which helped me so much. It's the video on how to insert your needle before ripping back! Oh my gosh is it awesome!!

So here's the picture of me inserting my needle where I thought I had to rip back to. :) Note the thought!!

This is what was left after this part. ;)

So, I nicely wound that into a ball and counted stitches. UGH...I was off by 9 stitches. I thought I could just fudge the numbers but you know it's my first sweater so I didn't think I wanted to do that so I decided to insert my needle further down the knitting and rip back more. So I did that and then I counted again. This time I figured out I was only 2 stitches short and I counted between increases and found where my stitches were missing. I was then able to add those stitches on the next row and continue my raglan increases. As of last night I was here.

You can tell that Jackjack was there for support. So was Special K. He was playing a new fishing video game. :) I'm glad I can now proceed to knit away and hopefully I'll make some real progress now. I've vowed to count every couple rows though! ;)

Happy Monday and Happy Knitting!!

Happy Blogoversary to me!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +0000

I can't believe I almost missed my 1 year blogoversary!! I can't believe I've been blogging for a year and I have posted 239 times. I think that blogging has been one of my favorite things to do and I've met a lot of people through my blog. I'm glad you guys have stuck around!! This past week has been a bit busy at work so I haven't had much time to post and when I got home all I wanted to do was sleep or knit. ;) Well..I'll try to post more often as I usually do. I hope you guys have enjoyed a year of me blogging.

Come to think of it that means that I've been knitting for a year now too. Wow, what knitting and blogging has brought me is such a long list I'm not sure I could even start but I enjoy both. I hope you guys stick around for another year of my knitting projects and tales from Jackjack and Abigail!

Hope everyone is doing well. Don't forget to do what you love and love what you do!!

God bless you all!

Happy Knitting!!

Dogs on Thursday and a Stash enhancement!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:06:00 +0000

I've been a bad blogger this week but this week has been super busy at work. I actually went to the Wed night SnB and my friend Sheryl got back in town so had to spend a knit catching up with her. But today I came home to this lovely site!!
So I simply had to blog!! It's my order of Dream in Color Classy in Midnight Derby from SonnyandShear.com!! It's for my first sweater the February Lady Sweater!!
It's the color beautiful!!
Well...I've decided that I have to finish the clapotis that I have on the needles before I cast on so I'm off to frantically knit and finish it so I can wind the skeins into balls and cast on tonight!! So this is got to be quick!!But since it's thursday I must put pictures up for DOT!! Sorry it's so short but don't forget to go over and check out the Dogs on Thursday blog!! We gave them sit stay and look at me another try. :) It's getting better!! :)

Have a great night and HAPPY knitting!!!

Stitch n Pitch Goodies Bag Contest!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:32:00 +0000

I'm running a contest on my podcast but I figured I'd share the rules here so you can enter as well.

A couple ways to enter:

1. Comment here or the Barknknit Podcast Show notes about if you went to a local Stitch n Pitch or what you are knitting for summer.

2. Go register on my online community at www.Barknknit.com

3. Share my podcast and contest on your blog and you get another entry!!

Good luck and Happy Knitting!!

Dogs on Thursday!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:01:00 +0000

Just a quick Dogs on Thursday post with pictures and video. :)

This is a picture to show you that my dogs live in luxury. They take over the bed and make themselves as comfortable as possible. :)
Again...it doesn't even matter if we are in the bed. :)
This is an old video I found on my phone of the dogs playing together. Rico is my old landlord's dog. We were dog sitting and he sat on the bed and watched the show. :)

This next one is Abigail swimming with her new friend Buddy, a golded/lab mix who is not neuter yet, at our friend's house. Abigail quickly put this 1 yr old pup in his place and made sure he stayed away from her butt and then she swam. It was so funny to see the two get along. He would come up to her and she would bare her teeth and bark and he would run off just to come back. They played again last night and she has stopped barring her teeth and now trusts that he will not try to mount her. :) (Jackjack has not met him and won't until Buddy is neutered because Jackjack picks on entact dogs.)

And last but not least...Abby playing with her daddy while he is playing Guitar Hero. She loves him. :)

Hope you enjoyed my montage of pictures and videos.

Happy Dogs on Thursday!!

Wedding Wednesday on Thursday!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:42:00 +0000

A lot to share today. First off we have decided not to have our wedding reception at the bar we originally decided on. The St. Pete Bowl game changed their time and it became too difficult for it to work out. So, we started looking last week at where to have our reception and found a couple places on the beach. Then we started thinking that if we decided on a place on the beach then we should have the ceremony on the beach because otherwise we would have to drive at least 30 minutes from the church to the reception site. So, we looked and looked and called and called and found a place we really like. It's a Lion's Club "Beach" House. :) It's right on the beach and the building is perfect. We are going to have our ceremony on the beach and then have the festivities at the House. There is a nice back patio and the inside is big enough to fit our party. I'm really excited about it. We are putting the deposit down this evening. YEAH for that. So, now we are starting to look at caterers and vendors to rent things from. My list got longer but my family especially my sisters are stepping up and helping out a ton. I'm really grateful for them. So, we are replanning the wedding but I'm just happy I have help and I'm being open to all suggestions.

We met with the Pastor last week and he gave us some good suggestions for music and for the sand ceremony. I contacted the person he suggested and hopefully will hear back soon. We need to get most the details sorted out so we can start the invitation.

Ok..well that's the planning and now I get to share an FO! Yes, I finished, well, almost still need to weave in ends and block but the knitting is done on my WEDDING SHAWL!! YES, I finished it! I'm so happy with it. I made it a couple rows shorter than the pattern because I felt I was short and didn't want it to be too long and I think it will be perfect after some blocking.

So what do you think??

Cast on: 3/5/08
Finished: 6/30/08 at almost midnight. I stayed up to finish!
Pattern: Summer Lace Shawlette by Sandi Wiseheart (Ravelry link)
Yarn: di.Ve' Zenith in white
Comments: I'm glad that ripped back the times I did and I really like how easy and fast the pattern was. I recommend to anyone looking for a nice quick shawlette. Couldn't wait to take a picture and took pic in my glasses and pjs. :)

Now that I've finished I'm just waiting for SonnyandShear.com to get the yarn I want to order and then I'm going to cast on my first sweater!! YEAH!!

Happy Wedding Wednesday! Hope you are all doing well.

Thankful Tuesday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:18:00 +0000

Quick post but just wanted to share that I am thankful for FRAGGLE ROCK!! They were genius and I loved their show!! And because they gave us this. I am trying to get the ring tone on my cell phone but can't figure it out without having to subscribe to something.

Muppets Lyrics
Doozer Knitting Song Lyrics

Enjoy!! I'm knitting a sock for my new cellphone now that I'm done with something. I will share tomorrow more info!!

Happy Knitting

Dogs on Thursday Guest Bloggers!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:00 +0000

Hey, guys, it's Jackjack and Abigail here.

We wanted to share pics of us and our kongs. Mommy likes to give us Kongs with peanut butter and treats in it but this morning she suprised us. We got Kongs full of our dog food but it was frozen in there. I think she was trying to distract us from the fact she's been working longer days and we have to be by ourselves longer. These were really good but it's the first time we've had them so we really weren't sure what to do.
We enjoyed the Kong throughly and might not try to get into any trouble today. Have a good day at work Mommy.

Hope you fellow DOTers are having a good day. And I hear there's a fun new swap so go check it out at the DOT blog.

Jackjack and Abigail Grace.

Thankful Tuesdays!

noreply@blogger.com (Gnat) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:43:00 +0000

I'm thankful this week for knitting. I know what your thinking..."duh" or as my family will think..."are you serious?" I just want to say that knitting has brought a lot to my life. I feel acomplishment when I finish a project or get through a tough part of a project I'm working on. I am ok with ripping back and reknitting. I feel great when I am able to do a new technique I didn't think I could do. I love how I feel I can complete any project if I just take it one stitch at a time. I need to start thinking about life like I do knitting. It's ok to take a step back with things that need work. I can accomplish anything as long as I take it one day at a time. Try new things because I'll feel great afterwards. Knitting may seem like just a hobby but it's brought friends and wonderful feelings into my life.

Speaking of knitting....it's also nice when you get tons of free yarn in goodie bags!! This past saturday's Stitch n pitch was so fun...but the bags added to that. (Yes, the company was great too) They contained a bunch of great stuff. Here's a quick piture of the bags and stuff in it. PS...It had Encore and some other yarn but I traded for some more sock yarn. :)

They started giving away more bags after the 6th inning so I scored a couple bags and a ton of sock yarn!!

Since I ended up with so many extra bags I'm planning a contest. When I finally get my next podcast episode up I'll post about my contest and talk about it on there. :) It's my motivation.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Knitting!!