In My Mind...

Over there on We Do Not Have A Knitting Problem, she created this really cool mosaic of Flickr photos based on a set of questions. You type in your answer into Flickr search engine and choose a photo you like. Here is what I created.




1. rani, 2. Seafood , 3. Minnetonka, 4. green, 5. Gerard Butler, 6. pale ale, 7. Astro Orbiter (Walt Disney World), 8. Molten Chocolate Cake, 9. "Timemachines", 10. family, 11. Knitter, 12. Vasil Ruci (Flamurtari-Barcelona 1:1)

Here's what you do:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The questions:

1. What is your first name? Rani
2. What is your favorite food? Seafood
3. What high school did you go to? Minnetonka
4. What is your favorite color? Green
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Gerard Butler
6. Favorite drink? cold pale ale
7. Dream vacation? Disney World with my family
8. Favorite dessert? Molten Chocolate Cake
9. What you want to be when you grow up? a writer
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One Word to describe you. knitter
12. Your flickr name. krela

FUN!

My Happy Day Socks.

I was inspired by this sweater (Schmeebot)to travel back in time - the the days of Mork and Mindy; roller skates with pom poms; Brady Bunch reruns; Love Boat and Gilligan's Island after school; smelly stickers and grape Bubbalicious gum. I'm sitting under a tree wearing these socks, reading a Judy Blume book. . . a time when rainbows ruled the fashion world of an 11 year old girl.





Knit Picks Sock Blank dyed with Kool-aid for my Happy Day Socks that I want to start soon ... very soon.

Father's Day Weekend

We spent a relaxing weekend on the porch, watching the humming birds, listening to the kids bouncing (and bickering) on the tramp and running after the Prince of Poopness who crashed an outdoor wedding at the neighbors. Yup. We have THAT sort of dog.

On Friday, I went inside for a glass of water and got a phone call from the construction site over yonder.

"Do you own a chocolate lab named Leo?"

OMG. I swear, the dog can smell a lunch box from a mile away. He's going to turn me gray.


Oh, all right. I forgive you.


In the mail:
Knit Picks sock blanks for some summer Kool-aid dying fun.

AND

WOOLGIRL SOCK CLUB SPOILER ALERT:









Dashing Dach Sox - Colorway "FROGGIN"



Baseball season is coming into home plate (bad pun). And we're ready for some lazy, hazy days.

And those warm summer nights.

My Summer Knitting Goals

Summer Goals Contest (thanks Guinifer!):

Row 1 (left to right) Art Scarf, Drop Stitch scarf, Green Socks
Row 2 (left to right) Rivendell Sock, June Socks, Garden Path Socks

and if I finish all of the above . . .

Row 3 (left to right) Funky Sock Monkey, Apres Surf Hoodie, Elizabeth Zimmermann Modular "Tomten" Jacket.

Glory Be!

Our first hot day of summer is here without the humidity. The family enjoyed a joyous weekend of frivolous play and, yes - swimming.

"Was the water warm enough?"

Heck no! These are hardy northern kids who will jump in any lake as soon as the ice is out.

Leo continually flopped himself down in the stinking swamp in the back, there. So we hauled out the old Kmart pool, filled it up and he adopted it as his own backyard oasis.
Good boy. Now, STAY!

I splurged (again) and bought myself my FIRST CHERRY TREE HILL YARN!! This lovely little ditty will be knit to the tune of "Garden Path" by Wendy Knits, thanks to the never-ending inspiration of Neuroknitter.

And for some instant knitting FO gratification, I am whipping out a bunch of these dish cloths for a cousin who is gettin' hitched. I'll throw them in a lasagna pan that I bought them. (it's ok, he doesn't read my blog)

Yarn (Sugar'n Cream)
needles: US 7 but anything will work
Pattern (I think my grandma taught me this): co 4
k2, yo, knit to end of row
k2, yo, knit to end of row
do this until your dish cloth is as wide as you'd like
DECREASE:
k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, knit to end of row
k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, knit to end of row
do this until 4 stitches remain, cast off.

So fast and easy.