Happy Autumn!

It's finally, officially Autumn. I saw it on my calendar this morning and thought about Neuroknitter who counts down the days until Fall. Luckily, I had just snapped some colorful pictures for her to post on my blog because it was such a lovely day and the colors were so pretty.
Here is some delicious yarn I got in my Seven Deadly S(p)ins club shipment. Isn't it heavenly? It reminds me of a color from Schaefer Anne that I've been searching for around the globe.

Here is the second part of that same shipment. All this yarn is meant for a wrap pattern that came with the shipment. I'm not sure if I'll make the wrap. I'm still sitting in a huge pile of lace from this years Secret of the Stole III event.

But it is very pretty. I'm not sure yet, what I'll do with it. Any suggestions?



In the meantime, here is the VERY SLOW progress on my Noro socks. I LOVE the pattern, which is a simple baby cable rib. It would work well on a man's sock. Hmmmm. Maybe a pair for my dad. . .
I went out on a limb and I'm knitting an Irish Hiking Scarf for my sister's boyfriend for Christmas . . . tempting fate here - there is a curious superstition amongst us knitters that if you knit something for a man you love the relationship will end just after you give him the knitted item. I'm hoping that since he's not technically MY boyfriend, that this doesn't count. But just in case, it's a cashmere/acrylic blend. (wink - I know my sister is reading this). Besides, it's for a boy, so I have terrible night sweats thinking about a 100% cashmere scarf being tossed into the washing machine with jeans and towels... GAH!
BUT LOOK AT IT! It's GORGEOUS! It's really fun to knit and it actually knits up fast. Lori, aren't you proud of your little cable protege (did I spell that wrong?)!
The yarn is from Michaels craft store Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends

PS. I'm going to the Mamma Mia! Sing-A-Long version this week.

Can't talk.

I'm too busy singing and dancing.
That's what Mamma Mia! will do to a gal.

THANKS MOM! Call me when you go to the theater sing-a-long version!

ps. This is because I have no FO's to show you (that's yarny for finished object). OH!, and I'll be bringing in my computer to the apple folks for a 'tune up' and a new keyboard. A key board that will finally be free of sticky lemonade and sugar ants.

Award Ceremony

I was honored with the Arte y Pico award by the fabulous woman over at We Heart Yarn. (thank you!!!)

Here are the rules that I pasted from her blog:

1) Show the award. Link back to the blog that gave you the award.

2) Pick 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award because of creativity, design, interesting material, and contributions to the blogger community, no matter of language, and link to them.

3) Leave comments on the blogs to let them know you've given them an award.

4) Show the link to the Arte y Pico blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) Show these rules.

It is VERY difficult to choose just 5 because I loyally stalk about 43 blogs (I don't always comment, but I'm still there). So I chose these 5 for very different reasons, but they are all knitty related. I hope no one is offended or feels left out. I just can't find time to type up 38 more descriptions!!!


We Heart Yarn
because there is no finer place on the blogosphere to find color, poetry, knitting, and flowers than this lovely site. If you need a moment of beauty and peace - then check her blog!!
Spindles and Spice because she is witty and hilarious and posts things like THIS and like THIS and she cooks stuff, too.
Halfway Down the Stairs cuz nobody . . . NOBODY knits socks as fast as her and leaves all sorts of enabling little links here and there on her posts.
No Patterns because you will not believe her knitting. You just simply won't believe it. Oh, and she's Icelandic.
We Do Not Have A Knitting Problem because she most definitely DOES have a knitting problem and that makes me happy. She also travels a lot more than I do and she post pictures so that I can imagine myself there, too - happily knitting with a glass of wine and some very nice girlfriends.


WHAT I'M WORKING ON......



Socks: Noro sock yarn (I know, I know. I swore never again, but the color.....THE COLOR)
It's a baby-rib. Very fun.

And (TA DAH!) my first lace:
Not sure yet if it's a relationship of intense love or of intense hate, but there it is in all its beaded tedium. This is SOTS III (secret of the stole 3).

Busy busy busy...

I'm back! What have I been up to?

THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER
I have put on enough weight from just this one week at the state fair that I actually popped the button off my pair of shorts and have resorted to wearing pants with elastic waist bands.

Here's what I ate at the fair - in no particular order:
Big Fat Bacon (on a stick)
Corn Dog (on a stick)
Pronto Pup (yes, there is a difference and also on a stick)
Mini-doughnuts (not on a stick, but possibly the prime suspect in my popped button incident)
Tater-tot Hot Dish w/ cream of mushroom dipping sauce (on a stick - I kid you not)
Cheese Curds
Deep Fried Pickles
(one beer to wash down the pickles)
Deep Fried Twinkie
(one glass of Minnesota wine to wash down the Twinkie)
Bucket-o-Fries
(One more beer just because)
Roasted Corn on the Cob


If it makes any sense, I did all of that food consumption spread out over three days. I was hoping that by gorging as I did, the food would not possibly have enough time to process and absorb - and that a large percentage would pass right through me. This plan hasn't worked out so well for me.

I'll leave you with funny pics/story.

We went to see this:


And here is Lunker at the exact moment when he realizes that the strange thing on the back of the boar is not a piglet or (as Lunker put it) a second pair of butt cheeks but the worlds largest testicles.

And here is a good big brother bestowing this wisdom on his younger brother.