Ta-Da!!

It’s not entirely accurate, colourwise, but it’s close.
Won’t I have nice bright feet? 🙂
I was wandering around the shopping centre this morning, and headed into Target for a look. They had some cute girls ponchos in there. Being 6 months behind the seasons in the USA, we tend to be 6 months behind the styles, too. The poncho I know Em would want was a pink square, maybe 50cm (20″) square, in a lace pattern, with a hole in the middle. And it was nearly $30.
I’ll bet they sell like hotcakes.
Spotlight was busy, I wandered in looking for some elastic, and noticed that the discontinued yarns which had been marked down to $2 a ball were now $1 a ball. I grabbed some blue and some cream baby yarn, and some floofy crap that Em drools over every time we’re in there. She’ll get another fluffy scarf. This stuff is recommended to be used with 9mm needles. At least it’s 30% wool, not entirely acrylic 🙂

Would you like bread with that? 😉
Seriously, this is as close as I get to baking. My DH is a far, far better cook than I. The thing i do best in the kitchen is eat. And dye.
The newest sock in the Six Sox knitalong is a stashbuster sock that calls for leftovers of at least three different sock yarns in solids.
I don’t have sock yarn solids leftovers. I recently bought 3 colours of solid sock yarn from elann, but I bought enough for pairs. So I took the two balls of cream that I bought, and I’m dyeing ’em. Conveniently enough, I have 3 colours in the Landscapes dyes that I bought to dye the yarn for Clapotis. So today is messy in the kitchen day 🙂
The weather is much cooler today, although I must admit I have been distracted from my knitting lately. I got some books I ordered on Tuesday, and one was a Romantic Fantasy book from an author I very much enjoy, Anne Bishop.
I used to be a much more avid reader than I am now. Now I don’t make enough time for it, and I tend to read when I fall into bed at night, usually falling asleep after a page or two.
I prefer fantasy, and horror, with my favourites being Anne Rice, Stephen King, early Raymond Feist, Anne McCaffrey and the like.
But I really like Anne Bishop. The newest release is called “Dreams Made Flesh” and is a trilogy of novellas related to an earlier trilogy she had written, the Black Jewels Trilogy. Romantic fantasy indeed. I finished the book in 2 days, and am feeling very sleep deprived.
Long time since I finished a book in two days 🙂

Just a quick post today. This getting up early to get the kid off to school is wearing me out, LOL!
I’ve gotten so used to sleeping in that it’s hard to get used to early mornings again 🙂
A very lovely lady named Amy, who lives in Michigan sent me a Lizzie McGuire pattern that I was unable to get from eBay. Em loves it, and wants me to make the dress ASAP. However, I have a top and pants cut out already from another Lizzie pattern that I really should sew up first.
Nat sent me a few balls of Hot Pink Nundle wool that she had. I really like this stuff. I may even consider it for a Must Have Cardi later. I’m making Em’s plain cardigan from it, and it’s lovely to knit with. It’s supposed to be an 8ply or DK weight, but I’m knitting it at 20sts/4″, and I’m pleased with the fabric.
The plain cardi continues, even though the weather has been hot. I’ve completed the back, and am now maybe a third of the way up the fronts. The stockinette is boring, but it’s nice to do in front of the TV. 🙂
Emily would like me to knit this for her next.

I ordered a ball of Natural Peruvian and another ball of Eggplant, and I have plenty of Wisteria left, so it will be in shades of purple. This is a free pattern, available from Ozyarn. Cute, and I’ll knit it for her, but I’ll bet she never wears it!

She’s officially a High Schooler 🙂
The alarm went off this morning, and I awoke to the sound of the shower running. She actually woke up and got up before the alarm and was already in the shower. I’m thinking of taking bets on how long that’ll last 😉
(My bet is that it’ll happen again tomorrow, then never again)
So I’ve been home from school for 2 and a half hours, and the house is cleaner than it has been in weeks. The entire house has been vacuumed thoroughly, the washing is on the line, the kitchen is clean, and I’ve had 2 hot cups of coffee, and control of the remote control. Bliss.
In knitting news, Lisa asked the other day how ribby was going. Well, it all went splendidly, up to and including th eseaming. I’m very pleased with it!

But.
I can’t find a blasted zipper. I have searched everywhere locally. Nothing that remotely matches. I’ll probably have to order one online, but I hate trying to match colours online. Or perhaps I’ll just leave it as is. I doubt that I’ll ever zip it up, but I like the look of a zipper.
Nearly finished the back of Em’s stockinette cardi, and am bored with it. No shaping, just a big stockinette square. Am considering what to knit next. 🙂

This is it. The day is almost upon me.
Tomorrow my baby starts High School. I have been told that public displays of emotion are Forbidden. I must wait until I get home if I wish to get teary. How did this come around so quickly?
Little knitting done, I’ve been sewing, and the weather was abysmally hot yesterday.
High School. *Sigh*