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MonsterLeverage Party

The MonsterLeverage gang gathered to watch the season premiere with me

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Looking forward to BurnNotice tonight

Oooo Bad Day at Black Rock is on TNT. I lost my shoe!

Pretty Yarn in a Pretty Tree

Spring has sprung into full bloom here in the upper MidWest, bringing with it a craving for new yarn. Now, I am, strictly speaking, on a yarn diet. But that doesn't count for yarn to make gifts. Right?

It started innocently enough . . . .


Plena


Sotobosque

But Darn Knit Anyway had new colors, and I spent the night wishing I had a couple more of them.


Floral


SM Gold

You can see my dilemma, I'm sure.

Now, to get knitting on those gifts.




(All yarn is Malabrigo Worsted Merino.)

Showing coffee how much I love it

Three Musketeers Coffee Mitts (Rav link) by Sarah Nopp
It took one skein of Noro Silk Garden to make all three of these and I use them all the time. I'm making a few to show the morning Starbucks crew how they're appreciated, too.

Happy Holidays!

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Thumb Turkey

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Originally uploaded by gloamingorchid

Ms. Sarahlou over at http://www.skeinsandbeans.com/ challenged us to post a thumb turkey, so I am.

Micro's Day Out

Inspired by Squeemore Monkey's adventures*, Micro snuck out to partake in the family's low key Christmas celebration.

Imagine my surprise when I found him hiding in my mom's unfinished Popover mitten having sneaked in with the knitting.


It was a cold day, so at least he managed to keep warm.

Micro then proceeded to try and save the loaf of gluten-free bread mom and I were making for dinner


It was a complete failure, sadly. It didn't rise enough and didn't bake all the way through. Which made me rather sad, actually.

He then tried to help me out by reading the Popover pattern to me while I tried to finish them for Mom before her trip to Chicago to visit the grandparents.



Even though the trip was delayed, I did finish them on Dec 26. Yay me!


I'm making a pair for me, as soon as I'm done with all my Christmas knitting. (Four more projects to go . . .)

Getting bored watching the knitting, Micro went off to do some socializing.


They look all buddy-buddy there. He wouldn't tell me what they talked about, though.

Finally, Micro wanted a drink of wasail, but couldn't quite get to it.



Happy New Year, everyone!

Hope

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I brought some knitting along when I voted first thing this morning. The line moved so fast, though, that I didn't have the time to even open it.

I love my cats, but . . .

This



is what happens when you let the cat use your yarn bag as a kitty bed.

And it leads to lots of this:

Is there such a thing as too much coordination?

And, looky! A finished project!

Osiris 2004-2008

Osiris, my beloved betta fish, passed on last night. He'd been with me almost 4 years.



This summer, he really got into sharing the Piddleloop love.



He enjoyed playing with his followers and offering advice.



He was a good fish. And I miss him.

For Pets' Sake

I have been knitting. And real soon, I'll blog about it, but in the meantime, I have a favor to ask.

KTMay, a friend from Ravelry's Friends of P group, is trying to raise donations for the shelter that cared for her new dog, Vinnie, when he recently became ill. Vinnie is back home now and on the mend, and the shelter paid for all the veterinary costs. And there's a raffle of some very fine knitterly swag. So run to her blog and look at Vinnie's sweet face and give what you can.

PS You can still donate even if you have no interest in knitting.

Spring? Where?

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Even Osiris is wondering where Spring is this year. He's gathered a committee.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

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May your St. Paddy's Day be green and friendly!!

(BMFA STR in County Clare with Blarney the Poppet.)

Little Pink Poppet went on an Adventure

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And came back with dragon.

Poor Neglected Blog!

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Feels like forever since I've been by here. So, I offer a token:

BMFA Socks That Rock heavy weight in Mystic Kelp with a reverse linen stitch heel.

I love how the heel turned out.

I Am Thankful for

Thanksgiving was yesterday in the US, the traditional time to gather with family and friends, eat too much, watch football and rest up for all the shopping deals that are only available at an obscenely early hour of Friday morning. And it's also a time to sit down and ponder all the good things going on in life. So, I am thankful for (in no particular order) . . .

My wonderful family including my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, my grandparents and my aunts, uncles, cousins, cousins-in-law and their kids. I live for every chance to see you.

A place to live.

My friends, who support me, tell me what I want to hear, and give me a kick in the ass when I need it.

My "virtual" friends who provide laughs, pictures of the pretties and the opportunity to talk about TV a lot (and Supernatural even more than "a lot".)

My snuggly cats, Luke and Leia, and my silly beta fish, Osiris.

My health.

The men and woman in our armed forces who volunteer to serve this country, making sacrifices I can't imagine. Be safe and come home soon!

My home, from my country, down to my state, hometown to my house. I can't imagine living anywhere else, and I've had the opportunity to consider it.

Knitting. Wool has provided me with the opportunity to be creative, express my love and affection for people in handmade gifts, meet like-minded people in the real world and the virtual.

A job that not only pays the bills and gives me an opportunity to travel the country and visit family and friends, but also allows me to share some family pride. (I work for my mother's company.)

There's ten things off the top of my head that I'm grateful for. There are so many more.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving!