I jinxed myself...

I actually said "I just might get thru this third attempt at the Clap without a huge mistake..." a couple of days ago...

stupid girl.

Have you have ever wondered what would happen if you dropped the wrong stitch in Clapotis? let me tell you, it isn't pretty. It wasn't a complete catastrophe, but it was not fun either.

I was one stitch off, don't ask me how, but I managed to drop the twisted column before the st. marker instead of the regular one after it. it was a long one too...and I fought the damn thing all the way down the column too. Thinking 'why in the hell is this thing so hard to drop?' duh, every other effing stitch was twisted you idiot!

I then had to pick up the column and carry it up all the way to the top again, twisting every other one, all while watching my Spurs suck it big time in the playoffs.

Come to think of it, I am just going to blame it all on the Spurs, it's their fault entirely.

I am back on track, and I am hoping they follow my lead and kick some ass tomorrow...

Edited to add: Right after I wrote this I took the dog out and slipped and fell, and scraped the hell out of my knee. Awesome.

KAL Clapotis on the needles and flying!

my snb is doing clapotis for a KAL- good times. (ours isn't on that link, but I thought it was interesting)

doing well and going much faster than I expected since I (for some unknown reason) decided to use tiny needles, size 5 no less! I am happy with the results.

ps- I love that I can type in 'clapotis' into my Firefox address bar and it goes directly to the pattern on knitty- popular pattern that it is and all...

looking forward to dinner...

can't wait to join my friends at my favorite restaurant tonight :-)

I am feeling especially...i don't know... tender? towards San Francisco today. I am really happy to be so lucky in life- great friends, good food, happy days :-) all I need is a kid and things really would be (dare I say it?) perfect.

Tender isn't the right word, but I am out the door to have breakfast and don't have the time to make my brain work, perhaps grateful is better?

have a good weekend all!

ps- anyone else having trouble with spammy comments?

I am a total thief...

I 100% stole this 7 things list from another blogger whom I do not know, but only stumbled upon (although the answers are mine):

Seven things to do before I die:

1.) be a mom
2.) find a job i love
3.) Own a home
4.) learn to spin yarn
5.) live overseas
6.) learn Spanish (this should actually happen before the mom bit, as my child will be bilingual thx to the dh)
7.) go back to school

Seven things I cannot do:

1.) Math
2.) stop cursing
3.) Sing
4.) eat candy like a normal person instead of my insane ocd ways, don't ask.
5.) dance with a partner- I only dance alone
6.) be a morning person
7.) ignore babies and dogs in public- I must pet them all

Seven things I say:

1.) Good Times.
2.) Fuck.
3.) Oh Dear.
4.) Dude.
5.) No Way!
6.) doooooooood
7.) hot pants (as a term of endearment, although this one is waning in my repertoire)

Seven things that attract me to my mate:

1.) his brain
2.) his hair
3.) his eyes
4.) bootie
5.) sense of humor
6.) he gives me handmade, super crafty, amazing gifts
7.) that he picks out and surprises me with shoes and purses (and they fit, and are gorgeous)

Seven books I love:

1.) Picture of Dorian Gray
2.) Stellaluna
3.) Mother Nature
4.) Wrinkle in Time series
5.) The Vampire Chronicles series (the first three were the best)
6.) Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
7.) The Velveteen Rabbit

Seven movies I’ve loved: (all but #5 I could watch over and over and over and over...)

1.) Pulp Fiction
2.) Heathers
3.) The Princess Bride
4.) Grease
5.) No Country for Old Men
6.) The Sound of Music
7.) Tie: Cable Guy and Tombstone

Feel free to steal it for your own blog now :-) ( I really really hope the chick I stole it from doesn't mind!)

she's crafty...

I am not sure if I like them or not.
I know my camera sucks, or the camera operator sucks...these are so not the true colors!

more hot pink than purple
more purple than blue

the other colors are okay...

I had some leftover wood from the shelves I made a couple of weeks ago, and they happen to look just like little canvases to me so I decided to force myself to be creative and actually create something from nothing without a pattern or picture to copy. You don't know how hard it was not to print out my dragonfly tat and trace it ;-) I may still do that if I decide I don't like the stripes and circles, or if I can't figure out what to do on the third piece still left to be done.

Peanut gallery...what are your thoughts? Think baby...

no sew project

Good friends are due in about two weeks with their second kid- I finally got on the ball and got a gift figured out.














A no-sew fleece blanket! don't let the no-sew part fool you, it's work! Granted it's only because I insisted on doing it at midnight last night that it may have seemed to take so long, but the cutting of the fringe and tying of said fringe is monotonous.


I love how it turned out- so soft and cuddly, I may make more! JoAnn's is having a 1/2 off sale on fleece...tempting!

Simple scarf WILL be finished!

I am determined to not end up with yet another project in 'time out'.

this one is simple- a feather and fan scarf - in a divine yarn...it can't go wrong! (I know, I so shouldn't say that...tempting the knitting gods and all)

I love it so far, and hope I remain enthralled. :-)