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Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Knitting, gardening, reading and spending waaaayyyy too much money! Come and join me in this adventure... A little bit of a flash back for you gals...I present you my Prince album. Yes, LP. Not just any LP but THE Purple Rain LP. It even has the poster inside. I HEART IT very much. This got played...... I present you two green feet. My Pomatomus feet. click image for larger pic and upclose shot ------------- Pattern: Pomatomus from Knitty Winter 05 by Cookie A. Yarn: Socks that Rock, "County Clare", lightweight Needles: US 2 (2... Ignore me I'm trying to consolidate my project list. Hats ** Natty Mittens ** Blue Blog's Plaid Mitten ** Warmest Mittens ** Knitty's Broad Street Mittens, errata ** More here Scarves ** Bejeweled scarf ** Multidirectional diagonal scarf Sweaters **... I was inspired by Erin's recent post about wanderlust destinations and came up with my own list. This by no means is complete just a short sampling: 1. Machu Pichu, Peru 2. Easter Island, Chile 3. Watch the Tour de... Sorry people I dropped out of the blogosphere for a lil' while. I'm back with loads on my mind and equally long lists of things to do. I'm really digging reading up everyone's New Year's resolutions and what they have... For my fellow crafty geeks, if you're looking for inspiration check out this new magazine: Craft. Knitting update Not much going on at Mimosa's. I'm working on a pair of Eleanora socks, My So Called Scarf, and knitting a bunny... Some of you have asked for photos of Chile, and details of the trip. I can help out with both but the photos will take less time...Northern Chile. I've tried to provide as much detail as possible without having to... That's how it felt this morning driving into Alexandria. If only it could be this way everyday. I've predrafted that yummy merino/cashmere and I'm ready to tackle the spinning. BUT. HOLD ON... Actually this weekend began with Stitches East, and continued on to some dyeing action. Not much to say about Stitches East, except it was disappointing, and not unique in any which way. There were some great vendors (Blue Moon Fiber,... Costume :: trick Beg :: torture Hottie :: marky Celebrity :: lights Saturday :: boogie Buckle :: chastity Doorbell :: treat Rude :: no candy for u Absence :: every day Hyper :: moi?...... Oh the many reasons...here's a start: 1. fiber from Silkworker. Look at her silk tops! OMG. I've purchased a silk/wool combo from her in the past. Now I want to try 100% silk 2. I can spin yummy wools... phewww! I finally can post again. Stupid new server messed up everything and stupid spammers got me. Briefly here's what's going on: -- Went to Chile and came back too soon (at least that's what I think) -- Work sucks... Yesterday DH and I celebrated five years of marriage! Five years - yes five years. How time flies! We decided to lay low and invite the folks over for dinner and cook a lovely dinner. Towards the end of dinner... Before knitting there were shows Long ago when knitting was not in my life I spent alot of time going to concerts and shows, and recently I've been listening to loads of Sirius. During one of my commutes in to work I started thinking of... OOhhhh lovely yarn sales. Quickly head over to Knit Happens grab yarn and patterns, and shop away! I stopped by yesterday at the happy place and picked up 3 wonderful Jaeger pattern books all at 40% off...
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