the dropped stitch

Every Baby Needs A Hand Knit

2007-05-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

I was looking through photos and found this one of this sweater I knitted for the baby next store around Christmas time of 2006. The whole thing was knit out of the left over yellow yarn we used to make a scar crow hair. It's my first sweater I ever attempted, it's knit in garter stitch and a simple lace edging.

Blue Banana Bag

2007-04-08T18:22:00.000-07:00

Finally! The Bag is complete! And to my embarrassment almost a year long project. Not entirely because of an unskilled knitter but things like ruining out of yarn, uneven strap-holes, and felting mishaps. This bag was knitted for my Great Aunt Sallie Ann, and she paid me which is why it's embarrassing that it took me 10 months to complete, photograph and ship. It turned out longer than I expected so it has been daubed the "blue banana bag" I promised my self I would never again alter patterns (this is how the bag came into existence) but that was a big flop on an idea, I still tinker with patterns. The body of the bag was knitted with Lamb's Pride, and the lighter blue straps and edging were knitted with some unknown brand, well not unknown, just failure to remember. But really I rather pleased with it.

2007-03-18T07:08:00.000-07:00

The postcard above is one of my favorites. I found these comical characters in an paper advertisement in the magazine Communication Arts. To secure the ribbon I put a small brad where they intersect.

This was also sent to Finland. The e-mail I got back was probably one of my favorites too. It read some ware along the lines of her little sister liked it so much to she was begging to put it up on her wall, but she refused and I'm assuming it resides still tapped to her wall. This is were I wish I could find out more about there culture and family life, 4 inches by 5 isn't enough room to write about everything.

Postcrossing

2007-03-17T15:36:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite websites is Postcrossing. You send postcards all over the world and in return, you receive postcards from every corned of the globe. These are some of the postcards I have sent. I hand make all of them, so through my art work it's like sending a little piece of me, so theoretically I've been most every where, if you wrap your mind around it the right way.

This is the first post card I send off destined to Finland. It's not the actual making of the postcards but the reactions you get when the recipient e-mails you back and tells you they love the time and effort put into the postcard, and it's now their favorite one.

Espen's Stripes

2007-03-17T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is the one day wonder hat, probably the fastest I have ever knitted. I am such a painfully slow knitter, which is why I am making a fuse over this baby garment, knitted and seemed in one day for baby Espen. I'm disappointed that I couldn't get a picture of him waring it he looked like quite the fashion statement. This pint sized hat was knitted with size four needles and Micro Spun, by Lion Brand Yarns. The yarn I acquired about a year ago to knit booties from. I only got one done, and it's a lumpy mess of tangled yearn at that.

I've decided rather than stressing over conjuring something amusing or funny to write, I'm converting my blog into more of away to share my art and knitting.

The Magic of Thanksgiving

2006-11-23T08:04:00.000-08:00

The holidays are here and we're getting ready for Christmas, after Thanksgiving sales are the latest buzz, and secret packages and stuffed under beds and tucked away in closest.

But what happened to the magic of Thanksgiving?

The magic of Thanksgiving is the specialist of them all. True, Thanksgiving got stuck with the mascot of an over wight turkey, not nearly as magical as flying reindeer and sleds filled with gifts, and a jolly old man who will give you your hearts desires.

But the magic of Thanksgiving does some thing else...

Thanksgiving turns us into over night chiefs, who could whip up the most splendid of dishes, yams, apple pies, rolls, and a turkey that is juicy and tender.
Thanksgiving brings up together and makes us forget the worries of yesterday, and joke the bad times off.
Thanksgiving makes use to take time to be thankful for the people sitting our left and right.

So I challenge you to be thankful, tell your loved ones you are thankful they're here, tell the mailman you appreciate him never losing a letter, or even a bill. Tell the man who opened the door, when your hands were full thank you. Tell your most hated you are thankful for them.

Today be marry, eat turkey, laugh, and don't forget the Magic of Thanksgiving.

OK GO, on Treadmills

2006-09-03T08:36:00.000-07:00

4 guys, 8 treadmills = probably the most creative music video you will ever see.
The band OK GO took 8 days to do this nifty routine with out falling off. The video was shot in one go, no out takes or cuts one go, impressive... to view this vlip click the link below.

http://videobomb.com/posts/show/3484

hypnosis

2006-08-07T13:39:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, at our local fair I got to be hypnotized. That was one of the wriest things I've done. There were 13 other people being put under hypnosis with me, we all sat on a stage and got to be cheap entertainment for everybody else. Being under hypnosis was like being in a concise sleep, I was aware of every thing around me, and what I was doing. The hypnotist started out by having use all fall asleep, you were sitting there and just slowly you slipped into a sleep like state, I fell over but don't remember bonking my head or anything. Then he told us it was cold and you were going to freeze to death, then he told you, you were in a 400 degree oven, and you really felt cold or burning...Weird...! I knew I could open my eyes if I wanted to but then you just got this overwhelming thought of: wow that's a stupid idea. So yep I have official been hypnotised.

Knitting

2006-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

I've just finished knitting purple leg warms and have no other project nagging to be finished (wow that's weird) well any way I'm at a lose for what to knit now I'm open to suggestions.

berry pick n'

2006-07-03T17:36:00.000-07:00

Today, we took the windy road over the hill to a u-pick berry field. It was blazing hot and quite uncomfortable but I didn't really care. We walked the acres of berries sampling as we went, there were so mean kinds of berries and they all looked the same, I became some what suspious. Never the less, I had a grand time, mine fingers are now all different shades of purples, pinks, and a couple of blues. We came home with about seven pounds of raspberries and mystery berries for a total of $6.02, not bad. When we returned home I treated myself to berries and vanilla yogurt.

Grocery Store Wars

2006-06-26T12:52:00.000-07:00

I found this little 2 minuet spoof off of star wars, it's really funny the first time you watch it but it gets old so be careful not to ware it out. Click the link below to view this shot film.

http://www.storewars.org/flash/

ice tub

2006-06-25T18:18:00.000-07:00

It was so hot today, around four it was 102.4 degrees, according to the digital thermometer a top the old record player. So just for grins and giggles and to escape the heat I decided to fill the bath tub with cold water. But wait, there's more! I then proceeded to empty the freezer of all the ice, found the largest plastic mixing bowl dumped the ice in the bowl and then into the tub the ice went. It was fun until the ice melted and I found myself sitting in a filled to the brim tub of super cold water, which is ironic because that's what I wanted in the first place. I only remembered how hot it was when I opened the conditioner bottle and it was melted. And now here I sit mad and miserable because of the heat and I can't be happy either way heat or in a tub of cold water.... bummer.....

Coffee Table Readings

2006-06-06T15:12:00.000-07:00

Hexakosioinexekontahexaphobics- yes it's a real word, it's the scientific term for people afraid of the number 666. I found this nifty fact in our news paper today. Oh so you still don't believe me, well your going to have to trust me because you can only find this term in unabridged medical dictionary, and I'm assuming the mass majority of us don't keep those handy on our coffee table for light reading.

playing in the dirt

2006-05-29T18:17:00.000-07:00

Today on this ever so exciting holiday, I played in the dirt. Yes today I planted my dahlias, which if I do say so myself are the best flowers on this planet. Some relatives sent me some dahlia tubers a couple weeks back and I finally got them in the ground on this gorgeous day! And now my knees are all covered in dirt, my hands too. But it's all worth it I just have to wait for the things to bloom now!

HURRAY

2006-05-04T05:33:00.000-07:00

I'M GOING TO JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Find your true inner self in five questions!

2006-04-26T18:14:00.000-07:00

Take this test and find your true inner self!

your pencil lead breaks you...
a) yell out in rage
b) except the situation
c) try try again
d) look up at the sky and announce for all to hear: "tut tut looks like rain!"

You stub your toe on the coffee table you never liked you...
a) yell out in rage
b) except the situation
c) try try again
d) look up at the sky and announce for all to hear: "tut tut looks like rain!"

The shower runs out of hot water you...
a) yell out in rage
b) except the situation
c) try try again
d) look up at the sky and announce for all to hear: "tut tut looks like rain!"

You bake a chocolate cake and found out you've forgotten the main ingredient you...
a) yell out in rage
b) except the situation
c) try try again
d) look up at the sky and announce for all to hear: "tut tut looks like rain!"

You forget you have film in you suit case and it's ruined by the x-ray at the airport you...
a) yell out in rage
b) except the situation
c) try try again
d) look up at the sky and announce for all to hear: "tut tut looks like rain!"

Mostly a's: you are an angry person and mite want to consider some anger management course before having any contact with other people not equipped with a tazer gun and pepper spray.

Mostly b's: you quiet and you need to learn to express your emotions!

Mostly c's: you are a determined person and you go after what you want.

Mostly d's: you have serious mental issues and need to see a therapist as soon as can be arranged!

Cricket

2006-04-26T16:26:00.000-07:00

Today I did something I hope I will never do again. I ate a live cricket! I ate a cricket for 15 points extra credit! ewww! You had to reach in the tank and grab one, then you got 5 pinot for putting it into your mouth, 5 points for chewing, 5 points for swallowing. It kind of tasted like raw flour not the most appealing taste. But I did it! Now I can eat anything I'm faced with in Japan!

japan, sunshine, strawberries, quotes

2006-04-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted anything in like forever(23 days for you technical people.)

UPDATE!

Well the most exciting news by far is in 15 days I will be leaving for Japan! Speaking of which I should really practice my Japanese, and for the rest of you at home these are the highlights you need to know:

My name is ______ = Watashi no namae wa ______ desu (wa ta she no na mue wa _____ des)

Hello or good day= Konnichi wa (ko nee chee wah)

Thank-you= Arigato gozaimasu (ah ree got toe go zigh mus)

Please= Dozo (doe zoe)

Where is the rest room?= Toire wa doka desuka

And there you have it you are noe ready to tour Japan!

WARNING! SUBJECT CHANGES HERE!

Well today for the first time in like 7 mounths my pasty white legs saw the light of day. Hurry it's finale warm enough to ware shorts! I'm so happy for like an hour I just walked around in my shorts and bare feet :) SUNSHINE MAKES ME HAPPY! (and strawberries)

QUOTES:

Life is so daily -Inez Turley

I base most of my fashion sense on what don't itch.- Gilda Radner

Every day give yourself a good mental shampoo- Sara Jordan

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep- Fran Lebowitz

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?- Alfred Tennyson

Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; today itself too late; the wise lived yesterday-Martial

Okay, no more to blog so, Ta Ta for now

-yours truly

Facts you never knew about our society's body image

2006-03-27T12:12:00.000-08:00

1. Over 1 billion dollars this year will be spent on dietary items (ex. diet pills) remember this doesn't include exercise equipment and gym memberships.

2. Today's Miss America has to be 20 pounds lighter to even consider walking out on the runway than when the pageant started in the late 1940's.

3. In a test of kindergarten they were shown pictures of children than asked which ones they would want to be friends with. 90% choose children with mental retardation and physical deformities over children who were heavier.

4. The mass majority of growing children and teens prefer diet sodas over regular.

5. Barbi:
a) If Barbi were real she would have to crawl on all fours to move because of really out of proportion body (ex. huge boobies and tiny waits)
b) Barbi's ankles are so thin if she stood up they would snap in two.
c) Barbi's waits is so thin all the essential organs couldn't fit inside her let alone work.

6. Marilyn Monroe the famous beauty/sex icon of the 1950's in today's society would be considered "fat" or "to heavy"

7. In yet another test 85% of 4th graders said they were unhappy with their body image.

Now I think we can all agree this is sad. And now I leave you with an inspirational quote I got of a friends T- shirt:
"If the definition of beauty gets any thinner no one will be able to fit..."

soap operas

2006-03-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

I have come to conclude, that the only people who watch Soap Operas are the people who have no interests. So rather than interesting themselves in their own lives they have to interest themselves in the lives of non-real people played by actors and actresses no body's heard of. Now I think we would all agree that can't be good for you...

Nonsense Sayings

2006-02-23T17:18:00.000-08:00

Nonsense saying: "It's as easy as shooting fish in a barrel."

Why it doesn't make sense: why not just tip the barrel over and pick up all the fish, that would be the easiest way. Wouldn't?

nonsense saying: "sleep tight"

Why it doesn't make senses: who on earth can sleep when the covers tucked in so tight? If they're that way you can't breath!

nonsense saying: "got up on the wrong side of the bed"

Why it doesn't make sense: beds don't have right and wrong sides... Yes it's true, they only have right and left sides.

nonsense saying: "out of the blue"

Why it don't make sense: Inanimate objects usually don't fall out of the sky, (at least not ware I'm from.)

nonsense saying: "by the skin of you teeth"

Why it don't make sense: this one's pretty self explanatory...

50 THINGS NOT TO DO IN A STORE!

2006-02-15T20:19:00.000-08:00

This was sent to me through an e-mail and I changed some stuff and added some stuff and here's the monster I have created. Enjoy!
1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.
2. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store.
3. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten-minute intervals throughout the day.
4. Start playing Calvinball; see how many people you can get to join.
5. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners.
6. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift-wrap.
7. Leave cryptic messages on the typewriters.
8. Re-dress the mannequins as you see fit.
9. When there are people behind you, walk really slowly, especially in thin aisles.
10. Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, "I think we've got a code 3 in housewares," and see what happens.
11. Turn all the radios to polka stations; then turn them off and turn the volume up to full blast.
12. Play with the automatic doors.
13. Walk up to complete strangers and say, "Hi. I haven't seen you in so long." etc. See if they play along.
14. While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself loud enough for all to hear, "Who buys this crap anyway?!"
15. Repeat #14 in the jewelry department.
16. Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you are taking it for a test drive.
17. Follow people through the aisles, staying about 5 feet behind them. Do this until they leave the store.
18. Play soccer with a group of friends, using the entire store as your playing field.
19. As the cashier runs your purchase over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, "Wow, magic!"
20. Take off your shoes and tell them you want to return it and when they say you didn't buy it there say "Hmmmm....I thought the customer was always right!"
21. Move "Caution : Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.
22. Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you will only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath.
23. Test the fishing rods and see what you can catch from other aisles.
24. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying, "I'm Batman. Come Robin, to the Batcave."
25. TP as much of the store as possible.
26. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles.
27. Play with the calculators so that they all spell "hello" upside down.
28. When someone asks you if you need help, begin to cry and say, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
29. When 2 or 3 people are walking ahead of you, run between them yelling "Red Rover."
30. Make up nonsense products and ask employees if there are any in stock. (i.e.: Shnerples)
31. Take up an entire aisle in toys by setting up a full-scale battle with G.I. Joe vs. X-men.
32. Take bets on the battle from above.
33. Test the brushes and combs in cosmetics.
34. While handling guns in the hunting department, suddenly ask the clerk where the anti-depressants are. Act as spastic as possible.
35. Hold indoor shopping cart races.
36. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from Mission Impossible.
37. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.
38. Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags.
39. Say things like, "Would you be so kind as to direct me to your Twinkies."
40. Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store.
41. Two words: Marco Polo.
42. Leave Cheerios in lawn and garden, pillows in the pet section, etc.
43. "Re-alphabetize" the CD's.
44. In the auto department, practice your Madonna tunes with various funnels.
45. When someone steps away from his or her cart to look at something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.
46. Relax in the patio furniture until you get kicked out.
47. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, drop to your knees and scream, "No, no, its those voices again."
48. Drag a lounge chair over to the magazines and relax. Go to the food court, buy a drink, and explain that you don't get out much and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.
49. Try to hold up customers with the toy guns. See how much you can fool
50. Try to do this all in one visit to you local store without getting kicked out! *good luck*

never mind

2006-01-30T18:05:00.000-08:00

I was going to post something but never mind...

Toilets In Japan

2006-01-26T17:01:00.000-08:00

For all of you who didn't know I will be taking a tour of Japan this coming May with 16 other people and I was informed to day about public restrooms. For you see most always public restrooms have no toiletpaper. Yes, you have not gone stupid and cannot read, there is no toiletpaper in the public restrooms in Japan. So what dose one do when one is found in a bathroom with no toilet paper at hand? If you're in this situation now let me tell you I'm vary sorry and, you're out of luck. To avoid this problem we were advised to carry those small tissue packages in our backpacks at all times. But wait there is more! You not only have no toilet paper but the toilets are nothing more than sunken into the ground! So in order to do you business you have to squat over the toilet (or should I say sunken toilet). Yes vary unpleasant I know, that's some fine print on the application!

MENIGICOCLES

2006-01-25T18:23:00.000-08:00

Okay to day I totally flipped for the three minutes I thought I had menigicocles. So I was dressing down for P.E and the person behind me said "what happened to your shoulder?" I told the person I didn't know and walked across the lockeroom to the mirror and looked over my shoulder and there were dark spots covering my shoulder! The only thing that came to mind was menigicocles because it's the only thing that's been in the news for that past couple of weeks. So I asked one of the P.E teachers who was passing by what they thought of it and the teacher asked me if I was feeling okay, (this only made me freak out more because my head kind of hurt the day before after school.) anyway the teacher said not to worry because the spots probably would have been darker if it was menigicocles. So I'm not going to die.

If you have these symptoms you might have menigicocles:

dark spots anywhere on your body
flu like symptoms (head ache, stomach ache...(ect.)
stiff neck
sensitive to light

FOOTBALL!

2006-01-23T16:46:00.000-08:00

Yes it's all over. Super bowl Sunday has come and gone at last. I never really got the point of football. Honestly! What's the point of buff guys in tight pants running around and trying to kill each other? Seriously, I thought most people were more civilized than that! What kinds of mothers did these footballers have?

Laundry

2006-01-22T19:57:00.000-08:00

if there's any thing I hate more than being bored is folding laundry. Personally I'd rather be bored. Folding laundry is not only boring but frustrating. Trying to find the match to each sock than trying to find out whose sock it is! And laundry piles up day after day it never goes away, it just sits there mocking you! There is no time when you wake up and think hurray there is no laundry to fold so I won't fell bad doing something else when I really should be folding laundry. But there is a up side to lots of laundry because that means you have clothes to ware and will never have to freeze.

TA TA for now!