Warm Hat New Years Eve Wednesday!!!!!
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Finishing......out the old Year
Tomorrow brings a Warm Hat Wednesday New Years Eve post with lotsa pictures. Today will be my out with the old post. Knittingnonni.blogspot.com's Mariella inspired me to make a NinePatch Nonni Blanket. I knitted up 2 panels on my Minnesota train trip and then put it away. Today I decided to make the two panels into pillows for the sofa. Voila! Washable. Perfect for napping, or knitting with back support! I have to give the funniest comments to my blog awards this year to Deb from WoundTooTight. blogspot.com for her hysterical response to Firemans Top Tips post. While reviewing the blog for the year I also noticed the post with the most comments for me, *66*, was the Contest post where I asked you to leave a comment for someone who doesn't get many comments. That was fun. My biggest flop was the Taos vest. UGH. I am embarassed I even showed it to you. The rest of that yarn is going to be a nice simple hat. It seems to me comments dropped since Fall. Some of my loy...
FIreman thinks Santa brought him a new tool carrier
( (we all know it will have yarn in it soon...shhhhhhhhh) So the year is ending and I've had some blog thoughts as we turn the proverbial page together: I'm going to reach 1000 posts this year. Do you smell a contest? Oh I do! I'm predicting a Gansey sweater success. Santa brought me the Gansey book. Can you guess why I think I can make one? Those of you who read often and know of my woes, will figure it out! I'm pondering starting a monday morning knit group near my LYS. Im thinking : Knitting at Knine. We could meet at 9a.m......But I don't want to be responsible for the group. Hmmmmmm. I'm going to need a ton of support when Zach leaves for college in the fall/summer. The whole blog thing could become a blubbering idiot's diary. (WHO SAID THAT? WHo said it already is!) I'm predicting a complete tendonitis recovery with the possiblity of a steroid scandal .........PRESCRIBED of course. I am making it a point to take better pictures for t...
Al's Pfeiffer Falls Hooded Scarf, on scrubs
Al frogged her Hey Penney sweater. She had a beautiful back finished last spring, and decided once her head cleared from school this rotation, that she'd rather have the scarf. She is using Jaeger extra fine merino. So, make a note froggers, it frogged well. I"ve started a Log Cabin blanket. I'm in love. I can only meet it for brief interludes what with the arm thing, but I look forward to our stolen moments. It mesmerizes me. This is sick I know. You'll understand, I know. That is a leading reason why I blog, to know that I am not alone. Whats a reason why you blog. Any reason...any reason at all. Just list it. Even if it is sick. We understand.... I'll talk to you in the comments. :)
Until the last rum ball is eaten....
It isn't over until the last rum ball is gone....!!!! I love the week between Christmas and New Years. I'll be doing a bit of reviewing here at Irisheyes and giving out awards for those of you who comment regularly. I think the awards are cyber awards only. But we'll have a bit of fun. My perfect oldest sister brought me yarn from ireland for Christmas. Oh, I see a lace project in 2009. It is from Trim. Yesterday was spent with the Hungarian side. We have these family cookies that you need a saw to get through, but they are perfect once dunked in a cup of coffee. The stories my Uncle can tell. Anyone new to the house for Christmas is quickly amused by him. He doesn't drink, he is just a great story teller. The point of each story is to make you laugh. And we do! He was talking about how he thought he saw every movie made in the 1940s because there wasn't TV. His mom would drag him to the show with her. They would be giving away plates and cups and ut...
More Warm Hat Wednesday Prizes!
Wooly Wonka's own handspun wooly goodness. The snow was getting on my lens this Christmas Eve morning, so that explains the little blurs. They are real wooly wonders. The grey is 230 yards of Grey Iclandic. Single ply. The delicious browns is a skein that I dont know the name of. Trust me. It is incredibly beautiful. Since Bianca and Darcy and I did NOT win any of the alpaca yarn naming contest yarns,( altho, I think we deserved to!) I'm going to name this yarn. See what happens when I cannot knit? So I'm calling it : Chocolate Lab Who Rolled in the Snow. Just one more Warm Hat Wednesday post before winners announced on January 5th when all hats are due. I'll talk to you in the comments. :)
FIreman's Top Ten Holiday Tips
Fireman is home this morning from a busy shift. He tells me about his dispatches and I thought I'd compile some tips for my good blog friend readers. Many of you know these things, but I didn't know some of them. #1 Know where to shut the water off for your whole house. If your pipes break as the weather gets a bit warmer, you need to shut the entire water system to your house off. (He quizzed me about where our shutoff was. I was right!) Then you call a plumber. Firemen are not plumbers when they are Firemen. Only on their off days! #2 If your oven goes on fire, shut it off and keep the door closed. Then remove yourself from the house until the Fire Dept arrives. They will check the wall behind the stove for fire inside it. #3 If your smoke alarms are chirping and not alarming, you probably have a drained battery. The fireman will come and look at your battery. Then they will hand it to you and tell you to install a new one. Of course, if they are all going off...