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Love. Exciting & New...

 
You're welcome!

I loved the idea of this product...

Loved the colors, too.  

However, the item purchased from the WORSTED SELLER ON ETSY was disappointing.  Most likely because I know how to spin and I know cheap shit when I see it.  The vender turned out to be a lying hypocrite, who is misrepresenting herself, her product line and where she is getting her stock.  Oh and she was also in clear violation of Etsy's ToS.  Then there's the whole thing about her trying to bully-boy me while lying to me.  When that failed, she tried to blackmail me.  When that didn't work, she tossed her false god at me.  Then she just plain harassed me without being smart enough to realize that's what she was doing.  In the end, she will live with the negative feedback I gave her or she'll open yet another new etsy shop and start the lying all over again.

Thankfully, I love the yarn...

In fact, I wish I had more of it.  

Most of that order was utterly unspinnable, btw.  Yeah, this is what I was talking about if you follow me on the Twitter Machine.  No, not the fiber that was cut.  That's someone else, who has already been touched by scandal.  Still trying to figure out how to talk about that one, thanks.

Moving on...

As you may remember, I won a prize over at our Kym's blog.  Not only did she send me those fabulous nesting dolls but there may have been chocolate and an extra goodie or two.  However, you're getting what you're getting today.

I love the juxtaposition of the dolls with the Hello Kitty medical kit.  

The medical kit was part of a box of love that arrived from Mr & Mrs Squishy.  There was more than just the med kit, but, if I show you, I'd most likely have to kill you.  

Or give you a duck.  

Don't ask.

My best guy/man/whatever friend asked when the universe was going to cut me a break.  Good question.  I've no idea, but with such amazing friends, it'll be okay.

Or I'll snap and take out the town.  

Only time will tell.  ;^)

Happy Monday, people!

& how was your weekend?

That had been tied to one end of a cake of Shetland.  Very skinny Shetland.  I discovered this after putting it all on the niddy noddy.  A niddy noddy with nearly a thousand yards on it.

In happier news...

Our JessaLu is celebrating her Blog Day with a contest! 

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Enter!

Tell her I sent you!

The patio is not green

I'm not sure what happened while I was trying to get the color right on the socks.

Sprouting is the sock pattern.  I did them toe up with CCSR toes and heels.  I also skipped the cables on the back of the socks because I was a little concerned about fit.  If I knit this pattern again, I'll give those cables a go.

The yarn is Rio De La Plata Merino sock yarn in the Deep Water colorway, which has since been discontinued.  I won the yarn over at our Margene's blog a million years ago when I guessed the right number of yards in something she had spun.  My prize was some red, some white and some blue yarn.  One of these days, I'll come up with a plan for that white stuff.  :D  I like the yarn and think it's a shame that it's been phased out.

I used a sewn bind off and knit Magic Loop.

Woo!

After all the pairs of socks I've knit, I think it's hard to find the excitement.  Although, I do I like this pair and I am currently wearing them.

When boys with agendas text me*

A couple of months ago, out of the blue, I got a text from one of my fake nephews.  The one with the voice and Kennedy-esque hair.  He gave me compliments, praised his mother and was charming. Then he made a request.

Naturally, I did what he wanted.  *L*

iPhone photo

I knit a friend of his a hat** with some of his beloved mother's handspun that she overdyed to the requested color.  (Purple)  She's also the one that should get the complaints about that photo.  It's still better than the photo I got from the kid, though.  (No photo from the kid.)

Just like every other boy who wants something, he dropped me like a hot rock once he got it.  So young and so much like a 20-something man/boy already.   /sigh

I can't decide if I should be annoyed or proud.  *L*

The best part?

When he called to "personally" thank me.  It's a good thing he's adorable.

The hat? 

Not that you can tell, but it's a ribbed hat that the kids are calling a "beanie" this season.  Yeah, I don't know.  I just knit ribbing until I lost the will to live.  Then I kept knitting for another 30 minutes.  Then I did decreases and cast off.

Btw, this hat would NOT fit on my big giant head before blocking.  *L*

 

ps... if you wanted to see the prize package sent out to the winner of Year of Handspun/When Will Cookie Go Over The Wall contest, go look at our Carole's blog post from Wednesday!

* Do not try this at home.

**  At first, there were 2 friends who "needed" hats, but his mother nixed that idea.

Sunny & Bright Can Bite Me!

Last Monday morning was foggy, chilly and fabulous.

This Monday morning is sunny, bright and annoying.  There is far too much sunny bright in this climate.  I need more moody dark weather*.

Thirteen skeins/hanks/whatevers of Merino/Mohair/Madness!

Next to be seen in focus and shit in our Joan's part of the world.  It's a Monday morning.  I can't be arsed to get you people a high quality (for me) photo.  Don't worry.   Our Joan will do the yarn proud once she gets it and the sun is out long enough to get photos.

Final yardage was 4849 yards!

Our winner is the lovely and talented Natalie!  She guessed 4800, which turned out to be a pretty good guess. 

I'm a bit disappointed with only getting 4849 yards but y'all saw that coming, right?

Btw, 4849 yards is only 2.76-ish miles.  Again, very disappointed.

Congratulations to our Natalie and many thanks to everyone who played along!

 

*  Give me two months and I'll be longing for sunny and bright.  Just like every other year.