In the meme time...

It's been a crazy week, and I got nothing for today,(How do I follow cute Jess pictures?) and I saw this over at Piddleloop so...

Five minutes to yourself: how would you spend them, ideally?
doing absolutely nothing that could be considered "productive"


Five bucks to spend right now; how would you spend it?
CHOCOLATE!!!!


Five items in your house you could part with, right now, that you hadn’t thought of already?

Gosh we are (by we I mean I)going through things right now to get rid of old stuff.

1. my fabric scraps (Hey, "Two Happy Hounds", do you take donations?)
2. some clothes that just don't fit right.
3. our old tv stand
4. the bedloft in the shed
5. the old compudyne in the shed.

Five items you absolutely, positively could never part with in your house?

This one's hard. Only five?

1. some of Jess' artwork.
2. my wedding ring (which has not fit past my knuckle in several months)
3. the poems and letters Nate has written for me.
4. my Mother's suede jacket
5. the boxes and boxes of photographs.

Five words you love?
1. fetterchicken alfredo (jess's term for fetticini alfredo)
2. purdy
3. skills
4. snarkies
5. heh

five things i’d remove from this meme...hmmmm...I don't know

Weekend update

Our trip to Ohio was very nice. For those of you anxiously awaiting a picture of Jess in her Easter attire.

Cute, ain't she? Yup, she knows it.

Now since laceweight and many little girls do not mix well, I needed to take a very portable project I could put down and pick up without screwing it up. Enter the Lorna's laces and the two socks I have finished.

The (mini) jaywalker, and the "let's see if I can get a whole 'nother sock out of the remainder of this ball" sock.

Also see what I snagged on this trip?

Ida's sewing...bucket. It's awesome. She still had a table cloth and napkins she had started to embroider in 1973. (I know because she had a note in with it that said just that. That Ida, she's so cute.)

Also, these were in there.

They are to be pillowcases. Hand embroidered. They have yet to se sewed up, but I'm not sure how I want to hem the scallop edge.

stuck on socks.

I've been playing catch up this week, nothing "blogworthy", losing a weekend can really throw your routine off.

I've been trying to think about what to include in my Sockapaloooza package. Alison suggests a postcard so the recipient has an idea of where his/her socks came from. I haven't been able to find a satisfactory postcard. I have opted instead to make a photo CD of the sights to include. Good idea, or too dorky? Maybe a few odds and ends will make it into the package as well.

There has been knitting. Not much, but some.

Carma's Cardigan, the Extremely Modified Salt Peanuts. I have one sleeve to go. (Sorry, no more pictures until it's in Carma's possession.)

Jess's Red Petticoat Socks.

My Six_Sox_Along project. The Sixth Sense Sock.

I'm trying to finish up a few things before I start my Lucky K8's and my Togs for Toys project.

KAL and contest winners

We've had a dilemma here, a dilemma I've decided to nip in the bud, before it gets out out of had. What is it you ask?


NAKED BABIES! They are everywhere. These were just the ones I found in the living room. In order to get a handle on this on going problem, I've joined Wendy's Togs for toys craft-a-long. It's a pretty simple concept. Here's the basic description.

Idea:Making one piece of toy clothes every month for 4 months. You can make the clothes using any technique you wish. (knit, crochet, felt, weave, sew, staple, tape, glue,...)
Rules:Must have sent a picture of your toy wearing the item you made by the 28th of the month.
Prizes:For every submission you get your name put into the fish bowl. Multiple submissions are welcomed. Random drawing will be picked on the first of the month for the previous month's submissions. Prizes will very from month to month.

If you need more info, contact Wendy. I was hoping to make a kicky little button for it today, but I'm way behind as it is.



Contest


Thank you all for the great suggestions. I'm had a bit of trouble deciding. I'm going to have to opt though for something I can make from my stash, so the winner is...

LavenderSheep with Lucky K8 gloves

She wins (please email me with your addy so I can get this to you.)some trekking sock yarn and a cute little tote.


and my randon winner (chosen by my handy eight sided D&D die)is:

trek who wins (Please email me with your addy too.)some MORE trekking yarn and a set of zippered pouches.

Thank you all. For those that need it my email is:

pinkerbell44@gmailDONOTSPAMME.com