Instructions are to type only 1 word answers.
Here we go.
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse.
2. Your significant other? Upstairs.
3. Your hair? Colored.
4. Your mother? Quilter.
5. Your father? Retired.
6. Your favorite thing? Knitting.
7. Your dream last night? None.
8. Your favorite drink? Soda.
9. Your dream/goal? Travel.
10. You’re in? Deep.
11. Your fear? Spiders.
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Remodeled.
13. Where were you last night? Home.
14. What you’re not? Uptight.
15. Muffins? Please!
16. One of your wish list items? Yarn.
17. Where you grew up? Midwest.
18. The last thing you did? Drive.
19. What are you wearing? Clothes.
20. Your TV? On.
21. Your pet? Begging.
22. Your computer? Laptop.
23. Your life? Complicated.
24. Missing someone? Yes.
25. Your car? Dirty.
26. Something you’re not wearing? Skirt.
27. Favorite Store? LYS.
28. Your summer? Short.
29. Your favorite color? Emerald.
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today.
31. Last time you cried? Hmmm...
32. FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME? DH, Mom, Deb, Roni.
33. FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS: Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, pancakes.
34. FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW? London, Budapest, Stockholm, Paris.
35. FOUR PEOPLE I THINK WILL RESPOND: Maureen, Martha, Sue, Susan.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Secret Pal 14
I'm participating in the Secret Pal 14 exchange. Regular blogging will resume tomorrow.
What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? I like natural fibers best.
What fibers do you absolutely not like? For myself, I don’t care for acrylic or cotton (hard on my hands), but I do knit with both for different projects.
What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? I have a fish tackle bag.
How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? I learned in 2003 by taking a class. I was interested in knitting, but was also looking to meet people as I had just moved to a new city.
Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? I’m probably at intermediate.
Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? No, I don't. But if you are looking for ideas for non-knitting books, I'm starting to read the Rumpole of the Bailey books. So far I only own Rumpole and the Reign of Terror.
What’s your favorite scent? Vanilla, citrus, cinnamon.
Do you have a sweet tooth? Definitely! Favorite candy? Milk chocolate.
What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? In my pre-knitting days, I did counted cross stitch. I still cross stitch – just not as much.
Do you spin? No – and I want to avoid that black hole.
What kind of music do you like? I like most music other than country-western. I mainly listen to podcasts.
Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) Yes, it can.
What’s your favorite color(s)? Autumn colors, jewel tones. Any colors you just can’t stand? For wearing for myself, I stay away from pastels and cold tones. But I have all colors in my stash – colors I wouldn’t use for myself are destined for gifts.
What is your family situation? Married, no kids. Do you have any pets? Two cats.
Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? Yes, yes, yes, and no.
What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? Currently on the needles – a couple of sweaters, baby items (cardigan, blanket), scarves, lace shawl. I’ve probably finished more scarves than any other item, but mainly because scarves are easy, knit-in-company projects. I don’t have any one favorite item.
What are you knitting right now? See previous answer.
Do you like to receive handmade gifts? Yes.
Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? I prefer circular. I knit with all three types – for metal needles I prefer Addis and for plastic I prefer Inox needles.
Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? Yes to both.
How old is your oldest UFO? From 2003. A sweater I was trying to design as a new knitter. Disaster. And it's made from wool that is not plied - impossible to frog.
What is your favorite holiday? What winter holiday do you observe? Christmas.
Is there anything that you collect? Yarn, yarn, and yarn. I have started to accumulate old patterns (right now have a couple of pattern books from the 1940’s and 1950’s). In looking around my house, I realize I've started to accumulate sheep.
Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? I like Piecework magazine. If my spoilee is from a country other than the US, I’d be interested in any magazines or yarn that are from my spoilee’s country.
What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? I subscribe to Interweave Knits.
Are there any new techniques you’d like to learn? Socks (I WILL learn!), entrelac, fair aisle.
Are you a sock knitter? Not currently.
What are your foot measurements? I have size 12 feet that are very– I would discourage anyone from knitting socks for me.
July 18thWhen is your birthday?
Are you on Ravelry? Yes. If so, what’s your ID? Stashhaus.
Hint to my spoiler - you may want to click here for the questionnaire from round 13.
What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? I like natural fibers best.
What fibers do you absolutely not like? For myself, I don’t care for acrylic or cotton (hard on my hands), but I do knit with both for different projects.
What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? I have a fish tackle bag.
How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? I learned in 2003 by taking a class. I was interested in knitting, but was also looking to meet people as I had just moved to a new city.
Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? I’m probably at intermediate.
Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? No, I don't. But if you are looking for ideas for non-knitting books, I'm starting to read the Rumpole of the Bailey books. So far I only own Rumpole and the Reign of Terror.
What’s your favorite scent? Vanilla, citrus, cinnamon.
Do you have a sweet tooth? Definitely! Favorite candy? Milk chocolate.
What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? In my pre-knitting days, I did counted cross stitch. I still cross stitch – just not as much.
Do you spin? No – and I want to avoid that black hole.
What kind of music do you like? I like most music other than country-western. I mainly listen to podcasts.
Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) Yes, it can.
What’s your favorite color(s)? Autumn colors, jewel tones. Any colors you just can’t stand? For wearing for myself, I stay away from pastels and cold tones. But I have all colors in my stash – colors I wouldn’t use for myself are destined for gifts.
What is your family situation? Married, no kids. Do you have any pets? Two cats.
Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? Yes, yes, yes, and no.
What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? Currently on the needles – a couple of sweaters, baby items (cardigan, blanket), scarves, lace shawl. I’ve probably finished more scarves than any other item, but mainly because scarves are easy, knit-in-company projects. I don’t have any one favorite item.
What are you knitting right now? See previous answer.
Do you like to receive handmade gifts? Yes.
Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? I prefer circular. I knit with all three types – for metal needles I prefer Addis and for plastic I prefer Inox needles.
Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? Yes to both.
How old is your oldest UFO? From 2003. A sweater I was trying to design as a new knitter. Disaster. And it's made from wool that is not plied - impossible to frog.
What is your favorite holiday? What winter holiday do you observe? Christmas.
Is there anything that you collect? Yarn, yarn, and yarn. I have started to accumulate old patterns (right now have a couple of pattern books from the 1940’s and 1950’s). In looking around my house, I realize I've started to accumulate sheep.
Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? I like Piecework magazine. If my spoilee is from a country other than the US, I’d be interested in any magazines or yarn that are from my spoilee’s country.
What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? I subscribe to Interweave Knits.
Are there any new techniques you’d like to learn? Socks (I WILL learn!), entrelac, fair aisle.
Are you a sock knitter? Not currently.
What are your foot measurements? I have size 12 feet that are very– I would discourage anyone from knitting socks for me.
July 18thWhen is your birthday?
Are you on Ravelry? Yes. If so, what’s your ID? Stashhaus.
Hint to my spoiler - you may want to click here for the questionnaire from round 13.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Playing Catch Up
It's been a frustrating 2 weeks that started with a high fever and swollen tonsils. Four days later after no improvement, penicillin was started. Today's the last day of meds and my throat, while improved, is not completely better.
I've not gotten much knitting done during this time - when I've been home, under the weather, I end up falling asleep mid-stitch.
The bright spot during this time was a visit from my brother-in-law's family. Meet the newest addition.
And his oldest brother who discovered a fascination with tractors while visiting my friends' farm.
A bit of home improvement has happened in the Haus. We got rid of DH's bachelor days TV stand and stereo cabinet
for something a bit more sophisticated.
I overcame my fear of dealing with anything electronic and dismantled the CD player to rescue a disc.
I actually got it back together and it still works.
On the knitting front, this is a restarted project -the Lace Ribbon Scarf. I was originally using Creatively Dyed's Ocean. While the colors were lovely, the fabric was not as soft as I'd like for a scarf, so I frogged it. The yarn, which is sock yarn, will make a lovely pair of socks.
Instead, I'm using Fleece Artist's washable merino wool. The color is Rose Garden.
(If you click to enlarge the photo, you can really see the colors.)
I ordered two sets of blocking mats from Knitpicks. Now to block Girasole and the other projects that were too large for my dining room table.
I've not gotten much knitting done during this time - when I've been home, under the weather, I end up falling asleep mid-stitch.
The bright spot during this time was a visit from my brother-in-law's family. Meet the newest addition.
And his oldest brother who discovered a fascination with tractors while visiting my friends' farm.
A bit of home improvement has happened in the Haus. We got rid of DH's bachelor days TV stand and stereo cabinet
for something a bit more sophisticated.
I overcame my fear of dealing with anything electronic and dismantled the CD player to rescue a disc.
I actually got it back together and it still works.
On the knitting front, this is a restarted project -the Lace Ribbon Scarf. I was originally using Creatively Dyed's Ocean. While the colors were lovely, the fabric was not as soft as I'd like for a scarf, so I frogged it. The yarn, which is sock yarn, will make a lovely pair of socks.
Instead, I'm using Fleece Artist's washable merino wool. The color is Rose Garden.
(If you click to enlarge the photo, you can really see the colors.)
I ordered two sets of blocking mats from Knitpicks. Now to block Girasole and the other projects that were too large for my dining room table.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Founding
Here we are, 233 years later - an ongoing experiment in representative government that rose out of a rebellion and turned into a revolution that finally ended with the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783.
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
To read the rest of the Declaration, visit here.
Happy Birthday, America - and many more.
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
To read the rest of the Declaration, visit here.
Happy Birthday, America - and many more.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Getting Away From It All
One of our neighbors has a camper (I'd guess about 30 feet long) that appeared next to our driveway when summer began. I noticed that it's gone most weekends and assumed our neighbors are avid campers.
Avid campers...to a point.
DH told me that most times they go to the local campground. (This is located approximately 8 blocks or so from here and is located about 2 blocks from Main Street and right on the main ATV trail that goes through town.) He said they told him they like to get away from it all - phones, work, etc. He asked if they went anywhere else and they named 2 other places - all in this county.
Somehow when one mentions wanting to get away, I picture a different scenario - or scenarios - which may include a spa resort, or a fiber-related event, or laying on a beach at a latitude closer to the equator sipping a cold, fruity, alcoholic beverage that's been delivered to my beach chair by a gorgeous waiter named Carlos. "Senorita," he says...
Ahem...you get the idea.
I do admire their ability to take a staycation - especially in these economic times. I've never been too attracted to the idea of camping. I doubt there is a camper big enough for me, DH, and the stash. I'm a wimp - I like sleeping in a bed and not having various wildlife running over me (except for the cats). DH has all kinds of camping stories of feeling things running across his face, or the time his brother stepped on a tarantula in his bare feet or, even worse...
WARNING - if squeamish, stop reading NOW!
...when a small mammal (rat, possibly) stuck it's nose in his ear.
Ewwwwwwwwww! Shudder! My skin crawls just typing that.
Lately, my way of getting away from it all is to grab some rare knitting time (usually at ungodly late hours) and sit down with an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey. Ah, Horace Rumpole, in many ways you are a man after my own heart. Now, if only you looked more like Carlos.
Avid campers...to a point.
DH told me that most times they go to the local campground. (This is located approximately 8 blocks or so from here and is located about 2 blocks from Main Street and right on the main ATV trail that goes through town.) He said they told him they like to get away from it all - phones, work, etc. He asked if they went anywhere else and they named 2 other places - all in this county.
Somehow when one mentions wanting to get away, I picture a different scenario - or scenarios - which may include a spa resort, or a fiber-related event, or laying on a beach at a latitude closer to the equator sipping a cold, fruity, alcoholic beverage that's been delivered to my beach chair by a gorgeous waiter named Carlos. "Senorita," he says...
Ahem...you get the idea.
I do admire their ability to take a staycation - especially in these economic times. I've never been too attracted to the idea of camping. I doubt there is a camper big enough for me, DH, and the stash. I'm a wimp - I like sleeping in a bed and not having various wildlife running over me (except for the cats). DH has all kinds of camping stories of feeling things running across his face, or the time his brother stepped on a tarantula in his bare feet or, even worse...
WARNING - if squeamish, stop reading NOW!
...when a small mammal (rat, possibly) stuck it's nose in his ear.
Ewwwwwwwwww! Shudder! My skin crawls just typing that.
Lately, my way of getting away from it all is to grab some rare knitting time (usually at ungodly late hours) and sit down with an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey. Ah, Horace Rumpole, in many ways you are a man after my own heart. Now, if only you looked more like Carlos.
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