Rambling and whining.

So, if I whine and say "It's not fair" enough, will the Goblin King come and take *me* away to the Escher castle?

FUZZY purple (almost raspberry) hat for Mom... To go with the scarf that I was too lazy to get a picture of.

No, that is not the toe of a sock! It is an experiment in dollhouse furniture. No, I do not have the other sock on a second set of needles. It is a knot I am trying to untangle.

But seriously, you can't really consider something made with double strands of acrylic worsted weight on size 8 dpns with a total of 36 stitches per round to be a sock. More of an experiment in trying to figure out why people would spend *weeks* making socks. As an *instant gratification* type I tend toward quick crochet projects, but I had to try it out... Might be something to try again in a few years. I'll let ya'll know *if* I finish them.

Next post will be more pictures than I should post... Be warned.

Update and more.

Etsy store updated again... (pimping myself, I have no shame.) http://mystarfalling.etsy.com
I will be putting up pictures of my small creature "helping" with T-day and might even have one of the lost tooth grin. If I have a brain I will try to get up some pictures of what I am actually working on. The sock had to die but everything else (and more) is still in progress. I might actually get near my sewing machine this afternoon to make that thing for my pal...Bad me. Hoping she won't be mad at me for being horribly late due to MESS. I can crochet because I keep my yarn next to my desk in my room...Sewing is a trial. There are also some serious issues going on with hunny's work and some people that I have recently met. Grumble. There are reasons I don't leave the house much.
A huge and public THANK YOU to lalabob for making that thing and is there some way I can pay you back?
More when the brain is better caffienated.

Urp, scuse me...

Yeah, I'm thankful. Whats it to ya.
Some of the things that make it so I can wake up and not go maniacally homicidal.
My Daughter... For every day she gives me one smile.
My Mother... For only saying "I told you so" once in a while.
My Husband... Glad I didn't settle for second best and glad that when the best came around I knew what to do. And his mom for being just a little NUTS. (=
My Brother (and his wife)... He's off doing his duty to keep us all free, and I am jealous cause he gets to be in Germany for a year.
My Uncle and Auncle... For just being the coolest.
My house... Pit though it may be some days, it is still mine.
*My pretty pretty stove*... Gas and black enamel. Loverly, and it does what I tell it to.
*My laundry machines*... Never realized how much I appreciate them till I had to do a months laundry at $1.50 to wash and dry a single load.
*My sewing machines*... I can't hand sew worth a darn, pun intended.
My town... I may hate it with a passion sometimes but the fact that there is no random gunfire and a low rate of homicide makes it home.
My Friend(s)... The one that has listened to the "mack truck make-out" whine. The new ones that are becoming more and more worth my time. The ones that I spend *hours* a day reading about on-line.
My Yarn obsession... I really would be in the nut house if I didn't fondle the fiber. It is my method of mental relaxation since I don't drink more than a couple single drinks a year and drugs are way too distracting and expensive. Can't have things taking my attention from the yarn, I mean child and housework.
My new favorite doctor... She READ MY FILE before offering me random prescriptions to fix me. Whee, all for doctors that can read.
COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE.
I am thankful for so many little things as well as the big ones that I am surprised I don't explode from thankfulness, Oh wait... That's the turkey.

Ambitious much...

Announcement 1... I just put up a few more things on my Etsy page. Please go look. http://Mystarfalling.etsy.com


Announcement 2... Ha, pictures.

A crocheted twisted cable scarf that I have been working on. Loverly wool. Hoping to felt it a bit once it is finished to tighten up the cables. Done with front and back post double crochet. If you want me to lay out the "pattern" let me know.

A cotton dish scrubbie that I have been designing also with front/back post doubles. I will be typing this up for the benefit of the "cloth crew" within a week-ish.

A huge scarf that I started last night to use some cotton that had been yelling at me. The first section is solid black held together with grey. The second section is a variegated with the grey and the third section will be white. I have about decided that it will go to someone special that lives with "Shades of Grey" which is what I have decided to call this.

Uh, so I am trying to not let the sock kill me. I am stuck in the middle of the heel for now but when it is done I will have warm tootsies. Using baby yarn so as to not KILL the beautiful Opal that My pal sent me recently. Practice...

And the knitting. Working on a 1x1 ribbed scarf in grey wool for hunny. I am about half way done with it.
On top of all this I am heading towards the cleaning of the craft table because I HAVE to get in there withing the week to make my DS pal her pressies. I have the plan, I have the materials and tools I just don't have the clear space in front of my sewing machine. Small creature sometimes gets her craft on at my table and forgets to clean it up...The pile ensues.
More soon, I hope.

New pattern coming soon...and stuff.

So, I am working out issues with a skein of cotton and front and back post double crochet. I made a couple of dish scrubbies in junk acrylic and found one that works really nicely. Now I am trying a variation on the theme with cotton cause I had it on hand...I was going to make a bath puff for hunny but that didn't work out so well. I am going to put up a picture or three and the text of the pattern once it is done.
Now the "stuff"
Tonight will be the second meeting of a local group of fiber enthusiasts. I will be bringing my works in progress and enough other stuff to demonstrate with. Those that are coming should bring their projects and questions. Once things have gotten going we can discuss what I will need to post for edification.
Mouse still on the loose but hopefully not for long.
Two packages will be going out today... One to my downstream pal and one to my***upstream*** pal. I found out that my upstream pal has been having difficulty getting any communication from her upstream and feel like sending her a hug. The person ignoring her should have more *&$%#^@& care for the obligations. I have been happily spoiled by someone that has been given next to no reason to play her part. I truly am blessed by that. (and even if I had guessed who she was, I would keep my mouth shut...) Hopefully, she will read this and know how much I appreciate her efforts.
MORE STUFF...
Why do I seem to be running out of yarn? I have yarn....really. I just can't seem to figure out what it wants to be right now. I guess there will be more Watchum Pockets coming than I had thought....Soon I will be down to the *good* stuff and then I will suffer. The nagging feeling that I should be making something "better" with the yarn.
OK, done with my whining for now.

AAAAAAARGH!

I want to find the hole that they are coming in and plug it! This time there was a mousie in my pantry. Luckily I had already used the stuff that was important to make things for pal type people but the little beastie ATE my last bag of reeses peanut butter chips, ALL of my daughters favorite oatmeal and my bags of easy cook pasta with sauce. So, I had to throw away money and clean out the cabinets on top of having to set traps. I hate having to set traps. I hate having furry invaders.
Oh, yeah. There is supposed to be some fiber content to my rantings. Working on... Heather grey k1p1 rib scarf for hunny, who has finally succumbed to my griping about him not wearing a scarf. Scarf for (might be me, might be my mom...We'll see when it's done) in a twisted
quasi-cable pattern that I am improv-ing from front post and back post double crochet. Watchum Pockets from random acrylics to be added to the storefront. Finishings on other things to go there too...Bags with buttons and such.
Other than being too busy cleaning up mouse poo to take decent pictures, That's the life and times of me for now....Wait though, the weather might change.

The insanity has begun.

I have started listing things on ETSY. No, really. In order to support my fiber addiction I am really trying to sell some of my stuff. Anyone that wants to look it over and give me comments about how to make it better are welcome. mystarfalling.etsy.com

Crazy/Cool Lady and her Contest

http://shutupimcounting.blogspot.com/2007/11/333-contest-few-of-my-favorite-things.html
This deserves a post all on it's own. Cass is the coolest klutz I have so far had opportunity to read. I admire the way she keeps going after losing her mind as well as many things needed for running a life.

Added...

I put up a Creative Commons license at the bottom of the page. I'll figure out how to put it where I want it later.

Six Years and counting

Six years ago today my dearest Hunny made me a slightly less dis-honest woman by standing in front of a judge and saying that he agreed to put up with me on a legally binding basis. I knew the moment I saw him that there was something to be said for a beard. I haven't doubted his commitment, loyalty or devotion to this family once since the night he got down on his knees in the freezing cold on my mothers porch because he said he wanted to "do it right". I will admit there have been some days where murder was in the air but it was a loving kind of murder. This man has been able to put up with me without multiple trips to the mental ward or jail and for some unknown reason seems to want to keep doing it. I found the right kind of crazy and I hope it lasts another 60 years.