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Dancing Sheep to Sheep

I am still adding links and stuff??

soon to go bye-bye!!

Due to some weird search results due to the name of this blog and some other things I will soon be changing blogs (again) I am getting things set up now and hope that even though I have not written a post in over a month that you hang in there and follow me when the new blog is up. It will have a new name. I don't know if I am going to stay with blogspot or not. I should be set up soon.

ready, set, go

I knew that I haven't blogged in while but life has been in the way. That and the fact that for some reason I can't blog from work anymore. I have started my sewing class. It has been fun. We learned how to cut out a pattern.

This is the back of a quilt that I made. It came out pretty good for the first time.

This is the front. Daughter Uno claimed it before it was even done.

I have been knitting but not much.

It was within reach....

For a few weeks now, I have stalked the Knitterly Things shop. I have waited for a shop update. The thing is that I was so excited to see openings for Yarn Pirate booty club on friday I forgot about everything. I guess that while I was figuring out the difference in time be eastern and pacific, the Knitterly Things shop was updated. Sigh.....
So imagine my surprise when I checked on monday and saw that there was still Vesper sock yarn available. hooray!! It was meant to be!! I put a skein of stripy goodness into my cart and got all my info in. I was one step away and I stopped. I actually thought to myself..... SELF! Do you need more sock yarn?? My answer was no I don't. I should really make an effort to use some that I have first before I buy more. I closed the browser.....

Ok I am going to let you catch your breath and probably pick yourself up off the floor!

Honestly, I have been so slow at making socks and so fast at buying sock yarn that it becoming most of my stash. To the point that I didn't even have one skein of yarn of the right weight of yarn to make a swatch for Cutaway!! I still haven't figured out what yarn I want to use for it. I guess cause this will be the first sweater for myself I want the yarn to be really special. I want it to knit well and drape perfectly. I guess that is every knitters dream when they pick yarn. What is a girl to do....

(OK let me tell you what I did. I just went to Knitterly Things and there was still yarn!! see I told you.. MEANT TO BE!!!! I got some Astro. I hope that this yarn is everything that people say it is!! )

All the news that's fit to print.

Whenever I can I try to go to the SnB on Wednesday night in downtown New Haven. The city is probably best known for being the home of Yale University. About 2 weeks ago, (it might have been more) and there was a reporter (Mia Wang) for The New Journal Magazine. She did an article on the group. You can read about it here. Just scroll down the article titled Sharing needles. That's me, Heather!! I thought that the article was very nice and put the group and knitting in a positive light.

A funny thing happened last night at my daughter's school orientation. I was in my daughter's classroom with the other parents listening to the teacher and a woman next to me starting talking to me and I realized that she was from SnB. Jackie (who is also mentioned in the article) also has a child in the same class. What a small world. It helped put me at ease knowing someone there. She also lives right down the street from me. I wonder if we could cross breed our stashes to form some kind of super yarn!!

Oh by the way, I want to make the Cutaway sweater by Chic knits. It calls for a DK/Sport yarn and I am having a hard time finding a good one. The pattern doesn't give a yarn used for the sweater. Right now I am making a swatch with Knit Picks Merino Style. I am not sure if this is the right yarn to use but first I have to finish the swatch. Anyone got any suggestions? ?

creative photo directors sold seperately..

First up in my update is a cuff of a jaywalker for my daughter. So far so good. I am hoping to get my act together and finish it before Summer of Socks ends...

This is my finished pair of socks. My only pair so far for the Summer of Socks 2007. This is Socks that Rock medium weight. My husband put them in the washing machine and dryer with the rest of the laundry. I was horrified when I saw them come out of the basket. But they made it through ok. (Don't mind the toys. This picture was taken at the last second before my post.)

This Claudia's Handpainted. This very nice yarn and the colors don't disappoint. I suggest that if you haven't tried some, you get some!!

This is Zen String. I have never tried it but I just loved the colors on the screen when I saw it at The Loopy Ewe. I loved them move when I saw it in person.

More Claudia's Handpainted. This time its from the latest Loopy Ewe sock club. It's for fall and its the perfect colors for fall!

(My Creative Photography department hard at work.)

As the luck turns....

After a summer of downfalls, I have finally had some good luck. Or should I say great luck. (Well I probably just jinxed myself.) I took my MIL to a slot tournament at Mohegan Sun Casino and ended up winning a jackpot on a dollar slot machine. SWEET!! I got 1000 bucks and I put it right in the bank!!

Than Friday I won a blog contest over at Vera's crafty blog. I had the answer to her The Flight of the Conchords trivia question. I am getting some sock yarn from her stash. Oh this is going to be good. Sock yarn is the best prize!!

I am also getting more sock yarn from the Yarn Pirate! (Go give her some baby love) I just found out that I won a contest on her blog too! This would be the second time I have won a contest on her blog!! I guess what her neighbors (she calls them the yard parkers) had just recently add to the collection of junk on their yard. It was a big flip flop for Mike's hard lemonade!! Honestly the next time she has a contest you have to enter. (I might even let you win!!) It has to be one of my favorite yarns from an Indie dyer. I got my first skein long ago and haven't looked back since. Her merino/tencel yarn is awesome. At least I don't have to use my $25 frequent buyer credit at The Loopy Ewe to get some more!! Again-- Awesome. More yarn!!

Now for pictures...

In Lake George we went swimming...

We stopped at Santa's Workshop and had to take our pictures in all of this photo things. There were like 4.

Even Daughter Dos got in on the action!!

We also went to The Magic Forest. (sorry I can't find a link) Can you see Daughter Uno sitting on the foot. This guy was huge. I want to say he was 365 feet. I could be wrong.

The last 2 are just random...


Have a great Labor Day!!

I'm a bit slow.....

So I know that I promised pictures of pretty yarn but truth be told I haven't even taken them yet. I have just been a big ball of mental forgetness (is that even a word?) It always seems that I have something to do that prevents me from getting around to it. I guess that I should take this time to mention that I am going to sign up for a sewing class. Yeah that's right cause I just need one more thing to focus on!! So in place of promised pictures, I leave you with a picture that I took in Lake George of a friend of mine who is just my speed!!