Perfect Day

• Wake up to some great gifts from Pea, including these for my feet and sewing machine . . .
  
• Out to a yummy brunch, complete with a mimosa
• Off to a yarn store we'd never been to before (okay, this part was not so perfect, as it was not quite the yarn store for me and I left empty handed)
• Off to a yarn store I knew I loved where I was told to pick out whatever I wanted. I got these which predict bags and shawls in my future. . .
  
• Off to the mall for some shimmery nail polish
• Home to give the pedicure stuff a try . . .
  
• Dinner (and dessert) with the parents
• Back home with some pretty new flowers for the porch (thanks Mom!!)
  

Too bad birthdays only come once a year.

Head start??

I chose my Holiday Headstart project for this month when an e-mail from Knitting Daily came in. There was a link to the cutest little felted bag (it's on the left ), and I knew it would be perfect for my cousin's daughters. I could knit one this month, and one later.

I know this will be hard to believe, but I couldn't find any yarn in my stash that would work for the bags. I wanted pink for Alexis, but the only pink I had was bulky weight. I wanted purple for Alina, but the purple skein I had was too pretty to felt down and give to a preteen. So off to the yarn store for two skeins of Lamb's Pride - one in Lotus Pink and one in Wild Violet. Perfect.

I cast on the pink purse when we got home on Saturday. I finished binding it off this morning and was all set to felt it. Want to see?Oh yes, that's right. Just a pile 'o balled up yarn. Apparently, my brain took a little vacation while knitting this purse. I must have incorrectly marked the start of my rounds after picking up stitches from the bottom of the purse. After knitting the body of the purse, and the handle, and the flap - and weaving in all my ends - I held it up to admire. The bottom of the purse was turned about 45 degrees from where it should be, so the left end of the handle ended up where the flap should have been. D'oh. I really should have taken a picture to show you the misshapen horror I knit. There was no choice but to frog. ****

I can't bear to restart this for May. So, anyone got a quick project I could crank out in 5 days??

**** I do realize I could have just ripped out the handles and the flap and reknit them in the proper place. But instead I decided I would rip the bottom of the bag and re-knit that. It was a disaster and THEN there was no choice but to frog the whole bag. Grrrr.

Too much stuff about me

You know that "7 / 8 things about me" meme that you've seen everywhere? Well, I too was tagged . . . several times!! By Jessica, Wendy, HDW, and Knit Annie. I'm not sure what I have left to tell you about, but here goes:

1. If I could change one thing about my life, I have no hesitation about what it would be. I would no longer have diabetes.
2. And as long as I'm at it, no one else would have diabetes either. (Heck, if I'm curing myself, I might as well cure everyone!!)
3. My immediate family all have birthdays that can fall on holidays. My dad and Pea have birthday's one day apart, and they sometimes fall on Labor Day. My mom's is sometimes on Tax Day. My brother's birthday is sometimes on Election Day. And some years, mine is on Memorial Day.
4. I get VERY attached to things. My vacuum just broke, and I bought a new one, but it still killed me to throw out the old one. After all, we've sucked up a lot of crumbs and dust-bunnies together!
5. More often than not, I would rather stay home and knit in front of the T.V. than go out.
   
6. More often than not, Pea would rather go out than stay home. I don't know how we manage to comprise. (Actually, I do. He usually gives in to me.)
7. In real life, I'm much less "happy and cheerful" than I seem on my blog. I guess blog-me tries to be more positive and upbeat, while real-me is more pessimistic.
   

I think I'm the last one to do this meme, but if you haven't done it, consider yourself tagged!!

Okay, on a lighter note, here is my entry for the Summer Goals Contest. This was easy, because I love setting up lists and goals!!

• Lots of socks (have you joined Summer of Socks 2007?)
  
• My second lace shawl
• Finish Tahoe
• Finish my last two UFO's . . . well, okay, at least work on them enough to move them to WIP status
  
• Knit at least one tank
  

Oh yes, and if I remember correctly, I saw this contest at Knitting in Pink, Craftlily, and Serendipitous Opportuknitty. You can enter until the end of the month, so start making your list and remember to tell Ali I sent you!!

Yarn P*rn of the Week

I thought about photographing this Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in an actual cherry tree, but I couldn't find any around.

The colorway is Misty Moor, but alas, no moors (misty or otherwise) to be found around here either.

Truth is, this yarn is so pretty . . . it makes my heart bleed.

Ah, bleeding hearts are easily found right in my own back yard!!

On deck and ready to become Zephyr Socks.

Friday Sewing

For the past couple of weeks, I've been doing a small sewing project each Friday. First, I made some pajama bottoms, which I probably won't post until I make the top. (I have been wearing them - with a t-shirt though!!) Last week I got out my new Simple Sewing book and practiced my skills on a Simple Tote out of some (dorky) fabric scraps I had lying around. And this morning, I took the book out again and whipped up this little backpack.You can't really tell from the picture, but I split the pocket into three compartments. One for knitting needles, perhaps?? Well, only if I could be sure they wouldn't fall out!!