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June 24, 2009 By 1 Comment

Well yesterday was a little tough. My mind kept racing and I didn’t get to sleep til well after 3am. Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m an early to bed, early to rise kind of gal. Normally I’m sawing logs by 11pm and up no later than 6:30am. But not last night. I got up at 8:30am and started to get ready for my first day of work.

Would you like to know how my day went?

Of course you would. Otherwise you wouldn’t be here.

Well ok, if you insist, I will tell you.

It. Was. Awesome.

So awesome. The woman I was working with was crazy nice. The shop owner asked my opinion about stuff. I got to help people with their knitting. It was soooo cool. I’m tired, mainly because A. I didn’t sleep much last night and B. I’m spoiled rotten and don’t have to work 8 whole hours like ever anymore. But it really was a fabulous day. And for the cherry on top my beginning knitting class is totally full for Saturday! Yay me!

In other news we hit the Cummer Museum again last night and met up with some friends. Here are some pictures of the monsters in the gardens. (The stone kind and the ones that belong to me!)

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Tell them.

June 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

You always hurt the ones you love. You know the old adages. When’s the last time you kissed your kids good night? When’s the last time you told your spouse that you love them? That you really appreciate them? When’s the last time you did something nice for a friend just because?

Well go do it.

Yes, now.

I’ll wait.

Of course I’m telling you this because someone died. I won’t lie and say that it was someone I was super close to, because it wasn’t. Never was actually. We went to school together. He was funny and easily had one of the best smiles ever. Ever I tell you. Nowadays with all the networking stuff we were facebook friends of course. He had really adorable little boys and a lovely wife and I found his work in green energy kind of fascinating. And he’s gone. Just like that.  And there is a very large group of his family and friends who have a hole that will never heal. But I think it’s the wife and kids that gets me the most.

What if you were gone tomorrow? What if they were? Did you tell them everything you needed to? Did you hug and kiss them until they squirmed to get away from you?

Tell them.

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Shhh….

May 17, 2009 By 3 Comments

Seriously. All this secret knitting is just killing my blog. Killing it I tell you. I feel the urge to take artsy texture shots of the projects in question just so that I can show you something – anything. But alas, it would not be wise.

Yesterday we did a yarny roadtrip. I drove in the new van, and took Kim, Kristin, and Chris along for the ride. We had a fabulous time. We visited Yarnworks in Gainesville and then we headed over to Hanks, which I love and adore. It is so nice to go to Hanks and be welcomed in with warm smiles and big hugs. It honestly just makes my day. While we there I got some more Haldesoap…

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And then I purchased two skeins of possibility. What you say, it looks like malabrigo lace to you? Nah. I mean yes. But it’s possibility to me. I’m gonna dye it up and see how it takes the dye. And then we may shoot for a new line of laceweight. Might be the start of something big.

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After our yarny adventures we had lunch next door to Hanks at Leonardo’s where we had various entrees and the famous garlic rolls. These garlic rolls are made of love and butter and oh my goodness. If you’re ever in Gainesville you must go and have some.

In other news on Friday I went and got all my hair chopped off. No really. I went in and she asked what we were doing and I told her to chop it all off. I had enough to donate to locks of love and still have a nice length bob out of it. Plus she colored it for me in this rich dark color that I didn’t think I could pull off, but everyone says I can. So yay for good hairdressers. (Um, I would show you a picture but I need to find someone who can make look human and not like a zombie or a monkey. I don’t think I look like either of those in real life, but if I do… well I don’t want to know about it!)

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Feelin’ Groovy

April 29, 2009 By 1 Comment

Ok. So I’m also feeling tired. It’s 9:50 PM and after I blog I shall be washing the face, brushing the teeth, and doing a mad hunt for my sleeping mask. Yes I wear one. It’s very frou-frou. It’s hot pink and it has little black eyelashes embroidered on it. I would take a picture of it but it always seems to get lost under the bed. Hence the hunting. Why do I wear one? Remember the rest stop blankets on the boys’ windows? Same reason. Brightest halogen lamp ever. Of course I’m not sure what the purpose of it is because the cats and the racoons seem to think it’s their own personal spotlight, but whatever.

Why am I tired? Two reasons. Both of which are a friend’s fault. Reason one – exercise. Yes I know it’s good for me. But for three days in a row she shows up at my door with her family in tow (literally – there is a wagon involved) and I gather up the boys and we walk. Only about two and a quarter miles, but from nothing to that… well it’s making me tired.

Reason two:

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More cheesy vampire books. Also said friend’s fault. She loaned them to me. I read the first one last night (up until 1am – tired!) and the 2nd one this morning, and the 3rd one this afternoon. And then I went for another walk. She has the fourth book but she’s not done yet. She needs to hurry. No, really.

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Manual Labor

April 3, 2009 By 4 Comments

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I love dyeing yarn. Really love it. But there are other parts that are less fun. Like the re-skeining and the photography. I think I might have to take some sort of photography class because honestly, I suck. I take 20 pictures and I’m lucky to get one useful one. (That picture above? Not particularly useful). Oh well. I’m enjoying the yarny stuff. I have an order of some merino roving to dye up, and I’m really looking forward to that. No reskeining!!! But still with the photographing. Oy with the poodles already.

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This is very, very cool btw. KnottyLa and KnittyKnitterton of ravelry and blogland have come up with another awesome sock club idea. Sign ups start today and this is one of those very fun ones that you don’t want to miss out on. Super secret colorways and the kind of snarky goodness that you’ve come to expect from them – especially if you’re familiar with their rubberneckin’ skills.

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Late.

February 4, 2009 By 1 Comment

It’s late. I left the house at around 2pm to head to Gainesville to visit Hanks with Chris and got home at nearly 10pm. I’m tired, but I’m still awake, because I needed to get some breakfast baked for tomorrow. Fun, fun, fun. But at least my adoring husband did the laundry I needed – without me even asking. Because that would have made this night even later.

While at Hanks, I got some Haldesoap, some zum rub, and some Lorna’s Laces. I’ll take pictures later. It was a good trip.

Tomorrow I have no classes and big plans to accomplish stuff. Wish me luck!

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Gratitude.

January 26, 2009 By 3 Comments

Yesterday was awesome. So many people came out! I think at one point we had a top head count of sixty. Sixty knitters in Memorial Park, on a Sunday afternoon. Wearing handknits, chit-chatting, drinking Starbucks. It was very, very good. So now we must pass out some thank-yous.

First Kimber.

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Could she be any cuter? She was the mastermind behind this amazing plan. And she really did so very much. Coordinating all the prizes, adding tags, running the raffles, spreading the good word… There’s a reason we all love her so. Also, you can see on the table there with Kimber some of the raffle prizes. Two amazing local yarnstores and two indie dyers stepped up to the plate on this one. So go, visit, buy stuff from them. Because they are made of generosity and awesome.

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It really was a wonderful day. And to make it all better, we raised $320 for the Hubbard House in Jacksonville. Kimber and I will be heading over there with a cashier’s check this week. Look for pictures and an update on that later. If you came out, I hope you enjoyed yourself. And we hope to do more Jacksonville Knitting Events in the near future! If you click on the picture below it will take you to pictures I uploaded from the event. If you have pics to share, let me know, I’d love to add them!

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Tie a piece of yarn around your finger…

January 24, 2009 By 1 Comment

Put a note on your bathroom mirror… but don’t forget the Jacksonville Knit In Public tomorrow! Memorial Park in Riverside – 12 noon til whenever, you know you don’t wanna miss it!

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3-D Billboards and Big 30 Foot Smurfs!

January 23, 2009 By 2 Comments

I need to do less things that are secret. Right now I am doing some contract work so I can’t show any pictures of that. And I’m working on designs that will be submitted to magazines (print & online) so I can’t show those either. Hey, I can show you a dyeing picture. Results that I’m really happy with:

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The good news is that I consider this yarn pretty close to perfect. I wanted a rich semi-solid scarlet color and I got it. The bad news is that I doubt I could ever recreate these results. The dyepot foamed. And the dyes split and looked at me with bonafide crazy eyes. I had to put a plate into the dyepot to keep the yarn from rising above the foam. It was insane. And this was base yarn and dyes I’ve used before. And I can find no logical explanation for the foaming dyepot. But hey, it’s pretty, yes?

In other news, everybody wants to be naked and famous. (That’s a really great song by the Presidents of the United States of America, so get your mind out of the gutter.) But someone I know and love is on the road to fame and fortune and taking over the fibery world. She is easiest the most creative person I know. And her stuff is in Knitscene this month!!!

In other news, I am crazy. I have overextended myself in ways that should not be humanly possible. Like I don’t need a clone, I need about five clones to get it all done on time. I’m thinking sleep is overrated, yes?

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A tree grows in Jacksonville…

November 12, 2008 By 2 Comments

Actually it’s been growing for over 200 years. Treaty Oak is huge, and beautiful, and breathtaking. The branches are strong and heavy and gnarled, and they wind down upon themselves and grow right back into the ground. It’s one of my favorite things in this entire city.

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I love this last picture. All of kids were laughing and smiling. All was right with the world. It was a good day.

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Why yes, I am running out of bloggy inspiration. A bit. Actually I’m coming down with something and feeling quite wretched. So look at the pretty pictures and come back tomorrow. I’ll be more interesting then. Promise!

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