damn you pinterest!!!!

with all your pretty pins

pinned by pinners

pin after pin

of pretty this and prettier that

page after page of

ohh's and ahh's

and Oh I could make that

or

so and so would like that

or 

god forbid you go below the photo and find that endless list of

"you may like these"

pins

you could end up in

timbuktooooo

and not know how you got there

or who you are anymore

and heaven help you if you come across a new page

or 

BLOG

or

magazine

or yarn company

you aren't even safe in your own

room anymore

behind your monitor

 screen

tablet 

 phone android or not

lap top

millions of us have now squeezed and pushed and shoved and forced

a bzillion pins onto one place

and 

damn if we don't try to see all of them

I think we have a problem 

houston

so

wind  'em if you have'em

get that ball winder out

get those dusty bags full of tangles and mess

and bits and pieces and oh's and ahh's started and never thought of again

knot it all together

and make some 

fresh tightly wound balls and have at it

pinterest ain't going anywhere.......

and

neither are we!!!!!

:)

a touch of the bah humbugs..

with a smidgen of

I'm so sick of winter and I don't even have to go out in it

so why an I complaining.....

made on Picasa

something new on the needles

coz I got bored with the other things
on the other needles
it might be for someone close by but I'm not sure
hopefully I'll get the hang of the slip stitch pattern and
ZZOOOOOOMMM
it off the needles this weekend
 :)

had to send the new camera back
the lens kept sticking
guess I zoomed one too many times
or it got too cold
or dust made it stick...
but I still have my precious Blue
and that's what I took the knitting with
the new one will be here soon I suppose
and as there isn't much of anything to shoot
all is good
for now
stay warm
 or cool
or dry
stay safe
and I'll see you soon
somewhere out there!!!!!!

another weekend...

and this is what my phone said when I woke it up

hope your morning is

goo

too!!!

husband also pointed out to me the other day that I can talk to my phone

no not someone ON my phone

but TO my phone

hello phone

please tell me the

Weather

and it shows me the

Weather

it doesn't talk back

yet

I don't think anyway

but that's OK

I've had enough back talk

(and yes I usually just look out of the window to see what the weather is!!!)

:)

someone we all know

and love

♥ (Andigal)  ♥

 has been showing us her

stash

ooh!!!!

xxx

she can knit socks like there is no tomorrow

and if I wore socks I would have her knit me some

lots

tons

isn't she lucky I don't

wear socks

:)x

so I thought I would show you some I have recently acquired

that I just love

it's another funky chunky monkey

and it's just such fun

got it yesterday so I've only started three things to see how it works

and frogged them all

just practicing

do you do that with new yarn

just start something randomly to play with it

like this other stuff I got

it's so soft and squishy and feels so good

so I got needles out and somehow remembered how to

entrelac

in the car on the way home!!!!!

and then while looking at some very french blogs came across

a pattern done entirely with

x's and o's

it took a second or two and it made sense

it was code for this!!!!

 I like the entrelac the best...

so we'll see

thick squishy wool worked in spring

makes sense

and the fan and feather

feather and fan

who remembers

but it's done too

long and lovely

and another yarn I got that I didn't show you

'coz I haven't been around

this is a

 shawl

that is

ALMOST done

I'm going to see if this works as an edging as I have run out of yarn

the light is once again rubbish so the colours are off

if not then

it's done!!!

funky shquishy shquashy chunky

yum

and this blast from the past

it was done ages ago but I never taa daah'd it

it weighs a ton and is very very warm

I used it once when it actually got cold

the one day it did this winter!!!!

and with the other ball of this colour that I had

another one of these

(scarves)

that I don't wear

so I have a pile of them now!!!!!

a quick and easy piece that is missing it's edge but it won't take long to finish
I changed it somehow and just kept going!!!

I predict who will take this the next visit!!!

and should she show interest in picking up the needles

I found some for pennies on sale

with all the dark yarn I seem to have using the pretty wood ones from Knit pick

makes me blind so I got these as they are white-ish and I can see the stitches so much better

so there we are

 a weeks worth in one posting

should have cut it up in bits and made you think I was really really

getting them done

zing zing zing

you know all blog perfect

and blogalicious

read another rant about why bloggers pretend all is well and perfect

and don't show the reality

sigh!!!!

what I REALLY hope is that the people who won the

mother of all jackpots

put all that money to good use

and don't waste it on rubbish

did you know that within five years of winning huge amounts

most of the winners are broke and OWE money

it shouldn't be allowed!!!!!

apparently 3 tickets showed up as winners

in different states

mind boggling

have a goo one peoples

:)X

this...

while I was doing this 

 

after I had done this

suddenly and out of the blue

!!!

it started doing this

it got really thick for a while

and so dark the night light came on

but somehow I don't mind too much

for I have this

on the table

and another pot of this on the other burner

so it can do this for a while if it needs to

                                                                             

it isn't going to last anyway

the temperature is going up in 24 hrs

so a little of this won't be too bad

so long as I have

this

:)

xx

can you have too many needles and too much yarn....

greetings earthlings

I have come to take over the planet!!!!!!

:)

do you have one of these?

as a child I had one made from a thread spool and it made tiny little cords

now you can buy steroid fed ones

 I think with the large end one could probably make a small pouch if you used thick enough yarn!!!

 I have finally decided

(well I think I have

we'll have to see how I get on!!!)

what I will do with my

yarn dyed and spun by

Ruth

 

I found it on

Knitty

it's called

Clapotis

I've seen it around for a long time but never stopped to look at it

and I think it will suit the yarn

or is it the yarn will suit it???

at the very end of all the knitting you get to drop a whole bunch of stitches

on purpose

and it makes stripes!!!

I like dropping stitches

on purpose

:)

I also have this yarn that I love

so I'm going to see what it looks like in

Entrelac

and this yarn that I bought a few days ago

coz I couldn't help it!!!

found a really cool pattern for this

don't recall the name of it

you start with one stitch

add on with a Kfb on all rows

and then when it's wide enough

you make short rows until you run out of stitches

and then you turn and start again

and it ends up making a zig zag....

I should look for the pattern and link to it!!!!

edit

 here is the pattern

:{  :}

I knitted for two evenings and got this far

one more ball and that's it

it's very long and skinny

and it's wool so it's warm

very warm

but the weather is changing again

it's like a roller coaster here these days

and these are some stitch markers I made with some tiny buttons and jump rings

this one is made with a

cloisonne bead

hope all is well in your part of the world

stay warm and safe all

see ya!

in the words of Johnny Carson?

wacky wacky

weird...

weather

the temperature rose over night

as the winds blew in from the West

bringing rain and thunderstorms with it

we had a squall come through  at around 8.30 a m that turned it black outside

and it was gone as fast as it had come in

then the sky started changing by the minute

love looking at the sky

hope your sky is worth a look today

now the temperature is

d

r

o

p

p

ing

and will continue to all day long

wacky wacky

weird

they said it's the warmest winter in history

don't think they are too far off this time!

but it's only

January

we still have a long way to go

(boo)

so get an idea/pattern stuck in your head

work on it a while

knit yourself a little rectangle



sew up the bottom third of it

find some fabric that kinda sorta matches/compliments

and make a little lining

 put a little pocket or three in it

to put

stuff in

like

needles and pins

and scissors



or even your pennies

for a rainy day

???

!!!!

and as they say .......

somewhere out there

voila

you have yourself another little

bag

made of

hounds tooth check

that has finally

moved itself out of your brain

so you may now move on to other

stuff

see ya!!