I checked out this book from the library without looking inside:
http://www.amazon.com/Hookorama-25-Fabulous-Things-Crochet/dp/1846011205
Sadly, Amazon does not show the bounty of "Fabulous" things it has on the inside - I will tell you of the gems which lie inside:*Crocheted baguette cozy with matching knee pads!*A powdered wig!*Hula hoop cover!*Spats (which are modeled on a woman wearing high heels that has a rather noticeable gash on the top of her foot...she shows that gash off in almost every pic)*Crocheted picture edgings to glue to the side of a suitcase to prevent homesickness!*Adam & Eve Fig Leaf bikini's! (there is also a pattern for a serpent! Oooh! Biblical!)*A "Science Experiment" sweater, complete with bouclé burnholes and a periodic table of elements - Sexy!Upon further inspection, I find that the author is affiliated with this site: http://www.castoff.info/shop.aspI don't know about you, but I find the "Big Toe Protector" much easier than trimming my toenails to prevent holes in my tights!Please also view the album and gaze in amazement at the Knitted Wedding - ahhh, the bride wore dishcloths...I found this, and immediately classified it in the "WTF is this?" section of my brain, then went home and burned all my things.
Happy Monday!
Jenn
Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
It's Been Awhile!
WoW!
I am a blog slacker, once again!
I must say that it's alot easier to maintain a (semi) interesting blog when that's really all I have to do all day.
Now that I am working, my brain is full to bursting with health insurance information.
I haven't been knitting or crocheting much lately, the past 3 weeks have been quite hectic.
Mike and I have decided to go our separate ways, so for me that meant moving back into my parent's house while I get myself stable.
So far, so good.
I am really going to try to get alot of my financial issues resolved, and try to start fresh.
I miss my yarn.
There just hasn't been alot of spare time lately. I think tonight I will just sit down and start something.
I still have to make Habibe her obscene dish cloth : )
I am a blog slacker, once again!
I must say that it's alot easier to maintain a (semi) interesting blog when that's really all I have to do all day.
Now that I am working, my brain is full to bursting with health insurance information.
I haven't been knitting or crocheting much lately, the past 3 weeks have been quite hectic.
Mike and I have decided to go our separate ways, so for me that meant moving back into my parent's house while I get myself stable.
So far, so good.
I am really going to try to get alot of my financial issues resolved, and try to start fresh.
I miss my yarn.
There just hasn't been alot of spare time lately. I think tonight I will just sit down and start something.
I still have to make Habibe her obscene dish cloth : )
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Why today was good...
Today was a good day.
I woke up alive and able to dress myself and go to work, to make the dollars that buy yarn.
(I suppose it also pays for other less important things, like food and fuel for my vehicle but whatever.)
Upon arriving to work, we got our Day 7 Assessments that we took on Monday back:
It's a perfect score! (And yes, its hanging on my fridge with a Fairly Oddparents magnet - squee!)
Then, I had my review with one of the facilitators who nearly succeeded in making me crap myself. He sat me down in a small room and asked how I thought I was doing in the class, I replied that I thought I was doing well. Then he said, with a completely straight face,
"Hmm, well I beg to differ."
I was stunned, I was like "really?"
and he said "NO! But you should have seen your face!!!"
He confirmed my original thoughts that I was doing very well, and that he appreciated that I was helping out the other classmates who were having some trouble.
::whew!::
Then, I went on my smoke break with Levi, who handed me this:
Ahh, profanity in fiber art makes me smile : )
This counted cross-stitch sampler was done by Levi's friend, Habibe (aka Jen) in Michigan.
It is currently hanging on my fridge, awaiting a frame.
I told Habibe that I love her and I am making her a dishcloth that says "F*** The Dishes, Let's Get Drunk!"
(minus the censoring, of course!)
Today was a good day, I hope yours was too!
Now, shut your whore mouth!
Love, Jenn
I woke up alive and able to dress myself and go to work, to make the dollars that buy yarn.
(I suppose it also pays for other less important things, like food and fuel for my vehicle but whatever.)
Upon arriving to work, we got our Day 7 Assessments that we took on Monday back:
Then, I had my review with one of the facilitators who nearly succeeded in making me crap myself. He sat me down in a small room and asked how I thought I was doing in the class, I replied that I thought I was doing well. Then he said, with a completely straight face,
"Hmm, well I beg to differ."
I was stunned, I was like "really?"
and he said "NO! But you should have seen your face!!!"
He confirmed my original thoughts that I was doing very well, and that he appreciated that I was helping out the other classmates who were having some trouble.
::whew!::
Then, I went on my smoke break with Levi, who handed me this:
Ahh, profanity in fiber art makes me smile : )
This counted cross-stitch sampler was done by Levi's friend, Habibe (aka Jen) in Michigan.
It is currently hanging on my fridge, awaiting a frame.
I told Habibe that I love her and I am making her a dishcloth that says "F*** The Dishes, Let's Get Drunk!"
(minus the censoring, of course!)
Today was a good day, I hope yours was too!
Now, shut your whore mouth!
Love, Jenn
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Happy Sunday!
Howdy!
Well, I made it through my first week back to work unscathed. I eventually had to break down and take a sleeping pill to help me get back on a "sleep at night/awake during the day" schedule.
I have been working on my first itty bitty sock for the last 2 weeks, I finally decided last night (this morning?) to Kitchener stitch the toe and get it off my needles. I had been dying to do a sock (all the sock hype on Ravelry helped!) but I didn't have actual sock yarn, or DPNs small enough so I improvised. *Note to anyone who would like to buy me a present for my birthday...April 5...I'll be 29, so it's my last b-day in my twenties...Sock yarn and DPNs (double pointed needles) in size 1 & 2 would be perfection...you can see my wishlist on the Loopy Ewe.
And also here, at Lisa Souza
in the following colorways (it's called Sock! Merino yarn)
Pacific
Printemps
Emerald City
LimeNViolet
Spumoni
Little Devil
And, if you *REALLY LOVE ME*, you can take a peek at Blue Moon Fiber Arts:
(Socks That Rock, lightweight)
Watermelon Tourmaline
Pebble Beach
Philosopher's Stone
Lunasea
Froggin'
Fire on the Mountain
Lucy
OK, my blog post was sadly turned into a shameless wish for sock yarn...I'm done now...
One last thing - should you gift me sock yarn, you never know, you might get that yarn back! It will, however, be fashioned into cute socks : )
If I were you, I'd buy me a colorway in a color I liked...because, you never know...
Alright!
Baby Turtle was born this past week, and yet his blankie is still not finished...So, I believe that will be back on the hook this week.
Rooster placed 1st at Sectionals!
WOOT! He is on his way to state to dominate the wrestling mat for the last time as an IKWF wrestler! GO ROOSTER!!!!
I am so proud of him!
Have a great week, everyone!
Love, Jenn
PS - look at this handsome guy!
Well, I made it through my first week back to work unscathed. I eventually had to break down and take a sleeping pill to help me get back on a "sleep at night/awake during the day" schedule.
I have been working on my first itty bitty sock for the last 2 weeks, I finally decided last night (this morning?) to Kitchener stitch the toe and get it off my needles. I had been dying to do a sock (all the sock hype on Ravelry helped!) but I didn't have actual sock yarn, or DPNs small enough so I improvised. *Note to anyone who would like to buy me a present for my birthday...April 5...I'll be 29, so it's my last b-day in my twenties...Sock yarn and DPNs (double pointed needles) in size 1 & 2 would be perfection...you can see my wishlist on the Loopy Ewe.
And also here, at Lisa Souza
in the following colorways (it's called Sock! Merino yarn)
Pacific
Printemps
Emerald City
LimeNViolet
Spumoni
Little Devil
And, if you *REALLY LOVE ME*, you can take a peek at Blue Moon Fiber Arts:
(Socks That Rock, lightweight)
Watermelon Tourmaline
Pebble Beach
Philosopher's Stone
Lunasea
Froggin'
Fire on the Mountain
Lucy
OK, my blog post was sadly turned into a shameless wish for sock yarn...I'm done now...
One last thing - should you gift me sock yarn, you never know, you might get that yarn back! It will, however, be fashioned into cute socks : )
If I were you, I'd buy me a colorway in a color I liked...because, you never know...
Alright!
Baby Turtle was born this past week, and yet his blankie is still not finished...So, I believe that will be back on the hook this week.
Rooster placed 1st at Sectionals!
WOOT! He is on his way to state to dominate the wrestling mat for the last time as an IKWF wrestler! GO ROOSTER!!!!
I am so proud of him!
Have a great week, everyone!
Love, Jenn
PS - look at this handsome guy!
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