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Woot! The photos of my journal that I promised!

Allons-y!

WOOT! I finally managed to
a)update this blog
b)with my own pictures from my own camera
c)and have a nearly finished project that doesn't suck!


Pictred above are my Bloody Monkey Socks! All I've got left to do is the left toe!! yay!!! I would 100% recommend this pattern especially as a first sock pattern, it just flies by like butter. If your wondering what's on the TV in the background it's the new Doctor Who my new obsession. I am SO in love with David Tennant and Billie Piper (again a 100% recommendation)
My other new fun thing is my Wreck This Journal, I'm going to try to get some pics of it up here, but for now I'm going to finish my monkey sock and watch some Doctor Who.

my cookies taste like bricks

I don't have a camera, and the house one is busted so that's why I haven't updated at all this year. I have also gotten heavily addicted to Ravelry where I get the same feed back as a blog, and the same info as from other blogs with 90% less effort. However I will try to update more this upcoming holiday season. I have to sign off now- my horrendous cookie experiment hads just failed and I need to attend to it.


more animals

Bug off! you little buggers!

I had a not so pleasant surprise while cleaning my room today, my wool stash had little larva in it!! eww! I freaked out and scoured the internet for advice. most blogs advise freezing the stash in ziplock bags, which sounds alright, but I was more interested in prevention. There are several herbs and spices that bugs are known to avoid, so I went through the kitchen an gathered as many as I could. I also needed something to put them in, but I don't have any lace or mesh material at hand, so instead I invented Stash Tea.

Stash Tea
for keeping bugs out of your wool, and making it smell nice.

materials:
Coffee filters
sewing machine
ribbon(optional)
markers, crayons ect.

herbs and spices:
sage
rosemary
cinnamon
basil
nutmeg
cayenne
lavender
rue
wormwood
ceder chips

If you don't have all of the herbs listed, don't worry. Just use what you have on hand, or whats available in your super market. Also be sure to check for allergies.

Mix about a table spoon of H&S into your coffee filter, adjusting for supply (IE. if you have a lot of basil and just a bit of sage, use more basil)

sew the top of the coffee filter shut with a skinny zig-zag stitch.

fold the rest of the packet in to interesting shapes and sew the ceases, or cut off the extra paper.

decorate with ribon and markers, or whatever else is at hand, and your done!

Eta: the cameras have been absconded by my mother, so there's no pictures for at least a week :(

Dogs Can't Look Up.

'lo everyone- all three of you- and welcome back to another sporattic addition of my blog. I'm currently digesting a large bowl of cereal, and eying the cheesecake-cupcake in front of me. I wish that I had a camera so that you could wish that you were having what I'm having. mmm.... blackberry and strawberry topping....

Anyway if you haven't been to the Shoppe yet your missing out, cupcakes, coffee, cereal, boardgames, cartoons on a flat screen, and cute Japanese toys- what more could you want(other than a bigger stomach and infinitely fast metabolism)?

yes people I am still knitting, if I remember, I'll take pictures when I get home, current projects are Rouge Hoodie(1/2done), b-day socks(3months late 3/4done), green giant strip-afghan just begun, and a stack of roveing that needs to be spun(it's not stash, it's pre-stash!) I also have to put one more thumb on my thrummed mittens, and restart that goddamm dragon shawl.

mmm.... cheesecake...

I also have a half finished pair of refurbished Converse shoes that I'm working on, but I need oil for the machine, because it's slowing down badly, and that's the only thing I can think to fix it.

While searching for The Shoppe today I found a new Comic book store that had a much better feel to it than Mile-high, it's more skeezy and homey at the same time.

anyway that's all I can think of for now, please remember to send me $$$ for no reason, and if you really love me you'll get me a puppy/angora rabbit/kitten/all of the above.

BSG for all!

If at first you don't succeed, try something completely different

Woot! I’ve just cast on, on my favorite sizes of needles, (5+7), in my favorite weight of yarn! Although it’s not in my favorite colour, it’s still an awesome colour (I’m sometimes afraid of knitting only in green). Above you can see that I have everything I need ready!! Uh.... why am I bogging an not knitting?