tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49442926650093572992024-02-22T00:53:37.733-06:00Knitting HawkeyeArchiving the life of the dyer behind MacKintosh YarnsKnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-52035142930815544582009-07-27T19:48:00.002-05:002009-07-27T19:49:18.431-05:00New website and blog!Please change your bookmark to this <a href="http://www.macyarns.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress">address</a> for my new website and blog!KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-22585135859658682562009-07-19T22:17:00.003-05:002009-07-19T22:30:54.917-05:00My brother got married, scary. . .This past weekend my parents and I went down to Austin, Texas for my older brother's wedding. It was held on Saturday at 2pm. All I have to say is that the wedding was beautiful and Texas is WAY too hot for my tasted. Heh, seriously I nearly died in the 111 degree weather. Below are two images from the wedding. I'll post one of the couple when the professional ones are up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3736875601_3e7cd7b6a2.jpg?v=1248059968"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3736875601_3e7cd7b6a2.jpg?v=1248059968" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3737669958_7cf66442a5.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3737669958_7cf66442a5.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />And a picture of boy/FH and I at the wedding. No, boy/FH is not Jewish. I was sooo happy that he could be there with me. it was also nice to see him, because we hadn't seen each other since my graduation in May. The wedding was held by a Rabbi, but mixed both Alicia's Christian background and my brother's Jewish background.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3737697340_8d86cf2cbc.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 242px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3737697340_8d86cf2cbc.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Sorry, no knitting this time, but maybe later. I am currently losing my mind with two shows within a month of each other. Shoot me. . . <3KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-91796344937635258792009-06-25T00:53:00.005-05:002009-06-25T01:35:20.593-05:00Dyeing, dyeing, dyeing and some knitting. . .The shop is down due to the fact that i am having it completely redone and customized. I have hired a professional group to redo and gut the website. it will be fresh, original, easy to get around and just plain beautiful. I hope everyone likes it when it is done. I expect it to be done by the middle of July. =) <br /><br />I would also like to introduce you to my new shoe. . . yes, it's a hard soled shoe for my broken toe. It was horrible standing and dyeing yarn for hours with a broken toe. I am very glad to say that with this new shoe, the pain is down to a minimum. Yes, it does cause my legs to be different lengths when not wearing another shoe, but whatever, it helps! I have been dyeing quite a bit of yarn and spinning fiber. I will be introducing four new yarn bases at Sock Summit. I really hope everyone likes them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3658648287_d7d9ae2266.jpg?v=1245909290"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3658648287_d7d9ae2266.jpg?v=1245909290" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />ONTO KNITTING CONTENT!<br />These are a random pair of house socks I knit for 52ppIII.<br />Details:<br />Pair #3 for 52ppIII: <br />started: June 2nd, 2009 <br />finished: June 12th, 2009<br />Yarn Jojoland Rhythm 2 skeins <br />Pattern: my own (24 stitches toe up) <br />needle: US 3 <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3623972150_4119db1e32.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3623972150_4119db1e32.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> Below are a pair of socks I knit out of yarn that my very dear friend Karen (Lykkefanten) sent me as a graduation gift. She also sent me some Drops alpaca yarn and a Danish shetland/wool blend. Yes, she is the sock club designer. I will be taking her patterns with me to both Sock Summit and Stitches Midwest.<br />Details:<br />Pair #4 for 52ppIII<br />started: 8 June 2009 <br />finished: 19 June 2009 <br />yarn: Hjertegarn Strømpegarn Jacquard Print <br />colourway: 4499 <br />pattern: Sock Recipe: A Good, Plain Sock done toe up with short row heal <br />needle: US 1 1/2 2.5mm <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3642534488_f5f614eb05.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3642534488_f5f614eb05.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Thee are part of my never ending destash. I just want the yarn to be gone!<br />WIP plain vanilla socks with 64 stitches toe up <br />yarn: Spunky Eclectic Panda<br />colourway: Raisin Wannabe<br />needle: 1 1/2 2.5mm <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3656259118_eb2c7f95c0.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3656259118_eb2c7f95c0.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />More destashing, but I LOVE Kirsten's yarn bases. i really want to track down her supplier. . .<br />WIP plain ribbed socks with 64 stitches toe up <br />yarn: handgefaerbt.com Nature Pure Merino Medium <br />colourway: army of orcs <br />needle: 1 1/2 2.5mm <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3646246620_47c3a78a3c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3646246620_47c3a78a3c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Boy is coming to my brother's wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-27817224329524031322009-06-12T00:34:00.003-05:002009-06-12T00:43:22.731-05:00A broken toe and knitting. . .Sooo, yesterday morning after I fed the three dogs, I stubbed my toe extremely hard in the frame of a door. Afterwards, I literally passed out from the pain and slept half the day. When I woke up, my dad was home from helping pack my sister in Iowa. (That's a 2 1/2 drive mind you). So, I've been having great fun wobbling all over and trying to keep Mac from stepping on my left foot too often. Ugh.<br /><br />Anyways, despite the set back I have been knitting. I finished these simple garter rib socks for myself, but I lost one of the socks. AAAAHHHH!!!! That didn't make me happy either. The yarn is yarn workshop's footscray that I randomly dyed. The yarn is kind of rough and not my favourite base. These are my first finished pair of socks for 52 pair plunge III.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3618088617_2f7910a43f.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3618088617_2f7910a43f.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />These are a finished pair of Tadpoles in my Skye Sock Yarn in the colourway "Emerald Serpent." They're a little tight due to the fact that I continued the pattern on the back of the leg. This is pair #2 for 52ppIII.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3618086789_8fab9175e7.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3618086789_8fab9175e7.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Below are two pictures of my current and temporary workshop for the summer. I took over my dad's workroom under the garage. This may look like a lot of yarn, but it is nothing compared to what I'll be taking to Sock Summit in August or Stitches Midwest in September.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3617332252_748c959b27.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3617332252_748c959b27.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />OOOO below is my new toy, next to my old toy. YES! That is my beautiful 6 skein winder!!! It'll pay for itself in the end.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3616513913_c9ee1d0160.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3616513913_c9ee1d0160.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />BTW, 5 weeks until my brother's wedding! Scary, he's growing up! They're also buying a house. Very scary. . .KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-68877485564402039712009-05-28T22:24:00.003-05:002009-05-28T22:43:01.332-05:00Graduated and working. . .I graduated, no pictures, sorry but my hair looked horrid. It was a nice, beautiful, sunny day. Since then, I've been working on building up MacKintosh Yarns. I have been knitting up displays for conventions. Mainly socks right now. I have 3 done and only need one more and all 4 mannequins will have socks. I also sent a huge order to <a href="http://www.thebackwardsloop.com">The Backwards Loop</a>. it arrived today. I also took an order to Crazy Girl Yarn Shop here in Iowa.<br /><br />Below I knit my Mey Seacell in the colourway Victoria. The pattern is Tadpoles, but knit upside down because it was knit toe up. I like it better this way.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3574080733_d3418f51e7.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3574080733_d3418f51e7.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Then I knit this sock out of my Woodland Bamboo blend in the colourway Jasmine. The pattern is Wendy Johnson's Diagonal Lace Sock.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3574887688_1e79982a5a.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3574887688_1e79982a5a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I am also knitting myself a pair of Tadpoles for myself in Skye Sock Yarn in the colourway Emerald Serpent. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3574081141_b4c78d17ed.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3574081141_b4c78d17ed.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-29846082821949494002009-05-12T19:15:00.003-05:002009-05-12T19:25:03.116-05:00Four Days until GraduationI have four more days until my undergraduate college career is over. Five years of my life and countless hours and dollars later, I am finally graduating. <br />To keep my mind off of the fact that i will actually need to make a living after Saturday, I have been knitting and concentrating on holiday gifts, etc.<br />My diagonal socks are coming along. i did need to frog back the second sock down to the beginning of the 6th repeat on the foot because i kept screwing it up. I redid the heel 3 times, but the only solution was to rip it back even more. I have finally caught up with the first sock and am hopefully going to finish them this week.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3526847174_7fdcf2b021.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3526847174_7fdcf2b021.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also started my dad's holiday gift after much contemplation. I finally decided to use up the rest of my Paton's Kroy Sock yarn and make the socks striped. My grandpa's socks will be made out of Paton's Kroy also, but plain black maybe with a pattern, we'll see.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3527116542_79045ba887.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3527116542_79045ba887.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Boy and I were in Rockford this weekend. I studied most of the time, while boy slept, he's been sick. I did get to see my mom's face when she received the flowers I ordered her for Mother's Day. She REALLY liked them. I also helped my dad pick out a gift of his own for her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3343/3526036187_21e1b65606.jpg?v=1242165869"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3343/3526036187_21e1b65606.jpg?v=1242165869" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Spring is definitely here. This is a photo of the pond in my parent's backyard. They just had it redone. There was a rip in the liner and the pond kept losing water. Not a good thing when they have fish in there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3526846422_6569b76860.jpg?v=1242165827"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3526846422_6569b76860.jpg?v=1242165827" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Back to knitting since I'm done studying for the day. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Please remember! Everything in the shop will be on sale starting the 15th in honor of my graduation! It will continue until the 21st!!</span>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-32996402877262624812009-04-28T22:51:00.003-05:002009-04-28T23:06:59.003-05:00Socks and holiday knits. . .Yes, I said holiday knits. It's almost May and the holidays will be here sooner than you think. As I've said in the past, my family celebrates the holidays over Thanksgiving. This means I need to start knitting right now, considering my family has become accustomed to hand knits as gifts. below are some of the yarns I've pulled so far. I have already received a request for socks from my sister, but she wants them out of a colourway of STR that I don't currently have. Gotta love requests. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3485311676_a85fe9087f.jpg?v=1240977142"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3485311676_a85fe9087f.jpg?v=1240977142" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />y destash quest has continued. i am working on a bulky hooded jumper out of my Icelandic that has been sitting in my stash.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3485311174_7b47ef59f6.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3485311174_7b47ef59f6.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I am also knitting a pair of Spring Forwards out of some handspun I purchased a while ago. I think they're turning out well so far.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3484498867_6e8504bfdf.jpg?v=1240976558"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3484498867_6e8504bfdf.jpg?v=1240976558" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This snood is also a holiday gift. This is for my grandma who lives in Jerusalem. I need to finish it by August because thats around the time they go a visit her annually. The yarn is Paton's Silk Bamboo in Plum.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3484497583_71d5dd4cc6.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3484497583_71d5dd4cc6.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />And lastly, I am also working on a pair of Wendy Johnson's Diagonal Lace Socks in Wollmeise 100% SW Merino in the colourway Brombeere. This yarn has been sitting in my stash for over a year and a half. it was time to drag some of it out and use it. This is an extremely easy sock to knit and I can take it to class with me and not have problems.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3484498619_67bef5d07f.jpg?v=1240976572"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3484498619_67bef5d07f.jpg?v=1240976572" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Alicia's socks are done and drying. Hopefully tomorrow I can ship them down to Texas to her. <br />I am also almost done with my first wholesale order. It will be shipped out hopefully within a week. =)<br />Boy finishes up on the 8th, while i finish up on the 13th. I then graduate the 16th, oh joy. I hope he can spend the summer with me, but it all depends on whether my sister will move out of the condo early. It doesn't seem like she will, UGH!!! Frustrating situation.KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-4937433699976283012009-04-21T11:29:00.003-05:002009-04-21T11:45:41.509-05:00Knitting and shop update. . .I did a shop update last week. I added several skeins of Chubby Sock Yarn, Skye Sock Yarn, and various fibers, including a new 100% Superwash Wool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3449767861_ed4c93e28c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3449767861_ed4c93e28c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I've been knitting! I swear I have! I finished boy's socks last Thursday at 2am. He likes them even though they're green. They fit perfectly, which is awesome and the weather turned cold so maybe he'll ear them in the dorm. This is a horrible picture because he wouldn't cooperate and not cover his face! Blah!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3460942305_83932bb3f9.jpg?v=1240284739"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3460942305_83932bb3f9.jpg?v=1240284739" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />My day yesterday started with all of these WIPs, including my dad's second pair of socks that I started last November. I actually thought that I had lost the first sock i finished. it showed up in my dad's car on the front seat. In order to finish the socks I had my mom measure the leg for me. I FINALLY finished them and am sooo happy they're off my needles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3460947903_415587222b.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;"src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3460947903_415587222b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here's a pic of the second and lonely finished sock. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3460950963_12bea1c495.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3460950963_12bea1c495.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also started a pair of socks for my future SIL, Alicia. This is also part of my destash. This is Knitterly Things 400 sw merino/nylon base. I'm not a huge fan of the base yarn. it is very splitty and dry when knitting with. The colourway is Dragon's Blood.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3460946083_722dbd1c27.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;"src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3460946083_722dbd1c27.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-30701049573207397082009-04-15T14:14:00.004-05:002009-04-15T14:33:59.164-05:00Ahh, a clean apartment. . .Yep, this past weekend my dad and I gutted and cleaned my entire apartment. It's nice having it clean again. i just need to keep it this way for 2 months until I move into the larger condo. The main part of the other condo that I am looking forward to, besides the fact that the dryer works, is the basement. it will become my studio for MacKintosh Yarns. I am going into the business full-time. Yay!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3445570116_5de91fa898.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3445570116_5de91fa898.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I received my second pair of mannequin feet yesterday and need to start knitting the socks for them. I am knitting up examples of my yarn to be shown at conventions. I am only knitting up one sock per yarn base. I also need to knit up my lace weight yarn and the two worsted yarns that are being shipped to me soon. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3444753397_d655a27e22.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3444753397_d655a27e22.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Granted I have been knitting quite a bit lately. Below is a random hat I'm knitting out of some of my handspun. I'm still trying to destash.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3445571968_1a873548dd.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3445571968_1a873548dd.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This is also a destash project, as this yarn has been sitting in my stash for over a year. It is Spunky Eclectic's Super Sport in Mud Season. These are going to boy. I'm going to be knitting him a few pairs this summer, during the destash.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3445574152_d41f3da860.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3445574152_d41f3da860.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />And there has even been some spinning! I dyed this fiber up over the weekend and while trying to braid it, it ripped. Sooo, I figured I might as well spin it up. It is superwash corriedale and it just beautiful!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3444751333_95477f842b.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3444751333_95477f842b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-43555122564759183982009-04-10T22:46:00.003-05:002009-04-10T22:59:06.898-05:00Yay, an order!Sooo, I received an order yesterday for my yarns and some of my fibers from <a href="http://thebackwardsloop.com/">The Backwards Loop</a>. I will be sending her 100 skeins of yarn and 12 braids of fiber. This is extremely exciting!<br /><br />I am also on the waiting list for a vendor spot at:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjh7lLiSjTfJMwexwQ3j9ZwdnEupF9TELPjUrL4jIARzWYy74LocGmOgnHJ62_KWTjn50FAJIWK4dskmdI6VjvgrmWxKG96MJIebMxJuAuhq4WeNH9F_TjQx_BmuHsisVwXUCvuQmpIqK/s320/SS09_LOGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjh7lLiSjTfJMwexwQ3j9ZwdnEupF9TELPjUrL4jIARzWYy74LocGmOgnHJ62_KWTjn50FAJIWK4dskmdI6VjvgrmWxKG96MJIebMxJuAuhq4WeNH9F_TjQx_BmuHsisVwXUCvuQmpIqK/s320/SS09_LOGO.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Hopefully I will get a spot, because it would be such a great honor!<br /><br />On another note, it's spring here, kind of. It's been "warm?" Eh, maybe. it definitely has been breezy and yesterday I didn't wear a hoodie when going out. So sad, I want my snow back!! Seriously, I prefer autumn or winter. BTW Happy Passover!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3430002497_f467302231.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3430002497_f467302231.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Btw, I have been knitting. I finished my Mountain Color footsies last week. The colourway is Bitterroot Rainbow and was knit toe up on size US 1 1/2 circular needles<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3430799962_41a9842412.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3430799962_41a9842412.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I then out of nowhere grabbed two skeins of my <a href="http://www.macyarns.com/category_19/Iona-Sport-Weight.htm">Iona Sport Weight</a> yarn and cast on for a second pair of Corazon mittens. I love this yarn!!! These two colourways, Taurus (green) and Bluebird (bluish purple) go so well together! I'm extremely happy with how they're turning out. Also, I knit the first mitten in a day. Now I just ned to finish the second one. =) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3430005007_ef90aa5fcb.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 255px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3430005007_ef90aa5fcb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-11556921638046622132009-04-06T12:00:00.009-05:002009-04-06T12:21:06.784-05:00Happy Birthday Mac!Yesterday my precious little aussie turned THREE. THREE!!! I have had him for 2 years and 10 months. It seems like forever. =)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3402191878_c582e29ebf.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 223px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3402191878_c582e29ebf.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />On Mac's birthday I also did a photo-shoot for my book. I am writing a knitting book called "Knitting Through College." Mac was cooperative (kind of) for the photo shoot and allowed my friend Anne to take photos with him. the one below is the best of the entire shoot. =) Mac is a natural model.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3415281167_2a2ff0f47b.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 246px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3415281167_2a2ff0f47b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also knit up my "Logical Beanie" for the photo-shoot. This is Wollmeise worsted in Rittersporn. This used up some of my stash, which made me happy. Luckily we were mainly shooting hats because it was cold outside. It kept Anne warm. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3415369005_f8cd969f7c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3415369005_f8cd969f7c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I have basically finished both heels on my basic toe up Mountain Color socks. Now I just need to finish them so I can continue my "use up stash" mission.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3418762660_56dc56b6e0.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3418762660_56dc56b6e0.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also started another pair of my "Roundabout Socks" for the book. The yarn being used is Alpaca with a Twist's Socrates. This is a wonderful yarn! Very soft and beautiful. I bought it while up in Cedar Falls visiting boy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3417950789_dfa25343da.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3417950789_dfa25343da.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I went and saw boy on Saturday and just had fun hanging out in downtown Cedar Falls. It's nice getting away and spending some quality time together. While we were in Crazy Girl Yarn Shop, boy walked around and FELT yarn. LoL I have trained him well. =)KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-24730986477751330562009-03-31T11:44:00.003-05:002009-03-31T12:10:51.950-05:00Ahh spring. . .kind of. . .Claudia's colors for this month's package for the Wollmeise Sock Club is definitely bright and colorful. But unfortunately, it didn't match the weather outside. It was snowing, yep snowing. I had just gone up to see boy and go see a movie. When we exited the theater, it had begun to snow. =P<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3401386279_f7d92bc706.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3401386279_f7d92bc706.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Over spring break I went down and visited my brother and his fiance, Alicia, for 5 days. Unfortunately I was sick the entire time and couldn't get pictures. After that, my parents picked me up from O'Hare and we went to the condo. On Saturday my dad and I went downtown to Navy Pier, which was a lot of fun. <br />Here is a picture of the ballroom at Navy Pier. Lake Michigan was gorgeous!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3401385057_031691ff38.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3401385057_031691ff38.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Picture of part of the skyline. It was such a beautiful, clear day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3401384349_e45e9fc7d4.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3401384349_e45e9fc7d4.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Okay, yes, this is a picture of Mac's butt, but I guarantee there is a good reason for it. While I was home, we took Mac to petco for a bath and a trim. Usually we take our dogs to Petsmart, but they don't do that good of a job on Mac when it comes to trimming. So after we took him to Petco and they did an amazing job! No one has ever trimmed his butt this well. It is sooo wonderful!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3402192370_2b60d031ff.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3402192370_2b60d031ff.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I have also been working on some very simple projects right now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3402190596_54ff336e1c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3402190596_54ff336e1c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />New news is that I will be moving into my sister's old condo, which is much larger and nicer. I now get to find a job before I graduate in this area. I hope it won't be that hard. I am meeting up with an advisor who will help me spruce up my resume and help me with my job search. But, I am staying in Iowa, hopefully for a few years until the economy gets better. I mean, Iowa's unemployment is only 4.6%, which is low compared to the rest of the country.KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-46685562783157133882009-02-23T15:02:00.010-06:002009-02-23T15:19:20.075-06:00Gotta Love the cold and snowAs you probably know, I love the cold and adore snow. I wish we had gotten the large amounts of snow that went just slightly north of us. My parents and Boy got that and I was slightly disappointed it missed IC. So, plans have been changing quite a bit lately. My Valentine's Day was kind of boring. I watched movies all day. Boy was in upstate NY attending a memorial for his cousin who was killed on the 6th. And we're not going down to visit my brother for spring break, we're probably just gonna go to my parents condo in Chicago. It should be fun though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3304819696_d06e2ebc9a.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 270px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3304819696_d06e2ebc9a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I had to stop knitting my shawl because I finished the first skein and hit a snag. . . all of the other skeins I bought were an off white cream colour and not the white of the first skein. I just happened to use the only white skein for the beginning of the project. Soo, I need to go an buy some more of the white before I can continue. <br />I have been knitting though. I have finished a couple of projects below. I finally finished my dad's hat last night while watching the Oscars. Yay! It's soft, thick and beautiful. I hope it fits!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3304821472_25894164b1.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 270px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3304821472_25894164b1.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also did some destashing and knit a slouch out of some Misti Alpaca Sport Weight yarn that I have had for years! It's a forest green colour and neither pictures show it very well. I have 2 more skeins left I believe and need to figure out what to do with them. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3302021492_4848a86af3.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3302021492_4848a86af3.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Mac was very reluctant to model it for me, but I managed to get a cute picture!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3301192007_687dee0133.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3301192007_687dee0133.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also started another slouch based on one that Scarlett Johansson was wearing in a picture I saw. The first one is being knit out of Cascade Eco Wool, same as my first Ailidh hat. I'm hoping to make adjustments with Malabrigo for the second one before I write the pattern down.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3304823096_f974cabea1.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 270px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3304823096_f974cabea1.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Well, I need to finish going through my Marketing notes, because I have an exam in less than 2 hours. Ugh!<br />There was also an update in the shop on Saturday. Enjoy!KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-80013930316142019522009-02-09T15:08:00.004-06:002009-02-09T15:27:57.343-06:00Rain??Today is a beautiful gloomy Monday. I love two kinds of days, gloomy rainy ones and crisp white snowy ones. I love over cast skies and cooler to cold weather. Those are both ideal to me. The snow is melting and it feels like spring, even though it's only February. Quaint eh? <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1007/3266925165_784f46a9d4.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 230px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1007/3266925165_784f46a9d4.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I have been slowly but surely been working on my wedding shawl.<br /> Details:<br />Pattern: Shetland Triangle <br />Yarn: Baby Cashmerino<br />Color: white<br />Needle: US 5 24" and 32"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1193/3267750832_60b9a9514c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 230px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1193/3267750832_60b9a9514c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Apparently the <a href="http://knittinghawkeye.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-hats.html" target="0">orange beanie</a> That I knit a while ago doesn't fit my dad's head properly. Sooo, while I was home over the weekend I picked up some Debbie Bliss Como in grey and a set of US 13 circulars and cast on. The hat is 52 stitches and will be a basic beanie. The yarn is awesome and soft to work with, if only the skeins had more yardage.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/3267752530_bcec8def5d.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 230px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/3267752530_bcec8def5d.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Of course this post would not be a proper post unless I had a photo of my beautiful baby boy. He's enjoying the cooler/warmer weather, but not the rain.. This dog hates rain, baths and any other source of water that gets on him, except snow. odd dog.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1345/3267754272_f10da4c5d5.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 230px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1345/3267754272_f10da4c5d5.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />For spring break I'm going to down to Austin to visit my brother and his fiance for a few days. it should be fun. =) Boy was supposed to come with but he never gave me an answer and I said screw it I'll go alone. Life does go on.KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-30300260937624528112009-02-03T14:49:00.004-06:002009-02-03T15:10:05.328-06:00OMG Knitting Stuff!!Okay, yes, I understand that i REALLY have not been keeping up with my blog or anything fiber or knitting related. So here is a knitting post, omg omg OMG!!!!! Yeah. . . I hadn't been in the mood really to knit anything in the past few months due to stress. Lots and lots of stress.<br />Below is a new photo of my second Old Shale scarf that i still haven't finished. I am about 3/4s of the way done with it and it's still on the needles. Sigh. I've been dragging it to classes in hopes of finishing it as soon as possible. Also, thank god for movies and knitting while watching them also.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3249673438_488dbc2bcb.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3249673438_488dbc2bcb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also started a new pair of socks. Details:<br />Pattern: Tesserae Sock by Anne Hanson<br />Yarn: MacKintosh Yarn Mey Seacell Sock Yarn<br />Colourway: Victoria<br />Needles: US 1 circular<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3248511715_b99eab96cd.jpg?v=1233623861"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3248511715_b99eab96cd.jpg?v=1233623861" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I also dyed up some sock yarn for my bridesmaids socks. I have 4 pairs to knit. I know all but one bridesmaids shoe size. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/3248510825_34fb07628f.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/3248510825_34fb07628f.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Mac has been enjoying the warmer weather. I've been opening the balcony door at times and when he's not out on the balcony, he's usually laying right in front of it feeling the breeze blowing in. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3248508301_9332ccacd6.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3248508301_9332ccacd6.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Haha, a few months back I commissioned some yarn to be spun at a mill down in texas. I commissioned sock weight yarn. . . .I received a call, paid and was sent the yarn. i looked at it confused and decided to dye some up to see how much it would bloom. The final product is below. Yeah. . . .thats sock yarn for who, a giant?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3249338132_88fec45281.jpg?v=1233623885"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 233px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3249338132_88fec45281.jpg?v=1233623885" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I also want to congratulate my friend Anna who is expecting her second child this summer. Grats!!<br />Also, I rejoined Weight Watchers after five years and lost 3.8 lbs last week. Granted most of what you lose the first week is water weight, but it still means something to me. =)KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-32407461442392098662009-01-19T02:04:00.008-06:002009-01-19T03:04:27.234-06:00Ugh. . . stress. . .It's almost been a week since I had my surgery to remove my wisdom teeth. I have been surviving on vicodin for most of the week. My jaw still hurts, mainly in the evenings. So, boy forgot his coat at my parents condo and had to borrow one of my dad's until he could get his coat back. BUT, it turns out that his own coat doesn't really fit anymore. No idea why he didn't get a new one for the holidays because he needs it in the Iowa weather. Oh well, my dad said that he could borrow his coat until winter is over, but he wants it back afterwards. I did retrieve his coat this weekend when my parents and I went into Chicago for 2 nights. It's funny, he left it hanging in the coat closet. . . . yeah. My mom is a selfless person, she let him borrow my dads coat, paid for his way back to school, and gave him $100 for a taxi and food. Yeah, nice woman. He had to spend some of the money paying his roommate back though because he left his wallet at school and had to have it sent to my parents house before he went to O'Hare Airport, which wasn't what the money was for, but whatever. Oh well. Gotta love stress eh?<br /><br />Soo, classes begin Tuesday for me and I'm hoping my last semester in college is umm relaxing? Heh, with two marketing classes I want it to be relaxing, we shall see. I haven't really been knitting lately due to my procedures and just lack of energy. I'm starting to feel better, but still have a long way to go. My mouth will probably be sore for eh another few weeks and my body is completely out of wack. Kind of wish i had another 2 weeks off to lay around on vicodin. Luckily I have tomorrow off. Yay I get to straighten up my apartment! Ugh. . . <br /><br />Okay, some GOOD news! My brother Mike got engaged to his gf Alicia! They've been together for over two years. he bought her a beautiful .66 carat Tiffany & Co. engagement ring! Nice $5K ring right there! It's a classic 6 prong, platinum setting. They are planning a wedding for this fall. I can't wait! I'm dragging boy with me, because he still hasn't met my brother. Sigh. . . . Anyways, here are some pics of the ring below:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3199826197_7e803ea8e8.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3199826197_7e803ea8e8.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3200660962_70cbb6b279.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3200660962_70cbb6b279.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Btw, I guess I should start referring to boy as FH (future husband). Hmm I'll think about it.<br />Almost forgot, some of my wedding details:<br /><br />Time: Winter (I'm looking into Dec 17th 2011)<br />Where: Chicago (looking into Navy Pier Lakeview Terrace)<br /># Guests: 50 (25 each side)<br />Colour Scheme: blue, white, silver<br />Announcements: sent out Spring 2010<br />wedding bands: Boys: titanium with silver inlays and engraved Mine: umm we'll see<br /><br />More details as it gets closer. . . . <3KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-77324063082297133392009-01-09T21:25:00.005-06:002009-01-11T15:02:09.951-06:00Hello 2009!Yeah, I know I haven't posted in a while and I am sorry. I haven't really had the urge to get on and post, considering I really haven't been knitting this past month. I spent my first week and a half here at home playing World of Warcraft and waiting for my grades. This past week and a half, well the first part of it was spent in my parents condo in Chicago with my parents, boy and the animals. We had a lot of fun. Boy and I went downtown and visited Tiffany's (bought my wedding band) and the Apple Store. It was COLD, but fun. This past week we've been back in Rockford enjoying rented movies and the snow. Today I had my colonoscopy, fun fun, the nurse had to stab my hand twice before she got a vein for the IV. It wasn't horrible, the prep kind of sucked, but it's over. Tomorrow boy goes back to school, classes begin Monday, I'm sad. =( My mom also guilt tripped me into agreeing to get my wisdom teeth out on Monday. . . the fun just keeps coming.<br />Well, some good news, the HAWKEYES WON our bowlgame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO HAWKS!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~athlss/images/hawks/Original%20Black%20TigerHawk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 151px;" src="http://www.uiowa.edu/~athlss/images/hawks/Original%20Black%20TigerHawk.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Yesterday, boy and I picked up my new and permanent engagement ring (2 pics below). I always wanted a sapphire ring and this is just gorgeous!!!!!!! Yes, my parents know, his still don't, but we have time to wait (3 years ugh!!).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3183161133_2614ae2863.jpg?v=1231557540"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3183161133_2614ae2863.jpg?v=1231557540" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />And another pic of my dream ring!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3183160973_99aa3b29cf.jpg?v=1231557330"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3183160973_99aa3b29cf.jpg?v=1231557330" border="0" alt="" /></a>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-40971410573172408662008-12-16T23:02:00.004-06:002008-12-16T23:13:08.555-06:00Still alive and kicking. . .Don't worry, I'm still here. =) Homework and studying have taken over my life. One more semester until my undergraduate career is over. That is a very sad thought for me. What will i do without college and naps and sleeping and and and and and college!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<br />Anyways, onto what I've been up to. Winter break officially begins tomorrow for me. it started today for boy. Sigh, schmuck. I have the hardest and most stressful final this semester tomorrow at 4:30pm. yay for me. I went up to Cedar Falls and picked boy up today. Mother nature decided that I needed a challenge while retrieving him. It snowed the entire time, yep snow. At first it was dusty snow and then it became wet and thick. It took me 3 something hours to get him. Usually it takes about 2 something. Ugh.
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<br />I also knit and finished a pair of house socks. The yarn came from carrie of Funky Carolina. it's part of the handspun club she offered some time ago. I LOVED IT!!! She spun me shetland into a sport weight sock yarn. I couldn't put these down. They are sooo soft!!!
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<br />Here is my new ring, which I picked out and have been wearing since it's arrival. It's not official (as in parents don't know?), but I'm planning a 2010 wedding. yeah, okay, let's move on to more fiber stuff. (band is sterling silver, stone is a .47 lilac spinel, ring was handmade on etsy by jewelscurnow) I have a thing for handmade items. =P I'm getting boy a handmade titanium ring. =)
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<br />I LEARNED HOW TO RBAID MY FIBERS!!! I know this sounds sad, but it took me for frickin ever to figure out!!!! Now, I'm content. =P
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<br />KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-13067101515637958372008-11-30T17:08:00.004-06:002008-11-30T17:22:56.832-06:00New Camera and a winter wonderlandAs part of my Hannukah gifts, I received a brand new Nikon camera. I have never owned a really nice camera before and to be honest I LOVE IT!!!! Below are some photos I took today in the snow. The camera is so much fun and takes wonderful photos! It has 18x optical zoom vr, 10.1 mega-pixels, etc. <br />Mac entranced by a squirrel in the trees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/3072625284_cb45d38d06.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/3072625284_cb45d38d06.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />A cardinal at the bird feeders 20 feet from me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3071789963_f6ee8a9a7f.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3071789963_f6ee8a9a7f.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Tree in the front yard at least 10 feet from where I was.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3071789029_a223fbe550.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3071789029_a223fbe550.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Photo of the backyard as the sun was going down.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/3071790523_d6e2912e8c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/3071790523_d6e2912e8c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I love snow!! I hope everyone had a wonderful week off and a great weekend. Yesterday was boy and my first year anniversary! =) He got back to Iowa in one piece, I hope everyone else did also.<br />And all of my projects and homework is done!!!!! Very very very happy about that one. Thanksgiving break = homework time.KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-18283442985562573632008-11-27T21:56:00.002-06:002008-11-27T21:59:49.739-06:00Happy Thanksgiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gettle.org/gallery/d/342-1/turkey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 410px; height: 417px;" src="http://gettle.org/gallery/d/342-1/turkey.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><br />It's been an interesting week for me. I have gotten most of my homework and projects done, only a few left to finish. I also went to the gastroenterologist to figure out what's wrong with me. The doctor believes that it is IBS, but to make sure it's not IBD, I have to have a colonoscopy. . . yeah I shouldn't need one until I'm 50. . . I'm getting it done at the beginning of January. Tomorrow however I will be getting a lactose intolerance test done at 7am. . . joy. Gotta love this ugh. . . <br /><br />I hope you guys are having a great holiday!! <3KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-8838222762124299352008-11-19T21:55:00.006-06:002008-11-19T22:34:10.137-06:00Tis the season. . .Okay, I am holding a contest and the prize is this beautiful skein of MacKintosh Yarns Mey Seacell in the colourway Victoria. The contest is to help me come up with a new name for my World of Warcraft mage Lyxi. Please leave your choices (up to 5) in a comment. You have until December 1st. Please tell your friends, I need as many options as possible. Thanks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3044263058_f37a0904d1.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3044263058_f37a0904d1.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BTW all Celtic Sock Yarns are on sale for $18 from now through Black Friday.</span><br /><br />On another note, I'm sick, I've been sick and I'm not getting better. For the past several (since March really) I've been having problems that could be IBS or could be IBD. My stomach is more sensitive and so is my bowel. My lactose intolerance has gotten worse and it's just not fun being me. Next Wednesday I will be seeing a gastroenterologist, aka a bowel specialist to see what's wrong. I hope it's not IBD, I have an uncle with it and it's a rather frightening thought.<br /><br />As I was saying in the header, tis the season. . . .for cowls. . .LoL<br />Below is a plain stockinette cowl that I am working on for myself. The yarn is MacKintosh Yarns Iona Sport Weight in the colourway Mulled Wine. I love this yarn!!! Sooo soft!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3029578285_61d90ab025.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3029578285_61d90ab025.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here is a cowl I knit for my mom. It's the birthday cowl again, but in a yarn she chose while we visited Loopy Yarns in downtown Chicago several weeks ago. The yarn is Sublime Aran Merino Silk Cashmere blend. it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft!!! Light, but also warm. Love it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/3043431673_8207faa904.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/3043431673_8207faa904.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I also need some ideas on what to get boy for Christmas. . . yes, we're back together. . . .okay, I'm a sucker and I love him. It's kind of hard not to love him, he has the most adorable blue eyes. . . .damn him. . . <br /><br />BTW bundle up!! It's getting cold!KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-48245300220792285562008-11-12T12:14:00.003-06:002008-11-19T22:25:02.485-06:00Ahhh, NovemberSooo, it's been a bit brisk, rainy and even snowy here in the Midwest. Over this past weekend, my parents, sister and I were supposed to attend the Ohio State vs Northwestern game @ Northwester. The weather was cold, windy, snowy and rainy. Sooo, instead we just went and saw the condo my parents are buying in Lincoln Park and hung around downtown. I LOVE Chicago! Below are two pictures of the living room and the kitchen of the condo. It's basically a large apartment in Lincoln Park. The areas behind the building are gorgeous.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3025590782_2dc5b3ac0a.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3025590782_2dc5b3ac0a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3024761339_6bf264eaae.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3024761339_6bf264eaae.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />While we were in Lincoln Park, I found my dream house. Yep, huge and gorgeous! This house is worth around $3 million. Yeah, better start saving those pennies. Heh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/3025589420_a00e81f99c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/3025589420_a00e81f99c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I have been doing some knitting lately. On Monday I started a lacy slouch in my Skye Sock Yarn in the colourway Lich. I finished it at 1:30 am this morning, washed it and blocked it on a plate. I worked 5 1/2 inches of the lace pattern and luckily when it blocked, it expanded. I love how it turned out! It didn't take much, I still have 72% of the skein left!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3024737531_fb2338f6fd.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3024737531_fb2338f6fd.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3024738759_272d665ccb.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3024738759_272d665ccb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Boy and I are trying to work out winter break, etc. We'll see what happens. I just can't wait until Thanksgiving Break! I whole week off!!! Yes, I have to put up with family, but a whole week off!!!KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-38486789855341566072008-11-06T22:54:00.007-06:002008-11-07T00:06:17.670-06:00New Website!!<a href="http://www.macyarns.com">MacYarns.com</a> is now open for business! I hope you guys like the website. i tried to keep it very simple and clean. I love the green in the background. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2999171951_a3a00afb06.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 64px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2999171951_a3a00afb06.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here is a mosaic of some of the products in the shop right now. Lots of new colourways!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3009044231_5d6d72886e.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3009044231_5d6d72886e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I am currently working on another Old Shale Scarf in Woodland Sock Yarn in the colourway Jasmine. The sock below is probably going to my dad, with a mate of course. The yarn is Paton's Kroy Sock. I hope I have enough yarn, these new skeins only have 166 yards, which sucks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3009888014_9bb82f423c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3009888014_9bb82f423c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The leaves are all falling and the trees are becoming bare. I love autumn and winter, so the transition is gorgeous to me. The weather is also turning colder now. It's supposed to snow Saturday. Yay snow!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3008658345_4c30a0063e.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3008658345_4c30a0063e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here is a picture of a sunny (70 degree) day on the way back to my moped after my production class. Pretty eh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3009493074_f2ffdd6c71.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3009493074_f2ffdd6c71.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Update: Boy and I are talking. You see, love was never the problem with us, an online game is, among some other things. We'll see what happens. When we're good, we're really good, when we fight, we really fight. Unfortunately he's going home for Thanksgiving, his mom jumped right on it and bought plane tickets the moment she heard we broke up. Yeah, bitch. Anyways, I still need to fix my door. Luckily the jam is perfectly fine.KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-85014813683135633742008-11-01T15:16:00.002-05:002008-11-01T15:19:44.371-05:00It's over.Boy and I broke up for good today. He did something that I request he not do at all this weekend. it resulted in me breaking the jam of my computer room door. Now I have to replace the door. He won't ever admit that he's wrong and he has a sickness and unhealthy obsession with the online game of World of Warcraft. I feel and my family feels that it is more important to him than I ever was. He told me to go fuck myself several times today. I even called the police at one point. He stormed out before that and walked around for hours before coming back, gathering his possessions and telling me to go fuck myself once more and leaving.<div><br /></div><div>Great day. BTW Michigan lost to Purdue.</div>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944292665009357299.post-63640214293234460792008-10-30T10:18:00.006-05:002008-10-30T10:36:03.007-05:00New Yarn Bases!<div>Sooo, a couple days ago I received a box from Canada. In the box were four new yarn bases for MacKintosh Yarns. One is an 80/10/10 SW Merino/Cashmere/Nylon sport weight, one is 70/30 SW Merino/Seacell fingering, new chubby sock and a new sw merino called Mey. These are gorgeous yarns that will be put up tomorrow in my shop update. I am also ordering a fingering weight version of the cashmere blend. So Soft!</div><div><br /></div><div>I have been making a lot of progress on my Faiye Twist Socks. I'm actually almost done. I just need to finish both cuffs to the height I want. Isn't the colour gorgeous? Two skeins will be put up in tomorrow's update. =)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2986171512_3bf187ca59.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2986171512_3bf187ca59.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a skein of the 80/10/10 cashmere blend I dyed up the other day. This colourway is Mahogany. beautiful isn't it?</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2986169518_5822f82b3c.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2986169518_5822f82b3c.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div>Also here is Moroccan Market wound into a hank. This is such a beautiful colourway. I can't wait to dye the new bases in this. =)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2985319395_a5be77298f.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2985319395_a5be77298f.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div>Here is lastnight's dying. There are 15 skeins there. I'm hoping to dye up some more tonight for tomorrow's update. =)</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2986173024_b3544c4660.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2986173024_b3544c4660.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div>And I will end with a picture of mac, just because it's Mac. He's loving this cooler weather and so am I. I LOVE wearing my handknit items. Plus right now is the perfect time, except at night when I'm riding my moped and freezing. . . </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/2985315183_8ec6b2393e.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/2985315183_8ec6b2393e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a></div></div>KnittingHawkeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083069348340159061noreply@blogger.com1