Vanished off the scene for a week for some intense holiday stuff with the family both real and “adopted”. Worked some on the Print O wave had some tech issues (paying attention has not been my strong suit recently) and frogged back but I am back on track ( thank goodness). Got some knitting type gifts from the boy … He is good lemme tell ya. I was drooling over some lace books and shawls on the blogs… He went out with no assistance and got 2 lace books A Gathering of Lace and Victorian Lace Today and prepaid audible for me… Just needed to brag a wee bit about him… Gonna knit a bit more then bed time .
-D

Today was a learning day all around for me. I will now share these lessons with you in list form….
1. Blo**er hates me ( it eats my post and pictures just before I can actually hit publish)
2. Target the weekend of Christmas = Scariest place around
3. When knitting a lace shawl with a chart mark line by line per repeat… (only a minor attention problem this time)
4. When you buy new stitch markers it helps to not leave them laying around because said markers are actually stuff for the tool box ( people love to “help ” me put stuff away.
Decided on the Print O Wave shawl in Alpaca silk ( can we say yummy) . hopefully will have a pic tomm that doesnt look like hair ball ( highly crunkly right now ) Must knit more and watch some mindless shows .
-D

Instead of working more on my clappy which I really wanna do I am stuck looking for something a little dressier to go over this Isnt it lovely….. What you are missing is the “fantastic” envelope detail in the back…. needless to say for a wedding in January I am going to need something to throw over my shoulders even indoors. This leads me to my problem I would like a shawl that is lacy but i think I want it to be a rectangular shawl though the Diamond Fantasy Shawl might be cute if it was black and maybe some sparkle too…. Another option would be Print O Wave Shawl. Tonight at the Knit and Nog I am gonna have to investigate some yarny options cause the best part is I need this by the 21st of January… This is the Amazing Lace and the Knitting Olympics all rolled up into one… Wish me luck ….
-D

I spoke to soon… Clappy how I loved thee (notice the past tense). I really loved you I did but now , I am not so sure. Frog pond has been visited today and I dont think I am going to leave her until tommorrow.

Rip

Now a fresh start…

I am gonna go cry in the corner now…
-D

So much for posting everyday … But I really needed a break not from knitting but from trying to write about it ….
Scout asked for cooking disasters so here are two … One recent and one not so.
The recent one was me cooking tortilla soup. The recipe tells you to cook a whole bunch of ingredients and then take the piping hot soup and put it in the blender. So being the good girl I am (::snort: I did as it says. My blender has some issues with staying closed, but I seemed to forget this when I was cooking (my desire for tortilla soup was too great). I poured a batch of the mixture in the blender and hit blend … I had hot, red , tortilla soup all over me. Never one to give up I decided to try again with a hand blender. SO not better, I was wearing this soup. I was a woman possessed I needed to make this soup. Ran out to buy a new blender that does not have closing issues ( gotta love Targets hours) finally I got my soup.
Story number 2 was I got it in my head that I was gonna make 2 different pies from scratch on Thanksgiving. As I have mentioned sometimes my family stresses me out A LOT!!! Well some people (who shall remain nameless) decided to get underfoot while I was taking pies out of the hot oven in my tiny kitchen with no oven mitts. Of course down went my pie… I was in tears. Never again… The rule that came out of this one was no one may come in the kitchen if I am cooking…
Will be back later with some clapotis pics ( she is SO pretty and soft)
-D

I need some calm right now… Clapotis is coming along really she is. I am kinda debating how big I wanna make her. I am also thinking I need to invest in a winter coat… this one is definately an option. not nessecarily a real winter coat but for a girl who generally runs around in a sweat jacket or a fleace this might be ok … it helps that it will look really cute with clapotis. ( ok that might be whyI picked this color but I am soo not gonna tell anyone that)-D

clap is coming along. I really want to be finished already cause I wanna wear it now. I am kinda sleepy and my candle is flickering and smelling quite pretty (pumpkin spice , incidentally a good flavor in coffee as well) Definately need to pick up some little rings at the hardware store for stitch markers. This is a random post with no special cohesive thoughts so i am gonna end here …
-D

CLAP your hands. The clapotis is coming along after a minor pitfall I am back on track. I have this lil problem , I sometimes lose track of rows and can not figure out where I am. I have a kacha kacha thing but it is constantly lost and frankly I don’t always remember to click it. Enter Turtlegirl her little row counter thing saved me. So last night after I had to frog (::cringe: almost to the beginning I decided to whip up one of these 37 beads later ( I did 12 rings for each line in the section) well it helps cause it hangs right there. No thinking necessary which is just the way I like it. Definitely helped. Camera is having a battery issue so no pics of this genius invention today. Side rant I hate my digital camera…. The battery life is incredibly lousy it uses 2 AA batteries and drains them in like 12 pictures this camera is so on notice.
-D

Still loving clappy but she doesnt make for great blogging lemme tell ya… she looks the same as yesterday , only bigger so instead I will do a Holiday Meme ( gonna have to adapt Christmas questions on account of me being Jewish and all… =) )

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?Hot Chocolate egg nog is kinda nasty…
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?no Santa however there is a chanukah elf who is gonna be at my house very soon to finish all my gift getting and wrapping. (thats at least what I am telling myself)
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? lil white twinkly lights on my bed ( I love the lights)
4. Do you hang mistletoe?nope …
5. When do you put your decorations up?The lights are always up and the dancing menorah is out too now.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?Latkes (limitted options here folks)
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?Grampa and I making some crazy latkes in the kitchen …
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?no santa but there is the aforementioned elf.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?Yes with my other family… the catholic one but thats a whole other story (my bestys family adopted me)
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?no tree… =(
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?I LOVE LOVE LOVE snow for like a minute anyway
12. Can you ice skate? yup
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?No …
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family both real and “adopted”
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?Gelt or christmas cookies
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?family time I just wsh some people could be unincluded (is that a word?!)
17. What tops your tree?still no tree
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I like giving and finding the perfect gift for people I love.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?I love christmas music in general.
20. Candy canes?no thanks…..
enough time wasting back to clappy and some SATC…
-d

I am in love with this pattern and this yarn. So soft and yummy. And the pattern, may I just say g-d bless Kate Gilbert. This pattern is so pretty and easy to remember its a fantastic mindless knit which is working for me right now… they say a pic is worth a thousand words so

I guess I have a lot to say today…
-D