I am such the not happy knitter today!! I was totally excited for this weekend and had a great plan of what I wanted etc. . Well my parade has been rained on and I cant go this weekend. I am so incredibly bummed. Family obligation hopped up and unfortunately needed to be this weekend. So I am giving up my sheepy pie weekend , but I am pouting all the while. Definately need to acquire some yarn this week to make me smile

I was tagged by Valerie and must reveal 7 unknown things about myself. Then tag 7 other people. BEWARE YOUR NEXT!!!
1. I am a craftaholic… prior to becoming a crazy knitter I was a cross stitcher, crocheter, and an obssesive sewer (person who sew)
2. I am in mad love with Adam Brody (yes the dude from the OC and in that movie with Meg Ryan)
3. My first concerts where Grateful Dead shows in utero … my parents were / are such dead heads.
4. I am addicted to home decorating… I watch the shows read the mags and am constantly doing something new around here.
5. I have a somewhat irrational fear of birds (the domestic kind not the ones on the street)
6. I am a caffeine fiend and am at the point where people know if they need me to be functional in the morning they must come with reinforcements from ‘Bucks.
7. I watch A LOT of reality shows (not the normal kind the MTV kind etc)
ok guys I am tagging everyone who want to be tagged… please leave me a comment if you decide to do this so I can read your responses. More news and some FOs later this week

Still knitting… this is now my second post blogger seems to have eaten the first one. While I was on hiatus there may have been some spinning (yes actual spinning ike I totally made yarn not pretty yarn but I totally was able to knit a lil swatchlette out of it and its fairly consistent) There were a lot of ufos worked on (I was totally concerned about the MIB coming for me) There was also a significant amount of sewing done and stash reorg. The space bags decidedly sucked. I tried to like the and i did for a really long time until I realized what a PITA they were so I think I figured something else thanks to the help of Ikea ( I love you Ikea so much) There have been tons of mini posts in y head but nothing seemed to be able to come out the fingers ( there is some crazy trap between my brain and my fingers i need to disconnect it.)
There is a small bit of unfinished business around here… I had a contest and never chose a winner. All the ideas were awesome and did make this years list (another day I will probably post them all prob within the week, unless I go underground again) Anywho throuhg very scientific methods (too secret to disclose) we have chosen a winner Tiennie
Please p.m. your address so I can send out your prize…. I think thats all for now folks . Next post will be better and sooner (hopefully) and have pics…

yeah that had nothing to do with um ANYTHING!! Just wanted to introduce you to a new “friend” around here…
Mr. Wheelson (well at least that’s his name for now). Picked him up from Risa

Have to practice treadling for awhile there is definitely no yarn coming out yet… but there will oh yes there will be…. More later

and I’ll cry if I want to… Well I don’t wanna so… today is my 25Th (eek). I have a long standing tradition of coming up with resolutions for the year that correspond with my age (IE, this year 25Th birthday 25 things). This year I decided I am tired of coming up with them myself …. I want suggestions. Now here is the fun part for you guys…
I want suggestions of cool fun different things that I should do with in this next year. You get one entry for each suggestion. Whats in it for you?? PRIZES (I’m not 100% sure what yet). The Fine print… Contest will end 12 noon on 4/6/07. Please email the answers to me at Suburbaknitsta at no spam dot Gmail dot com (remove the no spam and sub at for @ and dot for . you know the drill. ) with the subject as Contest. Winner will be chosen by our judging panel… Good Luck!

Since it is April 1st also known as Flash your stash day. I pulled out some of the stash (I left it to strictly sock yarn b/c well I am a crumby photographer and couldnt figure out how to take a pic of the rest so…

Getting ready for Passover at chez Suburbaknitsta involved a trek to the local meat market . Holy cows ( I am not above a cheesy butcher pun) it was soo ridiculously busy I was incredibly glad to be armed with my traveling sock. I actually turned the heel standing on line there. This other lady gave me a knowing glance and whipped out a booty she was working on. I think she and I may have scared a few muggles while standing there… I am only sorry that I didnt take my camera with me so I could have taken a pic of this adorable little baby bootlet out of cashmere (drool) More later
-D

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My day in bullet points (because thought in an orderly fashion is not coming)
* I wore sandals (for the first time this season) I need a pedicure. Painted toes to me always look like they are smiling.
* I work with these 3 guys lets call them Larry Mo and Curly. Mo and I do not get along so his brothers in stooginess have taken to screwing with me. Case in point I have a picture of my god daughter on my desk they took it and tried to taunt me with it. I mean seriously how old are you… I may need to seek revenge not sure though how… I mean seriously mess with the girl who plays with sharp pointy objects?
* I picked up my long abandoned rectangle shawl to start knitting only to see that there was a humongo counting error so to the frog pond it went. It was actually a zen moment though and got my aggression out which was a good thing. The Lorna’s yarn from Purl rocks… this is some mini stripey fun. Plans for tomm. include restart on the shawl and then more sock time.
hopefully will come up with a good plan

The Harlot make me wanna sing Mary Poppins?? Knitters in large numbers … what a sight to see. I took my bus (with the icky driver) to Port Authority got Farblungit ( i cant translate from Yiddish sorry) took me to long but I finally arrived at my destination. (actually Kim found me and brought me where I needed to go) Once upon a Tart was quite the pleasant eatery with the coolest duckie thing in the window oh and btw soup involving peas,spinach, and mint is awesome!! Then I hit Purl…(thanks Ina for providing the contrast, my photography skills leave much to be desired) omg I think I wanna move in there. Wow for a tiny store they have a heck of a lot. The wall of koigu made me wanna drool yet I bought none. I did buy some new exclusive to purl Lorna’s sock yarn… Then we made our way to FIT. Where I took the same photo as countless others I am sure… SPM spoke for about an hour and a half and then took questions (which were actually comments) What kind of blew my mind was all the people knitting like a giant SnB and not just knitting, there was a common goal (afghan squares). Stephanie touched on the kindness of knitters which was so evident in all the money collected to Doctors without Borders. Got to meet a fellow Jersey girl, waving to Jessica. All in all had a fabulous day which has been described much better by others… Suffice to say I can’t wait for the next knitter meet up… Photos from the day below

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Thanks for the GREAT day ladies…

Too excited going to FIT tomorrow to see the harlot. Complete thoughts are not working today so …
Spent 3/4s of the day in the hospital with the best friend… everything is OK now but it was kinda scary
on a positive note I was reminded how wonderful knitting is for frazzled nerves… There was a sock which was started and finished today.
Hopefully will have more tomorrow or friday including pics etc !! Cant wait ladies .
-D