No More Yarn but more Fiber Related Fun

Ok I promised myself that I would not buy yarn this month. I have enough yarn but I did buy dye, a spindle and on the 31st of October some yarn to dye and some Wool of the Andes from Knitpicks. I think Ravelry is a bad influence because now I want to try spinning and dying yarn.

I did get some good things off Craigslist yesterday. I have more knitting needles. A cute plastic holder and 2 knitting books. The big purchase was a ball winder for $5.00. Well I just love the way my yarn looks in little cakes. I made 5 yesterday and it was so quick. I want to do more.

I have been knitting on my hoodie. The back is done and I am working on the right front. I am still enjoying the project. The Y2K quilt has another block sewed up. I just don't find myself taking the time to sew and I need to do that. I need the Thanksgiving Wall Hanging to replace the Halloween Wall Hanging I made.

My son visited his girlfriend in San Francisco. They went to Alcatraz. The GF crochets and is learning to knit. When my son showed me the pictures from Alcatraz I loved this one.

Lilly Ate My Place Marker

Does she look a little innocent. Well she is not. Lilly was happily chewing on something. I dropped a place marker and she was having at it. I took it away and realized that she had eaten a little piece. She seems fine but I really have to watch what I drop. Silly Dog.

I have 2 more inches on my Hoodie. Is it me or does it takes forever to knit the last few inches. I am going to finish tonight when I have knitting time.

Yesterday I went to the Veterans Adminstration Assessment for Vocational Rehabilitation. They do the little bubble tests to see what type of job fits you. Of course I know what I want to study and hopefully that will show in the tests. The person running the testing said it would take about one week for the results and then you would meet your counselor face to face. I am keeping my fingers crossed this works out. I love being home but if I want the fun vacations then I need to go back to work.

I worked on the Y2K quilt. I am getting close to the finish on that too. I do need to get some sewing done since did buy the fabric for my husband 2 shirts.

Sometimes You Do the Same Row Over and Over

Last night when I finally had a little time to knit on my Hoodie I did my first row of the night and for some reason it was off. So I went back and counted took out the row and started again. STILL OFF!! Darn what am I doing wrong. I went back and took out the row again and recounted. One of the stitch markers was off and I had dropped a stitch. I finished the row correctly and called it a night. Sometimes you don't get very much done in one evening of knitting. The good news I only have about 6 more inches of knitting and the back will be done. I cannot wait. I want to get the hoodie done so badly at the cost of all my other things I need to work on.

I did take apart 2 more blocks on the Y2K quilt. Almost done with the taking apart of the blocks. I did not get them sewn together. Maybe today I have no plans. I already did my workout and 2 of my boys are not home and hubby is working today. Should be a quiet day.

Here is a picture of my Halloween wallhanging. It is actually all done. I still need to do more decorating but the box of Halloween decorations is in the attic and I could not get into the attic without moving a cabinet. Guess I will need to do that soon or just forget about doing more Halloween decorating.

I Am Out of Control

Ok I admit that I have a little shopping problem this month. I stopped at the local yarn shop and bought yarn for my next sweater and some new sock yarn. I could have used some yarn from the stash I already had but I wanted a certain color. I purchased Berroca Lustra in a cream color. I can't wait to use the new yarn. I picked out Sweaterbabe's Flutter Sleeve pattern. I purchased the pattern as soon as I saw it on Ravelry. Of courese I have to finish Heather's Hoodie which I am working on. The knitting on the hoodie is going really quick. I am more than half way done on the back. Today I had 2 hours of knitting time in the car. Plus more time during the football game tonight. OK I admit I have not been working on my quilt. I did do the binding on my Halloween Wallhanging. Yeah. I am going to hang it up then I will get a picture. I also worked on my socks that are on the needles earlier this week. Progress is slow on those. I think I have been working on them on and off for several months.

I am going to try to work on the Y2K quilt this week. I have just a few more blocks to take apart then I can finish it up.

Here is a picture of my hoodie in progress.

Wow a Street Named After Me!!

Ok so the street was not named after me but still a street with my name. My name is just uncommon. I know there is a singer out there with my name. My Mom actually named me after Tuesday Weld's character on the Dobie Gillis show. Some of you may not know Dobie Gillis because the show ran in the late 50s. I guess my Mom loved the name. It was not easy in school because no one else had the name and I really did not like that I was not a Janet or Kimberly or some other common name. Now I am ok with it because look at this... after 40 some years on the planet I found a street and a surf shop. The surf shop is in Laguna and they have shirts with the name Thalia Street Surf Shop so of course I had to have one. My dear husband discovered the surf shop when someone at his work had the Thalia t-shirt on. Hubby then insisted we need to visit. It was a fun Saturday drive and I loved the street sign.



I have not done much sewing. I have been knitting. I am working on the Heather Hoodie. My first try with cables. I don't know why I was so scared they are not bad. I have completed my first pattern from a chart too. I still have a long way to go to get it done. My wonderful 17 year old asked me how long it was going to take me to knit a sweater when it takes me forever to make a pair of socks. I would love to wear it at Thanksgiving so that is my goal. Now if I could just stop reading blogs and Ravelry.

Knitting Disaster and new Yarn

We are back from Las Vegas. I had a wonderful time and completed my scarf. I thought I needed to knit a cowl because the chin strap on my motorcycle helmet made my neck very sore. Well that was a disaster. I don't know what I did wrong. I am sure it was me because several people on Ravelry have used the pattern and had wonderful results. So I finished the cowl tonight and then unraveled the thing. So now I am searching for a cowl pattern that uses smaller needles. Pictures of my very sad knitting project.




I went to Nancy's Quilt in Las Vegas. Since we were on the motorcycle I did not have much room or much time. I picked Nancy's because she has yarn and fabric. I ended up with 4 skeins of Kogui. Such pretty colors. I purchased 3 patterns and some fat quarters. I just loved the shop. I only had a few minutes so next time I will go and spend some time browsing.

I have not had any progress on my Y2K quilt with vacation and all the things I have been doing around the house. Hopefully I will get back to that this weekend. Here are my items I purchased at Nancy's in Las Vegas.

A Very Long Wait at the VA

I took my 3 broken hearing aids to the Veterans Administration today. They have a walk in clinic for hearing aid repair. They open at 8:00. I arrived about 9:15. I brought my pink scarf I am knitting. I sat in the waiting room for 2 1/2 hours. I actually thought my fingers would fall off. After they finally called my name I went to another area and they took away the hearing aids to look at them. I knit more for about another 1/2 hour. I did a whole lot of knitting today. Then instead of sewing tonight I knit more. I would love to finish so I can start a new knitting project. There is just something wonderful about almost being done with a project. The expectation for a new project. The accomplishment of finishing a project. Just love it.

As far as my 3 broken hearing aids, one is never going to work again, one they repaired so I could use. Another hearing aid has to be sent in to be repaired. The good news is I have 2 hearing aids so I can hear better. The bad news is they are 2 different types of hearing aids. I am just glad that I will be able to hear in the next few days because my husband and I are headed to Vegas. It will be nice to take a mini vacation.

I will try to get more done on the Y2K quilt and the witches tomorrow.