I am very excited to bring you my new blog! I have had one before but it became muddled and I was so frustrated I didn't know what to do with it anymore. So, we leave behind the past, start fresh and start posting!
Things are starting to even out here in the Grey household. We are looing forwrd to next month and getting things dealt with around here for the summer. Mr. Grey has some trees to cut down, which I am personally hoping he does this week end. There are two cedars on the side of the house that are nice enough, but have not been cared for in ten years and have over taken the garden. His father (owns the property) would like those down because they are becoming a threat to the power lines. He also said I can feel free to plant whatever I wish in the garden on the side of the house. In the back yard we are cutting down a few trees that are mostly dead and dealing with the underbrush that has been allowed to grow up around it. Mr. Grey also has to restring my clothesline since he broke the metal pole while beating out some rugs! It was an old pole, but I still have had three good laundry days at this point which I haven't been able to take advantage of!
I'm thinking I would like to plant roses in the side garden. I love wild Victorian style roses! I love that they smell good, I love how they look. Plus rose hips are always a bonus! I would like to make jelly and tea this year with the one's at Mama Grey's. I would like to dig up a plot in the back year where the undergrowth is and plant some Chamomile and other tea related things.
Baby Grey is doing well, however today she is being a bit of a fuss. I don't know what's wrong, but she isn't running a fever, she just isn't eating well, and is very thirsty. So I'll keep an eye on it but hopefully she will just sleep it off.
I have been making Market Bags like crazy! They are fast and easy and I love them. Everyone does! They have been requested like nothing I have ever seen among my friends and family! So far I have to make about twenty or more. Some of that is Christmas, others are people that are asking for them as soon as possible, plus I would like to have some for here at the house! I go to Sam and the Natural Living Center a ton, and I would like to make sure I have bags because I don't like to have bags about and Sam's does have any. At least that way we can just make one trip for the small things!
I also have a few projects on the needles that I need to finish ASAP because they are mostly past do. So I am going to list them here in hopes it will kick me in the butt to do them!!
1. Mom's mittens - last christmas - 1.5 done
2. Lynda's lace shawl - paid for - hate it, but mostly done
3. Lynda's dk shawl - Bday was July 2 - 4/5 done really just one, maby two good days work
4. Hannah's mittens - christmas - .5 done
Then I only have a set of fingerless gloves for Cynthia and I have no more projects for other people. I would like to have all these things (list) done before August 18th. Then have all the Christmas market bags done before September 1st. That is the hope anyway!
Now, I desperately need to organize laundry and sort through the knitting supplies so I can get a handle on this situation.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Lacy Motivation
I am in desperate need of some serious motivation, I have been asked by my mother in law to make her a lace shawl for temple, and I am dragging my feet like a crazy person!!! I NEED to get it done, buut I seem to keep finding other things to work on, and I feel like a terrible person! I have to fight with myself to not start another project and it is really really getting to me. I need to just sit down and bang it out, so, without further ado, I am going to go fix my nails and then work on it (I have a chip and it will catch, and with my luck break, the yarn) then going to work on it!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Baby
We had our little girl on Sunday of last week!! It's weird to think she is already a week old, but at the same time, I don't really remember what life felt like without her. We have gotten really lucky because she is an angel of a baby, and makes Anthony and I's life all the better for being in it. We had to get a hold on the sleep thing, but I think we have it figured out, and are going in the right direction!! Plus, I just went out on a limb and tried to put on my pregnacyjeans, and they fit!! There is a little bit of a bulge, but nothing that wasn't there before, and can't be hidden with a nice long tunic sweater like i have been wearing anyway!!! It's only been a week and I haven't started my diet yet (after thanksgiving) I'm so happy!!!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Woodland Emerald Yoga Socks
Woodland Emerald Yoga Socks
I recently went searching for a pair of yoga socks for my glamorous little sister and could not find a single pattern that fit my needs!! Most yoga socks are simple garter stitch, or something along those lines. While I completely understand that yoga in and of itself is supposed to be simplistic, and unassuming, that is simply not my little sister! So, I took my favorite beading technique, figured out the basic construction of the yoga sock, and throw in some pretty cables, and TAA-DAA, Kendra style yoga socks. These would be really easy to change and adopt to any person on your list with other stitch patterns, or cables. Please keep in mind, don't put beads on the bottom of the foot, unless you are trying to make the person break their neck.
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss (75% Merino, 25% Silk) in Woodland Sage
Needles: set of 5, size US2 DPNS (or you could use magic loop if you wanted, if you are going to do these two at a time, please see the note about the Left Foot at the end of pattern)
Notions: tapesty needle, cable needle, 6/0 glass beads (24grs) Emerald S/L, 1mm crochet hook
*Note: These socks use the beading technique in the tutorial by Sivia Harding in Knitty Spring '06, you ARE going to put the bead on the stitch, then replace it to the left needle for knitting.
Abbreviations:
K: knit
P: purl
St(s): stitch(es)
CO: cast on
BO: bind off in knit
B: place bead on next st, then knit this stitch
C6F: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in front. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
C6B: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in back. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
Right Foot:
CO 65 sts (I used longtail method, but you could do this anyway you would like, depending on how much you want them to be able to give)
Rounds 1-4, 6-10, 12-16: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x
Rounds 5 & 11: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)11x
Repeat Rounds 1-16 twice more (3x total)
Round 49: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, BO 33.
Round 50: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3. P1)2x, K3, turn.
Round 51: (P3, K1)2x, P3, K2, P6, K2, (P3, K1)2x, P3, turn.
Round 52: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, CO 33. (again, feel free to CO as you like, I used backward loop method here)
Rounds 53 & 59: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, (P1, K3)8x, P1.
Rounds 54-58, 60-68: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x.
Rep 53-63 once more.
BO LOOSELY!!
Left Foot:
This one is exactly the same as the Right Foot EXCEPT change all the C6F to C6B, so the cables will twist inward, toward each other when worn :-)
I recently went searching for a pair of yoga socks for my glamorous little sister and could not find a single pattern that fit my needs!! Most yoga socks are simple garter stitch, or something along those lines. While I completely understand that yoga in and of itself is supposed to be simplistic, and unassuming, that is simply not my little sister! So, I took my favorite beading technique, figured out the basic construction of the yoga sock, and throw in some pretty cables, and TAA-DAA, Kendra style yoga socks. These would be really easy to change and adopt to any person on your list with other stitch patterns, or cables. Please keep in mind, don't put beads on the bottom of the foot, unless you are trying to make the person break their neck.
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss (75% Merino, 25% Silk) in Woodland Sage
Needles: set of 5, size US2 DPNS (or you could use magic loop if you wanted, if you are going to do these two at a time, please see the note about the Left Foot at the end of pattern)
Notions: tapesty needle, cable needle, 6/0 glass beads (24grs) Emerald S/L, 1mm crochet hook
*Note: These socks use the beading technique in the tutorial by Sivia Harding in Knitty Spring '06, you ARE going to put the bead on the stitch, then replace it to the left needle for knitting.
Abbreviations:
K: knit
P: purl
St(s): stitch(es)
CO: cast on
BO: bind off in knit
B: place bead on next st, then knit this stitch
C6F: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in front. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
C6B: slip next 3 sts to a cable needle and hold in back. K3, then K3 from cable needle.
Right Foot:
CO 65 sts (I used longtail method, but you could do this anyway you would like, depending on how much you want them to be able to give)
Rounds 1-4, 6-10, 12-16: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x
Rounds 5 & 11: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)11x
Repeat Rounds 1-16 twice more (3x total)
Round 49: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, BO 33.
Round 50: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3. P1)2x, K3, turn.
Round 51: (P3, K1)2x, P3, K2, P6, K2, (P3, K1)2x, P3, turn.
Round 52: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)2x, K3, CO 33. (again, feel free to CO as you like, I used backward loop method here)
Rounds 53 & 59: (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, P2, C6F, P2, (K1, B, K1, P1)2x, K1, B, K1, (P1, K3)8x, P1.
Rounds 54-58, 60-68: (K3, P1)2x, K3, P2, K6, P2, (K3, P1)11x.
Rep 53-63 once more.
BO LOOSELY!!
Left Foot:
This one is exactly the same as the Right Foot EXCEPT change all the C6F to C6B, so the cables will twist inward, toward each other when worn :-)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Letters to the UPS Guy
8/24 8:54PM -
Dear UPS Guy, I know that sometimes in your busy schedule certain packages are over looked, I also know my thinking my yummy yarn purchase being here today was a little optamistic. I also know that you guys deliver until 6pm and I left the house at 4...:30. So with all this in mind I am going to keep clinging to the fantasy that when I get there a package with my name on it will be on my doorstep, for both our sakes.
8/24 9:38PM-
Dear UPS Guy, you fail. Lets hope this pattern doesn't continue.
8/25 9:00AM-
Dear UPS Guy, Maybe yesterday I did not impress apon you the seriousness of this situation. I want you to know, beloved delivery man, that I am pregnant and on top of that my other friend, who is BROKEN, is also awaiting afore mentioned yummy yarn. W...e have an addiction that can't be denied, and you are the only person who can help. Please take this into consideration as you make you way about the world today.
8/25 7:20PM
Dear UPS guy, so glad we had this chat :-)
Dear UPS Guy, I know that sometimes in your busy schedule certain packages are over looked, I also know my thinking my yummy yarn purchase being here today was a little optamistic. I also know that you guys deliver until 6pm and I left the house at 4...:30. So with all this in mind I am going to keep clinging to the fantasy that when I get there a package with my name on it will be on my doorstep, for both our sakes.
8/24 9:38PM-
Dear UPS Guy, you fail. Lets hope this pattern doesn't continue.
8/25 9:00AM-
Dear UPS Guy, Maybe yesterday I did not impress apon you the seriousness of this situation. I want you to know, beloved delivery man, that I am pregnant and on top of that my other friend, who is BROKEN, is also awaiting afore mentioned yummy yarn. W...e have an addiction that can't be denied, and you are the only person who can help. Please take this into consideration as you make you way about the world today.
8/25 7:20PM
Dear UPS guy, so glad we had this chat :-)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Things I didn't know...
I found out a few things in the last few days.
1. homade soap chips (what is left in the pot after pouring into the mold, and what is left after cutting the soap into nice even bars) can be made into body wash (knew this) but this body wash is an even better dish soap! Seriously, best dish soap I've ever used, not going to use anything else :-)
2. I havethe ability to write knitting patterns :-) I just sat down and wrote a pattern for a pair of yoga socks for my little sister (nothing I was finding was really what I wanted for her, and very little of it was in a fingering weight, which is the yarn I wanted to use.) and a pair od fingerless gloves to match. So impressed am I with myself that I will be posting the patterns here on LJ and linking them to my Ravelry account for all to enjoy. I am also going to make a point of making more patterns :-)
Other then that I don't know what I have learned, but I will keep you updated :-)
1. homade soap chips (what is left in the pot after pouring into the mold, and what is left after cutting the soap into nice even bars) can be made into body wash (knew this) but this body wash is an even better dish soap! Seriously, best dish soap I've ever used, not going to use anything else :-)
2. I havethe ability to write knitting patterns :-) I just sat down and wrote a pattern for a pair of yoga socks for my little sister (nothing I was finding was really what I wanted for her, and very little of it was in a fingering weight, which is the yarn I wanted to use.) and a pair od fingerless gloves to match. So impressed am I with myself that I will be posting the patterns here on LJ and linking them to my Ravelry account for all to enjoy. I am also going to make a point of making more patterns :-)
Other then that I don't know what I have learned, but I will keep you updated :-)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Not as productive as I like
Ok, I didn't get Mom's stocking done yet, but that is ok, because I have been working really really hard on getting all the Christmas knitting patterns into a journal so I can just grab whatever project I want to work on (needles and yarn kept in the Ziploc) and the journal and go and always have everything I need. Besides, I know I will get them done, but maybe not until after I go ahead and start a baby blanket :-) I haven't yet, but since I am home today and Anthony wants me not up on my foot anymore then is absolutely necessary, I have time to do things. In fact all I have to do is take a shower, and put on my uniform and I have about 6.5 hours to do so.
About the foot. Guess what I did. I went to the beach with my In-laws, since the girls are going to be leaving for New Mexico soon (this makes me sad, as I love them both a LOT). So we get to the first beach, in fact my favorite beach, where Anthony and I had planned on getting married, and headed down the staircase that is there. Of course, I tripped on one of the last steps, dropped all I was carring, and severely sprained my ankle, like the doctors looked at the film from the xray twice because they were pretty sure it was broken severe. Luckily I grabbed the rail for dear life, and they checked the baby and she is fine, a little shaken I'm sure, but fine. It could have been way worse, because there are a lot of rocks there, and this was the last step with the rail. Freak Anthony out pretty bad. I had to tell him a few times to go play while I sat there with ice. We stayed on the beach for a few hours, to see if the swelling was going to go down, and I got a pretty good sunburn. So now I am on crutches, which I really hate, and am starting to feel it all over that I fell, I'm sore, and my ribs and stomach hurt from using the crutches, I'll be glad when its all healed.
Other then that there is not all that much going on. We got a baby book from my Mom, which makes me lots of happy, and its already filled out to the best of my ability, all the way up to the baby shower, and since that is not going to be until Oct, I think I am set :-) We also got some baby clothes and Mom bought things to put into the handmade cradle/bassinet she and Dad are making for the baby :-)
About the foot. Guess what I did. I went to the beach with my In-laws, since the girls are going to be leaving for New Mexico soon (this makes me sad, as I love them both a LOT). So we get to the first beach, in fact my favorite beach, where Anthony and I had planned on getting married, and headed down the staircase that is there. Of course, I tripped on one of the last steps, dropped all I was carring, and severely sprained my ankle, like the doctors looked at the film from the xray twice because they were pretty sure it was broken severe. Luckily I grabbed the rail for dear life, and they checked the baby and she is fine, a little shaken I'm sure, but fine. It could have been way worse, because there are a lot of rocks there, and this was the last step with the rail. Freak Anthony out pretty bad. I had to tell him a few times to go play while I sat there with ice. We stayed on the beach for a few hours, to see if the swelling was going to go down, and I got a pretty good sunburn. So now I am on crutches, which I really hate, and am starting to feel it all over that I fell, I'm sore, and my ribs and stomach hurt from using the crutches, I'll be glad when its all healed.
Other then that there is not all that much going on. We got a baby book from my Mom, which makes me lots of happy, and its already filled out to the best of my ability, all the way up to the baby shower, and since that is not going to be until Oct, I think I am set :-) We also got some baby clothes and Mom bought things to put into the handmade cradle/bassinet she and Dad are making for the baby :-)
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