Haper rolled over bothways for the first time Tuesday July 29th!
Here she is talking- she started this yesterday Aug. 2nd :)

WENT ON THE KNIT AND CRUISE AT ALAMITOS BAY YARN CO. It was really relaxing! so great to sit and knit for 2 hrs with no baby. I love my meetup group! the people are so awesome to hang with! we had a great time- and we want to do it again, maybe rent our own duffy and have a hubby drive it! This way we can do it on a weekend!! great idea! We could have a parade!

Below: HAPPY 4th from Harper and her cousins Erin and Landon!

Yarn Hop - Alamitos Bay & Liscat

So we went on this awesome yarn ho on saturday. I got lambs pride from Alamitos Bay Yarn Co. http://www.yarncompany.com/ It's one of my favorite shops, 1- for layout, 2 for quality. i like the way it feels. However Liscat's http://www.liscat.biz/home new shop freaking rocks my socks right off! i wanted to hide in the back and live there! It's like the owner, Katrina, reached into my yarn shop dreams and made it a reality. If you are nearby- you have to go!

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this is what i got on our trip......

Lambs Pride for Hedgehog. I started the hedgehog Sat Night and finished Tuesday Morning, crying baby and all! It was pretty fast!

and here it is: (no name for it yet- Diane has tramatized me on nameing my animals)

Don't get me started on issues i had with this. Lets just say- if you make this, try to get the funfur to be similar to the felting wool. And pink and black look a little like hairplugs. But Harper likes it! i also got this for Hedgehog #2..... i have higher hopes for this one.

and here is some handpainted Arucania- very nice!

I am on a "yarn diet" of sorts...it's called "single income family" so i spent about $40 for the day. i also got this wonderful water bottle at Liscat!

and on the baby front....Harper is not rolling over! Yeah she did it like 3 times 2 weeks ago, and now, it's like she forgot! I guess I should be happy that she will stay imobile a little longer...but i really like it when she learns new tricks! :) We used some special cradle cap shampoo on her and it makes her hair greasy! see.....

more later...gotta go feed the baby.....again.

I'm Baaaaaaaack

Ok- I will try to keep this up. it is my goal. P.S. I now have a baby. She is the cutest baby on the planet. and is making little noises that mean- "hey- get your butt over here and pay attention to me before i cry" as i write this.....so here is a recent video...

Here are my current WIPs-

Log Cabin Blanket & Harper

and a Central Park Hoodie! (First Sweater Ever) woohoo

Sick Days. Yuck. Whoever invented this food poisoning thing was a real jerk. I haven been watching X Files reruns till my eyeballs fall out....However, in between bathroom runs, here i am- finally having time to post, yay.

Sooooooo... Here are a few things i have been working on.

This baby kimono from the Mason Dixon book was awesome and super fast!

Of Course i have to give props to Stephanie for her amazing mattress stitch, and patience to show me how...once again.

I am a little lost on how to close it. Here you can see it with what i think i will go with...Buttons. But no promises yet. I wish i could figure out how to secure the ribbon ties, but my brain doesn't work that way, i guess.

I also volunteered to make a prize for our Irvine Knitting Meet up groups 1 year anniversary. BTW, the party was quite fun. We have some really great members that i have actually seen more then once and that is a cool deal. :)

Here are the stitch markers that i made:

I also recently went to the Yarn Lady Bag Sale...I spent $205-but i saved over 300!!! And isn't that what is important here? I got Silk, Merino and Thaki Cotton, some Noro, and some wool that should make a fun hat. Here's the take home:


I also got my Scarf from my ISE4 partner! It's awsome, take a look!

She's from Chicago. She sent me some lovely Chai Tea, and some bath bubbles!



And last but not least...........the Puppy.

Nick and i got a Little terror...i mean puppy. We named him Greenbean Helikopter ...Kopter for short.

He is a Lab-Akita Mix and is almost 5months. He's already over 25lbs!

So, having a puppy is a lot of work...

but here are some of the cute moments....

Stitch & Pitch 5-22-2007 Dodgers v. Brewers

Dodgers Win!

i am sure that it was because of all the good knitting mojo!

Here is my special Stitch and Pitch Tanktop that i got at Cafepress.com

I got to represent!

The shirt says " Everybody loves a girl who knits!"

Stephanie, her husband Jason, Nick and I al took a bus from Alamitos Bay Yarn Co. in Long Beach to beautiful Dodgers Stadium.

Attention Angels: YOU NEED TO DO A STITCH AND PITCH. geesh.

The drive there was so quick it was awsome! Steph and i worked on our socks the whole way, and it felt like 5 minutes!

When we got there- we grbed our swag bag and headed to our seats-amongst...gasp...hundreds of knitters! un-gasp.


Here is the gang:


Here is wht I got away with...muahahahahaha! :

Ren Fair 5-19-07

Or should i say Booby Fair?

When did the whimsical fair of my childhood turn into a "who can squeeze into the tightest bodice and breath contest"?

I am not bitter. Just sad. It still had the flavor of my childhood memories but there seemed to be a lot more dirt, sex, and it's way more expensive when your parents aren't paying! geesh!

I did like the shows (cuz they're free...) and i liked the Dance Macabre. I liked how eerie it was when all of the sudden, the music died and they froze. That was cool.

I don't think i will be going for another 5 years though....