Knit Devotion

It arrived today. My spoiler, Jean (doxietrek on Ravelry), stalked me well. She made me the Everlasting Bagstopper from Ravelry. It’s a market bag that expands to fit just about anything. I’ve had it in my que but haven’t had a chance to make it yet. Well, now I don’t have to. Yeah! I’ll have to make another one because I just can’t go to the grocery store for one thing. Impossible feat! She also gave me the extra yarn, I think I will make a mini bag to go with this one. There’s some pumpkin seeds, yum, sugar-free mints, which I just ran out of, and CHOCOLATE, double YUM!
She gave me some very cool Bamboo sock yarn hand dyed from an Indie dyer called Whimzy Pinzy Creations, in one of my favorite colors, purple. I now own a “I’d rather be knitting” button which I will wear with pride. All the time because it’s true!
And last but not least a Starbucks gift card and my favorite Yankee candle…you guess it? Pumpkin Spice. It made the box smell fantastic even before I opened it!
I would say I really racked up on this one. Thanks Jean! It was a great swap and lots of fun getting to know you! Hope to see you next year!

In other news, I sold 2 lunch boxes, a computer bag, and a dress on Etsy. Yeah! I will be so busy before Thanksgiving. It will make Thanksgiving a nice break for me! If I don’t talk to you guys before then have a great holiday for those of us who get Thanksgiving. I will be very busy before then!

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I can finally show it and she loved it! I made this knitting bag for my spoilee for the Day of the Dead swap. It’s called my “Rockitknit” bag. There’s only one problem. I have to make it in another fabric. My extra fabric is not in yet. It was backordered. AAAAUUUUGGGHHH!
I don’t want to post this one in my store and not be able to make one right now.

Let me tell you about it anyway. It is wide enough to fit straight needles with a project in the bottom on the bag. It has 3 large pockets with buttonholes for yarn to lace through to the outside to keep your yarn from tangling when doing color knitting. Plus more pockets on the inside for needles (the bag height will accommodate the needles standing up without poking out of the bag) and other accessories. The bottom and part of the sides are reinforced to allow the bag to stand on it’s own. Plus it has a comfortable strap to wear on your shoulder or carry in your hand. It’s everything you would want in a knitting bag.

Keep checking my etsy store for this bag and more. There are some changes going on. I will post about them later.

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The UN has declared 2009 to be “The International Year of Natural Fibers”.

Bamboo….that is all I have to say!

This is Halloween. Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. I love Tim Burton and of course Danny Elfman. Who better to do the music for Tim than someone who wrote…”It’s a dead man’s party. Who could ask for more. Everybody’s coming, leave your body at the door. Leave your body and soul at the door” I love Oingo Boingo growing up. I was so sad when they stopped. And in case you didn’t know, that is Danny singing as Jack and he does the voice for Barrel of the 3 monster kids Lock, Shock and Barrel, and lastly Clown with the tear away face. To look at a picture of Danny and his sister Jenna Elfman and think, “Wow! What happened there!”
So if you couldn’t guess, Halloween is my favorite holiday. My house inside and out is decorated. And I think I have instilled this manic love of the holiday into my kids! Yeah! They will keep the tradition alive. Next step, to get them to start goring it up. You know, not just a princess but a bloody princess with an eye missing or part of a bone sticking out. I am moving my daughter to that part by buying her books like Cinderella Skeleton. It’s the story of Cinderella except you guess it….they are all skeletons. Instead of losing a crystal slipper she loses her whole foot. I love it!
So here are my kids this Halloween. Superman with a John Deere tractor hat and a princess although she wouldn’t specify which one and she didn’t want to wear a crown. But she did want to wear her plastic princess shoes. Walking around the neighborhood in cheap plastic princess shoes. AH, NO! I am not carrying you back home. We did get rained on when we were at the farthest from our house. But did that stop my candy fiend kids. NO. Hubby and I stood under trees while my kids ran from house to house.
They know the true spirit of Halloween for their age or any age…….

CANDY!

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