Knit Devotion

and your to blame.  You give love a bad name.  I heard on the radio this morning that it’s been 20 years since 1989.  Wow, I’m getting old.

Other than talking about my pending age….it’s getting close to V-day.  Even better Monday is The Chinese New Year.  I love the Asian cultures. They are so full of great stories, beautiful art work, treasures, and of course….DRAGONS!
My daughter’s school has a DRAGON Parade.  The 3rd graders make dragons out of boxes or whatever as part of learning about China. We saw a couple this morning as I was dropping her off at school.  They were very cool.  Monday is the parade and I will be there. (I will post pics after wards.)

So back to V-day.  I wanted to post some of my skirts I have made for my shop.  I have a few more that I’m working on and will post them later.

Enjoy

I remember when I was a teenager, I had a subscription to Elle Magazine. They had the numerology and astrology charts in the back. I would always read them but thought they were too broad to really mean anything.  
Our homework is to study Arithmancy and to decide if it is relevant to be studied.  Let me start of by saying I love coincidence.  I believe in Karma.  So this kind of stuff is right down my alley.  But there are some holes.

My first problem is what name do I go by.  My married name or my maiden name?  Do I use my middle name? For me, I dropped my maiden name when I got married.  So out of sheer curiosity I did all of them.  The coincidence is that most of them came out with the same numbers, maybe in different orders but still the same numbers. (There are 3 different numbers: character, heart and social) All except my original, maiden, full name.  It came out all 9′s.   That is weird and really freaky. 

My next step was to look at what each number meant.   They, all 9, could have been me.  That’s what I don’t get about numerology.  The answers are too vague.  Some were closer to me in one aspect but far from me in another. 

So my answer would be…if taught in with other classes in future telling (which they are) they could bring the fortune teller closer to guessing what will happen.  By themselves it’s just another “load”.

If you would like to try your hand at it.  (It’s really actually fun, here’s the link  )  The site has calculators so you don’t have to do the math.  It also has the meanings of each number. 

Are you curious what 9 means….. (if you know me ((I’m a Taurus)) this sounds so much like me)

9 – Represents completion and achievement to the fullest degree (as
it is the complete number, three, expressed three times). Nines dedicate
themselves to service, often as teachers, scientists, and humanitarians.
Strongly determined, they work tirelessly and are an inspiration to others.
However, they can also be arrogant and conceited when things don’t go their
way. 

Here’s my homework for Potions class.  The 1st assignment was to make a set of fingerless gloves so that our hands wouldn’t get cold mixing potions in the dungeon.  Very thoughtful of our professor.  This is my 2nd pair.  The first pair was this lovely pattern that looks like either fish scales or in my case snake skin.  But it was taking too long because I had to pay attention to the pattern.  So I put those on the back burner for now (AAAAHHHHH:( ) because we only had 2 weeks to do them.  I remembered a really cute pair on Knitty and went lookng for those and I found these. Then I went hunting in my stash. I had a cashmere/wool mix that would feel soooo good. Plus here in FL it doesn’t get that cold, so I will be able to use them and not have to give them away. 

This is a great pattern if you are interested. You can find it on Knitty.com under ” Fetching“.  They are very comfortable in that they don’t bind at the hand or at the thumb.  The instructions are clear, very easy to follow and I finished these in a day. 

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Tim Burton is at it again but this time with the director of Wanted (another one of my favorites). If you didn’t know, I am an Angelina Jolie FAN! I love this girl. To me she is the ultimate in cool. I took a liking to her in Hackers. I had to have a finger ring like hers. Finally found one and I wore that ring until it fell apart. I love all of her films..even the crappy ones. There’s something odd about her that I find fascinating and beautiful. But I think the thing I like most about her is she is a bad ass! There’s no one that plays tough girl like her. So Wanted is another one of my favorites. The movie is totally off the wall but good…You have to suspend you mind for 2 hours to enjoy this movie.

Back to 9.  The civilization is gone, destroyed….9 finds “people” like him and must figure out what happened and why the machines want to destroy the world.  He might be the only way civilization survives. It sounds like The Matrix and in part looks like it. But it’s got Tim’s spin on the story and you can tell in the graphics.  This should be good.  Vive Le Tim Burton!!!!

It’s time for another homework session well it’s more like a quiz. This time Ghost class.  Name the ghosts in Harry Potter. I know Headless Nick. He’s the Gryffindor ghost, played by the hilarious John Cleese. And Moaning Myrtle who is the ghost in the boys toilet.  Then, the Bloody Baron who is Slytherin’s ghost (i think, I am doing this off the top of my head) And Peeves, who could forget him. There’s a woman ghost and I think her last name is Ravenclaw.  And I think there’s a fat guy, a monk or friar probably considering this is England.

Let’s see how I do when I google “HP Ghost”….

(This is from the Wikipedia page)

• Bloody Baron
• Professor Cuthbert Binns
• Fat Friar
• Grey Lady
  

  

  The grey Lady, Ghost of Ravenclaw

• Moaning Myrtle
• Sir Nicholas of Mimsy Porpington (a.k.a. Nearly Headless Nick)
• Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore
• Edgar Clogg (apparently this guy is only in the games…Thanks Argentia)
• A “Ragged Man Wearing Chains” (This ghost in chains could be
  the Bloody Baron, or Jacob Marley, the ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge’s dead
  partner, from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.)
• A “Knight With An Arrow Sticking Out Of His Forehead.”
  (Possibly, this is the ghost of could be Harold II [1022? - 1066]. He
  was the last Saxon king of England. He was defeated at the Battle of
  Hastings in 1066 by William the Conqueror. Harold was killed when an
  arrow pierced his eye.)
• The Wailing Widow from Kent

Those last three attended the Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington’s 500th Deathday Party.

I didn’t do too bad. I had forgotten about Sir Nicholas’s deathday party.  That was a great part in the book.  I think I need to go back and reread them.

One of our professors at the Hogwarts Little Bit of Everything Swap (HLBOES) gave us an assignment to make an owl and research about our owl. Then post your findings and a picture of your owl. It was a fun assignment. I did a crochet owl. I am not particularly a crocheter. I have tried my hand at a few things but I still need more practice. But here’s my owl (obviously not the 1st pic) Sorry about the eyes. He wouldn’t stay still and when he finally did he looked right into the camera. The flash got his eyes. They are that big and beautiful!…
I would like to introduce you to Pindragon. He’s my secret owl. If I need to send a secret message or send a prank, he’s the one who does it. He can slip in and out before you know what hit you! He doesn’t deliver anything big for me, that’s done by my miniature dragon, Stormcrow.

Here’s some info about Pindragon. He’s a Tasmanian Masked owl only in minature. (I put a skrinking spell on him) His species is the largest and most powerful of all Tyto owls. He roosts with Stormcrow in the cave above my house. His screech is like a barn owl only louder and more raspy. That ‘s what I like about him. It’s fun to see him and Stormcrow play flying games. I try and join in but they are so much better than I. Wonder why.

Later
Curlatrix Black Slytherin House

I am on Ravelry. If you are a knitter and don’t know ravelry well your missing out. Here it is….Ravelry. It’s a place for the knitter and crocheter alike.
I have been in two swaps since the fall. What a blast they are. You get to know a ton of people but you spoil one person. You learn everything you can about that person through emails, stalking (I mean reading their blogs), or anything else they might do (etsy). Then at the end of the swap you send your spoilee a package with things they might like. There are monetary limits and usually a theme but there’s more fun than anything.

So on to my post…..I am a part of the Hogwarts swap. There are a ton of Hogwarts swaps on Ravelry. This one is different. We are going to try (and I think the moderators are doing a wonderful job) and do terms with our swap. This is the “first year” and we are all going to do hats as one of the first year presents. My spoiler is from Gryffindor and my spoilee is a Ravenclaw. This should be fun. I have found some interesting patterns for hats. And a really cool hat that I can change the color and put a design on it. It’s a witches hat (for the lack of a better description). I can put some stiffening agent in it to make it stand up right. But I have to make sure this is what my swapper wants.
So the term started on the 1st and we already have some assignments. One of the requirements is to post on your blog or the swap blog It’s a cool blog and should be interesting since there will be a lot of people posting to it. Also you can see what some of our assignments are.
I am off to do my first assignment. It’s an owl and you have to post some verbage about the owl.
Look for my post on that.

Later
C
p.s. we had to come up with a potter name Curlatrix Black and I’m in the Slytherin House.
(I always liked the bad boys)

“If it’s Chanukah or Kwanza
Solstice, Harvest or December twenty-fifth,
Peace on earth to everyone
And abundance to everyone you’re with” (Blues Traveler)

I have about 6 hours of Christmas music. Most of it is the same just sung by different people or put to a different beat. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all. That’s why I listen to all 6 hours of it. This song, however, is an original and new. Well, relatively new considering the Christmas songs that everyone remakes. And it just hits the perfect cord with me. I like the message~it doesn’t matter what you celebrate. The message is still the same~PEACE ON EARTH. Which means different things to different people. I would like to see people have the willingness, the patience to see all people as equals.

So whatever you celebrate, have a great celebration. I wish you and your family all the best in 2009 and all the rest of your days.

Here’s my favorite toast~”May these be the worst of our days together.”
Think about it.

Later

I’m going to get some of the things out of the way before I start. I love my husband dearly and think he’s the greatest thing to step into my life. And he has given me 2 very beautiful and loving kids. Now with that out of the way, here we go….

1. I was never happy in high school. I never believed that I fit in. I had my heart broken too many times at college. Thanks to those who were nice to me. You don’t know how much I appreciate it.

2. Sports was a way to make friends because I was a shy person.

3. I have to do things with my hands because I just can’t sit still unless I’m really tired (thanks mom!)

4. My ex-husband tried to kill me hence the reason he is my ex!

5. Since then I live life to the fullest.

6. I am an adrenaline junkie and have no fear of anything….not even death. I have seen it and it’s not so scary!

7. I have been bungie jumping, sky diving, cliff diving, scuba diving surrounded by sting rays, cave diving (and still do when I can),have been cave-diving back 1 mile in a cave, seen a shark up close, chased an octopus, driven on a dark road with no lights, gone to 160 ft underwater.

8. I gave birth to both of my children at home (no drugs) with my husband and a midwife. And planned it that way.

9. I have been to the hospital so many times in Huntsville, they know me by name and I have a plaque on a bed with my name on it. They just know me by name in Orlando.

10. I was attacked by a dog when I was 3. He bit me in the head causing me to have plastic surgery, 250 stitches and my ear canal rebuilt. But that wasn’t the start, I broke my nose when I was 2 on Christmas Eve.

11. I could sew a dress with as many stitches I have had in my lifetime so far.

12. I have 2 internet stores where I design and make maternity hospital gowns, childrens clothing and hand bags and totes. There are a lot of amazing people out there that do wonderous things with their craft. Check them out at www.etsy.com.

13. I love skulls.

14. I love to go to the Wine Bar with my friends and get so trashed that I don’t remember the limo ride home!!! Or even getting on you tube and trying to stump each other with old songs while drinking how many bottles of wine, girls????? How many decades did we cover…3????

15. I met my husband while cave diving.

16. I have lived through too many tornados, hurricanes and an earthquake. I felt the earthquake in Vegas when the big one hit California in the 90′s.

17. I win money at black jack but think it’s boring. I love poker but lose all my money playing it.

18. I love Cirque du Soliel and have seen all of their shows. They are amazing athletes.

19. I traveled to Europe by myself three times. One to run the London Marathon.

20. I am a buddhist. I believe in living in the present moment, celebrating life and Karma.

21. I want to be on Project Runway.

22. I have lived through cancer.

23. I have fake boobs and I’m proud of them!

24. I have been to a funeral in New Orleans.They believe”celebrate the life, don’t mourn the death”. It’s a beautiful concept. If you are ever in N.O. in the French Quarter and have a chance to see a funeral procession. Join in, follow and learn how to celebrate the life. They are an amazing set of people who love life.

25. I love Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. One day to scare the shit out of you and another to celebrate the lives of those who have passed.

“Where you go is where I want to be!” (Dave Matthews)

My dh is a DM fan. A dancing Nancy if you may. This has to be one of my favorites of Dave. I love the lyric. It’s how I feel about my husband. I miss him when I’m gone from the room.
I recently was talked into getting on Facebook. I have been so excited reconnecting with my high school friends. One of them decided to post some old pictures from dances with old boyfriends. I realize now what bad choices I made in guys back then. I tried to find guys like me and in the end we were too much alike and it never worked out. My husband now is completely different, opposite of me. We same common likes, tastes, and hobbies but personality wise, he is the yin to my yang. He completes me to the point where I think we are one. I am so lucky to have found someone that does that for me. I wish others could and would find someone for themselves. Not just anyone but the right one.

I love you Pookie.

Later