{Fat Cat Crochet}

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted.  Too hot.  Too humid.   The Lake is like bathwater. So not refreshing.  Blech.  
I’ve been trying to knit and just not feeling.  All I really want to do is lay around an watch TV with the A/C on.  But the dog gets me up off my ever growng backside every so [...]

Spinning, spinning, spinning.  That’s what I did in my spare time all weekend and Man! Am I dizzy!  Ha!  I crack myself up! 
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’”
*ahem* sorry.
Anyway, between sunning, boating, eating, napping, relaxing & visiting with Dad I’ve been participating in the Tour de Fleece.  This was my first attempt at [...]

It was a real scorcher here this weekend in the did 90’s and humid, humid, humid!  The lawn had been cut and the dishes were done and groceries put away so I figured this was a good time to stay inside and  start a new yarn project. 
I looked through my Ravelry project queue and decided I [...]

 
With the extinquishing of the Olympic Torch this coming Sunday so too do the Ravelympics come to a close.   Whew! Boy Howdy!   That was a lot of knittin’ I’ll tell you!
During the Olympic Opening Ceremonies I SKYPEed in to Kalamazoo, Michigan where the rest of  Team Zombie Slayers were assembled at our KWAKtians lovely home [...]

The Winter Olympics start on Friday.  So do the Knitting Olympics!  Or as some us like to call them …
The Ravelympics!  
And just like the Winter Olympics have Events; Cross-Country, Curling, Skiing and  Hockey.
Ravelry has events too…Cable Cross-country  (All things cables), Charity Curling  (All things made for Charity),  Sock Hockey  (All things socks and [...]

GOOD NEWS:
The New and Improved (and non copyright infringing)
TEAM ZOMBIE SLAYERS RAVELYMPICS 2010 t-shirt!

Thanks to the very talented Crystal for the redesign.  This girl is AWESOME!
BAD NEWS:
Tell me, whats wrong with this sweater?   Hmmm?  Anyone?  Bueler?

Does it look anything like the pattern picture??  I think not.

This my friends is what I call [...]

We’re official!

Fellow Raveler Crystal aka FiberAttic got Tom Sawyer-ed into designing the Official Team Zombie Slayer Ravelympics t-shirt.  And what an awesome job she did too.  With no help or suggestions from the rest of us lazy asses she came up with this!  We’re all currently rushing to Zazzle.com for all our official gear!  T-shirts, buttons & [...]

Winter Ravelympics 2010 that is…..
Over at Ravelry.com we have this thing we do while the Olympics are on.  We start a project at Opening Ceremony and try to complete it by Closing Ceremony.  We participate in events like…
Sock Hockey, Scarf Super-G, Nordic Sweater Combined, Mitten Moguls, Hat Halfpipe, Short Track Shawl, Stash Jump (using long [...]

Sometimes getting into a groove on a project is a problem.  I’ve been wanting to make the Lacy Top Cardigan (designed by Doris Chan. PDF pattern is available for free download on Ravelry.com ) for my SIL ever since we saw the pattern while shopping together in 2007. Yes, two years.  Well I’ve started on it.  Really.  And it’s an [...]

I delivered the Maggie Wrap to Margaret at Yes Yarn this afternoon.

It looks MUCH better on her than it does me!

It fits her perfectly!

And she is very happy with it.
Next up: Lacy Cardigan designed by Doris Chan