Picture mania..

Run run for the hills the pictures are here.



My felted bag. The little pin needs some bead work done on it and the opening still needs a zipper.




The back of the bag and its silk tie strap. SO classy I know but it really looks good slung over one shoulder. Its also so so so so soft.



The wonderful stuff from my secret pal. The punkins are Becky's but thought they needed a photo debut.


Look at the wonderful stitch markers and cloth I got. Aren't they pretty.


Look at the pretty yarn. You wish you could touch it because it is so soft and wonderful. I have big ideas for both. The colors and not really true in this pic but they are so perfect. WoW.



See the turtle frame. I have been trying to find my pictures so I can put one in it. It is all fabulous. I feel so lucky. Thank you thank you thank you!

OK I am off to knit.

Dear Secret Pal

Thanks Secret Pal.

YOU sent me totally wonderful gifts. The colors...Perfect. So soft. The gifty...Perfect. The smell...Perfect. Turtles..I love turtles. You made me things. I feel special. Thank you a million times over and again.

( I will have pics later so you will have to toon in later to see what come in the post. BUT be prepared it is so awesome you might go loco.)

What I know about my SP other then she rocks. She has kids, posts from Seattle, and I think has pets. I try and read all the SPIII blogs and RAOK blogs so I like to look for who is whose secret pal. I don't want to know I just like the mystery.

Off on cloud nine.

Fluff and stuff

Ok so I have not felted my bag yet but I have plans to do that in the near (tonight) future. If I feel better. I don't feel so hot.

But here are the pre felt pictures.



The Surprise Bag
This is not true to color but I was having lighting issues. The weird white string is supposed to help it keep its shape when you felt it. I am a little Leary of this because it presses four pieces of knitted fabric together. If you look in the bottom right hand corner you get a half shot of Steve. What you don't see is that he is flinging his ball at my feet. Throw me the the ball throw me the ball...That's the only thing on his mind. EVER.

This one is just a different view. The pointy part is where I will attach the straps. It is hard to explain. This is the front the back is all Stst


This one is closer to true color. This is the center pattern design in the front and it is also the same pattern as the inside flaps. This is what it looks like open. I did not use any fuzzy yarn.

But I had a lot of fun dyeing this.

Then while I was taking these pics. The dogs were hanging out with me and look at what the cat was doing....

He is stalking the dog food. He did one bowl then the other. Very very sneaky it never knew he was coming.


My secret Pal wrote me another note...HELLO! I have been having fun with my SP shopping and reading about others secret pals or RAOK friends.

From big to small

The felted back pack is almost finished... I have it all knitted up and will take a pic this evening. Then I will felt and show you it completely finished.

I think it will be very cute. The colors turned out really well. I don't know if I want to use a leather strap or a ribbon strap???

Punk, dog, and yarn loving

Look a Pixel Punk kindda like me. In a thin trendy type way.


I had no knitting today. Zero. Why you ask because I was having a doggy photo shoot.

Look at his pretty hair do. Worth a million bucks he should be doing doggy ads for.... well for..... looking darn cute.

Happy dog and his ball.

The little white dog would not stay still long enough to be added in on this photo shoot. Pretty much all other animals thought he had a bit to much kibble today.

So I will try and comence with the normal programing tomorrow.

Knittery

Knit group at Mabel's Cafe & Knittery went smashing. I might even go to pirate knitting next weekend.

I worked on my kool aide dyed surprise bag. They are going to get Lorna's lace in this week. I am excited as I have never seen it before but lots of people seem to make socks out of it and I want to try.

It was also Knit out down town but it was raining and icky so I did not go. Those who did go said it was rainy and icky. But there is a fiber festival in Canby next weekend that I would like to go to on Sat. Any one else want to go? B?

Wool-ease makes a really comfy wrist rest.

I have been contemplating making a slip cover for my couch or pseudo re-upholstering it and I got this nice red cord material but I don't know weather to slip cover the arms and back then make pillow cases for the cushions or just slip cover the whole thing. I would have to seams showing with the later. ????

So off to finish a red square. I can't wait to be done with these.

From the land of Mail

Knit group tonight.

A knit along

Look I joined a knit along


You know you wanna join in on the fun. You were eyeing it too.

Hosted by Sheep in the City and MidnightKnitter

It is from the new Knitty I am so excited to try it. But I have to finish at least two more squares before I can start. I think this will be a riot at Winter time as well as Hallows night it is perfect for covering littles ears.

ooo ooooo

Hello good people of blog land,

My secret pal sent me a card with a nice note. Hey Secret Pal I have the card on my mantel because the scene on the front of the card is so nice. I sent a box to my secret Pal with the same pic on it... I just thought that was a wink.

My Secret pal liked her gift.

I am still knitting red squares. But I swatched for a surprise bag and during this swatching I learned that my washing machine is not worth beans. The spin cycle spins out on to the kitchen floor.

It has been raining like mad.

10x10 red

Red patches I knit
ten by ten nineteen to go
all by October

My try at Haiku!
It was hard work to end right
The sad part good bye

I caught the haiku bug from Michelle
If you want to Haiku - it goes 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables - with no particular rhyme.

My secret pal got her gift and liked it.....Yeah.

back to the regularly scheduled red square.