Friday
Sep122008
What do you have planned?
Friday, September 12, 2008 at 12:17PM
Anyone doing anything this weekend? For me, I have alot of goals I've established for myself. One fun thing I was able to get done, packaged and dropped off to the U.S. Post Office, is my package for my swap pal from the "Knitters Treasurer" swap on Ravelry.
I joined this awhile ago, and perhaps cheated a bit, because I was able to choose my swap partner, my good friend, Marisol. When I first came across this swap back in early August, I really like the goodies that you give in the swap, and put in my request to join. I was told that they would need at least one more member to have a swappee for me, so I invited Marisol, who happily joined! Whats even better is that I was able to make a goodie package that I'm hoping she'll love!
Could there be the yummy yarn in it???
What type of yarn, I wonder???
Could there be patterns?
Could there be recipes?
Could there be knitting accessories in it???
Hmm... who knows? Only time will tell. I want to share this goodie package, but I won't spoil it for her (I know she reads this blog) ... I just want to tease a little!
For other swaps upcoming that I've requested to join, are a Tea swap, fun! I love Chai tea, it is my favorite tea of all teas. I love it hot, with some milk and a touch of sugar. The aroma is just so comforting. I also love homemade sun tea with some simple syrup, ahhh, refreshing. Normally in the summer I'll get some monster tea packets, and fill a big glass tea jug with clean bottled water, loads of freshly sliced lemon and just put it out in the morning, right smack in the sun's view, and by end of day I have the most refreshing and great tasting tea. It doesn't last too, my kids and my husband drink it up by end of day. It is so eco-friendly, you use the suns heat to penetrate the tea leaves to flavor and enrich the water. The lemon adds such a nice zing to too. I believe there are still openings for the Tea Swap, if your interested and have a Ravelry account, please visit The Odd Ducks Swap in Ravelry.
Another swap I'm also in, is the Day of the Dead swap. I've been putting together a package for my spoilee for awhile now, and probably won't call it complete for about another week, and then I'll send it off. This swap is in honor of, obviously, "Day of the Dead". It means so much to honor those who have passed on. Swaps are just so much fun. I love getting to meet new knitters/crocheters, and visiting their blogs. If you've never been in one, you should try it, I bet you'll enjoy it.
Onto my Traveling Scarves groups, I'm in Group 37 Noro Knit/Crochet, the premise behind this is that you knit or crochet a section of about 5 x 5 inches with only NORO yarn, and then pass on to your downstream knitter/crocheter. This goes around in a circle, between all members. Over the course of the traveling scarves, you'll get sections from each of the members and be able to add your own section. By the time you get your original section (your scarf), you'll have an FO that was knitted or crocheted by the members of your group. Cool idea! I love this group, it's all NORO, and you get to knit or crochet. Since I've been honing my skills at crochet, I love it, I can crochet my piece quickly. It can also be a great stashbuster, but I deviated and went and purchased some new NORO yarn, look at these, I can't wait for them to arrive!
Yummy New Yarn, my fave!
Plus, some late breaking news, not relative to knitting, but to me, I've landed a permanent job at a new company, and will be starting there in about two weeks. I currently work contract right now at another company, and while I like it here, the opportunity at my new job is just immense. It's a company that completely outsourced their IT services, and are unhappy with the performance of the vendor, so they decided to build an in-house IT from the ground up. I was contacted about this opportunity from a former colleague, who I can't thank enough! I'll get to influence, develop, and create an IT from scratch. There is so much opportunity with this, I'm really hoping it turns out to be a good thing. An even better plus, it's about 10 minutes from my house! I left an interview there about 4:55 p.m. on a Friday, and was walking into my home by 5:15 p.m.!! Wouza! I deserve this, for three years my hubby and I commuted from Newman (Central Valley of California) to San Jose, and to Palo Alto for me. This is about 400 miles a day, just in commute time, so this will be a nice change for me, especially since we now live in San Jose, CA again 8)
As for what I have planned this weekend, just straight knitting. I really want to get back on track with my Secret of the Stole KAL, and with the Mystery Stole 4. This is the first time I've knitted with STR Laci,and I love it. It is so soft and easy to work with, I can't imagine using anything else. The stitch definition and structure is just strong and pretty. I'll take final pics over the weekend to share with you.
Besides knitting, there will be some re-organizing/re-decorating of my home office. I have big plans for it to be a "Mini Fiber Studio". We'll also try to get our dining room in order. Right now it's empty and full of boxes.
So my plans are pretty simple, and cost nothing but my time 8) Maybe I'll throw in a BBQ for football Sunday! I just can't do without my football 8)
Have a good weekend everyone!
R
I joined this awhile ago, and perhaps cheated a bit, because I was able to choose my swap partner, my good friend, Marisol. When I first came across this swap back in early August, I really like the goodies that you give in the swap, and put in my request to join. I was told that they would need at least one more member to have a swappee for me, so I invited Marisol, who happily joined! Whats even better is that I was able to make a goodie package that I'm hoping she'll love!
Could there be the yummy yarn in it???
What type of yarn, I wonder???
Could there be patterns?
Could there be recipes?
Could there be knitting accessories in it???
Hmm... who knows? Only time will tell. I want to share this goodie package, but I won't spoil it for her (I know she reads this blog) ... I just want to tease a little!
For other swaps upcoming that I've requested to join, are a Tea swap, fun! I love Chai tea, it is my favorite tea of all teas. I love it hot, with some milk and a touch of sugar. The aroma is just so comforting. I also love homemade sun tea with some simple syrup, ahhh, refreshing. Normally in the summer I'll get some monster tea packets, and fill a big glass tea jug with clean bottled water, loads of freshly sliced lemon and just put it out in the morning, right smack in the sun's view, and by end of day I have the most refreshing and great tasting tea. It doesn't last too, my kids and my husband drink it up by end of day. It is so eco-friendly, you use the suns heat to penetrate the tea leaves to flavor and enrich the water. The lemon adds such a nice zing to too. I believe there are still openings for the Tea Swap, if your interested and have a Ravelry account, please visit The Odd Ducks Swap in Ravelry.
Another swap I'm also in, is the Day of the Dead swap. I've been putting together a package for my spoilee for awhile now, and probably won't call it complete for about another week, and then I'll send it off. This swap is in honor of, obviously, "Day of the Dead". It means so much to honor those who have passed on. Swaps are just so much fun. I love getting to meet new knitters/crocheters, and visiting their blogs. If you've never been in one, you should try it, I bet you'll enjoy it.
Onto my Traveling Scarves groups, I'm in Group 37 Noro Knit/Crochet, the premise behind this is that you knit or crochet a section of about 5 x 5 inches with only NORO yarn, and then pass on to your downstream knitter/crocheter. This goes around in a circle, between all members. Over the course of the traveling scarves, you'll get sections from each of the members and be able to add your own section. By the time you get your original section (your scarf), you'll have an FO that was knitted or crocheted by the members of your group. Cool idea! I love this group, it's all NORO, and you get to knit or crochet. Since I've been honing my skills at crochet, I love it, I can crochet my piece quickly. It can also be a great stashbuster, but I deviated and went and purchased some new NORO yarn, look at these, I can't wait for them to arrive!
Yummy New Yarn, my fave!
Plus, some late breaking news, not relative to knitting, but to me, I've landed a permanent job at a new company, and will be starting there in about two weeks. I currently work contract right now at another company, and while I like it here, the opportunity at my new job is just immense. It's a company that completely outsourced their IT services, and are unhappy with the performance of the vendor, so they decided to build an in-house IT from the ground up. I was contacted about this opportunity from a former colleague, who I can't thank enough! I'll get to influence, develop, and create an IT from scratch. There is so much opportunity with this, I'm really hoping it turns out to be a good thing. An even better plus, it's about 10 minutes from my house! I left an interview there about 4:55 p.m. on a Friday, and was walking into my home by 5:15 p.m.!! Wouza! I deserve this, for three years my hubby and I commuted from Newman (Central Valley of California) to San Jose, and to Palo Alto for me. This is about 400 miles a day, just in commute time, so this will be a nice change for me, especially since we now live in San Jose, CA again 8)
As for what I have planned this weekend, just straight knitting. I really want to get back on track with my Secret of the Stole KAL, and with the Mystery Stole 4. This is the first time I've knitted with STR Laci,and I love it. It is so soft and easy to work with, I can't imagine using anything else. The stitch definition and structure is just strong and pretty. I'll take final pics over the weekend to share with you.
Besides knitting, there will be some re-organizing/re-decorating of my home office. I have big plans for it to be a "Mini Fiber Studio". We'll also try to get our dining room in order. Right now it's empty and full of boxes.
So my plans are pretty simple, and cost nothing but my time 8) Maybe I'll throw in a BBQ for football Sunday! I just can't do without my football 8)
Have a good weekend everyone!
R
tagged MS4, SofSIII, knitters treasure, tea swap in Crafts, Events & Things to do, Random, Ravelry Groups
MS4, SofSIII, knitters treasure, tea swap in Crafts, Events & Things to do, Random, Ravelry Groups
Reader Comments (1)
Beautiful yarn! And congrats on the new job!!!