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Prize Post #5 200th post contest thingy and What the hell day is it anyway...

So a few days ago this thing called my life/work/ThisNewUnEndingHeadache sorta threw me outta whack. I know, back to the outta whack. I am so the fuck out of whack that it's almost like I never had any whack to begin with.

Anyway this has precipitated a slight change of plans in my plans. Contest plans that is. See I have totally sucked the butt off a monkey and have yet to read all of the blog contest entry thingies. I know. It's nuts over here. I blame Cookie and her delicious CCSR's. Mmmmm So damn yummy you'll just keep casting onto new pairs of socks. It's madness. For a brief while I was considering casting onto all my size 2.75mm DPN's  with toe up socks. Just cause I think that's my new favorite part of the sock. Maybe I'll just make little toe cups and mattress stitch them all together for some kind of funky ass thing and then I'll call it art. What? You've seen some of the shit they call art these days. My connected toe cups can't be worse then that. Then I realized I wasn't making much sense and decided not to go through with that plan. A bunch of other stuff happened in there as well, but it's work stuff and therefor will not be mentioned on the ol' blog here. I will however say this... I hate the very stupid. That could also apply to some personal stuff as well I suppose... tra la la la la.

So anyway back to  the blog contest changes. Instead of having the final entries be in the system by Tomorrow night  I'm moving it back to Monday night. That way I can have time this weekend to read all the stuffs, reply to emails and whatnot and also finish posting the rest of the prizes. I may also go ahead and throw in some more swag for the prizes. Cause it's all about stash reducement over heres. (That sounds like a fake word, but I'm just going to let that slide for now.)

I'll adjust the original post in a bit to reflect the change of plans. Sorry about that to anyone who was looking forward to a Sunday revel.

So anyway the 5th prize to be reveled today is a brand new shiny.... (hang on while I pull up my photo folder and see what the hell I took a picture of earlier) Never been used Knitting Related Books. Here's the dealy, you (the 1st person who comes up on the random generator thingy) gets to pick two of these books for themselves and the one book left over goes to the second person who is selected. (Tomorrow I will show what else the second person gets as well.)

So yeah, which of these books would you want? *L*

In other news this reminds me of someone evil, well sorta evil. ;)

Tune in tomorrow for more prizes, a recap and the discovery of my inability to end a phone conversation in a normal way: How I learned to embrace my inner robot. ;^)

Prize #4: 200th Post Contest

Hiya! Sorry about all the unreturned emails. I will be getting on that tomorrow morning... the life it eat the head when it's not the most optimal time for it. Eh, we go on.

So today's prize is a set of needles and stitch markers. It's a set of Clover Takumi DPN's. Size US 0 / 2.0 mm. Never used from my stash of needles. I bought these back when I was a new knitter and all these snobby knitters told me that you are only a good knitter if you knit on a size zero. So wanting to become a better knitter I got the zero's. Turns out when you knit as tight as I do size zero really doesn't do much for you. Not on socks at any rate. So they have pretty much no use for me.

*edited to remove rant about stupid butt monkeys*

It's hot and I'm cranky. :P

I'm also including five stitch markers from my little box of stitch markers. I can't remember where they came from, but as I have some super special stitch markers from my best friend, KnitWit Momma and Good to be a girl I figured I'd give away some of those that don't seem to find their way into the rotation of use. They are pink hearts. ;)

It's been hot here today. When I went outside to take the photo sweet little TKK went with me so she could have a roll in the old catnip. She took a step outside and decided it was not for her and went back inside. This a cat who has been locked inside the house away from the nasty smoke. o.0 She's been harassing me to get outside for days and she didn't even want to hang out and play. So yeah the A/C is going and it's lovely inside. But just knowing it's hot outside irritates me. *L*

Here's the current sock I'm working on for SoS. It's the same pattern as the last socks I knit for Cookie. They are my Dizzy Otter Socks.  I'm using Cookie Cutter Short Rows for the heels and toes and doing them Toe up. The ones I knit for Cookie were cuff down and flappity.

Okay I'm going to get back to my knitting. I have three pairs of socks going right now. They are all in various shades of blue yarn. Two of them are blue with brown yarn. o.0 I told you the life it eat mah head. That or the cat, she was licking my face again last night. I has a flavor!

What day is it anyway? This week seems like it's been going on for ages and ages. o.0

Prize #3: 200th Post Contest

The Third prize for my 200th post contest is a limited edition sock yarn from SWTC and a print off of the pattern that was made for this sock yarn. It was on a CD with other patterns for their limited edition sock yarn but I am not giving you the CD. :P (I have a few of the yarns for the patterns on the CD. Sweet!)

50% Superwash Wool
25% SOYSILK brand fiber
22.5% Cotton
2.5% Chitin (made from shrimp and crab shells!)
8 sts  = 1"
needles:       US 2 (2.75mm)
425m / 100g ball
machine wash and dry

Pattern: Pedal Pusher

This yarn reminds me a lot of the Russian Sage we have growing in our yard.

Clickety Biggety!

I love this stuff. It smells sooooo good. It's weird though. Most people around here think it's Lavender. I guess I can see that, but some of them are total asses about insisting that it is Lavender. Trust me, I know lavender. This is not it, though lovely it is.

I like this yarn a lot, but I have several skeins of the Tofutsies and I just can't have that much stash right now. It's become a burden. A weight on my shoulders to be knit up. In fact today I returned $270 worth of yarn to a local yarn store today. Granted they gave me store credit so it's still out there in the void, dollars waiting to be knit up. But at least I can use it for specific projects... or Winter Holiday Presents. Not for me to knit up mind you, but to buy my knitter friends their. ;^)

That's what this week is about to me, Stash Reduction. All the yarns in this giveaway are from my stash of yarn. After this I will have a few yarns that if anyone is interested in a swap, so long as you aren't some kind of socially and interactively challenged nut job that is, that would be cool.

Speaking of the socially and interactively challenged nut jobs of the world, if you come to my blog and post rude and completely clueless remarks or even say something to the effect that my blog makes you want to vomit I can pretty much guarantee you will not be winning any prizes here. Random generator true, but I don't have to include you in the mix.

I would also like to address the issue of some other blog out there announcing my contest as their own and then changing the rules of my little contest here to suit whatever delusional fantasy they have in their head about how this works. I never said I would be choosing a favorite for the second place prize thingy or that I was doing a co-blog contest. (WTF?!) Whatever y'all do on someone else's blog will not effect the outcome of what I do here. The second smaller prize will be randomly generated as well. It's not that hard to see what I'm doing here and if you want to reread what I said I would do, please see this post.

This was supposed to be fun and easy. I hope it's still fun for y'all.

In order to play along you'll need to go read this post and answer that questionnaire. Post the answers to the questions on your blog and then link your post into the comments of Saturdays post or leave your answers on Saturdays post in the comments.

In other news Cookie is right again. She is ALWAYS right. It fucking boggles my mind. I must never forget this. Ever.

(Isn't Zarzuela's roving that Cookie posted today just gorgeous! I need to learn to spin...)

Also Dave is a true fucking sweet heart.

And in Monday Loves, I love the rain that fell here a bit ago. That was a nice change.

I still hate stupid people though.

See Otter's can be cranky too. I'm feel'n down right smackety to be honest.

Prize #2: 200th Post Contest

Well post 201 doesn't feel any different than any post prior to 200. Or it could just be that I feel like hell today. *falls over dead* (Trust me it's better this way)

Anyway the show must go on, though brief it will be.

The second prize after the ultra fabulous Duet Sock Yarn is a Della Q bag. It's just the perfect size for socks in progress. :D

Pretty Nifty eh? Very bright and colorful. So that's the second prize for the 200th post contest.

In order to play along you'll need to go read this post and answer that questionnaire. Post the answers to the questions on your blog and then link your post into the comments of yesterdays post or leave your answers on yesterdays post in the comments.

In other news this is the mutant carrot we pulled up a few days ago.

He's not so much of a mutant, just a bit naughty looking. He was pulled up to make more room for a tomato plant. The tomato plant already has 4 little babies on it. I'm going to eat them raw when they are ready. I love tomatoes!

The Carrot was a little early but tasted pretty damn good. We made a wish and pulled him apart. I imagined the crunching sounds he made were tiny screams. *evil grin*

:P

Okay that's as much weirdness as I can exude today. I'm going to go knit on a sock and try not to feel as crappy. The sock will help with that right? ;^)

200th Post: Getting To Know You Contest!!

YAY!! This is my 200th post. You know what that means, the Super Fantabulous KnittyOtter Contest is starting! Here's how it will work, you fill out the questionnaire once between now and EDIT July 21, which is next Monday Night (until 11:59 pm Pacific :P). Tuesday morning/afternoon of the 20th I will announce the winners. Yes there will be TWO winners. One will be the grand prize and the second selection from the random generator will receive a single skein of yarn and a knitting book.

Everyday from now until Monday I will post one of the prizes to be included in the grand prize selection. That's a lot of prizes! :D

The first item listed is a skein of Duet Sock Yarn & an Original Pattern from the Swell Yarn Shop's Lucky Lurkers Sock Club.

The colorway is Spring Frost and the original pattern that came with the sock club yarn is called Snow Bunny. Here are some Ravelry projects using the Spring Frost colorway as well as pictures of the sock pattern in use. :D

Pretty Nifty Eh. Tune in each day for more exclusive sock yarns to be given away as well as the other goodies going to some lucky winner in my attempt to reduce my sock yarn stash in a fun way. ;)

Now for the Questionnaire that you will have to fill out in order to get a chance at winning. I'll fill it out too so you can get to know me better as well. ;) You can either fill it out in the comments or fill it out on your blog and link to the post in the comments of this blog post.

Getting to Know you Contest Questionnaire:

1.) How long have you been knitting?

I started knitting March 25 2006 at 6:00 am. *L* It was the day I decided I HAD to learn to knit. Keep in mind I had been up since 2:00 am not able to sleep. Yeah, it's weird over here.

2.) How long have you been knitting socks?

I started my first pair of socks on June 6, 2006. I finished them August 5th and they were pretty bad... the stitches were twisted... just awful. o.0 My second pair was MUCH better.

3.) What do you do with a problem like Maria?

Well seeing as the convent couldn't hold her I'm thinking some duct tape and a continuous loop dvd of Barney or whatever annoying Disney movie is currently popular should blitz her mind enough that she won't cause anymore trouble. *evil grin* Oh yeah that Maria shouldn'ta messed with me.

4.) What is your all time favorite sock yarn?

I'm not sure. I have a lot of sock yarns that I haven't had the time to try out yet. (hence part of the reason for this de-stashing in the form of a contest. It's too much!) I'd have to say with what I've knit with so far though Cabin Cove & Claudia Handpainted are my favorites. But like I said I have a lot of yarns that I think will be great knit up, though I haven't tried them personally. *blush*

5.) Toe Up or Cuff Down?

After using Cookie's Faboo Cookie Cutter Short Row Tutorial I am all about the toe up socks.

6.) What's your favorite color (this week or for all time)? Do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?

I'm all about color when it comes to yarn. Trust me. Unless it's fuschia or royal blue. Bleh.  Such a turn off.  I'm also not too into pastels or most yellows.  Okay so maybe I am only about bright colors that I like. *L*

7.) Do you have a pet(s)?

Yes, I have the worlds most wonderful kitty cat, TKK. And George, but since he isn't cute or soft I don't really think of him as a pet. ;)

8.) Babies: Oven Roasted or Barbecued?

Are we having a BBQ sauce or a mustard based sauce? Who wrote this question? o.0

9.) Besides socks what is your favorite type of thing to knit?
Hmmm I really like hats and scarves. Though socks really are my favorite thing at the moment. I like sweaters and all that too, but I need to get myself into a more organized place to start something like that up again. I've got some lovely silky wool to make the honey a sweater. Maybe I'll get on that at the end of summer. :D I'm also enjoying most of my efforts into the lace world. Most of them...

10.) What's your favorite scent?

Hmm my favorite scent right now is a lovely Honey and Citrus perfume from L'Occitane. I love their fragrances. :D My other favorite perfume is Manifesto and it kinda smells like Basil and Black Pepper. *L* I  also love Vanilla, lavender if it's a yummy lavender and not overly harsh, Geranium, Tangerine, Lemon Verbena, Lemongrass, Mint, Coconut, and fresh springy scents. I don't care for patchouli or strong floral scents. Think more earthy tones than fakey chemical.

11.) What music are you really loving right now? Like a song or a band?

My brother Rendogg recently (as in Monday) introduced me to a Swedish Glam Rock band called The Ark. Damn that is some catchy stuff. It is stuck in my head. (In a good way, not in a banana phone way. :P) I had to download the album (is that what the kids are calling it these days?) from iTunes.  I rather like One of us is gonna die young, Let me down Gently, Hey Kwanogoma!, Deliver Us from Free Will, The End, This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to Do Harm... er I guess I rather like the whole album State Of The Ark. I will be exploring their other music later this weekend and in the coming weeks. LOVE.

12.) How many pairs of socks have you hand knit?

A whopping 9 pairs. Hey, that's not too shabby. *L*

13.) What's your favorite treat? Salty or Sweet?

Hmmm I'm not sure. Depends on my mood. Salty and sweet, but I think I like salty better. Chocolate is always nice. Though is the summer it's a bit too melty. Fruit with honey is rather nice. :D Throw it on top of some yummy flax and pumpkin seed granola with a bit of greek yogurt and that's pretty much heaven. Well weird dairy heaven. I don't want to stay at that heaven, just visit it every now and then. o.0

14.) What was the most interesting thing you smelled yesterday. Not good or bad necessarily, just the thing that stuck out most so that you actually took notice of it.

Well My honey's cologne. It's yummy. It was on his neck lightly, just so in that way that makes a girl's heart start to race... er that and on the way home from the movies the smell of smoke outside was a bit much. *cough* I'm surprised I can smell anything at this point. :/

15.) Needles - DPN's: Wooden, metal or plastic?

Depends on the project. For a basic sock, without a pattern that calls for a lot of KTOG's I use my lovely plastic Bryspun. Otherwise If I want a pointy needle I use my Harmony needles and if I'm not flying anytime soon I'll use the metal options.

16.) What is your favorite sock pattern that you've knit? What do you recommend?

I don't know. I've done pretty basic socks so far. Although since doing the Cookie Cutter Short Row Socks I'm feeling much more adventurous. *L*

17.) The last Question: If you were stuck on a deserted island who would you want with you, what knitting would you want with you and would you ever want to leave?

I'd want my honey, he's a bit like Macgyver. How hot is it? Probably something cottony. It depends. I hate people so if we had everything we needed to survive happily maybe I wouldn't want to come back. You never know. Ooo if it was like Nim's Island I'd be totally happy to stay. *GRIN* Everything you need and a Satellite Net Connection. That'd work for me. *L*

Hmm that is an odd number of questions to ask, 17. I guess that makes me odd... or that I wrote this up late/early/something. :P

Okay so those are the questions. You can answer them here in the comments or on your blog and link that post to the comments of this post.

Tune in tomorrow to see what the next prize is.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Approaching Post 200!!

Wow. Can you believe I'm almost at my 200th post? This is my 198th post. o.0

You know what that makes this the perfect time for... a contest prize giveaway!!

Just think if I hadn't taken that unexpected break earlier this year I'd have hit this ages ago... c'est la vie.

At any rate I feel rather blog refreshed. It's fun again and a break from my daily pile o' things to do. :D

So now for something even more fun. I want to get to know you. Yes, YOU. Everyone of you whether you are a reader/commenter/emailer, reader/lurker/shy and everything in between. If I know you very well or not at all please come play along.

I'm going to post  a list of questions. Nothing too invasive or anything that would make you run away screaming. I'll even answer it myself to get us started. ;) I'll leave the contest open for one week. And 7 days after the contest starts I will use a random number generator thingy to select the winning commenter based on the order that you commented. 

Now part of the prize to be given away will be sock yarn from my stash since it is The Summer Of Socks. :D This will also help me alleviate some of the sock yarn stash pressure I have as well as place some fabulous rare yarn in a home that will hopefully love it and have time to knit it. The first yarn that I speak of is from a sock club I was in a long time ago. (Long time ago being more than a year... but less than two as I have only been knitting two years and am certain I wasn't in a sock club before then. :P) It's a sock club I am no longer in, if you are looking around at my site buttons trying to figure out what it is. Nope, this is a club you have to be almost lucky to get into. ;^) The exclusive club yarn will also come with the original exclusive club pattern that was made especially for the yarn. Pretty sweet eh.

But that's not all. There will be other sock yarns to go along with the rare club yarn. It will be a sock box of otter love extravaganza, featuring not only sock yarn and implements of sock knitting, but also special treats to keep your feet soft, happy and pretty this summer so that when sock wearing season rolls around your pampered tootsies will be well prepared to slip into your super soft yummy handknit socks. :D

I would recommend knitting some Cookie Cutter Short Row Socks with the prize yarn as it is a super awesome technique & tutorial. Tomorrow I'll be posting my first pair!!

(If a male knitter wins the foot care package can easily with just a few small mods be customized as well, so men don't feel like this isn't a contest for you also. *wink*)

Aside from the dedicated sock yarns I have already selected to be given away as prizes here, your answers will help determine a special yarn that I will choose from my stash that I hope will suite your style and personality.

Pretty faboo eh?

Now if any of you have ever received Otter Given Gifts then you'll know how much I enjoy this sort of this and that I'm pretty good at it if I do say so myself.   :P

Here are some past examples of Otter Gifts, Otter Sock Yarn that Dave knit into Socks, The Carrot Bag & Goodies for the Woolen Rabbit during Knit Sock Kit Swap and Jewel Tomes with her kit for the Knitters Tea Swap.

Of course Cookie and some of my Local Reno Girlies can also vouch for the faboo-ness of my gifties. (And yes y'all have to enter. *pokeyhugs*)

I'm excited about this. It's gonna be Fun Fun Fun! For me and hopefully for you. :P

Now this post is 198 and the contest starts at post 200. So get ready for the action to start!

Nevada Knitters Unite!

I've been toying around the idea of starting my own Web Ring. One specifically for Knitters in Nevada. I haven't seen anything like that and I'm very interested in what other Knitters and Fiber Artists are doing here in Nevada.

Today I went ahead and made it. *L* I'm not the kinda gal who waits around for life to happen ya know.

I started with the design of the web page for it. I needed a cool image for the header, but didn't really see anything I liked. So I made some Nevada Shaped brushes for my PSP 8 ( I have 10, but I like 8 better) and then I took a few pictures of some yarn. Do you recognize the two yarns used in the image? *L*

It's yarn, but it's art. Or pointy sticks imitating life maybe.

Then I created the blog for it and next the RingSurf Ring.

It's called Nevada Knitters. :D So if you are a Nevada Knitter go join up! Or if you know one let them know about it. I only know of one other Knitter in Nevada with a blog right now, but I'm sure there is more out there. I hope they sign up. *L*

I even made a snazzy little button to go with it. *L*

Not Dead. Really.

Hiya!! Been a long weekend... er week. What day is it again?? 

Gotta a few things to say.

1.) Dave Daniels is one super awesome sweetiehead. :D I'll be making a post on this later in the week. NTS: Batteries For Camera!!

2.) I did get a picture for the Saturday Sky but I need batteries as the camera is now lacking power. I hope they are still alive inside the camera. o.0

3.) Gmail is being an ass and not working on me. *SIGH* I will be getting more and more pouty of it doesn't get it's act together. Hot and pouty. Not a good time.

4.) Cookie asked in the yarn dyeing post how I got Pink. I used Pink Lemonade. I used twice as much as recommended because I wanted a vibrant color. Here are all the Kool-aid colors/flavors I used: Strawberry, Pink Lemonade, Orange, Lemonade, Lemon-Lime, Berry Blue, Grape. I used them in that order as well.

5.) Knister Chelle asked how my lace was coming along. *BLUSH* I feel shame over my lack of Amazing Lace Updates. I normally try not to make commitments I can't keep. They weigh over my head and can crush me to the ground if I don't follow through. Sadly there hasn't been ANY Amazing Lace updates over here. It started with a failed romance with Liesel. Then a million swatch flings with other patterns. None of which ever got posted as I have been busy and I'm lucky if I can make a coherent post at all. o.0 As for the lace I think I found my error. User of course. The patterns were all solid. It was in how I bring my yarn over or under. I hadn't really noticed one way or the other and with stockinette and garter type stitches it wasn't very noticeable. But when you get into lace and start doing some other stuff you should really do one or the other. Preferably for me over the top instead of under the bottom. I have no idea if that makes sense. Being self taught I'm not sure of some if the lingo. I haven't read anything on this. I just figure it was some easy common sense thing I should have learned when I was an uber newbie. Now just being a regular newbie I think I have set myself straight. I'll be casting on to my lace thingy as soon as I go through my stash and make sure I have the yarn I want to use for this. I'm VERY excited. I'm doing a cross over project since we are almost in August. ALMOST in August?!! Where has the time gone. o.0

6.) Comments & Email: I'm so sorry I haven't been properly replying and properly making them as well. I've been offline and kinda dead and just a million things. I've got a thing this weekend, but then after that things should start calming down for me so that I can get back into being a good blogger yatta... well until September or so anyway. *dies* It never ends does it. I gotta find my groove again.

I actually started this post last week with this QA thingy from my SP* hostess. I saved it as a draft and there it languished for days. Well I finished answering it. I hope it's not too late for the drawing. ;)

Because I am a whore for Socks That Rock... *waves @ Jen*

1. What is your favorite season of the year and why? Autum is my favorite season. It is just the most wonderful season of all, silly. Y'all should know that. :P

It has Crisp lovely air with a deep earthy scent. It's cooling down so that you can wear a light jacket or sweater, but not a big coat. Love lives here and unlike the theory that spring is the season of renewal I find that Autumn is. It's hard to describe why I love it so. I just do. You can breathe deep and long and feel right with the world and the world is right with you.

Also it has Halloween which is without a doubt the BEST Holiday ever. *GRIN*

It's funny that Jenn asked this. I was in Joann Fabric the other day. (Needed Thread & a Zipper) They have a lot of their Autumn stuff out already. o.0 It's July. That of course got me longing for Autumn and Halloween and those oh so festive times when you can let your inner zombie out and just be pure joy (Ha Ha Ha. :P), but oh know. I know have to wait for all this blasted heat to pass us by. *sigh*

In other news I think I'll be starting my Autumn/Halloween Knitting projects soon. ;^)

2. Summer is hot. What do you knit in the summer? So far the heat hasn't stopped me too much from knitting anything particular. I'm still new though so I've been finishing up my second sock (just have to decrease at the toe and graft), a custom intarsia bag of my own Otter Design (bag is done) and a zip up wallet to match the bag as well as I've cast on for a Double Knit Kitty Cat Blankey/Pad with my own intarsia design as well. I love figuring out gauge and making my own charts from it. I draw the image by hand and then fill in the chart. :D I'm also working on some bitchin' mitten that has some lace in it... but I don't want to say too much about that just yet since I don't want to Jinx myself. I had to put Liesel on hold because I wasn't doing something right. I think I figured out what I was doing and now can move forward with lace type stuff. I hope. *fingers crossed*

3. If money was no object.....what would you buy at the LYS? Thankfully I haven't gotten into a situation where this has happened yet. I don't care how much money I have I'd proabbly still not spend and arm and a leg on yarn out of principle. But then again I haven't come accross any yarn where I felt an arm and a leg was being asked so I've been lucky. *L*

4. What are some activities that have become family traditions for your family? Oy. Vey. There's that word again. Family. Gah. To me that word is damn near a curse word. I don't think anything positive when I hear/read it. It is not a comfort/love based word to me that many people view it as. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Recently Dave commented on a post while I was out of town and wished me back with my family soon. I was shocked for a moment and wondered why he would say such a horrible thing to me. Then I realized he meant my honey and my kitty. I guess they are my family now. But truly they are above and beyond anything that the word family has ever meant to me. Even my brother who is one of my best friends I don't consider that. He is my friend. A word with more meaning and power than family ever could have. I choose him as my friend.

I wish there was another word that meant family as most of you know it. I'd give that a whirl to describe My Honey, Kitty, Brother and Cookie. They are my "family". The good kind though.

5. What is the weather right now? Fucking Hot. Been Fucking Hot for days. It's beyond hot. It's F**king Hot. o.0

Of course I feel like a big baby complaining about this. I saw Cookie's weather on the news Saturday I think it was and she was up around 109. o.0 I've been around 103 or so and I'm baked to a crisp. Her weather is so bad I just checked her weather pixie and I saw this: 

o.0 Now THAT is hot!

*throws cold water at Cookie*

I hope it calms down soon for you, sweetie. That's some insane heat. *HUGS*

In somewhat related news I found a YUMMY cool treat for all this hot weather. Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bars. I've tried the Oreo kind. Very yummy. Can't even tell they are only 150 calories. *L* Of course Otter Pops and Ice Water is where it's really at. Sooo yummy and not so sweet that they make you feel icky in the heat. It's even too hot to drink a Coke or Pepsi. Just ice water and ice tea over here. o.0 (well and there was wine on Saturday and a Margarita on Sunday... :P)

So that's my update. Life has been mostly good. Just busy and hot. With a side of fever and sinus headache, but I'm trying not to whine about it. Much. ;)

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

Lookie!!!

I finally took the time to finish up my layout here. :D It's so ottery!!

I love Paint Shop Pro. I really wish I had Photoshop, but I can't justify spending that much money on a hobby at this time. *L* There is starving yarn out there that needs a good home! :P

You all know Otters really knit right?

Cause they do. They have the special tool holding flap under their arms. They normally hold their rocks there until they need to crack open abalone, urchin and the other sea treats they love to eat. But when most people aren't looking they take out their knitting from that spot and get knitty with it. :D This is TOTALLY true.

I wouldn't lie about something like this. ;)

I bet you're wondering what they knit when you're not looking. Well I'll be nice and tell you since you'll likely never see it happen.

They knit socks. Yup. That's right SOCKS. They wear them at night so their toes don't get so cold. They don't have that luxurious fur on their feetsies so they have to keep them up out of the water. At night when no one is looking they put their socks on so they can get all cozy and warm in the raft of otters. :D

P.S. Otters keep their knitting in Ziploc bags so it stays dry. :P

... anyway so I finally made my layout for this blog and I must say I love it muchly.  ;)

New Knitting Blog

Hello and Welcome to KnittyOtter!!

This is my first post and I'm still getting the swing of how the TypePad blogging system works.

I will be using this blog to chronicle my adventures in knitting. I'm a new knitter so I have a LOT to learn. I haven't been knitting long but I can tell you this, I LOVE IT MUCHLY! ;)

So sit back and lets see what I can knit up. ;)