SAFF | Little Miss Drama Pants

November 28, 2011
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And Then I Totally Effed That Oh

Back in 2008 (April 6th to be exact), I went to see the Yarn Harlot in Atlanta and ended up with 6 ounces of soy silk. Oh, and I also saw the Yarn Harlot. On July 5, 2011 I finally decided to spin it up. On July 13, 2011 I finished plying it and promptly did not record how many yards I spun. Seriously. How did I not do that? WHY did I not do that?!

Then in October, before leaving for SAFF, I decided that I needed to knit up the circus roving turned yarn into something. So I made myself a little handspun yarn cake and took it with me to Asheville, NC. On October 21, 2011 I bought Trillion (Ravelry link) at SAFF. I also promptly began knitting it. It’s a really simple knit and shows off my handspun yarn really nicely.

It’s a fantastic knit when you’re hanging with friends, drinking and not always paying attention to what your hands are doing. The two-row repeat is really easy to memorize. I highly recommend this pattern for when you need some easy but still enchanting to knit. And because I had no clue what the yardage was on my yarn cake, there was that element of danger as to whether or not I would run out of yarn before I had a wearable…Trillion.

And I still can’t help but wonder if I could have fit in one more row.

Neckerchief?

Wanna hear something kind of hypocritical? Even though I am technically half “yellow” I don’t actually like the color yellow. Since I’m half yellow and half white does that actually make me…beige? Either way, I still don’t love the color yellow.

Photobombed by My Own Husband

But when I wrapped the Trillion around my neck, the yellow is not so noticeable and I can live with that. This is not the best picture of how to wear the Trillion, but you’ll just have to use your imagination. Also, I feel that this is a completely acceptable reason to buy a dressform – to take photos of hand knits draped across it. Sans photobombers. And that is actually B photobombing me. I didn’t photoshop him in or anything. Clearly nothing is sacred to him. And yes, this is me wearing exactly NO makeup. (Note to self: get an under eye cream for dark circles.)

October 30, 2011
by lilMDP 1 Comment

Girls' Trip!

A couple of weeks ago I went on my annual trek to the mountains of Asheville, NC for SAFF and stayed in a rustic cottage of mostly awesomeness with my girls Evil Science Chick, Evil Julie and Nytefalle.

Drinking Is Srs Bizness

Evil Science Chick

Zombie Nytefalle

We learned that if a bear shits in the woods, it definitely stinks. (A bear may or may not have shit outside our cabin. Or possibly the drunk boys 2 cottages down. OR there may have been an issue with a septic tank. We went with bear.) We pretty much blamed that bear for anything remotely stinky. Strangely enough, I think that bear may have followed me home.

Moving along!

We ate lots of tasty, tasty food.

Caramel Sea Salt Mocha Chocolate Cake

Spring Ridge Creamery Ice Cream (Pumpkin Pie & Peppermint)

Acropolis Pizza

Saw lots of cute animals:

Heeey, Baby!

Communing With the Sheepies

Check Out Those Horns

How You Doin'?

This Is My Good Side

I made several purchases. Again.

Corriedale Fleece

It is both awesome and dangerous to be friends with folks who on a fiber mill. I had 2 alpaca fleeces and also wool from Sugar Ray (I hope he’s getting plenty of tail in bunny heaven) that I wanted to blend and Jen picked out this gorgeous Corriedale for me. Then Jared took in my order. I’ll be getting a beautiful DK weight yarn out of the mix. I can’t wait to see what they do with it all!

Supporting My Friends

Sugar Skull Stitch Markers!

Gale-dar in Full Effect

Stash Enhancing

Because Everyone Needs A Ball Sack

You Can Never Have Too Many Project Bags

Oh Yeah. I Went There.

And the coup d’état :

Loom!

I blew my Vegas wad on a loom! [Sidenote: I won a grand in Vegas on the penny slots and my first thought was "OH MY GOD, I WON!!!" and my second thought was, "SAFF MONEY!!!!!"] I got a Kromski Harp 24″ Rigid Heddle Loom. As you can see here, I set it up as soon as I got home and started warping almost immediately. I think this is an excellent starter loom. You have the loom on one side, flip it over and the warp is on the other. Which is what you’re looking at. (The pegs are removable. Also very awesome.) I will be going through my used stash to find the rest of my sock yarn remnants to play with this baby on my first run. I imagine it will become a scarf that only a first-time weaver can love. But I can definitely see how easy it will be to use up a lot of yarn quickly. Maybe even some of my handspun. Also? It has the option of adding a second heddle, which means I can get fancy with the designs. Lots of options.

This was my 6th year of attending SAFF. I can honestly say that it never gets old. Asheville in October is absolutely gorgeous.

Scenic Drive

We usually see interesting things along the way:

You're Not Reading That Wrong

Let's Stop and Ask for Directions!

And I get to spend time with my tribe.

Bunch o' Weirdos

I can’t wait for next year!

November 9, 2010
by lilMDP 7 Comments

Post SAFF Dramedy

I went to SAFF and then it turned into November and ummm…Hi! How are you? Say hi to your mother for me.

Anyway, gather ’round, children, while Auntie Pants tells you a tale of loss and underwear.

When we went to SAFF, I managed to lose my favorite bra and a pair of panties. I gave Evil Science Chick a DETAILED description of them and she e-mailed the owner of the cabin about it. It turned out that the cleaning lady found some panties and bras and a pair of socks that he thought were hand knit.

Anyway, instead of letting me hide my shame at forgetting my unmentionables (that are being mentioned here. So…), she sent me his contact info and told me to get in touch with him about my undies.

I worked up some courage and finally e-mailed him about my underwear and he was very polite and professional about the whole thing. I sent him my address to send me my unders and he mailed them rather promptly. In fact, I got the package yesterday.

I was actually really excited about it because it was my favorite bra. My FAVORITE bra. And it was with eager anticipation that I opened that package. So you can only imagine how quickly my excitement turned to shock/horror/disappointment when I opened the package to find…someone else’s bras and panties. And a pair of black socks that are so clearly NOT handknit.

I did what anyone else would do in this situation. I texted ESC.

Just got someone else’s bra and panties in the mail.

Let’s just say that her response was less than helpful. So, anyway. If you were staying in the Awesome Cabin of Awesomeness and you’re missing some undies? Drop me a line.

October 25, 2010
by lilMDP 4 Comments

Post SAFF Stupor

SAFF was a blast as always. And I am too tired to do much more than show pictures.

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And then on the way home, we finally stopped at GOATS ON THE ROOF! You know, because we didn’t see enough livestock at SAFF.

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In a nutshell? Awesome weekend of awesomeness was awesome.

July 19, 2010
by lilMDP 1 Comment

In Which I Give Myself A Deadline

Remember how a million plus one years ago I started knitting the Jack in the Pulpit 3/4 shawl? And remember how I kept promising I would finish it yesterday? Well, it’s still not done.

I know. I suck.

So I decided that I needed a kick in the pants to finish the shawl. And I was trying to figure out what might motivate me when I decided to check out the SAFF website. Which, by the way, they redesigned and it looks awesome! And that’s when I remembered the Skein, Garment and Fiber Art Competition.

You know where this is going, right? I have decided that to give myself a swift kick in the pants, I will finish this shawl so I can enter it in the contest. What I am going to need, however, is for you guys to help me stay on track and when necessary, brow beat me to FINISH THE DAMN SHAWL ALREADY!

So if you’ll excuse me, I have a shawl to go and finish knitting.

Also? I think this makes me (more) officially batshit insane.

November 9, 2009
by lilMDP 1 Comment

Reader's Digest: Drama Pants Style

Hmmm… So about 2 weeks ago to the day, I may have mentioned something about showing you my SAFF loot. Well, I’m not going to do that today either. Mostly because I have yet to photograph any of the loot and also it might already be put away and I don’t feel like hauling it all back out. Let’s just say that I am well stocked to get me through the winter. At the very least.

What I *do* have is more pictures from SAFF:

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Some pictures from Halloween:

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I am yet again engaged in my never ending war with my arch nemesis, Laundry. I am currently winning the battle. Sort of. Mostly. Sorry, no pictures of my laundry. I’m sure you’re crushed.

My new current obsession: coupon cutting. And using. I feel like I’m channeling my grandmother when I cut coupons. We ate many a breakfast or lunch at Hardy’s when I was a kid visiting my grandparents because my grandmother had coupons. She carried them in a fanny pack that she wore. I’m not quite there yet. But mostly because I can’t find a fanny pack I like.

And knitting one, lonely cupcake for the September birthday in BAD Boy’s class. Don’t worry, I’ll show you a picture when it’s done. Which it isn’t, but it will be. I’m sure you’re on the edge of your seat with bated breath in anticipation of the unveiling of another cupcake.

So what’s going on with you?

October 26, 2009
by lilMDP 7 Comments

SAFF Cabin of Awesomeness

SAFF is a special, magical time in a knitter/spinner/fiber enthusiast’s life. This year, we decided to celebrate SAFF by staying in a cabin. There was more fun than can be described and probably should have been illegal. I am never going to do this post justice with words.

My pictures. Let me show you them.

When you put a bunch of fiber lovers in a room together, they tend to do stuff like this.

Trindles were all the rage this year. Hockeymom demonstrated:

Oh! And we were also visited by an angel.

And there was Wii.

There are two camps of Dance Dance Revolution Dancers.

Serious dancers:

And not so serious dancers (also known as: you accidentally set your setting to expert and you’re screwed, so fuck it):

But there are only serious Mario Kart Racers:

Also? Sleep is optional at the SAFF Cabin of Awesomeness as none of got very much sleep. AT ALL. And there were lots of purchases. LOTS. But those are for another post. Right now, I need to spend some quality time with my wheel, Jezebel, who missed me while I was away.

October 20, 2009
by lilMDP 5 Comments

Almost

I am in the process of getting ready to go to SAFF, which means trying to figure out how few changes of clothes I can get away with to make more room for fiber and yarn and my wheel and a baby alpaca.

What?

It might happen. Uh, just don’t tell my husband, ok?

Anyway, I’m trying to figure out which projects to bring with me, what I can absolutely live without and the best way to deter my three co-pilots from breaking into the bubbly BEFORE we get to Asheville.

Huh? What’s that? You want to know about the shawl? Well. Due to…well…I worked on it all weekend. I really did. And I made some pretty decent headway. However, my superhero powers of knitting faster than the speed of light did not materialize at any point over the weekend so it’s not finished. I’m still working on the final repeat before the border.

Which reminds me, I need to pack my blocking wires. And pins.

Anyway, to keep you entertained until I get back, here’s a video of Charlie in his debut interpretive dance piece: Fetch.

October 17, 2009
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Optimistic

I’m currently working on the 4th of 12 rows for the 9th repeat of the Jack in the Pulpit 3/4 Shawl. This is what it looks like right now:

Yup. A puddle of purple/blue yarn with some shiny bits in it. Upside down. Because mostly that’s how I see it. Riveting, no? OK, here’s a close up:

I still have 8 more rows of the 9th repeat,? 12 rows of the 10th repeat, 28 rows of the border and 8 rows for the bind off. That’s 56 more rows (not including the row I’m currently on). I have until Tuesday to finish all that and then Wednesday to block it in order to be able to wear it at SAFF.

I know this doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s a shawl. That keeps growing. To get a better idea of what lies ahead, let’s look at this in terms of beads. There will be 135 beads used in the 9th repeat. 150 in the 10th repeat. Not so bad, right? Then we get to the 28 row border. With lots of beads. How many beads, you ask? If my calculator is right, there will be 627 beads used in the border. SIX HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN BEADS.

::blink blink::

I should probably just keep knitting.

I can totally pull this off, right?

October 1, 2009
by lilMDP 6 Comments

Let the Madness Begin

I am a half a cupcake away from being done with the October cupcakes. They need to be done by next Thursday. I can totally finish it by then. Easy peasy.

The problem challenge is that I have exactly 21 days before I leave for SAFF! Which means I have exactly 20 days to finish knitting (including blocking) the Jack in the Pulpit 3/4 Shawl I stole from Julie bought at Stitches South to show off at SAFF!

I am currently in the process of ripping back the 6th repeat of 10 repeats because of a stupid error on my part. Said error? Dropping a stitch. I’m knitting with 100% Tencel. Need I say more? *SOB*

Oh yeah, did I mention the beads? Because there are a lot of them. Oh, and also the border. I have to knit that too. With beads.

This is totally doable, right?

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