Jesus in a mango!

Well, the multi-directional scarf is blocking. It's the multi-directional scarf by Karen Baumer, which I found in Ravelry. I made it with either two or three skeins of Paton sws (I've tried to use this yarn so many times that it wasn't in normal skeins anymore and I forget) in the colorway natural pink, and I used size ten needles. I didn't do anything special with the pattern, besides the great yarn race.

Here is is soaking, with snuggles laundry detergent.

And here is is blocking. It's 66 inches long blocked. I've also been working on my Loksins sock. Here it is.

That's the closest picture to the true color, but it's not purpley. It's more red. Heres a blurry picture of it.

And just for Angie: The tiny little stitches.

Sorry, this is the best picture I could get of them. In other news, I got a new radio for my car. Actually, my mom gave me the one out of her old car. It's not as pretty but it works, right? Oh, right, I should update you all on the Braves. Two words. They Suck. Or, no playoffs. Or, big losers. *sigh* We'll get em next year guys.

P.S. I should explain the Jesus in a mango thing... but I'm not gonna. Angie you may have beaten me to using it but... no, there's no but. It's fun though. If you're not Angie, ignore us please. :) Just something funny she said the other day.

*gasp* A FO?!

Well, yesterday I finished the Multi directional scarf. It is 60 inches unblocked. I'm hoping that it's longer once I block it... but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed. I'll post blocked pictures later, but here are some unblocked pictures.


I had the great yarn race at the end of the scarf. I seriously didn't think I'd have enough yarn to do the last pattern repeat. I finished with just this much left.


Cool, huh?

Support my sister and the JDRF

This blog entry is to you to ask for your support in a very special cause. My sister is walking on Sunday, September 30th. My site is http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86715274. Any support you would like to give to JDRF is needed and appreciated.

This year, she'll be taking part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes along with a half-million other walkers across the country. Our goal: To raise $90 million to help fund research for a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.

Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating, often deadly disease that affects millions of people--a large and growing percentage of them children.

Many people think type 1 diabetes can be controlled by insulin. While insulin does keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, it is NOT a cure. Aside from the daily challenges of living with type 1 diabetes, there are many severe, often fatal, complications caused by the disease.

That's the bad news... and yes, it's pretty bad.

The good news, though, is that a cure for type 1 diabetes is within reach. In fact, JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date. And JDRF funds a major portion of all type 1 diabetes research worldwide, more than any other charity.

I'm writing to ask for your support because now more than ever, EACH of us can be a part of bringing about a cure. Each of us can make a real difference

Won't you please give to JDRF as generously as you're able?

Together, we can make the cure a reality.

Please visit her Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close she is to reaching my personal goal:

http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86715274

Follow this link to make a donation:

http://walk.jdrf.org/support.cfm?id=86715274

© 2007 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. All rights reserved.

Small Icarus update, and a new addition

Not much to really blog about knitting-wise. I'm still knitting Icarus, and it's still getting bigger. I'm starting the third repeat of chart one. The second one moved a lot faster than the first one, which doesn't make a lot of sense, except that this time I actually worked on it sometimes rather than just sit and hold it and stare at it. You can't see in the picture, but I swear it's getting bigger. On the neck part, it's 36 inches wide.


In other news, my car got broken into the other day. My stereo was stolen. Apparently a bunch of other people in the complex got robbed. I'm bumming hard. I think I might go to my mom's house tomorrow because she has the stereo that's in her old junky car and she said I could have it. So hopefully my brother-in-law will install it for me.

Anyway, so yesterday, Emmy and I went to Petsmart and I bought myself a betta fish. I spent like, 45 bucks on him. Cause I had to buy an aquarium too. I got a 2 gallon one, and one real plant, the others are fake. Here's a picture of the tank.


And the fishey.


I don't know what to name him. I was going to name him Sirius but... I don't know, it doesn't fit him. So I'm trying to decide, and I'm open for suggestions. (This picture shows his true colors... but I may have made him blind with my flash.)

Lights On 9/11

Please join us on 9/11. We have over two weeks to get
the word out all across this great land we love and call the United
States of America. Let's see how powerful e-mail can be!

On Tuesday, September 11, 2007 everyone in the USA who
will be driving a motor vehicle is asked to drive with their headlights
on during daylight hours. Though no explanation is needed as to why we
are commemorating September 11, we hope more importantly to pay
respect to the victims of that day, show our nation's solidarity and
show support for our men and women of the Armed Forces.
You can help by sending this e-mail on to others!

REMEMBER!
LIGHTS ON.....9/11

Labor day weekend, and some knitting content

This weekend was so busy for me! Let's see, Friday I spent the day *after* my root canal at my mom's house. We had a pretty good time. Played a lot of cornhole, which is basically this game with two boards with holes in them that you have to try to get a beanbag in. It's actually a lot of fun. I might buy a cornhole set for next summer from The Buckeye Corner at Easton, it looks like buckeye stadium. It's pretty cool. Anyway, then Saturday Emmy stayed the night, and on Sunday we went to her labor day/fourth of July party (don't ask). That was a ton of Fun. I held her nephew, Joshua.


Ugh, I look horrible in that picture. Anyway, he was sooooo cute. I didn't want to give him back, but he was waking up and hungry, so I had to. Then, yesterday Emmy came over again, and we went swimming with my mom. That was a LOT of fun. Emmy and I went to Easton today, and saw Halloween. Scary ass movie, but not the scariest I've ever seen. And, in between all that, I've been working on Icarus and Loksins. No, not MS3. I can't work on two lace projects and only those. I'd go nuts. What was I thinking with the 48 hour thing?

There's loksins, with a special look at my Underneath Hanson cd from Japan. (Only two weeks to the concert! eeek!) I know it's hard to tell but I promise it's really loksins. I'll have to take some pictures outside so you can see the true color.

And here she is, my baby, my Icarus. How I love thee with your soft smooth yarn and your gorgeous needles... I'm almost ready to start the third repeat of the part of chart one you repeat. Which puts me at about 150 or so stitches. It's getting big. Though it's not nearly as big as it will be. Anyway, I'll leave you with this fun pic of Emmy and I, and I'll also say that if you want to see my labor day pics, feel free. I'm not putting them all on here, but they're fun. Go here.

I'm still alive

Well, yesterday was interesting. The root canal part went fine. But I think because of the Novocaine or whatever, and my nerves, it made me sick to my stomach. I was violently sick, like 4 times. And I just felt nauseous most of the day. I still feel funny... but I barely ate yesterday, so that's probably why. I still have to go back and get a crown. *rolls her eyes* Like I have that kind of money... but in order for him to do the root canal he had to take off a lot of the tooth and he said without a crown it could just break and then I'd have to have it pulled. Anyway, so Dr. Joel comes in and sits down and says "I can see you're a little nervous, I just want you to know you're in good hands, and you'll be fine, ok?" And I'm like "Really, you can tell?" While my hands are shaking so bad that it looked like I was... I don't know but I was REALLY shaking. The root canal wasn't so bad cause they let me listen to Hanson and that calms me down.

Anyway, my 48 hours with Loksins is definitely over. I'm almost done with the gussets. Didn't get much done at my mom's house last night, mostly because of the boys. They were wanting us to play all day. I'm gonna work on MS3 and Icarus the next couple of days.