by TorchSinger

The Rules: Rules are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 people and posts their names. Then the player goes to each of the “named” people’s blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. If you’ve been tagged, you do the same, letting the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer. They, in turn, answer the following questions. Here we go!

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

I had an almost 1 year old and an 8 year old and I was working at a lawyer’s office. I was trying to work things out with hubby #1 but he wasn’t trying much. Pretty much just working and taking care of kids.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? (Well, I have more than five, but I’ll stop there.)

• Laundry
• knit something
• finish ripping up bathroom tile
• pay bills (blech)
• organize hencircle penpal stuff

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Dr.Pepper, Little Debbie Star Crunch, Mt. Dew, popcorn with an obscene amount of butter, wafer cookies, sour patch kids

4. Places I’ve lived:

I’ve only ever lived in Texas so these are places in Texas – Longview, Liberty City(formerly known as Hogeye), Spring Hill and Sweeny

5. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

Hello can you say big house with lots of land? I want a farm with animals, sheeps and horses and bunnies and goats. I might even grow something. Have to have farm hands though, and a maid. Oh..and I want a studio with spinning wheels and looms and things like that. I’d buy my dream wheel and loom.

Dream Loom

Dream Wheel

I’d like to do something to help teach fiber arts so maybe open my studio up for campers and have teachers and things in.

(If we were billionaires, Manperson wants to build a castle and also have an area that we could rent out to SCA groups to hold events.)

Ok..so I’m tagging Joy, Faerielady, Dani, Aimee and Geebaloo

1.  What is your name?  Stephanie What is your quest?  to find the Grail..oh wait..wrong movie. Um… the quest for the perfect yarn. What is your favorite color? purple, no green, no purple..purple and green??

2.  When is your birthdate (year optional)? September 16 (same as Casey!)
3.  Do you have any special birthday traditions? We usually go out to eat
4.  What is your favorite birthday memory? Going to Hot Springs Arkansas and spending time in the old hotel and spa
5.  Any allergies we should know about? nope
6.  What crafts do you do – knit, crochet, spin, dye, bead, quilt, etc. etc. ? um.. yes and weaving, ok so I don’t quilt so much anymore, but I could
7.  Any sorts of fibers you particularly love or hate or are dying to work with? I’m not fond of mohair
8.  What weight of yarn do you prefer? sport or smaller, though I’m learning to love the larger yarns
9.  What are your favorite knitting accessories? (i.e.: stitch markers, row counters…) stitch markers
10.  Do you subscribe to any crafty magazines? no subscriptions, but I usually buy IK and Spin Off and if I can find it the UK Simply Knitting (or is that Creative Knitting?)
11.  What do collect aside from fiber-related things? live steel, medieval stuff, antiques, books
12.  Favorite candy, chocolate (dark, white, or milk), tea, coffee, other treats? I like candies like jelly belly’s and sour patch kids. For chocolate I like any kind. I do drink hot teas (I adore adagio.com) and I don’t drink coffee much
13.  Do you enjoy handmade soap and body products? yes please
14.  Are there any scents you love or hate? I can’t think of any
15.  What is your favorite: flavor, flower, letter, number, film, artist? flavor: grape flower: rose letter: um… no clue Film: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels or Formula 51 artist: Holbein (you meant artist like painter/scupltor right?)
16.  Anything we should *not* get for you? Um…can’t think of a thing
17.  Do you have a blog and or wishlist that are not linked on Ravery or listed in the GoogleDoc? I think my only wish list is on amazon
18.  Anything special you would like your partner to know? Hey partner!! This will be fun!!

Yeah..see that, up there in the title….I FINISHED SOMETHING! Guess what? It’s not socks! It’s not even something I posted about starting. You see, Kae sent me this lubberly yarn for my b-day. D’zined Wool-Hemp Sportweight. It just screamed at me  – “I want to be an EZ February Baby Sweater!!!” Not to be one to tell yarn “NO”, I cast on.  I finished this Saturday at SnB and walked next door to Michaels and found the cutest buttons.

Oh..wait, you can’t see the sweater?? Hehehe….

There..is that better?

Perfect buttons, no?? I thought they were great.

I also made beads this weekend.

Who me obsessed? nahhh….

Also… cephalopod anyone??

Come join us.. I have one nearly done. I just ran out of yarn

Check out today’s Two Lumps.

I LOL’ed.

(link fixed now..sowwie)

Your Score: Lion Warning Cat

80 % Affection, 64 % Excitability , 30 % Hunger

  You are the good Samaritan of the lolcat world. Protecting others from danger by shouting observations and guidance in cases of imminent threat, you believe in the well-being of everyone.

The daughter child and I decided to take a Wilton’s Cake Decorating course. I think we’ve become comic relief for the rest of the class, but we’re having a good time. The instructor keeps having to tell the girl child to quit licking the icing off of the end of her tip, but other than that we’re good.

Her first two cakes

My first two cakes.  Be gentle with us.  We have one more class next Monday and we  have to do our final. In order to get our certificate we have to make 3 Roses. I’m not sure I’ll get mine.

Look ma..I finished something!

I made these fingerless mitts in two evenings out of some of my own handspun yarn. The fiber was Dragonhair. If I remember right its wool/silk blend and it has angelina in it. It sparkles, but i don’t think you can see it in the photo.  I use WendyKnit’s fingerless mitts pattern and it was very quick work. I’m now working on the second Roza’s sock and my second stocking. Hopefully I’ll have progress to show soon.

Oh..I got my Ravelry invite. If you’re over there add me as a friend, I’m KnitSteph of course!