Whatever!!!

Phooey on those that criticize creative people! OK - don't be so harsh. Periodically the questions arises "Don't you ever finish what you start? You are always knitting something different when I see you?". Well DUH!!!! I finish stuff all the time. I am a firm believer in not holding creativity back. When the creative juices start you need to start casting on NOW. Attempting to hold the creativity back will only cause it to get messed up with other pent up projects, make them all get jumbled and then you end up with some freaky "craft" project you can't give away to save your soul. Periodically the creative juices slow up on a project so they must be redirected to a new project - that is why having a large collection of knitting needles is so important. I try to clue my husband in on this - he is always complaining about the yarn and needles around the house - I say "I'm not knitting, I'm working.". (owning a yarn shop lets you use that excuse often) He comes back with some reply about why the yarn is breeding in the bedroom and how come I need knitting at each end of the couch - again - DUH!! What if I sit down at the wrong end of the sofa - I don't have to interrupt his channel surfing by asking him to pass my knitting bag. (I put a lot of thought into that one) "I'm only thinking of you dear", I reply as he grumbles. Attempting to come up with new and inventive reasons for feeding my so called yarn/knitting addiction can get rather draining - some people just don't get it. I usually have to take a break, clear my head by knitting awhile and that spout out a new "reason". Someday my goal is to break my husband. I know it is possible. He caved and taught himself how to crochet several years ago by watching me. Eventually he will pick up the knitting needles and ask me to show him how. Probably not until they stop making batteries for the remote but it doesn't hurt to believe there is hope.

Yep - I'm Still Here

OK - I need to get better about posting. I get so caught up in kids, housework and knitting that by the end of the day I crash and nothing gets posted. I'm still tinkering with my socks out of Cat Bordhi's new book. They are fascinating to knit - it's obvious that a lot of planning went into her designs.

Saturday was pretty crazy. After the shop closed I had to dash over to Kent to spend the evening at my dad's house. It was their 30th anniversay so they invited us over for dinner and to watch the Seahawks game. It's always fun to take an evening and visit with family and friends. The fact that we won the game and Rose made a fantabulous meal was all bonus. They had ordered this cake - it was supposed to say "Happy 30th Anniversay Grandma & Grandpa". When they went to pick it up it said "Happy 30th Birhtday Grandma & Grandpa". HELLO!! That makes no sense at all. I was a bit surprised they didn't question it while they were decorating it. You would think they would have called - no they just got the pleasure of fixing it while they waited. Silly, silly! I guess it pays to double check other things besides dye lots. (important lesson learned)

Done!

OK - so here are my sisters socks - done at long last. Now they await her arrival so they can be placed on her little tootsies - much like Cinderella and the glass slippers except there is no prince involved - just me - her "favorite" sister. Don't be bothered with the trivial nonsense that there is no other sister - she just knows that I am her favorite so we will keep it at that. I like being the wiser sister - not older - just wiser.

Any who - now that I have finished her socks (Sockina Cotton #02) I have started on some socks for myself. I know that in the knitting world actually knitting for yourself falls in some weird realm that rarely exists but I thought I would give it a shot. Once in a while doing something for your self is kind of nice. You can rave to yourself endlessly about how wonderful your gift is and you won't even get embarrassed by all the praise. When I finish my socks I might even get out my tiara and give myself the royal treatment for all of two minutes before reality sets in and the family needs me yet once again. If not at least I will know that something I knit is truely treasured in the highest regard - that might be reason enough to finish my own socks.

Socks, Socks, Socks

At the Yarn Stash we have a birthday club - customers can shop one time during their birthday month at a 20% discount. This month Mom and I are celebrating our birthdays so we decided to share our birthday discounts with everyone. All of our sock yarn is on sale 20% off until August 18th. One of our customers (friends) brought us engraved tape measures today. What a cool gift - never again will we question who owns the tape measure sitting on the table. How thoughtful of her - thanks a bunch KM - I love my tape measure.

Great News - I have finally finished my sisters socks! Yes, I know it took me a while after I got her to measure her foot. I didn't want to get too far ahead of myself until I could double check her foot. Now that they are done she can enjoy her birthday present too! Celebrations all around.

Mom finally got her invite to Ravelry - I am still waiting for mine. I'm pretty close on the list - hopefully in the next few weeks. I can be patient (pretend to be).