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Chicks Slaying Zombies with Sticks

Aug 8, 2009
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Your Local Yarn Shop Celebrated its 1 year anniversary with a knitting under the stars event. The store was full of knitters shopping, We got to meet a marvelous yarn dyer. Miss KellyJ and the ladies had wonderful sales and treats. Being presently unemployed I resisted buying even after I carried some yarn a round to see if it liked me. Really it liked me a lot but I was strong. Plus, I am trying to stick with my plan of not buying unless I have a plan for the yarn.

After browsing I along with fellow Zombie Prom Date Knitters retired to the porch (ok it is not really a porch but it has that feeling when we all have our chairs parked out there) to knit and gab. I met Miss Jax. She is knitting a handsome scarf for her handsome man. Shannon and Emily were spinning. Crystal was knitting (btw: loved the green eyeshadow!) I also caught up with Sue W. and her sister Mimi. So all was fun and I got the heel turned on my "My Doc Rocks!" socks on circs. I really should read the directions on this process because I had a freaking mess on my hands when I got home. it is all straightened out....for now.

One of the things I love about hanging with the Zombie Slayers is the conversation. There is always cause to laugh. Somehow Miss Holly got to talking about how she was helping a baby go to sleep by singing a lullaby. Here is a sample of her repertoire.

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Knit a Little, Knit a Little More

May 18, 2009
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After visiting Kelly J at YLS, she set me up with lace needles. Oh the difference was worth all of their Addi Turbo wonderfulness! The tips are pointier and really help with the crazy purling of the K1, YO, K1, YO, K1 all together! While I was there though I decided that I needed to rip it out and begin again. This was the right decision. Now that I am getting the hang of things I would not want the crappy begining to taint the rest of the shawl. It is small, but I am happy. Of course I may have to change this from my "I'm Going to France!" scarf to Thing 2 is graduating from high school or college! Working with this silk feels w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l when I am not cussing it out.

As a break I have begun a square to be contributed to a challenge between YLS and The Yarn Garden.

After drinking a mug (don't judge me!) of wine, knitting lace is not a good idea. I will just eat the cookie dough in the fridge and add a ~~few~~ couple of rows tomorrow.