My online home for the past few months has been the Knitters for Obama group on ravelry.com, and we're gearing up to start our third fundraiser for Barack Obama's election campaign. Our previous two fundraisers have netted nearly $10,000 apiece, and I'm guessing that this one will be even better given some of the most amazingly awesome prizes that ( Read more... )

can't. stop. must. keep. spinning.


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- My dad is having surgery again tomorrow, this time for the removal of the thyroid so that cancer doesn't develop. This is a good thing, although still somewhat nervewracking. There will be lots of knitting tomorrow while waiting with my mom ( Read more... )

I didn't think it would be possible, but something did happen that made my day much better - I got my invite to Ravelry. Ohhhhhh, joy! Think LibraryThing for knitters/crocheters/people who lurve yarn.  You have to sign up for an invite to join (they've only got one programmer now and a queue of apparently hundreds of people) as they want the site ( Read more... )

Ok folks, this coming Saturday is the Sheep & Wool Festival I have talked about before (in this post for your reference) - wahoo! At this point I'll be going with
akillianna and my own lovely mother. Anyone else want to come with? We've got space for more in the car!

I thought I was excited for a few days leading up to Stephanie (the Harlot)’s signing, but the day of I was so psyched I could hardly sit still.

( Click here for pictures and happy happy knitting! )

Yesterday I spent a great afternoon with aino and elenfair, shopping for yarn and kvetching about life. Ahhh, it was so so SO much better than working.

The odd part about yesterday, though, happened when I got home. aino had sent a large fake sunflower with me, as we are planning a prank on her sister. Woot. I set it on the counter along with my yarn haul, ( Read more... )