recipe catch-up

my dearest blog folk, i have finally posted one of TWO recipes i’m behind on.  meet the align mitts!

you can find the pattern for these splendid mitts here

i’m still working on the migrate socks and you know…. i did find almost all of my notes but for some odd and i mean very odd reason, i neglected to note what size needles i was working with.  isn’t that just the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever heard of?  drugs.  i swear i was on them!

as you may or very well may not know, the girls started school last friday and i’m still sort of coming to terms with that.  we’re slowly settling into our routine and i’m slowly catching up on all that housework i haven’t done for five years.  you know, the gritty stuff.  so even though i thought i’d be sitting here at the desk blogging my little heart out, i haven’t.  there you go.  i have been knitting though.  boy!  have i!

here is a sneak peek

i can’t wait to finish it.  i can’t wait, can’t wait!  i’ll post all about it next week.  so, for now, i’m gonna get back to it and wonder what i’m gonna do with this dog.  did i mention i got a call this morning to meet my husband and pick up the cutest little stray i’ve ever laid eyes on? i think i’ll start calling him noah because i swear to you he’s turning an arc out of this little house of ours. xo

Update on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 1:48PM by pinkbrutus

gotta love it!  just posted the align recipe and it’s on craft gossip.  check it out!

recipe of the month :: to be continued...

from tuesday

there’s a very good reason i’m sitting at my work table at 2 am with a glass of orange juice and a sock.

have you ever had one of those “oh shit” moments that make you do ridiculous things like press a button sixteen times waiting for it to be swayed by your will?  you see… i did just that tonight.

it was yet another night of tossing and turning (the insomnia and flare ups are another story for another time) that made me breathe deep heavy sighs and let my mind wander to things non-conducive to sleep - like work - like knitting - like ideas for projects and patterns that need to be drafted and suddenly it felt urgent so, i grabbed my phone to look over my notes on the socks i posted on monday.  the socks i was going to post the pattern for today.  i kept detailed pattern notes on the notes because it seems like that’s what the app is for and when i tapped the little yellow notepad… hmmm.  there was ONE single note.  maryanne’s phone number.  where have the others gone?  ALL THE OTHERS?  the patterns and reminders and OTHER phone numbers of people i run into at parties and art shows and… fuck.  i then did something truly insane.  i turned the phone over to make sure it was even mine.  i guess at 1:40 am in the dark your eyes could be playing terrible tricks on you but after a good once over i decided it was in fact my phone.

i’m now staring at a sock & asking it to reveal itself to me.

now that i have the back story out of the way… the recipe will have to wait.  xo

changes & staying

you’ve surely noticed i’ve done some major housekeeping here.  blog spring cleaning perhaps.

the site has been giving me fits as of late and i nearly switched my account to another blog host, but after a lot of consideration, hours of comparisons, and late nights editing here and there…. i’ve decided i’m best off staying put.

i’m gonna ride out the glitches for now and keep my fingers crossed that with the host renovating on their end, the problems are temporary.

one really fantastic thing the host has changed is it simplified its plans giving me a lower payment and more options for the site and readers.  win & win.  there is now a register link on the top menu.  if you’d like to register as a member, you can follow updates via e-mail, create a profile for commenting, and upload pictures in the SHARE your KNITS gallery.  fun?  i think so.

other news: i’m gonna go ahead and post a second recipe of the month on the 18th because i’m offering three different patterns by age for the first knitting workshop in may and would like to have them all up and available before the class begins.

alright friends.  enough of the boring stuff.  have a great day! xo