A Starbucks and Yarn Swap?!

 knitting  1 Response »
Jun 032009
 

This is a really neat idea!  The signups end today (June 3) but go head to the Ravelry group: A Starbucks and Yarn Swap and check out the details.

Here are the guidelines:

Sign Up Begins: May 27th

Sign Up Ends: June 3rd

Matches Sent Out: June 5th

What Will Go In The Kit

$10 Sbux Gift Card
One hank/skein of yarn
One small projects pattern (i.e. wash cloth, fingerless mitts, coasters, ect.)
One set of Stitch markers

Dollar Amount:
Minimum of $20 – Maximum of $30

Duration of Swap:
Two (2) Months

Swap Ends: August 7th

Participation:
All participants will need to check in weekly. There will be a weekly check-in thread posted. Passes will be given to those on vacation and if family emergencies come up, but any absences must be communicated as soon as possible. After being absent for two weeks with no communication swappers will be dropped from the swap.

If you do decide to sign up, tell ‘em Sairy sent ya :D    it also doesn’t matter if you are non-US – people from Canada and the UK and other places have already joined :D

Insert clever song lyric-esque title here!

 knitting, life, Uncategorized, work  2 Responses »
Aug 192008
 

Okay this entry may just be the suckiest ever because I just.don’t.feel.like.blogging, but something inside is nagging me to blog so, here ya go. Been doing a lot of running around lately and I’m exhausted.

  • It’s 39 days until the wedding. Yes. 39. Gah. So much left to do, the responses are coming in and final meetings are scheduled with our vendors. Honeymoon hotel is booked, need to arrage rental car and flights still – hopefully have that finished next week.

 

  • Work has been good lately, going to have my mid year review sometime this week. Had to create spreadsheet of weekly summaries of what I’ve been doing since March. Funtimes.

 

  • Knitting has been productive lately.  I finished my Ravelympics project last night and have found the socks a new home as I don’t like them. And, as of today, I am taking a month long hiatus from sock knitting due to wrist pain.

 

  • I’ve joined the YMCA to start swimming again. I blame this entirely on Michael Phelps, but honestly, I did miss swimming and the olympics have really brought that feeling home. So yesterday was my first day to swim and wow, totally over did it. This may be cause of wrist pain as a major battle ensued with the locker that was to keep my belongings in! I will be doing 30-45 mins 3x a week, so essentially, MWF, and may increase to 4x a week – no guarantee. I am trying to lose ~ 10 lbs before the wedding, and this can easily be done and the dress will still fit, so don’t worry about that. 

 

  • I’ve been trying to destash a little bit. I’ve gotten rid of 3 skeins of noro kureyon, and 2 skeins of koigu kpppm and then of course, I buy more yarn.

 

  • Sweater knitting shall now commence, since, no socks for a month.  I have to finish a Clapotis for Cait still, but that’ll go smoothly and be great SnB knitting. I need to figure out what sweaters I will be attempting, I know already February Lady sweater and another Wicked – this time no pocket and definitely short sleeved again.  I do want to knit a central park hoodie, but I need yardage for my size and can hopefully find something suitable at Purl Soho since I have a store credit from the mishap with the BSA Alpaca & Silk that I purchased earlier in the summer.  There are a few patterns from KnitScene and IK that I want to make, but it all depends. I may get sick of sweaters super fast. I also need to do a set of Knucks for a friend that studies in London (way behind on these) and those will be next, after I finish up some of my WIP’s that aren’t socks.

 

  • And well, here are some FO’s I can so off!

 

 

 

 

short n sweet

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Jul 282008
 

Okay I’m not dead. Had to take the PRAXIS 0061 Mathematics Content Knowledge on Saturday so I’ve been MIA from blogging due to studying for that.  I’ll write a better post tomorrow after I take some photos tonight of spinning, yarn, and projects :D

 

Oh and yes, you did see that right on Ravelry, my WICKED is done :P

Secret Swap!

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Feb 262008
 

Since starting to listen to the SheKnits Podcast, I've joined Sharon's Ravelry group and participated in my first ever swap!  It was a super secret swap, and all but two people were paired with someone other than the person they were sending to!  Wonderful idea!

So my package that I sent to SarahMKnits arrived successfully and I forgot to take a photo of the goodies I sent, but here is a list:

Magic Loop instruction booklet
Addi Lace Turbos, US 1, 32"
1 skein handpainted sock yarn
1 skein noro cash island
1 tape measure, lantern moon (i think), peppermint twist candy!

Here is what I received from 1to1:

016
016

019
019

Carla took the time to print out and protect all of the sock patterns in my ravelry cue! Amazing.  Also included was:
  • the latest issue of knitscene
  • a pair of addi lace turbo us1 32" needles
  • 2 hanks of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn in Happy Valley
  • A tin of knit mints
  • Highlighters, post its, and chocolate for my patterns ;)

I LOVED doing this swap and can't wait for the next one! Maybe I should plan one for the Welcome Wagon volunteers?

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Hack hack

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Jul 072007
 

I've been coughing horribly for a week now.  Went to the Dr on Monday and was told it was allergies and given some codiene cough syrup and sent home.  Still coughing, syrup not working.  To top it off, was bit by a tick on WEDNESDAY morning thanks to small cat being in my bed. So after not sleeping all night, had to RIP tick out of arm – it didn't look like a deer tick but rather a dog tick, so we shall see, planning on calling dr back next week to tell him about syrup and discuss tick.  No symptoms of lyme disease yet, but it can take weeks, so no point in getting hyped up about that. 

oh i am just so much better than you
oh i am just so much better than you

Ravelry is such an addiction by the way.

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