Domesticat is having a contest to celebrate her second year of knitting and that she and Duck are moving. All you have to do is send email or leave a comment with your guess as to where she and Duck are moving before 8 pm EST, September 4.
Cookie (yes, that Cookie) of Knitters Anonymous is having a contest. Entries must be submitted by 11:59 pm PDT, September 10.
Final SRP Update
Although this is it for SRP, I will continue to log what I read, as I’m definitely enjoying that. I must admit that I didn’t read a single blog Thursday night – I went home and knitted on my Regia silk sock and read and read and read…
Charmed and Dangerous by Candace Havens, 261 pages. Fluffy light chick lit mixed with a spot of magic, as witch Bronwyn protects a prime minister and a shiek from magical attacks. I enjoyed it and will be reading the other books in the series.
Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker, 306 pages. The fifth Sunny Randall mystery intersects with another Parker series, which I haven’t read, about Jesse Stone. I don’t like Parker’s Spenser mysteries, but I definitely enjoy the sexy, hardboiled Sunny Randall stuff.
The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint, 138 pages. One of de Lint’s early books about Newford, this teen novel (and this specific copy) is the first or second de Lint novel I ever read.
Last Saturday, Deb and Jeanne and I got together to dye some more yarn at Casa de Deb. Deb has some pictures up already – that first one so flatteringly features my baggy shorts and saddlebags, heh. (No pictures of the yarn I dyed or of the thoughtful goodies Deb gave us for braving the drive west – should we tell her we don’t mind the drive or not?! Anyway, pictures and details on all that stuff next week. I can feel the anticipation from here.)
As Deb notes, Jeanne is very serious when she dyes yarn.
Although Deb’s pretty darn serious, too…
And we all puzzled over what this dye was up to – can you see the strange aggregates forming on the yarn?! If one of you more experienced dyers could shed some light on that mystery, it would be much appreciated. I believe the color in question was Ripe Tomato (Country Classics).
What dyeing event is complete without noshing? (Hmm, I just noticed that the chips and wine were almost gone, but there were still plenty of vegetables left.)
And I stalked Deb’s cat Tig for a while, until he ran away at the sight of me with the camera. (But don’t you just love Tig’s curly whiskers?!)
Chaos didn’t appear thrilled about sharing blog space with another boy cat…
I hope there was more than one bottle of wine.
Love the garfield disk aroung Tig’s neck
Chaos has a lovely nose
Dear Chaos,
You may think that sharing the blog is bad – but wait until you hear what my humans are up to! They keep bringing over the “White Smelly Thing” and they even let her sleep in my bed! And on my couch! And in my sunny spot!
Luckily, the “White Smelly Thing” can’t stop me from waking them up at 5:19 am. It’s a simple, yet effective training technique – now she gives me treats just to shut me up. Next time, I’ll demand the keys to the car.
Love,
Cricket
Noshing?
Dye days are always so much fun.
Those things really do look fun! No doggy assistance this time?
You’re right. I’m totally distracted from wedding anxiety. 🙂
Now I just want to go home and play with fiber!
That’s some very red yarn. The dye days look very fun. Can’t wait to see what you dyed!
That Cat’s favorite word this summer seems to be “Hmph”. Give him more ‘nip, will ya?
Note to Frarochvia – the dog is the big furry blob under my feet!! Note to all – “Satur-Dye” days are open to anyone!!!
I saw Deb’s pictures – the yarn was awesome!
Poor Chaos, having to share the spotlight..
That dye party looks like it was lots of fun!
not to worry….I didn’t notice baggy shorts or saddlebags, only the fact that you were headless.
Looks like you gals had a lot of fun.
Looks like a great day, I saw the wool on Debs blog, love the colors. Hey I like those baggy shorts.
Last night my kitty got missish and I thought, “Hmmph. *You* don’t go around doing lots of interesting things and sniffing all my projects suspiciously so I can take a photo of you and put it on my blog.””
Don’t worry Chaos, you can’t be King of the Blog without a minion or two to lord over.
Oh if only Minnesota wasn’t soooooo far away LOL. I was threatning Jeanne earlier this week that I’d come over and teach you and her to knit lace and in return y’all could show me how to dye yarn 🙂
Cheers Eva
PS: both kitties are super cute 🙂 Although Tig looks positively freaked out 🙂
The look in Tig’s eyes says a lot about you. 😉
Dyeing looks fun! Glad I get to do a bit tomorrow.
Those dye days look like a lot of fun!
I love that startled “What the…” look on Tig’s face. 🙂
I live vicariously through those that dye. Sure. Dye yarn with my little Dudes. That’ll work.
Poor kitty really does look like “Lady, get freakin’ lost!”.
Poor Chaos! The things she puts you through. hehehe
Looks like you had fun, can’t wait to see the finished results.
Love the colors and the use of big words–aggregate. *running to look it up* Oh, Chaos, what would the world be like if you didn’t have to share mommy? Probably annoying, because she’d always be taking pictures of you.
Obviously, Tiger doesn’t have the same sense of humor as Chaos. I saw Deb’s pics yesterday and Jeanne looks pretty serious in those as well (tee hee). Obviously you guys had fun, otherwise you wouldn’t have done it again:)
Tig is very cute – poor Chaos is worried he has competition!
I’m glad you will be keeping up with the logging of the books 🙂
Those cat pictures are great!
Nice dye job. 😉
Isis is stalking Chaos again. Beware.
Not sure what the aggregate is.
You know what I notice? Deb’s hands must be tiny if those are the pull on latex gloves (we have yellow, white and pink ones that come mixed in boxes). They hardly fit on my hands….
I just love dyeing parties with friends!
Great pic of Tig and Chaos too
Tig does look worried and a little glassy-eyed, did he get into the wine? j/k! The pretty yarns and munchies look like a really great time was had by all **ooh.. haven’t had blue corn chips in forever!**
Cool color!
What have you been doing to make Chaos that angry? I’d keep my bedroom door closed (and maybe locked) while I was unconscious, if I were you. If you can sleep at all, with all that concentrated malevolence hunkered nearby…
That expression on poor Chaos is priceless. Beautiful red yarn!
Sounds like great fun! I really need to do some dyeing one of these days:)