A Minnesota Packer Fan. It could happen to you...

Sometimes the acorn does fall far FAR from the tree.

our son - a cheese head

In this case, all the way from Viking Territory to the east side of Wisconsin. We think it's possible that he was abducted by aliens.

Something I forgot to tell you.

I am still here and I am still checking out your blogs, but I have not had as much time as I'd like to keep in touch and to post.

I made this sweater a few months back for my daughter's tutor. It's the first baby sweater I ever made without a pattern! I found an old wool baby sweater that was stained beyond repair, so I knit my own version. It took only about two days. Maybe someday, I'll post the pattern if anyone is interested.
I added little wooden buttons. It was perfect!

ps. the lamb toy was a Fiber Trend pattern called A Felt Flock (206x) by Bev Galeskas

Do you believe in miracles?

Well, try being 43, falling in love, getting married, finishing your masters and having a baby all in one year! Here was a little gift for my newborn niece who just spent three nerve-wracking days in Children's Hospital with a strange fever. She's back home in our arms, safe and healthy, and we are so happy. We do believe in miracles!

Excuses, Excuses

I am sorry about my little absence. There was a massive candy hang-over followed by a few guilt driven work-outs that have left me fairly immobile for a few days.

And so I took this downtime and began to deconstruct my personality flaws in general and found that on top of my lack of self control with all things chocolate and peanut-butter, I am also lazy, and I have a tendency to thrive in clutter of the worst kind.

Hence Rani's Reconstruction '09 has begun. On top of trying to exercise - something I've never really done, I began throwing things out. I used Flyladys declutter system (it's free and simple). Grab three laundry baskets - give away, throw away, put away. Set your timer for 15 minutes and move like a bat out of hell or a woman after a Reese's Peanut-butter Cup.

How is this at all related to my knitting blog? I have some mighty fine yarn that I am getting rid of. There is nothing wrong with it. In fact, a few of the skeins are some of my favorites, but I'm no longer kidding myself about knitting those into anything because my Ravelry queue is 6 pages long and I only finish about 4-5 projects a year. Who am I kidding?

I don't want to charge anything for the yarn - you can just have it. I'll post pictures of the first few and see what kind of response I get. I probably don't want to ship to Canada or overseas, but I'm not a complete arse. So if you really want one of these skeins, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

First up:
A fabulously soft and squooshy yarn from The Unique Sheep in Tinsel Toes
colorway: Precious Metals
50/50 superwash merino/tencel
367 yds/100 g.
fingerling





Next: Opal Cotton sock yarn
It says 48% Baumwolle, 39% Schurwolle and 13% Polymid
wool/cotton blend?
colorway: 1956
100 g./412 m.





Next: Spunky Eclectic - Super Nova
Colorway: Irish Dreams
superwash sport with 10% nylon
360 yards/6 st per inch
(says sport but feels a bit thinner - I'd use a US 1-3 needle)




Next: Dashing Dachs: Fingerling Superwash Merino
Colorway: Froggin'
560 yards, 4 oz.



And guess what. I have so much more, but I wasn't sure how to do this. I'll see what kind of a response I get and go from there.

If you are interested, leave your name/e-mail in the comment section. I WON'T PUBLISH IT!!!! I'll contact you via e-mail and delete your comment for your privacy.

Happy November!!!