Battle of Knits

I joined a congo…

http://hyenacart.com/Home2Home/ I joined the Home 2 Home Congo. I will be stocking my items with some other mamas who make diapers. There is some nice diapers and other things in the congo, so be sure and check it out! There is nothing more wonderful than cloth diapering… well, except supporting stay at home Moms!

I am going to let my Hyena Cart lapse, since it is cheaper to go with the congo and it easier to advertise when you have 7-8 other Moms helping! I can also focus more on stocking the congo. Stop by and check it out, tell me what you think!

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Ugh, yeah… whatever! & happier stuff, I swear.

So let first say… Shut up. I am moody as hell lately. I went grocery shopping today and I was grumbling the whole time. So many stupid people in my way… talking on their cell phones, arguing about brands, or even just having a coughing fit. No empathy coming from me today. Just move!

I am also pissed off about my organic produce section. Last week and this week the tomatoes look like shit. How are am I supposed to enjoy my tacos with shitty tomatoes? And I am the idiot who is kicking herself for buying them anyway!!!!!!!! WTF is my problem? I am paranoid about pesticides and GMO’s, so sue me… but I hate the fact that I put my shitty tomatoes in the cart and then walk past the genetically altered and soaked in pesticide tomatoes that look so wonderful. Stupid bitch tomatoes. Just die. Rot and friggin die.

Okay, enough negitive. On a positive note I have a new project in the works… Laura a good internet & crafty friend has mailed me some yarn! We traded diapers for woolies… so I have the honor of making her newborn baby doll some woolies. She had a big baby the first time aorund, so these will be size 3-6 ish. I love the colors and cant wait to get started… as if I need another project, but I cannot resist a new baby, you know? super smiley!

 I am twittering again after a bit of a sporadic hiatus. I love twitter. No ads, no bullshit. Sometimes I get follower spam, but not lately. I love random anything… especially random twittering tweets. You never know what you will find and that is the draw… plus I have this need to share with strangers. I am not an exhibitionist in the general sense of the word, but I do love to share… Twitter-bitionsist? Blogger-bitionist? Whatever! (Shut up.)

My son is adapting well to the Cry It Out method and I am forever greatful. I do miss him dearly, but I love stretching out on my half of the bed, I love not nursing all night long and waking up feeling like my nipples were dipped in a piranha tank, I love the way I feel after a full nights sleep and most of all… I love how my son seems so happy, despite how sad/mad he seems after being put down for bed. I relaly like the way I appreciate our daytime sessions now. they are so much more meaningful.

Okay off to drain my DVR… its time for reality tv and more jello-shots. ? Que`? Jello shots you say? Yes, I made jello shots. I had this pesky bottle of Cruzan Coconut Rum in my freezer for about 3 years and I made jello shots hoping to drain the damn thing. There is like a 1/2 cup left (maybe) and I cant bring myself to dump it (alcohol abuse is so wrong) and so the damn thing will clog my friggin freezer for much longer than I anticipated. It just wont die. For what it is worth though, I made some KICK ASS jello shots! Strawberry-banana jello with coconut rum and vodka… oh DELISH! SO just shut up already. I hate Aunt Flow. Screw her.

Third July Square & Magic Loop Love

I wanted to try magic loop. It was not as easy as I thought it would be, but I am making progress. Perhaps next time I can do two socks at once?

I also tried toe-up, but I could not figure it out… maybe next time.

The Goal… 1st soaker coming along well!
Originally I thought this might be considered a gender neutral color,
but now I think its on the girly side. Although a very liberal mom might disagree with me, I dont think I would make my son wear it.
What do you think?

The Goal… and the July Square II

Marr Haven: He just does not understand!

Look at how wonderfully chunky it is! I am literally smiling from ear-to-ear just typing this! I first read about this yarn on Knitter’s review and I felt like I was in love… I had to have some. Now that I have it, I have to have more! I wound it up and then decided to photograph it… about 30 pictures later… Josh says “How many pictures of that yarn are you going to take?” I just shook my head and kept snapping away. I wanted to get the lighting just right. This is a fabulous yarn and it is hard to capture the softness on digital film.

HE JUST DOES NOT UNDERSTAND!!!

Look, my dog understands… he can see the beauty he can envision the beautiful soaker it will become for Boo Bear!

From the Knitter’s review: ” While many yarn producers bleach their yarns — even before dyeing them other colors — Marr Haven does not. Hence the initially dimmer, just-off-the-sheep color.
And while many yarn companies subject their fibers to a carbonization process, adding acid to the wash to burn up any bits of vegetable matter, Marr Haven does not. That explains the flecks of hay and grass in the spun yarn.
By not being subject to such potentially harsh chemical processes, the fiber remains entirely scratch free and baby soft. It also retains a higher amount of lanolin, giving the fiber that telltale “wool” smell, softer hand, and greater water repellancy.
The yarn is spun on a mule spinning frame, a rare spinning device that closely duplicates a handspinner’s motion, producing a loftier yarn with a soft twist. (Bartlett Yarns is one of the few other companies that spins its yarns on a mule.)
The loft is so great, and twist so soft, that many of the fibers don’t even make it into the strand. They gently pill up on the surface, producing the tiny oatmeal-like pills mentioned earlier.”

It is so rare to find naturally processed wool. It is hard to find sustainable farms and I feel so good supporting the work Barbara Marr does. I touch this wool and I feel like I know the sheep personally… I feel the TLC between my fingers and I know that there is not a single drop off negitivity in this wool.

Perfect for making a wool soaker for my son’s precious bum. Since I started making wool diaper covers I have been searching for the perfect wool. I found it. I have not even started the soaker, but I know this is the best I will find.

Playing catch-up!