Year of Projects - Week 5

This is really just a place holder post....my crafting mojo has deserted me...I am not inspired to work on any of my WIPs...and it seems like so much effort to start something else...*sigh*

I may wind up my "If They Kill Glenn" because it's February and it's red and I can just do a vanilla pattern, because it'll stripe...Also The Walking Dead comes back on Feb 14.....

So that is it for me.....see you all on Wednesday, unless I post before then....

found picture at wikia

An Epic Tale

My friend, Laura, posted this on her Facebook page and I asked to blog it, as I think it's absolutely hilariously EPIC!

There once was a Viking businessman

 Who was working on his taxes

 In flew a massive bumblebee

 Hmm, thought the businessman, I can deal with this

 And swatted the bee

But it was not enough and the bee hurt him

And started to chase him

For months and months as the beard grew longer, and somehow braided

The bee finally got bored

And left the Viking at a cave, where he met a sweet dragon pet

In rode a princess to save the day!

The Princess battled the bee...

Cackling with glee, as she did the final jab!

The bee looked yummy, so the Viking cooked and ate it..

The bee wasn't a fan of being eaten

The Princess gifts the Viking the mighty sword

And an even mighty steed

Which he used to ride into the sunset

 While posing for Viking Weekly

In many manly poses

Anything for a paycheck, really

And as the bossy princess wanted a "they lived happily every after" picture for her scrapbook

The end...

Told you, epic! Right?  Laura made the crochet/knitted props, and she wrote the story...businessman played by Laura's husband (who is actually on Ravelry, but doesn't knit or crochet) and her two daughters...

Wrap-up Friday - Week 4

And another week has gone by....what have you wrapped up this week?

I seem to have lost a few more followers in the past week...oh well....*shrugs shoulders*

Haven't finished anything craft-wise....

Nor reading.....so, well...I guess I've got nothing...talk amongst yourselves!

as always, please link back..thanks!

Stitch Along Wednesday - Week 4

Good evening, as it is Tuesday evening....how are you all this week?

I've worked on several things this week.....

My Vanilla mitts

My Espalier socks...finally...

My Zombie Vixens

I know they are crap photos, but it's what I have.....in other news...we did get about 5 inches of snow, no big deal....tomorrow is the end of the marking period...so grades are due.....been busting my butt correcting things....

Not much else going on....as always please link back...and have a great week....

Seeing Red and a Gut Reaction

I know many of you have seen a version of this sign

Which is cute and all, but I still have a reaction to the fact that I'd need my husband's permission.

My husband and I are partners, and while our financial situation has changed over the years....we have always been partners....and, at the moment, I'm the only one working....but he cooks, cleans, does the laundry, grocery shops, and takes care of his elderly parents and occasionally works in seasonal jobs....so it's still a partnership.

But yesterday, this sign popped up on a picture on Facebook (it was posted in a yarn shop) and I kind of saw red......I typed out a reply and then edited it...

Why is it all of HIS money.....and even if the woman was a stay at home, they are partners...maybe she (or in my case, he) does not bring the actual money into the relationship, but the work they do is worth something.....AND, I had a strong reaction to the assumption that a woman is not earning her own money! Really? In 2016!

But then again with some of the political climate in this country, I don't know why I am so surprised and disgusted by the whole thing....

Year of Projects - Week 4

Completed Projects:  I finished a pair of socks and crocheted a quick cowl.
The Dork Socks (technically 2015) 12/31/15
Screw You Rainbows socks (1/6/16)
Quick Pink cowl (1/7/16)
Yoda (1/10/16)
 Bulky Cowl 1/19/16

I needed something quick, as instant gratification project.  So bulky yarn + big hook + couple hours = a warm cowl.

I've also put some more rows on the capelet, as it's an easy knit....worked on my Vanilla fingerless mitts and FINALLY figured out my Espalier socks!  I'm on my way!  Hope you had a productive week...

Works In Progress:    
WIPS: Crochet:

Round Ripple: (Started 2006 (?) Aiden)
Around the World Afghan: (April 2010): about ¼ done
Sunrise Sunset Afghan: this has been hibernating awhile, 6 squares done.

Tis the Season (11/10/13)

Tabard Tunic (NW Diss 2/1/14)

 Knit:
Learn to Knit Afghan: (started 2010): 3 squares done
Light in Shadows (1/14/14) 

Turtleneck Capelet #2 (8/12/14)  

Willow Fields (9/6/14)  

Shark in the Woods (11/27/14)
Vanilla fingerless mitts (12/25/15)

Zombie Vixen mitts (10/17/15)

Socks:
Kai-Mei: (April 2012)
Johnny's Socks (Jan 2013)

Carlos and Arne socks (July 3 2015)

Espalier Socks (Jan 10, 2016)

Scarves/Shawls:

Splashy Flowers: (May 2011)
Larry Stashbuster Scarf (2012)
 

Bags:
Beach Bag: (started May 2010)  Just needs lining sewn in 

 KAL/CALs:
Fire and Blood (5/4/14)  
Outlander MKAL (8/8/14)  
Downton Abbey (1/4/15)

Misc:

Sunflower: (August 2012) Need a back and to felt 

Projects In Mind: Gifts/Charity: 
Hats for friend's babies (ongoing) Hats for students (ongoing)
Kimberly Skye's tunic
Two Elsa doll/blanket things

Sweaters:
Test Pattern Sweater (in magazine)
Car Coat (in magazine)
Cowl Vest
 
Shawls/Scarves/Cowls 
Rockefeller
Wholehearted
West End Scarf  
Gathering Leaves
Alhambra
Petal Edge Scarf
Filippi Scarf 
Firefly Scarf 
Fraxinus 
Danube Cowl
Simple City
Fire and Ice
Multnomah
Leylines 
Holden Shawlette
Daybreak
Trellis Shawl
Bedford Springs  Shawl Brush Creek Cowlette   Watershed   Waterkant The Brownstitch gradient Leftie   Bigger on the Inside Oeste   Out of Gas   Sweet Potato Twist   Nefertem   Falling Bobbins  Danielle Shawl   The Doodler
 
Hats and Mitts Lace Kelly (soakbox) Isabeau Mitts 
Hermione Hearts Ron
Nehalm Hat
Felicity
Stellar
Cabled Headband
Fetching  
Cayunga Hat and Mitts set
Preposterous
Ruffled hat and mitts
Evergreen Gloves
Sheepy Cuffs
Twisted Rib Mitts and Hat    Transitional Color Mitts   Almond Comfit   Lady Violet's Dinner Gauntlets   Wurm   Autumn in Garrison Baa-ble Hat
 
 Socks:
Memento Mori
Rubus
Siren Socks
Savory Lace Socks
Autumn Flame
Firebird
Rescue Me, Chin Boy and Show Me the Stars
Twin peaks Wizard of Oz socks

Black Widow's Socks

August Pocus

Waterkant 

Watermelon 

Monkey

Dalekamium 

Knit From Stash patterns

Dr. Who socks

 Bags:
Sarape Shopper
Pleated Purse
Circular Felted Bag

Wrap Up Friday - Week 3

Hey there wrapper uppers!  How was your week?  I'm so very tired....I can't even remember if I finished anything...and then, oh, yes...I did....two quick cowls...

I made this the other night, a couple of hours....bulky yarn, big hook....

and the other one, I do not have a picture, so I'll have to share that next week....

We are getting ready for our first major snowstorm....or not....of the season...we've had some snow about three times so far, but hasn't amounted to much and is usually gone the next day....this was suppose to be a major storm and will be for someone...just looks like not us...

No reading has been done this week....a bit of correcting...I need to spend some time doing that this weekend, as grades are due next week....

Oh, I did sign up for this.....and Madcolor's Mad Posse...all about Bad-A$$ Women this year! And a self striping yarn club....

So how about you?  What are your weekend plans?  As always, please link back...thanks!