Hey Lisa, How Is This Picture?

Okay, Malachy took that picture of me wearing Juliet and I still don't think that it is a good one. I will have to wait until someone taller can take my picture.

Look at Susan's, my swap partner, ballband dishcloth. It looks like the angels brought it for her. Oh, Heavenly!

We all met today to join the 8" squares to make blankets for the San Diego Wildfire Blanket Project. We had a pretty great turnout. Someone dropped off some 80 or so squares already with crocheted edges and ready for seaming. How cool and amazing is that. We had alot of fun and I think we just made a small dent in the making of the blankets, but, you know what, there are that many more people who will have the warmth of our handmade blankets before Thanksgiving. Some of the girls today took home squares to finish up a few more blankets. There was a donation bowl, that turned into two donation bowls and more and more. I am glad that once the smoked died down, everyone's enthusiasm for making the squares did not dwindle. We are going strong and we are also getting the help and support from some local yarn stores. So we were pretty pleased and today was only one of many joining parties. So knit on!!

My kids and I are going for a photo shoot tomorrow morning in La Jolla. Black and white pictures. I will post them when they are ready. If Margo can get all of us to smile like Normal people in one picture it will be nothing short of a miracle or some pretty amazing photography. Oh yeah and by the way, Margo wants us there by 8am, yes 8 AM, in the morning, on a Sunday. Yes, I asked her if she were crazy, too!! She compromised and said, okay, make it 8:30 am! Gee, thanks, Margo :) So I hope we don't look all sleepy and with all kinds of crazy hair. I have curly hair people, it takes quite some time to dry. As in hours.....

Romeo Oh Romeo

Well I received my yarn from knitpicks and cast on for Juliet. I got gauge and was off and knitting. I really like this yarn. I bought the Wool of the Andes. The color is much better in person and it feels really soft.

I'm no Juliet, heh, but when I am done with this and I put it on maybe I'll get all dramatic and start quoating Shakespeare. Ha!

I decided to go with the XS. I read alot about the pattern on Ravelry and many people said that they knit their size and it was way too big. I am not going with the lace pattern for the bottom on this one. I think it's just a bit much with the garter top and the flare bottom and the bulky yarn. I will do stockinette stitch. I saw one knit up on Ravelry and it looked great.

I am also looking forward to knitting another ballband dishcloth for my swap partner. I am going to knit it in her kitchen colors of yellow, brown and white. I will show pictures of my progress, once I cast on. I am still knitting 8" squares. I finished another 2 today and I cast on for another one. They are starting to feel like dishcloths for me.

Just keep knitting, just keep knitting. That is my knitting mantra. You know, they say, knitting is the new yoga. It has the same meditative qualites as yoga. You think!! I don't know, there are times when I seriously want to flip out. There are times when it is quite frustrating. Like when you keep doing that lace pattern with like, I don't know, MOHAIR, and there is no ripping out mohair. Like the Rowan Kid Silk Haze. Yeah, I've tried it and no, I never did finish that sweater.

Just keep knitting, just keep knitting. Then there are other times, yes, other times when everything just flows beautifully. The yarn flows, the needles are a pleasure and you try on the garment and think "what the heck did I make", ugghh. You know what I am talking about. And then, there are dischloths. Ya gotta love a dishcloth. Now that's some sweet meditation right there.

Knit-Laugh-Enjoy