Summer summary

Well, the summer is drawing to a close, and I for one am thankful the cooler weather is coming.
A few weeks ago I went to North Carolina to visit my family, and mom & I escaped the heat in Maggie Valley, up in the mountains. I've posted some pictures here, but I do have a whole set of all the roses at Lake Junaluska & other pictures over here on my flickr.









On the way there we had a little yarn crawl at Black Mountain yarn shop which was a very lovely shop! We got some neat gadgets there and also at another shop, I apologize I don't remember their name....
these stitch markers all have words on them like center, decrease, increase etc, so you can place them to remind you of what to do when you get to them!

I also finally finished my Lanesplitter skirt! It's a little bit tight....


While I was gone, Tripsie went to the vet to get some treatment for her skin issues. Unfortunately she seemed to pick up a bit of a bug :( Poor little girl.


fortunately it passed quickly. They both went after I got back and now they're up to date on all their shots.



Kitty continues to get stronger and more active in the new house! I'm really happy that he's bounced back so much, though it makes me sad he was unhealthy for so long and now it seems the old townhouse was the cause of it.



We've been really enjoying our real sized kitchen & dining room, as well as the grill. I've made lasagna, and also like to make myself pasta for lunch.


No Tripsie, you cannot has.



Hanging out in the back yard while Hubs grills burgers.


There's a baby explosion at work, so I've been making blankets and booties. These are for my co-worker Karen, or really for little Caledonia (Latin word for Scotland, I had to Wikipedia it). I didn't finish the 2nd bootie in time for the baby shower, so I wrapped the blanket, 1 bootie, and the yarn with needles stuck in. It's all finished now :)


I've also been working on a pair of socks, using some of my Yarn Pirate stash and this Mermaid's Lagoon pattern from Knitty


I also finally made good on my promise to a sweet little girl, this is Minnie, and I've been promising her a sweater for YEARS!


My other canine friends are Toulouse and Renior, the puppies of my D&D DM James. They like to hang out with all of us while we play and try to get some of our tasty treats.


Of course the big news this week has been the earthquake & hurricane Irene. The earthquake was scary, but only because it was my first one. It is very unsettling to have the ground under you move!! Everything is fine though. We barely had any effects from the storm, just a cloudy rainy weekend. But Mike & Janine came to see us for the weekend, and I'm hoping they return to Richmond with no bad surprises. One of their neighbors had a tree fall.


Next weekend my family will come up for the long weekend, and mom will see my house for the first time! I'm so excited :)

Egads

Dang Facebook, eating my brain.
I could have sworn I'd posted more recently than this! Oh well.

We've been up to lots of stuff. We rearranged some.

Before:


After:

I finally photographed my SAFF Haul


(Sanguine Gryphon Bugga!)
Knit Witch Celestial Cloud in Taurus.



There's been snuggles
Cuddles

New Socks!

Thrills
Spills
and
Naps

If you are doing any gift knittig, I wish you well! I'm not knitting any presents, though I am working on a baby blanket as a request of a friend, and also knitting Hubs some socks.
Happy Holidays!

Destash time!!!

YAY! The lid closes on my yarn bin again!! And all the drawers on my other yarn bin shut!! And the lid on the other yarn bin closes too!!!!



Destash time. Ok, so here's how I'd like to do this. I honestly don't remember what I spent for most of this. I know the Yarn Pirate club was $80 for 3 months, so a bit over $20 a skein? Probably the same for most of the independent dyers. Anyways, if you see something you want, please email me jadielady at gmail dot com. Or you can message me on Ravelry. I'm Jadielady there too :)

Please let me know which you want and what you feel is a fair price.



Also if you have any specific questions like you want to know a dye lot or anything.

I'll do this just on my blog for now. Maybe when I get home from work Monday I'll put what's left up on Ravelry.


First up, we have Berrocco Comfort in a lovely shade of yellow. I had bought two skeins and ended up using only half of one to make baby booties.



Next up, a random assortment of Knifty Knitter Looms. I don't have the boxes or any instructions, but you can find lots of information online. Comes with 1 hook (unless I find more)
The red ones are good for kids hats.


1 Skein of Cascade Fixation. The color didn't turn out so great in the picture, but its a really pretty shade of peach.


1 skein Opal sock yarn. 1 Skein will do a pair of socks.

Ignore the stuff in the upper left hand corner ;) This picture is for the mixed lot of Bernat Felting. I only have one ball band. There's 2 shades of pink that match exactly, then one sort of tequilla surise pink, and a lighter pink. The two blues don't quite match. Sold separately or all together, whatever you want!
One skein of mystery sock yarn. Its 55 grams. I'm sorry, I have no idea where the ball band is :( Its sort of a peachy color with a light green. I can try to take a better picture tomorrow in natural light if the weather holds.


1 Skein of Trekking XXL. will make a great pair of socks to go with jeans! That's what I'd bought it for, but its just too fine. Really needs size 1 needles with how tight I knit.

1 Skein Cables & Lace. Was February's club shipment. It knits up very cute, I just don't wear pink very much.

2 Skeins of Moda Dea Sassy Stripes. Please note each skein is a different colorway. Unfortunately, you need 2 skeins to make a pair of socks. But you could probably knit some fingerless gloves, or stripe them with another color!

1.5 skeins of TLC Cotton. Very pretty colors, they don't show well in this picture. There's purple ad teal and a light green.
1 Skein Lime & Violet Intentions in Connection. This stuff sells out quick on Loopy Ewe so get it while you can!

1 Skein ATH Yarns in Margaret. Never heard of them before. Yarn is nice and squishy, but I already have so much teal and purple.

3 Yarn Pirate Skeins from 2008-2009 Yarn Club. Sold separately or all together!
Colorways: Hope - yellow, brown, and purple. Zinia - Pink, Orange and purple. Daffodilly - green, teal and white. Daffodilly came untwisted when I went to pick it up 'cause someone was poking me in the butt!






Well that's it!!! Like I said, let me know if you have any questions.