Purls and Pugs

Tears and Laughter

So, as you may have figured out, Yoda is going to be a dragon for Halloween. The search for the costume went something like this at Target:

Me: Oh, I want to see if they have dog costumes.
J: Huh?
Me: You know, for Yoda.
Me: Oooh, they have a lion and a unicorn, and a....SHE IS GOING TO BE A DRAGON!
J: You are so mean to my dog.
Me: She loves it.

Then at the checkout:
Me: I think Yoda is going to love this dragon costume.
J: Gives me a weird look.
Me: Well, at least it'll make me happy...
Checkout girl: Laughs

We get home:
Me: Yoda, look what we got for you. Let's try it on. Damn, it's too small. I thought the medium would fit! There was only a small left at the store!
J: Yoda, come here. (We sit on the floor and struggle with getting the costume on her. It won't close, but the hat is on her head. We stare at her and start to laugh hysterically. Tears start streaming down our faces. This goes on for about 10 minutes.)
Me: I'll call my mom to see if there is a large at her Target... (More laughing at the poor dog walking around wearing a dragon costume that is too small for her)

Mom gets the large. We try that this weekend.

Dragon Yoda

Try and keep a straight face...I dare you!

I am out of shape!

Sunday I helped organize an IS picnic. It was funny how we get no rain all summer, and on the day we have an event planned, it pours. We did manage to have the picnic and it was a great time! We played touch football. And boy am I sore this morning! And boy did my lungs hurt yesterday! Of course I was so wrapped up in the planning, I didn't think to bring my camera. No one did, so we have to pictures to document our crazieness. That could be a good thing!

Happy Friday

And what a happy day Friday is every week. The weather has been messing with me. It should be cooler, but no it's been 80s! I want fall, damn it! So because of the ups and downs, I am exhausted. Oh, yeah, and Yoda waking up at 3 am. What am I going to do if I have kids? I think I'll just turn into a royal witch.

I've been plugging away on the black cardi. I'm done with the body pieces, now onto the arms. I am really liking this quick knit thing. Some knitters put their noses up at those of us who enjoy quick knits (big needles, yarn), but I say who cares. I just don't understand why some people waste so much energy on hating knitters who are not like them. Oh, well. I'm not going to...

So, everyone try to have a good weekend. I hope everyone in the South stays safe!

Meet Molly

Last night while watching the Apprentice: Martha Stewart, I finished the Molly Sweater. What do you think? Will it pass?

   

Pattern:Raglan Pattern guide from The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease
Needles: Denise Circulars size 8 & 6
Notes: I really like the "pattern", and the Wool-Ease was exceptionally soft. I don't know if I would ever do that much duplicate Stitching again, but I think it turned out pretty nice.

Slowly Chipping away...

..At my stash that is. The Cotton Ease Cardi is moving along quite well. I had class last night, so I didn't get to work on it quite as much as I would like. Tonight is a different story. I hear the Marth Apprentice is on tonight. Any ideas when Alias starts? I hope they go back to normal-type story lines this year. The first season was  awesome...what happened. Anyway, I want to get the last red diamond done and the rest of Molly done. Then I'll throw her in the wash so everything evens out. I love washable yarn. Very nice. Then the right front is on the agenda for hte cardigan.

I know I still have Cynthia waiting for me, but damn those straight needles. They really do hurt. I know it is not something we all should do, but I think I am going to switch to some Denises. The two piece sweater will just not get done otherwise. Ouch.

Ok, first of all I want to address the fact that someone mentioned the Team-whom-we-do-not-mention in the comments yesterday. Um, they do not exist. Until the Bears beat them. And they will. Eventually.

So, anyway, I felt so bad saying that I didn't complete the argyle over the weekend. I worked on it pretty much all night and this is as far as I got.

Yeah, still not complete. But closer. Do you know how long duplicate stitch takes? I didn't. And it's boring. But it will look nice, right?

Did you see those Bears?

It's big news in Chicago when the Bears can beat a team by 32 points. That hasn't happened since 1986. Seriously. Chicago seems to be in a sports dry spell. Not since the Bulls have we really had a winning team. The Sox are one their way...maybe. But this could be a good year for the Bears. Being that I grew up watching the Bears every weekend and then started attending games when my dad got season tickets, I think I have some basis for comparison. I feel that Kyle Orton has had the break of his life and he is going to show everyone that Mr. Grossman is not going to take this starting position away from him. And if he does this well every week, I don't think that should happen. I am also very impressed by Thomas Jones and Mike Brown. Seriously some good players here. Let's just hope they stay healthy.

So, enough of the football talk. I had said that I thought the argyle would get done this weekend. Yeah, that didn't happen. Since Cynthia and the straights are killing me, I put her aside and cast on for a Black CE cardigan. The pattern I am using is "A Craving to Knit" from the Yarn Girls Guide to Simple Knits. I know that a lot of people hate this book, but I really think the patterns have some nice classic style and are quick to complete. I would be interested to take a peak into their next book. No pics today, but I did finish the back and the left front. Pretty quick, don't you think?

Yesterday was a Good Day.

It really was. Well, after about 5:30 it was an awesome day. Jeremy had his day long interview in Peoria at the Big Yellow Machine Company. He got home about 5:15 and jumped in the shower so he could go to class. The phone rang, and I thought it was someone calling me from work. Until I noticed that little area code-309. So, I answered it (not that I wouldn't have answered it if it was for me, but I may not have been so nice) and it was his HR person. Huh? He just finished his interview like 2.5 hours ago. It took them a few weeks to get back to me. So, anyway, he passed his interview and will be starting the beginning of the year. Yippee! Now, he just needs to get hooked up for a Yellow Blood Transfusion.

There was knitting, er, duplicate stitching also going on at the same time. I have the center argyle all done. I also worked on the left side one, but um, I was off a stitch. It looked like crap. I bet no one would have noticed, but I cut it out anyway. It's a lot slower process than I was expecting, but I fully hope to have the whole thing done by the weekend.

What a cutie!

FO...

...Almost. I finished the knitting on the Molly Sweater. but if you notice, there is no argyle. I decided that I am going to duplicate stitch it. We'll see how that works out. I was not in the mood to mess with intarsia. It just wasn't my idea of a good time. The wool-ease was very soft while knitting. No plastic feeling like with the Red Heart. I tried it on to see how the fit is, and it fits me well....hmmm. I really like the simple design of the sweater. I used the Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns. The directions were easy to follow and look at the pretty sweater!

Yoda was feeling pretty tired yesterday. She visited Grandma and Grandpa. Jeremy is in Peoria on an interview with the Big Yellow Machine Company, and I had class last night. Yoda is a very good guard dog, too. Since Jeremy is out of town, I had the bigness of the bed to myself, so I allowed Yoda to join me. When it began to rain at 1am, she barked at it to let it know who is boss. I told her that we needed the rain, so come back to bed. She did, but I know her main purpose was to protect her mommy. One can dream, right?