Stitches In Pink

Oh Dear So Sad....Our Deal Fell Through!

With a lot  of anger in my heart I have to share some very sad news with you.  The deal to sell our existing house fell through.  :~( 

It is actually neither the buyer's nor our fault.  It is due to a rule in our Association by-laws that was passed stating we cannot rent or lease our units.  Did you know that your Association thinks they can control what you do with your own home that you pay the mortgage on?   Well, they might think they can, but I'm seeking legal counsel to tell them other wise.

This is a very long story and gets me all wired and angry all over again.  It's been the reason I haven't been blogging because to be quite truthful it has threw me into a depression.  I think I've been fighting the anger more than the depression.

But at any rate, here we set waiting for someone else to fall in love with our condo and make an offer.

Oh, let's talk about something that will lift our spirits....what do you say?  A little yarn pr*n?

Humm....Let's start with this beautiful Yarntini in the fabulous Woolgirl variegated colorway.  I purchased this from my fab girl Jen at Woolgirl.

Hey, but not only I love this color, my teddy bear, Fred just couldn't wait to get his hands on it.

And of course I couldn't just get one from Woolgirl.  I had to get me some gorgeous Kitty's Eyes of Union Center Knits.  You can see why when you see it's colors.  I mean...the black and white are for Jake's fur coat, the green is for his eyes and let's see....the pink is for?  My favorite color.   I looove it!

   

Well, that's all for today.  I hope you have a good Tuesday.

Take care.

07/07/2007 Was A Very Good Day!

Yes my fellow knitters, 07/07/2007 we SOLD our house!!!!  What a lucky day for us!

To top it off we will be able to stay here and not have to move into an apartment until our new condo is finished.  The buyer is willing to rent to us for the next three months.  Whew!  I was not looking forward to moving twice and putting most of furniture into storage.

God works in strange ways.  However, in the end he looked out for us.

It's so nice we can look forward now and not be stuck somewhere between two worlds of the past and the future.  I know mentally this is a huge weight lifted from me.  I kept telling myself that this was not bothering me....but it was.  So now to get to the closing on August 15 then I'll breathe much lighter.

On my needles, here's a couple of pictures of Clue 1 of the Mystery Stole 3.  I'm just about to start on Clue 2.  My knitting is unblocked so you won't be able to see the pretty design.  I'm not a lace knitter, but this is a fun project.

And here's the other picture:

I wish everyone has a great Monday!

Crawling up from this showing fog to blog.

I'm sorry I haven't checked in for so long.  Time tends to get away from me at times.  Especially since we're STILL going through the hell of selling this condo.  Oh the ups and downs!

Since the last time I blogged we have had an offer.  However, if we wanted to give our condo away we would give it to a family member.  This person was actually serious.  He said well, since I want to put granite counter tops in the kitchen and rip out the carpet and put hardwood floors through the condo, we should have I guess come down in price and help him pay for these items.  Anyway, we counter his offer and he decides that we are so lucky to receive his bid that he will not counter back.  He told our agent he was doing us a favor?  I'm not sure we even would want to do business with this type of person in the end any way.

We have so many second showings.  The people love it but they want more privacy.  Can they plant trees?  Can they tear out fencing?  Hey people drive around the complex.  Do you see fences torn down?  All I can tell them is that you have to submit these type of things to the management board and it will have to be approved.  One couple said that the condo appeared too nice and wanted to know why we were really moving...arg!

Good news on our new condo.  They are pouring the footers?  (Don't ask me...that what Mr Stitches said they're called).  Here's a picture.

Oh, and there is Mr Stitches looking over his kingdom. LOL

We met with the security people Tuesday afternoon to discuss the security system and where we will be putting all the computer, TV and computer network etc. Whew, that stuff took a lot of time we have to go back and complete tomorrow afternoon. It's amazing all that needs to be completed for the new condo. This construction company seems to do everything right.

KNITTING......Yes, I have no pictures to show you, but I'm knitting and frogging the MS3. Why is it that my DH all of a sudden turns into a chatter box when I'm on a long line of lace. I tell him I'll answer him when I get done with the row, but my nice thought control just went out the window. From now on I just can't knit a lace project when he is home.

I need to take this time to catch up on my stole now.

I need to give a shout-out to Debby (she knows who she is) to let her know that I'm still alive and I'm sorry I haven't emailed for a time. Will catch up - promise.

Needles? What's On My Needles?

I know I've been showing a lot of stash this week. 

I do have a couple projects on needles.  I guess I can show you.  Okay, you twisted my arm.  My first project is one that everyone is knitting.  I can now understand why.  It's the Chevron Scarf in STR.  I'm going to do something different this time and NOT tell you what colourways I'm using.  You have seen these used together before.  So I'll let you guess.  Go ahead and tell me...You know them.

The next project is my Monkeys...Monkeys...who's got the Mini Monkey Socks?  That's right I'm knitting them in that purty PigeonRoof Studio's Blossom.

I do have one other project on the needles but it is just a swatch.  I am going to cast on for my swatch for the Mystery Stole 3.  In fact that is the reason I must go now.  See ya later.

An Update And A Little Show N' Tell

First I want to share with you that yesterday's showing just might be the one!  We received a phone call from our agent last night and said the people just loved it.  They loved everything thing about it.  So much that they couldn't understand why we would want to put it up for sale?  Can you believe that?  They wanted to know if we had a problem with our neighbors or what?

The reason we are building a new condo is that we need more room.  When we down-sized to this condo all was taken into consideration with exception of my knitting and sewing.  I have not been even able to have my sewing machine out since we moved in here.

Our new condo will have a bonus room.  Yea  That I will have all for me.  I just can't wait.  It will be great.

Please keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

Okay on to my Show N' Tell.....First one:

You are currently watching The Pink Panther.  It is TVyarn brought to you by White Oak Studio.  I really like this ultra soft and pettable sock yarn.  If you look close, you can see a very pretty stitch marker on the label.  Thank you for that Jana.

Now, click on this  and go to her etsy shop to check out all her TV program yarns.

SECOND ONE:

All of these yarns are Fabulously Zen Yarns from Zen Yarn Garden.  You can purchase these yarns from her  Etsy Shop and from her Zen Cart.  Gosh, what can I say about these yarns except gorgeous, wonderful, yummy...on and on!

I'll introduce them to you.  Let's see (from left to right)  The first two are her In-Sync Sock yarns.  They have coordinating toe/heel yarn.  Colourway for first is Strawberry Blonde and then Margaritaville.

The next two are in her Superwash BFL Yarn yarns.  Colourway for these are Bright Pearl and then Cosmopolitan.

I hope you have enjoyed what I brought to Show N' Tell today.  Please don't forget to keep your fingers crossed.

May you have a truly pink day.

 

You cannot go without this information.

Now don't faint. I know this is my second post for the day. I think this is one for the history books. However, I saw this important quiz and I thought....stop everything...I have to take this and pass this important information on to you.

What kind of finger are you?

This says I'm a thumb! My DH would totally disagree. He is always either telling me to put my index finger away or he is telling me to get that pointy finger out and tell em Patty.

You Are the Thumb

You're unique and flexible. And you defy any category. Mentally strong and agile, you do things your own way. And you do them well. You are a natural leader... but also truly a loner. You inspire many but connect with few. You get along well with: The Middle Finger Stay away from: The Pinky

What Finger Are You?

Now, you must stop everything and go take this quiz at once. And....please stay away from me if you're a Pinky finger.

Just another day and another showing...Oh my!

This housing market must get better!  Do you hear me?  It must get better!

Today at 1:00 we have another showing.  arg!  It's not that we don't get the showings.  I guess I shouldn't complain about that.  And our report card from the agents well, that couldn't be better.  They say everyone had interest with the exception of one.  That it shows excellent and is just like new...every body loves it.  So why doesn't it sell.  Did I tell you it is a condo?  Some people are concerned about the placement of their furniture...and if they buy will have to get rid of some of it or buy new.  dah   I will vote "YES".  You are probably downsizing.

We are between a rock and a hard space on when we want our home to sell.  It gets so confusing in my head.  NOW vs LATER?  Don't know?   They haven't even broke ground for our new condo.  Those of you who have ever been in our shoes know what I'm going through.  Now, would possibly been moving into an apartment for awhile until ours is complete.  That means two moves with alot of furniture going into storage.  Oh, I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.  But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Let's talk about something else....Like my felted sheep flock I'm collecting from Laurie at Woolpets.

Here's my latest....It's Sleepy Lamby and Brownie the Sheepy

Originally uploaded by Stitchesinpink.

They are the cutest and fit in with my others perfectly. I have to plan my next flocky purchase.

Jake wanted me to add the following two pictures. These are to show Zoe who is Sheri's kitty of The Loopy Ewe, that he too loves his infrared toy. You see he seems to have a little crush on her.

AND:

OK I must do my thing to the house maybe this is the showing that will turn into the sell.

Wish me luck!

MS3....ummm.....Do you know what that is?

3MS....It's the Mystery Stole 3 KAL.   

Yes, lace knitters it's back.  Melanie from Pink Lemon Twist is bringing it to us again this year.  It starts June 29, 2007. 

If you haven't joined it in the past.  It is a lot of fun.  Melanie will post in a series of clues.  You follow the clues and and you'll have a stole at the end of the KAL.

There's a lot of conversation on what yarn to purchase.  She instructs you clearly here and even gives you what to knit to make sure your gauge is correct before the KAL starts.

So, this is what I recommend, go and join up.  I would say that there are a tremendous amount of sock knitters out there that know lace.  How many of you have knit lace sock before?  That is all that it takes.

And look at this.....    You get this absolutely FREE for joining. Ummm. I was wondering. I have this friend who is an amazing knitter. She loves KAL's and she loves buttons. I have seen her knit everything EXCEPT a lace stole. Do you think that maybe Tiennie of Tiennie Knits would be up to this challenge???? :)))

I'm just kidding Tiennie, I know that you would knit one gorgeous stole.

I guess I just need to add that I have my beads and yarn ordered. What yarn am I using? I'm going to knit my stole in Zephyr (Vanilla). I've ordered several different color of beads so I won't know until I actually have everything in my hands will I know which I will use.

Well, my friends check it out.

She Finished Her WoolGirl Socks and All is Fine...Super Fine!

I showed you the WhatnotSock yarn by Union Center Knits on my Yarn Pr*n Friday picture.  I purchased the yarn from Woolgirl , which is one of my new favorite places to shop.

Ladies and Gents.  I give you the first look at my beautiful socks that are knitted in the colourway of Woolgirl and the coordinating shade of Pink for toes and heels.

I enjoyed knitting with this lush yarn very much. It was very soft, pettable and absolutely no splitting. It was my kind of yarn. I used Wendy Knit's Generic Toe-Up Sock Pattern. On this sock I used her older pattern, however she has been knitting different styles of toe-Up and heels. You need to go to her site and check out the different patterns. I'm going to be trying them out.

Oh, I need to show you my new purchase from One Planet Yarn & Fiber. It's a Sock Diva Sock Bag. I love this sock bag! It is just the right size for one of my sock projects. Now you know, you can't have enough knitting bags! This is one of my weaknesses. Oh, God Bless America, I swear you can't have enough bags! I used to be that way with shoes.....umm well I better not lie, I still love shoes. I think the knitting addiction has helped the shoe addiction. Is anyone else like me?

Gosh, I got off track. Here's a picture of my new Sock Diva Sock Bag:

Cute...Cute...Cute!

I just wanted to give those an update that knew that we are in the midst of selling our home and building a new condo.

Then the fun things with the new condo as far as working with the agent and what we want to do. Like add 4' to the garage and to the front of the house, bump out the kitchen 2', etc. .....come back and sign more papers. Last week met with the mortgage pre-approval people. Yea....we passed. We went back Saturday to decide where we wanted to place extra electrical plug-ins. Next we meet with security, cable and computer people. Also then we meet with the color people to pick out all the goodies.

It's all a process that we must go through and I have to tell myself to take a breath now and then.

It's all good!

Yarn Pr*n Friday!

Okay, I'm so sorry I've been AOL and I left my blog unattended.

But as you can see I've done a little redecorating.  I hope I didn't scare y'all when all the color popped up but I got bored with my other decor and thought I'd move my furniture around a bit.  I picked this wonderful banner up from Zoot's Designs.  Her designs and such only fit Blogspot and other media now so I had to copy the banner and work it  up from there.  I think it's great.   She has some great ones and they are free.  You need to check her site.

I did say I have some Yarn Pr*n, didn't I?  Will here it comes!  I have some wonderful yarn!

This yarn is by PigeonRoof Studios Yarns and Fibre. The colourway is Blossom. I got this yarn from Jen at Woolgirl Yarns. This yarn is gorgeous and I can't wait to knit a pair of socks with it.

AND:

This yarn is by The Knittery. The colourway is Summer. It is Merino Cashmere Sock yarn, which is 70% merino wool, 10% cashmere, 20% nylon. I also purchased this yarn from Woolgirl Yarns. This is a super nice yarn. It feels so soft and the pink and greens are lovely together. As you can see by my new blog colors, I'm not partial toward these colors. Oh no...not at all!

AND:

This yarn is from Stone Barn Fibers (Gypsyknits). The colourway is Dick and Jane. The yarn is BFL superwash fingering wool. They call it "The Poor Knitter's Cashmere". I purchased this yarn from Sheri at The Loopy Ewe. I think this is going to be another great one. The colors are delicious.

I hope you enjoyed this eye-candy.  These are GREAT Indie Dyers.

Patty

Happy Memorial Day

Yarn Pr*n Friday

What's up Dawg?

I think this Indie Dryer did a real nice job with these yarns and I don't think she was "pitchy" at all. I think she had a lot of fun dying them as well. You can tell because the coloring is absolutely divine.

And Where did I get this delicious yarn? I bought it from Jen at WoolGirl. However, the name of the yarn is WHATNOTSOCK hand-dyed by Joni Miles of Union Center Knits for WoolGirl. The color is exclusive to the shop as it's name is, guess? Woolgirl. Not only made in WoolGirl's colors but then you can also purchase the Toe & Heel color in your choice of coordinating shades of yarn. Yes, of course I choose the pink, what other color is there?

Oh, did you see my new gadget that I added as extra eye candy? It's a Fuzion Xtreme Professional Digital MINI SCALE. This little scale is soo cool! It comes in handy when you are separating one yarn ball into two for toe-up socks. I got this one on Eby. I love my gadgets.

What Kind of Daemon Are You?

Have you heard about this movie? The Golden Compass. Nicole Kidman is to star in it and it is to be in theatres December 2007. It's an exciting fantasy, set in a parallel world where souls manifest themselves as small animals. The souls live on the outside of their body, in the form of a DAEMON - a talking animal spirit that accompanies them through life; always close to it's corporeal half. A child's daemon can change shape, assuming all the forms that a child's infinite potential inspires; but as a person ages, their daemon gradually settles into one form, according to their character and nature.

This is my Daemon.

If you go to Golden Compass Movie and answer a few questions you will find out what Daemon you are.

This is going to be a really interesting movie. What do you think?

Do Y'all Want to See My New Lil Pink Ewe..I Bet Ewe You Do!

Y'all know that my favorite color is pink?   Well if ya don't I'm going to have to hit ya in the head! ....Dong!

Anyway....I had Laurie (the best darn fiber artist in the world) of Woolpets to make me a PINK sheep (ewe).  I didn't give her a picture or any ideas, just told her I wanted her standing and in pink.

This is what I received.....I LOVE her.  Of course her name is Ms. Pinky.

Ms Pinky fits perfectly into my needle felted sculpture collection of sheep. I wanted to tell y'all that Laurie has a brand new spank'n blog at Woolpets. Go make a comment and make her welcome in this world of bloggers.  You can either click here Woolpets which is her home shop or you can click here Woolpets @ Etsy for her Etsy Store.  Remember she can even make your pet from a picture.

Tag...Tag...I'm it? Oh Goody!

And I didn't think I was loved!

Marigold tagged me for the 8 Ransom Things Meme.  Thank you.  I thought I was going to be passed up on this one.

Here are the rules:

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

2. People who are tagged need to write in their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.

3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

8 random facts/habits about me ...

As a very little girl living on a farm I had a baby pet pig named Billy.

I hated getting shots as a child.  It took the nurse and my mother to hold me down and then after

         I would always get sick at my stomach.  As an adult...ummm...no one has to hold me down but I

         can't look.  I'm still that scared little child.

I have won a beauty pageant and modeled.

I love McDonald's french fries (no ketchup).

I hate it when people "hint around" or "walk around the block" the subject.  You

          need to be direct,  just come out and ask what you need from me.   If you hint around I

          will purposely ignore you.  Ask I will try to change the world for you.

I won't go out of the house without makeup on my face.

I loove body cremes, lotions...ah the smells!  I have too many perfumes, oils sprays.

           Mr Pink Stitches is in the aw-some smell department.  I love to smell good smell'n people.

I'm in heaven when I have a big piece of buttered lobster in my mouth (sorry Louie).

OK, Now onto who I'm tagging.  Let's see.

Debby, Isabelle, Shannon, Tiennie, Karen, Jen and ......

You're it!