New fall colors

The leaves are changing here so I did up some fall colorways. The Green and brown is a little darker than it looks. (blogger does something to my pics cuz my color was good when I edited the pics) It is called Macduff. Hubby played that role in '97(From Macbeth) and wore a costume these colors. The scene at the end of the play when he fights and kills Macbeth was amazing! He really is quite good with the sword.

The other yarn is called Rust. It is red/orange/copper. I love it! It is dk weight merino and would be good for color work. I have 2 more skeins of the dk I might do up to go with it. I will put these up in the shop some time today. My sock yarn should come today so look for it soon. I got Merino wool. Yummy.

My favorite time of day has become walk to and from school time. the MK's just love to be outside and the walking is doing everyone good. MB likes to make it a mini adventure. This morning it was brick and fall like so out come the hats and scarves. ( I wore my new scarf from my SP11 and I love it!) I also found hand coverings are lacking in the house so I will be looking at patterns and whipping some up in short order. I am sure there is plenty in the stash box for some kid mittens. The Cobblestone is really moving along well. I am on the 3rd ball of yarn. I got 14 and the pattern calls for 13 so I should be ok.

I must now go and watch SpongeBob with MB and then to the post office. Oh yeah I'm lovin life!!

The first day

My first day as a stay at home mom was pretty good. I got MB to model a hat I made him weeks ago. It was cool enough to wear it for our morning walk to school. I got the above re skeined as well. I was going for red and green. The color really is red it is just very light. (ok its pink...)I think I will call it Preppy. Wait till you see what I dyed up yesterday afternoon. It is still drying. purrty.....

I think there will be apple cobbler making today.

Well it is time to get ready for school!

I am a SAHM!!!!

Yeah!!!!! I am now a full time Mommy! I'm not really sure it has sunk in fully yet but there it is. The MK's are so happy about it and Hubby seems pleased too. He asked if this meant I would have more time to make the cookies he likes. I will make them Tuesday when he goes to work.

One more advantage to leaving my job is my Christmas gift knitting list gets a little shorter. (The Boss asked if I would still bring him cookies for the Christmas party. He loves my cookies and even offered to pay!).

My last day was pretty good. A few friends and VP#1 took me to lunch. The guys in the paint department did a watercolor of me in the shop (I will try to scan this later today as it is pretty darn funny) and there was a cake, card and gift card for Michael's. Hugs and well wishes all around. Even Mr Dishrag made a joke and patted me on the back. VP#2 had to leave early for a meeting but before he left he gave me a hug and said "Thanks for being my Friend..." You're welcome big guy.

It has often been a pain to work there but it has also been a great joy at times. Thanks for the good times guys! I'm Out!!!

All my blogland friend have been very supportive and I love them for it. I have always believed in helping people when ever I can. I call it karma. Do good and good will come back to you... Thanks for proving me right folks!Maybe I will be able to keep up with everyone now.

So now to my new adventure! MG is very happy that I will be home after school. This means more chances for play dates and going to the park. The weather here has been warn and pleasant this weekend. MK's and I went for a walk last night and it was just beautiful. I think we will turn this in to part of the routine. We all need it.

I have also been busy with some new yarns for the shop. I got some beads for some little Stitch markers and things. I also got some ball bands done (with the help of MG). and I came up with what I think is a pretty good idea. I can never remember how to weave the toe of my socks so I got out Ann Budd's new book and my EZ Knitters Almanac to read up on the subject. I wrote out really basic steps for myself on an index card and put it in my knitting bag. I was thinking about printing it on to a luggage tag and laminating it. Would anybody buy such a thing? I have a laminater. ( a warehouse sale bargain at free, VP#1 wouldn't take my $$). What do you think?

HSKS answers

Here they go!
1-c
2-b
3-a
4-c
5-b
6-c
7-a
8-b
9-c
10-b

One More Day

I have one day left at work and it is going to suck. The BS level is still running high but people are telling me how sad they are to see me go. VP#2 is still in denial. He keeps saying "I need you to do this next week" boy they better get someone new in there quick. I am doing my best not to feel guilty about leaving. My reasons are good ones and it is not like I'm going to work for the competition. I just look at my kids and remember I did this for them. Mommy is a way more important job. So moving on...

I am also quiting smoking starting Saturday morning. I have tried this before, I hope I can stick it out this time! I mostly smoke at work now anyway so it should be ok. At least I won't have other smokers pushing me off the wagon. Wish me luck!

In swap news... My SP11 got her box and seems pretty happy with everything. I love these swaps. I get to meet all kinds of cool people!

Meet BunkyBoBo!

So tonight I listed my first yarns on Etsy. You can find them here. These are Basilisk, Pumpkin Patch, Mashed Berries, and DoubleMint. (DoubleMint was Hubby's idea.I could'nt come up with a good one) I think I like the Pumpkin Patch one best.

Bunky and BoBo are the names Hubby and I called the MK's when they were babies. I wanted a shop name people would remember and sounded fun. So Hubby came up with BunkyBoBos... He is rather handy to have around.

So any feedback? any colorway you like best? I have a few more I want to try out. I am thinking mostly sock yarn but I will dye up whatever people seem to like. I need to order more yarn. I am going to try to repeat the color of MG's Poncho this weekend. Anyone care to draw me 2 cute little yarn monsters? oh and I made labels (no I did not hand write them) and a little giftee to with each yarn!

In knitting news: I got my cable from Knit Picks today and have cast on the Cobblestone Pullover. I am making the 2nd size as Hubby is a 40 and he wants it a little roomy. I am also working on a little design to maybe sell in the shop or submit to somebody. We will see about that one later. It is in my bag resting and thinking about what to do next... Now I am off to knit the Cobblestone and watch some cable news. Tomorrow I will be watching baseball. In October!

btw thats Bunky not Bucky

Comments and Raverly

I got the comments out of moderation and up so we can all see about the SP11 Yarn.

Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement. I should have Etsy up by tomorrow night and then I will post a link. You guys rock!
BTW I am sandyknits on Raverly. Check me out.

In work news, they are really starting to freak out a little now. They are coming to terms with the fact that they can not find someone with my skills that will do all the things I do for my salary. Well I could have told them that!

In knitting news... I got nothing. I should get my needle cable tommrow to start the Cobblestone pullover. I did not do much knitting this weekend as I lost most of my free time to Raverly. I am really going to have to watch how much time I spend there.