http://dogknitty.com for the love of knitting Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:57:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I really like these.  Here's the latest.  Play along, copy and paste to your blog and fill in the blanks.  Leave a comment with a link to your blog so we can read yours! 1. My favorite food seasoning is seasoned salt. 2. Small children's laughter is music to my ears. 3. Lucky is finding ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/11/01/another-friday-fill-in/ Found a neat-looking blog I thought I'd try, "Friday Fill-Ins".  Every Friday there is a list of a few items with blanks to fill in.  Apparently you copy and paste to your own blog and fill in the blanks for your readers. Kind of like some of those emails you get from friends.  ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/10/25/friday-fill-in/ I hate how the Christmas socks turned out.  Don't EVEN want to look at them long enough to snap a picture right now.  Don't want anything to do with them.  Well, I say "them" but it's only one.  And THAT one is LUCKY I haven't thrown it into a fish ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/10/22/noooooo/ My latest project is a pattern for some Christmas-themed socks.  Trying to get them turned out and the pattern polished very soon.  Here's a sneak peek: It's not blocked yet, but here's a little more: The ones I'm making for the pattern illustrations are out of Louet Gems Sport (Opal), one 225 yd. ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/29/finally-some-knitting/ So I'm getting the hang of turning the the new camera right-side around but now I keep taking videos when I want to take pictures.  I love my camera phone and it's supposed to take good pictures, I just need the company to make a companion "for dummies" booklet to the user's guide.  I'm ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/28/cell-phone-for-dummies/ Well, things are getting cleaned up, power is being restored, and things are returning to a semblance of normalcy post-Ike.  Thanks to readers for being patient and for checking back in.  So...our cell phone contract FINALLY ran out with the crappy Right-Hand-Doesn't-Know-What-the-Left-Hand-Is-Doing company.  Got a new cell phone in the switch and found ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/21/back-to-normal/ Unfortunately, knitting-related activities have taken a back seat to hurricane season.  We live in an area affected by hurricane Ike but far enough away that we don't have the flooding from the storm surges.  We have been blessed to have our power back on after being off for only a matter ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/15/hurricane-ike/ Thank the good Lord Gustav wasn't as bad as it was forcast to be.  Seems that New Orleans' levees held up well to the rain and storm surges.  Evacuation seemed to go well also.  Better safe than sorry, so thankful it wasn't another disaster. Knitting is still on the back burner.  ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/08/no-time-for-fun-boo/ Wow, it's been awhile since posting last.  Sorry about that to any readers who have happened by.  The Kid started high school and seems like I've had more homework than anyone else around here.  Extracurricular activities have kept us all busy around here, too.  A little knitting has been squeezed ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/09/01/204/ This year's Olympics have caused much tinking in my knitting.  Too much going on to list all my favorites, but definitely the most exciting has been Michael Phelps' phenomenal swimming, beating one competitor by 1/100 of a second.    No, that's not a typo- the electronic sensor confirmed that he touched the wall one ... http://dogknitty.com/2008/08/18/194/