Hockeymom Knits

Announcing

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Kaylyn Louise, born May 7, 2009. She weighed in at 9#5oz and 21″ long. She was delivered by c-section after it became clear mom wasn’t getting anywhere.

Mom and baby are doing well. She will get to come home on Saturday and they do plan on coming by for a little while to hang with us. Isn’t she beautiful? She takes after me - heh - just the part where her mouth is open!

Big Doin’s Around Here

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | Baby Kaylyn, Family | No Comments

Tonight my niece is lying in a hospital bed, they’ve done certain “things” to help her along, and in the morning they will induce labor if she hasn’t started on her own. Bless her, she has gained 5 pounds in fluid since Friday and they don’t want to wait any longer.

I’m beyond excited to welcome this little baby into the world. I’m beyond sad that my brother-in-law didn’t live to meet her and have time with her, but we will make sure she knows how much she was loved by him.  Next time you see  a post, there will be pics of my great-niece Kaylyn and you better believe there will be one of her holding needles and a spindle.

It’s my duty.

Saturday Spinning

Sunday, June 28th, 2009 | Knitting, Spinning | 2 Comments

Yesterday was spinning guild day. Boy, did I need to get with my kind and do some spinning, talking and laughing! Felt really good. I met up with my partners in crime, EvilScienceChick, Quiddity, and Bavgirl at our local Mexican restaurant for fortification beforehand and off to spinning we went.  I was able to ply up on skein of my KnitWitch Astral til it was time to come on home. I did finish up plying the other. I got 394 yards of fingering/sportweight goodness. This yarn is destined for HockeyDad’s feet.

I love how this turned out!

Thursday night I was able to go over to the best LYS ever, Knitch, and hang for a while with all the lovely knitters! It’s been so good to see my peeps this week. I hope I am able to start going out and about a little more often. Fiber therapy is essential!

If I don’t blog, does anyone hear?

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | Angst, Family, General, Knitting, Spinning | 4 Comments

Sheesh. Been a few days since I’ve put fingers to keyboard, eh? When things get all angsty, it seems the blog is the first to go, followed by my knitting and housework. I don’t mind about the housework, but I’ve just not felt much like getting any knitting accomplished which makes me even more sad, and then nothing gets done. I did get Tomato finished - here’s the crappy shot taken in the bathroom at work:

I’m happy with it, it looks good on me. A success! I’ll continue to work bits and pieces of my Forest Canopy and the little Sunflower/Ladybug dolls out of The Twist Collective for Kaylyn but just not driven to finish them any time soon.  Ennui - it’s just not for breakfast.

I am spinning, a little bit. On bobbin #4 of the lovely roving from Knit Witch, so it’s not all bad. In order to “rev up the excitement” I’ve joined the 2009 Tour de Fleece challenge. My goal  is to get all the yarn spun up for HockeyDad’s Cobblestone. Then, come mid-August, I’ll see if I can cast that bad boy on to the needles! In order to do that however, I must finish blending the alpaca, shetland and corriedale waiting patiently for me! Think I can do it? I mean, really. It’s what - two weeks away from starting? Hmmm?  Am I crazy? Maybe.’Specially since I’ve tweaked the wrist I broke last summer.

Plus, we’re now on baby watch ‘09. Little Kaylyn is to make her debut by the end of the month (lord, please - her mama is getting uncomfortable), and I’m going to be there to witness, help, cheer on and take videos of her entrance into the world. I’m so excited and I know my sister is. This will give her something to focus on and look forward to! She loves the babies and since this is her first grandchild it’s all the better!

Floating Away

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 | Angst, Knitting | 5 Comments

I’ve been ignoring a pinch in my back hip for about 3 months now. Just cause. Well, it seems I’ve been tweaking a muscle off and on and it finally said “enough!” I finally went to the docs, got my muscle relaxant and anti-inflammatory drugs and now I’m home, waiting for it to kick in. And, oh, yeah, I have gout in my left foot. WTF?

There will be no spinning for a while. I have to avoid the twisting of the back for a few days. But I have my #6 dpns now and can finish Tomato! I’m literally 4 rows away on each sleeve and then I weave and block. But no shucking and jiving for a while. Nope.

Busy as a Bee Saturdee!

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | General, Spinning, Weaving | 1 Comment

Done a bit of weaving, cleaned out the pantry, getting laundry done and spinning up some top from The Knit Witch. And, tonight we go to a friend’s house to watch game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals!! Go Pens!!

This is a good day.

Boldly Go

Friday, May 29th, 2009 | Friends, Knitting, Spinning | No Comments

Tonight, I think we’re going to hit the ole theatre and see “Star Trek.” Finally. I’ve been so excited about this movie, I could barely stand it. We tried to see it last Friday, but it was sold out so we saw “Angels and Demons” instead. Good flick. Stayed pretty close to the book and we enjoyed it.

I’m spinning some roving from The KnitWitch right now as well as some more cashmere. I have two more skeins ready to go to work on my Forest Canopy Shawl and I’m chugging along on my friend’s birthday stole. Pic here for evidence:

It’s simple, but looks very elegant and she loves it. 50/50 cotton/ackrylic and it has a few more inches on it now. She claims to not like wool. I should take back those socks I made her. Heh. I had to let her see the stole to prove I was working on it. It’s only 7 months late! But it’s how I roll.

Tomorrow, I may sit on the back porch and knit, have a swim, and then gather all my IRS stuff together. Need to get our taxes filed. We’re slow about stuff like that but with kids in college, need to get better. Gotta beg for money to send them and the gubmint is funny about getting their paperwork first.

Hope y’all have a great weekend.

A good weekend

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | Friends | 5 Comments

This past Saturday night, The Crystal Method came to town to play a live show. Now, they come to Atlanta at least once a year to play DJ sets, but it’s been 5 years since they played live.

HockeyDad has a fansite, TheCrystalmethod.org, and it made an impression on Ken and Scott, so they invited him to do an interview with them before the show. These guys are so awesome! Down-to-earth, funny and just plain nice. They gave a great interview, backstage passes and an incredible show! If you like their music keep an eye on HD’s site, he will be posting the video interview over the next few days. BP, our intrepid in-house photographer and HD’s business partner, had a press pass and was able to get some great shots of the show and the backstage fun.

Oh, yeah, and a certain Bavgirl was there with her friend, John! Woohoo! That girl can dance. I’m still feeling the after-affects of staying up past my bedtime. Oy. Here’s a pic of some our crew that night.

I do still knit

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Family, Knitting, Spinning | 5 Comments

Thank you everyone for your kind words. Been a strange few weeks, and things will never quite be the same. I’ve not been able to knit until today because it lets me think too much, but I have been spinning. I finished up one of my 1 ounce bags of cashmere from Little Barn and need to wind it off onto a tp core so I can spin up the other. I have no clue how much I got from this ounce, but it is so much fun to spin, I’m not sure I really care.

I did cast on the Forest Canopy Shawl out of my handspun singles. Singles are from the big ass bag of roving purchased at SAFF 09. I have a fuzzy pic. Some day I’ll take a better one. I love the easy chart to memorize and it looks so pretty. The color reminds me of denim.

It’s all I have for now.

And, It’s Broken

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | Angst, Family | 11 Comments

My brother-in-law, Steve, passed away today. He was only 51. Please keep my sister, niece and nephew in your thoughts.

The blog will be dark for a bit - I may have something to say tomorrow, or next week, or maybe next month. I just don’t know.