Hockeymom Knits

Oh. My. God.

Friday, August 6th, 2010 | Friends, Knitting | 3 Comments

My friend Jane, knit a lovely sweater, Hey Teach, for herself and through some cursed/magical happening, it ended up too large for her. She posted about it, stated she didn’t have the heart to knit it again and to please leave a comment if you wanted it.

Well,  I did. And because she’s my friend and it’s my 50th birthday all week, she is giving it to me! I’m am beyond words, and so lucky to have such a wonderful friend.

Go to the post linked to her name. It’s beautiful!

Thank you Jane!

Tomorrow

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | Family | 3 Comments

Hi! Been a while! Seems the blog is the one to suffer for lack of time, patience or energy lately.  I can only try to do better - seems some days are better spent attending to family and friends.

Tomorrow, Spawn #1 is going to have surgery - a surgery to correct an underbite he inherited from me. It’s been a long journey for him and us all - 11 years in the making. After this, his braces will remain on for maybe 9-12 more months and then he’s done. Thinking about who he was when this started and who he is now, it’s good that there’s that time built in. It’s time he needed to finish growing, maturing and now, he’s ready.

So, by this time tomorrow, he’ll be out of surgery and sleeping. We will have him home Sunday and the recuperation begins. 6 weeks of liquid and soft diets which will include lots of ice cream. Ice cream is a necessary item when you’re under the weather. It makes it all better. Or at least more tolerable.

I’ll have a sock with me, and probably a slightly more difficult project if my mind becomes too crazy and needs settling down. Neither spawn have ever been in the hospital before. New territory for us all.

If you have it in you, please think good thoughts and I’ll see you on the other side.

Thanks!

It’s a Wonderful Day!

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 | Baby Kaylyn, Spinning | 1 Comment

Today, it is my great-niece Kaylyn’s 1st birthday! We are so happy to have “Miss T” as my parents call her – either trouble or tornado - take your pick – in our lives. She’s a smart, sweet and lively little thing, and we have so much fun with her. I have two pics to share of her then and now:

Look how much she’s grown! We will celebrate with friends and family on Sunday - we will have a good time!

In other news - I will be going to Rhinebeck this year! I’ve been asked to help Gale Evans out at her booth and I can’t wait! So, for the two of you still reading (heh) if you come to Rhinebeck this year, please stop by, say hi and see the lovely roving and yarn Gale has in stock. She’s a true artisan!

Saturday is the start of Tour de Fleece. My challenge this year will be to spin 3# of Mabel the corriedale into yarn for a sweater KAL that will begin in August. So. Much. Fun!

Happy Fourth of July to all my US friends! Stay cool y’all!

Bug in a Bag

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 | Angst, Family, Knitting, Marriage | 3 Comments

Well, it’s amazing how quickly times goes. Seems this blog is going to bear the brunt of my lack of time management skills.

So much has been going on. Spawn #2 has graduated from high school, went to Stitches, our friend, Andrew “Myagi” Mavor came to stay with us and rocked our graduation party, and I’ve been occupying myself with kicking and stomping on things.

On Sunday evening, I saw a bug on the floor - a palmetto bug. Go ahead and look. We’ve had to have some repair work done on the house along with some painting, so we have all sorts of things coming inside to visit. It was on it’s back and not moving, but the minute I scooped it up in an empty dogfood bag, it started to skitter, so I shook the bag and dropped it on the floor and stomped on it. I stomped on a bag on a concrete floor. Let that sink in. It hurt so bad, I thought I had broken it. I gimped around on Monday, Memorial Day, while our lovely friends were there and then Tuesday hockeydad took me to the emergency room. Here’s how we wait in emergency rooms:

Turns out, I didn’t break it, but I did bruise the bone and we discovered I have a heel spur. I sound like a wimp, but let me tell ya, this hurts. A. Lot.

The sock is being knit from Zauberball Crazy Sock and let me tell ya, I love the colors and hd loves the sock, but it’s not very consistently plied. I’m on the cuff now and should be able to start the second one this weekend.

There is one thing I want to say. If you are in Atlanta or a suburb thereof and ever hurt yourself or need emergency care - go to Northside. They rocked it like nothing I’ve ever seen. 2 hours start to finish and that included x-rays. And a cool shoe and pain meds.

I have other things to share, but I think this is enough for now. Don’t you agree?

Whoa! It’s April!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

I tell myself I’ll blog more often (for all 4 of you still here) but time goes by and before you know it, boom! another month has gone by. Lots of stuff going on around here on the homefront, family members having medical issues, but diagnoses are good so we can breathe easy there. Spawn #2 has been accepted into Georgia State University so we can relax there. Work is picking up a little so I can stop rocking back and forth.

I have been knitting. Baby blankets, baby bell bottoms, baby shrug and even another summer top for myself.  I have pics of all but the summer top. I’ll get hockeydad to snap one after I block it.

Baby knitting is fun! I’ve cast on for the “Wandering the Moor” shawl using some Jojoland wool from my stash. All this knitting is coming out of stash instead of buying! I’m in stash reduction mode!

There’s not been much spinning lately. Seems when I’m home I’m chilling in front of the tv with knitting or sleeping. My right thumb is being “sensitive” right now to spindle spinning, so I’m trying to tweak my technique so I don’t develop “spinner’s thumb.” I plan on kicking back into gear with my wheels tho and will have some finished yarns to show soon.

What are y’all working on?

Big day ’round here

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day y’all! It signifies more around here than just drinking beer and eating corned beef and cabbage.

23 years ago today, Bob formally asked me to marry him. It’s our engage-aversary! I’m so glad I said yes.

I’m so glad he asked!

An FO Update

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

I have been knitting amidst birthdays and the creeping crud that seemed to hit everyone in my neck of the world. I completed two baby things (gifts so I can’t show them here yet, but if you’re on Ravelry, they are there in projects page). I have also completed a new spring/summer top. Need to redo the neckline bind-off a little bit tighter. I am wearing it today and I’m loving it!

It’s the T-Twist Tee from Knitty. Yarn is Cotton-Ease de-stashed from my good buddy Jane. Thanks for the yarn Jane! Fun, fast knit and well-written. This will get a bit of wear this summer!

20 Years Ago

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Today is Spawn #1’s 20th Birthday. It seems like yesterday he was born, yet I can recall him at every age. He’s always been a sweet, caring kid - first words out of his mouth every day have always been “how did you sleep?” He’s intelligent, in his second year of university and living out there in the cold, cruel world on his own. We’re so proud of him and I thought I would share a recent photo of him modeling a scarf I knit for him last year.

Happy Birthday Jordan!

Giving and Receiving

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Go on over to The Crystal Method fansite and check out the awesome giveaway. When you sign up, you’ll get to see a wonderful video done by my very own HockeyHoney.

Today I received a wonderful surprise in the mail. Janine from Green Wave sent me these awesome beerings! They are made from recycled beer caps and they are so much fun! Mine are The Official Beerings of The Crystal Method. Sweet sweet gift indeed! Thank you Janine. If you get a chance, go check out the Green Wave site and see the good things they’re doing over there.

My Eldest Brother

Friday, January 29th, 2010 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

For those who aren’t in “the know,” I come from a family of 5 kids. I’m #4 in the line, one of two girls and three boys. My eldest brother, Rick, has been an on-air radio personality for 23 years and was let go this week. This is a good article and it makes me very proud that he is my brother. He’s always been Ricky to us and he always will be. He’s good folk.

Rick Stevens