I'm the big 2-4 today

This goes out to A...Thanks so much....

Lace Cashmere shawl for 5 bucks...what?

I was going to sell off some lace shawl for charity but then i thought it thru…I was going to be waiting a bit for someone that has that much money to by a shawl.

So I decided that I was going to have a raffle. You can donate online directly to the charity these are going for sale for OR you can get tickets from me. Every $5 is a entry…

I figured that way I can get alot more donations instead of waiting for a larger one.

So far I have the Icarus Shawl done I have to get pics of that up and im working on a shawl from Victorian lace today…I have a few more planned out after that.

So if anyone wants in on grabbing there own Lace Shawl hand knit by ME please feel free to pop over to my ALC page and donate a few dollars!

www.AidsLifeCycle.org/1128

No one can donate all but if we all donate some we can blow last years $11 Million out of the water!

Ribbed 4 his Pleasure

Since my Bday is Monday I thought i would give you guys a little gift from me to you! A FREE sock pattern!

So I thought you guys might like the pattern for these great socks! They are pretty easy and yet SO comfy!



Pattern:

Cast on 60

Arrange around 3 dpns

Cuff: K2 P2 ribbing. Cont for 3 inches

Now this is just what I did but after I was done with the ribbing I would arrange my stitches so that I have 16,16,28

Leg: Begin K3,P1 ribbing for 9 inches or till its the length you are happy with

Heel: Now for the fun part! You get to turn the heel dances around naked

This is a Short Row Heel, now if you have never done these dont worry they are REALLY easy and I prefer them to heel flaps since there is no flap WONT have to decrease in the gusset or pick up stitches...which i LOVE

Knit till you get to your needle with 28 stitches.

Knit till you have two stitches left on the needle. With working yarn in FRONT slip the next stitch, move the yarn to the back and pass the stitch back onto the left needle and turn work.

Purl till you get to the last 2 stitches and with the working yarn in BACK slip the next stitch, move the yarn to the front and slip the stitch back to the right needle, turn work.

Knit till you get to on stitch before your wrapped stitch, and repeat the wrapping process.

Do this until you have 8 wrapped stitches on each side

Hang with me we are almost there!

Its time to pick up the stitches we just wrapped so knit back to your last wrapped stitch and slip your needle thru both the stitch AND the wrap knit them together slip and wrap the next stitch so that there are 2 wraps turn your work and purl to the next wrapped stitch. Slip both the stitch and the wrap onto the needle and purl them together. Wrap the next stitch and turn work.

Knit back to the next stitch and slip needle thru BOTH wraps and knit 3 together, wrap the next stitch and turn work. Purl back to the next stitch, slip needle thru s stitch and the 2 wraps purl 3 together, wrap the next stitch and turn work.

Now you will continue doing this till you get to the last stitch and which point you will just knit it and start on foot.

Now go eat a WHOLE bar of chocolate

Foot: you will continue the k3xp1 ribbing till you get 3 inches from the end of the sock so if your sock finished sock needs to be 10 inches long you will knit 7 inches then start the toe.

YAY are you excited we are almost done with this damn sock!

Toe: Knit one round even.


I start decreasing my toes on the needle with 28 stitches and im going to refer to this as needle 1 for the last bit.


*Needle 1: K1 ssk knit to the last three stitches k2gther k1
Needle 2: K1 ssk knit till end of needle
Needle 3: Knit till there are 3 stitches left K2gther k1

Knit the next round even*

Continue this till there are ten stitches left

All you have to do is graft the toes closed and you are set!

Now here comes the hard part about socks...I know you are VERY proud of that sock you are holdingin your hand right now...but alas you have to put it aside and start its twin....

hands you more chocolate and a glass of wine

ENJOY!

If you have any questions feel free to email me ;-)

Bday hideout

So my Birthday is Monday the 18th and I'm hiding out in Chicago just out of Boystown. I tend to do this every year anymore. Plans for the weekend are to relax, read the Thornbirds, have GREAT food, alittle shopping, and head out to the movies on my bday...And I DID bring my knitting. I started the "Large Rectangle" shawl from Victorian Lace Today with the Leaf and Trellis lace design in it. SO far its coming out really nice. I have a few inches done on it...I don't have the cord to hook my cam up to upload pics so I had to use my phone...so bare with me...






I have 3 skeins of Cashmere/Silk lace weight from Jade Sapphir. I LOVE it. It's 400 yd a skein and i have 3 of them total in the Autumn Sonata color way...I'm hoping this is going to be a great shawl when I'm done...

If this pattern looks familiar that's because I knit this before but that one was STOLEN...yea remember those 5 wedding shawls I make...one was stolen...Had to remake it...but I'm keeping this under lock and key LOL

My friend Alan has been pestering me forever about wanting to learn to knit so I think we are going to go out later and grab some Peaches & Cream and he can go off making some washcloths...I figure thats a GREAT beginner project AND its something that he can use everyday so its not like a scarf or hat that he can only wear when the weather is chilled....Well that was my reasoning what do you think LOL. Hell I might grab a few balls myself and make some Ballband clothes for myself...those are SOOO cute!

Energy Bars anyone?

OKAY PEOPLE...WHO EATS ENERGY BARS?

I just signed up for TerraCycle and they are doing this recycling program where if you collect wrappers cliff, luna, powerbar, or natural valley they will donate .02 cents to your favorite charity...well you beter belive i signed up to raise money for the ALC...so if ANYONE eats these will you PLEASE send me your wrappers...

hit me up at theimpossibleprincess AT gmail DOT com if you would like to help me ;-)

But anyway on the knitting front. I have almost finished Icarus from 2006 Summer Enterweave...I'm on the last chart. But let me tell you kntiting 400+ stitches is killing me, on top of which you increase 4 stites on each RS row...*bleh* but its looking GREAT so far, let me find a pic of my yarn!



Its Cherry Tree Hill "Blues and Purples". I never used this before andI like it alot, so far its taking 2.5 balls...

And then if I dont have enough to knit i spoke up and took a project to knit up for a store sample for my LYS. I'm casting on the Lotus Blossum Tank from the same issue. So I guess its nice casue I get free yarn to knit it up with right LOL

oh well...Just keep knitting right?

Hello Again

I know what your thinking...2 posts in lest than a week...WTF?!?!?

but yes I here lol how are you doinging today my lovies good I hope ;-)

well I have been busy like a little bee the past few days, since work has died down alot since holiday shopping is over I have been using my time off to get my knit on ... I just finished a pair of socks yesterday...

Stright Koigu Socks


and I started a sock yesterday and finished it today...

Ribbed for His Pleasure Socks



Both are for Aryk for his Birthday...not to shabby huh

Plus did I mention hes getting the Endpaper Mitts...

yea I guess a knitted loves this boy huh

BOO!

OKOKOKOKOKOKOKOK

I know its been a while since I last blogged...and I'm sorry, just been bust with work and stuff that my blog took a bit of a back burner. ButI have been knitting so you know!

*stumbles around looking for new FOs*

Irish Hiking Scarf 1



Irish Hiking Scarf 2



Mystery Stole



not to shabby and im 1/2 way done with these but i just havnt taken new pics yet of them...

End Paper Mitts




So i HAVE been active just kinda not in a posting mood lol but I swear I will try to update a tad bit more now lol

Thanks Willa

Dear Santa,

This year for Christmas I have a small list:

First

LA, I want a
house in the
hills
With a pool in the back
And a sharpei
(Please?)

New York
I want a loft
with a deck
Overlooking
Central Park
On the top floor

Taken on the
way you lie
Santa's supposed
To give me mine
No one's said in
this for much
Only when I'm
needing some

A diamond ring
A Benzie
Gucci
Tiffany

Paris, je vous
devois a dev?
A devu aussi,
merci (merci)

Miami, I wanna
Live on the beach
With my 5 hot
Boyfriends in Speedos
The gal of the
looper is
Also my
favorite

Taken on the
way you lie
Santa's supposed
To give me mine
No one said in
this for much
Only when I'm
needing some

this is scary people

So I have **NOTHING** on my needles...

this isnt by choice, I have **NO** yarn...

that's right i said it. I have **NOTHING**.

This is what happens when your x roomie steals a few hundred from you and takes all your stuff...

**EYE....TWITCHING....**

Closing of the year...

I LOVED this songe when i first heard it YEARS ago in "Toys"

I knit so people don't die

So i restarted my Mystery Stole last week, and I'm prooud to say I just ended clue 4 and I'm about to add the wing to it. WOOHOO it will be done in MORE than enough time to give to linda for the holidays!

In later news I'm still broke, with no apartment. I just found out that the place wher eI was hiding my clothes that I DID get back from Damien was ransacked and gone * this includes ALL the knitting books/mags/ect I have and my mini stash* so yea...I have 2 pairs of jeans and like 4 shirts...

But things HAVE to start lookin gup right?


OH did I mention that one of the stoles I was making/finished for my friends wedding was stolen?

Tis the V of November

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent to blow up the King and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below, Poor old England to overthrow: By God's providence he was catch'd With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King! Hip hip hoorah! A penny loaf to feed the Pope. A farthing o' cheese to choke him. A pint of beer to rinse it down. A faggot of sticks to burn him. Burn him in a tub of tar. Burn him like a blazing star. Burn his body from his head. Then we'll say ol' Pope is dead. Hip hip hoorah! Hip hip hoorah!

head over heals

So guys im here...there is a good reason WHY i havnt been here.

*takes a deep breathe*

4 months ago my lease was up in my studio. I was going to resign when some friends that I know asked if Iw anted to move into their 3 bedroom duplex...rent would be a grand total of $300 AND that included all my utilities. And since I was payinf 432 NOW I said HELL YEA....

SO I moved in and started to get comfortable. set things up how I wanted it and two months later I wake up to find a for rent sign in my front lawn. When asking the roomies what was going on they didnt answer me. So I called the landlord to find out something VERY surprising...I was paying my rent straight to her but i guess I was the only one in the house that was doing that. The other two thought it would me a beter idea to spend their money on meth....

Well the landlord knew I was paying rent so she was going to ofer that I stay in the place while I look for new roomies. And I said sure why not, that's fair. So then I came home one day to find that the washer, dryer, fridge, and stove were gone. Again no one told me that they DIDNT belong to the apt but a rommie brought them in. And since I wasnt in the mood to buy 4 new ones I decied it would be beter if I moved.

Now I have to find a new place after just moving into that place...but since school ust started everything was full or way too much for me to think about.

Then steps in another friend who offers me his place to stay until I can find a few place...WOOHOOO

I start looking for a place and around 3 weeks goes by and I'm pissed off as fuck because I'm tired as fuck being there, I'm ready to have my own place. Then I found it! a cute apt all my own, I just have to wait for the current renter to move out. That day I get asked when I thought i was going to be moving out... 3 days I reply! And we both did the happy dance, becasue we are queer like that.

Then he gets home from work and decieds he wanted to go to the bar. I wasnt up to it so i stayed in and Aryk came over....*more on him later*...and we watched a movie and he left. Around 3am friend comes home from the bar....VERY drunk. And wants to take De Vil for a walk.

He left the apt at 3:10 at 3:15 he comes up stairs WITHOUT MY DOG. When asked where my dog was he starts to fight with me telling me he is downstairs out back tied up. So I have to run to get him only to come back up stairs to him throwing my stuff into the hallway and when he sees me he runs back into his place and locks me out and hides like the likke faggot that he is.


So now half of my stuff is in the hallway and the other half is in his apt that I still havnt gotten back from him and its been 2 weeks. AND to add insult to injury I still dont have my place the renter hasnt moved out yet so im forced to bounce off peoples sofas...AND I had to put my doggie in the pet hotel so im -168 in my bank account becasue of that....

So yea...thats why I havnt blogged lately....

Happy Fucking Halloween!

Happy Rosh Hashanah

Break out the apples and the honey...you know that means....

No its not for you straight guys to roll around in for lesbians....

And no we aren't going to eat the apples out of anyplace on godly....

It's Rosh Hashanan!

Happy New Years everyone!

I love mail

Here comes the mail it never fails
it makes me want to wag my tail.
When I see it I want to wail:

MMMAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL!


So I love mail, I really do. Well except for the whole junk mail thing...But so far this week in my mail news I have found 6 books...

Knitting Almanac
One Skien Wonders
Vintage Lace knitting Today
A Gathering of Lace
Knit 2 Together
Speed Knitting

Yea I need new books like I need a whole in my head...

But they have such pretty pictures.....

Plus I signed up for Post Crossings. If you havnt heard of it. It's a fun a d free way to get mail and postcards from around the world... Go Sign up you never know you could get a little note from me ;-)

I did go to the movies last night, a friend of mine wanted to take me out since I was having kinda hard time at home with the roomies...Nothing like a night out at P.F Changs and a movie...

I seen the new Halloween. It wasn't bad, it was a lot more graphic the the original, then I seen it was writting and directed by Rob Zombie...that explained it all lol

Screw Netflix

Ok so has anyone else seen this?

https://www.bagborroworsteal.com

instead of movies you get HANDBAGS!

And I mean Fendi, Coach, and other big names, and you can keep them for a few days to a year...

how kool is that?

I think i found what I'm getting my sister for Xmas!

OH...MY...G.....

HOW did I NOT know about this?

Have I been under a rock?

Guess who just pre-ordered a copy....

Oh yea....


And how HAWT is that scarf on the over?

Levi Ad

I'm sure you guys have seen the Levi ad were the man is trying to put on his pants when the stret comes rushing up to his apt...

well if you havnt here it is...



The reason I mention this is the have a new version of this ad...





What a difference a little change makes huh... I love it and can i say its about fucking time to see that on tv!

And so it begins...

I went to the ALC page only to find this message...

We are preparing our systems for AIDS/LifeCycle 7 (2008) participants to fundraise online and create personal homepages.

We plan to launch by the end of the day on Friday, August 3. Thanks for your patience.

If you are an AIDS/LifeCycle 6 (2007) participant and want to see your final fundraising totals and homepage content, visit the ALC6 login.

Lets start riding...