Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery

AlexPinkCocoPurse1
Originally uploaded by TangleGirl

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery - I am developing a backlog of gifts requested. Besides that, I need time to learn how to do them.
Thanks,
Your Loving Aunt

Does anyone else remember when everything you ordered took either 4-6 weeks or 6-8 weeks to arrive?

Charming Husband Modeling His Marsan Watchcap

Charming Husband In Watchcap Again

Extra-yummy Blue Sky Royal Alpaca with husband filling. Marsan Watchcap pattern at Redlipstick.com

Rita in a pup bowl

Rita in a pup bowl
Originally uploaded by TangleGirl

This is my furry friend Rita - she is a rescutie (rescued cutie) who belongs to my neighbor. I borrow her for fur love sometimes, plus she helps me knit.

Validation means more work?

My 'twenty-something' niece called this morning. She is a peach - I love her dearly (despite her dreadful and sarcastic ways - perhaps because of them). Apparently she has absconded with the beanie I made for her dad (out of delicious yak yarn). Truth be told, he didn't like it that much anyway - claims to be an old guy who wants a turned up rim sort of hat. Beanies are just too mod and cool for him. His new hat has been made and is one of the items on the table being blocked, so don't feel too sorry for him - his head will be re-clad soon enough.
At any rate, Valerie wanted to tell me how much she "LOVED, not LIKED" the hat and wanted to "order up" some more. YIPPEE! Somebody is truly enjoying the string gifts I'm churning out madly.
Off to the LYS for blue, black and white-ish yarn. Yep, she wants three of the little guys to wear with (apparently) everything she owns. No problem - I'll do it as soon as I finish the obnoxiously hot pink felted purse for my 14-year-old niece. She loves anything pink and girly, so this should be a perfect gift.
To be completely honest, my mother got a steely blue shawl/blanket made of Debbie Bliss chunky cashmerino that she would use all the time if she could retrieve it from her cat. So validation is not that scarce a commodity. Good thing, because neither are my knitted gifts.
Now go out there and annoy someone by being friendly today - you know you want to.
Peace

Block(ing) Party

Finally got my mind around the small pile of items that needed to be blocked. Bought some citrus scented SOAK and pulled out an old stockpot. Did the job and now everything is on blocking "pads" on the dining room table.

What comes next? Of course - invite some friends for dinner. D'oh, the table has been completely overrun with wet things trying to become dry things. Damn! Idiot! Planning is clearly not my strong suit this week.

Abrupt turnabout - yarn and needles

I finished the lovely Hella Cable scarf and have enjoyed a couple of days of wearing it before I block it. It does look great (will post a photo soon) in Brown Sheep Burly Spun Sable.
From large to small, however, is a bizarre transition. I am making a small wrist bag for holding yarn while I knit. I won't use it too much, but when I am at our "knit-one-one" knit-out night (website: http://www.knitoneone.com/ ), it is hard to put my yarn anywhere. The floor is out. The table is clean when we start, but as you can imagine does not stay that way (sweet potato fries are flavor filled, but grease-laden and we have the occasional knitting needle drinking glass disturbance).
Knituition's blog has the pattern - really cute - it can be found at: http://knituition.blogspot.com/2007/04/wrist-yarn-holder.html
Cute, yes, but switching from #17 pointy baseball bats with yarn that could be used to tie up a boat to #3 double points with 8 tiny stitches on them is enough to make me head for the red wine. In fact, I think I'll do that right now.
Peace