tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118267032024-03-23T14:04:17.339-04:00What day is it, again?Parenting without Padding. Schooling without Surcease. Where's my schedule, are you SURE that's happening tomorrow? Already?thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-40532405145624476072017-05-23T13:39:00.001-04:002017-05-23T13:42:11.485-04:00Anyone out there?I'd like to startthinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-26044494092306633992010-10-26T16:16:00.001-04:002010-10-26T16:16:53.963-04:00Bishop John Shelby SprongThis is a free sample from the website of Bishop John Shelby Sprong - I wanted it save it here so I'd be able to read it at length. :)Your Free SampleThe Word of God? "This is the word of the Lord" That is the liturgical phrase used in Christian churches to mark the end of a reading from the Bible. It is a strange, even a misleading, phrase. Yet Sunday after Sunday it is repeated, thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-63881366420571617572009-05-23T16:59:00.006-04:002009-05-23T17:13:46.549-04:00Death crept in on little knitted sock feet...When we got home late last night from Boston, I found...a...package...in my mailbox. EEEEEEEK!!I started to open the package, gingerly......and then...SOCKY DEATH!!Here's a close-up of one of the weapons, & the raw material:Isn't it PURTY?? :)My Assassin is the BEST - she also sent me UK Chocolate!! She's in England, BTW...but I forgot to take a pic of the KitKat, as I tucked it right in the thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-52581048603795682592009-05-23T16:55:00.002-04:002009-05-23T16:59:00.138-04:00Moving right along!From Tuesday, May 19, 2009:I have finished Sock #1, and started the cuff on #2:I'll post pics of the finished sock later on - I think they're Purty, and I hope my Target likes them! :)thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-90097763659268858182009-05-17T08:45:00.005-04:002009-05-17T09:36:08.833-04:00UpdateTime: MorningDay: Sunday, the 17th of May Status: Just finished Pattern Repeat #2 of 3 on first Barcelona Sock. Pattern going smoothly, some counting is necessary, but not outrageous. Food & Drink readily available, child & husband still able to amuse themselves and if not, each other. Looking Good so far!Pictures taken approx. 7:30am Eastern Standard.thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-13436300081575634462009-05-16T10:13:00.003-04:002009-05-16T10:29:17.720-04:00Pause for SustenanceI'm taking a quick breakfast break from knitting; I thank you for your encouragement & good wishes!! I'm cookin' along on my sock - chose Barcelona, and come to find out, so did my Assassin! Out of three, we both picked the same, and that amuses me...of course, mine isn't going to my assassin, MY target is in Arizona...but still, I'm amused. :) I can't wait to see what kind of yarn I'll be thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-50533816630975520802009-05-15T14:54:00.001-04:002009-05-15T14:54:33.908-04:00It's On Now!The War is officially ON - and I don't know when I'll get back here to update, so this is it for now: I am officially a participant in Sock Wars IV, and am still deciding between the three patterns issued by our Supreme Commander. They're all so pretty!!! I think I'm going to choose between Air Raid and Barcelona....Insidious looks pretty, but I'm not comfy with cables yet. :) Have a great Fridaythinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-5089964486487978152009-05-15T14:51:00.002-04:002009-05-15T19:21:26.712-04:00Remember Sock Wars III?(Originally written January 26, 2009)You may remember, back in May of the past year, I became involved in a knitting competition/swap called "Sock Wars III". I finished my socks and mailed them off to my "target", and that was the last I heard. Oh, she got them, and loved them - Yay! However, I never got MY socks. I contacted the 2nd organizer - because the first organizer? She decided that a thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-90949727348637346722008-05-28T12:35:00.005-04:002008-05-28T12:50:34.205-04:00Notes from the FrontARRGGGHHH.Thank you, I feel better now. I've been having computer issues, which is why I haven't been able to update lately. Okay, "able" isn't the right word, but it's not been convenient - that's the truth. My PC has been overheating regularly, and even after taking it apart and cleaning it out, it still did the overheating thing. My husband is my HERO, tho, because he fixed the bugger! He tookthinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-34044269562966843932008-05-13T11:04:00.007-04:002008-05-13T11:16:03.475-04:00Battling along in the Sock War!Sock Wars III progresses apace. :) I've gotten through the gussets/instep on Sock 1, and I'm liking both the pattern, and the way the tofutsies is knitting up. I hope my target likes them!Here's sock #1 as of yesterday:My cat Murphy is a big help in "modeling" the sock in progress. ;) He's a good sport, hey?Home sick today, so I'm gonna get back in bed & get knitting. Happy Hunting, Sock thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-76395616823275557542008-05-10T22:32:00.011-04:002008-05-10T22:53:27.813-04:00Little By LittleFINALLY got my Dossier, at around 5pm today. S'okay, I know Our Supreme Commander has an incredibly hard job on her hands. It's all good. :) So, I found out who my target is, and I emailed her to find out her sock/shoe size, so then MAYBE I might get her socks done before I get assassinated. I only have one cuff done so far, tho, so it depends on how much I get done tonite & tomorrow. If my thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-74856031287325583042008-05-09T22:46:00.001-04:002008-05-09T22:46:58.774-04:00Sock War III UpdateI'm about 14 hours into The War, and still haven't recieved my dossier yet. Grrrr...I'm not the only one, by far, but I'm thinking - and again, I'm not the only one - that a knitting tournament that has over 1000 knitters is really too much for ONE WOMAN and two email accounts to manage.What with family & life, I have only now managed to cast on for my first sock; it was pointed out on the thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-37603710856877062142008-05-06T23:27:00.003-04:002008-05-06T23:56:39.933-04:00Girding my loins...so to speak.On May 9th, I will be a willing participant - I should really use the term "combatant" - in a war. On that day, I will become an assasin...and a target. I will be presented with my dossier containing the information I need to accurately eliminate my subject. I have selected my weapons with care, and have been acclimating myself to their heft & style. I will be doing all of this with the thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-62699229046630719562008-05-03T17:35:00.003-04:002008-05-03T17:39:29.473-04:00Ambitious Knitter Here!Well, I've just started my 3Day Breast Cancer walk journey: I signed up. :) I will be training from here on out, and soliciting donations. That sounds naughtier than it is, darn it all. Please check out my Personal Page - I will be keeping a blog over there to update people on my progress. I may just copy & paste to here - it's easier that way, I think.Here's where I have a fundraising idea thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-49220368075328525902008-04-28T13:34:00.002-04:002008-04-28T13:56:28.583-04:00Succsessful Fiber Hunting and Gathering, AND a Yarn HarlotI mentioned the CT Sheep & Wool fest before, but didn't post what I got there. I can't show you the Dark Chocolate Alpaca Pops (C'mon, they're Lollipops of Dark Chocolate shaped like an Alpaca head!), 'cause the Husband and Childe ate them Immedjitlee. Which is good, 'cause it was hot by that time, and melted chocolate is yummy but no fun to clean up. I aquired Sheep's Milk cheese rolled in thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-10390456802354073202008-04-27T08:38:00.002-04:002008-04-27T09:05:33.387-04:00Testing Email Posting and a Name ChangeGreetings, Fiberfriends & Muggles alike. Wilkommen! At CT Sheep & Wool yesterday, I met lots of Ravelry folk - and lamented the fact that I had no nametag. Then I had to explain why I'd been calling myself "Claire" to a few, since that's not my "real" name, but a nickname - unfortunately, there are a LOT of Claires out there, and more than one of my friends/readers of the blog tended to thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-516891319432116422008-03-28T21:16:00.003-04:002008-03-28T21:23:54.618-04:00Finally Finished! They are FINISHED, and she loves them. :) YAHooo!! The "she" is my sister - and she is really the ideal sock giftee. She LOVES them...wears them out...and tells everyone she knows/sees/meets that she's wearing handknit socks from her baby sister. :) She's sent a few commissions my way for felted bags, scarves, hats - not socks yet, which is okay; those are hard to do for someone I'm not thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-17734077035587459782008-03-21T20:30:00.002-04:002008-03-21T20:43:39.972-04:00Wouldn't you know...This is the pair of socks I've been working on for my sister C since December. Originally, they were to be a Christmas present; then when they weren't done, they were to be a birthday (February) present. Well, they still weren't done...so my new deadline is Easter dinner on Sunday - 5pm. Yep. Day after tomorrow. I've got one finished, and am at the heel on the 2nd. Actually, I was past the heelthinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-27467790928116622782007-05-24T22:49:00.000-04:002007-05-24T23:05:42.750-04:00Still Alive!!Yes, still alive, but not kicking very much - not yet, anyway. GAH, have these last two months been horrible! First my Stepfather gets Pneumonia...Mom runs herself ragged caring for him. Mom then goes to the hospital by ambulance with Pneumonia. I run all over taking care of my Stepfather ("Pop"), ferrying my daughter & brother around, and would've gone insane were it not for my incredible thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-24382938414122566142007-05-12T12:19:00.001-04:002008-05-13T11:14:25.993-04:00Sigh. Spring!Well, I HAVE been knitting...but I've also been felled by Bronchitis and a "touch of" Pneumonia. :( It was inevitable, I hear; my Mother had it and was hospitalized two weeks ago, and my Stepfather had it two weeks prior to that. Who's been taking care of them? Me. Hopefully my husband Edwin won't get sick taking care of ME, now!! I will try to update here on my knitting projects in the next few thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-58380392603864734602007-04-13T21:31:00.000-04:002007-04-13T21:32:13.117-04:00Spring Felted Bag Exchange QuestionnaireSo, I've gone & Done it - I've joined an exchange - and it sounds like it'll be fun! The "Spring Felted Bag Exchange" - I love felting bags, and well, it seemed like the thing to do at the time. :)Without further ado, my answers to the questionnaire!1. How long have you been knitting or crochetting? How did you learn?I have been knitting for two & a half years now, and just learning to thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-80539267699545546952007-04-13T11:59:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:01:50.043-04:00Must. Start. Spring. Knitting!!Or, perhaps that should be, "Must. Finish. Winter. Knitting..."?Let's see, what's OTN right now...(On The Needles)1 Balaclava. Status: Crown Decreases to finish, ends to weave in, to be mailed to Ohio.1 sock. Status: 2nd sock of pair for my sister, finishing Cuff. Leg, Heel, Body & Toe still to be knit.1 Entrelac Scarf. Status: Wearable as it stands now, but recipient would like it to be longer (thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-2018999054236742782007-03-23T21:32:00.000-04:002007-04-06T22:03:41.096-04:00The Yarn Harlot Takes New YorkLong story short, I got an email late Wednesday night from another knitter friend saying, "Hey Claire, you still interested in going to NYC Thursday?". I responded that I had childcare lined up & $$ set aside, just couldn't get to the train. She doesn't live far from me, and said she could drive to the train - she wanted to go, and wanted company. WOOHOOO!! We finalized childcare Thursday morningthinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-70728796538279863302007-03-22T21:31:00.000-04:002007-04-06T21:32:10.543-04:00WA-HOOOOOOO!I'm Goin' to NYC!!! I'm GOING TO THE BOOK LAUNCH!! YAAAAAY!!thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826703.post-15543803815338742122007-02-20T21:21:00.000-05:002007-04-06T21:24:35.311-04:00Finished!Here's Himself modeling the finished balaclava:I ran out of brown at the beginning of the crown, so I switched to black, in the same brand. I think the crown came out VERY well, and I'm quite pleased with it!thinggtwoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119636333146282204noreply@blogger.com0