Great Dorito Crash the Superbowl

Here's another great video commercial from Miranda's friend Karl.
Check it out and go vote! You may notice Miranda in the background, she is a white shirt chatting to a very tall guy.

Scarf knitting for Special Olympics

I am sewing the ends into the scarf I knitted for the Special Olympics. The Special
Olympics World Winter Games Scarf Project is in it's second year. The goal is that when the athletes participating in the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games walk into the Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho on February 7, 2009 they will all be wearing a blue and white scarf.

The colors were chosen to match the organizations official colors. The colors are from the Red Heart yarn, delft blue and soft white.

I chose to knit a pattern using modular triangles. Some call it a multi-directional scarf. It was good practice for me as I have only done this style of construction once before for an adorable bath mat.
I hate sewing seams so this is a great technique. Since I did alternating colors, I have some ends to weave in.

At the moment I am debating whether to add fringe or not. I have tons of yarn leftover from the big skeins. So I can make another one or save it for another project. Here is a link to some suggested patterns.

Hmmm...decisions.

The finished scarves must arrive by January 15, 2009 in Boise, Idaho so I have time to decide. If anyone else is interested the information is available at Coats and Clark site. I read about it in Crochet Today.

Thanksgiving is for family

Thanksgiving is a time for family. Sometimes during the holidays you find a new "family member." That is sort of what happened last Saturday.

Last Saturday after a day of wine tasting with husband Brad and mother-in-law Diana, we stopped by Bern's Tavern. Granted I was sick and felt like crap but I knew this would be worth it.

For the last nine or ten years, Brad and I have thought that we had found his "lost aunt." Okay, maybe she wasn't lost...we just haven't had helped the rest of the family find her.

We met Linda years ago when started going to an old bar in Prosser called Bern's. Linda works there in the evenings and most weekends. Her nephew owns the bar. She also works at the local newspaper as a typesetter. I worked with her while I was the editor of the Grandview Herald. But I digress.

So we went into the tavern to "get a beer." It didn't matter that we had already stopped by Whistran Brewing to sample the chocolate stout. Yummy...and it comes with a chocolate truffle.

Back to the lost relative. The bar's entrance is a long and narrow. One side of the room is flanked by the old wooden bar. As you get towards the end of the bar their is a grill and fry baskets. A lady is flipping burgers and turns around. It's Linda and the look on Diana's face is priceless! Linda has short dark hair streaked with "salt", wire-rimmed glasses, and is about five feet tall. She is Diana's twin...from another mother of course. Yep, they are speechless.

As we sat down with our pitcher of beer, they are both trying to come to grips with their new found twin. And it isn't just the twins who are confused.As Diana and I are sitting at the bar waiting for the band to start, a tall man in a visor comes up behind Diana. He gives a great big hug and he starts telling "Aunt Linda" how well her nephew played in the state football playoffs. Yep. He's totally fooled until Diana finds her voice in time to tell him she isn't Linda. Me? I'm cracking up! So hard I am coughing! Too funny!

It turns out that they were both born the same year about six months apart. So that rules out adoption...too close in age.

Brad grabbed the camera after dancing with me and Diana. Yep they danced and they were having a great time. So here's the picture of Aunt Linda and Diana.
Remarkable...

Green sweater is almost done..

I finished the yellow sweater from Interweave. I added two large silver buttons that we found at Gramma Gray's. I wore it at BAM (Bellevue Art Museum) and it looked pretty good. It is one really, really warm sweater! It doesn't matter that it has short sleeves, it was toasty! I used heavier weight yarn than the pattern used so it is bulkier than the original. That made the sweater heavier as well as warmer. Still cute just not sure about the sleeve cuffs. I added a crocheted picot edging to the sleeves and bottom hem. Thinking about continuing the sleeves longer in the kimono style.

The pattern is "Flutter Sleeve" by Pam Allen. The original used a cotton, silk and nylon blend. I think I could've made a smaller size even though I swatched and matched the gauge. I think it needs less ease. All in all I learned a lot from making it and will wear it again.

I am almost done with the green sweater from Interweave. I am using the "Painted Silk" pattern by Connie Chang Chincio. Again using a warmer yarn, a wool cotton blend instead of the silk. I just need to finish the seaming and the neck ribbing. I really like how it is turning out. I am using a yarn from Jojoland called Bloom. The yarn is actually two strands of yarn twisted together. The base yarn is a apple green wool wrapped with a white and black cotton yarn. It gives it a tweedy look.

I think I will really like this one once it is completed.

Better finish the seaming so I can finish up the neckline. With the cold weather, this should be a nice weight of sweater to wear around.

Pumpkin hat

I have been busy knitting sweaters. And that is just it...I am knitting them but I haven't seamed them up.
So instead I got distracted by the season and a little girl's first birthday. My great niece Siana turned one last month. She is just the right size to wear an adorable pumpkin hat.
This is the first pumpkin hat I have made and I did it without a pattern.
The hat started with an i-cord and worked down from the top ending with a ribbed edge.
For fun, I knitted a leaf and a curly tendril to go on the top.
The yarn is Patons "Look at me" baby sport yarn.

Okay time to add a post

I may not be posting but I am definitely knitting.
I have a gorgeous yellow sweater that only needs to be seamed up the sides. It is made out of Brown Sheep Prairie Silk in a yellow named as Leveraged Lemon. The pattern is from Interweave Knits and is called Printed Silk Cardigan by Connie Chang Chinchio.
I have to admit that I hate seaming. Really hate seaming. So I started another project.
It is a apple green cotton and wool yarn from Jojoland. I am working on the back now and it is looking pretty good.
Nope, I haven't seamed the yellow sweater yet...