New button...

Be on the lookout for new colorways by the end of the week!

House pictures...

Well, there is some progress going on. There should be more, but it's not going to happen with the weather looking like this!

Progress as promised....

Well, it's been crazy busy around here. I've been dyeing a lot more, have sold a few but also I'm working on stocking my yarn at a local craft store a little north of here! Mr. Outdoors made me a few things.... a skein winder and a warping board. There also is a little bit of progress on the house lately (more pictures later). There hasn't been a whole heck of a lot of knitting going on, but hopefully that will change soon!

Open for business!!!

Ok, this is a long shot, but I've put up 10+ different colorways and have even come up with name.... Tallgrass Yarns. They are 100% wool, and 100grams (approx 240 yards). All prices include shipping within the continental US, my friends from Austrailia just need to contact me and we'll make a deal about the shipping.

Please come by and just take a look. The pictures are much better and show of the colors really nicely!

3 Ladies Who Knit the Socks of Death...

Ok, so they are not the socks of death, but it's one sock that took me FOREVER to make. I got the pattern over Memorial Day weekend at a LYS in Grove. It's from Fiber Trends and part of a group of 3 called "Walking Away Socks". It reminds me of dragonflies!



The 3 Ladies Who Knit the Socks of Death is actually the name of a chapter in this book. It is a Young Adult selection, but it's also AWESOME! It's a great mix or adventure, coming of age and Greek mythology! I highly recommend to anyone age 10 and up!

As far as the Friday Night Knitting Club, I finished it and it is wonderful. It's not really about knitting, the actual craft, but more about how life is like knitting. I really want to read it again, but no time.

Also, while I was knitting on the sock I cranked out this!

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Lost!!

I've been meaning to post knitting and dyeing, but I've been too wrapped up in the fact that our little dog (Lilee) a Jack Russell Terrier, disappeared from our backyard yesterday afternoon. She has been gone 12+ hours so she is officially lost! THe girls are just devastated. Hopefully, she will turn up soon!

UPDATE: Lilee has been found by a good Samaritan about 2 miles away. She heard our announcement on the radio! Lilee is now in our possession and happy to be home!

Knitting Daily...

I've been waiting rather impatiently for Knitting Daily to come up and now it's here. It's a part of Interweave and it has some great patterns. Plus, also, Knitty is up! WOO HOO! It's a good day.

Summer Reading...

Since I am now off(..yeah right) for the summer I've decided to get back on the reading bandwagon. It truly has been WAY too long since I read a book for pleasure. Well, it's not all about pleasure. I'm also reading some Young Adult books to catch up on some reading for my new job this August in the 5th grade.

I've already read a great book that I'll talk about later, but now I'm reading a book that is perfect for me. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs is pretty good so far, I'm not ready to give out a full review yet, but that's because I'm only on page 73. I did see however, that it is already slated to be a movie starring Julie Roberts in 2008.

The best thing about the summer is that the girls are reading...a lot.

Also on a side note....Nan (almost 4.5) is now riding a bike without training wheels!WOO HOO!

I've been DYE-ing to blog...

I've been bit by the dyeing bug. I was given a bunch of wool from a friend of mine and have been going crazy! I've never been all that great of an artist (painting, drawing, etc) but I've found my niche with dyeing the yarn! It's been fantastic! The pictures below are a bit grainy. I have better pictures, but I just need to pick them up next time I'm at the store.

Hiya!

Well, I'm back! I've been out of commission for the past month or so. It's been one of those things where a lot has been going on here over at Chez Procrastiknitter. Since I took the new job, finished out the old one and then I've been acclamating to being a stay at home mommy. I am dealing with a lack of inspiration. No inspiration about blogging, not a lot of inspiring knitting either.

I do have some pictures and other things to talk about later, but I really want to get this blog updated, fixed up and situated. Stop by later on in the week. I promise I'm back! LOL.

Up late and bored....

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Knittin' Kittens...

Hi all, I am here, although swamped. I'll post more about knitting progress, job, etc later. Today in our newspaper was a story about the ladies that made all the scarves for our kids for the Soaring Eagles Project and a few quotes from me. I thought you might enjoy it.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/community/article.aspx?articleID=070530_9_ZE2_hKnit15817

I have been knitting...

With Mother's Day and all, I did nothing but knitting for the entire week, well that and work. I ended up making 3 pairs of fuzzy feet for Mr. Outdoor's mom and grandmothers. And then I made 6 MD dishcloths for everyone else. It's nice to not have something I HAVE to do. Well, I take that back I'm working on a hat, booties and sweater for next door neighbor's impending baby girl. They are due sometime next week.

I thought that everything would be much more relaxed now that I have a new job and all, but I was wrong. It's been a rough week at work. Only 12 more school days left (with kids). It can't be done fast enough. LOL. Thanks for all the well wishes and such! I appreciated your comments all so much!

I'm bringin' sexy back...

well...not really, but I'm back. It's been a trying few weeks. The job interviews (5 1st interviews and 3 2nd interviews) were exhausting and really hard on my family with me being gone a lot. Things here at school have been stressful and completely absurd and add to that a gallon of family drama. But I'm better and I'm happy because .......

I GOT A JOB!!!!

I will be teaching 5th grade in a school very similar to the one I'm at now, but the difference is that it is only 5 miles away from home ....ROUND TRIP!

I'll have the same schedule as my own children, but it will also be nice because I'll still be with the kids of kids that I yearn to teach! I can't wait. Mr. Outdoors is downright giddy. I'm pretty sure that is has to do with the fact that after June 1st I won't have a monthly gasoline bill around $500-550 a month! LOL.

I'm in deadline territory with my knitting. There are scads of birthday and Mother's Day knitting to be done this week!

Not a drop of knitting...

Last week there was lots of intention, but not a drop of knitting. I was all geared up for the Job Fair on Friday. I came, I saw, I got 5 interviews. The 1st interview was on Monday and it went pretty good. The 2nd interview was yesterday and it went better. I know that I will not know about any of the interviews until the end of next week at the earliest. I'm trying to give all of the schools (in my town) a fair chance. The stress has been getting to me though, so yesterday I MADE myself knit and I felt so much better. Today is the only day that I don't have an interview so it's homecooking for dinner and a clean house for the kids.

Hopefully I'll have some pictures for you, but until then, Here is a peek of what we did Sunday.

Pictures of the girls

I'm here!

It has been a wild and crazy week and a half or so and it will continue until the end of May I think! LOL. I have been knitting quite a lot, just not really spending too much time on the laptop. I made a pair of fuzzy feet for Mr. Outdoor's great grandmother to replace a pair that she put in the dryer last week. She needs a second pair so that's what I'm working on now. A MD kimono for Mr. Outdoor's cousin's new baby. She's a doll and I love her name, Davy Grace. Goes very well with her sister Charlie Rose.

I made quite a few of the slipped stitch dishcloths. I sold a few, and then I'm hosting our monthly girls' cards night tomorrow night so I'll use these as part of a gift basket.

Jury duty continues, however the knitting during jury duty has ceased. I was actually chosen for a trial that started yesterday. However, it's supposed to finish up today. I have lots to say about it, but not until we get done. I am kind of enjoying not being at school this week, but it's just that time fo year.

Also, if you wouldn't mind, I would appreciate all the positive vibes or prayers that you could spare on Friday afternoon. I'm going to a teacher job fair for the town that I live in. From what I understand there are quite a few applicants and not all that many jobs. I LOVE my school in Tulsa, but I need to be closer to home for my girls and for my pocketbook as I haven't been making all that much since I'm spending about $300-400 or more a month on gas. Mr. Outdoor's business is going like gangbusters, but with his job and then working on the house there just isn't much time left over to help with the girls. This was not anticipated at all, and it's new territory for us all.

(((HUGS)) to you all. Hopefully after Friday things will slow down for a few days.

And now presenting.....

The MD Mitered Square Blanket for Nan!!!

A Close up!

Working on a MD Baby Kimono for Mr. Outdoor's cousin's baby due next month.

Working on my first toe up socks. Pattern is from Cookie A.'s debut on Knitty Gritty.

Just a random sock that might end up as a Christmas present. I'm making this one up as I go along. It's made from Alpaca Mist. It's a yarn that was given to me and I'm not sure where it came from. But it's very similar to when I made my grandmother's sweater.

The spot of our future home....more to come later!

God Bless Joey...

Joey is my FIL's administrative assistant's nephew. HE ROCKS! Do you know why he rocks? When I took my computer to him Windows would not load, I was told all of the files were corrupted and we would have to reformat. I would love EVERYTHING!

Then, I got the laptop back last night, expecting the worst. I ended up with everything in tact and I am so thankful!

Ok, so plan on some pictures tonight. I promise. It's my only night this week that I'm actually going to be home until Sunday. No big trip planned, but something awesome is happening so I'll share soon!

Code Blue...STAT!!!

Well the show went well. For his first public appearance as a cabinet maker, he did very well. His charm shone brightly. I just told him to pretend like he was still a teacher at parent/teacher conferences. That helped slightly. Last night was really about getting his name out in the public eye and for them to see what he could do. It will probably take awhile before everyone starts calling, but that's ok. At least they know that he is here now.

While at the vendor part of the show, I was able to sneak away and found a booth for this little boutique in town. I looked down and saw Mason Dixon Wash Cloths knitted up in a variety of colors and she had them priced at $8 a piece. When I went back a little later, all 20 cloths were gone. She had sold them all!

Ok, now back to the code blue. I came home late last night after working with Mr. outdoors at the home show. I wanted to upload the pictures of the blanket and the tank top that I am working on. I started up my beloved Laptop and all of a sudden an error message appeared and said that my Windows file was corrupted. Grrrrrrrrr. I tried to reinstall windows but it said I had to uninstall components before reinstalling, but I couldn't uninstall. Sheesh! Luckily, Mr. Outdoors has a friend that is a whiz with this sort of thing and works not for money but for beer! LOL.

On the land front, we took a visit. While it is a beautiful spot it looked small for 10 acres, we asked where the rest of the land was and they said that 4 of the 10 acres were under the river. ENough said, we'll stay with our lot in town. Although I was getting breifly excited abotu getting some animals. Oh well, another time perhaps.

Tales of a Knitting Snob...

I bet you were hoping to find a post with pictures of Nan's completed blanket! It is done, but Mr. Outdoors has been busy with the camera and getting ready for his big Expo tomorrow evening. He is a vendor and also created the kitchen for the Taste of Home Cooking School that will be in our town tomorrow night. We have all been pitching in. ALthough his new business of cabinet and furniture making is going better than we ever dreamed, it has mostly been through word of mouth. This will be his first public affair. As far as the blanket goes, I'm finding that I'm a snob...well a knitting snob. I have decided that for me......crocheting is the work of the devil. I just can't do it...well very well. You would think that it wouldn't be THAT difficult as it is a needle art and it's not like tatting or anything. Nope. I looked completely ridiculous and it took TONS of time to crochet all those damn squares together.

Last week was crazy as well because we are finally going to start building our house. We have the loan, and we are supposed to go sign for the land (a new in-town lot) Wednesday. However, there has been a snag, but a welcome one. A friend of my FIL called and asked if we wanted to buy 10 acres in the country (only 4 miles from town though). We don't know what the land looks like or anything so we are going to truck out there tonight.

I have figured out that when the house gets started my knitting is definitely going to suffer. There are so many catalogs to look through and things to do that it isn't even funny.

Also, an apology to my KALs and to those whose blogs I normally visit. I promise I'll stop by sometime this week.