I stumbled on to this neat-o rating system from Gimmesanity’s blog. Very nifty. 
LOL, I try to be such a goodie-two-shoes when I write stuff since it’s the on-line world you never know how you come off to people. In the real world, I have a bit of a potty mouth, but for some reason, I feel the need to be pretty clean on-line, how odd is that.
It’s been almost a month since I ventured into unknown territory. Moving past the plain vanilla stockinette socks and onward towards what seems to be the most knit sock pattern of the moment…Cookie A’s Monkey socks. It really is a quick knit, but I had to put it away for a bit since it dawned on me that I’ve signed myself up for quite a few swaps and exchanges. 
Eppp. So I had to start some of those projects right away. First up, I really need to finish up socks for my Sockapalooza4 pal. I decided on the Lorna’s Laces Uptown, but it’s not looking as fab as it did all skeined up. I’ll have to post some pics of it when I get a chance so ya’ll can give me some input. And sadly, I really need to get going on the baby blanket that is just lingering in my knitting bag. It’s about more than half way done, but grrr, summer classes and work have just tired me out. I hardly get much sleep time.
Which then makes me look like this…
. Anywho, here is my one fantabulous monkey…and yes, I did cast on its mate so I could eventually end up with a pair.
Sorry about this drabby pic, but I really wanted to show how the yarn really looks like in real life since my previous pic shows it being brighter.
And last but definitely not least, I want to say a big T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U to Janet for sending me such a great gift. The hand cream is awesome. If ya’ll ever get a chance, definitely check this stuff out. It’s a light cream and soaks right into the skin leaving a nice Verbena fragrance. Plus I get to try out some Gardener’s Hand Therapy. I’ve been wanting to check this stuff out since quite a few people have recommended this stuff on some of the knitting forums.
LOL 
More haording, little knitting. But I have started my socks for my Sockapalooza4 Pal. So yippee for that!
Will keep ya’ll posted when I take more pics. I just wanted to post a shout out to the awesome on-line sock yarn store: yarn4socks.com. They had a great special for their subscribers. 20% off!!! That’s just amazing! I was able to add to my Fleece Artist stash. Yeah, I know, I’ve yet to knit with it, but like I always say, sock stock doesn’t go down, it’s a pretty stable investment. hehe.
And here my pretties are..
Fleece Artist Basic Merino Sock Yarn
Fruit Punch
Tiger (This one was purchased especially for my coworker who made me the awesome crochet blanket. I hope to make her some awesome socks!)
Origin
Mermaid
No actual knitting progress. I think I spend too much time reading about knitting than actual knitting itself. 
Anywho, just to have some kind of picture content, here are some images of more stash accumulation that I’ve yet to post since I feel like such a hoarder. 
Plus I’m slowly creeping towards the po’ house as I invest into the sock stash stock. 
Left to Right: Purple Club, Red Rover, Uptown, Camouflage. You’ve already seen a few of these in action such as the Camo.
Claudia Hand Painted Yarns: Red Wagon.
This colorway is really pretty. I like the little bits of green just popping out in the sea of reds and pinks.
I was knitting the other day and had rubbed on some new balm I picked up at my LYS and my mom said, “What in the world is that smell?” So pretty much from the look on her face, yeah, the balm is stinky. LOL I really am okay with the smell since I’m use to balms and creams made from all natural ingredients. The funny thing to the incident is that I had used the same stuff at work and a coworker walked into the break room and said, “why does it smell like Raid in here?” I just about laughed so hard since it was me. Anywho, I got to thinking, I have tons of hand stuff maybe I should post little tid bits about them just in case someone out there was interested. And I will definitely let ya’ll in on which hand balm caused all this…
Well…here’s what I could find lying around:
I don’t think its too much? Do you? I do have a thing about my hands being dry. I can’t stand it! Especially since I work in the hospital and I wash my hands just about a million times a day. So I need tons and tons of lotions. And since my love affair with knitting, well, that enabled me to buy more creams. Wool dries my hands out even more especially when I am in love with a certain pattern and have to knit it all up asap.
(I’m always on the look out to try new stuff, so if you use something awesome, cue me in on it.
puhhleeasssee!)
I’m gonna try something new, seeing as how this is gonna be a long post, I thought I’d give you the chance to decide if you want to read more about the items . So if you’re interested than… Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve just been playing around with the site. I was kinda bored and wanted a little change, but gosh, one thing lead to another and then another. I kept adding little small things to the page. Nothing too flashy, just little tweeks to the code. But the whole reason of all this is that I just want to apologize for all the pings or what not for all ya’ll out there using bloglines. I think it pings the site or what not saying I have a dozen new posts when in actuality I’m just fixing little glitches. So “my bad”. I hope everyone is having a good Monday.
