Knotty Mouse

Idea stolen from todays blog post by La. Its a photo of my handspun South African Fine from Spunky Eclectic in the “Leaf Peep” colourway. Enjoy!

My first order from The Loopy Ewe came in the other day (talk about lightning fast shipping..) and I started on Munchkin’s snake socks last night while watching some crappy tv. The yarn is Opal Rainforest and I’m already finished with the first sock! Getting the right amount of stitches at the cast on for my son’s kid size 13 feet was very tricky and I was really getting frustrated until I hit on the right amount - 8th time is the charm and all that. I actually had him try on my second STR sock that was in progress and estimate the amount from that.. somehow it worked. The maths.. it is not my friend.

Its disgustingly hot here in GA and I’m pretty sure that my brain is going to melt before cool weather hits. So, in honor of my slightly mushy brain and lack of complete thoughts.. I give you random bullet points of nonsense!

• I’m motoring through the second STR sock and I’m actually ready to start the Broadripple cuff.. I love sport-weight yarn.
• I’m spending entirely too much time at Ravelry. I’m “Mouse” there and if you “friend” me, I’ll add you as well. Apparently I’m very whoreish with the friending - which is apparently obvious by my bloglines reading list of close to 200 feeds. “oh.. so-and-so commented and has a blog.. I’ll add it and read it too…” um yeah.. and I wonder why I feel like I spend all day online.
• There’s been a run the sheep bags at my Etsy shop and I’m painting, printing and packing up a storm. The only crap thing about the handmade stencils I’m using is that I can only get one to two prints before I have to draw and cut a new one. Slow going.. but worth it.
• I’m glad y’all liked the photos from the grocery store..  I’ll definitely have to take more pictures of silly things I find like that!
• I’m super proud of myself. Last week I cleaned my closet ( a walk in closet that I take up all on my own. Hubby’s clothes live downstairs) and I can WALK in it! Everything is hung up (not thrown on the floor) and I even managed to get rid of close to 4 trash bags of clothing to charity.  I still need to pair down more but I’ve definitely reduced the clothes by 1/3rd.