I think I did a dumb thing.

I started Fantasy Hockey. I probably shouldn't have done it, but I thought it would be fun. I really think its going to either drive me to drink or want to kill someone.

But I got some cool players with my draft picks I even got the $67 million boy. WOOHOO, let's see how that works out for me....I'm thinking probably not so well.

Here's my team so far. Hope everone enjoys watching me drive myself crazy all season, but really thats not a long ride. I'm just happy I got a whole lot of Tigers. WOOHOO.
S. Crosby
S. Bates
A. Hilbert
S. Regier
R. Torres
R. Smyth
J. Blake
M. Satan
C. Armstrong
T. Hunter
S. Eminger
B. Gervais
C. Campoli
A. Zhitnik
R. DiPietro
C. Ward

It's all about the pink

This was a weekend of hockey, knitting and pink was included with both of those things.

I was knitting at the hockey game this weekend...of course I was, did you expect anything less of me. But I was working on the booties and now a hat. I can't believe it, back to the ususal.

I was watching 2 games our 1st two home games of the season, and yes they were both losing games :-(

I guess, they are just going to have to play all the games on the road. That way we might win all of our games.

Sundays game was "Pink Rink" night, it was for breast cancer awareness, the players used pink sticks and they auctioned them off, I think they said they raised over $7000.00 for everything that they did that night. It was a good cause so we dressed in pink to support this good cause. And I happily donated to the cause as well. Last weekend, we actually did the breast cancer walk and as a group we raised over $2000.00, so again, I think we did.

Here are some pictures of the pink sticks. Hope everyone enjoys.

Stupid Booties.

I've made and ripped out the same pair of baby booties 4 times. I hate the pattern I have!!!

Everytime I get them finished, I just don't like they way they look. If someone else has a pattern I would be forever grateful.

Sorry, just wanted to share my frustration.

Have a nice day.

1st weekend of Hockey.

It was a very long weekend.

1st after work on friday we saw our 1st regular season game. It was the Hartford Wolfpack vs Bridgeport Soundtigers. (the big instate rivals)

They squeaked out a win with 5 unanswered goals in the 3rd winning 6-3, it was looking a little scary for a while but they pulled it off.



Saturday we went to the 2nd game of the seaons in Wilkes-Barre PA. That game didn't turn out quite the way we wanted it to.

They lost 4-1, but in other good New's the Islander's won a game with the same score 4-1. woohoo, I guess if the $67million boy dosen't play we win.

But after driving home from PA saturday night, I got up early sunday morning and did a Breast Cancer walk in Harford, so, a 3 hour drive from PA, a 1 hour drive to Hartford, and 5 miles and 230.00 later, I'm home and 1/2 asleep.

The only good thing is, I finished the scarf that I'm going to wear to "Pink Rink" night on Sunday. It should be a fun game, the players are wearing Pink jersey's and gloves, and using Pink sticks. I can't wait to take pictures.....big burly hockey players wearing pink. It's going to be funny.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Ok, we went last evening to our annual hockey fun cruise with the players, but unfortunatly due to a broken boat, the cruise was cancelled :-( so they had to do some last minute scrambling and deceided to have the event at the arena instead.

So we went to the arena, and got to see a few old of the guys that have been with the team for a couple of years now.

Two players specifically, they love to hate us, and thats ok, The 1st words out of Matt Koalska's mouth were, here comes trouble, but thats what he always says to us, and Steve Regier, just put his head down and shook it. It truely was the funniest thing, I've seen in a while.

Two grown men....hockey players for the New York Islander's, scared of a few girls.

Ok they really weren't scared, but you have to know the two of them to really appriciate how funny they really are.

All-in-all, it was a great night, and we had a fun time. Can't wait till the home opener, it'll be here soon enough.

I did a bad thing.

Ok, I did a bad thing today,

I frogged a little bit....ok, alot. I ripped out both sweaters I'm working on. I think the green sweater was knitting to tight and I didn't like the way it was coming out, so there it went. Gone.

The 2nd thing that I did, was a the elusive orange sweater. It's gone and never to return. So know I have a whole lot of orange yarn, that I have to find something to do with it.

It's a wostered, it's kinda shiny, and pretty, and very soft. It's an acrylic, but it looks like it could be silk. I fell in love with it, but I just can't do anything with the stuff.

Well, live and learn right?

Happy Knitting.

Started something else.

Ok, so the A.D.D. kicked in and I just couldn't help myself. I found the prettiest hunter green chunky yarn.

I didn't know what I was going to do with it to begin with so I figured, I just knit a nice warm winter sweater, nothing exciting or fancy, just plain with raglan sleeves, something to throw on when you are freezing (kinda like right now) I'm not ready for summer to be over yet, I hate the winter.

Also, I started a quick little scarf for myself, nothing exiciting there either, but I am doing a breast cancer walk on sunday, and I wanted to knit a pink scarf to wear, got about 1/2 of it done, but it'll be done on sunday so that's all that matters.

SO MUCH YARN, SUCH LITTLE TIME.

10 Comandments of hockey

Since opening day is less than a week away, I'd figure I'd share them with you. Ok, I need to work on a few of them, but what's a girl to do. At least it dosent say you can't knit and watch at the same time.

1. Thou shall keep thy butt in Thou's seat whenever the puck is in Play.

2. Thou shall not put any team before the home team.

3. Thou shall dress appropriatley so that one can be recognized for which team you are allienced
to, and so that there will be no need for fixing hair,makeup, and assorted bra-straps during the game.

4. Thou shall not have disruptive electronic communicative devices at your seat during the hockey game.

5. Thou shall not covet the visiting teams players.

6. Thou shall let others fully express themselves at all times during a hockey game.

7. Thou shall do everything humanly possible to disrupt the opposing goaltender.

8. Thou shall take the ref's name in vain.

9. Thou shalt not die during a hockey game.

10. Thou shalt cheer as hard as possible for the home team no matter what he score is, no matter what the season record is.

Here's the Scarf

Ok, heres the scarf for the ISE2 Hope everyone likes it, also hoe the person that I knit for likes it too.

It kinda looks like spaghetti or some thing that came out of the sea, like kelp,.

Excited about 2 things.

CLINCH!!!!! 9 years in a row. AL EAST CHAMPS!!! WOOHOO. Can't wait for the playoffs.



Ok, the 1st thing that I'm excited about is. The Yankees win the AL East Championship for the 9th year in a row. WOOHOO!!!

The 2nd thing that I'm excited about. While watching the Yankees lose the game tonight to Toronto, I FINISHED MY SCARF!!!!!

It came out really pretty. Can't wait to send it off. I hope the person that I knitted it for really likes it. So 2 good things in one night. Just wanted to share.

Have a good night. I know I will

It's almost done.

It's almost finished.
Woohoo, just wanted to share with everyone.

The purse is almost done, just have to sew it together and then felt it, and the scarf is almost done as well.

I got all this finished on Saturday and Sunday. Ok, so that's all I did all weekend was watch 4 Yankees game (only 1 winning game) and 1 Dolphin's game (no winner there...Stupid Dolphin's)
But hey all I have to do with the scarf is finish the last row and it's done. Granted that's almost 1000 stiches right now on the needle....uggghhh

Then it's baby blanket finishing time. Just have to get finished by October 1st so still have 2 weeks of quality knitting time.

Let's go Yankees

Ok, so I spent the last 2 weeks knitting up a storm.

Know it's gonna be a nasty weekend so I'm gonna finish up my bag from the ITEII. It's gonna be a lot of baseball watching and a lot of knitting. I should finish it up this weekend. It's almost done now.

Just have to finish the sides and felt it. WOOHOO.

All this and hopefully see the Yankees clinch the division.

Should I say it now you should I wait......

Ok, I'll say it now!!!

STUPID DOLPHINS!!!!!!!

Ok, so you all knew it was coming, but UUUUGGGGHHH, it's gonna be a long football season. That's usually something that happens about week 7 or 8, I'm wandering around aimlessly muttering it under my breath, ok so now I got to say it on week one....woohoo, makes me proud.

Ok, so I really wasn't all their fault they lost 28-17, but 1 bad penatly in when it was 3rd and 16, hands to the face, 5 yard/automatic 1st down. so what should have been a punt deep in enemy territory turned into the steelers marching up the field to the 50 yard line or so, then a 86 yard run back in the 4th quarter that was called a touchdown, but after the replay showed the guy was out of bounds at the 2 yard lines, ok so they still might have gotten the touchdown, but it wasn't a guarantee, they could have screwed it up and not gotten it. Then 2 passes by Culpepper, and 2 interceptions run in for touchdowns.

It was just an ugly game, they started off so promising but it just didn't end that way.
Ok thats enough of my ranting.

On a postive note. While watching the game, I got 1/2 of my pocketbook knitted. So only a little more to go. It's gotta be done by October 31, it'll be done by next weekend, if I keep up at this rate.

WOOHOO!!!!

It was a nice holiday weekend. So far so good. I spent yesterday thinking I was some sort of water creature, because all it did was rain. But like they say when life gives you lemons....go shopping. Ok so that's really not the phrase but it works for me.

I spent my rainy Saturday seaching for yarn for my ITE2 bag, but after 4 hours and several LYS's later, I found it. It's yummy, and that's all I'm going to say because my pal wants a surprise....(so you just have to wait to see later.)

Also, spent a few hours in the mall. Again, not a problem. Wondering the local mall aimlessly on a rainy saturday. What can be better than that.

Sunday I spent the day doing the complete opposit. I spent the day roasting in the hot summer sun at a baseball game. Ok, so now I look like some sort of lobster, (get out your lemon and butter) But not to worry the red will fade and everything will be alright.

Now all I have to do, is survive one more day, going to be a glutton for punishment and do the same thing tommorow. (Maybe I'll bring my yarn with me and I can knit at the game. Usually I only knit at hockey games, but hey there's a 1st for everything right?)

Let's see if I end up a little more red tommorrow.

My 1st dishcloth....Hey i'm a little slow with the easy things

This is my first attempt at a dish cloth.

But I think it came out good, I really like it.

Here's the pattern, if anyone wants to try

Needle: #6
Yarn: 100% cotton
Cast on 4
Row 1 knit
Row 2 k2, yo, knit across
Repeat Row 2 until you have 28 stitches
Row 24 k2, yo, k11, p2, knit across
Row 25 k2,yo, knit across and all odd rows to 37
Row 26 k2, yo, k11, p4, knit across
Row 28 k2, yo, k11, p6, knit across
Row 30 k2, yo, k11, p8, knit across
Row 32 k2, yo, k11, p10, knit across
Row 34 k2, yo, k11, p12, knit across
Row 36 k2, yo, k11, p14, knit across
Row 38 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k8, p16, knit across
Row 39 k1,k2tog, yo, k2tog, knit across and all odd rows until finish
Row 40 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k6, p18, knit across
Row 42 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k5, p18, knit across
Row 44 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k5, p7,k2,p7, knit across
Row 46 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k5, p5,k4,p5, knit across
Row 48 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, k5, p3,k6,p3 , knit across
Row 50 k1,k2tog, yo,k2tog, , knit across
Repeat Row 50 until you have 4 stitches on the needle.You can now either bind off or do a round of single crochet and make a little loop of chain stitches in one corner so you can hang the cloth to dry when you are finished using it.

Sari Yarn and Baby Blankets.

Ok, so the baby blanket isn't being knitted out of the sari yarn but still. Actually I think if I knitted the baby blanket out of the sari yarn, the mother of said baby, wouldn't use it.

She was actually grossed out one day by it because, we found a toenail in it. Hey the joys of yarn that was handspun in India....what do more do you want....at least it didn't stink too bad.

The baby blanket is coming along well, it's almost 1/2 done we are trying for it to be about crib size when it finishes. And it's almost there. Saw a real cute pattern for a blanket knitted on the bias, so I deceided to do that.

Let's see how it works out.

Now for the sari yarn update. It's a purse, not like I don't have enough already I might need another one. I really like the way its coming out. I messed it up a little bit and ripped it out (it was only about 4 hours of knitting that I started over....no biggy, I've done it before, don't worry, i'm sure I'll do it again.

So thats my little update. I'll keep you posted.

Sweep!!!!

It was a good weekend for Knitting and baseball.

The majority of the weekend was spent doing a little bit of both. Watching 5 New York Yankee games....which was a good thing, because they won all 5 games.

And yes while watching all the games. What did I do you ask? I was knitting.

Still working on 3 projects. 1 baby blanket for a friend, a purse made of recycled sari yarn, and the ever elusive orange sweater.

The baby blanket, I ran out of yarn, and have to go to the store and get more. The purse, I'm knitting in the round and got about 25 rounds done on it.

And the ever elusive orange sweater....still sitting in my knitting bag, the only thing i've done to it, I need the needles that it was on to work on the purse, so I took it off the circular needles that it was on and put it on straight needles.....woohoo, I got a row knit.

Knitting Olympic's....Part Deux.

Ok Small Snafu in the Knitting olympics.  My original project had to be put on hold.  Why you ask?  I now have an emergency baby blanket to knit.....by SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!  UGGHHHHH. 

Ok, so that only now gives me 4 days.  So I better get my fingers a cracking and moving quickly.  So if you see the picture above.  This  is what I'm now knitting.   Ok, so it's not as challenging as the sweater....Which BTW is more than 1/2 finished.

So wish me luck and let the games begin....AGAIN!

Ok so sitting in drs office waiting for babby to come out contemplating the weekends events.

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Interesting Weekend

Ok, I don't know if I would call it interesting, but....I don't really know what to call it.

It started out, as a simple hockey weekend away. One night in the fabulous city of Wilkes-Barre, PA woohoo, simple easy to the point. We set out to leave for the WB on Saturday morning around 10am, again, ok no problems there, and 2 1/2 hours later we arrive at our destination, still ok. We were suppose to go to the.................