3/28/2006 10:53:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|Since i screwed up yesterday's pair so badly, i made another pair. I had some Paton's Merino Wool in my stash and I used it to do this pair. They fit a man's size 9 perfectly. How do I know? i tested them on a friend that has the same size feet. ;) Pre-felt...they are gigantic. My blackberry doesn't even fit in the heel. Post-Felt. Perfect size. they just need to dry and be mailed off to be loved and worn. Project: Knitty's Fuzzy Feet Yarn: Paton's Merino Wool (Yarn was doubled) Colors: Deep Olive (00205) and Leaf Green (00240) Needle Size: US13 Date Started: March 28, 2006 (12am) Date Finished: March 28, 2006 (9pm) NOTE: i did not knit on these continously for 21 hours straight. oh no...i went to sleep around 4am...woke up around 1030a. Cleaned up a bit....ate some lunch..went to work...there were things done! Do you guys dig the colors? I kept thinking...CHOCOLATE MINT! ;) I want to make a pair of fuzzy feet for some kids. those would be super fast knits. this is an idea brewing in my tiny little brain...|W|P|114360837872437880|W|P|Another pair of Fuzzy Feet|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/29/2006 02:30:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Wow - I really like the colors of these. Yum, mint chocolate chip! I'm sorry that the other pair were over-felted, but at least you know someone that can use them... You! Hee!

You are constantly surprising me on your super quick knits. Damn, grrl. (hee)3/29/2006 05:46:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Yay for chocolate mint! They look great! Are you sure you didn't felt the first pair for yourself though? ;-) Hehehe.

Your pure and simple cardigan turned out great! Isn't it a superior productive weekend when you can churn out your own jacket in just a couple of days?

I've been told that when you're pregnant you notice other pregnant women...but it *does* seem there is an inordinate number of mothers-to-be this year.

If you really have too much baby yarn in your stash, wanna swap for some felting yarn? I've got a ton of Gjestal Naturgarn in sky blue, caramel and coffee that I bought for winter sweaters but will probably never knit up.3/27/2006 10:59:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|I stared a pair of Fuzzy Feet for a friend of mine who is coming to town on Weds for business. this person has been nagging me for 2 years now to make him a pair of sliippers. he has a weird thing about his feet...like they have to constantly be cradled and cared for. So he told me on Sat he was coming to town on Weds only. What a perfect opportunity to see if i can make a pair of Fuzzy Feet! I've done these before...for the same person...and i overfelted them when i made them a year ago. they were small enough for ME. and he's a guy w/ a size 9 foot. in comparison...i have a size 4 foot women/kids. So i started them yesterday before i went to Dallas SNB. (this is a RARE pic of me...thanks to Baigneuse for the photo).
I got pretty far before I left there. So i finished them off this morning..i dind't have classes so i slept in till noon. it felt so weird. anyway..i finished them today. RAN to my washing machine. but before the washing...i took a picture.
My kitty tried to sneak into the picture. evil baby. ;) So i felted them. They came out...OK. i tried to let them dry...and they were just too wet. So my friend came over to move some boxes for me (i'm always moving boxes) and i asked him to try them on b/c he has the same foot size as my friend. they were WAAAY too big. so i thought...RUN TO THE WASHING MACHINE!!! Bot-Gurl told me to sit and watch the felting to make sure it didnt felt TOO much. Well, i sat there and watched for 8 min. they were still too big. and i walked away. I WALKED AWAY. well, i checked after another 8 min....GUESS WHAT! they are TOOOO SMALL! they are so small they fit MEEEE. sigh...again...i over felted and made myself another pair of Fuzzy Feet.
They shrunk ALOT huh? hahaah. i'm so ashamed. Project: Knitty's Fuzzy Feet Yarn: Lamb's Pride Bulky Colors: m-26 medieval Red, M-75 blue heirloom Needle size: US13 Date Started: March 26, 2006 Date Finished: March 27, 2006 I dug through the stash and found more yarn to make another pair of Fuzzy Feet. i really shoudln't bother. hahahaah. I even called my friend and told him about the escapade. Let the nagging begin..he started nagging again. So i'm going to try again...but i'm going to see if i can do both feet on one long circ. hahaa. figuring out how to cast on has been a bitch! and after all this..he isn't even coming to town this Weds! whew..i got time. ;) I should finish up his thong.! hey..i can sew in the elastic band since i know how to thread my sewing machine! WHOOOO!!!
|W|P|114352446062576129|W|P|Fuzzy feet....|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/28/2006 02:03:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|you HAVE to show pics of the thong when you're done. i will be very upset if you don't.
=)3/26/2006 12:33:00 AM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|I suck at sewing. anyone that knows me knows i fear the sewing machine. i fear it for these 2 primary reasons:
  1. I don't understand how to thread the F-ing thing
  2. I'm scared of sewing my hands to the fabric. lol
So i saw these REALLY cute pincushions...and I felt the deep desire to make one. ahhaah Bot-Gurl and I went and did the Hobby Lobby and Joann's to get fabric and stuffs. That was alot of fun. lol. but i busted out the Hello Kitty sewing machine i got last summer and i actually sat down, read the directions, threaded it up...and got it going. so here is my first attempt at sewing...please do'nt laugh too hard. i'll cry if you do. ;)
not bad...but they can be MUCH better. but...another fear has been defeated for now. i kind of want to make other things now. LOL. i need to work on another set of pincushions. the ones in the pictures are so cute in comparison to MINE. hahaah I got some sad news today. There is this elderly couple that has been in my life since i was 5 years old. They were at the church I attended. I saw them all the time, had so many dinners w/ them....and when i got my licence, i picked them up and took them to church, bible studies, etc. Well, the husband has been failing in health the last few months and I've been meaning to go and visit him in health care home he was at in Houston (his daughters live in houston and was moved there around October). He passed away today at like 630p. i called my mom today and i was telling her i needed to hurry up and plan to go see him in his health care home...and i was going to go w/ my brother and my cousin. but it was hard to coordinate a time where all 3 of us could go...esp since my cousin lives in San Jose, CA. All three of us were close to this couple. And all three of us felt so terrible as we got the news today b/c we kept putting off seeing him. anyway....i got the news about it today and i just need to find out when the funeral is next week so i can make my plans to go. sigh..i hate going to Houston...and this is a horrible reason to go. :(|W|P|114335884990142109|W|P|Man i suck|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/26/2006 11:37:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|I've just started sewing too and i'm loving it so much...ive really got the sewing bug! If you want to have a look at the tote bag i made then its here:
http://dear-dolly.blogspot.com
i think your pincushions are cute!!!!I can't wait to see how your next poject turns out. :)3/26/2006 07:42:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|OMG I am so glad you can use the sewing machine now!!!!!!!!!3/27/2006 08:30:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. At least you are richer for having known him and it sounds he was richer for having made a friend in you.
Your pincushions are cuuuute!
Thanks for the birthday wishes, it was a super day!!3/27/2006 01:12:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|girl, your pincushions are cute!!! lucky you that you got some time to tackle your sewing machine fear (plus, getting to use your UBER cute HK machine). =) i'm green with envy here. i want to sew too!! maybe in a month or two, when i have more time on my hands.

on another note, sorry to hear about your elderly couple friends. hope next week you are able to say goodbye and make peace regarding this. *hug*3/22/2006 11:17:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|Project: Weekend Neck Down Jacket Yarn: Brown Sheep Burly Spun Color: BS62 Amethyst Needle Size: US17 Date Started: March 11, 2006 Date Finished: March 22, 2006 So i fixed the buttonband and actually made buttonholes. I only put 4 buttons on b/c i don't normally button up/zip up my outerwear unless it's snowing. this was a good knit. it was difficult b/c the needles were so large and the yarn so heavy....i finished like half of the project and then stopped for over a week. but i picked it up again thinking it was going to be so hot and just hanging at Simpatico for a sample. I think i might wear it tomorrow b/c it's so cold here....and when in the world would i get a chance to wear a jacket in March? hahaha. around here i mean. ;) The Back.... the side... Thanks to Flickr Tools for the silly borders and such.|W|P|114309171402928109|W|P|Finished jacket|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/23/2006 08:17:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Cute, cute, CUTE! I wanna see it ON!3/23/2006 11:09:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Awesome socks and awesome jacket! Yay for you! The buttons look great and I really like the color. But I agree w/ Chris - we need to see it on... YOU!3/23/2006 11:43:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|yay!! you finished it!! it looks great =D3/25/2006 10:12:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|WOW! Your sweater is amazing, I love how it looks and the color you chose. :)3/22/2006 09:51:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P| I actually finished my socks last week...but i coudn't put them on. I had cast off too tightly and i didn't realize that w/ toe up socks...there are tricks and stuff. So Bot-Gurl gave me some good tips and my socks are freaggin awesome. fit me like a perfect glove.
please ignore my fat ankles.
Project: 2 socks on 1 circ Yarn: Trekking XXL color 01 Needle Size: US1 Date Started: Feb 21, 2006 (at the hospital while waiting with my mom) Date Finished: March 22, 2006 I should have kept on trucking on these socks..i would have been done weeks ago! I've also been working on that Weekend topdown cardigan. Here it is blocking.... I put on a button band instead of the zipper that is in the picture. Again...b/c I don't know how to use my sewing machine and i bought some cute buttons to go on it. I"ll post totally finished pics later OMG...in looking at these pics...i just realized I didn't make buttonholes!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! i'll do that tonight after it finishes drying. DAMMIT.|W|P|114308629169043120|W|P|Socks and Jackets|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/22/2006 11:54:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|oooh, nice socks!! and a purple cardigan - love the color. =) sorry to hear about the missed buttonholes... not sure how to fix that (unless you force a hole in there..?) =P3/20/2006 10:07:00 AM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|It's been a week since I last updated! over a week! i tried to update last night..but blogger was having a hissy fit i guess. So I have been knitting. my brother drove up here on thurs to pick up his new car. When he's here, i don't get anything done. We just shop, eat, lounge, talk talk talk....so i didn't get any knitting done on those two days he was here. plus this week i've been working like a mad dog. work has been particularly frustrating. and i haven't been knitting at work b/c i've been so so so so busy. anyway.... I finished my socks...but when i bound off, it was TOO TIGHT! so Bot-Gurl gave me a tip and i need to readjust. So i'm not actually DONE...but i'm done. ;) I"ve been working on a weekend neck down jacket (pattern by Knitting Pure and Simple). A cardigan version of the weekend pullover, written for super bulky yarn at 2 stitches to the inch. You really can knit it in a weekend! Directions are given for a zipper closing, or a button band. Women's sizes small to x- large. Yarn shown is Burly Spun by Brown Sheep Yarns.
this is what it looks like in creamy white. SImpatico yarns has this yarn in stock, BTW if anyone is interested. lol. Well, i'm almost done w/ the jacket. I found out yesterday i didn't knit the body long enough. i mean..it's long ENOUGH...but i guess i'm so fat it comes up short. I'm half way thru the 2nd arm. so all i need is the collar, half of the 2nd arm, ummm....oh yeah. i should rip out the bind off and knit a few more rows on the body. i'm making it out of burly spun in TCU purple. hAHAHAHAH. and i think im' going to do a button band. yes..it's b/c i am scared of my sewing machine and i dont want to sew on a zipper! plus, i like shopping for buttons. :D I found out this week another friend is pregnant. sigh. that's 7 babies this year coming up. I think everyone needs to quit procreating. lol. so i think i've decided to quit buying baby yarn and start using baby yarn from my freaking stash. i have so much baby yarn, i really don't need to go out and buy MORE. we'll see if this proclamation holds up in court. i really need to go through and organize my stash as well. currently, i have yarn EVERYWHERE> if i was bold enough, i would take a picture to show everyone the freaking mess i have for a home. but i'm not that bold. ;) hahah. and it really erks me that i haven't maintained my original system for keeping up w/ all my yarn. you know what that means? i was buying faster than i could organize. *GASP!!!* i need help... someone....help me. lol i think that's it for now. ttfn :)|W|P|114287162851233291|W|P|wow a whole week already?|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/20/2006 03:17:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|i was just going to ask you whether you were going to sew on a zipper but then i read further down your post that you weren't... for the exact same reason i wouldn't either - still scared of my sewing machine! haha

i hear ya on the babies. it's like all of a sudden everyone around me is making babies. there's no way i can keep up. =P3/12/2006 10:24:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|Today was my first outing to the Dallas SNB. Bot-Gurl has been telling me for forever to go and I decided today was the day to try it out. I had alot of fun! I met alot of new ppl...I finally got to meet the Purling P's (I had met one of them last year i think...lol) i had been talking to via the internet..it was awesome. Had alot of good laughs and heard all about Stitches West from someone who ACTUALLY GOT TO GO!! (I'm so freaking jealous!!) I wish i could go to things like that..but then i'm GLAD i didn't go b/c i have no self-control and i probably would have gone bankrupt in a place like that. (Take my blood!! take it! I NEED YARN!) So i've been sort of working on stuff, sort of slacking. things i should finish, i haven't finished yet. i get sidetracked kind of often. hahaah. so here is a listing of the things i've been working on this week.... Project: NICU Friendly T-Bonnet Yarn: Filati Biberon Color 302 Needle size: US1 Dated Started: March 6, 2006 Dated Finished: March 7, 2006 One of our knitters at Simpatico has a premature grandbaby that was born last week. So i was looking at patterns for her to knit...and i found this gem. I got so inspired, i had to drop everything and make this little bonnet. I wish I modeled this bonnet on a tennis ball. It's too small to fit my Bitty Baby...and it's WAY too small for Zoe. ;) Project: 2 socks on 1 circ Yarn: Trekking XXL color 01 Needle Size: US1 Date Started: Feb 21, 2006 (at the hospital while waiting with my mom) I started these at the hospital...then put them away for a while...and started them up again this week. hopefully i'll finish them this week. it's the same pattern i used for my olympic socks...but no picot edge on these. I'll probably follow these up w/ a 2x2 rib. we'll see. Project: Baby-Bot (Smaller version of Jess Hutch's knitted robots) Yarn: Lion Brand MicroSpun Colors: Fuchsia, Lavendar, Purple, Mocha Needles: Size 3 US Started: Feb 21, 2006 I'm ALMOST done. I am seaming up all the bits and ends....and it needs to be stuffed. hehe. that's it. baby bot will be done and mailed off to my friend's daughter. :) I asked Bot-Gurl for a lesson in mattress stitch b/c my mattress stitch sucks so bad. She gave me a lovely lesson yesterday. Look at the pic above. Can you see the seam? hahahaha oooh...the Sopranos is back! and it's on now...must pay attention....|W|P|114222649298453443|W|P|Dallas SNB|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/13/2006 07:55:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Dang it -- if I knew you were going to finally be at SnB, I would have made more of an effort to show up!!3/13/2006 08:49:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|It was nice meeting you yesterday.

(I was the one in pink)3/13/2006 02:37:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|So sorry that I missed you at SnB yesterday. Stoopid life. ;P

Looks like you've done a wonderful job with the mattress stitch on the Baby-Bot. And you're really coming along on the socks. Like a pro! How are you liking the two-at-once?

That bonnet is too cute: heartbreakingly so.3/13/2006 10:35:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|It was sooooo great meeting you!!! I wish I could have stayed longer but the Squid needs his beauty rest! And that mattress stitching...loverly! And just because I feel like it...here are some more exclamation points !!! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!
!!! !!!!!3/14/2006 10:53:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|You've been busy! I recognize the yarn for the bonnet - I used the exact same one for my baby ski hat! But your bonnet is way cuter.

Trekking socks are looking pretty awesome.3/15/2006 07:01:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|We are so glad you came to SnB! Now that you broke the ice, you have to come ALL THE TIME! You were rockin' on those socks girl. I was starting to get dizzy watching you. I must get Bot to teach me the matress stich. That looks GREAT!3/08/2006 11:16:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|The Bunny Beanie was a huge hit at Simpatico! Alot of ppl thought it was cute..it made me feel better b/c i thought it was just too floppy. But everyone loved that about the hat...so now i'm all happy. hahaha. NanC said it was about time i posted more pics of my widdle baby Sassy. i agree...it's about time i took more of her. she's sometimes difficult to take pics of...b/c she knows when i pull out the camera, it's time to close her eyes. she hates it when i take pics of her...but i have so many. hahaha. well, here is pics of her.... A nice close up.... Look..she's lookin' at her mama! resting on the blanket... My cat is a polydactyl cat. So she got an extra toe. WHen i saw her at the pound...i didn't notice this trait on her until i got home. i thought her feet were so cute. She has a thumb! So i used to joke around and call her Thumbs..but that wasn't a good name. (i had this neighbor upstairs from me at my old old apt complex. we called HIM thumbs b/c some industrial accident chopped off his fingers and left him w/ a pinky and a thumb. so the dude would grip his beers w/ his thumb. anyway..that's another story for another day!) Anyway...her paws look like widdle mittens. :)|W|P|114188315666297416|W|P|kitty cats|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/09/2006 02:45:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|awww, you have a cat! and she's so cute!! i love the closeup pics. and the paw pic... so adorable!3/09/2006 08:10:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Love the kitty pics!! I know what you mean about the camera-shy thing . . . the autofocus IR on my camera always makes Abby *squint*.3/09/2006 09:26:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Aww, Sassy's paws DO look like little mittens. (But I guess that wouldn't be a good idea to knit her some. Especially if they had the idiot string connecting the two. Hee!)

I'm glad the bunny hat was a success at Simpatico. It is really cute, although I may have to investigate other yarns to knit it in.3/09/2006 11:09:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Excellent photo op of Sassy, quite photogenic. Cats are difficult to photograph. The extra toe thing is interesting. Ernest Hemingway bred kitties with the extra toe...they still roam his vacation home on Key West, I saw them. Just a little trivia.3/15/2006 06:57:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|I love your pictures of Sassy! Those are great! You need to frame one. I wish I could get pics like that of my animals, either they won't sit still or I have to use the flash and they either squint or have that devil-eye thing!4/04/2006 11:56:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Where I live, there are a lot of practioners of Santeria. Polydactyl cats are considered special spirits and are good luck. You are blessed.3/04/2006 11:34:00 PM|W|P|Jen Da Purse Ho|W|P|Thanks to all for your prayers and thoughts about my mama. She called me this week w/ crazy but better news: turns out she didn't have cancer after all. that lump on her thyroid was pre-cancerous...and that's why they decided to take it out of her. she doesn't need any kind of radiation, chemo, oral medication for the cancer. Thank goodness. she does have to take thyroid medication for the rest of her life...which she is fine with. i was mad when she first told me that the thyroid was removed from her for "no reason". but i am forever grateful she doesn't have cancer. This has been a semi-weird week. I caught another cold or something....i dunno. Coughing like crazy. it's been...ugh. kind of painful...so i haven't been knittng as usual. not knitting at night when i get home, etc. hehehe. but i think i'm getting better. My throat is still hurting...but oh well. I'm still working on another pair of socks. Slowing knittin' this week. But Mary Jane of Simpatico asked me to make a shop sample...a widdle bunny hat. Project: Bunny Beanie from Noe Knit. Yarn used: White: On-Line Linie 162 Pink: Classic Elite Four Seasons color petal 7619 Needle Size: US 7 Date Started: March 3, 2006 Date Finished: March 4, 2006 I had issues w/ the ONline Linie yarn. I didn't like knitting with it as much as i thought i would. It's too...wimpy. the fabric wasn't really dense. I started this pattern on size 8's like it called for...it came out HUGE...big enough for My head. And i did the picot edging....no good. You couldn't tell on that fuzzy yarn that it was a picot cast-on. so i gave up on it and just did a normal long-tail cast-on and then did a 4 row seed stitch border to avoid any rolling. anyway...because the fabric was sooo ...loose and not nice, i switched to size 7's. that didn't help much either...but at least the sizing was right. I don't know what was wrong. I got gauge w/ the us8 needles...but for some reason when i started the hat..it was just so airy. anyway..i had my doubts about this pattern...esp w/ the ears since they are so floopy. and i had problems making the ears at first b/c i'm completely illiterate and can't read pattern directions. The cough is spreading to my brain. but i DID love the Classic Elite Four Seasons. Lately I've had a serious preference to smooth yarns. I love the look of the stitches. Fuzzy yarn is starting to frustrate me. hahaha. Still slowly working on my socks...and i finsihed the robot knitting part. I just need to block and seam...and ta-da. the new bot will be done! maybe i should block tonight and make Bot-Gurl give me a lesson in mattress stitch tomorrow..... Speaking of Bot-Gurl....she finished a baby sweater and brought it in for us all to see. She giggled and asked if Zoe was in my car. she/it is always in my car...ready for a photo op! so we take pics of Zoe in Bot-Gurl's sweater...and i get home to clean up background and edit. I have too much time on my hands. I started putting Zoe in all these hilarious backgrounds. here is a sampling... In the London Subways...showing us a sign... On some beach paradise...showing us the water and palm trees In a court yard in Milan. ..introducing children. HAHAAH i'm a big loser w/ too much time on her hands!!! (Props to Frank for posting his pics online. I stole them from his photography website b/c he takes such beautiful photos from around the world. He's a distant family friend who i secretly loathe b/c i wish i had his *eye*) Oh...a blog announcement.....the blog url is also www.purse-ho.com as well. i figured it was about time i bit the bullet and bought it before someone else beats me to it. hahaha. and I did add a blogarithm up in the upper right hand corner if you'd like updates on when i update. what am i saying? i know i'm not that popular. hahahaha.|W|P|114153955682348649|W|P|Bunny Hat and Zoe|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com3/05/2006 09:07:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Wow! That's great news for your Mom!!! And the widdle bunny hat is so precious! Great job with photos!3/05/2006 09:58:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|hey girl! i think there IS something going around, some cold virus everyone is catching. so far i've been safe, but everyone around me is sick too. as for your mom - yay! so glad things are good for her. and your bunny ears are so cute!!! i just realized, i haven't had a FO in a couple months... sucks.3/06/2006 09:47:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Happy to hear the news about your mom, whew. Hope she is recuperating at lightning speed.

Hey, I recognize that bunny hat! I'm thinking about making it for my baby girl but using Misti Alpaca for the cap part.

Zoe is a hoot!

I'll email you about a yarn swap. Sounds like we both want the same kinds of yarn :-) But I'll let you know what I have available. If you like blue, I have a ton of Gjestal Naturgarn for felting.