OMG OMG OMG!!!

Franklin posted a summary of his 1000 Knitterstrip to Huntsville on his blog. See if you recognize anyone in the group. ;-) (I'm the second one in case you were gettin a little lost.)

Okay Today I'm on cloud 9! Not even work is gonna take me off this cloud. ;-)

Happy Thursday ya'll!!!

Sym's Sweater Progress

Last night I finished the back panel while watching Sex and the City online until 1:30 am. Yeah I know it sucks doing that when you have to get the kid up by 6:20 at the latest to get her on the bus. I'm proud though. I don't know which one I'm currently more obsessed with, Sym's Sweater or Sex and the City. ;-)

Pattern notes:
So far this is an incredibly easy sweater to knit. The only complexity is changing colors at the end of each row. I think tonight I'll go ahead and weave my ends in. I wish I had done it along the way but I was a little obsessed with completing this portion. I want to finish it before Sym out grows it. Hopefully I'll have it completed by November. That's my goal. Let's see what happens. ;-)

The colors are so Sym. She picked them out herself. On the ravelry, I had a darker pink color, but she didn't like it so we switched to a pale pink. The colors in the sweater are so her it is scary. As I'm knitting along, I think of only here even if she is only in the other room sleeping. I'm constantly thinking of things about Sym that I just adore.
5 things about Sym that I adore...
~ She always has a silly song to sing. (This week it is the Chicken Dance)
~ She has to match her earrings to her shirt of the day. (totally cool!)
~ She is a future Craft Diva (She started her first Cross-Stitch project yesterday.)
~ She says some of the wildest things when you least expect it. (you never know what she'll say publicly or privately. Almost always guarentees you to laugh)
~ She is thoughtful and helpful to others. (My grandmother called and bragged about her behavior last weekend)

Thanks for reading! I'll keep ya posted on the sweater as I have details to report.
XOXOXO

My Weekend, yeah I know it is Tuesday

In the wee early morning hours of 6:30 AM on a SATURDAY, my butt was up and getting ready for a nice drive to Huntsville Alabama.
I know you Birmingham folks are saying in your heads right now "Why the hell is Lesley going to Huntsville at 6:30 AM on a SATURDAY?"

The Franklin Habit!! Yep came all the way down her from Chicago to take pix of the lovely Alabama knitters for his 1000 knitter Project. Not only did he take pics but a special pre-release on his book "It Itches!" kicked off! Too freakin cool! For the record this lady is one of 1000, and now owns an autographed copy of It Itches! ;o) Ya'll look for me when the 1000 knitters is published. ;-) Promise? I'll be like knitter number 96?-97?. (no clue which number but it will be toward the end.)

I was the second person in line to get my pic though. yeah cause leaving the house at 7 am on a 2 hour drive gets you there by 9 am instead of 10am when the event begins. Yeah. Can you tell I was excited? No not me.

I got to meet some super groovie folks!! By the way, thank you Meg at Yarn Expressions for hosting the 1000 knitters project and lettin all us knitters overrun your store all day Saturday!!

I met SEVERAL super cool folks from North Alabama. I wish I lived up that way. Just so I could hang out with these amazing folks again. :-(
One of which CraftMonkey Took pictures. Needless to say, awaking so early and still having problems with the brain after 2 hours of driving, I alas forgot to take pics to commemorate the moment. Not even with my camera phone. I suck like that. ;-)

I met a few of the Skanky Knitters Ravelry Group! Those folks Rule!! Also met some of the North Alabama Knitters too. Ya'll Rule! So does Franklin, and Delores! Ah fun Saturday!!

I left at 3. I wish now I could have hung out a little longer but I really needed to head back to the Ham (Birmingham that is). On the way I saw a sign for Ave Maria Grotto so I decided to stop on by and see it since my friend Gary whose website is down otherwise I'd link ya'll to him.

My brain had stopped farting so I was able to think to take some pics with the ol camera phone that works better than my digital cam anyways.
Here are some pics of Ave Maria Grotto. Ya'll enjoy!

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