Ooo yes.. we are Simpsons..!!! So funny.. Check out Megaknits.. she has the info.. (^_^)

a rainy daY (^_^)

What do u do on a rainy day...


Well for one reading is good on rainy days.. and projects.. little by little I'm working on my moogle pattern... I'll be done in a day or 2... Harry Potter is getting deap.. I've been reading that little by little too... Reading blogs.. helping someone work on their myspace... blah blah.. etc.
Then .. as I was reading blogs I came across Yarnish's blog.. and she mentioned how she had some Ravelry invites she was sitting on and wanted to share.. So she decided to have a raffle so I figured what the heck.. and decided last minute to join the raffle.. she has a list of what u needed to do and I did what she required and then... and then... I won an invite!!!.. I never win anything.. but I actually won..!!! So I am now on Ravelry and my screen name is apixiegirl of course.. so I'll be there on and off today checking it out... Thank u Yarnish.. hello Ravelry!!!
I still can't believe I won.. omy..(^_^)

Spinning has been happening.. I actually worked on my sock yarn yesterday and almost have the second spool done... and I'm almost at the end of the roving... It's so hard to get both spools with equal amounts of yarn on them.. I use the good old "by eye" method...it's not very accurate.


Progress on the rib lace bolero: I really like working with lion brand cotton ease.. it has a nice drape quality to it.. but... with that comes the tendency to unravel from the skein... so before I go any farther I have to rewind that mess into a ball... I need some type of skein management for the next skein of yarn.. maybe a piece of old pantyhose... or something like that.. maybe a yogurt container minus the yogurt with a hole in the lid.. either will probably work and save a lot time untangling and rewinding. OOOO ... yes I got Harry Potter #7.. I haven't read much yet..I plan to make it last.. take my time... enjoy it.. I'm sure there are quite a few people who have finished it already.. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!.. that said I will avoid all references to the book until I finish.. hopefully I will be successful.. (^_^)


My daughter Brooke shared the link to the Purlsoho news letter with me.. there are some very nice patterns .. all different mediums.. knit, crochet, quiting and embroidery ... here is a link to a nice tutorial on making a granny square.. check out the site...and have fun crafting today(^_^)

Today was a lazy.. kind of relaxing day.. it's been cloudy all afternoon and has been raining for about an hour.. I decided to start an easy project that would be more of the mindless knitting type. I choose a ribbed lace bolero.. a pattern that was originally posted on craftster.org. The designer was kind enough to offer it as a free pattern.. the yarn I'm using is Lion brand cotton ease in the light grey color... and ... this is my progress so far. Speaking of being lazy.. I sit a lot at my computer and if I'm not using my computer.. I'm probably knitting... too much sitting going on.... so.. I was thinking that maybe u could exercise at the same time while your surfing or knitting or sitting.. that would be a plus.. and I came across an article that suggested doing exercises right at your computer.. hummm... well this is what it says..

You can start by squeezing. No, not your abdominals. Your booty! Here's the three-step exercise you can do all day.
Do It Now -- And Wherever You Can
Yes, while you're reading this tip, try this exercise for flatter abs:

Walk your way to weight loss with this audiobook.

1. Suck your belly button in tight.
2. Squeeze your butt as if you’re trying to pull on a pair of too-tight jeans (pretend the top of your head is being pulled toward the ceiling by a string).
3. Hold that position.

Do this often (on the elevator, waiting in line, at work, every time you walk somewhere) and you'll quickly firm up your middle by working your transverse abdominis -- the muscle that supports the abdominal wall. And you'll have better posture to boot.

anyway.. hehe.. it's kind of funny but hey if it works.. why not..(^_^)

FFXI obbsessed.. >.<

All this talk of moogles and FFXI with friends... caused me to want to play again.. so I did the unthinkable and reactivated my account.. probably only for a month.. I played a little yesterday and visited with old friends .. went to new lands.. and had to remake my many magic spell macros.. One thing I really enjoy about the game is the spell animations and the music.. so fun.... and...I got to visit with my moogle.. (^_^)

Sunday was the Orlando knit wits meeting , which I attended.. I worked on my diamond shawl (OMG I know.. I still haven't finished it!!!) the turn out was small.. maybe it had to do with the terrible weather.. while we were chatting and knitting away it was storming away outside.. the lights actually went out twice.. lots of lightening , wind and rain.. scary...

Today I'm working on some patterns.. the process boggles me.. but I'm working through it. So many words to describe a simple process.. I'm starting simple and will work up to the harder stuff... unfortunately I can get too detail oriented sometimes.. and twist my mind up in a knot... 0.0`

mY MoOGLe !!!

Yesterdays moogle progression .. he is sewn all together... but I still have to make the wings and his little messenger bag...


Wings and bag finished... all sewn together ... I placed his arms to look like he was talking.. but that made me have to hang his bag on the opposite side from the picture ... more views of the moogle.. enjoy Kupo!!.. (^_^)------>

Yes!!! It's done. don't mind this bad picture.. my bf took it , man he could have told me to fix my shirt in the back (^_^)... It's been really humid and very hot here in Florida.. (to hot for real long hair and not a day to model sweaters)


This is a close up of the sleeve edging I decided on. I'm finally pleased with it. Just enough green and not so much green that I would have to run and buy another ball of yarn for a few rows of edging.



Here is a not so good picture of the finished shrug.. I'll take better pictures maybe today.



The moogle report: all the body parts are knitted.. I wasn't sure if a moogle has a tail.. so I looked up pictures online and didn't see a tail anywhere .. so my moogle has no tail.



He is almost assembled.. and still needs wings and the bobble on his head needs to be attached. Then I have to make his little messenger bag. I'll be working on that today.. I still have to figure out how I'm going to knit the wings .