Valknitz review

so due to my wonderful yarn site trolling skillz....i found a new yarn shop. its in montoursville, which is a drive, but oh so very worth it! first: to get there, you take the HALLS PENNSDALE exit of of 180, then just drive straight till you see fairfield ford on the left. valknitz is on the right, in a little mini mall type plaza. its past the mall, about 2.5 miles. when you walk in there is an EXPLOSION of color!(as there SHOULD be in a yarn shop) i was waited on by Sally, who seems to be a nice and friendly (and helpful!)person.....as long as you KNIT. when i said i crocheted, she said "well, your young, you'll learn" i then told her i know HOW to knit....i just dont like it. (oh the WHOMANITY!!!!!!!(yeah, the grinch is on a loop here....)you would have thought i said i didnt like BABIES! or small animals or something........it was terrible. luckily there was another woman there who said she also crocheted, but she was holding knitting. I USE 3 TIMES AS MUCH YARN.....CATER TO ME!!!!!!!!! oh well, i bought (ok princess picked it out) some cascade 220, which is yummo wool. it was 6.60 and tax, i thought that was fairly decent, but what do i know, im just a CROCHETER. its ok though, i will definitely go back. another of my skills is ignoring the less intelligent. yeah, im horrible. heres a picture of my new 220:


its clickable....

WOW.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/11/men_the_new_wom_1.html

what a dumba$$.

ravelry

i got my invite! yay!!!! i havent been on the computer very much, trying to get my xmas crochet done. and i AM, it just takes time. that is, i wasnt on the computer much until YESTERDAY....when i got my ravelry invite. it sucked me in for about 4 hrs! needless to say, mantoy wasnt happy at all when he got home and i had no dinner, just a glazed look on my face and an urgent desire to go on a yarn crawl.

although he took me, so its all his fault!

pictures!

ok here are my WIPs, FOs and my REVEAL from my SP

yeah, im a little late to the game. oops. ill stay pink too.

i have been working on xmas gifts and trying to get a bunch of WIPS finished. i recieved a little surprise from my SP yesterday, the book CANDY CROCHET that i have wanted FOREVER. i am so excited! princess dirtyfeet informed great grandma last night that "mommys making me a princess coat!" ( great grandma had to see it then, and big daddy was sent to fetch the book.) as soon as i get well on my way with the test sweater, i will start it, probably. maybe. it may wait until after xmas.
i am going to try and make "in the navy" (sweater) for lil' burt. but who knows.
AND my SP said my reveal is on the way! YAY!!!!!!!!! ( i already know who she is, but thats ok! im still excited!

ack!!!!!!! im drowning in yarn!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, not really. but it FEELS like that. seems i lost my mojo there for a minute. and now its back.........in full force! i cant seem to finish anything, cause i keep having new ideas. normally, this would only be mildly annoying......except........ i ONLY HAVE 60 DAYS TILL XMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

its ok, ill get it done. now, back to crocheting.

i made 2 scarves, one with fancy fur, im calling "window panes" and one with (wait for it.....) FLEECE STRIPS. YES, fleece strips! i am calling it "bubbles" it was originally made for a little girl i know, but i think it may be too short. i should take a picture. (pretend, ok? use your 'magination!)
i will be making it again, as i did not write down the pattern. oh well. good thing i like to crochet!

i frogged the original FBB in canyon print, as i didn't use stitch markers, and therefore lost my place. dammit. oh well. i redid it in the car yesterday, and i am almost to the even rows, so if i just sit and DO it, then its a quick project.

WIP update

as of last night, i have
FINISHED :
the sweater for lily
the felted tote. (well, the stitch work anyways)
and i have decided to FROG the BABY BLANKET FROM HADES!!!!!!!!!
they are getting a round ripple, its quicker and not nearly as mind numbingly boring.
i joined the SKY CAL over at crochetville, it is fun, we get points for different things we do.
i also joined the CARDCLUB CAL. julie gives us a MYSTERY project and we also send hi there cards to each other. the card part should last about 5 months based on my calculations! yay!!! fun!!!
i will post up pictures later, i will probably finish the blue FBB today as well, everything is in the washer right now.