So you might have noticed that I have not updated in a little over a month… that’s becuase I’ve been battling the dreaded Morning Sickness! Yes Judy B is having a baby! And actually it’s Judy R now… my mother flat refused to tell anyone about the baby until I got married. So after nearly 15 years Nathen and I are finally, finally official.
As a side note – Morning Sickness is a misnomer… it’s just Sickness… morning, noon, and night. Luckily I haven’t actually had to make the mad dash to a receptacle yet… but I feel the need in varying degrees ALL THE TIME – if I eat too much, if a eat too little, if I stand too long, if I think too hard… ALL THE TIME. Nathen has actually run me out of the house three times in the last week trying to cook me something I can actually eat because even smells are grossing me out. Nothing tastes the way is should and I’m actually drinking more caffiene than before because Coke is pretty much the only thing that helps… and sometimes even that dosen’t work. I’ve eaten more sweets in the last month than I have in the last year… apparently the baby has his fathers’ sweet tooth – but completely and totally loathes sweet tea, which I found out the hard way.
So as a result I haven’t done much but sit in the recliner and feel miserable… in between going to work and feeling miserable. I started a Homespun Prayer Shawl in early July (I’ll post pictures eventually) that should have been a two week project tops… and I’m only about half way through it. Not to mention the other projects I was commissioned for before the Sickness hit me… and not counting the gift projects I still haven’t finished from earlier this year. Talk about a snowball affect.
Anyway – I just wanted to let everyone know I’m still here and still checking in… just feeling really crudy and unmotivated… when does the nesting start already.
This is the YouTube Video that taught me how to make Bobbles for the Pasa Doble Shawl.
So that’s a quote from the movie “The Three Amigos” in case you didn’t know – funny flick and a family classic in our house – Martin Short, Chevy Chase, and Steve Martin.
I now have a plethora of knitting needles. I became frustrated last month that I didn’t have a set of 10 1/2 double pointed needles… and realized I only had 1 pair of double pointed needles period (because WalMart only carries size 3 double pointed needles. Period. What is up with that?). So anyway… the only 10 1/2’s I could find on line were like $8 and if I was going to pay that plus shipping then I’d drive my happy rear to either Evansville or Russelville and give the not-so-local-yarn-shop my money.
Frustrated, I did a search for Huge Knitting Needle Lot – and lo’ found one with a 120+ needles – most of which were double pointed! So I bid, and I won, and for about $35 got roughly 40 sets of needles – plus a vintage canister needle case, a set of cable needles, and a set of stitch holders.
FABU!
Vintage Knitting Needle Cannister
Vintage Knitting Needle Cannister - With Needles
Completely unimportant – but when you move the cannister around it sounds like a rain stick!
Knitting Needle Bag
Vintage Straight Knitting Needles
Vintage Double-Pointed Needles
Vintage Circular Needles
Vintage Cable Needles and Stitch Holders
With all these needles I needed a way to figure out what I had… so I downloaded an nifty little app onto my ITouch called Ewe Stash. It’s $2.99 (most I’ve spend on an app) but so far it’s really handy! You can inventory your knitting needles, your crochet hooks, and your yarn. So far I’ve only entered the knitting needles but I inputted 51 sets of needles in about an hour.
Ewe Stash App
Really the one local auction was for a local lady who was a pillar of the community who had passed away and I was betting people would go crazy over her things. To be blunt, as I so often told I am, I figured the prices would be stupid and I wasn’t going to waste my time – after all, half of the art of Auctioning is picking the right Auction!
Well the 2nd art of the Auction is Waiting… and Mom did… and filled her Subaru Outback to the roof, twice, for all of $20. Can you believe it? I’ve gotten close to that kind of haul once or twice, but it’s been a while. The best deal I’ve gotten was my $1200 worth of Rosenthal China for $30 (that was so awesome!) – but this is Mom’s Kudos! So… Kudos! With a ‘Dang’ thrown in there for good measure. And of course the icing on the cake was that Mom passed a ton of it on to me! Much to the disgruntlement of My Man – and the smugness of Her Man.
So lots and lots of cool vintage stuff!
29 balls of 100% Alpaca! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
29 Balls of 100% Alpaca!
10 balls of 100% Mohair.
10 Balls 100% Mohair
Penny's Mohair Yarn Label
Enough Tapestry Wool to pack a 64 quart plastic tote (not sure what I’ll do with that).
Auction Tapestry Wool - 1st Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 2nd Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 3rd Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 4th Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 5th Layer
Check out these 2 sweater kits that came with coordinating material for skirts! So cool! (Course the yarn is 100% Virgin Wool…).
Vintage Sweater Kit # 1
Vintage Sweater Kit #2Mail Order Skirt Making Service!
5 balls of 100% Virgin Wool in olive drab.
100% Virgin Wool Yarn
This lovely lady apparently loved to cut out the material for sewing patterns because I’ve got 2 boxes of dresses ready to be sewn – they’re in the cutest vintage fabrics! (Well some are cute… some qualify for a ‘whoa’.)
Then there’s these neat tie making kits – those fabrics are gorgeous! I could use them as the focal point in a skirt… I need to hit Paula D up for some sewing!
Tie Making Kit # 1
Tie Makers Kit # 2
Tie Makers Kit # 3
Tie Makers Kit #4
Tie Makers Kit #5
Tie Makers Kit # 6 & # 7
There was also a partially completed crochet afghan – ah for the days of Avacado Green and Harvest Gold! Any Crocheters out there feeling like finishing this bad boy? From what I can tell all the yarn is there and I’ve got the instructions! Heck I think the hook is still in there!
70's Crochet Afghan Kit
70's Crochet Afghan Blocks
Auctions are so frickin’ cool!!!
So we did our first Friday Night Live event 2 weeks ago and it turned out pretty good – despite the heat. I was reminded once again (by nightfall) that I need some battery powered lights under my canopy. Orange street light dosen’t penetrate very far and makes shopping rather difficult – in case you didn’t know.
I had purses from Paula D and 5 Paper Mache’ animals from Cindy M – sold 2 of the animals.
I presented Knit Scarves and belts, Flower Power (pins, hair barrets, and magnets) and lots of Jewelry. I love the little miniature soldier earrings! Lots of people looked at them but I had no takers. The guitar pic jewelry was popular – I sold a pair of earrings and the bracelet. The Silver set and the Phoenix Set sold pretty quickly which made me very happy – they paid for my booth rental! At this rate I will still be $300 in the hole at the end of the summer… hmmm…. not counting the lights I haven’t bought yet…
Crap.
Earrings 1
Earrings 2
Earrings 3
Rhino Earrings
Patriotic Earrings and Bracelet
Silver Set - Sold
Phoenix Set - Sold
Horse Necklace
Guitar Pick Bracelet - Sold
Foreign Coins w/Animals Charm Bracelet
Pelican Set
Toy Policeman Necklace
Chain Necklace 1
Chain Necklace 2
Chain Necklace 3
Chain Necklace 4 & 5