Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Summer of Love Package 2

Wow, am I ever spoiled. I just received my second package from my Secret Pal and it is AWESOME. So many lovely items and things I've never seen before, like a tool to help you measure yarn. It's totally cool. And the most amazing books on Cables and Arans. I just got back from Ireland so it's so perfect that I can check out these stitches. The book makes them seem easier than I thought. I can't wait to try some. I'll post more later and some pics.

Thank you and have a great vacation Secret Pal.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Best Buddies Charity Auction

Every year I put together an auction of knitted and handmade goods and donate the proceeds to a local charity. This year, the auction will be benefiting Best Buddies, an organization that works to help developmentally challenged people assimilate into society.

This time around we've received some amazing donations. Check out what we'll be auctioning off.

Best Buddies Charity Auction
August 3
2-6pm
1518 Shasta Ave
San Jose, CA


Kniterature Bag by Debbie (as seen on the Bill Engvall Show)
















Red Bag No. 9















Springtime

















Monet's Day Out















Bag by Kiddendoodle (Thanks for the donation!)

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Houston - we have a problem

That is is tooooooooooooooo hot here. I just got back from spending a week in Houston for a conference and then a coaches certification program.

I did get a chance to check out a LYS in La Porte that was awesome. It's called Upstairs Studio and they focus on spinning and weaving http://www.upsstudio.com. If you are ever in the Houston area, I would highly recommend it. I picked up some stuff for my Secret Pal. I don't want to say too much in case she's checking this out.

Houston wsa, I have to admit, much better than I remembered it. I spent some time at the convention center and then Rice University. Lovely place. Had some great food as Pappas Bros.

I also did some caching in their lovely Memorial Park.

And finally I was able to visit the Space Center, which was awesome as well. I did some tours, heard all about going to the moon and beyond.

I've got an auction coming up here in a few weeks and I'm tryng to get stuff done before then.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Summer of Love Swap - Surprise Package 1

Wow, I just went through all of my mail after being gone for 10 days and received an awesome package from my Secret Swap pal. I love it. I received some lovely Bamboucle (Bamboo Boucle), that is just amazing and "yummy". I can't wait to knit something with it. I've never seen anything like it before (and believe me, I've seen a lot of yarn : )

There is also some other wonderful items, like beautiful stitch markers, chocolate, tea, and some lovely knitters hand repair soap, and some other really cool things.

Thank you Secret Pal

Mid Summer Night's Dream

Well, we're back from our vacation. We had 10 days of fun (minus the rental car fiasco). We started in Ashland and checked out some plays and then went to visit our friends in Corvallis. Then we ended up on the California coast for some camping.

In case people want to know where to eat when in Ashland, we recommend, Apple Bistro cellar (breakfast), Morning Glory (breakfast), Pilaf Polyethnic Cafe (dinner), Thai Pepper (lunch or dinner). Yum!

Admittedly there isn't much in Eureka, but we have to stop every time since one of our favorite restaurants" Samoa Cookhouse. This used to be a big place for loggers to eat. They put out food family style, and there just one menu, which goes something like this "Tonight we're serving roast beef, fried chicken, salad, soup, bread, corn, potatoes and dessert. We'll that be okay?" Duh! yeah, bring it on. And it's all you can eat!!

Then it was off to camp. Mental note to self, make sure the campground has a shower, or bring your camp shower. Hmm, we did neither of these, so needless to say we were kind of smelly when we got home. But we had a great time, went on some great hikes, ate some great camp food.

I'm off to Houston tomorrow for work. Going from hot and dry to hot and humid. Yikes.