Happy Valentine’s Day!

Remember these things? Ya, haven’t worn them once (beside the photo shoot). So let’s talk about socks.

Let’s talk about socks, baby
Let’s talk about you and me
Let’s talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be
Let’s talk about socks
Let’s talk about socks

ah hahahaha, I could keep replacing socks for sex through out that whole song, I’m cracking myself up here, maybe that’s because I’m going insane from my sock fiasco!!!! I mean shit, I go to all this trouble to make my self these awesome soft super custom socks and they don’t even fit, you have got to be kidding me!!! So I took this sock knitting class once. I’ve since decided that the teacher was supremely horrible because she did a lot of the things for us, like picking up stitches, and reading the patterns, instead of teaching us how to do it. Now, I was at the super awesome Weaving Works in Seattle and I told one of the SUPER AWESOME sales woman my dilemma. No pattern seems to fit, blah, blah, blah. She was like so helpful times ten. They have an awesome book/library area. So she gave me some books to look at, but said I should just read them a bit, but probably didn’t need to buy them since I knew how to knit the sock, it was the size that was giving me problems. Then she found this four dollar do-it-yourself pattern thing for me and baby, it rocks! I of course had to get lots of their fabulous fingering weight yarn, so I could make some more. And let me tell you I’m almost done with one sock and so far it fits perfect!

So what to do with these other socks? Well that’s where you come in my dear readers. I want someone to have them who would really like them. The pattern recommends hand-washing, but I think you could machine wash. I’ve hand washed them to block them out. Then let them dry, then put them in the dryer to try and shrink them (did not work). So you could definitely dry them hot. They are meant to be a little slouchy, but I couldn’t get two steps with out them falling down way too much. So I’ve made some requirements since I want these to be worn (after all they are like a frigin 35 dollar pair of socks, PLUS labor). So here are my measurements:

heel to longest toe: 9 inches
ankle: 8 inches
thickest part of calf: 13.5 inches
measurement around thickest part of foot 8 inches
shoe size: 7.5 or 8

If you would like to be considered for adopting the socks (which I will ship out on Thursday as long as I have a few takers) then please reply with your sizes. I think the smallest shoe size would be like a nine or something. And (I’m not saying this to be mean), but a hefty ankle might help too. My ankles are scrawny, and my calf too tiny for these socks. So all your measurements should be bigger than mine. I’m really hoping some one wants these socks. All this work, ahhhh.

In case there are more than one takers with good sizes (to be determined by me) then um… I guess tell me why these socks would be happy on your feet in your home (example: good hardwood floors for sliding).

While brother was taking a nap.

Looking out my bedroom window.

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That was Karsen on the keyboard, she says hi.

Well, I’m back from Seattle. I went there for a little holiday with Bj from Tuesday through Thursday only things didn’t go so well. We kinda had a rough time, and things are really hard between us right now, but we are going to try and work them out. We have been talking a lot and that is one of the reasons I haven’t really posted. After we got back, he came over Friday night and hung out Saturday as well. Saturday night I went to the jazz festival at Willamette. Since Sciarrino works there I got a free ticket. It was really nice to go do something like that. That’s something I am going to work on, getting out and doing more. No mater how busy I get I have to do somethings for me. Then it was Ribbon Jar crunch time. Because orders have been hopping lately I had lots to reorder, and new stuff to find. I was also working on a special treat.

     This year I am going to do Limited Edition jars every month. I know I’m starting a month late, but I kinda thought up the idea a little late. Anyway each month this year is going to be a color. The ribbon for all the jars are going to be the same, and most of it I do not normally carry, so it’s really cool and different stuff. If you got a jar every month this year, you’d have a rainbow, so I thought that would be fun. I only did up 20 of the jars so that I could get some really cool ribbon in there, and I think they are all so cute, what do you think?

I managed to get twenty vintage jars that are all the same size, though they are different types and have different degrees of “vintageness” (well, okay rustyness is more like it). I thought I would let my blog readers know about them first. I am hopefully going to get the newsletter out today, but I have one more roll of ribbon coming first, and it’s supposed to arrive today, but I can’t just wait around my house because…

     I am baby-sitting again! This time just until Wednesday night, for a 15 month old named Karsen, and a four year old named Hogan. The baby girl is more like an infant because she was born three months early, so she doesn’t really walk. Oh these kids are too cute. And is there anything sweeter than a baby falling asleep on your lap? Um, no! It is quite hard though, being a domestic engineer. My arms are so tired already, and it takes a lot longer to get out the door. Oh that and the whole baby waking up at 5:45 thing is going to wear me out! So I’ve got that going on, plus Ribbon Jar, plus relationship issues = busy!!!