Yes, You Can!

You really can knit a cashmere scarf on toothpicks! And save a lot of money on materials!

I Need to Hike to the Noth Pole...

TV and knitting go together like a hamburger and french fries, Red Wine and Chocolate, Shampoo and Conditioner...yeah, you know it. Here are 5 of my favorite TV shows right now. Guilty Pleasures, so don't make fun of me for this...
1. American Idol
2. Flavor Flav, (but I hate New York, what a skank)
3. Sex in the City
4. 6 feet under
5. Scrubs
Let me say for the record that I heart my Bfriend very much, but, damn, Mr. Big, Chris Noth...You are so beautiful! Amazingly stunning hot man! I am not the only woman that feels that way, am I? Sure Carrie thought he was hot but...ohmigaud. Beautiful. I don't care if, in real life, he picks his nose and eats it. On screen, I am mesmerized. Truly. Utterly. Deeply. Hey, Beck...on the same level for me as Bowie and Lang.


Now I know Desperate Housewives, 24, and Grey's Anatomy are great shows...all you Boob Tubers out there, what am I missing? I used to like "Queer Eye" but its just tired to me now. Is there some amazing show that isn't hitting my radar that I must see?
One thing about Knitting and TV...and just Knitting...books don't fit in. I used to read voraciously, maybe 3 books a week. Now Iam lucky to read a book every 3 months. The last really great book I read was "The Kiterunner" Yipes. Moving. I just cant figure out how to knit on the treadmill, watch TV, and read "Anna Karenina" all at the same time.

TV Adds 15 Pounds

Tonight the shop and I will be on Channel 10 local news at 5pm. I expected just a reporter asking questions, but she brought the heavy duty camera with her and took footage. Here are some issues...
1. I didn't take a shower today.
2. I wore the same black t-shirt I slept in last night.
3. I should have waxed my ZANY eyebrows, total Einstein!
4. Unmanicured nails and they filmed me knitting, ug.
5. Hair, a bedheaded fright!

Oh Lord, please let my mug NOT be on the news tonight! You can let my name be mentioned, just no shots! I probably have food in my teeth and buggers in my nose! I've been a relatively kind person the last few years and your humble servant (sort of)...hear my prayers!

Tag Rhymes With Brag

Catie tagged me for this meme.
Here are the Daggumit Rules:
*link to the person who tagged you
*post the rules
*name 8 things others don't know about you
*link to 8 other bloggers

1. I hate Mayonnaise

2. I love Barry Manilow and Karen Carpenter

3. I long for just a pin-prick of anorexia and insomnia. Thin and productive...

4. I don't knit with black yarn.

5. I'd rather eat artichokes than chocolate.

6. I do not wear makeup, except for lipstick. It surprises me everyday.

7. I want to ski this winter so I can, in good conscience, go to the DMV and get the personalized license plate "Knitski". I haven't been on skis since 1983. But I really want that license plate!!!

8. I never use the same brand of shampoo or conditioner twice. Ever.

So now you know everything about me. There is nothing left to uncover. I am a simple organism, along the same vein as a Mitochondria...I shall now tag Mimi, Loren, Belinda, Mary, Jane, Nancy, Heather, Allison. If you've already been tagged, then whoopsie!

Torn Between Two Lovers...

Do I read?
Or do I knit?
Harry Potter?
Or Hanne Falkenberg?

TNNA Wrap-up. RATED R

I just got back in town from TNNA. Whew. What a weekend! First of all, I spent entirely way too much money. It is still all about socks and hand painted yarn...
Here is the Twinkle booth that I thought was very cute and inviting.



My KFI Successor, David...he is voting for Obama.



Debbie Bliss...she is also voting for, oh, she's a Brit! Nevermind.



My X-Boss, Jay Opperman, an unprovoked double bird...



Louisa Harding, an Obama fan, but alas, a Brit.



"You are too nice to flip me the bird? You won't do it?"
"I can't do it."



Stephanie Japel is just so sweet, she couldn't be any thing but sweet.



Annie Modesitt, doing her thing with her book scheduled to be out soon...



The owner of Lorna's laces...



Her skirt and shoes...



X-Porn star, Darry. He says the Jews won't vote for Obama unless Hillary is on the ticket.



My Rowan rep Peter and his wife. Tan folks.



All in all, a good weekend. Exhausting. Good to see old friends. Still mildly disturbed by the sheer girth of Debbie Bliss' middle finger. But I'll get over it. Time for Purl Jam. 10 days away.

[image: Online Dating]

My Favorite Guys on American Idol

All the other guys can go home right now.

Are you sitting down?

I had the weirdest dreams last night. I dreamt I was flirting with Anthony Bourdain for hours and he was about to kiss me, flash, next scene, he is fat and sitting on a curb trying to bum a cigarette from someone. Then, my next dream of the night, I'm flirting with one of my extremely hot X-boyfriends and we are about to get it on...when he says his stomach hurts and goes into the bathroom for 2 hours. Never see him again. I would never cheat on Mr. Cocaine in real life...but, come on! Brain, throw me a bone here! I'm disgusted. What does this have to do with knitting? Absolutely nothing. Thank you and goodbye, for now.

Don't stop dancing...

Architect's Idol

I missed American Idol last night. My favorite time to sit and knit and watch TV. (very sad poopy face) But I did have fun nontheless. We had some friends over to meet Bfriend's BFF from college. He flew in from LA. He is a famous architect who designs fountains all over the world. And he worked with Michael Jackson on a project. He said he was the most amazingly perfect and spectacular human he has ever met. He said his voice sounded like a musical instrument and he moved like a cat and he was smart and well spoken. I corrected him...the most amazingly perfect and spectacular human pedophile he has ever met. Anyway, BFF was nice and the crowd was as fun as a pack of architects can be! Here are some pics of some guests from last night.



The girl on the right runs 10 miles every day. Every single day and has since she was 15. So now she is getting foot and ankle problems. Surprise there! She ate the entire 2.5 hours she was here. Let me say it again, just in case you are skimming this. She runs 10 miles every day.


Then we have the other side of the coin, the woman that hates even walking for 2.5 minutes and refused to eat a single bite of food because she had cereal for dinner! Sorry for the blurry pic but you wouldn't stop moving! You're worse than Purl!






Heres the guy...BFF and Bfriend are staying away from each other cause they don't want to come off as a Brokeback, or anything...he looks like a short William Shatner. I kept begging him to do the two-step and a Priceline commercial. But he wouldn't go for it.



In knitting knews, the first draft of Twinkle Tank is done and I think it's way too small. Perfect for an 11 year old, but not a matronly 40 year old with DD breasts.



So I started it again, this time with thicker yarn and bigger needles. So far it looks like an entry to the Vagina Monologues...



I'll keep you posted. You'll find me in front of the boob tube tonight!

Baby Update

Today the phone rang and my genetic counselor was calling to give me my first trimester blood results. She sounded sad and sighed as she gave me the results.

"Sorry to have to give you the disappointing news, but your blood tests came back positive for Down Syndrome. You now have a 1 in 5 chance of your child having the syndrome. I would recommend that we move your Amnio forward sooner to January 5th. Is that ok with you?"

"So you're telling me that I have an 80% chance that everything is alright and normal?"

"I think that's a positive way to think about it. Sigh"

Once I started crying, she essentially hung up on me. She is about 25 years old and doesn't know how to handle these scenarios. I needed someone giving me the news, to focus on the positive, but she was incapable of giving me that.

So I feel like I'm falling down a well and that Christmas is ruined for me. The joy I was feeling over this pregnancy has been sucked right out of me. Now when I go to the bathroom, I'm almost praying for blood. Breathe, Gina, breathe!

Birthday Babes

Wordless Wednesday

Subservience For All Women?

Oh, no! Why did I have to read this!?! Now I am so freaked out. I need to knit more.

Trip to Claudia Handpaints

Sheryl and I jumped into the car today and drove to Harrisonburg Va. for some Purl Jam yarn. Holy Moley, we ended up putting 4 enormous trash bags full of yarn, bags so heavy we stumbled and groaned heaving them into the back of the Volvo. Claudia was by herself today, her staff had the day off. So the 3 of us collected yarn elbow to elbow, laughing nonstop.










Just wait till you Purl Jammers feast your eyes on this yarn! Claudia's yarn like you've never seen it. Of course, her famous fingering weight. But also her worsted, her Linen lace, her silk lace, and her mohair. Spectacular color! She must get alot of color inspiration from her tropical bird in her office...Koigu, eat your heart out!!!

Peace, Love, Comfort, and Joy! 3 days till Purl Jam!