time

It seems as if I never find the time to post about anything significant. I think about it occasionally, think about what I might write about. During the 12 or so mind-numbing hours a day that I am at work, I think of all the things I would like to write down, but then I get home and am so exhausted that I never have the motivation to get anything down in print.
If I had the time or energy, I would tell you what I have been up to, what work as been crazy and what has been good. How I am closing one company and starting another. I would tell you about falling so hard for someone that I am spinning on a daily basis...and how that is the most perplexing and agrivating situation I have found myself in for the longest time.
I'd tell you about the new opening at the gallery, probems with kids at school, and a fall full of traveling and fun.
But for now, this is all that I can write. Maybe some day, when I am not burning the candle at both ends as well as in the middle, I can really tell you all the things I just meandered on about. Until then...
Peace.

secret pal 6 package

secret pal 6 package
Originally uploaded by melgrimes.

also, big thank you's to my super cool secret pal from secret pal 6. i so loved the package (i got it last week when i got home) i am so sorry it has taken a while to post about it....and i have somehow lost my address book in my computer, so i have lost your e-mail address...could you send it to me again? i would really appriciate it.
anyway, all, my secret pal sent the most perfect package that included the prettiest noro yarn, a way cool pom pom maker, a new knitting mag, knitscene (first issue!) that is so great and has so patterns that i just can't wait to try, and some great candy! i love it! you are so awesome!

blogging by mail package

blogging by mail package
Originally uploaded by melgrimes.

as i attemp to catch up from a crazy month without a spare moment to blog, i think that i need to thank my great blogging by mail partner who sent some of the best goodies ever! you rock...and i'll post another photo and the description tomorrow. :) thank you so much!

blogging by mail package

catching up

catching up

garment district

we spent friday morning and part of the afternoon walking around the garment district! how much fun....it is too bad that you pretty much have to have a wholesale license to buy, so sad. :( oh well, it was fun anyway.

new york

i wish that every time i posted, i didn't have my browser shut down on me and lose everything i have just writen. i really ticks me off. so here is the abreviated post of what i said before. i have been a bit remiss in posting this week (and well all the time) because we are in new york at them moment for my cousin christy's wedding, which was really a few days ago, but we haven't stopped moving since...so much to see and do in new york city. these are photos of the rehersal dinner that was at a great chinese restaurant in brooklyn. there was so much food...what you see in the photo is already the third course and there was so much before and after this.
ej is my cousin ryanne's son...so cute! complete entertainment for our table. after the dinner we all piled back into the van to head back to the city. we are staying at the marriott marquis on times square....absolutly amazing!

sp6 questionaire

1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
Nope, not a yarn snob. I think that there are plenty of pretty things that can be made from even the most reasonably priced yarn.

2. Do you spin? Crochet?
I don’t spin, but I do love to crochet! (almost more than knit.....)

3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
I’m allergic to most house pets, perfumes, candles etc. as well as hazelnuts and brazil nuts.

4. How long have you been knitting?
I learned when I was little, but I have just recently picked it up again. I am much more of a crochet type person.

5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
nope

6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
anything not to strong! it seems as if i am alergic to everything on the planet....but most mild, natural sents are ok. lilac would be my favorite.

7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
oh my yes.

8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
I love to paint, and occasionally sew

9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I like most any kind of music, and yes I can play MP3’s.

10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?
I love most colors, not a big fan of anything really pastel-ly or neon shades. also not a big fan of fire engine red all by itself.

11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
I live with my parents in the house I grew up in. Sadly, we no longer have any pets.

12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
life dreams? I suppose to be happy and healthy.

13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
I like most things with a bit of texture. although recently I have found I really like felting, so wool is a new interest to me.

14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
not many....although i am not a big fan of really cheap yarn from the 70s

15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
humm, felting, like I mentioned before, and attempting to really understand how to knit slippers.

16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
hats and bags

17. What are you knitting right now?
a sweater, a slipper pattern I am test knitting, another button hole bag

18. What do you think about ponchos?
I don’t mind them, although I am not sure I look so great in them myself.

19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
both

20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
aluminum

21. Are you a sock knitter?
I’m trying to be, although this dpn thing is starting to frustrate me.

22. How did you learn to knit?
my mom started me out, and I am picking it up on my own.

23. How old is your oldest UFO?
years…15 maybe (hey, I was a kid, what can I say)

24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
not big into animated characters, I do like most animals….anything with a vintage twist to it.

25. What is your favorite holiday?
i love most any holiday....but christmas/new years especially. when it is snowing and cold in colorado, it's almost like there is magic in the air. it fills me with the wonder that i had when i was a child...maybe even more so.

26. Is there anything that you collect?
anything vintage, but I especially love the 60’s

27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
none

28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
i still do not have a copy of k&b....and i can't think of anything else at the moment.

29. Any patterns you have been coveting, but haven't bought for one reason or another??
hummm, not so sure...i'll have to think about it.

30. What are your foot measurements, and what kind of socks do you like?
well, i don't have a tape measure right now, as i am at the office, but i will get that soon.

may to august part 2: june

this june was crazy. of course it started out in san francisco with the family, then i flew straight to missouri for conference. good time with some good old friends. i hung out with my old roommate rebekah and her cousin dane, had dinner with my best friend from high school at 40 sardines where her boyfriend was singing that night, went bow shopping with chad (oh, how fun.....) and basically wore myself out even more than i was when i arrived. you know when you are just getting to know someone and you stay up all night talking about everything you can think of? well, there were a few nights of that. and then of course when you know someone almost as well as you know yourself but have to stay up all night anyway because you haven't seen eachother in a while? there was also some of that. in any case, it was fun and really worth the trip...a cause for a little soul searching, but that is ok as well, i suppose.
when i got home, i set to work on this great button hole bag from mason dixon knitting. i really love the way that it turned out. here are pictures of it before felting and then after the first felt. i haven't taken photos of the finished product, but i will have to do that soon.