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Building up to something great…

There’s nothing like a comfy poodle butt to use as a pillow.

As my post title indicates, I have been building up to something great which is taking about 99.99999% of my time lately. I’m hoping for a great unvieling in the next week or so. I’m sorry to be such a damned tease but, seriously, I’ve got to talk about it or I’ll explode.

Everyone has my permission to flog the first commenter who says, “I know what it iiii-iiisss!”

Something else great… M and I will be leaving for Black Sheep Gathering on Friday night. We’ll only really be there for Saturday and we might pop in for a bit on Sunday. We’re meeting Marie (Marie found a close hotel that will take the doggies) for much merriment. Really excited. Really, really excited.

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More gems

As I continue to dig through the boxes and boxes full of family photos, I continue to find a million rare gems. I don’t think I’ve stopped laughing for three days.


I’m pretty sure I’d just turned 2 here.


I promised this one to you way back when. At least Dad had the good sense to hide the harbles in this pic.


The family circa 1979. I totally remember this dress. It had a little zipper pouch like a purse that tucked into the pocket you see there on my left sholder. It was attached with a string but I still managed to lose it somehow.


OMG, seriously hot Mom. Dad on the other hand… Wow. That’s a collar. You know, he was really proud of that suit. It had it custom made. My guess is that this is around 1977. Possibly 1978.

I’m sure there will be many, many old pics for you in the near future. Because, seriously… I was a cute kid.

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The History of Me

*Edit* I think everyone is missing the last line in this post. Or maybe it’s that everyone finds the clothing more amusing than Dad’s hat.

A while back, a couple folks asked for pictures of me wearing a kimono. I don’t have any of those to share today but I spent some time digging through the family photos and thought it would be fun to share a few. Because, let’s face it… I was an extremely adorable child.

(Me at age 3-ish)

Shortly after this picture is pretty much when I stopped being adorable.

In any case, I sat on the floor and dug through pictures for hours. I’m not even close to done. But it had my mother and I laughing so hard we had tears streaming down our faces. Or maybe that was the bad clothes.

(Baby me and Mom, circa 1976)

One of the photos that had us on the floor and my father denying that it ever happened is below. Notice the fantabulous plaid-on-plaid look Dad is sporting. Note the very fisherman-like orange hat.

(Dad, circa 1979-ish)

Note that the fisherman-like orange hat says, “If you’re horni, wink”

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A Good Day

Yesterday, Brigitte asked: “How did you like working with the STR?”

I love it. I love this yarn, I love their colorways. I would like to knit up a sweater from one of their almost-solid colorways. I haven’t yet knitted with Koigu but I think I would still prefer STR over just about any of the other similar yarns. To be fair, I have only knitted socks from Socks That Rock, Cherry Tree Hill and Trekking.

I recently found a CD on which I had photos taken at a surprise party I threw for M’s 50th birthday. It was a very good day. Below is one of my favorite pictures. Our friend decided to open his beer with a crow bar.

Another friend giving Camus the poodle lovin’.

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Prizes, prizes, prizes!!!

OK. Here’s the deal. No one guessed my pendant animal. Not really. But y’all were killing me because you had the BEST guesses!

Here’s my pendant. Sea turtles are an awesome site. I saw one for the first time on Mom’s island.

Dave technically guessed frog. But since he mentioned a turtle and no one else did, he wins a prize. Silk caps for dyeing! Somewhere between 4 and 6 oz.

Here’s where things get sketchy. Stephieface and Fyberduck are extremely lucky guessers. They both guessed dragon. Having been born in 1976, I am a dragon by the Chinese calendar. (Who the hell would have known that?) While a turtle has no significance in my life, the dragon certainly does. In fact, it’s rather a big driving force in my life. So I think they both deserve prizes.

For Stephieface who is in a family way, 6 skeins of Bernat Cottontots.

For Fyberduck who is a very accomplished spinner, 8 oz. of golden mohair top.

Now for part duex of the contest. You guys made me LMAO. I snorted a lot and the people around me were really curious about my issues. I suppose they’ll learn in time. ;-) So, everyone’s lyrics tickled me for different reasons but I find them equally amusing.

Stephieface, dooood… What the hell am I going to do with you? Seriously… in an office with 3 other women and not one of us knew who Gerard Butler was but there was much squealing after a quick image search. Rrrreeeoooowwrr! For you, there will be stitch markers.

Laurie Ann, what the hell am I going to do with YOU? OMG. So, for everyone else, Laurie Ann has a bit of an advantage as we were SnB buddies and she therefore knows far too much about me. Her lyrics allude to something that I do not feel comfortable discussing on the internets because it would just be rude. But I might be persueded to tell the story in private. Maybe. ;-)

For you, also stitch markers!

Ann Marie in PA, you’re such a cutie! Your lack of creativity had its own creativity involved. Your gooey brains win you 4 skeins of SandnesGarn Kitten, a mohair blend.

Chris, your two silly lines count for something around here *snort*. Because seriously… who can turn down a spinning compliment? For you, there will be a skein of Cascade Sierra Quatro.

Everyone must drop me their mailing address except for Chris (unless you’ve moved recently) and Laurie Ann. Send it to me here: sachi at sachi’s purls d0t c0m (without the apostrophe, of course). I will likely not get these all in the mail before the weekend but somehow, I think you won’t mind.

If there are any allergy problems with any of the fiber, please let me know. I’m totally up for swapping stuff out.

Congrats everyone and thanks for making my birthday so fun!

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Contest winners! *Edit*

*Edit* Dudes… I’m totally fine. I was whiny. Just enjoy the kitty pics. ;-)

Contest winners will be posted tomorrow due to my inability to function with a minor headache. I’m such a big baby. Sorry for the come-on blog title.

Mr. Mew is sad about Mommy’s headache too.

Also, smoosh-faced Luna.

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My Weekend in Pictures

Saturday was opening day for shrimp season. I remember many of my teen years when I would spend my Saturdays (and Sundays and Mondays…) in May, curled up in the bow of the boat and catching some extra zzzz’s. I swear I could sleep through anything back then. This time, I tried to take my knitting. Or rather, I took my knitting but I’m old enough and wise enough to be able to participate in the workings of the shrimp machine. There was enough to do that I never did get around to knitting.

Dad (left) and a friend pulling pots. Or rather Dad goofing off while friend pulls pots.

Slim pickin’s this year.

Poor Mr. Jellyfish wonders how the hell he got here. Don’t worry. We showed him how to get home.

This guy came out to play.

And so did this one.

Mr. Seagull eyes me suspiciously.

Ebony & Ivory

Rush-hour traffic jam, Pacific Northwest style.

Oysters for miles… Not that you’ll catch me eating any… *blech*

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Busy Weekend

Camus got a hair cut. I think he’s mad.

Of course, he could just be really pissed that we’re making him wear a t-shirt.

But then again, he could just be possessed…

… or el chupacabra.

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A bit of knit

I’ve been working (slowly) on the Lucy Top from Wendy’s book among other things. I’ve got the back done so I thought it is high time you get a glimpse of the product. Just so you know, there’s some serious camera-angle-distortion going on in that pic. I’m using a decadant Italian yarn of some kind that is a merino/silk blend. Pardon me that I don’t get up and grab the ball band right this second.

Even though I don’t seem to mind purling, this piece gave me a bit of a hand cramp. I’ve come to the conclusion that it is likely because I’m not used to using full sized straight needles. All that weight hanging off the end of the needle is a bit hard on my hands. It’s too late to switch now for fear of serious gauge consequences so I’m taking the front very slowly. The color is a scrumptious brown with a hint of burgandy in the right light. I’m really excited to be able to wear this. Although I’m certain it won’t be done in time to wear it in any cool sort of weather. I don’t care. I love it. So far. We always love it until we try it on, no? ;-)

Here’s something to sate your kitty yen. Sweet Halley.

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Yarn diet?

Did I say I was on a yarn diet? Oh… well. Tools don’t count.

So…. I met up with Sarah and Karen on Saturday at the Knitting Expo near Seattle. I was so bleary-eyed after having stayed up late on Friday night (come on, it was Friday!) and I felt like a dork because… well… because I’m sure I was acting like one.

OK. Seriously… Here is my public apology to Sarah, Karen and Teyani. I was totally acting like a dork. I was not my normal, friendly, chipper, giggly self. I’d had only one cup of coffee after a full week of having quad-shots every morning. Add to that staying up until 2 AM working on stuff and then going, “Crap! I gotta get up early!”

And then I proceeded to get lost on the way to the hotel. Which isn’t a shocking thing for me but, just so you know, you have to try pretty hard to get lost in that neighborhood. So, seriously… I’m sorry. I promise that, next time, I’ll be much more intelligent conversation and I won’t keep going, “Ooooo… shiny!” every 30 seconds.


Karen and Sarah (left and right respectively) both scored some awesome stash and some fantastic goodies. I made out pretty well myself. Do you see that big, white bag on the table between them? That’s MY 4.4 lbs. of dark grey merino. *drool*

I also scored a couple lovely books and some superwash.

The superwash, as per usual, is from Crown Mountain Farms. I always have to buy stuff from Teyani and Klaus. I think it’s a disease or something. The superwash is in the colorway “Secret Agent Man” so I got a quick serenade from Teyani as we did a little catching up. That made me giggle.

One of the books has some great history that I very much look forward to reading.

And now, to give you a quick taste of what I was up to, staying up so late on Friday.

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