Made it through almost the whole first workout on the DVD, but boy was I tired! I didn’t realize how out of shape I have become. My daughter did it with me. It was fun!
This workout lasts 6 weeks and has 3 different levels of workouts and you workout 6 days a week. The seventh day is to give yourself a break. My plan is to start with the 1st level for only the 1st week. Then switch to the 2nd level for the 2nd and possible 3rd week. The last weeks will be doing the 3rd and final workout.
My goal is to get my body back into shape so I can wear my bellydance/chainmaile outfits at the Renn Faire this summer (July 10th is opening day).
I have been working on several projects, among them is the Spiral Yoke Sweater which I finally finished this past weekend – took me 2 months to knit it. It was fun! My first with no seams.
I have also been working on Mittens in the KAL and have a second pair that I’m making for a LYS Contest. I have them done except for the afterthought thumb.
I am also experimenting on making a Roving Holder. Got the idea from some of the ladies in the Mittens KAL talking about what Kelley described in her Spindle video. I’ll post a pic when I’m done with it.
Here is what I have been working on lately, busy, busy, busy
Meg Swansen’s Spiral Yoke Sweater is coming along:
Close up of the Spiral Yoke:
Working on the Mittens KAL and finished one of the Thumb Gussets:
And last Saturday I went to a new to me LYS in Oak Creek, WI called Just 4 Ewe Yarn & Fiber shop. The ladies there were so very nice and helpful. They had roving that I couldn’t resist buying.
He purchased this wonderful parrot yesterday:
Still don’t have a name for her yet She is a Blue Faced/Front Amazon parrot. Being an Amazon I’m trying to think of an exotic name but all that comes up is Xena (the Amazon Princess). But Gabby was an Amazon Princess in the Xena tv show. hmmm She (the parrot) already can say Hello (at only 4 months old) so maybe she might be Gabby? lol Don’t know yet…
I was “doodle knitting” a while back and made these fingerless mits. I liked how they turned out so I wrote up a pattern for it. Would anyone be interested in “testing” out my pattern? Also, I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn, could someone suggest a KP yarn to substitute for it?
One of my many hobbies is Scrapbooking. It goes along with my photography hobby well. A few years ago I came across Digital Scrapbooking and fell in love with it. It pulls together another of my hobbies of working with graphics and such.
Some of the benefits of Digital Scrapbooking are:
- Reuse, reuse, reuse. With digital you can reuse all your ‘papers, elements, photographs, etc’ over and over again
- Cheaper – even with purchasing of the digital kits it is usually cheaper than a kit at the store that you can only use one time
- You can save your layouts on a cd to view at anytime.
- You can take your finished layouts to Kinkos and print it to put it into your albums
- You can add extra embellishments after it is printed for a more ‘textured’ effect
- You can print multiple copies or a whole book at Shutterfly.com and give it as a gift (I printed one of my layouts, framed it, and gave it to my parents for their anniversary – you can see it here: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=84309&ppuser=44895 )
If anyone is at all interested in Scrapbooking and wants to try out Digital Scrapbooking check out these sites:
I use PaintShop Pro (PSP) to work with my scrapbooking. It is a great software, easy to learn and doesn’t cost nearly as much as Photoshop (full version). Photoshop Elements works well too. There are tutorials all over the internet for PSP and Photoshop. Some of my favorites are:
Mike and I have been extremely busy these past couple weekends working on the cabin. Here are the pix showing how the cabin looked when his brother and him bought it through to what it looks like so far…
We finally have a chance to go up to the cabin and work on the flooring. Hopefully we can get the water heater closet tiled and install the water heater. Then if time we can do the wood flooring in the other rooms, or at least partially.
She is a Blue Faced/Front Amazon parrot. Being an Amazon I’m trying to think of an exotic name but all that comes up is Xena (the Amazon Princess). But Gabby was an Amazon Princess in the Xena tv show. hmmm She (the parrot) already can say Hello (at only 4 months old) so maybe she might be Gabby? lol Don’t know yet…
