Extravaganza stuff part 2 aka mom don't kill me.

So as you all know, yesterday was Halloween, but since I look forward to this particular holiday as an excuse to show off my geekiness at work, I dressed up on Friday.

I'm a Hobbit!! (Or as one of my facebook friends said, I'm dressed up for Firefly of the Rings)



Here's my fuzzy feet. I knit them with Red Heart and fun fur!

As I posted yesterday, that night we went to see Rocky Horror, and I went to bed with the music stuck in my head! I like the music, but when you're exausted its a bit annoying and I didn't sleep well.
But when you wake up with this face looking at you, its hard to be grumpy.


Poor Tripsie is in the background sneezing (I think her misery is part of why Kitty seems so content).



After I got ready, I headed out and then stared at this for about 2 hours.


Everyone, meet Aaron.
Aaron is my Tattoo guy! His wife is one of my friends from work, and he's done all my ink.


This picture was taken right after we finished. I emailed it to Sam, and then when I showed it to him in person he was overcome with relief. Apparently, it doesn't look so great (and looks huge) in that picture, so hopefully
is a better one (despite the shine). My dragon is about 3 inches long in the face. I think it only looks big because I have tiny arms.

the wings go all the way around my arm :)

If you're in the area and are at all interested in a tattoo please check them out. Aaron has opened his own store!

Infinity Ink Location:

2611 Wards Rd

Lynchburg, VA, 24502

Phone:

434-237-TATZ (8289)

Tues - Thurs:

11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Fri - Sat:

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

His prices are great and he does awesome work. The shop is very clean and is GORGEOUS (I may be swayed by the purple wall and big screen tv...)

This afternoon we're going to our nephew's 1st birthday party. I feel kind of bad I didn't knit him anything, but I spent most of the last 2 weeks working on those hobbit feet and now I'm getting back onto my mini mochi socks :)
I hope everyone enjoys their extra hour today. Later!

SAFFRockyExtravaganza! part one

What happens when I don't blog for two whole weeks? Lots of stuff!
Last weekend was SAFF. I went down to NC and stayed at my parents' house Friday night, and then Saturday morning Mom and I headed down to Asheville.
I was a bad blogger and pretty much only took pictures of the super cute critters.

This is a picture from Painty's photostream I will take it down if she says she minds :)


Painty is one of the brilliant minds behind the online shop The Unique Sheep. They are who run the Lord of the Strings (rings) yarn club.
I also bumped into TurtleGirl76 who was helping out at the KnitWitch's shop. Both mom and I bought yarn there, I need to get it photographed.
We also bumped into Gnat from "Barknknit" podcast!
Here's the rest of my SAFF pics

I just love that face!!!!


This sheep was so eager for love she put her hooves up on the fence to get closer!

Beautiful drive. I think Rivendell must be just over that mountain.

One of the things I set out to buy was a darning egg, so that I can hopefully fix some of my socks. Normally, I think I'd use the Yarn Harlott's method "Say 'darn' and throw them away" but two of my holey socks are ones that are very special to me.

Tuesday night, when I got home from work I opened the back door to change the litter boxes. I didn't realize my neighbor's new puppy was outside (unleashed as usual) and he decided to come in for a visit.



I didn't stop to take any pictures while he was in the house, for obvious reasons, but here he is safely outside again.


Kitty and Tripsie weren't quite sure what to make of him.
After a while, puppy found a leaf to play with and darted off.


"And STAY out!"


To close out this post... last night a few of my friends and I went to see a production of the Rocky Horror show. Not the Rocky Horror PICTURE show mind you, but the actual play.

Frankenfurter was a blast. My friend James and I insisted someone get our picture with him.

Well... we're turning the lights off now to hide from trick or treaters. I'll post more either later or tomorrow :)

METALLICA!!!

Tonight me, Sam, and at least half my facebook friends are all going to see Metallica, LOG, and um.. oh yeah Gojira!
Very excited :)
Also, I ended up not going to Richmond for training. They sent my trainees to me instead! I was kind of sad though, I haven't seen Mikey & Janine in a few months.

I have finished my shawl. I kept hoping for a sunny day for a nice photoshoot but stupid clouds just keep hanging around.
So, this is as good as it'll get for now.


I also have finished a sock and a half from my first shipment of the Retro Video Game sock club.
I'm amazed at how much yarn is still left. I think I can get 2 pairs out of this skein!

I'm also excited because next weekend is SAFF! YAY!

Pretty pictures

We were driving on the mountain right at sunset, and figuring they probably wouldn't turn out very good, I snapped some pictures with my phone from a MOVING CAR but they turned out great!!
The bright lights are Liberty University's football field.

Lazy Saturday

So I know I've promised pictures from NOSoKnit but I'm gonna be lazy and just tell you to look here. That's Dana's report of the day :) If you go one post up she's also got a video of one of the merchants giving a dyeing presentation which was pretty cool!

Kitty had a cricket friend. They were just hanging out so I let the cricket stay until Tripsie saw it. She likes to pull their legs off :(



Speaking of Tripsie, I think she's got some dry skin issues. She's had this rash on her tummy for a while, and now she's got a bald spot on her tail and itchy bumps on her neck. The poor girl, the rash is on the right side of her face (the side with no hind leg for itching!)

If you'll recall the shawl I was working on last weekend... it was for an October Knit-Along with the Let's Knit2Gether podcast group on Ravelry, and I think Karma punished me for starting early. When I started the lace part I found I was off by 4 stitches, and all my efforts to regain them resulted in a bigger and bigger mess. So I ripped it out and have started again AFTER October 1.


I've just got 2 more rows before I start the lace part, and I'm right on track with my number of stitches so YAY!
The way the colors go make me think of the seasons. With beautiful fall represented at the top with browns and greens. Then grey and ice blue of winter, and just barely starting to come in with the purple of pretty spring flowers.

For any of my local friends, today there is a fundraising event in Appomattox VA for a 3 year old girl who has cancer. JessiFest will have some great music as well, organized by a good friend of ours so please show up! Attending is free, there is a yard sale and silent auction and food which will help raise funds, and donations are welcome.