This Little Light of Mine

GodTube.com: Third Day - Show Me Your Glory

I chose this video because of the music.  I never heard the song before and now I really like it.  It’s a self-made video to the music, which is kind of a nice tie in.

Can’t view it from the blog?  See it here.

Tweaking

So, I was thinking I need to start changing the look of my blog to something cleaner with the message I want to convey.  I’m tweaking the look of the site…again.  I like where it’s going, but I know I have a ways to go.  For starters, the side bar doesn’t seem to be widget ready.  So all the cool stuff I had in the side bars is no longer available.  For now anyway.

Why change it?  I have a visual for the look of my site.  I know what I want it to look like and feel like.  I want something clean and uncluttered, reflecting the person that I am.  Creative. 

So, if it looks different from one day to the other, just know that I working on bring a vision to life and enjoy the journey.

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Cameo Faggot Stitch Scarf

Last week I decided to toss a crochet scarf project I’m working on and use the yarn to make a scarf using the Cameo Faggot Stitch (as in cigar). It would seem that in order to keep the side even when crocheting, you need to count stitches. Well, I didn’t count 1 stitch and now the scarf looks drunk. The sides are weaving in and out and I just can’t bring myself to take it out again. So, I’ll finish it for myself and start over with a knit project.

After searching the patterns on Ravelry, books and websites, I chose the The Cameo Faggot Stitch Scarf. The finished project looked good and the pattern seemed interesting…as in easy.

And a way we go. I found videos at Knit-Help.com that demonstrated how to do 2 of the things the pattern called for. YO (yarn over) and k2tog (knit 2 together). I have my yarn, needles, know how. I’m ready to make it happen.

I have taken this thing out 50 million times. The stitches seemed to be a bit to twisted, so I had to be doing something wrong. Right? As it turns out, I was doing it all correctly, I just needed to do enough rows to see the progress. After that little gem of info was discovered, I was off and getting the hang of the stitch. Until I looked a few rows back and saw that I missed a YO. So, being the rational person that I am, I assumed I could carefully go back a few rows and make the correction. Everything went well until I couldn’t get the stitches back on the needle correctly. So, I had to start over…again.

The gift scarf saga continues. I’ll post photos after I finally get it going.

YouTube.com: Sexy Hula Hoop Boy

Who said boys only likes football?  Well, this put that lie to rest.

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PWC or Bust

I am anxiously awaiting this year’s Philadelphia Writers’ Conference. Last year was the first time I attended and it was intense. There were so many great workshops that it was hard choosing which to take. When it was all said and done, I was exhauasted, but in a good way.

I had the opportunity to meet local writers and authors like romance writer Alice Wootson, horror writer Jonathan Maberry, and paranormal and romance writer Leslie Banks. I had the pleasure of taking Ms. Banks workshop and she was the bomb! She made time for anyone who had a question and all of her workshop classes were lively and real. After picking up a few of her books at the conference, I am addicted to her stories.

This year is going to be no different. I still haven’t figured out which workshops to take, but I know I will have my butt in a chair taking notes. Lots and lots of notes.

If you are a budding writer and have never been to the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, you should diffinitely attend. It’s a great experience.

What A Tangled Web We Weave…

Or in my case, knit! This week I went on a yarn shopping trip with two fellow crochet and knitters, Monique and Ciara. After looking up local yarn shops on Ravelry, we realized there was one right in our backyard. The Tanlged Web at 7900 Germantown Ave. It’s nice little shop filled to the brim with yarn of every kind. The sales people were as friendly and helpful (even when I asked a dumb question about the yarn winder thingey).

There will be moving to a new and larger location soon which promises to have a place to chat and create inside or outside. Sounds like we’ve found a new place to hang out this summer.

After leaving there we made our way to a thrift shop I used to frequent in Norristown. I went to find off to find yarn and needles and the ladies headed for the shoes and purses. By the time they made their way to the craft section, I’d found a $3 bundle of 9 sets of needles and a few bags of yarn that looked interesting. Can you believe that? Nine sets of needles for 3 bucks. I was a happy camper.

Then it was time to hit Michaels on the way to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. I found some yarn to break up a red blanket I’m working on (crocheting) and some chenille that was on sale. Of course, when I got to the register, it wasn’t on sale. The yarn was in the wrong bin. Fine. I put it back and we headed off the Factory.

Three lunch specials and a Coach bag later, we were on our way home with our goodies. Now we actually have to make something. Oh, and I did share my 9 pack with fellow knitter Ciara. She got 3 sets of needles out of the deal.

Knitting A Sampler Afghan

I’m finally going to start the Sampler Afghan from Vickie Howell’s book Knitty Gritty Knits (DIY): 25 Fun & Fabulous Projects (DIY Network). It seems simple enough.

You use 1 main color and 3 different contrasting colors to make blocks with a height of 8″ & 24 stitches wide. The stitches used for this project are:

• garter (basic knit stitch)
• loopy square (I will most likely change this since I don’t like the way it looks)
• lace square
• hurdle stitch square
• checkerboard square
• popcorn square

Except for the garter stitch, these are stitches I will be trying for the first time.

I’ve chosen to use Red Heart’s Super Saver Yarn-Pink Camo, Light Raspberry, Cafe, & Baby Pink.There’s a shade of green in the Pink Camo yarn that I wasn’t able to find so we’ll go with this for now.

I’ve gotten 1 of 11 squares of the Pink Camo (MC) done using the garter stitch. I really link this color combo so I will probably use it in another project some where down the line.

So, back to knitting.

DailyMotion.com: Narnia Rap

This video is HIL-LAR-RI-OUS!!!!!!!!!!!  It’s Andy Samberg’s digital short about the Chronicles of Narnia.  It is a must see!!!!!!

Can’t view it from the blog?  See it here.