Hogwarts sock kit swap Questionnaire

1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into?
Slytherin

2. List your favorite double-point needle brands, including size and length. Or would you prefer circulars?
I've only knitted socks with with circulars so far and I love the Addi's!

3. Would you like to try a new brand needle? If so, which brand? Size? Length?
Sure. I only have Addi's in size two and size 4 (two different lengths) So any other size, 0, 1, or 3 in circulars would be great. If there is a brand you like, I'd be happy to try them!

4. If you are a RAVENCLAW, do you prefer the colors in the film or the book? Do you have a strong preference? N/A

5. Do you have any allergies?
Nothing that I think pertains to the swap, unless you are going to send me something really dusty.

hogwarts sock kit swap

Ok, so last month I got in a little over my head with the Hogwart's Sock swap, seeing as I have never knitted socks before. I am almost done though! Anyway, this time around I thought I'd go with the sock kit swap so I don't have the pressure of knitting socks for someone else. It looks like it should be lots of fun. Today is the last day to sign up here

very first needle felted project ever!

I took a needle felting class from a local artist and had lots of fun. This little tree frog is my first project.

Holy Coffee swap package!!!

I got my package from Pheelya yesterday for the Knitter's Coffee Swap II and WOW!

I realize that I pretty much suck at taking decent pictures for this kind of thing but hopefully you'll get the idea. First of all she had three teddy bears,one for each of my kids, and some books for them as well. A book for me too, something to read while I wait for the last Harry Potter...(Pheelya is a librarian)
There was also two beautiful skeins of merino wool that I just love the color of and three skeins of a very soft and pretty blue yarn. Some wool wash was in there, an awesome big mermaid mug, two boxes of biscotti, some Harry Potter notecards, a really cute fairy sitting on a pretty glass orb, and oh, the coffee of course. Some great "Hawaiian Hazelnut" flavored coffee and Some Sumatra Coffee that I think I'll try in the morning. I have a feeling I'm forgetting something, there was so much in there. I was definitely spoiled! I love it all. Thank you so much Pheelya!!!

I am a Snapdragon What Flower Are You?

Why no show and tell

Sorry fellow Hufflepuffers. My swap pal knows who I am and I didn't want to spoil any surprise for her so I didn't post my progress. Sorry to let down the House by not earning them 5 points!

I've been tagged!

I've been tagged by my coffee swap partner, pheelya! Let's play!

The Rules: Each person tagged gives seven random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs seven facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and need to read your blog.

1. I did synchronized swimming for almost eight years as a kid. I was pretty good too. Ironically, I was really allergic to chlorine which caused my feet to itch so bad that I would practically scratch them raw each night after practice. Little did I know synchronized would become an olympic sport and almost cool in a retro kind of way. If only I had stuck with it I could have been in a red hot chili peppers video!

2. I was notoriously naughty as a small child. Neighbors still talk about how bad I was. I prefer to think I was just curious, strongwilled and misunderstood. Ok and maybe a little angry.

3. In contrast, I was the Canton McKinley Highschool's football homecoming queen in '93.

4. I became engaged to my highschool sweetheart when I was only 19 years old.

5. I went to work in Yellowstone National Park as a maid one summer during college. There, I fell in love with the West forever, fell in love with a wonderful hippie boy for a year or so and broke up with said highschool sweetheart, and got to pick up the dirty laundry of Mario Van Peeples, my closest celebrity-ish encounter to date. Oh wait, I met the members of Rusted Root around the same time too.

6. Ended up marrying that highschool not-so-sweet heart at 22, had a baby with him at 23, and got divorced at 26. I've since married the best man in the world for me, a quirky cross between Charles Ingalls and Vincent Price. We've had two more babies and are currently living happily ever after....

7. Hmm, last one. I need something very random and wierd. Got it! I hate the feel of raw, unfinished wood. It gives me chills in my teeth the way others would get from nails down a chalkboard. I can't touch wooden spoons without wrapping something around the handles. I also hate the feel of the kind of paper in trade paperbacks or newsprint. I have to use two bookmarks to hold the book open so I don't have to touch it!

I just tagged: Catherine, KTknits, AuntGeorge,MissBeeHaven, Kitchenwitch