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Mmmm... I just love knitting

[May. 13th, 2008|06:45 am]

[	Tags	\|	handspun, knitting, milkyrobot, socks	]
[	Current Location	\|	work, ugh... my second home	]
[	Current Mood	\|	geeky	]
[	Current Music	\|	my keyboard typing	]

I’m still working on the Jitterbug and Flat Feet sock! I just caught up to one another! Sigh… I love knitting socks! The Flat Feet socks are looking great! Pictures tonight (cross my fingers). I found my Bowie handspun yarn in a box last night and want to knit it up, but not sure what to make with it? Hmmm…. I’ll just leave it out and let it tell me what it wants to be!

Bowie Handspun Yarn by Me

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Wordpress	[May. 13th, 2008\|05:33 am]
Those of you who follow my other blog, milkyrobot.blogspot.com, I have changed to a new location: milkyrobot.wordpress.com Blogger won't let me fix my blog and it looks like crap! Sucks! :( It's not the first time it's messed up. Ugh...
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Socks and More Socks

[May. 10th, 2008|04:33 pm]

[	Tags	\|	knitting, milkyrobot, socks	]
[	Current Location	\|	living room	]
[	Current Mood	\|	numb	]

I finished the Mini Sock Blocker Keychain the other day and finally up loaded the pictures! At first I thought it was extremely too small, but after putting it on the blocker, it fits perfect!

Mini Sock Blocker Keychain done in Koigu KPPPM

I've also started on the second sock with Jitterbug Fire yarn! I finished the first sock about a week and half ago? I'm starting the heel flap in a moment! Yay! I've also decided to cast on another sock using Flat Feet sock yarn. I LOVE this stuff! Wow! It's so much easier to knit from the flap rather than a ball or pull center ball. I have a big order of undyed sock yarn and some dye on hold and I'm very tempted to whip out my knitting machine and knit all the yarns into flat panels to dye. It looks like so much fun to dye this way too! We'll see!

Basic Sock in Jitterbug Fire

Basic Sock started in Flat Feet Sock Yarn

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Handmade Buttons	[May. 4th, 2008\|09:09 pm]
Yay! I made buttons! I love how they turned out, and I like the packaging I put together as well! I took the backing off of an old frame and used it for the paper holder and tied them in with hemp twine. Once these sell, I might make a lot more! You can buy them here! Singles ($2.50) Sets ($6.50)
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Flat Footsie's

[Apr. 26th, 2008|01:41 pm]

[	Tags	\|	flat feet, knitting, sock yarn, socks	]
[	Current Mood	\|	crafty	]

I forgot I had this stash of Flat Feet Sock Yarn! I ordered them from some online shop about a month ago. I can't wait to finish up the socks I'm on working on now so I can cast one of these guys on. These colors make me drool!

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Scarf Love

[Apr. 26th, 2008|09:51 am]

[	Tags	\|	banadura, handspun, knitting, ozark, scarf	]
[	Current Location	\|	Couch watching cartoons	]
[	Current Mood	\|	hungry	]
[	Current Music	\|	tv	]

I had some scarves up for sale on my shop a while back. I've taken them down since then and I'm now placing them back up for sale! I've added one new one (the gray/orange one)! More to come soon! These will be added back to the shop on 4/27!

= Top Row: Imagine Monsters, Peace. Middle Row: Goldfish Zen, Pink Street. Bottom Row: Garden Frog, * In Progress* =

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The Result is......	[Apr. 22nd, 2008\|09:49 am]
After all your feedback, I've decided to go for it! I'm planning my dreadlock adventure sometime in May! Yay! I wasn't sure if my boss (mother-in-law) would let me have dreads in the business office, but she said if I pull 'em back it's not a problem! Yay! I'm so stoked!
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To Dread or Not To Dread?	[Apr. 21st, 2008\|04:47 pm]
I've been growing out my hair for about 5 years now because I originally wanted to get it dreaded. Now that it's beyond that lenth, I wanna get em done. Should I or not? (My hair is to my belt now)
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Knitting In The Office

[Apr. 21st, 2008|06:42 am]

[	Tags	\|	fiber batts, knitting, milkyrobot	]
[	Current Location	\|	at work in my cubicle	]
[	Current Mood	\|	creative	]
[	Current Music	\|	the fan on my desk, forgot my ipod :(	]

Ugh, I totally don't want to be in my cubicle today. Errr.... I wish it was still the weekend, I have so much more carding to do! *le sigh* So for once, I finally brought my lunch to work, so now I can't spend the hour knitting my socks! Yay! I want to finish this pair up so I can start the next pair. I have this gorgeous alpaca blend sock yarn that is like a Robin's Egg blue and Chocolat stripe! I'm dieing to knit with it! I'll be sure to take some pics of the sock progress tonight and hopefully be able to pump out some more batts this evening as well!

The house is coming together once again, all the work has been finished! Yay! I started to put stuff away yesterday but got distracted with fiber. Hmmm that seems to happen al lot....

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New Batts

[Apr. 20th, 2008|05:56 pm]

[	Tags	\|	etsy, fiber batts, milkyrobot, spinning	]
[	Current Location	\|	in the living room	]
[	Current Mood	\|	hungry	]
[	Current Music	\|	tv	]

I carded out three new batts this afternoon! More to come soon! Check them out at the shop!

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Earthy Day

[Apr. 19th, 2008|09:20 am]

[	Tags	\|	green, handspun, milkyrobot, yarn	]
[	Current Location	\|	Squeezed on the couch next to boxes	]
[	Current Mood	\|	hungry	]
[	Current Music	\|	my tummy growling	]

I spun up a new yarn last night upstairs. It was soooo uncomfortable spinning up there, no room and no real chair, just my bed to sit on. Ugh. I can't wait till they finish our house today! I'm spending all day tomorrow putting the downstairs back together! Yay! They put all new base boards on the rooms, fixed the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and installed our new toilet! I never thought in a million years, I would be so damn excited about a toilet... We got this new eco-friendly toilet, it's amazing! I'm so totally in love with it! haha... Ok, on to the yarn and goodies!

= Clockwise starting from left: Manatee Sea Yarn, some green stuff, recycled magazine envelopes and my hemp Moving Mud necklace =

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Greener day by day	[Apr. 18th, 2008\|07:05 pm]
So I've been trying to be as green as possible and picked up the book "The Green Book". Wow! What an awesome book! It's like my new bible!
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Recycled Goods Now At Milkyrobot!

[Apr. 13th, 2008|06:04 pm]

[	Tags	\|	etsy, magazines, milkyrobot, recycled	]
[	Current Location	\|	living room	]
[	Current Mood	\|	ugh, headache	]

I now have recycled magazine envelopes available in my shop! I have a HUGE stack of Juxtapoz, Giant Robot, Swindle and other pop culture art magazines! So, after searching the web all night for different ways I can recycle them into crafts, I have decided to make envelopes! I only have one size available right now, more sizes will be coming to the shop soon.

= Some feature Shepherd Fairey, Gary Baseman, Uglydoll and Friends With You =

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Yarnia & Fibertopia

[Apr. 12th, 2008|04:49 pm]

[	Tags	\|	batts, bob marley, fiber, handspun, milkyrobot	]
[	Current Mood	\|	dead tired	]

Some new yarns and a fiber batt I've done recently!

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Chompy Saturday

[Apr. 12th, 2008|06:51 am]

[	Tags	\|	handspun, marley, yarn	]
[	Current Location	\|	couch, like usual haha	]
[	Current Mood	\|	thirsty	]

So I've been spinning more lately. I took a long break, but I think I'm officially back! Here's some yarn porn and dog pics! ( Poor Marley has really bad allergies/cold, his nose is extremely runny. The vet gave him some meds on Tuesday, but the haven't completely kicked in yet.)

= Chompy Handspun Yarn =

= Marley "huh?" =

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New Hempy Batts

[Apr. 10th, 2008|04:48 pm]

[	Tags	\|	batts, fiber, spinning	]
[	Current Location	\|	Couch with Marley	]
[	Current Mood	\|	tired	]
[	Current Music	\|	tv	]

I've been getting back into fiber stuff lately! Yay! I almost got rid of my wheel to, good thing I didn't! I might be getting a new wheel in May! Another yay! I want to get an Ashford Country Spinner. I used it at TYF and fell in love! I need it! Here's two new batts, more coming soon along with some new yarn!

= Hempy Batts =

My poor new doggy has a bad cold. Real bad cold. His nose has been running really bad for 2 days now. :( The vet gave us a medicine for him, but you can tell he's miserable form this cold. :( Poor Marley. :(

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More Marley!

[Apr. 5th, 2008|10:41 pm]

[	Tags	\|	dog, marley, white shepherd	]
[	Current Location	\|	couch	]
[	Current Mood	\|	tired	]

= Marley needs his own EZ chair =

= Bob is boring Marley =

= Awwwww... Marley wants some love! =

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Meet Marley

[Apr. 5th, 2008|06:26 pm]

[	Tags	\|	american, dog, marley, milkyrobot, white shepherd	]
[	Current Location	\|	Coucj, next to Marley	]
[	Current Mood	\|	giddy	]
[	Current Music	\|	TV	]

Bob and I have been wanting to get a dog for sometime now. We drove on over to the Animal Shelter down the street to take a look. We fell instantly in love with a 4 year old 100% American White Shepherd. He was such a sweetheart and so gentle, but big! While I took guard at the dog's pen, Bob went to let they volunteers know we wanted to sit with him. We had found a dog about a week ago that we liked, but as went to get more info on the dog, someone adopted him! I was so pissed! But after finding this one, I knew it was so meant to be! We took the sweet boy home this afternoon! Meet Marley:

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Weekend

[Apr. 4th, 2008|03:58 pm]

[	Tags	\|	jitterbug, knitting, milkyrobot, sock	]
[	Current Location	\|	couch, yay!	]
[	Current Mood	\|	relaxed	]
[	Current Music	\|	tv	]

Yesterday was my Granny's funeral. We went up to Prescott for the gathering. It went nice, was pretty tough. I had the flu real bad when she passed away, so nothing really hit me until I got to Prescott. Afterwards, to get my mind off the whole day, Bob found 3 (THREE!!!) yarn shops nearby. Wow! They had some amazing yarns and fibers! Here's the damage:

I'm almost about half way done with my first "real" sock! Yay! I'm using size 3 sock needles with Jitterbug "Fire" yarn. I'm loving how these are turning out! The pattern I'm using is Silvia's Sock Knitting Class. Very basic, I altered the cuff a bit though. Knitted 5 rows in 1x1 ribbing, then knitted 10 rounds before started the heel flap.

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When it rains, it pours.	[Mar. 30th, 2008\|01:37 pm]
Here's part of our house after the flooding. We have to live like this till Wensday. Most of the stuff from our living room will be on the patio, we have moved some big items inside since then. There are 5 air vac's in the kitchen, 3 in the bathroom, 3 in the living room and 2 huge generators in the middle of the room. We're stuck up stairs till then due to the heat downstairs and the loud noise. I'm still very sick and can't seem to get much rest. I'm gonna head into work tomorrow for a little. sigh
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