YARNBEANS

Moving on.

Thanks to everyone who has commented and sent me heartfelt thoughts regarding the death of my cat, Fatty.  It's been such a hard week and I've found myself spiraling down into the depths of depression.  But as I fall, I also just stop and think and regather myself.  It's time to remember Fatty as a wonderful part of my life and remember that we have a family to grow here.  He wouldn't want us moping around too much longer.

I've been knitting a bit and here's a little pic of something that's about 75% done...

It's my take on the Anthropologie-Inspired Capelet (ravelry link) by Julia of Peonyknits! The yarn is fantastic...It's Noro Taiyo, a cotton/wool/silk blend.  Love it doesn't begin to describe.  I'll definitely be getting more of this colorway to make a scarf for myself this fall.  It's my perfect storm of colors...pinks, greens, bronzes, so many different shades of these.
I'm knitting this a little bit longer because I am a buxom gal.

I've finished a cowl, but I just can't seem to get it photographed properly.  I'll work on that this week!

This is all the post I can manage right now, I'll try to check in later in the week.

Happy Mother's Day to the mothers out there!

RIP: Fatty Bean

We lost our beloved Fatty over the weekend...We are all devastated but glad his suffering is over.

FO: Raindrop Lace Socks

I finished my latest socks on Friday! 

Pattern:  Raindrop Lace Socks by Evelyn Clark for Fiber Trends
This is one of my favorite sock patterns of all time.  The pattern repeat is only four rows and is super easy to memorize. 

Yarn: Unique Sheep Leili sock yarn from Woolgirl in Sunstone
This yarn is a wool/mohair blend and is a very thin fingering weight.  Perfect for this delicate lace pattern and really nice to work with.

Needles:  US 2 bamboo dpns

Mods: None.  Perfect as they are.

Now I have to decide on my next socks.  Maybe some lovely Vesper self-striping socks.

A Cute Video!

I saw this video on the blog from the Belle of the Ball pocast (which is great, btw)!

Shhh....

...don't wake me!  I'm exhausted from training, but I am knitting a cowl.  An update soon!

Finally!

In my crazy and hectic recent schedule, this weekend was a small reminder of why I live on the Oregon Coast!

Saturday afternoon...

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I took this picture on my T-Mobile Sidekick (which quite frankly takes crappy pics and I regret purchasing).  We had fantastic weather on Saturday and I took a moment with the girls to check out the beach.  We call it sand therapy.

Just Call Me Liarpants!

There's a story behind this new nickname!

I've been waiting tables for about 13 years and really, I sometimes think I've heard it all, but then I find out I haven't!

Friday night...We're busy and one of the other servers (let's call her J) comes up to me and says, "I have a problem..."

Me: ?
J:  "The lady on 16 asked for the DH Pinot (fictional wine name).  When I brought it to her, she said she asked for the DH Pinot GRIS not the DH Pinot NOIR. I told her we don't carry the DH Pinot GRIS only the Pinot NOIR.  She says she saw a bottle of the GRIS on the shelf when she walked in.  I remind her that we don't carry the GRIS.  She says I don't want to open the bottle of GRIS for her."
Me:  "Is she crazy?  She thinks you're keeping the wine from her?"
J: "Yes. Will you go talk to her?"
Me:  "No problem."

Me:  "Hi, my name is Lori and I'm the wine buyer for the restaurant.  Your server mentioned that you wanted two glasses of the DH Pinot Gris, but unfortunately, we don't carry that wine."
Crazy: "Yes, you do, I saw it on the shelf when I walked in."
Me:  "Ma'am, as the wine buyer I can assure you I don't carry the DH Pinot Gris.  I am bound by one rule on my list and that is I don't carry a white and a red from the same producer except for Eyrie Vineyards."
Crazy:  "I saw it on the shelf when I walked in.  I'll show you."

We walk to the RED wine table/shelves that she's speaking of and look at every bottle and label.

Crazy: "Well, now it's gone. Someone moved it.  It was here when I walked in.  I know it was because I have a bottle of it at home and I recognized the label.  It's white."
Me: "I'm really sorry, Ma'am.  I don't know what to tell you, I don't carry that wine.  This is the RED wine table and the Pinot Gris are always in the walk-in.  I don't carry the DH Pinot GRIS, only the NOIR. I unload the wine orders myself and didn't receive any DH GRIS."
Crazy: "Well, I know it was there.  You don't want to open it for me."
Me: blink, blink
Crazy walks back to her table. There was nothing more to say.  Does this lady really think that I would hide a bottle of wine from her?  Like, she walked in the restaurant and I said to myself, "I don't think I'll let her have what she wants!"? 

(As a f*ck y*u, I took home a bottle of DH Pinot Noir and enjoyed it immensely!)

Heard at another table...

Me: "Good evening, How are you tonight?"
2nd Crazy: in a tone that says that it's all your fault - "Well, I would be FINE if the weather was BETTER!" (Seriously, I almost can't emphasize enough the venom that was in her voice!)

Hmm, if I could control the weather maybe I wouldn't wait tables for a living!

A Wee Tiny Sock!

Here's a wee tiny sock for the Wee Tiny Sock Swap!  It's off to Tennessee!

So adorable!

All socks, all the time!

I'm sure I've used that title before, but it's appropriate.

I started and finished one sock for my youngest daughter over the last couple of days...

I'll cast on the other one tonight.  The yarn is fantastic!  It's The Unique Sheep's FootPrints Sportweight yarn in Woolgirl with a Twist.  It's soft and squishy and not splitty at all.  It's great yarn. There's no pooling or anything.  This sock pattern is just 48-stitches cast on with a small garter stitch cuff, garter stitch short row heel and garter stitch toe.  Perfect bed socks for my 9-year old.

And a little progress on the Sunstone Raindrop Lace sock...

I've slowed down on this one a little because it just doesn't seem to grow at all.  I also cast on and ripped a Snicket sock in that lemony Louet gems I spoke of previously.  Snicket and I are parting ways for quite a while.  There's way too much purling and 1-stitch cableing in that pattern for my brain right now.

There's a lot of upheaval at work right now and I'll be training here and there for a while.  We are heading into the busy summer season soon and I just hope it's not the summer from hell of last year.  I didn't get to go to even one fiber festival last year!  I am planning way in advance this year for them.  No trainees are getting in the way of the fleece this year!

A Tiny Waitress Rant!

Dear Customer from Table Nine,

Do you really think I want to pick up your snotty tissue paper off of the table when you leave?

No tip is big enough for that.

Thanks,

Lori