09.24.08

Socks, more socks!

Posted in Redwood Living at 3:31 pm by Lynette

AF from Round Rock TX will be getting her 10 pair of socks by Saturday. 

It never ceases to amaze me how customers send me yarn I’ve never seen.  After 700+ pair of socks there is still new colorways.  The bottom Opal yarn is a new one for me.  The other thing I notice is customers prefer specific colors.  I know that is true for me and, apparently, it is true for everyone.

If you have yarn that you need knit up for socks email me here.

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09.23.08

A very nice visit

Posted in Redwood Living at 11:18 am by Lynette

We had a very nice overnight visit from the DD and #1 GD.20080922_0108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20080922_0113 It was a great opportunity for her Uncle

and her Aunt to get some quality time.

20080922_0114 Not to mention Papa and Mee Ma (that’s me!)

 

She is a very good baby, not fussy.  They really are doing a wonderful job and everyone seems happy.

 

 

 

Circular Sock Machine Class

I’m teaching a CSM class in  on October 24 & 25.  It will be nice to meet new CSM fanatics users and get some me time.

Here are the particulars…

Warner Mountain Weavers

Session 1 - One on one for an hour to adjust your machine

Session 2 - Make a tube, hang a hem, make a picot top, learn how to moc rib and make a hat

Session 3 - Put it all together, practice heels and toes and make a sock.

Holiday Socks

I’m currently scheduled out to October 28th.  If you have yarn to send me or want socks follow this link

http://www.fernwoodwoolworks.com/

To print out the order form, click on Socks from YOUR yarn.

09.06.08

Eye Candy Friday

Posted in Redwood Living at 10:40 am by Lynette

We call this the 50 foot meal.  Veggies harvested from our kitchen garden, eggs from the chickens and ground lamb from our neighbor made into meatloaf.  Ahhhh  delicious!

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09.04.08

Driver’s License? Good Luck!

Posted in Redwood Living at 10:54 am by Lynette

What a pain life has become.  Moving to a new state (Oregon) and having to get a new driver’s license has become an exercise in frustration and a test of my patience.

I got out my official ‘Lynette’s Stuff’ folder, filled out required paperwork, waited 45 minutes out side the DMV office for them to open.  I was actually second in line so I thought (silly me) I would be in and out quickly with a OR drivers license.

Ha HA!  the joke is on me and, apparently everyone else who is trying to get a drivers license.  Thanks to idendity theft and basically all the jerks in the world it is now improbable that you will have all the paper work you need.

Birth Certificate?  Yes, it is not the original but the micro printed one with the official embossed seal from the county I was born.  They scanned it, and took a great deal of time to be sure it was ‘official’. 

Marriage Certificate?  Yup, but it was not the official one.  I have to print out the forms, figure what county I was married in, get both of our ‘identities’ verified by presenting every piece of official paper we have with blood work from our first born child (just kidding).  Mail the lot off to said county with a check foer $13 and wait up to 6 MONTHS for the returned Marriage Certificate.  If I was married before 1947 and after 1986 in CA I could not get a copy for the state of CA for up to 18 months.  Was there a fire?  Flood?  Earthquake (well that may actually have happened!)

Thank GOD I changed my name back to my maiden name after 1st marriage otherwise I would need:

Birth certificate, Marriage certificate, divorce papers, court certificate of my name change, death certificate of my now dead ex-husband, new marriage certificate.

Proof of residence - a bill mailed to me in my name.

Social Security Card.  How many of us have our original social security card?  I got mine when I was 14 in 1969.  Since you cannot laminate them good luck actually finding one that has not been washed and still has enough fiber to hold together.

What has our world come to?  I think I’ll just keep the CA driver’s license until it expires in 2009. 

09.02.08

I’s the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Posted in Redwood Living at 10:08 am by Lynette

20080902_0081 Yes, the day is finally here.  The first day of school.  Since we’ve moved it is new schools for both kids.  They are at the table right now, eating a sufficiently sugar laden breakfast to give my son in law a tooth ache.  20080902_0082 DJ is bugging KT, want some salt on your cereal?  How about pepper, napkin.  

KT says: LEAVE ME ALONE I’m freeking out!

Ahhhh, the sounds of school. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids and it has been nice having them around this summer.  They have been a huge help in moving.  But I need to get back to my business.  I have socks to make, shawls to knit, aprons to sew.  I have two shows to prep for and am behind on my schedule.

School gives me the schedule I need to make progress.  The free and easy timing of summer is a nice break but we all know life is scheduled, you get up, go to work, eat, go to bed and do it all over again.

Yes, I’m doing the happy dance because….IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!