Yay!

Ok, so "it" really, really is done and looks good and has started its journey with all the other goodies to Michigan. I'm now on pins and needles waiting to see if I did good or not. I've had a lot of fun with the Hogwart's swap, but I'm ready for a break from swaps for a little bit.

Meantime, I gifted my remaining lovely blue variegated bamboo to someone wishing to try out some bamboo which leaves me much relieved because I no longer need to figure out what to do with it! Yay! I SO love the RAK group on Ravelry!

And while I haven't had much time to devote to the dh birthday socks, I have been plugging along at them here and there and I took a new picture just to remind myself how much further along I am that I used to be.


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HLBOES - Flying assignment

The rules of Quidditch
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Quidditch is a game played on brooms with two teams, each team consisting of seven players. The positions on the teams are as follows: 1 Keeper, 1 Seeker, 2 Beaters, and 3 Chasers. The Keeper protects the goals (3 rings) for their team. The seeker is primarily concerned with finding and capturing the snitch (a small golden enchanted ball). The Beaters are primarily concerned with protecting their teammates from the bludgers (two enchanted balls that fly around attempting to hit the players). And the Chasers are responsible for obtaining and moving the quaffle (the fourth ball involved in the game) down the field to score goals.

A quidditch game begins when the referee releases all four balls from the central circle. The Bludgers and the Snitch fly off on their own accord; the Snitch to hide itself quickly, and the Bludgers to attack the nearest players. The Quaffle is thrown into the air by the referee to signal the start of play. When the quaffle is thrown through one of the rings, a goal is scored and is worth ten points. After a goal is scored, the Keeper of the team scored upon throws the Quaffle back into play. Capturing the Snitch earns the Seeker's team 150 points, equivalent to 15 goals scored by Chasers. Since the game ends immediately after the Snitch is caught, the team capturing the Snitch is very likely to win the game, though not always. The length of a Quidditch game varies, as play can only end with the capture of the Golden Snitch by one of the Seekers.

So excited!

I mailed my package out to my Starbucks & Yarn swap spoilee on Friday and happily her being not too far away, it got there today! I've eagerly been checking Ravelry on and off all day waiting for the word. There were moments that I very nearly broke down and started chewing on my nails. Ok, it wasn't quite so dramatic as all that. We were out most of today, spending time with Papa who was down on a business trip and had some time before he headed back to spend with us. The boys ofcourse enjoyed his visit and Kaylee was sorta ok with him most of the time, which is cool considering she's never spent much time with him at all in her almost a year of her life.

But anyway, back to the Starbucks and the yarn... I made stitch markers for her. Never done it before, but I dove into it. First buying some adorable little race car charms (and got some flags tossed in for good measure) from a gal up in Daytona on Etsy. Realized that I had some flexible wire for making bracelets and necklaces laying around that I never used for whatever it was I was going to use it for, got my needle-nosed pliers out and went to work. They turned out pretty cool all things considered. I'll put up a pic as soon as I get them downloaded off my phone, but here's the pic of the bag I made for her.



But my waiting paid off. I got a fabulous PM on Ravelry from my spoilee and she loved it all. I was so excited, still so excited! I'm glad my stalking paid off and its just so awesome to get to surprise someone like that. And coincidentally, my spoilee also shares my birthday and my sentiments about wanting our birthday back from Elvis! How funny is that? I thought it was just me!

Realistic deadlines

Ok, so I have one pair of my Warm Woolies socks finished. I finished the cupcake, which was a piece of cake. ;) And I'm nearly finished with Gir. Should have him done tomorrow for mailing. A little late, but not nearly as late as I thought it would be. I've taken a step back in the knitting for the twins. I'm still going to make them sleep sacks maybe as Christmas presents, but for right now I'm going to just make them some hats since their birth day has been moved up nearly a week.

So after I've finished those projects, I'll have plenty of time to work on socks for the kids and figure out what to make for my Guilty Pleasures/Good Karma Swap partner. I'm so excited about this swap. Its my second one and my first(Starbucks and Yarn Swap) was very cool. At least the putting together my package to send my partner was. Haven't had the pleasure of getting my package yet, but I'm on pins and needles about it!