Twilight Success ~

We interrupt the knitting to bring you the news flash from the Tomahawk Twilight xcountry race.Yes, she did really well, wore her new 'half inch' spikes for the first time, and they are still full of great golf course dirt and grass! Plus she earned an awesome blue ribbon! Hurrah!
(P.S. The "Twilight" in the name is because they run at dusk ~ no vampires were running)

Yarn Yoga surprise ~

Just when we think we're having as much fun as we can at our Yarn Yoga.... and guess who shows up?

Yup....you guessed it...

so we had a chat.....I think he might join our Yarn Yoga group.....

Lambeau Leap ~

While we were watching New Moon with hundreds of twilight fans... my sweetie was watching the Packers with thousands of Green Bay fans ~ at Lambeau Field.

At his Packers' Backers club at the end of last season, he won the BIG raffle prize ~ 2 tickets to Lambeau Field... and so this is it... and he went with two of his brothers, and his great friend and his wife and daughter.

Here is a big play, he emailed me this picture (above) with the words, "2nd and 8 from 9" and thankfully they must have moved the ball accordingly, and they ended up winning the game against San Francisco.... Hurrah!

P.S. See why I knit so many Packers hats?

New Moon review ~

Well, we saw New Moon this weekend. We were excited all weekend, and ended up going with four other gals. We took up an entire row at the theater.


Here are some observations that you may not have seen in the movie reviews, fan magazines or twilight blogs:

1. All of the coming attractions trailers for new movies include actors & actresses from Mama Mia.
2. There does not appear to be any knitting or knitted items in the movie.
3. The Alice's first outfit is very "un-Alice" unless she is a waitress in a diner.
4. Jake's long hair in New Moon looks better than his long hair in Twilight.
5. I thought the wolves would look cheesy, but I was pleasantly surprised at how real they looked.
6. Only one "can't watch" part in the very beginning where there was some heavy neck cracking going on...

I'm sure there are more obscure observations, what are some of yours? Think about them while you listen ~ can you name that tune?

New Moon today ~

Yes, today is the showing of the New Moon movie, second in the Twilight series. My girls and I will be going to the Sunday matinee, and I think my oldest will have already seen it on Saturday with her friends.

As many wonderful Harry Potter knits that I've seen and loved, there aren't many of the Twilight knits that move me at all. After seeing the first movie, the only knit I could remember was Bella's mittens, and here is a link to the pattern, with complements to the SubliminalRabbit blog. Check her out!

More inspiration ~

Yippee! The new Interweave Knits has arrived! I've decided that I'll be "allowed" to read it once I've finished listening to Breaking Dawn as that will give me extra motivation to finish this audio book before the due date at the library. So far, the Interweave looks like it has a lot of potential ~ remembering that the last issue sucked me in from the very first page of advertising, as it was the Lacy Pullover (shown below March 31, 2009 post).

Cozy knitting ~

I'm knitting in my new chair, listening to Breaking Dawn, the last in the Twilight series, being very cozy and relaxed. This chair has been the perfect addition to our room, and the perfect way to knit in my cozy room! I'm making progress on the lacy pullover, and I need to be patient as part of me wants to start a new project with a new set of stitches, or perhaps I should pick up one of my Works In Progress and then I'll feel like I've started a new project... I miss those hats that knit up so fast.....but, the lacy pullover is looking great, really it is.....