DIY Charts and LYS

I have some graph paper (regular not knitting) and I'm really thinking about going and buying some colored pencils and making some charts of my own. I was thinking about some great designs trying to go to sleep last night. I'm not an artist in any way, but I used to mess around with drawing squares and colored designs alot in high school - I think that will come in handy, then again it could be a major flop... like when I thought I could design my next tattoo - lol don't ask... So maybe when Syd gets home from school we will go do that, we are going to a LYS we've never been to yet - Mass Ave. Knits.

Speaking of LYSs. Man, we went to one on Sunday, and well, I will never refer to it as a LYS again - it's a nasty, dirty, cluttered, yard sale in a building. I had called the owner about knitting supplies and she claimed she had what I was looking for (sock yarn, some dpn, etc.) but when we got there I almost fell over. There was so much dust on the merchandise I didn't want to touch anything for fear of a sneezing fit. And she didn't even HAVE any sock yarn. She did have some knitting needles, but they were just all thrown willy-nilly (yes, that's a word) in two areas on the wall with absolutely no rhyme or reason. So, the bottom line is - don't visit the Crafty Owl in Indianapolis.

We did visit Cottage Knits in Columbus a few weeks ago and everyone there was VERY nice. They had coloring books and toys for the kids and a quaint little knitting nook, where 4-5 ppl were knitting - all around my age or younger. The owner was super helpful, and they had a decent selection of yarn from what I could tell afterall it WAS my first LYS experience. :-)

Knitty Paws is also on our list of places to visit soon, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Skull Chart

I know, I know... its a skull... but its a cute skull. :-) I'm thinking of putting it on one hand of my wristwarmers and something else fun on the other one. So far I'm thinking red on black, but we'll just have to see. (I think I'll make a "cheap" pair first out of some stash before I buy yarn for them.) Anyway, my friend Justin would LOVE this skull, I think I'm gonna make him some wristbands or a hat with it on it just because he's such a cool dude. If you click on the skull it will take you to Domiknitrix.com and she has a few links to some projects other ppl have used this skull for - and they are actually kinda fun looking.



I have been looking at the We Call them Pirates site and getting all sorts of fun ideas... but I got there too late to join the actual KAL . Oh well. :-)