kitty: germany wins the world cup of women's football & habu reward

I know this is going to sound really odd, but I am feeling like a real slacker. The World Cup for Women's Football just ended in Shanghai and I kind of fell like I didn't do my part this time around to cheer on the woman. I did my research and cooked corresponding dishes each day to the winning team, but my FO completion this past two weeks has been lack luster. (1 completed and 2 on the needles still) Last year for the men, I finished three FO's and the one disastrous Sand Dollar Sweater. June and July were all about food and knitting on Knitbuddies all in honor of the World Cup of Football for the men. I guess even on Knitbuddies the lack of support for Women's Football is less than for the men's. So I am feeling like a slacker and a betrayer. I could give some good excuses for lack of performance, being really sick and TGS for a week, but still I am a slacker.... sigh Sorry Girls!!!! Germany won yesterday if you hadn't seen the reports.

Habu Kit #113 - The patchwork skirt From Setsuko Torii Hand-Knit Works

This is my reword to myself for loosing 30lbs. I still have a long way to go, but hopefully when I loose the next 30 I will be able to wear it and finished knitting and crocheting the skirt. :)

kitty: world cup finale update on fo's

After a week of grabbing my heading and wishing that my migraine would just finally go away the sun finally has came out and the tornado warnings have ended. I finally feel like a human being again and up to posting my photo heavy update. I feel really accomplished with how much I got finished during the Knitting World Cup especially considering I really didn't have a lot of time to knit. I only knitted while watching games and waiting for computer processes to finish running. In 30 days, I finished 2 sweaters, 1 city shawl, and another sweater that is finished except for sewing in one sleeve but destined for the frog pong. I absolutely love my two new sweaters designed by Stefanie Japel. It is no big secrete that I am a rubenesque girl, but these sweaters make me feel pretty and girly. I am in love with them both. This is a true credit to the designs. So many plus size patterns are tents or are just extrapolated patterns that have weird shapes created for larger sizes.

kitty: So who won the World Food Cup adventrue?

M and I have also been doing a World Cup Food adventure: So who won the world food cup? Germany Followed closely by the French and Italians The end result might have been different, but I got really sick the last day of the world cup. I still haven't recovered from my migraine so I haven't felt like getting FO shots for all that I knitted during the world cup. So those photos will be coming, 2 sweaters, 1 city shawl, and one sweater for the frog pond. Not bad for 30 days. :) M and I had some of the best food through this world cup food adventure that I have ever eaten in my life. I am so glad we played our own little adventure game. I don't want to go back to normal food. bleck     Kitty M Day 1 German Street Vendor Brats No. 4 Day 2 Earl Grey Strawberry Vanilla Tea, Crispy Potatoes, Open Patty Melt Beef Day 3 Argentina Flautas with Argentina Red Chili Chutney, Apple butter, avocado, and Chocolate Mint Ice Cream No. 4 Day 4 Spaghetti Day 5 Korean Food at our favorite Korean Restaurant in town Day 6 Spanish Onion Bread with avocado and chicken   Day 7 Fish and Chips - Whole Foods Deli   Day 8 Argentina Empanadas Brazilian Banana Split with Banana Bread, Pineapple, Vanilla, and Strawberry Ice cream   Day 9 Lunch: Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs Dinner : Northern Italian Asparagus, zucchini, onion, mushroom, chicken Pizza American Krispy Kreme donuts, pineapple ice cream, and a bananas   Day 10 6/18 Lunch: French fruit Pancakes with a butter cream and apple sauce Dinner: Korean Stone Pot cooking in a hot iron place on a table eye - Beef, zucchinis, onions, mushrooms, korean spices and red sauce with amazing beef misso soup Japanese Black Sesame wafers coated with organic honey served over vanilla ice cream    Day 11 6/19 Arroz con Pollo No. 5 Day 12 6/20       Day 13 6/21       Day 14 6/22 Arroz con Pollo & Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs     Day 15 6/23 Beef Bourguignon     Day 16 6/24 Fajita Burrito Bol & Pineapple, Tomatoes, Onions, honey, and sugar     Day 17 6/25 Norwegian Scrambled eggs (sorry no pictures, it was 5am when I finally got time to eat dinner)     Day 18 6/26 Ukrainian Holubtsi (Holub means dove) Drunken Vanilla Apricots      Day 19 6/27       Day 20 6/28       Day 21 6/29 Convention - No Entry     Day 22 6/30 Convention - No Entry     Day 23 7/1 Convention - No Entry     Day 24 7/2 Portugal Beef with Coconut and Tomato sauce Dinner No.7   Day 25 7/3 German Potatoes and Eggs with Brats Goodbye to England and Mexico Mexican Guacamole and UK Beef Carpacio with stuffed Mashed Potato Green Peppers Dinner No. 6   Day 26 7/4 Italian Victory Feast- Sun driedTomato Pesto Bread, Italian Grilled Vegetables, Egg Noodles, and Fresh Grape and herb grilled Halibut No. 3 No. 3 Day 27 7/5 French Champagne Grilled Chicken and Vegetables - Poulet au Champagne (2nd view) No. 2 No. 2 Day 28 7/6       Day 29 7/8 Biermarinierten Huhn & Schwetzinger Spargelsalat - German Chocolate Tea No. 1 No. 1 Day 30 7/9 Risotto aux Champignons

kitty: World Cup Food Update and a new yarn find

The Specs: Pattern: City Shawl - Stefanie Japel 2005 Yarn: 2 hanks banana silk from Pure Knits Needles: Size US 15 European Plastic Inox Modifications: Just ordered 2 more hanks to make it a little larger Time: 2 hours from the time the box was open yesterday

You know, there are those yarns that just make you want to sit down and knit when they arrive in the mail. Banana Silk would have to be one of those yarns. I couldn't even wait to take a picture of the hanks of yarn in there pretty bag with brown ribbon. (Thanks you so much, Yahaira) There is just something totally fascinating about the fact that you are knitting with banana fibers from tree stalks and leaves from Nepal. The yarn feels amazingly soft, nice sheen, and has the funky recycled fiber feel like the recycled silk yarn that was the rage a couple of years ago. I had bought the city shawl pattern when it first came out, and had never found the perfect yarn for it. Yahaira, made the suggestion on her site that it was a great yarn for the pattern and she was so right.

M and I have also been doing a World Cup Food adventure: Update July 5, 2006: So who is winning in the world food cup?     Kitty M Day 1 German Street Vendor Brats No. 4 Day 2 Earl Grey Strawberry Vanilla Tea, Crispy Potatoes, Open Patty Melt Beef Day 3 Argentina Flautas with Argentina Red Chili Chutney, Apple butter, avocado, and Chocolate Mint Ice Cream No. 4 Day 4 Spaghetti Day 5 Korean Food at our favorite Korean Restaurant in town Day 6 Spanish Onion Bread with avocado and chicken   Day 7 Fish and Chips - Whole Foods Deli   Day 8 Argentina Empanadas Brazilian Banana Split with Banana Bread, Pineapple, Vanilla, and Strawberry Ice cream   Day 9 Lunch: Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs Dinner : Northern Italian Asparagus, zucchini, onion, mushroom, chicken Pizza American Krispy Kreme donuts, pineapple ice cream, and a bananas   Day 10 6/18 Lunch: French fruit Pancakes with a butter cream and apple sauce Dinner: Korean Stone Pot cooking in a hot iron place on a table eye - Beef, zucchinis, onions, mushrooms, korean spices and red sauce with amazing beef misso soup Japanese Black Sesame wafers coated with organic honey served over vanilla ice cream    Day 11 6/19 Arroz con Pollo No. 5 Day 12 6/20       Day 13 6/21       Day 14 6/22 Arroz con Pollo & Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs     Day 15 6/23 Beef Bourguignon     Day 16 6/24 Fajita Burrito Bol & Pineapple, Tomatoes, Onions, honey, and sugar     Day 17 6/25 Norwegian Scrambled eggs (sorry no pictures, it was 5am when I finally got time to eat dinner)     Day 18 6/26 Ukrainian Holubtsi (Holub means dove) Drunken Vanilla Apricots      Day 19 6/27       Day 20 6/28       Day 21 6/29 Convention - No Entry     Day 22 6/30 Convention - No Entry     Day 23 7/1 Convention - No Entry     Day 24 7/2 Portugal Beef with Coconut and Tomato sauce Dinner No.7   Day 25 7/3 German Potatoes and Eggs with Brats Goodbye to England and Mexico Mexican Guacamole and UK Beef Carpacio with stuffed Mashed Potato Green Peppers Dinner No. 6   Day 26 7/4 Italian Victory Feast- Sun dried Tomato Pesto Bread, Italian Grilled Vegetables, Egg Noodles, and Fresh Grape and herb grilled Halibut No. 3 No. 3 Day 27 7/5 French Champagne Grilled Chicken and Vegetables - Poulet au Champagne (2nd view) No. 2 No. 2 Day 28 7/6       Day 29 7/8 Biermarinierten Huhn & Schwetzinger Spargelsalat No. 1 No. 1 Day 30 7/9

kitty: World Food Cup Continues - only 2 more games

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. I thankfully had a nice and quiet day. The phone didn't even ring the entire day. WOHO a true holiday! Though I was trying to get work done so that today wouldn't be that bad. The pink sweater is coming along nicely. I had to order US size 9 double points to be able to finish the center sand dollar. I think I will have enough yarn to do the long sleeves, but I really want to wait until I know for sure. The back and the front have knitted up in about 4 hours, so it has been super fast knit. The Lady Bug yarn sweater is almost ready for its close up. It took an entire week to dry, and now it needs to be blocked again for the loops. I am so excited about how it is turning out.

M and I have also been doing a World Cup Food adventure: Update July 5, 2006: So who is winning in the world food cup?     Kitty M Day 1 German Street Vendor Brats No. 3 Day 2 Earl Grey Strawberry Vanilla Tea, Crispy Potatoes, Open Patty Melt Beef Day 3 Argentina Flautas with Argentina Red Chili Chutney, Apple butter, avocado, and Chocolate Mint Ice Cream No. 2 The meal was to die for! No. 4 Day 4 Spaghetti Day 5 Korean Food at our favorite Korean Restaurant in town Day 6 Spanish Onion Bread with avocado and chicken No. 8 Day 7 Fish and Chips - Whole Foods Deli   Day 8 Argentina Empanadas Brazilian Banana Split with Banana Bread, Pineapple, Vanilla, and Strawberry Ice cream   Day 9 Lunch: Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs Dinner : Northern Italian Asparagus, zucchini, onion, mushroom, chicken Pizza American Krispy Kreme donuts, pineapple ice cream, and a bananas Lunch No. 7 Lunch No. 2 Tie Day 10 6/18 Lunch: French fruit Pancakes with a butter cream and apple sauce Dinner: Korean Stone Pot cooking in a hot iron place on a table eye - Beef, zucchinis, onions, mushrooms, korean spices and red sauce with amazing beef misso soup Japanese Black Sesame wafers coated with organic honey served over vanilla ice cream    Day 11 6/19 Arroz y Pollo No. 4 No. 2 Tie Day 12 6/20       Day 13 6/21       Day 14 6/22 Arroz y Pollo & Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs     Day 15 6/23 Beef Bourguignon     Day 16 6/24 Fajita Burrito Bol & Pineapple, Tomatoes, Onions, honey, and sugar     Day 17 6/25 Norwegian Scrambled eggs (sorry no pictures, it was 5am when I finally got time to eat dinner)     Day 18 6/26 Ukrainian Holubtsi (Holub means dove) Drunken Vanilla Apricots      Day 19 6/27       Day 20 6/28       Day 21 6/29 Convention - No Entry     Day 22 6/30 Convention - No Entry     Day 23 7/1 Convention - No Entry     Day 24 7/2 Portugal Beef with Coconut and Tomato sauce Dinner No. 6   Day 25 7/3 German Potatoes and Eggs with Brats Goodbye to England and Mexico Mexican Guacamole and UK Beef Carpacio with stuffed Mashed Potato Green Peppers Dinner No. 5   Day 26 7/4 Italian Victory Feast- Sun dried Tomato Pesto Bread, Italian Grilled Vegetables, Egg Noodles, and Fresh Grape and herb grilled Halibut No. 3   Day 27 7/5 French Champagne Grilled Chicken and Vegetables No. 1 No. 1 Day 28 7/6