*** Gratuitous Elvis Post ***

Hiya Bashirs Momma!!!! Enjoy this rare appearance by Elm-is. He's a little tattered & worn, but he can still shake his money maker if you tickle him in just the right spot. Dude....I bought this when it first came out. I think that was about 7 years ago!!! You know I'm all over it when the King is involved. :)
Let's now have a moment of silence for the realization that the King lives............
Long live Rock n Roll!!!!
T-shirt from Joe's Crab Shack..........best BBQ crab ever!

This is for You - Bashirs Momma. He Lives!!!!!!!

blogger hates me.

and that's why I'm posting May in July....followed (hopefully sooner rather than later) by June in July and finally July in July. So here we go after spending an eternity waiting for photos to upload. From May.... The lace cafe curtains, originally meant for the bathroom window, found a new home on the back door. This new location will provide me with extra knitting, as I now need a top curtain to complete the ensemble. Lucky me.
For those of you on Ravelry - check out the "Testing Pool" group. I test knit this cute 'Flower Top Tam' for NeedlenHook. It's a great place to get your hands on some really cool patterns from up and coming designers.
Crocheted this for Jakey from Creepy Cute Crochet...emphasis on the 'creepy'. It was late and I was tired, so this poor little guy got overstuffed and has the look of constant panic as a result.

KnitWhits kit for the Ella Crocheted Scarf was my airplane knitting for the Memphis trip. Let me just say that I Love, yes that's a capital L, LoVe this scarf. I've had this kit for a couple of years and finally got around to making it. This is by far one of favorites yet. LOVE IT!
I can't wait to wear this. It turned out so pretty.
Remember this sexy little number??? The bride was thrilled, a little embarrassed, but very appreciative of my foray into knitted lingerie. I don't believe "something blue" actually made it to the wedding ceremony.......but I'm sure made an appearance on the Honeymoon!
I was also busy making garters for the entire wedding party.....35 in all...Here's a pic of two of the designs. I made 5 different styles.

I'm going to Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee...I'm going to Graceland ~Paul Simon

In the lobby were you buy the tour tickets. Awesome. *** I would like to point out that I am very into kitschy Elvis. Memphis and more specifically Graceland does not share this sentiment. There is not a single item, photo, XXXL jumpsuit to be found of bloated, drug addicted, can't remember the lyrics, karate kicking, sweaty, last days on earth Elvis. Disappointing, but young, toned, sexy Elvis made up for the lack of bloated, slurring, old Elvis....sort of.

I'm not going to bore you with the bazillion photos I took, mostly because it's exactly a billion (I counted) and because they didn't permit a flash, so the quality isn't that hot....but.....here are a few to wet yer whistle. The above photo is the racquetball court that was converted into a shrine of jumpsuits, gold records and all things Elvis. It was something to behold, I mean a girl can only hold it together for so long in the presence of all that polyester and rhinestones. I'm only human.

These next three shots are from an exhibit set up across the street from Graceland. It was so dark inside and again, flash was prohibited so I did my best. This my friends was the cherry on top. All the jumpsuits Elvis wore were hand made....meaning HAND STITCHED! Seriously, the craftsmanship was amazing. Let's face it, Love them or Hate them these costumes are works of art. I can't even begin to imagine the man hours that went into each suit. Crazy!

The dragon was my favorite, but I bet everyone recognizes the famous "Eagle" below.
This is some super cool memorabilia from the Sun Records studio tour.

Also from Sun Records in the office before you entered the actual recording studio.
I guess that's enough Elvis for now. Too much causes eyes to cross and lips to pout.


If you're still with me, I've got a couple more May knits to share. These are my Mc Circle socks knit with 'Seriously' from sKNITches.

This is a fantastic pattern for self-stripping yarn. Just look at that texture!!!
Finally, to end this ridiculously long post are a couple of crocheted flower hot pads I made for Jake's 2nd grade teacher. Mrs. "C" is working on her yellow retro kitchen this summer, so I thought these would fit in perfect.
I have linked quite a few things to Ravelry. If anyone isn't on Ravelry and wants info on any of the items posted here, just leave me a comment and I'd be happy to give you a direct link elsewhere.

*** I would also like to apologize for my lazy blogging. I blame Ravelry. I'm on Ravelry just about every day, so please "friend" me or 'pm' me there. I love seeing what everyone else is working on and Ravelry is a one-stop shop. My user name is NoKnitSherlock.

It's like the holy land, but with pork

I hope all you Mom's had a wonderful Mother's Day. I wanted to share the card my son gave to me. Ha ha! He knows me so well. I love that little boy so much!

We are leaving for Memphis, TN eeeeeeeeearly tomorrow morning...we are talk'in the ass "crack of dawn". I'm so stoked to see Graceland, enjoy brews & blues and pig out on Memphis BBQ I don't even care that I've got to get up @ eeek 4:30 am. See ya in week with lots of pics!
Almost forgot! I have a new Nephew! Born this past Tuesday. Mom and baby are doing excellent. (I'm totally on the search for mini blue suede shoes) AND.....I was chosen as a test knitter for Knit Picks last week as well! It was a good, make that a great week! Now off to worship at the shrine that is Graceland...uh huh- uh huh!

Worm hole or..........

Alien abduction? I'm not really sure what happened to April. So here's what I've been up to. Lots o'knitting................... I've been knitting for the new baby that will arrive this Tuesday. My little niece/nephew tootsies will stay toasty in these for sure!
Stash busting squares from left over sock yarn for the barn raising quilt from Knitalong.
Socks for my son ~ These socks and the square above are knit from the same skein. It pooled something awful on the socks, but the square shows the hand painting off so beautifully.
Everlasting bag stopper for my cousin ~ and three more completed I have yet to photograph. These bags are so roomy, I take two with me everywhere and am just about plastic bag free!
Socks for me and Grey's Anatomy viewing. It's sKNITches syncopation sock yarn in colorway 'seriously?'. The yarn is self-striping, but I wanted to get a different look with it. I found the pattern on Ravelry called 'Circle Socks'.

Knitting for a June bride. This is for my friend Connie's bachelorette party. It's blocking and still needs a ribbon. Such a cute, flirty, sexy pattern.....I have the same yarn in red, so I will definitely knit this up again!

For the home. Lace curtains for the bathroom window. The pattern is from Knit Picks - Cafe curtains. I will post another picture when I finally get around to hanging them. More for the baby. A little "Take me home" set. The hat is from Stitch N Bitch 'umbilical cord hat' and the kimono is from Mason Dixon Knitting. Both are knit with blue Sky cotton.
Jumped on the Meat Head train and knit up a child size in blue sky bulky. And can I just say that as much as I love the color of this yarn and the sqwooshiness....it's the buttons that make it. C'mon, who doesn't love bug eyed froggies???
Whew! I guess that's it for now. Little baby this Tuesday and Memphis in May the following Tuesday. Life is good. ;)

Must be my lucky day............

I caught a leprechaun this morning. He's been very tight lipped about the exact location of his pot o'gold. I'm thinking if I tickle him some more, he may crack and lead me to the secret hiding place of his many treasures....or maybe a shamrock shake could persuade him to talk.
Well, if I can't break him...guess I'll just have to find the rainbows end myself and hope I get there before he does. He doesn't look it, but he's very quick on his feet!
Happy St. Paddy's Day! Be safe and stay away from the green beer!!!

Jake's St. Patrick's Day shirt. McCall's pattern #4164. Material from my ginormous fabric stash. Lucky green buttons from Joann's.

Shout out to my Peeps!

They're back in all their sugary glory. Best colors around to beat the winter blues and enough marshmellowy goodness to send you straight into a sugar induced coma. I'm totally going back for the green ones too with St. Paddy's day just around the corner. My Tiffany blue friend is sprawled across my newest ball-band dishcloth made from tiny amounts of leftover cotton in my stash. I cannot for the life of me remember what the color names are or what they were originally used for. I only had the smallest bits of each and I had apparently liked them so much, I hung onto them all these years.

Yet another left over stash yarn used up. I think this was from Wicked. Gave these to Kirsten for her birthday. Must find more of these little heart buttons. I love the look of them on the pocketbook slippers.
This has been in my hallway for the past two days. I guess it's in case we forget the way to Jake's room.
I like to sing-ah
about the moon-ah and the June-ah and the Spring-ah
I like to sing-ah
about a sky of blue and me and you.........

Does anyone remember this from a bugs bunny cartoon??? It's been running through my head all day!

Chicken soup

I would like to thank all of you for your kindness and comforting words. The knitting community is so giving and all your comments were so greatly appreciated. Thank You. The flu. It's here, it's pissed and it's taking prisoners. Getting better with a steady diet of OJ, soup and fiber. Socks make me feel better & keep my feet warm so I chose to knit up a pair in (appropriately enough) "Toxic" from Vesper yarns. They mirror the colors of my illness so perfectly. Now check out that SERIOUS stripe action...I pulled that off in a heavily medicated (almost to the point of hallucination) couch ridden state. Hell Ya!!!!!

So proud of myself, I felt the need to showcase these babies from every angle....or maybe it's the cough syrup and blurred vision. Call it a toss up.

The mini-clap I knit for Kirsten's Birthday. Used Colinette Lasso that was given to me by my SP9 Spoiler, WyeSue. I have never knit Clapotis before and I'm happy with the results. Guess it was time to crawl out from under that rock, huh???

More sickly knitting. Another knit for the Bug. I'm going to pair it w/an umbilical cord hat from Stitch N Bitch. It will be a sweet "bring me home from the hospital" set. *** Blue Sky Cotton is unbelievably soft, but has tiny fuzzy's that fly around and tickle your nose.
Maybe it was the Leading Lady Oscar going to Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose) or again, the medication (we can't be sure) I reached for my old friend Fifi. I've bound off the body and have started one sleeve. Vive La France!