How's The Weather?

For Illustration Friday's theme "Wind".

October is Good Knittin' Weather

Hello!

*dusts off blog*

There was a dip of cold weather the other day and I grabbed my white Clapotis out of the closet before going outside. I was thinking how cool the pattern was. No matter how many hours you've spent staring at a Clapotis, it's always cool. I may be knitting again soon.

My recent obsession has been Spanish. Como esta? I went to the bookstore yesterday and bought a book, plus a dictionary. The dictionary was only $2.50 - which was an unexpected bargain! Que cosa! I took a year of Spanish in high school, still remember some of it, but that was a long time ago. The last couple of weeks I've been watching this little 'learn Spanish' educational program on TV, it's kind of like a soap opera where everyone speaks slowly and in short phrases... lol.... I'm really enjoying it. (and not just for the Spanish ... will Rachel return to Arturo? Will she solve the mystery of Fernando's relatives? l ol)

Happy Halloween!

I'm obsessed with these things.

August Post

Just making sure there's a post for August. Why? Um... so the Archive list stays neat?
Still resting on the knitting, but I found a Jean Greenhowe book while cleaning up and ... ooh. Mice in aprons. *glances towards stash*

On Hiatus

Well, I guess I may as well declare Squirrel's Worlds on hiatus. I'm not doing much knitting right now and my attention is elsewhere. But I'll still be visiting y'all now and then on your blogs.

And since this space should be good for something.... let's make it a hatchery and see who pops up. :)

Stitch the Bear

Here's Stitch... he's a very sunny yellow bear, I started him on Monday and finished by Friday. He was made from this fabulous pattern from Magknits ~
Laura Jane Bear

Hibiscus

BLUE

OK ~ my picture for Project Spectrum this month! Blue things! My copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the 4 skeins of Lana Grossa's "India" that I bought a while ago on ebay. I bought the yarn specifically to match that book cover, in fact, because I plan to make a shawl with it to wear to the movie in 2007. :)

Blogiversary of Squirrel's Worlds!

Wow, it's been a year since I started this blog. I'm so glad I decided to try it, it's been so much fun, and it's made crafting even more fun than it already was. Much gratitude to anyone who's come by to visit, and of course those who've left comments and made my day brighter. :)

Ron Bear!

I finished Ron Bear today! Woo! The little sweater turned out good, I think, the body of the sweater is actually the body of the bear, I just knitted little cuffs, hem, and collar and stitched them on after. (sneaky but effective!) I don't know if it shows up in the photo, but he IS red.

And Leah ~ you rock! How did you ever find out the paper pull tab on a Hershey's kiss is called a PLUME!? You must have serious search skills. ;)

A Very Long Kiss

Lookit what I found in a Hershey's Kiss. An 18 inch long paper thingy. (is there an official name for that little paper pull tab thingy?) I was quite amused. :D

“Sunny” and “Letter Meme”

I found another betta pic in my gallery file, this is Sunny:

And here is the Letter Meme! I was assigned the letter F by Sachi, and here is a list of the ten things I could think of that started with it that were relevant to my life. (if anybody wants to be assigned a letter, leave me a comment!)

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Fish: Since I’ve been thinking about them a lot recently. Bettas all the way, baby! If I had the wherewithal for a big filtered aquarium, I would also love to have goldfish and catfish. Sachi mentioned albino corydoras in her comment yesterday, I had a pair of those in a ten gallon aquarium when I was a kid and I loved those little guys so much! They were so much fun to watch. I’m also always enthralled by the big tank of little feeder goldfish every time I go in the pet store, but I know they need filtered water, so I have to just admire them at the store. But they are so mesmerizing. (now I want an aquarium)
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French Vanilla: Favorite flavor of coffee. Preferably with a Milano to dip in it. :)

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Flowers: Gardening is very important to me.
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Frogs: I like frogs and toads…. they’re on my calendar this year.
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Fairy Tales: Beauty and the Beast is my favorite one in literature, The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney version because of the artwork.
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Fantasy: my favorite genre of fiction.
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Forest: favored environment.
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Felines: I’ve had four furry felines in my life, all fabulous friends.
Sox ~ My first cat, he was a black and white tuxedo cat, very big and strong.
Plum ~ Our Siamese, she was a tiny little cat with a great big personality!
Middy ~ A motherly black and white cat who got on great with the dogs and mice.
Lily ~ our sweet orange tabby cat, big kitty with a tiny voice, nicknamed “Squeaky”.
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Flamingos: I just like ‘em. (I don’t have any plastic ones in the yard, though!)

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Florida: Where I live.

Betta World

Sachi asked in the comments the other day about my fish tanks. Well, I have three 1-gallon tanks for the youngest bettas, and one 2-gallon tank for the oldest and largest betta who's over two years old. I have file-folders between all the tanks so they can't see each other.
Their names are
Fisher ~ turquoise (you can see him in the big tank in the first pic)
Sunny ~ yellow
Mango ~ orange (second pic)
Oberon ~ red ... the new boy on the block :)

Kind of gives the effect of a longer tank, but much easier for me to manage. I change their water about once a week.

I get all their water from a PUR filter on my tap, which seems to be working really well for us, plus the usual additives (AmQuell and Stress Coat) and we use Hikari Betta BioGold for food.

I'm glad I live near a really good fish-oriented pet store, all the bettas I've bought from there have been really healthy.

(Oh, and Sachi sounds like she's much more versed in the fish hobby world than me, but if anybody else wanders by who wants to know about bettas, there's a link in my sidebar under "Animals" to Betta Talk, which is a great site. )

So Sachi... what kind of fish do you keep?

Oberon

Still here, still knitting... Meanwhile, a picture of Oberon. Isn't he grand? I've had him about three months now.

I see my one year Blog-iversay will be on the 20th of this month. I will have to make some cupcakes or something and post a picture of them, heh. (I'm thinking strawberry...)

Little Update

Just comin' round to say hi. Nothing much in the knitting knews except that I'm quietly working on RonBear. Yes Leah! I've finally gotten around to Ron! :D I kept procrastinating on this one because I wasn't sure how to go about making his Weasley sweater (or 'Jumper' , I should say, to be more Britishly correct...) Rather than try to make up a jumper pattern on my own and then try to retrofit it to the bear, I decided to just switch over to the jumper yarn when I got to that part of the bear. I'll try making a hem and cuffs separate and sew them on for extra 3D effect, oh, and I will have to get an "R" on there somehow. We'll see how it all works out.

I've been getting over a weird cold or something and have been quite tired. Did manage to make some lovely butterscotch pudding this morning.

How did it get to be the 22nd already? If I'm going to make anything for Project Spectrum this month, I'd better get started!

Hermione Bear

Reading "Hogwarts: A History" of course. :)

Geranium

One of my geraniums is getting ready to bloom. Isn't it sweet? Don't you just want to kiss it?

Knitting Knews I: Hermione Bear is DONE! Yay! I decided not to use the hat because it was too big and obscured her ears, so I'm going to knit up a book instead.

Knitting Knews II: I got my ribbon yarn on Saturday and it is incredible. Just INCREDIBLE.

Behold ~

The sock pattern has arrived.

I anticipate lots of fun with Project Spectrum this month. Green is my favorite color. Starting the month off with a big shiny leaf.

Good Together Sunday

Quiet morning here at Chez Squirrel. I've picked up the knitting needles again and started on the second half of Hermione Bear. I've already made her hat, I'm going to see if I can crochet her a copy of Hogwart's, A History. :)

Colors

Wow, I just realized tomorrow's the last day of the month and I did not make a Project Spectrum project. I do have some yellow and orange (and green and red and white) tissue paper though, plus the bag I keep all my little single-serve coffee bags in.