Crochet Diva’s DH graduated from Massage School in March, and a few of his former classmates decided to get together for lunch at a wonderful little Chinese Restaraunt in town. Crochet Diva and the Wee Diva went along even though they did not know everyone. Who can say no to Chinese Buffet, especially with a large sushi bar, right?? Lunch went great, and everyone caught up with what had been going on with one another. They all joked that it was their two month reunion. Crochet Diva snapped a quick photo of everyone by the fountain to post on MassageAlumni.com for the rest of their classmates to see (And hopefully be an incentive to everyone to come along next time).
As an added bonus to the day, right next to the Chinese Restaraunt, Crochet Diva spotted this little shop.
At first she thought it was a dream, but in fact, providence was working in Crochet Diva’s favor. The sign, which can hardly be read in this cell quality photo, says: “Simply Fibers”. FIBERS??? Yes!!!! Could it be??? Crochet Diva snapped a quick photo before going in to the Chinese Restaraunt, and had plans to check it out after lunch. After everyone finished eating and said their good byes, Crochet Diva dragged her DH over to check out the place. They opened the door and stepped inside to what seemed like YARN HEAVEN… (Crochet Diva resisted her urge to take a photo inside due to the small group of knitters all sitting near the door). Despite the fact that the place entire catered to the enemy AKA knitters (Just teasing, but there does seem to be some division there :-P), it was a wonderful shop. There was a small section of books for crocheters, and Crochet Diva picked up the latest edition of Crochet Today she had been wanting, and some white wool yarn for a soaker. (Now Crochet Diva would not have to insist on going to Hobby Lobby for yarn like she had previously planned). Finding the shop was a perfect ending to a perfect lunch. It was a very good day. 
Notice to all Massage Therapists (and those who love massage therapists). MassageAlumni.com is holding a blogging contest each month. Whoever posts the most blogs on their MassageAlumni.com account will win a free massage!
June 18 2008 | Hobby Lobby and MassageAlumni.com and Yarn and crochet and food and journaling and school and wool | 4 Comments »
I have neglected crochetcastle.com for a couple of days. I’ve missed it, but sometimes things get busy, and we are unable to keep up. Sunday I had a Psych paper due, plus we had dinner at Rob’s mom’s house. I had hoped I would be able to update, but it just didn’t happen.
My Psychology paper was about Positive Interpersonal Communication. I might have veered a bit off on it, but I ended up writing about social networking as a positive interpersonal communication. I have written several papers about Internet communication, so I thought it was an interesting take on Interpersonal Communication, especially since I am an online student. Through my research, I found several interesting references regarding social networking. I sent them along to Rob, and through reading them, he found something called findasocialnetwork.com. I have searched for some crochet social networks, and did not really find anything interesting regarding crochet through findasocialnetwork.com. I also did a search for Psychology social networks. I found one that might be interesting, but not near as active as I would like. I do believe that niche social networking is the way of the future. I think it is in its beginning stages, though.
A psychology social network would be interesting. I think eventually, places like myspace.com may even offer the ability and service to people and companies to host their own social networks through them. Right now, I have found a social networking sight that anyone can sign up and set up their own social network through. I have not researched this sight that much yet (The reason why I am not posting the link here, yet), but I know that through them, it is not your own site, which is a huge downfall. I do plan on researching them more throughout the next few days. I feel like this type of service will become more common in the near future.
Rob uses a social networking software called phpFox, and we really like using it so far. The administrative aspects seem very self-explanatory, which is a bonus for newbie social network administrators like us. Rob has given me administrative status, but so far that has only entailed designing MassageAlumni.com’s graphic logo.
A special thanks to Tammy for having the right font when I needed it. (Thank you, Tammy!)
Tammy is my dear friend and sis. She probably has every font ever created. She was one of the big reasons I learned to use PSP software several years ago, and she is a very talented graphic artist. It is always great knowing talented graphic artists, especially when they are also your friend and sister (Then they don’t complain when you bug them for a font! :-P)
Speaking of great people to know, today we had a great time having lunch with Ama from PMTC. I have no photos, because I accidentally left my phone in the van… (Boohoo)… We ate Mexican food and talked about nearly everything under the sun. I really enjoyed our lunch together. We plan on getting together to crochet one of these days soon. We may even embark on the task of learning tatting. I guess we’ll see what happens with that! I looked for some tatting videos on uTube. (I love learning things on uTube!)
Oh, we did stop by Big Momma’s Coffee Shop near PMTC on Commercial Street when we dropped Ama back off. I think I’m starting to become immune to espresso. The more I get, the more I NEED!
We stopped by Hobby Lobby for some more wool. I’ve become addicted to felting (Will post more about what I’ve been felting soon!) Now that spring is here, I’m buying wool. That is probably insane, but I always thought I couldn’t crochet with wool due to allergies. I also thought wool was itchy, but wool is SOooOoOoOOoOoo soft. I don’t know how I ever dealt with acrylic! (More on acrylic yarns probably soon…)
DD #3 napped on the way home, and Rob mentioned how she looked like a little angel, so I snapped a quick shot with my cell:
She continued looking like an angel even after we got home, so I snapped another shot of her standing in the yard among some flowers and other blooming plants (of which I have no idea what they are called!) What is this yellow bush??? LOL…
After being home for a little while, though, she managed to figure out how to push the power button on the front of the television. She turned it off, on, then off and on again about 50 times. She threw my yarn everywhere, yanked the ponytails out of her hair several times, and attacked Kristin’s artwork, among many other cute and ornery Zoe antics. Haha!
In regards to ornery babies, today I received some excellent news! My sister Traci is going to have a baby! That was nwes I have been waiting to hear for a while now :-P. On the downside, she is moving to Japan in August, and her potential due date is not until November… We joked, though, that we would probably see and talk to each other more with her living in Japan, than we do with her living in Florida! We are so happy for Traci and Calen, though. They will be great parents. Now, I’m expecting a new niece in June, and a new niece or nephew in November. This gives me plenty of reasons to crochet baby things! Any excuse to crochet is a good thing (Especially if it involves babies)!
April 08 2008 | Hobby Lobby and MassageAlumni.com and Online Education and Yarn and coffee and crochet and felted wool and graphics and journaling and school and wool | No Comments »
This is my first felting project. I’m allergic to wool, so I haven’t tried any felting before, but I see so many projects that others have felted so I thought I would give it a try. I bought some wool the other day at Hobby Lobby, so this morning I crocheted a simple headband, and the wool didn’t bother me at all while I crocheted. I was surprised. Here is my finished head/dreadband before felting:
I put it in a sink of hot water. After I took this pic, I added detergent and scrubbed it vigorously with a cloth. Then I put it in the dryer on hot.
Here is the head/dreadband after felting. It didn’t felt as much as I had pictured. I’m not sure if I need a different type of wool, or what. I like it, though, but I’m planning on experimenting more with this felting thing.
And now for the action shots!
My Dreads are One Month Old today! Yaay!!
Here’s a close-up of the felting:
April 03 2008 | Hobby Lobby and Yarn and crochet and dreadband and dreads and felted wool and headband and wool | 1 Comment »
I used the Orange Fuzzy 99 cent yarn I got at Hobby Lobby the other day. Not sure if the fuzzy looks so hot for a headband, so I’m thinking about using the other skeins for fuzzy socks. Who knows what I might come up with.
Pattern
April 03 2008 | Hobby Lobby and Yarn and crochet and dreadband and dreads and headband and pattern links | No Comments »
Today we went to Hobby Lobby, and once I get in that place, I find far too many things that I “need”… I’ve been wanting to get this print of van Gogh’s Sunflowers for our room, and it was HALF PRICE, so how could I resist??
Rob got a beautiful frame for his PMTC Certificate:
Well, and I’ve been needing a huge knitting needle for a certain project I’m planning on working on (Blog about that in the near future). The only HUGE knitting needles I could find were glitter ones… LOL…
And, of course I “needed” some crochet hook grips 
(Will let you know if they help):
And the YARN!!!
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April 01 2008 | Hobby Lobby and Vincent van Gogh and Yarn | 3 Comments »
