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i showed my mother today

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i showed my mother today all the little rows of practice knitting i had done. i was so proud and was hoping she’d be amazed. you see my mother has done cross-stitching for years and years. she sewed all of mine and my sister’s clothes during the 70’s…and she crochets rather well. she once tried to teach me to crochet when i was like 14 and she made me cry. it was terrible i couldn’t figure anything out and she wasn’t very good at teaching it. i thought learning to knit would be a disaster for myself. considering i don’t learn anything to easily. i have to work at everything i pick up. so i pull out my little swatch and she is amazed. she said she was proud of it. she also said if i continue i can have my grandma K’s knitting needles.

Grandma K was one of my 3 grandmother’s and she was the one we were closest to. She died when i was only 9 years old and i don’t remember her other than in the eyes of a 9 yr old. i knew she used to knit and knit alot..but my mother said she knit and beaded part of my mother’s wedding dress! i didn’t know this either. Grandma K was a seamstress at Jay-mar ruby for 20 years. now this is all making sense to me. anyways i looked at what my mother had kept. there are a bunch of different sized needles including large plastic jumbo needles which i have seen large fiber yarns make some pretty rad scarves, a gauge, several books and a little kit to hold stuff. i’d like to think gramma K would be so proud of me now.

i often daydream about having my own studio. A letterpress and my own company. mmmmmm i like these daydreams. someday i tell myself i wish i could make this happen.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/08 at 12:13 PM ♥ Comments (0)

i walked into “knitter’s niche”

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i walked into “knitter’s niche” yesterday after a long and truly terrible day. and within an hour i was learning to knit. it was very strange and yet calming and surreal. i had walked in there thinking wow i want to learn to knit…i walked out with my own needles some grey yarn and a little book. i sat down last nite and i’m proud to say i have messed up my lovley practice rows. and i forgot how to cast on. i am off to a fine mess. it is very calming and fun once i figured out the whole loop in loops thing. and which way the yarn goes, which i still mess up.

like i had said before i am not feeling the best as of late, i am supposedly breaking all these rules at work. which i have been breaking apparently since i’ve started working there almost 3 years ago. and my boss writes me notes that make taking your break sound like you were “caught” doing a criminal act. i’m not kidding. my financial aid with school has managed to mess up my whole semester. i am now no longer a student of Columbia. argh. it’s ok i tell myself i’ll be ok. this is only a set back. i’m sure alot of people have had worse set backs, than me.

i left someone a note today and i told them something important. something that had been on my mind for a few weeks now. it’s important to get that stuff off your chest and make them aware of it. especially when it’s important.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/07 at 02:31 PM ♥ Comments (0)

here’s another dog i finished

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here’s another dog i finished at work today..it takes less and less time for me to make them now. he’s eyeless and collarless. and his name is red, he’s a mopey dog.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/04 at 10:58 PM ♥ Comments (0)

i feel like i should

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i feel like i should put some pictures up that i took awhile back ago that i really like. just for your viewing pleasure.
navy pier’s ferris wheel in the springtime how i see it:

walking past wriglyfield go cubs:

lake county 2002

at the cottage summer 2001

i am sorry if some of you have seen these already but i was just going thru my portfolio and was likeing alot of these. i need to add more photography to my portfolio. remind me to stay away from BUFFET’S..tonight nathaniel and i went to one and i still feel full.

i started another sock dog..now come the gifts i have to make for everyone. it’s a blue striped doggie and he’s already shaping up to be a boy dog. he has big feet i folded and stitched the paws and they are big and silly and he’s going to be adorable. my co-worker Tabetha showed me some pointers on handsewing today. she is also making a sock dog tomorrow with me at work. i have found this is a great project to do at work because i can sew between calls easily. ok i work in like 5 hrs time to sleep.
it’s raining outside and i can hear it on the roof, good for sleeping.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/02 at 01:31 AM ♥ Comments (0)

this dog still doesn’t have

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this dog still doesn’t have a name!
1.crinkle
2.nanner
3.ellsworth
4.moomin
5. schubert
i can’t descide! theya re all so cute..and i bought GOOGLIE EYES today at hobby lobby for the next ssock dogs. i also bought different trim to make collars. and i cleaned up targets cleanace on cool socks…only trouble was i liked alot of the pairs so i had to buy double. 18$ later i have enough pairs to keep me busy for the next 2 months.
samuel is snoring on my bed and i should get to sleep i have to work at the butt-crack-o-dawn.
*yawn*

Posted by Jennifer on 02/01 at 01:16 AM ♥ Comments (0)

meet my new sock doggie…i

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meet my new sock doggie…i finished him tonight. i think it took like 3 hours all together. included with the fact that i don’t know how to sew and martha’s directions are a bunch of crap. you learn as you go along. and my sister taught me how to make the tail and sew it on. this dog needs a name tho.

Posted by Jennifer on 01/30 at 09:57 PM ♥ Comments (0)

a long time ago it

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a long time ago it seems, i had a day off and was watching Martha Stewert. She had on a segment where she made sock dogs. These things were so effing cute i raced out to the store to buy the children’s issue with the instructions. Then christmas happened, and then because my school is private and retarded we had finals starting the end of december and had to finish on my birthday in january. Art school, finals are twice as hard because not only do you have an exam in some classes but you have a final project so it’s like double the work. so now i am fianlly on semester break and have the time to do a sock dog. i am in the middle of a crafting frenzy right now since i’ve had two days off work in a row.

about 3 weeks ago i started to see sock dogs appear everywhere on crafting sites. they are so adorable and such. Now that they are taking over the planet i am starting my first dog. it’s 2:30 and his legs have been sewn up!
i’ll post him when i am finished.

projects:
round picture marble magnets
valentine cards
tins for the magnets
sock dogs
mix cd’s

Posted by Jennifer on 01/30 at 02:37 PM ♥ Comments (0)

i think i managed to

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i think i managed to blow a speaker on my stereo today. i plugged in my antenna to hear the radio and all of a sudden it was really loud and my right speak seems to not work. i’ve messed and messed with the stupid wires. arg.

would you like a valentine? i will make you a card or postcard if you’d like one email me jennifer@piddleloop.com or reply or something. i’ll make you something. i feel like getting crafty this week. god knows i have the time since school is on break.

my mom brought me back a cool snow globe from st. thomas and a beautiful handmade photo album it’s so pretty!!

time to get ready for work. blech.

Posted by Jennifer on 01/28 at 12:55 PM ♥ Comments (0)

here’s a painting i got

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here’s a painting i got from Nathaniel for my birthday:

i don’t want to work today but i want money so go figure.
i hate how my car alaways descides to do something when i am IN TRANSIT rather than at home.
stupid muffler descides to fall off when i am on Montrose ave in chicago.
problem is that it was haninging on with one bolt that wouldn’t come off…so we had to play MCGUEYVER to get it to not drag all the way back to NW indiana.

i am happy because last nite Nathaniel told me he would craft with me, i won’t trade him for anyone….not ever.

Posted by Jennifer on 01/21 at 12:18 PM ♥ Comments (0)

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY TO ME!

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HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY TO ME!

high points of january 16th:

joy calling and singing to me.
getting paintings from nat.
going to see gangs of ny (power violence!!)
going out to eat
cute overweight beagles named BUD
NO MORE FINAL CRITIQUES!!
many many martini’s!!

low points:
cold weather
no parking
finals week
7 inches of lake effect snow!

my favorite gifts:
co-worker tabetha got me an ADORABLE snoopy figurine he’s hugging woodstock.
co-worker deb got me a greeting card how to book
nat gave me a painting of a weiner dog!!!!! and another painting on a book page.
and a snoopy action figure set!
WOO WOO

Posted by Jennifer on 01/17 at 10:49 PM ♥ Comments (0)