now here's an anomoly on my blog...

the RubySapphire socks are finally done!! i love love love them!! the yarn is so yummy. they feel really great on my feet... so smooth. i haven't washed them yet... so i don't know how they'll stand up to that, but otherwise i highly recommend RubySapphire's Luster Sock yarn. mmm mmmm good.

and now you can stop gaping... i know... it's really weird to see actual knitting on my knitting blog!

now i'm going to work on Jake's socks. while the kids are outside and there is no soap, or body butter, or lip balm OR solid fragrances to be made and before i have to start dinner!! (we made a solid fragrance with Monkey Farts... it makes me giggle every time someone says the name of it. LOL)

one RubySapphire sock

and isn't she pretty...




here's one with the flash to sort of show you the sheen of the yarn... it's really pretty:

and... dudes... the kids have been making soap. loads and loads of soap. here's the latest (from yesterday... today we're going to work on "soapy-o's"! wait til you see these... they are adorable LifeSavers-looking little soaps! i say "we" because Jake needs help with his soaps, Juliet has her creations entirely under her control. my advice/help is no longer welcome, she knows what she's doing already!)

i know this is technically a knitting blog, but you have to understand two things: 1) i'm really proud of them. 2) their business loan was my stash money and i kinda want it back ;)

here's Juliet at work packaging some soaps the other day in her "studio" (our tiny kitchen/dining room table):

pictures to go with last night's post...

(i just uploaded them to photobucket and then edited the size to 640x480. smaller than usual, but meh, it'll do for now.)

i turned the heel on the RubySapphire sock last night. lovin' it! i just decided to go with plain stockinette. i thought a pattern might get lost in the colours (Jaywalkers might work though), and i wasn't really sure how the yarn would knit up. i'm really tempted to buy another hank of their "luster sock" (50% merino, 50% tencel).

my sock yarn stash is getting bigger again... i just sold a bunch of it! Red Bird Knit's sock of the month club kit showed up late last week (thanks Sharon!)... it has two balls of yarn in it, enough for 2 pairs of socks OR the pattern that came along with the kit - isn't the sock pretty?!. of course, Juliet has claimed the kit as her own yet again ;) i guess since i'm ripping back the Yorkminster sock i might be able to accommodate her wishes... eventually!

it all makes me wish i could knit faster ;)

tomorrow is a big day... it's my brother's 30th birthday!!! and he still lives at home... mwa hahahahaa!! (i laugh, but he's going to school, so living at home is the only option at the moment) i saw the BEST t-shirt for him, but wouldn't you know it's sold out in his size. ARG. we'll probably head up to see him next weekend to do some celebrating! :)

a yarn... with MY NAME on it

so, here i am, can't sleep as per usual and decide to take a quick peek over at RubySapphire's Etsy shop to see if they have anything new.

ermm... yeah, they do. and it's got my name on it. literally.

you have NO idea how much this thrills me. i mean, i grew up with the name Erica... nothing ever had my name on it. Erica was never an option on those racks of pre-personalized pencils/erasers/etc. i couldn't even go with a middle name either... Wilhelmina or Maria just weren't popular enough to make it to any of the my-name's-on-it racks. and then when i became Zehava... ha! just try finding that anywhere ;)

those ladies over at RubySapphire are two slick women, i tell you. who can resist buying a yarn with their name on it?!