Baa.

Ooooooh, I want one of these. Badly. Now, please. Go. Buy me squishies! Alternatively, go buy something pretty for yourself (or your knitting needles) at my Etsy shop, so I can get one. Well, what're you waiting for?! I WANT A SQUISHY SHEEP!

Lazy Sunday

A nice, lazy Sunday today. I spent the morning reading blogs and playing on Ravelry, as usual. Took a nice long afternoon nap, worked a bit on a dishcloth, Hubbster and I finished off the bowl of Pudell-O after dinner. A nice distraction from the stress and anxiety of real life lately. There's a few new things in the Etsy shop, including some new stitch markers and a knitting needle key chain, which I love! I need to make one for myself soon. I might try to make myself one of those cool row counter bracelets tonight. Such a cool idea! That's about it for today...time to curl up on the couch and watch a movie!

Stitch Markers

I'm slowly venturing into making and selling stitch markers in my Etsy shop. Right now, there is only one set listed, but I have plans to make more, hopefully this week! I do love the tiger tail stitch markers, they're nice and thin, and flexible. I made myself a set of these to use, as well, and really love them. The star beads are so cool! I'll be making myself more sets, too. They really are great! Of course, there's still earrings up in the shop, too. Go buy stuff!

Shop Update

nothing really blog-worthy today, so I'd just thought I'd let everyone know that there's some new earrings up in my shop. Go buy them! See you tomorrow!

Semi-Famous

For a little back history here, I am totally into the fashion reality show, Project Runway. Because of this, I am also an avid reader of the Project Rungay blog, mostly because it's fucking hilarious. Well, that, and they're just so...gay. Anyways, I digress... At the start of the season, they had a few outfits that caused what they described as "mismatched tittery"- basically, making a girl's tits look uneven. They thought they might need a term for it this season, and asked the readers to give suggestions. (You can read that post here.) I pondered for a bit, then came up with "titscrepancy". I personally thought it was great, besides enjoying a bit of word smithing. The other big suggestion was "titlexia", but still, not quite as witty, if you ask me. You can click on the link to the post above to scroll through the comments and see mine with my suggestion, if you so desire. I didn't really have another thought of it, until a few weeks later, with this post. They used my word! I was so freakin' excited, especially when this popped up in the comments from the blog authors, in response to people loving the word: "We can't, alas, take credit for titscrepancy, We asked our readers for words describing mismatched tittery and that was one of the best ones offered." They used the word again in this post. Then, my crowning glory: The word was mentioned in a real, live, newspaper! Yes, folks, here's a quote from The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Project Rungay readers also came up with this new gem: titscrepancy, to describe breasts of mismatched proportions." Although a little miffed that they used the plural "readers" when it was only my suggestion, I was still super stoked! My claim to fame! I'm shooting for at least a new dictionary entry, if not Word of the Year 2008... See you tomorrow!

E is For...

Alright, everyone, I'm really excited about this. E is for earrings. Now, I love earrings as much as the next girl, but this is about special earrings- ones that I have created! Knitters, prepare to rejoice, and get your wishlists ready. I present to you all, knitting needle earrings! I am really, really, in love with these! I made a pair for myself (size 9's, of course), and now you can have a pair, too! I have the pair above, as well as a pair made from size 6 needles, listed in my shiny new Etsy shop. Go check it out, read my profile for extra goodies. Wait, there's more! A CONTEST! Finally, here at Saving Nine, there will be a contest. For, of course, a pair of these swanky earrings! Maybe other goodies too, or runner-up prizes, I'm not really sure yet. So, here are the ways you can enter: 1. Leave a comment on this post. Easy, huh? 2. Blog about this contest, and link to this post. Leave a comment or email me (address below) to let me know you did this one, otherwise, I'll never know! 3. Donate a pair of aluminum knitting needles. Each pair is one entry. This has an added bonus- the first pair you donate is worth $5 in my Etsy shop. each additional pair is worth another dollar off, up to $5 more! Email me (address below) for my address to mail them to me. This contest will be officially closed to new entries on midnight (Us mountain time) November 23rd. If you donate needles for an entry, they must be postmarked by this date. Winner(s) will be randomly chosen by some completely random and yet undetermined method. Bribes will be graciously accepted! See you tomorrow!!

Vote for Me!!

Alrighty, folks, it is time for my loyal readers to do me proud. I recently entered a contest for some handmade christmas ornaments from a fellow blogger. To enter, we had to write about our favorite Christmas ornaments. (remember that post?) Anyways, she narrowed it down to her three favorites, and now has people voting, and well, I'm losing! And while I am above voting for myself a gazillion times, I'm definitely not above begging you to go vote for me. So go VOTE now!