How to figure out what's next...

Want to know the secret of how to gain ideas for what to knit next? Finish two...

and start three - Right?

Makes sense to me!

Finished, one more Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth in Lilly's Neptune Ombre, red and white Cathy's Beanie (adult size Med). On the needles (in this picture) green KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel, red and white Cathy's Beanies (Adult size large) and EZ's BSJ in Red Wings' colors!


What's on your needles this afternoon?

Dodger blue set finished

Since the son is a HUGE Dodger's fan, this is the closest that I could find for Dodger Blue yarn. It's a cone that I ordered through the parent company of Peaches and Cream out of North Carolina. It was a special order color that they had a limited quantity in. The color is Royal. Now, since this was for the 'Dodger True Blue' fan, when I found this button, it was a no brainier to put it on! Too cute! (but not so much the price...I'm not crazy for $2.75 for 2 buttons. But, he's worth it. This is the Hanging towel that I'd started on Saturday while listening to the Yarn Harlot. KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel, KBB Dishcloth, Puffy Basketweave Dishcloth patterns are all over in the Wishing I was Knitting at the Lake pattern section over to the left <--------. and the bottom is a Grandmother's favorite.

They're just like potato chips, you can't stop at one!

A Knitting Survey

I found this on Laurie's blog, and since she 'borrowed it' from a friend, I'm borrowing it from her. Thanks my knitting friend! (Oh, and enjoy your MIA time with hubby!)

A Knitting Survey

Mark with BOLD the thing you have knit, with Italics the ones you play to do something, and leave the rest.

Afghan
I-chord
Garter Stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette Stitch
Socks: top down
Socks: toe up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop Stitch Patterns
Knitting with recycled/second hand yarn
Slip Stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with Circular Needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting
Continental knitting
Designing knitting garments
Cable stitch patterns
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Participate in an exchange
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting
Knitting to make money
Buttonholes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items on one or two circular needles)
knitting with someone else's hand-spun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener stitch
Knitted flowers
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Stuffed toys
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Free-form knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm-warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair Accessories
Knitting in Public


hmmmmmmmmm not too shabby...how do you guys stack up? There are a few on there that I've left unmarked..that might change over time. But for now, am not interested. Found it interesting that they didn't add knitting pet hair. From time to time it pops up on the group discussions. Now, I wouldn't do it intentionally, but having been raised with a border collie, it certainly got mixed in from time to time. What would YOU add to this list? What do you think is missing?

Tenacity or Lost on the LA freeways

Have you ever heard of the saying that goes: Sometimes, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Have you? Um.....believe it. Especially when you THINK you know the LA freeways (only because you've lived here for 27 years) and you THINK you have a clue. Watch out, those phrases will jump up and bite you in a big old way. Big time.

Have you ever heard of full circle moments, or how things happen in life for a reason? Ya. Believe those, too. Big time.

And when you drive 60.1 miles to get to an event, in 2 hours and 41 mins, but only 25.6 miles and 34 mins to get home, ya. Believe them all!

This is all I got done today while listening to the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Why?

Why? Well, to understand how this adventure began today, you'll have to know some back information. a) I've lived in the greater LA area since June, 1980. b) In 1984, we moved from Glendale to Orange County. c) For the next year, every time, and I mean EVERY FREAKIN' TIME!!!!!!!!!! I had to drive from LA back to the OC, I got lost. And not lost in an easy way, no no no! We're talking here majorly lost on the 10 freeway at rush hour. In the wrong direction. With a 1 and a 2 year old in car seats in the back seat. So much so that they refused to get into the car with me just to go around the block to grocery store. "NO Momma, no Momma, we don't want to get into the car!" OY!

I finally learned to read a map of Southern California and figured out where the major cities were in relationship to each other. (Back then, the freeways had names, not numbers. Freeways should ALWAYS have numbers.) Do you remember the old Johnny Carson sketch when he would put up a map and use a pointer talking about the LA freeways and the Slauson cut off? Ya. Looks like child's scribbling. Uh ha. That's what the freeways have been like to me. Give me a way to get lost and I promise I'll find it. On any given day. Twice.

Now that we've progressed from the Thomas guides to printing maps from Google, I was feeling pretty darned confident. (Like the time I was knitting a wool, sleeveless, t-neck last winter, and realized only AFTER cutting the yarn and weaving in the ends perfectly(for a change), that I'd done the wrong neckline and had now goofed up the amount of yarn needed. No problem I thought. I'll just add sleeves. Only to put the sleeves on to notice that there is a reason they tell you to watch your dye lots. Did you know that navy yarn isn't all the same shade? (can you see where this story is headed?) Put your feet up, get comfy, knit something while you read, grab a snicker's bar, it's going to be awhile.

Back to the story - last night I thought I was doing pretty good. I had my stuff pretty much all packed up, printed map in hand, just needed to decide which project to take. One for a deadline, one for fun. When the girls reminded me that they were not coming because they had gotten tickets to the Rascal Flatts concert, I let the LA SnB group know that I had 2 tickets available in case anyone was on the wait list and still wanted to come. Maggie was the first to respond. After a few emails back and forth, her suggestion was for me to take both of my projects. I like Maggie. Maggie just might be an Enabler. She said to bring all the projects! That's a good thing!

This morning started with an email from Denise in my in-basket. She would like to go, too! Cool, I thought, both tickets are taken, and we're on the way. Out the door I went, but since I GREATLY dislike the 5 freeway north (never fails, I get stopped dead on that freeway every freakin' time and then I'm late!-made me miss my daughter's first performance as a UCLA band member years ago. Moms don't like to miss their kids performing. That's not good.) I thought well, self. We can fix this. The directions say to go the 605 to the 5 to the 110 and get off at Grand Ave. Heck, UCLA and USC both have away games, freeways should be clear, I can do better! My car can do auto pilot to LAX and UCLA...I'll go to the 605 to the 105 to the 110 to Grand Ave. I don't need 'no stinkin' 5 freeway!' (uh ha....words...they bite ya!)

Tootling along the way, we errrr...I hit a not uncommon slow down on the 110. Not too bad I'm thinking...I've seen worse. Hey, we're still moving so all is good. Passing the Coliseum I call the oldest daughter..double check that the 5 meets the 110 NORTH of where I am and that I didn't think this through poorly. Yep, she says, I've got a little bit to go yet, but the 5 is north of where I am, and I'm heading in the correct direction. Freakin' fan-tastic I'm feeling.

What's that over there? A sign saying accident on the 101N, delay one hour! Whew, I'm thinking, thank goodness I don't have to go there! That would suck. I turn on the local news radio, to hear that there's a Dodger game this afternoon. Whew I think once more, thank goodness that's on the dreaded 5 freeway and I've been wise enough to avoid the 5 so I'm good to go. I've picked going up the 110 from the 105. Smart girl!

Suddenly, after realising that there's backed up residual traffic from the 101N (a house-yes, a HOUSE! was being moved and got stuck under an over pass and the tires blew out on the truck causing the back up) was slowing down the 110. Then, passing the 5 freeway, the backup from the Dodger game was causing some more traffic issues. (Issues-ha! It was stopped cold.) I started looking carefully for the Grand Ave exit. It's gotta be here. I'm now past the 5 and since the original directions called to go FROM the 5 to the 110, logic says I have to be near that exit. Right? Funny thing about logic. It can bite you down the road as well.

Next thing I know, I've passed Highland Park and am getting close to the Rose Bowl exits. This now, is.not.good! Somehow, I MUST have missed seeing the Grand Ave Exit. I still have about 35 mins to get there, I'll get off the freeway and turn around and I've gotta be able to find the exit if I take the 110 back to the 5. It's gotta be there somewhere, right? (Again. Logic. One would think so.)

Right about then my phone rings. It's Maggie. Hi Maggie, are you there yet? I'm lost. Do you have any idea how to get me there? Is there someone there that can help me figure this out? I'm on the 5 south freeway somewhere. Maggie, lovely Maggie, trusting Maggie, hands her cell phone over to Joyce who's the security officer at the event. We let them know to let Maggie into the room (tickets are under my name) so she can get her seat and I'm home free. Right?

*ahem* yaaaaaaaaa...right!

It gets better.

Joyce first thinks she heard me say I was on the 5 north. By the time we get that straightened out, I'm closing in on the city of Commerce. Off on Telegraph Rd, and onto the 710 to the 10 to the 110 - I'm going now. Off on Olympic and the new adventure begins. One ways, construction, drop the call signal where I later would learn was 1/2 block from the event, and I'm thinking that this doesn't look like anything on the map that I'd originally printed. I'm getting confused, but Joyce, bless her heart, won't get off the phone and has promised to stick with me until I get there. In fact, I'm hearing her tell two others that she was staying on the phone for this poor lady who's lost but just a couple of blocks away. Really I'm thinking..this doesn't feel right but at this point I'm so confused I put all my trust in Joyce. And I'm thanking my lucky stars that last night I'd offered up the tickets so Maggie would be able to call me so I could get help with this major 'getting lost trip' today. THANK YOU MAGGIE!

By the time I get Joyce back on the phone, twice, she's got me driving into the Central Library downtown. CENTRAL LIBRARY I say...yes, she says, this is where the event is today. Wait. This isn't the Mark Taper FORUM! Joyce laughs a little, and says, No, but it's the Mark Taper Auditorium! Wait, I remember seeing an exit on the freeway about an hour ago for the Library. ULG!

Now, imagine my shock when it dawns on me that even if I'd followed the printed directions I still would have never found the event! I'd printed directions to the WRONG PLACE! Immediately it struck me that had I not offered the tickets, had Maggie not responded last night, had we NOT exchanged cell phone numbers, had Maggie not allowed Joyce to stay on the phone to guide this lost soul into the parking garage. I (who's pretty much always knitted alone for 40 years) would have missed this:

The ability to sit and laugh and knit (check out their hands, they're all moving!) while Stephanie Pearl-McPhee talked long enough (thank you thank you)

for a girl who ALWAYS gets lost to gimp her way into the MARK TAPER AUDITORIUM (who knew there was a difference?) 49 mins late, to be able to hear Stephanie say:

Yarn, What yarn??????????????

Afterwards, being the last person to GET to this event, I was in no hurry to get into the line for the book signing. I was happy to sit for awhile in the nice, soft, comfy chairs and knit a bit. I asked a lady at the end of the line where to put the hats. We got to talking and I really liked the yarn she was using to kit up a log cabin blanket with. I thought she was changing colors to find out that her yarn had really long color changes. And it was cotton and it was SOFT! Now, understand that I know NO ONE here. So, can you imagine who this lady was? Come on now...full circle here. Get ready for it!

It's Denise! Denise from the tickets in the morning! Can you believe it? The two tickets that I offered at the last minute, one saved me on the freeways...and one was a lovely conversation while I was waiting my turn. What are the odds? Unfreakin' believable.

The story continues. (told you I tell long stories). How many snickers bars are you up to by now?

Time comes and the security guard comes to lock the door and Denise and I head for the end of the line where I reach into my bag to start knitting like everyone else. Only. My needle is missing. (figures) Gimp gimp back to the door, to find the security lady outside of the door. Wait, I need to get in for a quick moment, I think I left my needle there. Ummmmm shes says, I just locked the door. But my needle is in there! Okkkkkk, I guess I could get the keys. (I'm thinking she's not a knitter and she's not happy with me.) Back to the line I head thinking again, Thanks Maggie for the suggestion of more than one project, and out comes the baby blanket!

But wait, it gets better.

Finally, the line is nearly at the end and it's time to get the book signed and say our thank yous hand over the hats and head out the door.

But that would be too easy after all of this - huh? Denise takes the picture for me (sorry about the fuzzy on some of these, I MAY have dropped my lens this week and the auto focus won't work)

just about the time the security lady comes back with the keys to the Auditorium. I'm telling the amazingly shortened version of my 'I was the last person here, and Joyce was wonderful getting me here, after being on the phone forever with me, I have to go find her to thank her from the bottom of my heart." story, when the girl behind the counter says (ready for this?)

That's Joyce right there! and points to the security lady with the keys to be able to retrieve my lost needle! I begin to bow to Joyce and say, You're Joyce? I'm Cathy! and Joyce, poor Joyce, realizes who I am and that she's been taking care of my Lost Issues coming and going all day and gives me a look that brought the whole day together for me! She stopped and well, you know that look...the one that says...of course! Who else would need the additional help today! It couldn't have happened to ANYONE ELSE! (I tried to get Joyce's picture, but she declined.)

Another full circle moment today!

Moral of the stories....read the directions. Carefully. Both in knitting and driving and while you're at it.... Learn from someone else's mistakes..mine, for example.

So, tonight now that I'm home, and on the sofa, and have been getting text messages from the girls at their concert, I have to say a whole lot of Thank yous to lots of people!

1) Thank you Stephanie, for coming to town, for writing your books, and for the opportunity to sit in a room with so many other knitters knitting and laughing along together. It felt GREAT! to be in the company of so many knitters.

2) Thanks knitters for being who you are..Stephanie said it best through her stories today about the quality of knitters' and who they are.

3) Thanks to Maggie and Denise for the roles you unwittingly played in my saga today so I could get there and enjoy it all the more.

4) And last, but certainly not least...Thank you Joyce for getting me To the Mark Taper Auditorium (not the Forum) and home, and for letting me retrieve my lost needle.

I had a really good time, and I hope everyone there did as well. And thanks for letting me talk on and on (can you tell I was nervous) both there and in written story form.

I've been told I need to get out more often.

I think I agree.

Just not on the LA Freeways, please.

At least until I learn them better.

I have until October when Laurie's book comes out to figure out the correct directions.

This is how the freeways should be...and how they were on the way home. No slow downs, and no stopped traffic. Just clear sailing!

And if you're still here at the end of this saga....in other news...there was good and best news to be told today. Which would you like first?

ok....Good news...that 'unmentionable' team from last week...pulled one off...Thankgoodness! I was ready to tell them to shutter up the stadium and call it a year.

But, as much fun as it was today listening to Stephanie, and meeting others and laughing and knitting together..the best news came while I was waiting to get into line for the book signing...I called home to find out that MY DAD IS FINALLY HOME! after 12 days in the hospital, he was released at 9pm the other night and is finallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy home! He's on a pic iv line, and Mom has been trained to give him his medication at home, but he's finally home! HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all for the emails and well wishes for him. He's home and still CANCER FREE! May that last a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long time.

Now, as Stephanie would say...I think I need a little lie down. Or some screetch. (Do they even sell screetch around here?)

2nd Heart blanket and Take a Guess!

OK, I have the blanket back for a quickie photo shoot...and I didn't fall asleep through it! (Let me tell you, that's a milestone apparently for me.)

Here's the particulars..

The pattern is the Heart Blanket from Leisure Arts #3208; Knit Layettes for Little Darlings, Pages 18 and 19. Hobby Lobby Sweet Delight Baby yarn in Sugarplum, 5 or 6 skeins (used double stranded, you can get by on 5 skeins if you split the last one, I used 6 and had lots left over.) (US) 10 (6.0mm) addi turbo circulars. I cast on only 137 stitches, rather than the pattern amount. This time, I changed the pattern again, to 10 rows of seed stitch for the top and bottom borders and for each 'stripe' between the heart squares. This time, rather than 7 rows of hearts, it brought it down to 6 with the same 5 columns of hearts across the blanket. It measures a square 44". Now, to get it in the mail!

I got two more dishcloths finished last night, one KBB dishcloth and a Bridal Shower Lace cloth out of the burgundy yarn to go along with the KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand towel. I'm still searching for a button for the towel. I have in mind a gold flower type, but haven't located one yet.

and check it out...I still have this much from one of the skeins! I haven't tapped into the other one yet! Amazing what you can get out of a pound of cotton!

Now, can you guess where I'm heading this afternoon? Pictures, if I'm lucky..when I get home.

KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel

The KBB Hanging Hand towel is now finished...save for a button. I've gone and tried to take pictures at each step to help you visualize the top of the towel. To remind you, I have also included the pictures previously posted in case you want the whole process in one place. Remember, I started with a bag of mill ends with the skein being ~8oz, which is not the 'normal' size unless you can get those big skeins that Bernat puts out from time to time.

When I made my blue set months back, both the hanging towel and the dishcloth were made with one single skein of Lion Cotton, which comes in 5 oz skeins.

So the choice is up to you. One benefit of a 5 oz skein or a bag of mill ends with such a large skein, is being able to make the whole towel with a single strand. No piecing together two skeins and having to weave in ends. The other benefit of the mill ends is the cost savings. Now, who doesn't like saving money on yarn?

KBB Kitchen Hanging Hand Towel

© Cathy Waldie, September 12, 2007

Abbreviations:

K, k=Knit
P, p=Purl
Sts, sts=stitches
Tbl=Through back loop
Kfb, kfb=knit through the front and the back of the same stitch, increase stitch
Sl = Slip
PSSO=Pass Slipped Stitch Over
* *=repeat the directions between the *'s
Tog, tog=together

Cast on 59 stitches. K 6 rows for the lower border, and begin the pattern. Remember that I like to slip the first stitch of each of my rows.

1) Sl 1, k across.
2) Sl 1, k3, p3, *k1 tbl, p3* 12 times across, end k4.

Repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 36 pattern repeats, or until 13" from the beginning of the cast on row.

K 4 rows.

Begin decreasing for the towel top

1) K8, *(sl 1, k2 tog, psso), k7* 4 times, end last 11 sts: (sl 1, k2tog, psso) k8 (49 sts.)
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) sl 1, k across
3) K7, *(sl 1, k2 tog, psso) k5* 4 times, end last 10 sts: (sl 1, k2 tog, psso) k7 (39 sts.)
5) K6, *(sl 1, k2tog, psso) k3* 4 times, end last 9 sts: (sl 1, k2 tog, psso) k6 (29 sts.)
7) K5, *(sl 1, k2tog, psso) k1* 4 times, end last 8 sts: (sl 1, k2 tog, psso) k5 (19 sts.)

9) K4, (k2 tog) 6 times, k3 (13 sts)
11) (K2 tog) 3 times, k 1, (k2 tog) 3 times (7 sts)
12) Sl 1, k across

Start the Tab Section of the towel top

1) Sl 1, k across
2) K2, p3, k2
3-16) repeat rows 1 and 2 of the tab section
17, 18) Sl 1, k across
19) K2, p3, k2
20-33) repeat rows 18 and 19 of the tab section

34) K2, Bind off the center 3 sts, k to end (4 sts-creates the buttonhole)
35) K2, kfb in the next st, kfb in the next st, k2 (6 stys)
36) (K2 tog) 3 times (3 sts)

[(optional: 37) Sl 1, k2tog, psso, (1 st)
38) K1
39) pull live tail through the stitch and secure. (Makes the tab pointier.)]or

Cut thread ~18" long, and whip stitch around the button hole for added strength, weave in ends, and sew button into center stitches of tab decrease row #12.

All that's left, is to knit up a dishcloth or two to go along with the towel!

Care to join me?

Having this much yarn sitting by my side, I just couldn't wait any longer to cast on for a hanging dishtowel to use in a kitchen. Got me to thinking, maybe you'd like to join me in knitting this towel? I'm doing my best to avoid paying attention to the date, today. Forgive me for this, but it brings up a lot of memories that were and still are very personal for my family. I'm also trying to keep busy, knowing that my dad is still in the hospital after 11 days. And we're not sure when he's going home. Maybe tomorrow, but then again, the doctor thought he'd go home last Thursday or Friday, too. Poor guy. When I talked to him yesterday, he sounded much stronger than the last phone call. He's now battling yet another infection, so they have him on IV antibiotics every 12 hours. He just can't seem to cut a break. The best news, is that they still proclaim him to be cancer free! I just wish he could go for a longggggggggggg break of time away from the hospital! He'd scheduled a trip back up north to visit some friends at the lake. He really (and we really need for him) needs to get up there and walk around in the fresh air with good company. I just KNOW it would do him a world of good...and Mom, too! Heck, I'd love to join them. I really miss the place. Blessings on my Mom and my brother for stepping in and giving my Mom some time off from the place. There is certainly a place in Heaven for my brother for all he's been able to do for them while the other brother and I live so far away. Hugs love!

OK...let's get started...I'll add pictures of progress as I continue. Now, the last time I made this, I used a 5 oz skein of Lion's Cotton and it made a towel and a dishcloth out of the whole thing. This skein, is ~8 ozs. in size, to give you a comparison for a starting point. I'm using (US) 7's (4.5mm) in bamboo. I like bamboo (or black walnut's) for cotton yarn. I like the way it grabs the cotton without letting it slide off. This is probably one of the only, if not rarely few times I don't use addi turbos.

To give you an idea of the time needed for this project, it generally takes me 5 hours of total knitting time to make this. Now, I don't do this all in one sitting. I like not having my wrists burning and screaming out in pain. But wanted to give you another point of reference for the project.

Cast on 59 stitches, and knit 6 rows. I like to slip the first stitch of each row to give it a more 'finished' appearance.

Begin the pattern.

Row 1) Slip 1 (sl 1) and knit (k) across the row.


Row 2) Sl 1, k3, purl (p) 3 *k 1 through the back loop (tbl), p3 * 12 times, k4.


Repeat rows 1 and 2 for a total of 36 times for the main body section of the towel.

I'll be back when I hit my 36 pattern repeats for the towel topper. Happy knitting! and may your hands stay busy when you need them to.

another comparison

Usually when I make the Grandma's favorite, I stop with the increases when the cloth reaches 45 stitches on the needles. Yesterday I decided to take it up to 50 stitches (wild woman knitting here) to see what the difference in size would be. On the left in the Sun Kissed Ombre colorway, is the cloth at 50 stitches. On the right is the Key Lime Pie colorway that only went to my standard 45 stitches. Now, my mom likes smaller cloths so the 45 count would be good for her. With her age, she's complained about a lack of grip with arthritis in her hands. She wanted smaller cloths. But since I'm making extra cloths for my son's apartment, the 50 might be good. A little larger for a guy with larger hands.

If you notice in the picture, I've put up the left overs of each skein, too. Keep in mind these were the 2 oz size being variegated yarns. A little difference in left overs, but since I've yet to use up any left overs..I guess I'd rather have fewer left overs. Maybe someday I'll get around to making some log cabin cloths and use them all up.

Now, for a 'find' at the store. Granted the comparison is a 2 oz size, and the solid colors come in 2.5 oz sizes. But, for $5.99 for a one pound bag of mill ends I wanted to know how much I had saved. So I did the math. It would cost me $9.536 to buy 6.4 skeins to equal the 16 oz in the bag. Nice savings ifin you like to make up a lot of dishcloths (or hanging towels) out of cotton yarn! (I love me a good bargain when shopping!)

Now, I'll get back to the Feather and Fan blanket with the Blue and Maze colors at some point. Even if the team they're attributed to...really let the fans down big time last weekend. What was the article quote? Historic loss? ULG! OY! Pass me my knitting...it feels better than a stadium full of boos. And here I was prepared to put up the pattern for the hanging kitchen towel with that 'm' knitted into in honor of football season. Guess I'll wait until they win a game before posting that! (ya, that should make them work harder, catch a ball, aim better in the game..huh?)