Fricknits

Vesuvius

Thanks to those of you who have written wondering if the Fricklet is yet with us here on the Big Outside. Not yet, friends!  However, the doc told me yesterday that he thinks I could "go at any time," which prompted the name of this post.  (Thanks, Tim!)  In case thinking about dilation and effacement and cervical softening gives you the heebie-jeebies (and if it does, I apologize for the beginning of this sentence), here's another way to interpret this post's title:

Mmmmm...Manos leftovers masquerading as Mountain of Melting Ice Cream.  Now that's an eruption I could get behind.  (Happy coincidence: this ice cream's name, Neapolitan, comes from the city closest to Vesuvius, Naples!  I love it when a post comes together.)

The due date's the 23rd.  The Biscuit was 8 days early.  My days of pickles and ice cream draw to a close.  Guess I'd better get 'em while the getting's good!  Fiberlicious!

When Stash Attacks

This post is for Ashley, who wants pie.

Homemade pumpkin pie by me.
Squishy sock yarn goodness in coordinating colors by Koigu.

Now don't blink, or you might miss this:

Homemade pumpkin pie by me.
Squishy sock yarn goodness in coordinating colors by Dani at Sunshine Yarns.

I know this has happened to many of us.  "Orange and brown!"  I thought, as I ordered from Dani for a pair of Endpaper Mitts.  "Orange and brown!" I gasped in Purl, as I snatched up souvenir yarn on our trip to NYC in April.

My. Stash. Is. Too. Big.

There, I said it.

Fiberlicious!

...and I'll Cry if I Want To

Tomorrow is my birthday, and for the second year in a row, Mr. Frick will be heading out of town.  His reasons are legit- he's accepting a Major Award (sadly not as home decor-iffic as this one)- but I am no less bummed.  The pouting began a couple of weeks ago, and on Saturday Mr. Frick and the Biscuit went out on a mysterious errand and came back with the edible half of this:

Fiberlicious!  That's Claudia Hand Painted Yarns in Chocolate Cherry and my birthday cake, a dark chocolate and cherry brandy confection from the Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe. 

The cards began to arrive today and things brightened up a bit more, as my lovely Jane (the most creative and- dammit, girl!- tragically blogless gal know) decided to see to it that, though I can't see my toes, they would be beautifully cared for with a pedicure in the near future.  My parents anted up two Friday night "sleepover tickets" for the Biscuit (translated = Cobblestone time), Beth and I are working out a playdate to ease the loneliness, and I've convinced my sister to bring the baby up on Saturday.  So all is well.  And the icing on the cake?  I've touched birthday tiaras together with this gal and this one, and in a Wonder Triplets explosion of bloggy Leo goodness, we've come up with a little something for all of you!  Stay tuned here, there, and there for posts on the 14th.  You may, if you're lucky, end up with the fiberliciousness pictured above.  But not the cake.  I ate that.

This just in.  Birthday flowers, too.  The pouting- it works.

And If It Was Warm, I Wouldn't Wear Much More

I don't know if Adam was a Fricknits reader way back then, but he sure has my number.  Fiberlicious!

Raspberry Sorbet by Ciao Bella.  Raspberry Sherbet (you say tomato...) Yarn Nerd 900 MHz Merino Sock.  An early birthday gift from Adam, whose yarn is on sale AND who will next be shipping...on my birthday!  Perfect as a Prince lyric.

Nuttin, Honey

Especially For Megan:  Finally, I'm Fiberlicious!

Of course, then we had to spill some and run our fingers through it.  Don't worry, Adam!  No Yarn Nerd was stick-ied in the making of this photo!

We're off to the mountains, and I'm taking the denim log cabin blanket with me, as seems appropriate.  Wish me knitting time in the porch swing, and I hope you all have a fiberlicious and fabulous weekend!