"Extreme" Knitting...aka, knitting in unusual locations

Let me preface this by saying: I knit a lot. I knit everywhere. So far the only places truly off limits for me are weddings and funerals. Although I think if someone gave me the go ahead...I'd do it. I do intend to knit at least once on my wedding day, if for nothing other than a photo op :)

I've knit in dentist chairs while being worked on, in restaurants, bars, my bathroom, at the movies, buses, and in countless other places.

Where I live, most of the people have gotten used to seeing me knitting at the bar. But I think it throws the tourists for a loop. On one occasion I know I was photographed (under the pretense of taking a picture of her friend....you know "I gotta get a picture of this cause its so funny but I don't dare just take a picture....so I'll take a picture of you with *fill in the blank* in the background). Maybe it truly was just a picture of her friend...but the amount they were looking, giggling and not-quite pointing...I'm pretty sure I was the object of the photo.

To make a long story short, it gave me an idea. I started carrying it out then but gave up for a while until renewing it yesterday. I want to get pictures taken of me knitting in as many unusual places as possible. "Extreme knitting" if you will...to follow with the concept of "extreme ironing"

I posted this on Ravelry to get suggestions for future pictures and have been getting great ideas. One person is even facilitating their idea by sending me waterproof yarn so I can knit underwater, and glow-in-the dark yarn so I can knit in the dark. I'm so excited to try them both!

Future pictures to watch for: next May you will see pictures of my knitting on my wedding day (if only long enough for the pictures). Around Halloween expect some knitting goodness in costume. Perhaps even this weekend, mayhaps I'll knit at the Renaissance Festival..

Anyway...here goes the current photos.

If you have pictures of your own, please post to http://www.flickr.com/groups/extremeknitting

Wedding stuff

Haven't really been posting lately. Been kinda just letting things lapse with the etsy shop for the time being. I've got too many other things on my mind right now...primarily wedding stuff of course.

Thankfully we have lots of friends and family between the two of us who are able to step up and help us out so much! We've already secured our place, minister, caterer, beverage people, florist and photographer.

I've pretty much decided on my favors...its just making them and making it all look good. I'm doing recycled crayons. And just now I latched on the idea of chocolate rocks as a way to connect our love of living so near Lake Superior.

I'm engaged!

Since I don't want to retype the story yet again, I'm going to give you a link to what my fiance and I wrote for our page on The Knot

If you're not feeling like going to the link...what it boils down to is that even though I had a little knowledge that he had been looking at rings, he still caught me off guard in his proposal and I loved it. It was very cute and memorable :)

Headaches

Boo for headaches. I have had them as long as I can remember...going back as far as early elementary school. I've had lots of things checked out and tried lots of different things but nothing seems to work. Or if it does, it doesn't work for long. It might be easier to get help if I only had one type of headache. But I don't.

I get migraines occasionally, headaches caused by clenching my teeth at night, tension headaches, stress headaches, headaches from too much sugar or motion (aka my "sick" headaches), cluster headaches....

Trying a new medication but it doesn't seem to do much at all. Went to a chiropractor for a while but seeing as insurance didn't cover it at the time and like everything else, it stopped working...I had to give it up.

Now though, I have better insurance so I am going to try out physical therapy. I've been told by my current doctor that this person has had a lot of success helping people with headaches so I'm crossing my fingers that she will be able to help me help myself.

The reason I say it that way is because I am certain that at least a percentage of my headaches are caused by something that I am either doing (and shouldn't be) or that I am not doing (and should).

I've reached a point where I don't know if I should even bother taking ibuprofen or other otc pain medications because they really don't seem to help 99% of the time. Getting neck/head rubs helps but I can't always get those when I need them even with my absolutely fabulous boyfriend being willing to help me out.

They have gotten to the point where its seriously affecting my life. I have to plan around headaches or take them into account when I want to do something. I've learned to just power through them most of the time but that only works for things like my job...its harder to keep going when its something fun because I get cranky and miserable.

Here's to hoping that PT will help me out! First two sessions this week--Thursday and Friday.

Seriously too cute!

Raynor of Jelly Bums is constantly outdoing herself! If you didn't know, that's the person who designs the patterns of the super cute animals I have been knitting and sharing on here. She occasionally does free patterns and this one just takes the cake! Seriously...its a dino suit for the stuffed animals. Can it get any cuter? If you have suggestions for other outfits, why don't you let her know on her blog. My personal suggestions are akin to the patterns I have seen for Sheldon the Turtle- pirate, cowboy, superhero....the ideas are endless!

Presenting: Eloise the Elephant

I am not listing Eloise tonight because I need better lighting but I was so excited to finish her that I at least wanted to post some sort of picture. So here she is!

Some more of the Coming Soon....

I just finished a recycled yarn dog (same yarn used for Odette) and I am currently working on a purple elephant. I think after Eloise the Elephant is done, I want to try a penguin. Sorry, just normal colored for the first one though.