Amazingly Gross Cake

kitty litter Box cake,
originally uploaded by gothicbeagle.

I just found this and I am considering making it for my husbands next birthday party. I just know it will be a hit! This has to be the grosses concept in pary food that I have ever seen. WOW! Click on the pic to get the recipe.

New Plying Technique

New Plying Technique,
originally uploaded by Fiber Maiden.

So, I just wanted to let everyone know that I just invented a new hand plying technique. It is really easy and with results like this who wouldn't want to do it. I know you are just itching to find out how you can impliment it on your handspun fibers. You simple wrap the single ply around your hand slowly tightening it as you go, so that once you have got about 3/4ths of the single on your hand that it is turning blue. If you hand isn't blue you aren't doing it right. Thats just an insiders tip I like to pass along to you my dear readers. You'll thank me later I promise. Then after you hand is mostly blue you start to panic and this is the key. Without the panic you are just doing that boring old ply that you are used to. In you panic state you freak out and start ripping the yarn of of your hand. If you have done the first step right the yarn should be so tight at this point that there is no possible way to get it off without cutting it. So, with your one good hand freak out and run around the house looking for scissors. If you really want to get into it. You could start screaming or as someone who knows nothing about fiber or yarn to help you get it off. The look on their face will be priceless. After you find the scissors and have properly freaked out. Cut slits in various parts of the " yarn cuff" as I like to call it. Trying to spare as much as you can for the finally. After you have it all off wad it up in a ball, and cry. Tears or no tears it really doesn't matter. It will not change the end result. Then take pictures of it and send them to me so I can see your handy work. Who ever has the biggest pile of USELESS crap wins. Bonus points for most expensive fiber used. I am putting mine in a place of honor in my house so that I never try another plying method again. Learning new things is for suckers!

The way it goes

New Baby Diaper Cover,
originally uploaded by Fiber Maiden.

Alot has been going on lately! I have had plenty to say and no time to say it, so, now that I am up a 5 in the morning and there is no one around I guess I can chat it up. I started my job back, yes, my boss has changed his attitude toward the pregos. Apparently he has seen the light after having two horrible replacements that where not up to snuff. Within a week I had my Amex and keys back and with some added bonuses that I had him agree to. Like bringing my daughter to work, and not having to deal with customers so that I can focus on the back of the house work that I enjoy so much. It really is a win win situation. Yeah!
My poor little dog has been sick as a dog for the last week, but I really think he is doing alot better now. Not completely better, but much better than last week for sure. The scary thing is I have no idea why he is sick. The best I can figure is that he ate something he shouldn't have and then stopped eating and drinking for a couple of days. He looked so bad then. Without having any hair to hide his skin and bones he really just looked like a skeleton.
I found a wonderful birthing center where I can have the water birth of my dreams. It is an amazing facility that is more like a day spa. I just love it there. Unfortunatly it is about 45 min from my house, so, it is one heak of a drive, but totally worth it! Yesterday we found out what the sex of the baby was. ITS A BOY! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Anyone that knows me knows I love my daughter sooooooooooooooo much, but I have always wanted to have a whole bunch of boys. So, I won't have a whole bunch of them, but just one, and I am so so so so so very very very happy. I want him to be my grandfather, middle brother, and husband all rolled into one. His name is going to be Britian Browning. Doesn't that just sound like a great name. Both of them are family names. I just couldn't be more excited to meet him.
Well, I hope everyone is doing okay out there! Have a great week! Yeah!

What the Cluck

cascade 220,
originally uploaded by Fiber Maiden.

So, I have a small passion for vintage linens and I saw this shade of cascade 220 that matches my favorite table cloth. See, see how it matches the horse shoes. Yes, I am crazy, crazy enough to rationalize buying yarn to match my table cloth. That my be the prego brain talking. It has been in overdrive lately. Lets see last weekend I went to Whole Foods to buy the things I would need to make a burritoe. I left with 200$ worth of groceries including dog food and bagles. No I am not crazy, I am apparently just really hungry and so is my dog! The other day I had to stop at a Chick Fillet chain the other day to puke my guts up in a dignified manner. By that I mean on my hands and knees in a public restroom with a screaming four year old girl crawling on my back begging for food and to play in the playground. I honestly felt that at that moment I hit an all time low. Then I back up into a lady who was parked behind my car. I didn't see her there. Don't worry we are fine, but I suggest not parking behind me. I told the poor lady that I was really sorry, but I am pregnant. She said, and I quote," Oh, you poor dear, don't worry about it, god bless your little heart!" I hear that. To soothe my nerves I went to the yarn shop to find buttons for my supper cute New Baby Ribby Wraps. I spent 50$ on yarn, needles, and wool wash. I didn't even look at buttons people. All whilest my most darling child ran like a banshee through the shop screaming and throwing yarn into the walkways. I had a full on melt down in the store. In front of everyone! Then explained to everyone that I was pregnant and they all knodded and smiled. Remember I am not crazy, but Pregnant!