Time for me to FLY

CHICAGO!!

2008-03-08T16:15:00.005-05:00

DRACO went to Chicago

Fri Mar 7

it's snowing

he didn't like that

when we woke up Sat

it was almost a white-out

and below freezing

there has been snow falling all day

lucky for us

it didn't accumulate

DRACO took it easy today

will fly MDW - ATL

& BACK to MDW

he would RATHER go to

the arctic zone

than be ignored

or left at home .. alone

update

2008-03-02T11:21:00.004-05:00

in June
DRACO moved to Snellville GA
in mid- Oct
DRACO moved to Stockbridge GA
around Halloween
DRACO moved to Peachtree City GA

DRACO LOVES PTC

however,

after guarding the "CASTLE" for 4 months

DRACO is ready to fly again

he was not taken to JAMAICA

where it was HOT!!
even tho it will be KKKOLD!!

he will be going to MI to the Pajama Party

so he can meet other knitters

he will go to MEXICO!!

DRACO is upset

2007-05-11T08:40:00.000-04:00

i went to hang out with knitters

DRACO loves Knitters

i forgot to take him along

he 'SPECIALLY wanted to meet Eric

Eric LOVES Dragons

altho he was left at home

DRACO still guarded the castle

maybe i had better get Norberta done

so he has company

SPRING has Sprung

2007-05-05T11:45:00.000-04:00

the temps are rising

DRACO is happy

he doesn't like the cold

it's rumored that it will hit 80 soon

NOT hot enuff for DRACO

but a decided improvement for Indiana

DRACO loves HOT-lanta & Texas

weather

2007-04-05T11:20:00.000-04:00

in Indiana

where DRACO resides

it is 30 degrees

and snow is predicted

DRACO will be happy to

go to Atlanta & Dallas

even tho he has been to both

places multiple times

he is TIRED of cold weather

afterall

EVERYONE knows

dragons are fire breathers

and like HOT HOT HOT weather

DRACO is not a homebody

he is happiest when he is flying

Dragons LIVE to FLY!!!

things DRACO gets to see

2007-03-27T07:00:00.000-04:00

Washington DC

TRUMPS PLANE

the BIG APPLE

DCA - LGA

2007-03-27T06:43:00.000-04:00

after leaving the Nation's Capitol
we head to the Big Apple
we are almost there
sun is comin' up
i get PAID to see the Sunrise
ya can't beat that

view of queens

2007-03-25T09:40:00.000-04:00

view from the hotel
when we stay @ LGA

DCA

2007-03-06T09:41:00.000-05:00

Capitol Building

all lit up

seen from the plane

March 5 @ 5:29 AM

HOUSTON

2007-03-04T07:45:00.000-05:00

DRACO got to watch planes come & go all nite

He can see the end of thr runway from the room

Beautiful sunrise

Cold chili for breakfast

Time to fly

view in LaGuardia

2007-02-19T14:22:00.000-05:00

waiting for the plane to come in

SHEA STADIUM

2007-02-19T12:58:00.000-05:00

queens

2007-02-19T07:53:00.000-05:00

view from hotel room

Mississippi River

2007-02-18T11:43:00.000-05:00

past Houston

2007-02-18T11:24:00.000-05:00

Baton Rouge ahead

San Antonio

2007-02-17T15:28:00.000-05:00

view from the room

Moline Il

2007-02-13T09:10:00.000-05:00

Cedar Rapids 1-30-07 10:30 AM

2007-01-30T10:34:00.000-05:00

same view as before

this time there is snow

hotel room views

2007-01-28T00:59:00.000-05:00

Kansas City Missouri 1-26 @ 8:27 am
forgot to take pix of Toronto

Austin 1-24 about 8:45 am

WHO-HOO ... LYS & Knitters

2007-01-27T14:31:00.000-05:00

well .. on Fri i was in KC MO
i got to meet Abby
she is doing the Bjork KAL with me

she is so KEWL!!
she met me in the hotel lobby
we compared our progress
she met DRACO

funny, when we talked about meeting up

she REALLY wanted to meet DRACO
we knit for a bit
went to get breakfast @ Cracker Barrel
she took me on a LYS tour of KC
went to URBAN Arts & Crafts

then to The Studio
GREAT yarns

DRACO got to meet Karen
Karen designed some WONDERFUL gloves that Abby & I decided
we HAD to have the pattern for when Karen finished writing it up
it will be after the Bjork KAL
so we can do a glove KAL
then we went to Stich Knitch
had lunch @ Panera bread
back to hotel to get ready to fly home

New Orleans

2007-01-16T12:00:00.000-05:00

Too cold to do anything outside
Nothing on tv
Gonna finish the shawl

goin' to New Orleans

2007-01-15T18:50:00.000-05:00

will get 20 hours in the hotel

should have LOTS of knittin' time

both on Tues & Fri

Fort Myers

2007-01-14T20:47:00.000-05:00

from the hotel room

outside almost 8am

80 degrees

DRACO in GRR

2007-01-14T20:45:00.000-05:00

DRACO in GRR

Sat Jan 13 @ 11:07AM

a friend for DRACO

2006-12-27T12:41:00.000-05:00

hhhhmmmmmm

Draco gets bored sitting by himself in the room

thinkin'

he NEEDS a friend to occpy his time

then, he mite not mind staying home

once in a while to GUARD the CASTLE

thinkin'

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTnorberta.html

maybe i will have to make this for him

THEN

i will need

http://www.morehousefarm.com/K2/02/

and then i will HAVE to make

http://rineke.blogspot.com/2006/01/finished-dogme-project-dragon.html

and

www.keyboardbiologist.net

here be the dragons socks .. ordered the patern

post is about March 10, 2006

then of course i would need

http://www.loopyarn.com/detail.aspx?ID=563

and

http://chartreuseknits.blogspot.com/2005/09/dragon-scale-gauntlet-pattern.html

and MOST important

the project that will NOT go with me

Heere Be Dragone Shawl

its creator Sharon Winsauer

http://www.aurora-alpacas.com/

Places DRACO gets to visit

2006-12-27T12:23:00.000-05:00

Dec 30 - Atlanta (again) 1PM -
3 PM New Years Eve - Home about midnite

New Years Day - Rochester New York about 11PM -

6PM Jan 2 - then home about midnite

Jan 4 Dallas Tx about midnite -

1 PM Jan 5 .. but he returns at 10:30 PM -

9 AM Jan 6 to get home about 6PM

Jan 12 about midnite will get to visit Grand Rapids Mi

for the FIRST TIME

leave about 1 PM on the 13th but end up in Fort Myers Fl about 8PM

leave at 8 AM and get home about 2:15 PM on the 14th

Jan 19 New Orleans by 10:30 AM

leave Jan 20 about 6AM and get home about 7:30 PM

Jan 23 get to Austin Tx about 5:30 PM

leave Austin about 2:30 PM on the 24 and get to Toronto Canada about 12:15 AM

on the 25, but i get to stay till about 4:30 PM - ANOTHER FIRST

on the 25, DRACO will be staying in Kansas City about midnite - AGAIN Another First

leaving Kansas City on the 26 at 3:30 PM and getting home about 10:30 PM

Jan 29 DRACO will get to go to Cedar Rapids with ROSE arriving around 9PM

we will leave at 10 AM and end up in Hartford Ct about 10:30PM on the 30th

we get to stay till 3PM .. maybe a walk to Mass ?? on the 31st and we end up

in Norfolk Va approx 11PM

on Feb 1 we leave Norfolk at 6PM and get home about midnite

DRACO will fly again

2006-12-22T21:55:00.000-05:00

a while back
DRACO lost an ear
i looked but could not find it
i have been knitting stockings so i didn't have time to
knit a new ear for DRACO
well
how long does a dragon ear take
anyways ..
last weekend i knit 2
then comes the dilemma
HOW to felt them
they are kinda small
TOOO much of a waste of water AND energy to wait
and felt in the washer
then it hit me as i was heating water for tea
use some of the HOT water & cup
in a 2nd cup
add water & ice
dip the ears from one to another
add a but of friction
so, i felted the new ears
tonite
as i am packing to go
i find the ear DRACO lost in my RON bag
so,
now the ears are sewn on tight
the wings were starting to come loose
THEY are on tight too
so, on Sat Dec 23
DRACO will fly again
he is happy to NOT be spending Christmas at home alone
he is excited about the NEW places i go in Jan
i gotta finish packing
got knitting packed

Text but NO pix

2006-12-13T09:34:00.000-05:00

I can text
No pix
Defeats the purpose of cell to blog

I HATE the upgrade

2006-12-13T09:31:00.000-05:00

Almost NOTHING comes thru

NO!!

2006-12-07T09:58:00.000-05:00

DRACO doesn't have a new ear yet
too busy with Christmas Knitting
will work on it when i fly the 9th - 12th

gotta finish the munchkin's stockings first

HHHMMMMMMM
thinkin' DRACO needs a friend

GROUNDED!!!

2006-10-30T10:30:00.000-05:00

DRACO lost an ear

he will be grounded for a while

until i can make 2 more

AT LAST!!!!

2006-10-19T11:33:00.000-04:00

i forgot to take Draco with me when i was walking
around Austin on Sun & Mon
JUST as well ...
i keep seeing cups & t-shirts that say
"KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD"

it's the ONLY place i have been where people light up

& smoke joints on the streets

TOO BIZARRE!!!!!!

anyway ...

on Sat Oct 21

i get to Atlanta early

like 10 AM

so, since the weather is 'sposed to be SUNNY & 71

i am gonna go to the zoo with a friend

DRACO is happy he gets to see

SOMETHING of Atlanta

will report back later

WHO-HOO .. DRACO got to meet knitters

2006-10-08T04:53:00.000-04:00

there were TWO knitters

who ended up sitting NEXT to each other on the flight

we started talking

one was using #19 needls to make a skinny LONG scarf out

of Berroco Suede

the other was knitting a baby hat

we started talking

they asked IF i felted

i told them i knit & felted a TOY

so, DRACO got to come out of hiding & meet them

saw TWO more knitters Monday

tues on the way from Moline Il to Atlanta GA

the road crew for Kansas was on the plane

learned that i can get one of those rubber ice packs to use in my

lunch box

fill it with ice to keep yogurt cold

then i can ALWAYS carry yogurt

even if there is NO fridge in the hotel

i MISS not eating yogurt this weekend

won't have to MISS it again

saw Mitch on the ride home from Atlanta

Rose & I will go walking later today

will collect leaves for my FALL bags

goin' back to bed

it's almost time to get up

found the disposable camera

2006-10-04T08:43:00.000-04:00

when i went to Chicago with Yolanda
i bought a disposable camera to take pix

found it

need to develop it

then i can post the pix here

add something else to the list of things

to do NEXT week

time to pack

2006-10-04T08:37:00.000-04:00

this month my show time is 1:30 PM

every time i leave

you know me

i wait till the last minute

sheets & towels are in the washer

roller board is almost empty

RON bag needs to be filled

got knitting ready to go but NOT packed

since i don't know IF I will have a fridge

not packing food

NEW place for DRACO

2006-10-04T08:34:00.000-04:00

DRACO finally gets to go somewhere new

he is excited

will take pix of MOLINE IL so you can see the

new place to visit

also get to go to Atlanta GA

there will be knitting time

working with Cpt JJ & Karen

gonna be a FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNN

four days

haven't met the FO

hhmmm

2006-09-11T14:53:00.000-04:00

DRACO decided has seen Atlanta & Austin

he decided to stay home & guard the "CASTLE"

short trip

2006-09-05T22:08:00.000-04:00

in Montreal 9-1 7am

in Dulles

8-31

11:30 am

SOME of DRACO's visit to Chicago last weekend

2006-08-29T14:58:00.000-04:00

Fri 8-25 -> Mon 8-28

2006-08-29T14:54:00.000-04:00

8-25 BNA - 8-28 SLC

2006-08-29T14:50:00.000-04:00

DRACO at home

2006-08-24T08:52:00.000-04:00

8-17 @ 11:50 pm

home

DRACO went to Chicago this weekend

2006-08-22T10:57:00.000-04:00

there will be pix as soon as i can get them uploaded
computers are NOT being co-operative ..

DRACO's Frist Flight Sun 8-13 thru Wed 8-16

2006-08-17T12:17:00.000-04:00

READY to FLY

2006-08-13T02:32:00.000-04:00

assembly

2006-08-11T10:59:00.000-04:00

so, i am sitting in New Orleans
it's time to start assembly
since the pieces are so small,
i will need an assist on visual

brought the Mag Eyes i used for porcelain dolls

as i assemble, the area is too small to work with

so, parts are cut off

this will enable DRACO to fit in my RON bag better

for transportation purposes

anyways ..

we are off to the airport

to await the arrival of our plane

so that we can return HOME

after we eat

i decide to work on him some more

i pull out the eyes & the FO (Ellen) starts cracking up
so, she borrows them - i take a pic
later, the other FA ( Grace) takes a pic of me working ..
needless to say, assembly is NOT complete ..

i am at home .. it's Fri shortly before noon

i gotta run errands ..

the rain has stopped

i will work on DRACO more later today

assembly has commenced

2006-08-11T10:56:00.000-04:00

k

2006-08-05T11:11:00.000-04:00

so, when the body pieces felted

they didn't all felt at the same rate

i will have to trim @ the HEAD ..

thinkin' his tail will be shorter as well ...

gonna go run errands, so he can dry ...

assemble him, finish packing ... see how he fits into the RON bag ...

DONE felting

2006-08-05T10:48:00.000-04:00

now to dry
then i can assemble him

OK, this time he SHRANK & felted ...

i am thinkin'
i SHOULD have assembled him before i felted him the 2nd time ....

the seams felted in on theirselves ..
:(

GONNA hafta use the Dazar to assemble him

he still mite be toooo big to carry with me ..
stuffing hm will be a challenge

ALMOST ready to assemble

2006-08-05T10:11:00.000-04:00

DONE knitting

2006-08-05T10:07:00.000-04:00

felted it the first time & it needs a little more

was gonna felt DRACO on the stove,
but that mite kill the filament

so, Nancy told me how to felt it in the kitchen sinks
i bought a plunger ..
then decided i DON'T have the time OR energy

he is in the washer as i type

first time, he felted but didn't shrink much ..

bought animal eyes .. 6mm & 9 mm
will see which look best when i assemble

off to run errrands

spine

2006-08-03T17:56:00.000-04:00

gonna get off the puter so i can finish the spine ....

then ......

i get to FELT!!!!!

DRACO progress

2006-08-03T17:55:00.000-04:00

ALMOST DONE!!

2006-08-03T17:01:00.000-04:00

7-28
ARM
8:15 PM (elbow) -> 10:15 PM

7-29

10:10 AM - 12:35 PM

done with the arm

~~~~~~~~~~~

back of the ear

12:40 PM - 1:12PM

2nd ear

1:10 PM - 1:20 PM

Wing

1:20 - 2:10 PM

3:35 - ???

7-30

wing

1:10 -1:35 PM

DONE!!

Wing 2

Aug 1 9:50 PM - 10:24 PM

HORNS

#N44 Huskers Red & Red 145-6014

10:35 - 10:50 AM

Foot w/ Red Claws

10:55 PM - 12:10 AM

Aug 2

Foot 2

10:45 AM - 12:20 PM

Head

12:30PM - 2 PM rows 1-28

row 29 -> DONE 4:40 - 4:50

Inner ear GOLD

4:52-5:04 PM 5:14 both done

Tail

5:15 - 5:38

Wings - forgot to look @ clock

Started Spine 8-3

DRACO progress

2006-07-27T11:58:00.000-04:00

Time Frame

2006-07-27T11:11:00.000-04:00

Arm = BLUE

7:45 - 8 PM

Leg = BLUE

11:05 AM - 12:50 PM

2nd Leg

4:45 PM - 6:00

6:40 - 7:30 PM

Left Top Side = BLUE

Wed 7-24 6:45 - 9:05 pm DONE

Right Top Side = BLUE

Wed 7-19 @ 1:17 PM

Mon 7-24 4:40 PM - 6:40 PM DONE!!!

Belly = GOLD

Fri July 14 11 AM - 520PM

Row 91 - DONE!!

Thur July 13 10PM - Fri July 14 101 AM

Row 1 - 90

DRACO PROGRESS

2006-07-21T15:31:00.000-04:00

PROGRESS

2006-07-21T15:16:00.000-04:00

the belly is made form
Naturespun Fingering
036 Sunburst Gold & Sulky Holoshimmer 145-6007
started Thur July 13th
finished Fir July 14th about 6PM in Montreal

the body is
Naturepun Fingering
116 F Blue Boy & Sulk Holoshimmer 145-6030
started Wed July 19th
during Airport Aprreciation Time in Memphis

in the beginning ...

2006-07-06T13:04:00.000-04:00

WELL .. my "MOM" is a Flight Attendant

she has seen passengers take pictures with small toys to document their travels

she has considered doing this ..

she thinks it's a KEWL idea

my "MOM" knits ..

she has some STRANGE friends that "think outside the box"

it ALL started on

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KnitExchange/

for THIS exchange,

mom & her friends are knitting a toy

my "MOM" picked this toy to knit for the "TOY Exchange"

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~woodsy/dragonpattern.htm

mom started the TOY on Thur June 15th

she finished knitting it on WED July 5th

some of the assembly was done during the knitting process

the assembly & face were completed on July 5th

her friend Chris,

said to make the Dragon,

it should be glittery

because EVERYONE knows,

dragons are mystical & glittery

well .. when the Dragon for the exchange was done

it is 30" tip of tail to top of head

it stands about 16"

MOM wants one for herself

it would be fun to take it with her whereEVER she travels

the Dragon could EVEN have it's own Blog

HOWEVER

this dragon is WAY to big to travel ..

so MOM decided to make a smaller one ..

.. ME ..

to take with her on her travels ..

doin' the math,

I would STILL be 10" long

so she called her friend NANCY who REALLY thinks outside the box

Nancy said, knit it with feltable Fingering Weight

USE # 3 needles

then, for added PIZAZZ

.. use metalic thread with it ..

so, the concept of ME was born

mom is heading to Joanne's to get thread

she HAS needles

she HAS yarn ..

she still has the pattern

of course,

she WILL be making changes as she goes