Sundays clown practice

Well this past sunday- the one right after Christmas- i went before the board of review .
the reason for the board of review was another advancement i have enough proficiencies to move to the next level in the clown brigade which is Standard Clown.

well i went through the board of reviews and was asked to do some balloon animals and some questions from the proficiencies i have earned and out of 50 i missed 4 so i got a 92 %
yahoo

well next is the brigade counsel approving the advancement and it will be official yippeee

want to wish everyone out there a happy, healthy, and blessed New Year.

God is with us always!

walt

December 27

Well the Pittsburgh are had a verry unseasonable day so much so that when a coworker was walking to eat and park he saw a group of bees that were out of hibernation.
Do you know what else was out of hibernation? Motorcycles.
thats right it was around 60 degrees and there were alot of motorcycles runnimg around.
not mine though, she is torn apart and waiting to be sent out for paint.
well tomorrow is church then clown practice (Later this morning really since it is 2:35 am Sunday )
well it will be interesting to see what happens with the weather for the polar bear runs that happen on jan 1st

i guess i should give a slight explanation to the polar bear run i have to miss for the 2nd year
it is where on january 1st you get out the motorcycle and go for a ride to bring in the new year right
in the polar bear run temperature is not a concern but snow and ice is
so if it is snowing or icy its usually canceled but if its cold its not but depending on how cold it is decides the length of the ride if it is really cold just showing up is the ride but if its warmer you gather then actually go for a ride but i guess you figured that out
being in the south west corner of PA it is usually COLD but it might not be this year after seeing todays temp and naturally i tore the bike aspart on christmas day so i was stuck riding in the cage(car)

i guess i will try to sleep some more just wanted to get this on here

walt

Christmas

well i just want to thank you for reading this and wish everyone a Merry Christmas

I am hopeing for a relatively warm Christmas because being the procrastinator i am i need to tear the motorcycle apart on Christmas day for paint and i need to get it out for paint by 1-4-09



here is hopeing



walt

tomorrow

Well tomorrow I will be at Century 3 mall making balloon animals (inflatable wildlife) for about 10 hours. that is what the clown brigade does when working kettles. I was with them last week doing this and was surprised how fast the day went.

and i got 2 new balloon books to study in the frocess tomorrow so all should be good

have a good night

walt

Thanksgiving

Well i know i am more than a few days late with this entry but i had a good thanksgiving

i went with Steven and his wife to the Chineese buffet for an early dinner at 2 pm and had alot of garlic shrimp (yummy) Steven and Carol both had sushi along with other stuff

after dinner we went to walmart and walked around amd got some stuff

i shouldnt tell this but i will share the secret if you ever want to go to walmart when it is not busy at all go while everyone else is having thanksgiving dinner there was like 6 cars in the parking lot

at knitting practice tonight we got to watch a big fire outside the window in homestead and we are praying for all the firefighters and the victims of the fire

catch you L8R

walt

oops

sorry to anyone who reads this i have been busy working at the warehouse . i have also been continueing with the clown trainiung i am 1 proficiency away from being promoted to a standard clown.
we have made the stilts to start the training on those.
and i am close to getting the knitting proficiency also i just need to finish the sweater vest and a pair of clown socks.
i am getting close on the sweater vest i have seperated the front pannel and the rear pannel and startyed the arm holes and am continueinf up the back then gotta do the front and shoulders and i will be done

we aree also working on training max the kitten to be a therapy cat in the clown brigade so i will try to keep ya up on that 2

later

walt

cats

well we got the kitten Max weighing in at 1 lb and we have the older cat Smokey weighing in at 14 lbs thlk about a size difference.

kitty

Well its official i am the new parent of max the 1 lb kitten he is so cute and awesome!

kitten

well 2 days ago one of our cats passed away. we like to have 2 cats to keep eachother company. a friends cat had kittens 4 weeks ago and i am getting the oppertunity to give 1 a home. his name is Max and i will get him in 2 to 4 weeks. here is a little video to show him and his 2 sisters.

newborn needs prayer

a dear friend that works at Natural Stitches with mom had a baby. the baby wasnt due until November, I know, WOW.
well the parents Charissa and Tim each (figuratively) have a heart at least the size of Texas if not bigger and they and the baby named Levi need all of the prayer they can get.

for more info please click on the top link to the left "Levi Howe needs prayer"

thanks

God does answer prayer

walt

made mom a koala bear

had a baloon play sunday

well this past sunday i got out my balloon books and was teaching myself new balloons, here are a couple pics of thge results, i dont know why i didnt take a pic of the snoopy or butterfly but here are my ram, my fishing pole with fish, grapes, snail,love birds in a funny blue heart-looks alot better in just a ring-, and my bunch of bananas, enjoy

wellll...........

Well its been a while since my last post.
we had a clown advancement ceremony and I am now a junior clown from apprentice.
i have been doing a little motorcycle riding really just back and forth to where i need to go no real jorneys.
i guess it has a bit to do with the gas prices.
i am getting ready to learn about knitting socks i wonder if i wanna go toe up or top down toe up makes more sense but i dont know that for sure
i also will be going to a family camp through the Salvation Army next month so that should be fun.

walt

first clown show

well Yesterday Saturday was the first clown show there were 3 of us there in makeup and 2 making balloonsat the Salvation Army in homestead for their VBS party
it was a celebration of the completion of the week of Vacation Bible School.
i am told there were 35 or so kids and we made balloons for all who wanted them, including some parents.
fun was had by all and here is a picture i am the 1 in the big wig

walt

6-21-08

well tomorrow -saturday is the ist clown show i am involved in which i am told is juast gonna be a baslloon fest basically but in makeup and costume i am so excited and nervous i will give a report afterwards

walt

awesome funny pic

summer item

well i spent some time today workinmg on the motorcycle






I have had a problem with a bit of chrome on the tank when the light hit tit just right i was blinded






as you might see here

so i took it off and got the scratchy pad and primer and spray paint and fixed the problem i hope as you can see here

its not a big deal but ...... what is?

walt

well

I have been helping out at the Salvation Army that the clown brigade is based out of in homestead. we have been building a puppet stage for the show and pillars for the set and yesterday we built a 4ft x8 ft bulletin board for clown news and events and such with a white board in the middlei dont have the pics but they are in Zeeppo's knitting blog

plus in just over 2 weeks i am going to Ohio bike week with my Christian Missionary Church with our motorcycle ministry which should be exhilerating

have a nice day

walt

mothers day

Well it is moithers day and i gave mom a "vase" full of "tullips"

best wishes to all of ther mothers out there.

walt

clown scarf

well i promised a picture of the scarf i designed with 3 arms for the clown brigade and here it is
what I did was the first row was 1 knit stitch and for the second row i added a knit stitch and for the 3rd row i added a knit stitch at the beginning of the row and so on till i got the triangle for the center i chose to make the triangle 28 stitches

after i had the triangle i picked 3 rib patterns 1 for each arm of the scarf

after completing the rib pattern i reduced to the triangle like at the beginning knitting 2 together at the beginning of each row untill i got down to 1 stitch

then i picked up 28 stitches on the second side of the triangle and proceeded with the second rib pattern following the same procedure as before just with the new rib

and the same for the 3rd side of the triangle.

after the 3 arms were finished and knotted off i made 3 big pom poms for the ends

but a word of advice from my mistake make sure your choice of rib pattern isnt mostly stockinette as it will curl as my 1 arm is.

have fun if you dare, lol

walt

Sunday March 20

Well tomorrow is sunday march 20 and i am looking forward to the Blessing Of The Bikes in Murrysville at my church Murrysville Alliance Church.
we have a pretty big motorcycle ministry there. last year we had over 10,000 bikes and it was great.
eventhough it looks like rain and there is a call for rain in south west pa we should still have a decent turn out, probably not as many as without rain but...

see ya after the blessing

walt

do it yourself kilt pattern

this is a free do it yourself kilt pattern that a friend made and wore to knitting group tonight and =it looks GREAT!!!!!! it takes a while to load and is a long document


http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stanford.edu%2F~ahebert%2FX-Kilt_MSword.doc&ei=6tj_R4v-Mqfqecqa2CI&usg=AFQjCNFUVO6C0NRjeOzEBgfRBp1R2mKfOA&sig2=QczW2xh01SQ97UlgCYUBgQ
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walt

busy

well I am sorry for not posting in a while but here goes. i an now a apprentice clown with the Steel City Clown Brigade, and part of the curiculum is knitting a sweater, a funny hat , and a funny scarf. i have only been knittting for 4 months or so but i am trying to design my funny scarf and i can already see it in my head. i am naturally making it out of the classy Red Heart Mexicanna cause thats what clowns do ... lol
i will get a picture as soon as i get enough to see what is in my head


walt

sweatervest

well I found my camera and as stated in my lasty post i started sweatervest project here is a pic of the vest i started and hope to have done for fall LOL.

new project

i am working on another new project and as soon as i find my camera again i will take a picture of it

it is a sweater vest for myself... i hope

walt

charity knitting

well it was another Quiet day at charity knitting at Natural Stitches today just Steven and myself... come on pittsburgh lets knit for charity. i am starting my first kimo cap for the charity knitting.
o well will tell you about the knitting groups through the week

walt

new project

well i am being brave or ambicious or something i am going to try and make a sweater vest for myself and i am a bit on the large side so this is probably going to take FOREVER. i am not a fast ;nitter yet so this should be ready by fall i think, lol.

i am making it out of sensations rainbow classic color is #42912 which is a brown and tan varigated 11 oz/skein 615 yards

have fun out there

walt

mens knitting night

well we had another good mens knitting night at Natural Stitches- no one died- Yippee.
lol. just kidding there were 7 men tonight no omne was really in a chatty mood tonight we were just all into our projects.
every month we get larger which is a good thing,

so keep stitchin

walt

a new project

well i started a new project i saw a hat that i really like it is
Coronet
by Alexandra Virgiel
from Knitty, Winter 2003
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter03/PATTcoronet.html
it is my first cable project and i was told this is a great cable starter because you wont get overwhelmed like in a cable sweater. it is a little challenging till you get the rythem down.and in doing this project you also learn how to pick up stitches so i am learning 2 new things in 1 project- cabling and picking up stitches.



i did finish the scarf i made for mom


until later

walt

Just a reminder

for anyone that is interested the Dave and Dave show on WQED in Pittsburgh tomorrow- Monday Feb. 4 is featuring Natural Stitches so tune in and see Steven try to teach Dave and Dave to knit

walt

tuesday Ravelry group

well we had a record turn out for ravelry knitting group at Natural Stitches this week of 13 and that was without 2 of the regular (as regular as we get) ravelry kniters. we had a lady from Turkey join us and another lady from Floridia who is part of a group taking one of the abandoned buildings in the area and making an art center.

it was a great night of knitting and socializing

walt

tuesday Ravelry group

well tonight was ravelry night at Natural Stitches and we has a great turn out there were 11 of us there knitting and talking and joking- just having a great old time.


not much else to say but goodnight

walt

yesterday

Well as i mentioned Friday was my day off and as a project Mom and I went through her stash and she donated ALOT of her yarn to charity knitting. but before she donated it she asked if i was interested so here are a couple pics of my stash.
one of the big items is 30 of the Big skeins of Rainbow Boucle =can you say "sweater time"? lol
then there is about 6 hanks or bundles or something of super bulky for a sick blanket for the recliner. i admit its not a good color buttt...
then there is just a bunch of small treasures like sock yarn and misc yarns and even some that called out to be kilt hose.

and if all that wasnt enough i went to mens knitting night at Natural stitches and 6 men had a good time just knitting and talking.

walt

friday the 18

well it is friday and i have the day off, so in addition to going to mens night @ Natural Stitches tonight, mom and i are gonna sort and organize her stash. we will see what she wants to keep for her stash then what is left will be sifted through for my stash then what is still left will go for charity knitting. mom gets first crack because she bought it .

looking forward to mens night,

walt

Sunday The day of rest

i was going to church today and half way there i blew a brake line so i proceeded to go to church then i drove home with only the parking brake (fun) so i got home and proceeded to tear the brakes apart and in changing the brake lines for the rear i touched the fuel return line and it blew. so now not only do i have to replace the rear brake lines but i have to drop the tank and repair the gas line. boy it is nice being a knitting mechanic i guess.

walt

Friday night

Well Friday night i went with Steven to the "cult" meeting at the borders in South Hills Village i believe it was. Had a SUPER time was a wonderful bunch of people. even thoughi wasnt knitting a manly project i was excused because it is for my mom. steven pointed this out even though he was knitting gay pride colors. the scarf is the 1 i started thursday night and it is comming along pretty quick. I definately wanna go back to the "cult" knitting group.

here is a pic of the scarf, enjoy.

new project

well I finished the scarf i was making for myself and offered to make 1 for mom (CarlaK) and she loved the idea so we went hunting for the yarn she wanted, I felt like Elmer Fudd "Shhhhhhhhh be vewwy vewwy quiet" and we came across 2 yarns-a black and a medium pink- mom had bought to go together for another project. mom sugested that i try a double stranded knit and loves the way it is comming out. and the double stranded knit is easier than i expected and it makes the pattern go even faster, but anyone reading this already knows that.so i started with a size 10 needle and neither mom or i liked the way it was looking (too tight), so i moved to a size 13 and mom says that looks just right for her and i am only doing 17 stitchesso i believe this will take absolutely no time at all. even though this is 1 that looks like crap in a pic but good in person here is a pic to share with ya.

Ravelry at Natural Stitches

Well we had a good turnout at the knitting group tonight. I was able to finish my scarf



We had a lady come to the knitting group from Denver to help knit on the Marley scarf for stevens clown unit http://zeeppoville.blogspot.com/ this link should help for details.

and on the last note for the evening i mentioned about our 2 manx cats and promised to share a pic of Smokey so here is our "Fat boy", goodnight

monday night

Well I just got home from Monday night knitting at Joseph Beth booksellers AKA beehive knitting. it was a small turnout just the organizer Steven AKA Zeeppo The Great, hisa wife and myselfwhjich is good for me becazuse steven lets me pick his brain ( i am sti8ll a "new" knitter ).
it is also bad be3cause being new knitter i cant talk and knit yet but i am verry appreciative of his spreading of knowledge.

so after a day of changing tires all day at work then knitting i am getting ready for bed because we get to do it all over again tomorrow at the Ravelry knitting.

goodnight

walt

cat pics

Well I just found a picture i took from Christmas I wanted to share. this is our 1 cat Bandit, he is a Manx and is funny, our other cat is also a Manx and his name is Smokey, i am sure you will see him later. Bandit loves bags and the bag he is in is from Natural Stitches, a local yarn store. he is ready to go play with the new yarn at the store.

Friday

Well another Friday has rolled around, i have a short day tomorrow then 1.5 days off Yoo Hooo.
i am makeing slow progress on my Auntie Em scarf, here is a picture , i like the look of the red on 1/2 ant the green on the other .



i got bored with the Steeler scarf -need to rip and do different design.
I was told by an awesome friend Zeeppo the Great that i shouldnt buy a set of needles yet because i am still only on my second full blown project so i got some cheapies and am trying different needles and materials to see what i prefer



Gonna go take a shower, eat then knit catch ya soon.

New Years Day

Well everyone i want to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy< and Knitty New Year.
I didnt get much done today but that is to be expected every once in a while.
I spent a few hours helping Natural Stitches expand the space for more exciting yarn and such.
i did get about 2 hours of knitting in on the scarf. and i got a bit of help to make the blog look a little better from my friend Zeeppo The Great.

o well take care all,

walt