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