The Knitty Tacano Fru-Gal Pals Cheapass Hootenanny

Funny for free

2008-04-02T22:01:00.001-07:00

see more & make your own crazy cat pics

waassup

2007-05-26T22:41:00.001-07:00

Free is good

2007-04-18T19:27:00.000-07:00

Just in case anyone needed reminding LOL

Decorate your PC desktop

:)

The Amazing Death Predictor!

2006-12-09T23:36:00.000-08:00

http://evil.berzerker.net/death_predictions.php

Free to mommies

2006-11-29T22:26:00.000-08:00

Discount/berfday club for your kidlets from a nice online retailer:

Tree Top Kids

Thanks PK :)

2006-10-31T23:00:00.000-08:00

Just because PK inspires me :)

CASP 3 QUESTIONNAIRE

2006-09-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Copy and paste it onto an email messsage and send to CheapyCheap (at) gmail (dot) com by September 25.

The Basics:
1. Knitty board name:
2. IRL name:
3. E-mail address
4. Mailing address:
5. Where are you willing to ship? (INTL/USA only/OTHER-specify) (I’ll do my best, no guarantees):
6. Are you allergic to Smoke/Cats/Dogs? (Please answer in this format: Y/N/N = allergic to smoke only)
7. Do you live with smokers/dogs/cats? (Please answer in same format as above.)
8. Please declare food, fragrance and other allergies here:
9. Blog URL (optional):
10. Birth date (optional):
11. Family/living arrangement (optional):

The Knitty:
1. How long have you been knitting?
2. How/why/from whom did you learn?
3. What is your knitting level (beginner/intermediate/expert)?
4. What type of yarn(s) do you prefer (fiber content/weight/type/favorite brands)?
5. What yarns make you want to run the other direction (include fiber allergies here)?
6. Would you mind receiving recycled yarn as a gift?
7. What colors do you prefer?
8. What colors do you dislike?
9. Do you prefer solid, variegated, stripes, heathers, and/or tweed yarn?
10. What other crafts/DIY do you enjoy or want to try?
11. What are your favorite items to knit?
12. What’s on your needles right now?
13. Speaking of needles, what’s your preference (type, brand, size)?
14. Do you knit socks?
15. What knitting technique would you like to try next?
16. Who gets most of your FOs (including you)?
17. Do you have a favorite designer?
18. How about a knitting shero?
19. What books are on your wishlist? List them here or paste the URL to a wishlist.

What is your favorite:
1. Food:
2. Beverage:
3. Fruit:
4. Vegetable:
5. Candy:
6. Flower:
7. Animal:
8. Holiday:
9. Movie:
10. Cartoon character:
11. Bath additive:
12. Scent:
13. Season:
14. Author:
15. Musical artist:
16. Toy from when you were a child:
17. Saying/quote/mantra:

Just how frugal are you anyway? Do you…
1. Cook/bake?
2. Dollar bin dive?
3. Use coupons?
4. Garage/yard sale?
5. Compost?
6. Garden?
7. Cut your own hair?

Tell us a little bit more about you
1. What’s your least favorite household chore?
2. What would you give me to do it for you?
3. Tea? Coffee? Both?
4. Fill in the blank: All you need is ______________.
5. Is the skein half used up or is half still left?
6. Who on the knittyboard could be your long-lost sibling?
7. Socks: constricting or comforting?
8. Fill in the blank: Give (your name) a ____________ and she’ll be happy all day.
9. Money’s no object, where shall we go?
10. What do you do with those leftover bits of yarn?
11. Please list the holidays that you celebrate that fall during this round:

Lastly, take the time to add anything else you think your CASP should know about you.

For your gourdess’ use only: Please list all former Knitty SPs:

Welcome to Cheapa$$ Secret Pal 3, aka CASP3.

2006-09-19T07:13:00.000-07:00

What is CASP? Well, in the words of our illustrious co-founder Roxy: "The idea is to exchange patterns, ecards, snail mail cards, cute pics, fun links and things that you don't have to spend $ on. If you want to send something RAK-style out of your existing stash too, that is fine, but no one will be required to spend $ on gifts."

Yard sale and thrift store finds are also encouraged. So are hand-crafted gifts.

Please do not confuse cheapa$$ with sit on your a$$ - being a CASP pal will take as much, if not more time and creativity as the conventional SP rounds. And while it's cheap, it's not free. At a minimum, you will be spending money on postage to send cards and small care packages.

The questionannaire is in the next post.

CheapA$$ Rules:

1. There is a 100 post minimum which must be met by Sept 25, when the questionnaires are due. (see dates below)

2. No spending minimum.

3. There is no contact frequency minimum; however keep in mind that the CheapA$$ SP is about showering your pal with goodness on the cheap, and a quick note or email is about as cheap as you can get. Suggested contact: 1 message per week (email, PM, ecard, snailmail) and 3 small packages distributed through the round.

4. Since several popular holidays fall during this round, it will be generally understood that pals may opt to take part of December off from pal duties. Please do not fall off the face of the planet; communicate with your downstream pal or 'spoilee' when you'll be out-of-touch so that she won't think she's been abandoned.

CheapA$$ Official Dates:
Sept 20: Button Contest ends. Details TBA.
Sept 25: Deadline to submit questionnaires to the official CASP3 email addy [CheapyCheap (at) gmail (dot) com]
Oct 1 - Jan15: Rampant spoilage and giddy mayhem
Jan 15: Reveal your super-secret identity

Contact info: the CASP3 official email addy [CheapyCheap (at) gmail (dot) com] or PM saintjay.

Hey, have you guys seen this???

2006-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Wardrobe Refashion Challenge

Ok, I'll stomp on a few crickets...

2006-07-30T20:56:00.000-07:00

I hate the sound of crickets...

So here goes, this is a site I dig for free samples:

Start Sampling

Ok, so it used to be better a few years back, but its not bad for a freebie here and there.

Now back to your regularly scheduled crickets.

crickets chirping

2006-07-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

Hello?

boing boing boing

2006-06-28T14:57:00.000-07:00

Just jumping on my trampoline here.....

Button Contest Winner Announcement

2006-05-25T12:23:00.000-07:00

A big round of applause for our very own DO!

She is the winner of the button contest.

Free Cheese for Everyone!

Sidebar

2006-05-17T17:21:00.000-07:00

A little extra freebie for you cheap-asses :)

http://totallyfreestuff.com/

C'mon, y'all! Whoop it up!!!

2006-05-03T14:21:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping we can drum up some more participants. Can we talk it up on the boards? I had a blast, personally!

If I may, my submissions:

2006-04-26T16:06:00.000-07:00

So there's a button contest for this catastrophe, eh? Well lucky for me I'm cheap and I loves me some buttons. I've got my two sbmissions ready. The first I call "Nothin' But Lint" and the second I call "Cheap AND Cheesy!"

Free cheese? Hell yeah.

Button Contest!!!! Below are the particpants:

2006-04-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

Our beloved PK provided the following buttons to me:

Next to submit her buttons is the one and only Domestic Overlord:

Lastly, but not leastly, Ms. Random Meanderings herself, Bezzie, has a button:

My second attempt at Button-Putzing.

2006-04-23T16:11:00.000-07:00

This made me think of all of you -

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/12/01/offbeat.penny.collection.ap

And this picture is completely unrelated, but I just thought it screamed Cheapass Hootenanny.

AND, Kids -

Talk has already begun of CASP (CheapAss Secret Pal) Round Deux! Hasn't this been fun? SUCH a great idea, kudos to everyone for making it a Frugal Success!

I've been putzing around making buttons today, and here's my favorite so far:

In the spirit of Karma

2006-04-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

Man, I hope somebody's spoiling Ivana as well as she's spoiling me.

Bueller? Bueller?

2006-03-30T18:16:00.000-08:00

Hey is anyone around?

*crickets chirping*

Sing-a-long Everybody

2006-03-01T12:28:00.000-08:00

To the tune of Micky Mouse Club:

Who's the miserly, fru-gals who roam society......

CHE-APA-SS HOOTENANNY

I was destined to be a songwriter!

Take care Miserly Ones!

Dkswife

All this and cheap too!

2006-02-23T19:36:00.000-08:00

Fabulous. Simply fabulous... you guys are amazing LOL

Jealous Much? :)

2006-02-21T10:17:00.000-08:00

Have a lookie-poo at the Treasure Trove of Goodies sent to me by Ivana Dahlink! Much luff goes out to her.

Just wanted to say I love my Knittyknittycheapcheap

2006-02-20T13:04:00.000-08:00

SP. She is great! She sends me nice e-mails and cards.

I appreciate my SP with all my heart!

:-)

Dkswife

Who Rocks? Ivana Tinkle Rocks.

2006-02-16T11:43:00.000-08:00

Her actual SP name is Lucky4Penny, but we'll call her Ivana for our purposes here today. Money can't buy happiness, as we all know, so Ivana emailed me some heartfelt cheer in response to a recent post in my Blog of Brilliance In Which I Darn Near Collapse at a Goodwill Store in High Ridge, Missouri. Reminding me to take care of myself was a very kind thing to do, and I am grateful for your comforting thoughts.

Here's a silly picture of me for everyone's amusement -

I love my SP!

2006-02-15T17:40:00.000-08:00

So this gigantic box gets delivered to my office today. I almost didn't get it because I'm working in an office where no one knows my name (temporary digs until our new office is remodeled)

But behold the cheap-y goodness:

A rainbow of plastic bags for my raincoat, some odds n'ends yarn for a couple of knitted outfits for my son's stuffed monkey--and to top it off--some Necco convo hearts! Hee hee!!! My SP is too cool!!!! I can't stop smiling!!

Ok, gratuitous gush is over now. :-)

All this and cheap too

2006-02-09T15:35:00.000-08:00

LOL!

Y'all are NUTS!

PK thank you so much for setting up this blog and your hard work for representing the madness that is Fru-Gal SP'ing. It's so awesome to see so much happiness floating around.

Big hugs,

Anne/roxy

PS - I just got back from Whole Foods Market and had my fill of tasty free samples. Thought of all you gals the whole time *chuckles*

I have been Cheeply Had

2006-02-07T12:01:00.000-08:00

The Wooley Meister has enriched my frugal self with a postcard to brighten my otherwise dreary day and a coupon to one of my very favorite places - Hobby Lobby - How did you know that I was going to shop this weekend and now at $$$ off!

Thank E! Thank E!

Thistlerain

Check this out, Chicas!

2006-02-07T07:09:00.000-08:00

I got this Virtual Goodie Basket from my Genius Cheapass SP and I thought it was Genius enough to Inspire Us if We're Stumped. Here it is -

Dahlink, you are mahvelous. You deserve a package, yes? But the post
office and all its dreary workers take far too long for you, dahlink.
The packages will come later, yes? Right now you deserve something,
and you deserve it now. The wonder that is Penny Karma must be
celebrated!

So, dahlink, I have gathered up a virtual goodie basket for you.

First, we have The Food! The ultimate recipes to brighten your life
with flavour and yet balance health and kiddie-appeal. Yes, dahlink,
your dahlink little ones will eat these, too. And your man. No one
but you need know they are low fat and full of goodness. I order my
servants to cook from this book as often as possible. And am I not a
fabulous ideal of womanliness?

http://www.crazyplates.com/crazyplates02/recipes.html

(The Thigh Who Loved Me is perfect for making ahead and freezing,
dahlink. So practical yet fabulous, yes?)
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Then, we must have The Knitting!

First, a free pattern. http://fathomharvill.typepad.com/fathom/files/Keplerpattern1.pdf
It is possible that someone as mahvelous as Penny Karma already knows of it. But what a tragedy if you do not.

Second, a knitting joke. http://anacleta.homestead.com/files/closeknitfamily.jpg It applies to you and your little ones, yes?

Third, the podcast. http://www.cast-on.com/ It's like knitting with a friend. A slightly less fabulous friend than Penny Karma, perhaps, but allowances must be made, no?
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Then, we must have the Family!

Crafts and foods for sharing the love:
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/valentines_new_ms/

Dahlink, until next time.

Hiya, Kids, Hiya!

2006-02-04T05:39:00.000-08:00

Grabba Brew! Don't Cost Nuthin...

Come Join the Hootenanny! Where Thrift, Tightwaddery, Frugality, and other forms of Cheapassness are Warmly Welcomed and Festively Celebrated.

Thought this might be a fun way of documenting our Creative Frugality, and perhaps inspire others to Heroic Feats of Cheapass Brilliance.

Email me, and I'll add you so you can post too.