Ravelympics updates.
I personally completed my ravelympics training. I couldn’t be more ready. I do not typically swatch carefully, and I have never washed and blocked a swatch. This has not often been to my detriment, though once in awhile I get burned. For the most part, I find I’d rather frog [...]
Archive for July, 2008
31 Jul
Training
31 Jul
I snuck it in!
I’ve been keeping myself on a tight schedule of knitting socks lately, as I have 2 pair I would like to get done before ravelympics, and one of them has a deadline of August 3. But…as you know by now, project monogamy is not really my strong suit. So I couldn’t resist sneaking [...]
29 Jul
I kicked a dog today
I didn’t even know I did it, but someone believes I did.
Today, while at work, I got a call on my cell phone.
Me: Hello?
Caller: Hello?
Me: Hello?
Caller: Hello?
Me: Hello, can you please identify yourself.
Caller: You keeked mah dug.
Me: (not understanding) What?
Caller: You keeked mah dug! You keeked mah dug, I saw you!
Me: Ma’am, you have the [...]
28 Jul
Pinwheel sweater #1
Bug is proud to present her pinwheel sweater.
She, contrary to how she looks, was none too pleased to be wearing a sweater in this heat either!
Done in Noro Matsuri. This was a good yarn for the sweater, it makes a lighter fall sweater rather than heavy wool for the winter. The noro had lots of [...]
28 Jul
Conversations with the Bug
Bug: Mommy, what is this building on my shirt? Is it a church?
Me: No sweetie, that is the Eiffel Tower.
Bug: Oh, where is it?
Me: In Paris, France.
Bug: Oh, do people live in it?
Me: No Love, but they can go in it and look out of the top, way high up, and see the whole city.
Bug: [...]
26 Jul
Spinning Fairy’s first strike
As promised, my wheel sat idle until I got my hands on the Sanguine Gryphon handpainted 65% merino, 35% silk Ravenswood roving for Savasana. Now, this one was a real stretch for me, as I know Sav likes her handspun all barberpoled with the colors mixing together. So, for the first bobbin I tore the [...]
25 Jul
February in August
Ravelympics. Where ravelers pick a challenging project to cast on during the opening ceremonies with the attempt to complete before closing ceremonies, thus, competing. Rule is that it must be a challenging project, but not unattainable.
How about I knit a sweater in 17 days? The fastest I have ever knit a sweater was the Starmore [...]
25 Jul
The Bug
My lovely daughter, who is growing up before my very eyes, turned 4 on Wednesday. She made cupcakes for her class and got to wear a crown all day at school. All around, she had a very good day. Her favorite part seemed to be giving “her kids” their cupcakes and little toys.
24 Jul
2 kind hearts
There is a lot of talk lately about Ravelry being a cesspool of snarkiness and sarcasm. It has even touched me at times, sometimes directly and sometimes peripherally.
My mother once told me that I should choose my friends wisely. I think the same applies to Ravelry. For the most part, though I have experienced it, [...]
23 Jul
Can you imagine how I felt in this picture?
So here are the final lite lopi pictures. It is complete and it fits well. I am very pleased with the sweater. Please note that wearing a coopworth roving sweater in mid July is not advisable in the least!
I cannot believe how well this fits. I really can’t. It is perfect in all directions. The [...]
21 Jul
From start to finish
So, I dyed it, I spun it, I knit it, and now I am blocking it. With this weather it could be a day or two before it dries. I can tell you this, it fits like a dream! I was exactly right in the sizing.
I am really only blocking down the curling edge, the [...]
21 Jul
Princess Teeth
Bug thinks that her princess teeth are gone now. I think this comes from getting used to them and finding them to feel natural. She does tell me frequently though, that she wants to “get rid of all the sugar bugs” so that she never has to get princess teeth again!
20 Jul
The final weekend progress pictures.
So I think I’ve hit every item on my to do list. Nicks sock yarn is balled and in my bag to cast on at work tomorrow. That leaves me 2 weeks of working on them during work time before I leave for vacation. Decent. They won’t be done before vacation, [...]
19 Jul
To Do list getting shorter
Swap pal stuff mailed out, that was a blast!
And I finished “Denim”
This is 60% merino and 40% bamboo. 488 yards at 20 WPI (thanks to my new gauge!) which puts it more at laceweight than fingering weight which is what I was going for.
More pictures on its etsy listing.
19 Jul
A weekend of finishing
So I have chosen this weekend to be a weekend in which I work on finishing various projects.
The list goes like this:
Finish the blue striped monkeys for my cousin.
Start NIck’s socks so they are done before August 3.
Finish the handspun currently on the bobbin.
Spin more coopworth to finish the lite lopi sweater.
Work on Bug’s pinwheel [...]
17 Jul
Fiber Fairy
Yup, you read that right. In addition to the binky fairy, and the yarn fairy, I also have a fiber fairy.
I signed up for Hush Hush Handspun Hootinany awhile back. I’ve been really looking forward to this swap, and it has been all that I expected!
Today, out of the blue and such a surprise, I [...]
16 Jul
Pretty Princess Teeth
Well Bug went in for her dental appointment today. The big one. I don’t think they explained very well last time what all she needed done. There was a language barrier last time for sure. Because she needed 2 fillings and 2 crowns. They gave her the nitrous oxide and [...]
15 Jul
State of the Nation
Remember that big storm we had here recently? Let’s just say, as severe as it was, it was not Katrina.
Trouble is, people are acting like it was. They are lining up and demanding foodstamps because they were without power and they lost food from their fridge.
Now, I consider myself more than fortunate, so perhaps I [...]
14 Jul
I can haz wollmeise?
Wollmeise, for those of you who aren’t Knitters, it needs a bit of explaination.
Wollmeise is perhaps THE hottest yarn on the internet right now. Claudia, the one person wonder dyer who is Wollmeise yarn lives in Germany. Those of us who love indie dyed yarn, can’t help but drool over her deeply saturated [...]
14 Jul
The Bug
She sleeps.
She spent 2 nights at her dads, and didn’t sleep well there. The first night she slept late. The second night he kept her awake through naptime in order that she might get on a better nighttime schedule. Um no….she just got really super hyper and had no binky to calm her down. She [...]
13 Jul
Pinwheel sweater
It is entirely possible that I became obsessed with this project over the weekend.
This is quite a way past the armholes, which I put scrap yarn in to mark a la the afterthought heel. I couldn’t make heads or tails of the pattern instructions, so instead I used the technique I know best.
I had [...]
11 Jul
And I am also grumpy because…
I asked my landlady to have someone come clean the gutters. She took it upon herself to not only cut down all the berry bushes which were bearing beautiful fruit but she also pulled up my parsley!
I want my own home.
11 Jul
Bug and her coloring
This is a picture from the book which Bug got from the binky fairy. She wanted me to take a picture to show Nana. Personally, I had no idea she could color so well if she put her mind to it. She isn’t quite 4 yet but I swear she colors better than I do! [...]
10 Jul
Mandala Shawl
This is through clue 3 and a bit into clue 4 on my mandala shawl. It is awfully hard to get a decent picture of a round shawl at this point but I was too excited to show it off even so.
10 Jul
Classes
The next class that is the most logical for me to take in the upcoming semester is Ethnic Literature. The trouble is, the only class offering of it is mid day right during work, twice a week. I am lucky enough to have flexible coworkers who would cover for me, where I can make up [...]
10 Jul
The big news!
Miss Bug gave up her binkies at her dads house too! I am so very very proud of her. He says she did not get to sleep until 11 PM, but I say 11 PM is better than midnight, so that is progress. She will learn how to put herself to sleep, it just might [...]
9 Jul
Some yarn
Some spun by me, and some not.
I’ve been working on this Blue Moon Fiber Arts sheep to shoe kit, colorway Ravenscroft. It was an 8 oz package, so there was a lot to spin. I am about 3/4 of the way through but completed a bobbin last evening
This is way more yarn than [...]
9 Jul
The Binky Fairy
Bug has been anticipating giving up her nighttime binky for awhile now. She knew that when she turned 4 she would have to get rid of them all. I informed her that her Doctor would be telling her that 4 yr olds cannot have binkies. So she knew that this time was coming. We talked [...]
9 Jul
Steel Cut Oatmeal
Me and this stuff are gonna fight!
I bought some steel cut oats to try them out. I usually have my oatmeal with soy milk and golden flaxseed. I like to bring it to work and cook it in the microwave. I decided to do the same with the steel cut oats. I figured that it [...]
8 Jul
Appearances
This weekend J and I did our typical coffee shop run. Since we had no where else to be, we decided that we would sit and visit in the shop for longer than usual. I brought a crossword puzzle as it is one of our favorite past times and we scored the good seats and [...]
