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Sunday, May 27, 2007

AS IF!!!

This is fun to make, and pretty fast too, but it's not like I'm going to wear a crochet cotton bikini!! #1:The tendency of cotton to 'grow' when wet (not a good quality to have if you are a bikini) #2:It's a bikini. Personally, I think #2 is reason enough all by it's self.

No other really interesting knits yet, just the same old same same same. I have looked at some good books though. More on that when I have a little more time. I'm going back to the bookstore today anyway, so maybe I'll actually bring home one of the ones I've been considering the last couple of times.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Small Projects



It feels good to finish something-anything-no matter how small. I got a couple of cotton washcloths finished yesterday and today for baby gifts to go with a little handmade goatmilk soap. And there will be a couple more too.

I had planned on knitting alot yesterday at the park where the Tot went with her class on a field trip. Instead of knitting, there were swings and lot of little people who needed to be pushed. Apparently, I'm a good pusher. But I did get some waiting-room knitting done today and got the second washcloth done. Oh, by the way, the Husband had a little minor surgery on Monday and gifted me with all this lovely waiting-room time this week. It almost makes up for the whiney at-home-ineedanothericepack-andsinceyou'reupcanyoubringmeanotherblahblahblahblah-time. Almost.


When I need a break I walk around the yard and ogle my daylillies. I usually do this with a ball of yarn tucked under my arm (sometimes a beer).


It's a shame that I can't remember most of thier names. I think I put little metal stakes under them when planted them, or maybe I meant to and never did, I don't know. There are some of my favorites, and then there's the native daylillies and the little Stellas too and a couple of others. The dark pink ones in the second picture are actually more like purple in the mornings and fade through the day until they're almost pale pink by sunset. They are my most favorite and bloom profusely for a few weeks. They seem to be multiplying pretty good too!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Have Some Pie

Last week was crazy busy tyring to get ahead a little at work so I could take off this week. Needless to say, there was not a whole lot of knitting. Mommy was not happy about that. But looking ahead to this week, and knowing that there would be some of that good waiting-room knit time in store made it bearable. I've got the first 'pie-wedge' and about half of a second done on the Lorna's Laces Free and Easy Pie Wedge Shawl:
I'm lovin' the pooling. It's random but not too concentrated in any one place. I am fully aware that I will have absolutely nothing to wear it with when I'm done because it looks like a smashed watermelon. I do not care. I will wear it anyway because I adore the colors.


And I wouldn't want to mislead anybody into thinking that I work for a bunch of slave-drivers. I actually think I have some of the coolest employers ever-especially considering I work at a bank. We've been having different themes each week. It's a morale-booster and promotes comraderie with the people you spend most of your waking hours with on a daily basis. (it also promotes a bit of competitiveness, but that's part of the fun) Last week was a 50's theme and we had a Bazooka bubble gum bubble-blowing contest which I did not win:

See? I think you need jaws of steel to chew that stuff. Or maybe I'm just not in tune with my competitive spirit as much as I need to be. I also did not win the hula-hoop contest the week before. But it was fun!

Monday, May 07, 2007

Not Much To Show



I knitted a whole bunch this weekend. Or I thought I did. I know I made good progress on the Lorna's Laces Pie Wedge shawl (I know this because I counted the rows, not because it actually looks bigger). I did not even take my Trekking sock out of the Current Portable Project Bag. I also didn't pick up one of the other three or so pairs of socks I haven't finished. I did finish this though:

Okay, so I finished it on my lunch break AND it's not really completely finished. It's one of the few baby hats I'd like to get done before the babies have babies. I still have to weave in ends, make the little top-knot loopies, and give it a good washing. Super simple. I should have a whole drawer full of these. US #6 needles, plain stockinette, no decreases 'till the top (and that was K2tog for 3 rows and then gather the last 11 stitches) I mean come on, I should have had this one done a week ago. But it's done now and I can start the next one!


There may also have been a little bovine interaction over the weekend.

BABIES!!!!
(none of these guys are getting hats)

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Yarn Fridge?

I've been un-blogged so long I forgot about all the neat new yarny stuff! This is an old ice box rescued from my grandmother's house. I have always loved it and I always knew that one day I would have a place for it in my own house. Granna used to keep paper plates, napkins, cups, and plastic utensils in it. We knew when she started packing up stuff from in there that we were about to have a good time picnicing at the lake. So now it holds yarn, pattern books, needles, and other good knitty type stuff. It's not big, so it doesn't hold much. It's red, so it doesn't go with anything in the house. It's got a few dings, so it's not perfect. But it's a tiny little piece of my childhood that I can keep in my living room and have as a part of everyday adult life and add good things to it along the way. (and also my husband hates it, so that's just a thorny little bonus to go with the deer head on the wall above it).

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Ripped

It just wasn't working out between me and Helen. So I ripped and cried and put in in the yarn 'fridge. I felt guilty about five minutes later and put the whole thing-yarn, pattern, circs, and stitch marker-in my purse. I called the lovely folks at Lorna's Laces this morning. Really awesome to be able to call somebody and get a bit of verbal instruction or clarification on a pattern. The problem? The pattern was just too simple, so I thought I must be doing it wrong. Turns out, I wasn't. I didn't rip it out for nothing though- I had twisted the bottom row anyway. So I'll be spending my lunch hour with Miss Helen. I think I at least owe her lunch.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Treats For Me!

I love my UPS man. He brought me this today:One skein of Lorna's Laces Helen's Lace in the Knit Happens colorway from....Knit Happens of course! They've been having a crazy sale over there and have just about sold out of EVERYTHING! I found lots of other stuff I'd like to have but I had to show a little restraint so we could still have groceries later this month. I'm already on row 9 of the pattern that came on the ball band. I may rip it out.



And I haven't been a total slacker with the yard either:
Okay, so they would have bloomed anyway. I did have to pull the weeds out from around them. Amaryllis are so pretty and showy and require next to no attention. Perfect for me.