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2004-12-28
I admit it. It makes me want to move home. Especially this pic:
Molly's the redhead on the left (of course), then clockwise is Bob, JohnRoss, Melissa, and Jake. I've never even BEEN to Molly and JR's new place, but from the pics I can tell that it is worlds better than the apartment where they were before. OH, and Molly conveniently supplied a FO pic (since I didn't take one before I shipped it):
So, that's that. Finished the left front of the Ribby Cardi yesterday. I'm getting concerned that it's just going to be too damn small... but maybe after I block the crap out of it (to quote from the Ribby Cardi knit-along)...
2004-12-23
And now, some knitting content. I have finished my first sweater! Actually, I finished it last Saturday, sewing on the fabulous buttons (more on those in a bit) and spent the rest of the day feeling rather smug that I actually completed what Karrie calls a "large wearable object". Pic:
Eww. There has got to be some dust on my camera lens. Gotta remember to clean that off. Anyway, it's finished. Fiber: Jo Sharp Silkroad Ultra in Neptune. Pattern from "Hip to Knit". And it's perfect... except the sleeves are just a bit too long. Next time I wash it, I'm going to try to squish them a bit shorter.
And you can't see it here, but the buttons are to die for. They're abalone shell, and the color shifts in the light from black to grey to blue... just like the yarn does a bit (though it's from black to blue to green -- no grey). Anyway, here's a close up.
I think they're gorgeous. I'm super-tired from working on my Ribby Cardi, though. It's not the ribbing that makes it so tiring for me -- a good thing, since I decided to make the extra-ribby version -- but those tiny tiny needles with such a repetitive pattern. I just finished the back tonight. Maybe when I get to the smaller pieces, it won't be so tiring. Kind of a grey-green color -- which oddly enough is almost exactly the same color as Leda's eyes. Swatch:
The unblocked back:
It seems so... skinny right now. But I just keep remembering pictures demonstrating the magic of blocking -- "Here's an unblocked swatch, and now the SAME swatch blocked. See the difference?"
That's about it for knitting content for the evening. Hope y'all enjoy your holidays!
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Oh, the knitting group will just love this one. It's freaking terrifying. Click at your own risk.
Comments:these are in fact so terrifying, i cannot even imagine making one as a joke. i would have nightmares the whole time i was working on it.Post a Comment
2004-12-15
Yawn! Yet another NPR dream this morning. This time, I went to visit Christian and Brenda in Singapore, where they moved because of the schools. Berkley looked like he was about 10. It was weird.
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2004-12-14
Hello, Bandwagon.
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2004-12-13
And I finished seaming my cardigan last night! That's right, the sweater project that was dragging on and on is now nearly compete -- all it needs is buttons and some finishing around the buttonholes. It was a little lumpy on the seams last night, so I washed/conditioned it and now it's drying on a towel in the guest room.
As an added bonus, I also organized my stash over the weekend -- sorted by fiber type or purpose (sock yarn is all in one bag, cashmere blends in another, wool in another, big project buys in the cobra basket...). It pretty much was what lit the fire under my ass to finish up that damn cardigan. I have too many other things in the queue to let it languish any more!
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Oh, man! This is so freaking cool. And Jake's just a little too young for it... Maybe next year.
Comments:Additionally: I saw another goodie for Jake in a Target ad last week. It was a Darth Vader Voice Changer. The complete helmet with setting for just the voice or heavy breathing (yes, we all know which EX doesn't need it.) That aside, I think he would absolutely FREAK. Well, I know I would.Post a Comment
I couldn't find it on target's site, but here it is on Amazon
2004-12-10
So much, yet not enough. I have two pairs of socks on the needles -- some grey/black pinstripe ones for Stevie and those grey/red/blue ones I started Tuesday night. I have a boatload of winter white Polar and at least 10 skeins of crimson Debbie Bliss Cashmerino super-chunky. I have a sweater that still needs to be seamed (now that I've fixed the unfortunate armhole mix-up). Two more 100g's of sock yarn in grey and sand... and what do I do last night? Another 100g of sock yarn -- this time a nice variegated dark foresty green. That's before I got home and discovered my elann order had come in. Yet MORE sock yarn -- enough for three pairs in various colors -- and the yarn for my Ribbi Cardi in a lovely silvery-light green color. But does that stop me? No. I just bought a load of lovely baby silk in black. Of course I need a baby silk sweater!
This would be a lot easier to believe if I would just finish that cardigan I've had in the works for so long. Maybe this weekend, after I re-block the pieces...
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2004-12-02
"Habitual users [of cannabis] suffer from de-motivation." No shit. Exhibit: my mother.
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I am hot on your heels with the ribby catdi. i have the back and left front finished too. i think i did the neck decreases incorrectly though. i used a tubular cast on and ended up with enough stitches to do one size larger than i had planned, so i just went with it, and now i am glad. it seems a little small....