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2005-08-29
655, baby! Yeah-huh. That's right. My katamari was 655 meters. That's a ginormous katamari. I got a thunder god to go with my Jumboman.
It's the little things.
The big work project that's been taking up most of my work time is now, finally, signed off and completed. There will be some tidying up, making sure everyone's happy, but the time I'll need to dedicate to this project should go from a lot to nil effectively starting today. Ah....
And I felted this weekend. Pix to follow. I took the "before", but I'm waiting for the bag to dry to do the "after".
I heard from Iggy the other day. That was nice. I was glad to know he's doing well.
Let's see, what other little things are going on... I'm off to Dallas on Wednesday, then Molly and I will go shopping for a poofy white dress while I'm there. DMB on Saturday, then back home on Sunday. Just in time for Rome. Did anyone else watch Rome? It was killing us who played Octavian until Stephen finally remembered Master and Commander (a.k.a. "the turtle movie"). Cool credit sequence, too. My guess it's the same group that did the Carnivale credits, but I could be wrong.
So, I'm now only working on an alpaca hat for a coworker. Oh, and the Molly sweater that has languished unloved lo these many months. I just have a hard time going to sleeve island, but I'll do it. Really. By the time it's cold(ish), you'll have that sweater, Mol. I swear. And I have a few gifts that need to be shipped - the tea cozy, for example. Then, I'll really get into the few Christmas knits I'll be working on this season. And after that, depending on the selected dress, maybe a wedding shawl. We'll see...
2005-08-22
Not much to say, except... WTF is wrong with ISPs that they think that indiscriminately blocking SMTP is a GOOD idea? I can handle an outside mail server, dumbasses....
I'm making a French Market Bag from Knitty. Damn. It is taking FORever. I don't think I'll ever have the love of felting that some others do. It just seems like a lot of stitches for not much reward.
So, knitting... blah, blah. I have some things I do need to get on with, like fix the neck on the cozy Big Sack -- I just don't like how it lays, though it is a dangerously comfy sweater. Or beginning Christmas presents. Or continuing to research the Molly Wedding Shawl. Or maybe just making something else for me, like the cashmere watchcap I've had tucked away or the Hourglass Sweater which was the inspiration for my recent buy of Noro. I made another Shedir, this one much smaller (I took out a few repeats) to make it more of a hat and less of a chemo cap. I really like the designer of that pattern. Her newest, Eris, calls to me. I just have to finish the 10 or so projects in front of it.
Leda REALLY likes harassing me when I'm on the PowerBook. Maybe it's all the heat this little machine can generate.
Enough drivel. G'night!
2005-08-15
Damn you, Randy, for making me teary! Damn you, I say.
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2005-08-07
I'm a bit post-happy at the moment. I have these partially finished posts all going up at once. This is a completely new, fresh post, and it's a stash update. Oh. My. $DEITY. I have so much freaking yarn. It's pathetic. I think my next project will be the French Market Bag that was in knitty some time ago. I'm ready to play with felting. That will clear out a little bit of stash... but not much. I'm kind of bored with simple things, so I might have a lot of cables or something more complex for my next project after the bag. I had wanted to make another, smaller Shedir with some Calmer I have floating around... but we'll see.
And how much yarn, you might ask? Approximately 11 miles, not including acrylic, dishcloth cotton, anything on the needles, or partial balls of sock yarn. Damn.
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It has been a weekend full of FO's here.
That's four FO's in one shot. Woo-hoo! From left to right: Elann "Sock It to Me Esprit Print" socks in black/white/grey; Silk/Wool tea cozy, from pattern in Last Minute Knitted Gifts; garter stitch baby booties in purple Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino; and Lana Grossa Meilenweit Multieffekt socks. The big socks are mine, as yet unwashed. The booties are a gift for Michelle at Barberella, who had a baby girl earlier this week. The tea cozy is a gift for someone who almost definitely doesn't read this, but I'll just not mention any names to be sure.
Here's another shot of the tea cozy.That's from yarn we won at Sheep to Shawl. Pretty!
Also, it's been SO LONG since I downloaded from my camera, I have pix from socks I made for Stephen in April. April. I really need to download those more often. At any rate, thrill at the enormous boy socks!
They took forever to complete. That's Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in pinstripe. For a size comparison:
Those are the long-languishing recently completed Elann socks in the foreground for comparison. The boy has some huge feet. It'll be some time before I'm crazy enough to make socks for him again.
I understand why knitters wash socks when they're complete, to set in all the stitches blah blah... but why BLOCK socks? I mean, really? Just to take pictures? Would you block socks every time you wash them? That just adds way more maintenance to socks than I'm willing to invest.
So, that's a lot of gift knitting going on. I just need to finish the big itchy Lopi sweater, and I should be ready to start on Christmas gift knitting. Only a few "lucky" recipients of gift knitting for the holidays this year, because I am just not willing to over-commit like I did last year.
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Late, but cute. I finally downloaded my pix from Sheep to Shawl. Karrie had some great pictures here, but I have to add just a few more.
2005-08-01
ALSO... Stevie came home late Saturday night. I am so glad to have him back. And all the cool schwag he brought back, too!
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Sheep to Shawl, anyone? Woo-hoo, it was hot. Not always fun, though I think our spirits kept up pretty well. Check out the pix here. My favorite is Ingrid posing like it's chilly when it was absolutely sweltering, and we were just glad to be finished.
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