2006-01-29

 

I'm feeling kinda clever (and kinda hung over). Hung over because of the many MANY beverages I consumed at our friend's wedding last night. Kinda clever because I finally have solved a problem I've been wrestling with for a long time: how to rinse the shower. We have a separate tub and shower arrangement, and after scrubbing the tiles you have to rinse of the cleanser. Unfortunately, it's impossible to direct the water from the shower to most all of the tile surfaces. My newest must-have accessory for the weekly shower-scrub? A super soaker I found in the basement. I used WAY less water and the process was both tidier and less annoying.

posted by bethanye 7:45:00 PM   

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We missed you at knitting!
--Debbie

# posted by  debbie, not a snack cake : 2/06/2006 4:56 PM

 

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2006-01-25

 

I don't have anything of my own to post. I have a pic from LAST week's Mel-O-Dee knitting, though. It's a bunny-in-progress by Karrie, which I think she's already finished.

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I, of course, like the bunny a great deal. However, I'd really like to see someone knit-up a nice Macbook Pro to go with this nicely knitted power cord mentioned over on BoingBoing!

# posted by  Ross : 1/28/2006 6:02 PM

 

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2006-01-15

 

Sitting at IAH, waiting to go back home. It was a really beautiful wedding, though it seemed really long -- particularly to Jake. Jennifer was radiant, and the couple gave all appearances of being over-the-top happy. Amazing carrot cake. I accidentally left the wedding present at the motel (doh!), but MoMo's going to ship it to them this week. I could pay for wi-fi here at the airport, but screw that. That's what TextEdit is for, right?
So, what happened this weekend? Dad gave Jacob a beautiful telescope for his 8th birthday -- what a geezer! And we both Jake and I got the Mommy-look (a.k.a. the "evil eye") from MoMo when we were getting too rowdy at the reception.
Jake also got to experience my serious snoring firsthand. Lucky kid, right? Of course, I got to listen to him snore (probably much less aggressively, albeit) this morning.
Completely in reverse order, I spent Friday with Pat and Liz, which was really nice, and then there was a surprisingly large dinner Friday night with Doreen's friends and family. Saying "it was really nice" sounds trite, but it really was. No, really. I hadn't seen many of them since I visited last year, so it was a good reunion.
I got a few more repeats done on the Samus cable. Two more to go (I think) which will probably tide me over on the plane. For now, I'm just decompressing with a decaf soy latte.
I do so love spending time with my grandparents. They are so open with me, and we talk much more easily than we used to. I think that the visit this summer helped that, too.

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2006-01-07

 

What have I done for me LATELY? I started on Samus, of course!

The first part is the cable at the bottom, which is kind of weird (for me) in this ribbon.

It's also a bitch to photograph. It shows up a bit better when it's blurry. Go figure.

This is classic what NOT to take to the Mel-O-Dee knitting. It's black. It's slippy. I have to keep referring to the pattern. If I screw up, it's a pain to rip back. All the things that don't work so well at the Mel-O-Dee. I'll have to start something else, too, I guess!
Leda's not sure what she thinks of this new camera.

Despite her fretting, I love it.

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New camera has arrived, so this will be a picture-heavy post. Lots of FO's and a WIP. First, I made a pair of gauntlets/wrist warmers for Molly. They match the socks she got for Christmas. She sent me a few pix:


They're basically the same ones from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, with very slight modifications. They worked out so well that when I heard MoMo's office is freezing, I whipped up a pair for her from the tea-cozy leftovers.

I still have one more pair to work out, though, and that's using the Great Adirondack Seabreeze yarn, a.k.a. the worst yarn detangling nightmare I've ever lived through. Stephen really earned the husband points fixing that mess. At any rate, Karen has a skein of (hopefully) NOT tangled Seabreeze, and I promised her a pattern. Have to prototype it first, though.
I also finished a simple scarf using Twisted Sisters Voodoo. Oh. My. God. That yarn is SO soft and SO wonderful to work with. Highly recommended.

And I can't forget the Bee Sox - Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Bee Stripe:

I finished a cashmere cap over the holidays, too. I got the kit some time ago at Jimmy Beans Wool. It turned out okay, and it was very simple so good sick-knitting.

That's about all I've finished recently. I'll touch on the new project in another post.

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Tell more about that scarf pattern. the "fringes" are awesome

# posted by  kweaver : 1/07/2006 3:33 PM

 

It's approximately the same as the crossover scarf they showed on Knitty Gritty. The pattern is here.

~~b

# posted by  bethanye : 1/09/2006 8:20 AM

 

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2006-01-04

 

Sick, sick, sick. I came down with something the Thursday before Christmas, and basically was laid up for a whole week. Stephen has it now, I think, and I stayed home from knitting last night and from work today to take care of him. Poor sick boy...

I started the ribbon Samus last night, though. The microfiber ribbon is kind of a metallic-pewter looking color. It will be excellent as Samus, but it's kind of weird (for me) to get started on the cables.

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