Archive for February, 2005
A blocked and ready-for-wearing Sundby.
Pattern: Sundby by Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton in Noro Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton Collection Book 1.
Yarn: Noro Kochoran in colorway 36. The pattern calls for 5 hanks for the size medium (which is the size I knitted). I only used about 4 hanks for the knitting part and a smigen of yarn from the 5th hank for seaming.
Needles: size 10.5 - Denise interchangeables.
Completed: 2/24/05
Here is a shot of the back. Pretty much looks exactly like the front.
This was *such* an easy and quick knit. I love that. Seaming wasn’t that much of a pain, either. Normally I hate seaming but this wasn’t so bad. blocking it really helped A LOT with the “too clingy” nature of the ribbing before blocking. Now it fits perfectly and it doesn’t feel too tight on me. Overall, a really fun project and I am extremelly happy with the finished product! Yay!
Did you notice that I got my hair cut? I got really sick of the my hair and decided on Saturday to get it chopped. I almost got it cut really short - pixie short. I love that really short pixie-style haircut. But my stylist talked me out of going for something so extreme. I am so glad she did. I think if I had gone too short I would have been freaked out. I really like how it turned out. It feels sooooo much better and it is so incredibly maintenance-free.
Over the weekend I:
- Ran out of yarn for Earl. I will have to buy some more recycled silk on payday in order to finish.
- Started my PIP Along project. No pics just yet. want to see if what I have decided to do will work.
- knitted up a swatch for the Lucky Clover Wrap. and achieved gauge. Yay! I really like the lace pattern. It’s really easy and stress-free.
Guess what today is? My 1 year knit-blog anniversary. Happy Blog Birthday to me! boy, have I come a long way since then. And I’ve met some really cool people along the way.
Happy Monday!
February 28th, 2005
I skipped excercising this morning to seam Sundby. It turned out to be a really, really lovely sweater. As you can see, it’s blocking for a day or two. I will get a modeling shot when it’s done. I’m hoping that the angora in the sweater will bloom a little more after washing. The angora in the yarn makes it look uber-feminine. And so does the ribbing. Why? Because the sweater is, er, very body hugging. The problem, see, is that I’m really self consious. I have, er, kind of large breasts. And the ribbing really accentuates them. So, this is a good thing for my husband, and a not so wonderful thing for me (being that I’m self consious).
This ribbed sweater, body hugging, situation is making me re-think one of my current WIPs, Audrey. Again, another lovely, lovely sweater. But am I going to really like all of that body hugging ribbing? I really don’t know. I think I am going to go in search for some other patterns that I can use with Calmer, just to see what else is out there. I mean, I should knit up a sweater that I’m going to wear, right?
I bought a couple of patterns yesterday. The first one I should have bought at stitchces, but didn’t It’s the pattern for socks made with the hemp yarn that I bought. I bought enough yarn for a pair for me and a pair for my hubby. The pattern is kind of cool because it has a more lacy variation. I guess I could use a standard Zimmerman sock pattern, but I kind of want to knit up some socks using a real pattern, just to see what it feels like. Or maybe I’m just silly. Whatever.
The second pattern is for Marnie Maclean’s Erte Cloche. I *love* this pattern. I’ve been drooling over it since she first posted it on her blog. I don’t know when I will get around to knitting it, but it’s definately on The List.
Speaking of The List, here it is. Just to keep it all together in my own head:
February 24th, 2005
I’ve been diligently working on Sundby this weekend. I want to make a significant dent in her progress during this rainy three-day weekend. The front looks exactly like the back, so just for the sake of interest, I’ve photographed it with the picture of the sweater in the book. Enjoy. I started on the sleeve this morning while watching “I Robot”. For some reason, I’ve fallen asleep durning the movie twice and my husband was very adamant that it was a really good movie. He’s been talking about it all week. So I decided that I need to watch this in the morning when I’m nice and alert. I started it from the begining and watched the whole thing. And you know what? He was right! It’s a really, really good movie. I kind of want to read the Asimov book now. Incidentally, I am infamous for falling asleep during movies, and action movies at that. I actually slept through Die Hard 2 IN THE THEATER.. I have no idea how that happend. I guess when I’m tired I sleep - and it doesn’t matter where I’m at.
As said, I am diligently trying to get Sundby done, and the reason is that I have joined my second KAL. It’s hosted by my girl, Lolly and it’s called:
I can’t believe how quickly I got my yarn for it. I ordered it from an e-bay seller named Janette, of Janette’s Rare Yarns (the same person Lolly bought her yarn from). I ordered Monday and I recieved it Thursday! It came from England. Now that is fast service. I realized when I ordered it that she was the same seller that sold me my Kochoran, and I had the same experience - FAST shipment. I was expecting it to take more than a month. So, needless, to say, I’m stoked. Anyhoo, the KAL starts on March 1st so I want to wrap up Sundby before then so I can start on the Lucky Clover Wrap.
Finally, after test-driving several bag patterns, I decided to use the pattern “Earl” from the Noro Knits book. I love that bag and wanted to knit it, anyway. I think the recycled yarn will work well for it, assuming I have enough of it.
Well, that’s about it for now. It looks like the sun is peeking through the clouds so I think I’m going to go for a hike in the Redwood Forest today. Have a wonderful weekend 
.
February 20th, 2005
Just wanted to let you know that I’m upgrading to the much-anticipated Wordpress 1.5 so things might look a bit jumbled for a a couple of days…
Update: Dude! WP 1.5 is turning out to be very cool! It has static pages so I can do my project gallery in wordpress, which is what I am working on at the moment. Previously, I just made static html pages which was fine, but if I ever decided to change the layout then I would have to either leave my project gallery alone, or go through and change each page. Now I don’t have to do that! I can just use the wp template..woohoo!
February 15th, 2005
As promised, here are my opera length fingerless gloves.
Pattern: Mikado Ribbon Fingerless Gloves. from the Pattern-a-day Knitting calendar.
Yarn: Peruvian Collection Pure Alpaca from Elann.com. 3 balls.
Needles: size 6 - Denise interchangeables.
Completed: 2/12/05
Here is a close-up pic of my hands. I like these. I like em alot. Don’t know when I will wear them since alpaca in California is a bit much, but who knows.
I was anxious to play with my new yarn! In fact, I woke up early thinking about it so, rather than lie in bed thinking, I got up (waaay too early for a weekend) and started knitting my recycled silk. I am going to use it for the bag called Tovesta in CTH II. I don’t think I would enjoy wearing this as a garment. I am only about 8 rows in and I can see that it’s going to be heavy. Its also kind of scratchy. But it will certainly make a very colorful bag.
Oh, I got my hemp yarn. My wonderful husband came up with me and kept me company. We made it up and back in less than an hour and a half. I still can’t believe they were able to track the bag down. Thank goodness they did! It’s not like I got a huge amount of the yarn, but still. I *hate* the idea of wasting money. So it’s all good.
Okay, I’ve been tagged for the music thing by my next door neighboor in the Bay Area Knitbloggers ring, Kackie C of Here Knitty, Knitty!. I thought it was such a nice gesture of her to learn more about her neighboor So here it goes…
1) Total amount of music files on your computer: 1230 songs (according to iTunes)
2) The last CD you bought was: The last CD I bought was a loooong time ago. I download all of my music these days. I bought Staind’s Break the Cycle for my husband as a gift. The last CD I got was exactly a year ago and it was White Stripes Elephant - a valentine from my husband.
3) What is the song you last listened to before reading this message? Radiohead’s “Everything in it’s right place”. I effing love that song. At the moment I am listening to F*ck Authority by Pennywise.
4) What are your five favorite songs and why they mean the most to you: Oh God. This might be difficult. My fave songs kind of change regularly. But I think the following would definately be on my top five no matter what:
- Baba O’Rielly by the Who. It’s just a great, great song. I think the thing that really got me was reading the liner notes to this song on their album my generation- the very best of. Pete Townsend is quoted, “This was a number I wrote while I was doing these experiments with tapes on the synthesizer. Among my plans was to take a person out of the audience and feed information - height, weight, autobiographical details - about the person into the synthesizer. The synthesizer would then select notes from the pattern of that person. It would be like translating a person into music. On this particular track I programmed details about the life of Meher Baba and that provided the backing for that number.” Dude! That is just fucking cool, don’t you think?!?
- Major Tom by David Bowie. I like story songs and this is the ultimate story song.
- You shook me all night long by AC/DC. I have an older brother that liked AC/DC. This song reminds me of my big brother. I also sort of rediscoverd this song in my early twenties, so it reminds me of being young and having fun with my friends. Plus it just rocks. I want to get an electric guitar and learn how to play the opening riff.
- Green Day’s Boulevard of Broken dreams is one of my current faves. I think it’s one of thier best songs. It kind of reflects how I have been feeling lately.
- Willie Nelson’s Whiskey River. I don’t know if this is one of my all time faves, but it’s definately up there. My mom bought “Willie and Family Live” When I was a kid and I loved it. My younger brother and I would dance around the house to it all the time. Whiskey River is one of my favorite songs from that album
5) What 3 people are you going to pass this baton to and why?
I’m going to pass the baton to:
1. Heather (Pixiestitz)
2. Eilene (Ei Knit)
3. Katherine (knitpowers)
Have you guys gotten this one yet? If so, just ignore…I am passing it on to these bloggers just because.
February 13th, 2005
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