tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87585618802021706362011-06-08T01:39:37.024-05:00Knitting, Crocheting, Cats and a ton of YarnThursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-18301013588127351172008-04-07T10:15:00.002-05:002008-04-07T10:18:07.342-05:00

A trip to the famous Purlescencea tour in the Winchester Mystery Housemy dad and I enjoyed Spring in CaliforniaAnd finally I finished a pair of socks

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-86108492498435386012008-02-07T21:56:00.000-05:002008-02-07T22:03:33.450-05:00

Thats the first sock that I made for my Mom. As you can see the secret is out of the bag. I let her try it on, She said she likes it. I like it too. I finally managed to finish it only thanks to joining Knitwars. Having to rip back most of the foot really had me depressed about knitting it over again. However I ended up reknitting it in two days with the points you get for knitting time and

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-46849309233395343642008-01-08T22:53:00.001-05:002008-01-08T22:53:45.057-05:00

 Imagine there is a picture of the sock for my mom right here:I can't actually show you the sock since it is a surprise for her. If you have access to ravelry then you can catch a sneek peak of it there. Today I did a bit of work on it and did a good bit of the leg of the sock. It looks really nice and I am slowly starting to like the pattern more. Imagine there is a picture of New Beth's hat

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Look Sarah:I finished your other mitten!Zacky is not so thrilled to see it done though. He would be much more excited to see a picture of both of them together for my Ravelry project page. Oh well. Now I am working on New Beth's hat. She wanted "a boring, plain hat" but I couldn't find a pattern for that so I am making it up. I think you all should be a little frightened for what I come up with. 

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-75881684286349271362008-01-04T20:12:00.001-05:002008-01-04T20:12:10.918-05:00

Here is my pretty Bartolomew's Tantalizing Sock in progress. I have been working on it on my train rides and as I scan the patient info into my computer I can do about seven to twelve stitches per scan. For most of the time I didn't try this sock on, I had faith in Cat Bordhi that the second sock from her book would fit me since the numbers were so similar to the first one. But then someone from

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-73578005586706870542008-01-02T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-02T14:15:57.335-05:00

I am slowly knitting my way through my holiday presents for people and I finished Beth’s present. I love how the old fashion button looks against the yarn. I finished ONE of Sarah's mittens. And she is pretty grumpy about having to go back to school with only one mitten. Here is the close-up of the sock that I promised you. And to make up for my mitten failure, I also have close ups of cats:Izzy

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I finished the Master Coriolis socks finally last week, and I love them. Plymouth Sockotta Sock Yarn on US 1 1/2 Pattern is from New Pathway for Sock Knitters: Book OneI cast on and finished my sister’s hat. Yarn Harlot’s An Unoriginal Hat done in Malabrigo Chunky in Whales Road (I love this color)My sister actually really likes the hat. Finally I am working away on my Bartolomew’s Tantalizing

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-17616109462581535662007-12-04T20:31:00.000-05:002007-12-04T20:49:29.707-05:00

THE socks are finally done!Uptown Boot Socks from Favorite Socks knit with Cherry Tree Hill Sockittome Blue/Green Potluck.I love how the stitches look.Really proud of the gusset too. These socks journeyed all the way across the country with me. I have never been to California and I these socks met the fun underground knitters at the Society of Neuroscience Conference. I know this blog has been

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-25221789667794124572007-10-26T14:50:00.000-05:002007-10-26T15:06:10.556-05:00

Last weekend we played tourist at Mt. Holyoke collegeAdmired the buildings...looked at the fancy gate...took weird pictures from the library windows. Then came the Seuss overload:And we exercised THE sock...But we were recovering nicely this week until I got this in my email today....Now I'm scared for THE poor sock, not even past its ribbing yet....

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-71023368148242431142007-10-24T11:33:00.000-05:002007-10-24T11:41:16.412-05:00

The first of the THE socks is done.Well... I say done in the sense that it can only be done until its partners is done and then we see how much yarn there is to do the toes in... until then its toe stitches are on stitch holders. Thing One thought it was done the other day. In fact it is longer then my foot right now but looks amazing on. Ever Dr. Seuss (With the Cat in the Hat behind him)

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-73979058683393316382007-10-23T10:59:00.001-05:002007-10-23T11:01:23.032-05:00

This is just a hint of some of the pictures we took over the weekend. Can you guess where we were?

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-70919741128261892932007-10-15T20:32:00.000-05:002007-10-15T20:43:37.686-05:00

Meet Errol the long awaited wacky penguin!He came to live with Beth over a week ago but it took him a while to become America's Next Top Penguin. He was pretty easy to make. I love his cute face. He has a lopsided face that is just so cute and his eyes add such character. Anyone wondering how THE sock is doing? Slower then I would like but I am working on it. Here is the progress so far.

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I promised someone (ok, Beth the roomy) that I would knit her Pasha for her birthday which is slowly approaching. Does anyone have any yellow or orange yarn I can use. I only need a bit and I'm not sure I want to buy some just for this project. This would be a great way for you to look at all those funny leftover balls from projects you have done in the past. Do you think I can do the white in

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Well, if all else fails trot out the math and science. We weighed the six inch portion of sock I've already knitted and the remaining ball of yarn.Because I couldn't completely remove the two pairs of needles from the knitting, we had to throw in a compensation for the weight of the needle cord dangling off the scale pan. And the answer is.... 6 inches of knitting, with the needles = 18

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-748796043073813512007-09-25T12:49:00.001-05:002007-09-25T13:08:41.836-05:00

So I was sitting on the T this morning, listening to music and enjoying the sunlight (that part of the train ride is above ground) and knitting away on THE sock which felt a little neglected since I didn't knit on it last night. And then it hit me. I am knitting socks for someone with a long foot. Longer then mine. And I am trying to get 2 socks out of a ball of yarn. Now should I follow that

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-74975577825647321982007-09-23T18:01:00.000-05:002007-09-23T18:17:11.079-05:00

This morning at my parent's house the dogs were barking at nothing as always.... But today the nothing was:15 Wild Turkeys. They have been living in the neighborhood for a few years now. Wandering around, eating bugs, scaring joggers.I never thought we would see wild turkeys in our yard, especially given how close the house is to Boston and to a busy highway.They posed with my mother's metal

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-78324068341831287532007-09-22T22:35:00.000-05:002007-09-22T22:48:21.581-05:00

Sorry for the long silence everyone. I had this great post in my head all planned out last Monday and I planned to take pictures as soon as the migraine I had ended. Well..... its Saturday night and the migraine is almost gone. Thats right, a SIX day migraine. I feel like my life has been on hold, with a ton to do to catch up with in work and studying and just living. I have never slept so much

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-19892609055838030722007-09-14T08:14:00.000-05:002007-09-14T08:19:42.239-05:00

As promised:TA DA! Crooked Cable Socks have made some progress.I love how these socks are working up. Sadly, I don't have much time between work and GRE super studying to work on knitting.

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-2688886564506081192007-09-12T12:26:00.001-05:002007-09-12T12:52:15.323-05:00

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, the first holiday of the Jewish High Holidays. Tonight I will have a quick and traditional meal with my family and then walk part of the way to temple (we also drive part of the way) and sit through services. I always enjoy walking back to the car after services when the stars are all out and seeing the community around me and knowing that around the world, people

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-50118345625350347342007-09-08T20:51:00.000-05:002007-09-08T21:04:03.143-05:00

The Drunken Bees met with a frog along the way and took a trip to the frog pond..... Can we have a moment of silence for the Drunken Bees? Don't worry, I plan on doing this pattern with another yarn, one more solid.The pretty yarn got turned into some Crooked Cable socks and having knit a bunch today I am now past the ripping part of the yarn. YAY progress!However knitting the day away (ok with

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-62017689979884025222007-09-07T21:03:00.000-05:002007-09-08T06:58:16.180-05:00

Knitpicks always draws me in with something really exciting. Today is yummy wooden knitting needles (Blogger got rid of my handy link thing so I have to remember the html for adding a link to a word. I miss my handy link). Then they had the Vogue Knitting Sock Book there (which I have been waiting for) and finally I got the yarn for the Tilted Duster . I got the needles in a Real size 2 (not a

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-52907538490858561522007-09-04T19:56:00.000-05:002007-09-04T20:12:33.492-05:00

Happy 30th Anniversary to my parents! At my dad's request I have included two pictures:A close up of StellaLeo being a out doors dog. I think my dad thought this blog was not pet filled enough as it was. And now for the knitting: The First Birthday Coriolis Sock!Its hard to photograph the spiral. And even harder to photograph my progress on the Drunken Bees socks. Large unclear colored blob

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-44447982909593957732007-09-04T14:27:00.000-05:002007-09-04T14:41:23.977-05:00

Last night, later then it should have been, I was rummaging around under my bed. I was searching for yarn. As I neared the end of the first Birthday Master Coriolis sock, I felt the urge to cast on for something new. (This is also my new way to avoid the hatred of the second sock. Knit one of another sock pair and come back to the first pair later. This worked with the Sockapalooza sock since I

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-69629572144953964302007-08-31T18:38:00.000-05:002007-08-31T18:59:22.719-05:00

Here are some photos that I mentioned in the last post:Happy Birthday to me!Pomatomus socks and I visited Mt. Holyoke to drop off my sister. This is my mom hugging her goodbye. Sarah doesn't look thrilled to be hugged. I think she inherited the family trait of not wanting to be hugged.Check out the beautiful sky at the beach in Rhode Island.This is also a perfect time to show some pictures in

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Sorry this blog has been so quiet for a while. I had a busy pre-vacation week where I prepped for being out of the office with no email contact for a week. (The folks at work were shocked by this idea. NO EMAIL. I didn't tell them that I could have sat on the floor of the front porch of the house in Rhode Island to check my email... but I didn't tell them or check it. I did look up the proper way

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-54984173548564591002007-08-13T07:42:00.000-05:002007-08-13T07:45:30.230-05:00

I finally finished my Sockapalooza Socks for my pal. (I finished them Friday but they took all of Friday night and Saturday to dry after being washed.) They are now on their way to my pal. Here is what I am working on now:

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-18635169108848528502007-08-10T13:09:00.000-05:002007-08-10T13:22:02.188-05:00

Welcome to my first Eye Candy Friday. I finally got around to taking pictures of the stuff my sockapalooza sock pal sent me. And my wonderful sock pal is .... ANA!Here is just the yarn she sent.And here are the socks, the knitting help books, Jelly Bellies, a Wisconsin Cow and a magazine from where she lives. Yes, she did send two pairs of socks.Here are the Monkey's on. They were knit in Lorna's

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-49345128209008727542007-08-09T21:21:00.000-05:002007-08-09T22:09:13.502-05:00

Today I read "The Devil Wears Prada" which is twelve zillion times better in print then in movie form (and it was great as a movie). It made me think about my days at work and attempting to get to work. My day is boring and long and it feels like I did nothing. Want to see? (In between the times I did actually work - it just seems like I didn't)7 am - alarm goes off. Hit snooze.7:30 - second

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In the last post, I asked people to vote between Monkey socks for my mother and Naive socks for me. However, there was a secret third option that I choose to invoke at this time. The next socks I will knit will be: Pomatomus. I decided that I should knit a pair of socks for myself, and while the Naive socks would be for me, deciphering the pattern may just drive me up the wall and not make it a

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-62402743833090967392007-08-06T12:05:00.000-05:002007-08-06T12:20:47.869-05:00

Another blog post with more mathy goodness. Yum, tastes like chicken.The correct answer was c. 7. Poor Auntie Em who got it wrong the first time and my Dad provoked her into doing the math again to get the correct answer.Word of the day:panegyric - (noun) high praiseMath Question of the Day (as requested by my sister)19. Suppose the average of two numbers is WX. If the first number is X, what is

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-56134837415044986742007-08-04T08:33:00.000-05:002007-08-04T08:44:15.293-05:00

I wish I could say that was a good thing. I love reading and the idea of being in a pile of books sounds wonderful. I tend to go a little nuts in a library and take out as many books as I can carry. However, I am now under a pile of books for studying the GREs. Ug.Rebecca and Auntie Em, you both were correct, the answer was rayon.Your reward was going to be a picture of the yarn I just received

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-39701806726718485092007-08-02T10:17:00.000-05:002007-08-02T10:24:50.871-05:00

Blast! I forgot that they removed the logic section of the GRE for the even worse writing section. Oh well, I am actually ok with logic, so of course, why would they test me on it. (I have the old study book at work and the new one at home.)The answers for those of you who tried it were: d, e, c.Word of the day:banal - (verb) trite, without freshness or originality.Question of the Day: (from page

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-15127058584232154272007-08-01T14:03:00.001-05:002007-08-01T14:18:28.857-05:00

Hello readers. Today we are starting something new that is going to get my butt in action. We are going to have a word of the day. We are also going to have a GRE question of the blog post (when I feel like it) so that the studying will take place. (Sorry to those of you who are not forced to take the GREs but I will reward you with pictures of yarn...)Today's word of the day is:macerate - to

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-88246812193925191752007-07-27T19:31:00.000-05:002007-07-27T19:47:38.723-05:00

This is Giulia's Sock. They are prepping to go on a long trip to Italy to rejoin intended owner.They have been all over while they were being knitted. They went to a Red Sox game, the Union for Reform Judiasm Leadership Camp (Kutz Camp), New York City, Central Park, The Republic Bar, Dado Tea and many trains all over Boston. They have been places that Giulia went to while she was in Boston, and

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-77980778874941431752007-07-10T15:55:00.000-05:002007-07-10T16:18:59.316-05:00

Are you back from your travels? Are you working on your stole? Are the socks a-callin' "MAMA"? Are they on their way to Rome?- Auntie EmThats what she posted in her comment to the last post and wow does it feel like forever since I last posted. Here is what happened to delay posting even more: I lost my cell phone after a quick convo with Auntie Em about beads for the Mystery Stole. Then I get up

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-5062910028856641442007-07-05T13:54:00.000-05:002007-07-05T14:00:22.597-05:00

As I look down at my stockinged feet,I remember how much I love wearing knee highsand even more then knee highs,knee socks.I wish I had some in every color,pairs of Clessidras,and I get all excited about knitting on them tonight,that way they will be done soon.But then I remembermy other socks,the ones that need to be done soon.And a mystery stole.And I am sad that my knitting waits for me to

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-14579767353232938432007-07-05T08:09:00.000-05:002007-07-05T08:27:16.050-05:00

Today was the first successful cloning of a mammal AKA Dolly. This day became important to our own Yarn Harlot who fears a blight in sheep - well now they can clone her some more.Today is my last day of work this week and it also means I have less then a week to finish Giulia's socks. Do you think I can do it in time?Yeah I wonder too. Today is also packing day. When I was in college and high

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-44543881246047642492007-07-03T11:17:00.000-05:002007-07-03T11:33:00.317-05:00

I just have to warn everyone that this post sounds a little disjointed to me, so it is probably hard to follow and may make no sense at all. I just wanted to get it all down on the blog before another headache.Mystery Stole: Cast On on Friday evening and Knit until row 30. Placing the first bead showed that the majority of the beads I bought are too small for my size 13/14 crochet hook and the

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-54938757180501812132007-06-28T14:35:00.000-05:002007-06-28T14:43:15.432-05:00

My migraines and work have kept me away from taking pictures of all of the knitting I have been doing and but I hope to remedy that soon. I just felt so guilty posting without beautiful pictures to enhance my post. Oh well, this post will have to be boring.On Sunday I finished the first Sockapaloza sock and I am glad to take a brief break from it. I really was starting to hate the chart of that

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-64613951022307400872007-06-19T07:55:00.001-05:002007-06-19T07:55:15.695-05:00

DSCN2709 Originally uploaded by idealthursday I have been having a ton of migraines lately. Not a lot of knitting or much of anything at all. This morning the sock and I sat down for some tea and to gather our spirits for the day. I think today we will make a lot of progress of that I can start Giulia's socks soon.

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943908635880558323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-5350214131673466832007-06-07T07:57:00.001-05:002007-06-07T10:58:45.699-05:00

This is my lovely Lorna's Laces that I just got yesterday. My first Lorna's Laces purchase and I simply adore it. I can't wait to work with it!This is River.This is Lakeview.Sorry about the pictures being so big. I am switching over to flickr from Photobucket and I still don't understand on how it all works. You can however click on the pictures to see a larger version. Pretty cool.Knitting is

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So my goal last weekend was to finish the first sock for my pal. Saturday night I began the heel as written in the pattern and finished it. Sunday I spend most of my knitting time ripping it out.First, the pattern is for a basic short-row heel that involves a lot of yarn overs and knitting three together. It was more then a little confusing and came out funny and very hard to follow. Also I tried

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-50729189015067191692007-06-01T09:21:00.001-05:002007-06-01T09:44:16.353-05:00

So as promised here are the tons of pictures I promised. (With captions underneath)Zack annoyed at how long I waited to post these pictures.The finished baby blanket. Finished... umm a long time ago. Baby is now loving it and mother is happy since it is the only blue thing she owns for her baby boy (who has an older sister).Yes, that is my Serta Sheep guarding the finished blanket.I really like

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-35323357911740747072007-05-31T13:15:00.001-05:002007-05-31T14:22:52.513-05:00

I was, in fact, chastised by more then one person about how I haven't been writing very much in my blog. I have a number of excuses. The first one, which most of you may accept is:1. I have been busy. That leads into 2. i took pictures but haven't had time to take them off the camera and it felt silly to post another blog entry mentioned that at a later date there will be pictures but not right

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when I sat down at the computer to type this blog entry. In fact, the sky over the Navy Yard is as dark as if it were late at night. Now, a pop quiz question: which book begins with the now-infamous line "It was a dark and stormy night." Bonus points if you can name BOTH books, the one that started the contest and the one that I reminded my dad about when we had this argument back in November.

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-54781496679269374012007-05-15T19:18:00.000-05:002007-05-15T19:32:30.865-05:00

I really want to post more often, so I decided to try and post every day. Who knows, this could become a very boring blog once that happens.The sock is going along well. It grew maybe half an inch today. I measured my foot and it is about 9 and a half inches. The sock is about 5 inches. So I have 2 and a half inches until I can start the decreases.I hope my shipment from Knitpicks comes soon. I

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I failed to have the sock done by Saturday. In fact, I have been knitting on it in every spare moment and I am still in the middle of the foot. However I am enjoying it more and more. Not enough to do the sister sock right away but enough to maybe do the sister sock one day.Saturday I wound the yarn for the next sock that I am impatient to start and made way too many jokes about the poor sock

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It has been a while since I posted. On Satuday I made some good progress on Cables and Os and declared it to be an at home project, with socks traveling with me. However, socks are getting me down. I just am not loving Grumperina's Jaywalkers. So many other people love them but in truth I was getting really annoyed at the knit throught the fronts and backs and i think they may be too big for my

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Its official. 1,000 members is too big for a blog. You can read all about it here and learn what is happening instead of kicking blogger when it is down. Yes, that does seem like more fun, but really?Wow, talk about large knitting: Yarn Harlot is working on something that is big and pink and everyone is talking about this.The good news is that my migraines may be catching a train out of here....

Thursdayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10015714721237750082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758561880202170636.post-4449734638206323022007-05-01T10:23:00.000-05:002007-05-01T10:35:03.082-05:00

So I had a good knitting/crocheting week last week. On friday night I finished the Honeymoon tank which is still waiting for its moment to shine on camera. And it is all done: every end is woven in and the straps are grafted. I rewarded myself by starting on Cables and Os from No Sheep for You. Man I love it. I showed everyone that would look and even some people who wouldn't my gauge swatch

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Look at the list of (100) books below. Bold the ones you’ve read. Italicize the ones you want to read. Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in. Movies don’t count.1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)6. The Lord of the Rings:

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I think the title is inviting enough: The Red Sheep of Scotland.And in knitting news, the baby blanket is entirely done and waiting to be given to new mother and baby this after noon. YAYAYAY!I may never crochet again except for the two blankets waiting to be finished. I think I need a long crochet break.

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This post is actually going to be about knitting (and a tiny bit of crocheting)Last night during the meeting of the Breakup Club we attempted to work on my baby blanket. I knit some, Marie knit some, I knit some more, the cat cut the yarn.... etc. Well I find out today that the coworker who had the baby is coming in tomorrow so I am going to try to finish it tonight. Can I do it?Amy from Knitty

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In the mornings I like to sit down and read blogs.Today I have to pass on something I read in Ask Poops, Please since it was just so great.Does anyone here watch Scrubs? Sadly I use to more regularly but now that it is against CSI...Anyway, remember Teds Band? No? Well check here.One more thing added by my father: Sheep bought as Poodles

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I am such a bad blog keeper. I know for a fact that one person checks my blog every day and I feel sorry that I had kept it the same for so many days so when she checks it she finds nothing new waiting for her. I personally love when other people update their blogs and my morning time with Google Reader is now a part of my day that I look forward to. I did for the first few days use certain

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Have you read this rant on Lion's Brand Yarn? Maybe you should. I almost never buy Lion's Brand and I am ashamed at the Red Heart I use to buy before I knew any better. (All beginner knitters are like that...) but I do have to say that I am using Cotton-Ease on this tank top and overall it is doing ok. It was relatively affordable, came in blah colors but I wanted white so how blah can you get?

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And finally ordered my order from Knitpicks.com.Ahhhh It feels good to know that it is coming my way...What I finally decided on ordering:Options Needle SetSize 2 24" Circular (for Cables and Os)Needle TagsNeedle Sizer since mine seems to be incorrect for the larger needle sizes and correct for the smaller ones... (something to ponder...)4 hanks of Gloss Sock Yarn in Burgundy to do the Clessidra

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First an update on my Size 6 Straights. They were found yesterday. I had lent them to my room mate thinking she would like to learn off of them but then also lent her a size 10 (maybe, didn't look at the size) that someone along the way had did some garter stitch on. I was tearing apart my drawer thinking that the Size 6 had some how falling through the cracks into another drawer (I wasn't quite

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Ok, I know that is a weird question for me to be asking since I truly dislike straight needles which always seem to hurt my wrists and I like to be in denial that I have any of them. However, the pattern I am knitting calls for the strap section to be worked on straight needles and I do have some in size 6 but where did they go?Other then that, knitting has been slow. Blogging has been slower.

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Even Zack is watching the rain fall today. Today would be the perfect day to lay in bed with him and knit all day but sadly I have work and class. I have done a lot of work on the tank top, and the interesting part is done and the next step is to knit over and over until it is 2.5 inches from the pin I placed. I am so proud of my decreases that I had to take a picture of just them. They are so

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Is this my blanket?I remembered to take pictures today so this post is finally going to visualize everything I talk about.The Unfinished Baby Blanket.Tempting proving too tempting....Finally, the current projects: Tempting II is on the left and the Honeymoon Cami is on the Right.I am really loving the color of Tempting II in that lovely wine color. When I knit in the sun it catches these

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With two knitting projects in progress and one knitting project before the dream sweater (as mentioned here) we return to the debate about yarn subsitution for aforementioned dream sweater.The choices as they stand so far:1. Knitpicks Merino Style in Iris for $2.49 a ball2. Laines Du Nord Giunco in 115 for $2.99 a ball3. Queensland Uruguay DK in 02 for $3.99 a ballI need about 18 skeins. Does

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Spring has caught me in its grasp and simple knit one, purl one ribbing in merino will not suffice. I needed something spring like. On Saturday, I admitted this all to my knitting mentor, Auntie Em and her quick response was "do a new, harder project at the same time as the boring one."The lucky project is..... Honeymoon Cami! We hurried off to our neighborhood yarn store (ok, took the T to the

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1 and a 1/4 inches. Not bad. I do feel like my brain is going to fall out knitting knit one, purl one rows forever though. I was contemplating switching to continental knitting but seeing how I don't know it and my gauge will be different... Brain melting.... I am starting to dream about yarn for the next project, and I think I will try Shine Worsted from KnitPicks instead of the Cotton Blend

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Tempting I is finished... Am I happy? Well first you have to hear the story.So I made the mistake of reading Knitting Rules before I finished Tempting I and it talked about bad first sweaters and I began to get nervous. Tempting was already looking huge on the needles and the stress was rushing to my head. I set myself a deadline of last night to finish it, I was determined, I was a knitting

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I set unofficial goals for myself last weekend: To finish Tempting I and to finish that baby blanket that is hanging over my head (can you see its shadow? Because I can't escape it!)So I set out on Saturday to knit my little fingers off and I did, for the most part. I knit until I ran out of yarn. Thats right, entirely out of yarn with 5 inches still left to do on the yoke. I followed the

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Today's post required a super long title to place its self in history. I seem to be in the delusion that people read this blog. Maybe no one but me does, but I enjoy making myself laugh at my witty remarks so I continue to write here in the hopes that this blog will one day become a blog that people flock to get their daily dose of humor or knitting or whatever other reason they feel the need to

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Here is the picture of the calorimetry from hell. I didn't take a picture of it before I sent it out I was in such a rush so PatGear was nice enough to let me use the picture of her wearing it here to show it off.Yarn: Unidentified Wool. No, wait, I found another ball of it. It is Scheepjeswol Superwash 100% wool in color 4864 (aka Grey)Pattern: I used 108 stitches casting on instead of 120 and

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So those of you that actually know me may know two random facts about me:(Well make it more then two to expand on the story)-I am a Star Trek: The Next Generation Fan-I had a crush on Wil Wheaton as a child-I am the daughter of an uber geek, have always dated uber geeks, was raised almost entirely around uber geeks and calligraphers and like to think of myself as uber geek in training.-I have

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I have a confession to make: I have not been a knitter very long. I have attempted to be a knitter many times, each time failing. The first was in my childhood when I was giving a "my first knitting kit". Needless to say, the kit in its entirety was given to me with the rest of the yarn that was laying around my parent's home. One summer I begged my boyfriend at the time who was a knitter and my

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Just warning people that I already had a glass of wine. I am not posting drunk here. Not even tipsy. Oh well. Feel warned, dear blog readers.Knitting news: I finally finished the damn craft swap calorimetry. I swear here that I am never again knitting something for a deadline. I really hated knitting that thing. Binding off took me forever and I really really hated knitting on my metal straight

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Ok ok make that a bitter cold day. So cold that I didn't feel like knitting this morning. My fingers just didn't want to even think about holding cold metal needles between them and trying to make progress on this simple but neverending project. I am under a lot of stress for this swap. First I am trying to make it perfect which already went down the drain. If it was for myself I might be able to

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This is my third time making a calorimetry. You would think that by the 3rd time I would have worked the kinks out of my system, but no.... I am sitting here realizing that in my joy of wrapping short rows I forgot one important thing: the button hole. Hmmm.... I wonder if a wrap is going to have to have minor surgery at this point. It kinda needs a button hole to really make this project work. I

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So I posted on Wednesday and my post is missing... I guess somewhere a server thought it was tasty and ate it. Oh well. Basically it was all about the hunt for the perfect yarn for Tempting II and finally ordering it from Yarn.com.My yarn came on Friday and Saturday I got to hold it in my hands. It is wonderfully soft: 70% Merino, 30% Acrylic. Yummy. There is one ball that is a different dye lot

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I ponder that exact question every morning as I knit on the T. I often am sleeping and find my eyes slowly closing and my fingers continue to work away... but for how long? Will I sleep past my stop and end up back where I began at the beginning of the line? Will my body wake myself up when I get there? Can I knit in my sleep or will it be a huge mess? On the mornings when I find my eyes closing

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Don't roll over your yarn on your rolley chair. I did today at work. My chair has those silly caster wheels and the yarn got wrapped around it and then stuck in between one part of it. Next thing I knew the chair and I were sitting on the floor as I kindly detangled the yarn and gently removed it from the chair parts. My yarn is having a rough 24 hours. Last night after knitting on the DPNs while

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Today sitting in the new Simmons Library I taught myself how to knit on DPNs. It took me two tries and 3 cast ons to get it just right (Yes I am a virgo so I am a perfectionist). I kept casting on until I finally told myself I couldn't go to the bathroom until I got it right and thought light thoughts. The new library is a pleasure to sit in, lots of light and really comfy seats. All it needed

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The shirt is now 10 and 3/4 inches. I feel like I am on a roll. Last night I hung out at Maria's for a while and knit a bunch and drooled over the sweaters I will one day make. The yarn called for in the pattern has lead to an interesting discussion. Turns out that Gedifra "For You" yarn no longer exsists so we can't view it to make the best subsitution. I found KnitPicks Merino Style that might

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Saturdays so far is when I meet with my knitting buddy Maria, an awesome family friend. She has been knitting for so long and teaches me so much and its so nice to just sit with her every Saturday afternoon and just knit. I recently discovered when I am at her house I really like to read knitting magazines while I knit and talk. Today we looked through a ton of books in the living room and took

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I swore on my other blog that I would NOT start a new blog. Did I listen to myself? I have no self control.Ok, welcome everyone to my brand new blog. I am a beginner knitter who is determined to get much better. I use to crochet and I still do even though it hurts my hands. I occasionally do counted cross stitch as well as a bunch of other hobbies. I have a cat who is fascinated in watching me

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