Sunday, April 29, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
More on the Badgerlicious Sock
So you can't see Mister Badger (Señor Hufflepuff) yet, but you can see progress.
And beyond the progress (I'm going to do these on two circs, so I'm starting both on dpns, then I'll switch) I've finished the designs. I think I'm going to have to increase the guage on these though, as the stitches per inch are more than I thought. But aside from that, here are my plans.
k4, p2 rib across the instep.
When I turn the heel, I'll put the badger on the heel flap.
The leg I'll use the houndstooth pattern for, I think, keeping the k4, p2, putting the houndstooth pattern in the k4.
Then, I MIGHT break the houndstooth and put Hufflepuff on the cuff, starting at the back. It should fit...still not sure. Might be too busy...
Then I'll do more of the k4, p2 ribbing around the cuff. Maybe in black...I'm not sure. More to come on that one.
Right before working on the Badger sock, I finished a pair of the Horcrux Socks for The Six_Sox_Knit_A_Long. It uses a dutch heel, which I think was too narrow on this particular pattern. There are 60 stitches total, the heel used 30 and went down to 8 at the turn.
That's all well and good, but I found myself having a hard time "seeing" the heel structure before I actually did it...which makes planning a heel (as I'm doing with the Hufflepuff sock) a little harder.
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So...for my own record-keeping and without further ado, I give you—a Dutch Heel turn.
Here's the start of the heel flap. Normally I don't knit top down. Normally I don't move stitches to waste yarn. Something in me said "do it...it's a new heel...you'll be happier".
I was.
Inside the heel flap (I didn't do slip stitches).
And outside the heel flap.
Then we start the bitchen' heel turn. My sister was sitting next to me when I did this and I told her how even the Yarn Harlot gets all jazzed about how cool it is to turn a heel.
Here's pics of the beginning.
Again, for newbies, you just do knit and purl rows, adding a K2tog or a p2tog at the end of each row, connecting the middle of the heel (this one is 8 stitches across) with the edges of the heel flap, in effect, wrapping the heel flap around the unsuspecting heel. Enfolding it ina casing of yarn love.
Yeah, yeah...here's what it looks like, in two steps.
First
Then
And beyond the progress (I'm going to do these on two circs, so I'm starting both on dpns, then I'll switch) I've finished the designs. I think I'm going to have to increase the guage on these though, as the stitches per inch are more than I thought. But aside from that, here are my plans.
k4, p2 rib across the instep.
When I turn the heel, I'll put the badger on the heel flap.
The leg I'll use the houndstooth pattern for, I think, keeping the k4, p2, putting the houndstooth pattern in the k4.
Then, I MIGHT break the houndstooth and put Hufflepuff on the cuff, starting at the back. It should fit...still not sure. Might be too busy...
Then I'll do more of the k4, p2 ribbing around the cuff. Maybe in black...I'm not sure. More to come on that one.
Right before working on the Badger sock, I finished a pair of the Horcrux Socks for The Six_Sox_Knit_A_Long. It uses a dutch heel, which I think was too narrow on this particular pattern. There are 60 stitches total, the heel used 30 and went down to 8 at the turn.
That's all well and good, but I found myself having a hard time "seeing" the heel structure before I actually did it...which makes planning a heel (as I'm doing with the Hufflepuff sock) a little harder.
http://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
So...for my own record-keeping and without further ado, I give you—a Dutch Heel turn.
Here's the start of the heel flap. Normally I don't knit top down. Normally I don't move stitches to waste yarn. Something in me said "do it...it's a new heel...you'll be happier".
I was.
Inside the heel flap (I didn't do slip stitches).
And outside the heel flap.
Then we start the bitchen' heel turn. My sister was sitting next to me when I did this and I told her how even the Yarn Harlot gets all jazzed about how cool it is to turn a heel.
Here's pics of the beginning.
Again, for newbies, you just do knit and purl rows, adding a K2tog or a p2tog at the end of each row, connecting the middle of the heel (this one is 8 stitches across) with the edges of the heel flap, in effect, wrapping the heel flap around the unsuspecting heel. Enfolding it ina casing of yarn love.
Yeah, yeah...here's what it looks like, in two steps.
First
Then
Monday, April 23, 2007
Psych!
So...here I am at 5:53am. I'm exhausted, Andrew's leaving today, I loathe this...yet...the birds are singing, the trees are lovely, the pool is still as glass...if only it weren't for the dreams.
I know nothing of ambition, but I had many many bad dreams last night--and knowing they're shadows doesn't help...in fact, it kinda makes it worse... They're the kind of dreams that make me not want to be alone in the house with the kids when Andrew's gone. Those horrible 'almost us, almost here' alternate reality dreams that relentlessly roll by, changing into something worse and worse, that make you panic in the middle of the night. Maybe I'll ask Mom if she'd mind spending the night tonight...
On the up side, I got sick of working on the hoodie last night and cast on for the Hufflepuff sock. If I can ever figure out how to manipulate the chart I made into a jpg I'll post it here. For now, though, this is the beginning of the pattern (I'll post it all at once and neatly when I'm done, using this incredible site to generate charts for my fun patterns).
Enough for now. I have to get my son's schoolwork ready.
Oh!
And look. Here he is! Ridiculously early for him. We'll both need naps today.
Tomorrow we demonstrate spinning (and he'll be doing...stuff) at the Pima County Fair! We'll need our beauty sleep tomorrow...maybe I should call mom.
HAMLET
O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
GUILDENSTERN
Which dreams indeed are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
HAMLET
A dream itself is but a shadow.
ROSENCRANTZ
Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.
HAMLET
Then are our beggars bodies, and our monarchs and outstretched heroes the beggars' shadows.
I know nothing of ambition, but I had many many bad dreams last night--and knowing they're shadows doesn't help...in fact, it kinda makes it worse... They're the kind of dreams that make me not want to be alone in the house with the kids when Andrew's gone. Those horrible 'almost us, almost here' alternate reality dreams that relentlessly roll by, changing into something worse and worse, that make you panic in the middle of the night. Maybe I'll ask Mom if she'd mind spending the night tonight...
On the up side, I got sick of working on the hoodie last night and cast on for the Hufflepuff sock. If I can ever figure out how to manipulate the chart I made into a jpg I'll post it here. For now, though, this is the beginning of the pattern (I'll post it all at once and neatly when I'm done, using this incredible site to generate charts for my fun patterns).
Cast on in contrasting toe color using the awesome Knitty Cast-on for toe-up socks. After a number of socks I've found that I like to have at least 7-8 stitches on each needle (14-16 per side of the cast on, 28-32 sts total). Less makes for too pointy a toe, and I'm not sure what my secret pal's feet look like, so I thought I'd rely on the socks to stretch into pointy-ness if necessary. I was rather limited in sock yarn choice, though (bright yellow was easy to find, but a matching weight in black was a little tough this time of year), so my toe is less stretchy than I'd like...at least it is now.
I'll alternate knit-only rounds with
Needle 1: k2, right increase, knit across
Needle 2: knit across until there are two sts left, left increase, k 2
Needles 3-4: repeat 1 and 2
Continue increasing until 60 sts are reached. The sock will be knit in a continuous patterned ribbed stitch, so unless the foot is huge, 60 sts should be fine.
Enough for now. I have to get my son's schoolwork ready.
Oh!
And look. Here he is! Ridiculously early for him. We'll both need naps today.
Tomorrow we demonstrate spinning (and he'll be doing...stuff) at the Pima County Fair! We'll need our beauty sleep tomorrow...maybe I should call mom.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Socks and Shirts
I promised pics.
I now have them.
; )
These are my Six Sox KAL Sprintime in Paris Socks.
One of my Horcrux Socks
And my Craftlit T-Shirt= WWMDfK? (What Would Madame Defarge Knit?)
I now have them.
; )
These are my Six Sox KAL Sprintime in Paris Socks.
One of my Horcrux Socks
And my Craftlit T-Shirt= WWMDfK? (What Would Madame Defarge Knit?)
Pain: Two Kinds
First: Oral Surgery. Ouch.
Drugs—Niiiiiice.
But enough of that.
My mind is with Virginia now, not in some sappy "I feel your pain" way, but more like, "the horror...the horror..."
Having lived through my little corner of 9/11 and the aftermath, I can honestly say how sorry I am that these kids will forever measure their days by this moment. This blip on an otherwise lovely life. This is their own little corner of hell, and many, too many of them are going to wrestle with survivor's guilt and "what if" and "if only" and there's a huge part of me that wishes I could take that away from them.
Then there's Keith Olberman...
Last night Olberman talked about the disconnect between mourning the kids who died at VT and (the lack of mourning for) the kids who died in the last ten days in Iraq and he made me think...
There are too many of us who think, "well, the kids in Iraq knew what they were signing up for. They KNEW they might die...I mean, they're in the Millitary fer chrissake."
But that isn't true. I mean, they know they're WILLING to die for their country. But I cannot believe any of them signed up TO die. Nor did they sign up for this war. Rememeber what we of the hubris said back in the '90s?
The next war will be all buttons.
There won't be another war.
You should join the military! You'll get some discipline and some good training and think of what you can do with all that experience.
I think we're jaded these days in some really ugly ways.
Jaded and mean.
And I'm including myself in there. I've gone there too.
WWMDfK?
Makes me sick...
Drugs—Niiiiiice.
But enough of that.
My mind is with Virginia now, not in some sappy "I feel your pain" way, but more like, "the horror...the horror..."
Having lived through my little corner of 9/11 and the aftermath, I can honestly say how sorry I am that these kids will forever measure their days by this moment. This blip on an otherwise lovely life. This is their own little corner of hell, and many, too many of them are going to wrestle with survivor's guilt and "what if" and "if only" and there's a huge part of me that wishes I could take that away from them.
Then there's Keith Olberman...
Last night Olberman talked about the disconnect between mourning the kids who died at VT and (the lack of mourning for) the kids who died in the last ten days in Iraq and he made me think...
There are too many of us who think, "well, the kids in Iraq knew what they were signing up for. They KNEW they might die...I mean, they're in the Millitary fer chrissake."
But that isn't true. I mean, they know they're WILLING to die for their country. But I cannot believe any of them signed up TO die. Nor did they sign up for this war. Rememeber what we of the hubris said back in the '90s?
The next war will be all buttons.
There won't be another war.
You should join the military! You'll get some discipline and some good training and think of what you can do with all that experience.
I think we're jaded these days in some really ugly ways.
Jaded and mean.
And I'm including myself in there. I've gone there too.
WWMDfK?
Makes me sick...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sorting-hat.com says you're in Ravenclaw!
Sorting-hat.com says you're in Ravenclaw! For the Harry Potter Sock Swap!
I'm a Ravenclaw! My first swap ever!
Oooh! And look
A DIFFERENT sorting hat said Ravenclaw!
A third said I was tied Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff (at least I'm not in Slytherin!)
And my questionnaire:
Hogwarts Sock Swap Questionnaire
1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into?
2. Shoe size?
3. Foot Length?
4. Foot Circumference?
5. List your three favorite double-point needle brands, including size and length.
6. Would you like to try a new brand needle? If so, which brand? Size? Length?
7. If you are a RAVENCLAW, do you prefer the colors in the film or the book? Do you have a strong preference?
8. Are you willing to have an international Hogwarts Sock Pal?
And evidently my HP name is:
According to the Random HP Name Generator!
I'm a Ravenclaw! My first swap ever!
Oooh! And look
A DIFFERENT sorting hat said Ravenclaw!
A third said I was tied Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff (at least I'm not in Slytherin!)
And my questionnaire:
Hogwarts Sock Swap Questionnaire
1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into?
Lo, unto me has been given the honor of the house of Ravenclaw. (Thank God it's not Slytherin...)
2. Shoe size?
My shoe could kick a Basilisk's butt--it's a 10 women's.
3. Foot Length?
A sprightly 10 inches (that's not always true, is it?--size same as length)
4. Foot Circumference?
REDONE MEASUREMENT: A svelte (for a size 10) 9.25".
5. List your three favorite double-point needle brands, including size and length.
a. I am a sucker for Lantern Moon anything, and I'm a sock knitter, so anything size 2 or smaller.
b. Inox, 8", steel, size 000 (not only killer for fine sock yarn, but killer needles in general!)
c. size 0, 00, 000 any brand circs longer than 20" (I know, they're not DPNs, but I often do two socks at once...)
6. Would you like to try a new brand needle? If so, which brand? Size? Length?
I am always up for adventure (as anyone from Ravenclaw should be) and therefore, I'm thrilled with a surprise...or challenge...or...anything. I've been good in DAtheDAs.
; )
7. If you are a RAVENCLAW, do you prefer the colors in the film or the book? Do you have a strong preference?
Blue/Bronze (book) and Blue/Silver (films) are both lovely. No preference at all. Just...you know...no woosie powder blue...I'm in Ravenclaw for goodness sake! What would Rowena say???
8. Are you willing to have an international Hogwarts Sock Pal?
Heck yeah! Bring it on!
And evidently my HP name is:
Everyone see here,
Heather Anne Hutchinson Ordover done it! Splendid!
You have succesfully transfigurated yourself into
Lavender Caerphilly
According to the Random HP Name Generator!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
La Disneylandia
While my ambivalence to all things Feature Animation is legendary by now (at least to me) my love of Disneyland is hard to crush. I got to spend the weekend there with my sons and had the lovliest of times. We were there for two days in a row (a first for me) so we were able to take our time, relax, poke around...lovely. My DH was dear enough to let me go back solo at night to go on a fast ride.
I tried to get onto Space Mountain to see what they'd changed. It said there was a 75 minute wait, but all the waits had been much faster than posted that day so I didn't dispair.
Rennovations notwithstanding, Space Mountain lived up to my childhood recollection of it--after 15 minutes in line, it broke.
I left.
But not before proving that I was there:
So...no Space Mountain (I'm just not that devoted to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) so instead I walked on to the Matterhorn (okay, five minutes)...enough of a line to get this:
Lordy.
Nice manicure though, don'tcha think? They're my Bismarck nails. It's important. Trust me. And the second pic is a little blurry b/c I had to do a night shot, while not blocking riders getting off, while not slowing the line down too much (I didn't really want to hear "crazy knitter" spat at me), yada yada yada. It all equals "blurry picture".
The other piece of the weekend that I found deeply amusing, Ted and Terry have outdone themselves...or given La Disney a reason to outdo its...self? Johnny Depp/Cap'n Jack Sparrow is ALL OVER Pirates of the Carribean. Did I say "all over"--what I really meant is that the film has more or less consumed the entire ride. Not that it's a bad thing...it's not like they inserted him into the jail cell bit, but the pirate on the boat that's bombarding the fort looks and sounds more like Barbosa AND IS ASKING FOR SPARROW. Johnny's likeness him...its...self shows up three times. Very clever (not a bad likeness if you want to know...) and very very good for Ted and Terry. May they make millions more. They deserve it. Great guys. Great writers. They don't need me to tell them that.
I tried to get onto Space Mountain to see what they'd changed. It said there was a 75 minute wait, but all the waits had been much faster than posted that day so I didn't dispair.
Rennovations notwithstanding, Space Mountain lived up to my childhood recollection of it--after 15 minutes in line, it broke.
I left.
But not before proving that I was there:
So...no Space Mountain (I'm just not that devoted to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) so instead I walked on to the Matterhorn (okay, five minutes)...enough of a line to get this:
Lordy.
Nice manicure though, don'tcha think? They're my Bismarck nails. It's important. Trust me. And the second pic is a little blurry b/c I had to do a night shot, while not blocking riders getting off, while not slowing the line down too much (I didn't really want to hear "crazy knitter" spat at me), yada yada yada. It all equals "blurry picture".
The other piece of the weekend that I found deeply amusing, Ted and Terry have outdone themselves...or given La Disney a reason to outdo its...self? Johnny Depp/Cap'n Jack Sparrow is ALL OVER Pirates of the Carribean. Did I say "all over"--what I really meant is that the film has more or less consumed the entire ride. Not that it's a bad thing...it's not like they inserted him into the jail cell bit, but the pirate on the boat that's bombarding the fort looks and sounds more like Barbosa AND IS ASKING FOR SPARROW. Johnny's likeness him...its...self shows up three times. Very clever (not a bad likeness if you want to know...) and very very good for Ted and Terry. May they make millions more. They deserve it. Great guys. Great writers. They don't need me to tell them that.
Monday, March 12, 2007
What I like about Bismarck
Even in the winter, you can tell how pretty it is.
The people in the Midwest--even when they're mad at you--are wonderful.
There's a firm belief in automatic/motion sensor...everything...soap dispensers, handtowel dispensers...the list grows.
Bismarck Teachers ROCK!
The guys at the Raddison in downtown Bismarck SO make up for the Raddison dopes in Denver that it's almost not worth mentioning...almost.
Key Concepts and Inside Jokes:
"He was a HOT pilot...maybe he's staying here!"
"...They had CANS of whipped CREAM! Seriously! What were they thinking?"
"...And there was a COW!"
The people in the Midwest--even when they're mad at you--are wonderful.
There's a firm belief in automatic/motion sensor...everything...soap dispensers, handtowel dispensers...the list grows.
Bismarck Teachers ROCK!
The guys at the Raddison in downtown Bismarck SO make up for the Raddison dopes in Denver that it's almost not worth mentioning...almost.
Key Concepts and Inside Jokes:
"He was a HOT pilot...maybe he's staying here!"
"...They had CANS of whipped CREAM! Seriously! What were they thinking?"
"...And there was a COW!"
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Bismarck, ND
First impressions:
WOW! Everyone's really REALLY nice!
WOW! It's not as flat as I thought...um...yes it is...no it's not.
WOW! It's WAY smaller than I thought and WAY more industrial!
WOW! The steak is really really good!
So, I got in on the same flight as my NYC compatriots--though we didn't figure that out until baggage claim--and rode the little Radisson shuttle in (piloted by Mike).
Checking in was like checking into a ghost town. Dunno if it was a Sunday or if the Radisson is in danger of going under, but...
They have all the pilots stay here, so I GUESS they're okay.
The other thing that's amazing is...they have Sleep Number Beds. Go figure! I'm in HEAVEN.
We had a lovely dinner where we were able to go over our presentation for tomorrow over dinner and wine (God Bless the interpretation of their Blue Laws) and shared dessert. It was a great time...and it's been a long time since I've had a work experience like this. A nice visit to the old days. And very, very good to see Rebecca who is our Professional Development Guru. She's (to quote Vera) a Rock Star.
So, unless disaster strikes, tomorrow should be fine. (I won't let myself get more effusive than that.)
Ah! I can hear the train rumbling by...
ND is a different world. Literally, the tundra was outside our plane windows. I had no idea...
I'm nearly finished with my Six Sox KAL sock (Springtime in Paris sock) which is a very nice place to be. Almost done with the gusset! Whoo hooo!
6:30am breakfast with Rebecca so I'm very very in need of sleep.
Until the morrow...
WOW! Everyone's really REALLY nice!
WOW! It's not as flat as I thought...um...yes it is...no it's not.
WOW! It's WAY smaller than I thought and WAY more industrial!
WOW! The steak is really really good!
So, I got in on the same flight as my NYC compatriots--though we didn't figure that out until baggage claim--and rode the little Radisson shuttle in (piloted by Mike).
Checking in was like checking into a ghost town. Dunno if it was a Sunday or if the Radisson is in danger of going under, but...
They have all the pilots stay here, so I GUESS they're okay.
The other thing that's amazing is...they have Sleep Number Beds. Go figure! I'm in HEAVEN.
We had a lovely dinner where we were able to go over our presentation for tomorrow over dinner and wine (God Bless the interpretation of their Blue Laws) and shared dessert. It was a great time...and it's been a long time since I've had a work experience like this. A nice visit to the old days. And very, very good to see Rebecca who is our Professional Development Guru. She's (to quote Vera) a Rock Star.
So, unless disaster strikes, tomorrow should be fine. (I won't let myself get more effusive than that.)
Ah! I can hear the train rumbling by...
ND is a different world. Literally, the tundra was outside our plane windows. I had no idea...
I'm nearly finished with my Six Sox KAL sock (Springtime in Paris sock) which is a very nice place to be. Almost done with the gusset! Whoo hooo!
6:30am breakfast with Rebecca so I'm very very in need of sleep.
Until the morrow...
Never too late for a resolution
So, here's my not-so-New Year's Resolution: I'm going to blog more.
Already in Arizona life is as hectic as it ever was in NY. I'm a homeschooling parent now (though luckily with my husband often working from home with me, we're able to share the burden), my kids are each struggling with their own issues, my parents are still overworked, my sister's off finishing the research for her PhD...and it's clear that's never going to end.
So fine.
I'll blog.
I'll carve out the time.
Like now...now I'm in the Minneapolis/St Paul Airport at the Northwest Airlines World Club ($45 for a day-pass...not exactly worth it, but I've been able to get a lot of work done!) and it's a day away from normal responsibilities. It's a nice break.
Last night Mom came over and we barbequed chicken and hot dogs and ate fruit salad and grilled veggies and sat on the back porch and watched the kids play. It was 88° yesterday last I looked.
It's about 30° in Minnesota right now...but it'll be warmer (go figure) in Bismarck, ND. Go figure.
I get to go and introduce curriculum to the English teachers there! Who hoo! And that's not sarcastic; I really am rather excited to do this. It's been a very interesting project. I hope the teachers like it as much as I do.
And soon I get to get on another plane. Head out for the not-so-frozen not-quite-tundra.
More when I get there.
H
Already in Arizona life is as hectic as it ever was in NY. I'm a homeschooling parent now (though luckily with my husband often working from home with me, we're able to share the burden), my kids are each struggling with their own issues, my parents are still overworked, my sister's off finishing the research for her PhD...and it's clear that's never going to end.
So fine.
I'll blog.
I'll carve out the time.
Like now...now I'm in the Minneapolis/St Paul Airport at the Northwest Airlines World Club ($45 for a day-pass...not exactly worth it, but I've been able to get a lot of work done!) and it's a day away from normal responsibilities. It's a nice break.
Last night Mom came over and we barbequed chicken and hot dogs and ate fruit salad and grilled veggies and sat on the back porch and watched the kids play. It was 88° yesterday last I looked.
It's about 30° in Minnesota right now...but it'll be warmer (go figure) in Bismarck, ND. Go figure.
I get to go and introduce curriculum to the English teachers there! Who hoo! And that's not sarcastic; I really am rather excited to do this. It's been a very interesting project. I hope the teachers like it as much as I do.
And soon I get to get on another plane. Head out for the not-so-frozen not-quite-tundra.
More when I get there.
H
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Reign Over Me
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I have no idea if this will be good or not, but I love these guys. I'd watch Don Cheadle read the phone book...maybe even a VCR manual.
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I have no idea if this will be good or not, but I love these guys. I'd watch Don Cheadle read the phone book...maybe even a VCR manual.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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I knew it was too good to be true...I was suspicious...
How am I going to knit and spin if it gets even HOTTER!?!
I knew it was too good to be true...I was suspicious...
How am I going to knit and spin if it gets even HOTTER!?!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
It Is Finished
I have finished my Rogue Hoodie. I will post pics of it when I can get my DH to take a pic. However, let me for a moment demonstrate how close I came to total disaster:
That's how much yarn I had left.
I knitted both sleeves at the same time, and the pile on the right is the right hand sleeve's yarn, the pile on the left for the left.
Now, I HAVE more yarn, but that yarn was at my AZ home and I was in CA when I was finishing. I had (foolishly?!) packed in such a way so as to need to WEAR the sweater home if I was to fit everything in the suitcase.
So.
There was a little pressure.
The fates were with me, though. I had enough yarn to finish the knitting AND the seaming.
With a little left for fixing holes/tears/snags.
Allelu...
That's how much yarn I had left.
I knitted both sleeves at the same time, and the pile on the right is the right hand sleeve's yarn, the pile on the left for the left.
Now, I HAVE more yarn, but that yarn was at my AZ home and I was in CA when I was finishing. I had (foolishly?!) packed in such a way so as to need to WEAR the sweater home if I was to fit everything in the suitcase.
So.
There was a little pressure.
The fates were with me, though. I had enough yarn to finish the knitting AND the seaming.
With a little left for fixing holes/tears/snags.
Allelu...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
I'm Ursula!
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
In love with a blog
So I just found a blog I love. I was drawn to it for the title, "Oceania has ALWAYS been at war with East Asia" a phrase I've been using a bit too much lately. But then I start reading her (very random) thoughts and realize: SHE IS A KNITTER!
Go figure. The world is small.
She had two nifty gifs on her site though.
The first is this:
The second is this:
There are some days when static says it all.
Go figure. The world is small.
She had two nifty gifs on her site though.
The first is this:
The second is this:
There are some days when static says it all.
Friday, January 19, 2007
I've Been Tagged!
Liana at SewIntriguing just tagged me at my Craftlit page. I moved it here just to keep the shownotes uncluttered...which is odd for me as I revel in clutter.
Here are the Rules:
* Someone Tags you
* You post 5 things about yourself that you haven't already mentioned on your blog
* You tag 5 people about whom you'd like to know more
So...five things about me that I haven't posted...
1) When I met my husband back at UCLA I called my mom to tell her I was dating the man I was going to marry. Her response was something like, "and how's the weather...?"
We broke up (I wrote a vindictive play, had it produced at school--which he came to see--and miraculously we stayed friends). That was 1989. In 1994 one of my students gave me a little stone box made from the same stone as the Temple in Jerusalem. She told me it was a little wish box. I was to write a wish down on a piece of paper, put it in the box and it would come true. That night I wrote, "I want to be happy, laughing, and in love for the rest of my life." I'd never made a wish like that before (usually I would have mentioned someone's name...). Now the legend part:
He realized I was still in LA and he would be there in a month to watch rehersals of one of his plays. On a whim he called me. Asked if I would like to come see a rehersal.
Understand, I had NEVER gotten over him. At all. I'd dated, but there was never anyone quite as perfect for me as he. So, duh, I made plans to see him in a month. I spent that month deciding what to wear...So...we saw each other, we tried to spend every waking moment with each other, he went back to NY and...six months later we were engaged; seven months later on July 7, 1995 I arrived in NY...
Never looked back.
2) The "legend" block quote above is the only part of the story that isn't literally true.
3) I read Tarot with uncanny accuracy. My mom and great grandmother "know things" though they never give it any creedance.
4) I have never planned my future. Everything in my life that's worked out has been a complete surprise. My husband, my home, my kids...it's all a glorious serendipitous melange. There are certainly things I've worked for (my degrees, my jobs, my writing, my marriage) but I was never the type to sit down and say, plan my wedding when I was fifteen. I guess that's why I'm rarely diappointed. Lots of happy accidents...and some not so happy accidents too.
5) I've lived through many potential disasters. Between 1967 and 1994 I lived through every SoCal earthquake. I left CA for AZ—they stopped. I moved back to UCLA, they started again. I was about four blocks away from the LA riots in the wake of the Rodney King verdict (living alone in a ground floor apartment with HUGE picture windows in the front. FUN!). Then 9/11. I look at this as a positive: I'm still here. But some of my friends have noted that being NEAR me might not be so safe.
There it is. Now I have to tag five people, and I choose:
Accordion Girl (my Squidster, though it'll probably take her a bit to answer back)
Mrs. Pilkington (NY Blogging/fiber friend)
NapTimeKnitter (and Kate has the Most Gorgeous baby girl for whom she also has a blog)
Yarn-a-Go-Go (SOAR buddie)
MissyB (SOAR buddie)
And a bonus!
Spinneret (Craftlit listener who's Blog I love)
Here are the Rules:
* Someone Tags you
* You post 5 things about yourself that you haven't already mentioned on your blog
* You tag 5 people about whom you'd like to know more
So...five things about me that I haven't posted...
1) When I met my husband back at UCLA I called my mom to tell her I was dating the man I was going to marry. Her response was something like, "and how's the weather...?"
We broke up (I wrote a vindictive play, had it produced at school--which he came to see--and miraculously we stayed friends). That was 1989. In 1994 one of my students gave me a little stone box made from the same stone as the Temple in Jerusalem. She told me it was a little wish box. I was to write a wish down on a piece of paper, put it in the box and it would come true. That night I wrote, "I want to be happy, laughing, and in love for the rest of my life." I'd never made a wish like that before (usually I would have mentioned someone's name...). Now the legend part:
That night in New York, a breeze blew into Andrew's room overlooking Christopher Street and rustled the pages of his address book. It opened to my name.
He realized I was still in LA and he would be there in a month to watch rehersals of one of his plays. On a whim he called me. Asked if I would like to come see a rehersal.
Understand, I had NEVER gotten over him. At all. I'd dated, but there was never anyone quite as perfect for me as he. So, duh, I made plans to see him in a month. I spent that month deciding what to wear...So...we saw each other, we tried to spend every waking moment with each other, he went back to NY and...six months later we were engaged; seven months later on July 7, 1995 I arrived in NY...
Never looked back.
2) The "legend" block quote above is the only part of the story that isn't literally true.
3) I read Tarot with uncanny accuracy. My mom and great grandmother "know things" though they never give it any creedance.
4) I have never planned my future. Everything in my life that's worked out has been a complete surprise. My husband, my home, my kids...it's all a glorious serendipitous melange. There are certainly things I've worked for (my degrees, my jobs, my writing, my marriage) but I was never the type to sit down and say, plan my wedding when I was fifteen. I guess that's why I'm rarely diappointed. Lots of happy accidents...and some not so happy accidents too.
5) I've lived through many potential disasters. Between 1967 and 1994 I lived through every SoCal earthquake. I left CA for AZ—they stopped. I moved back to UCLA, they started again. I was about four blocks away from the LA riots in the wake of the Rodney King verdict (living alone in a ground floor apartment with HUGE picture windows in the front. FUN!). Then 9/11. I look at this as a positive: I'm still here. But some of my friends have noted that being NEAR me might not be so safe.
There it is. Now I have to tag five people, and I choose:
Accordion Girl (my Squidster, though it'll probably take her a bit to answer back)
Mrs. Pilkington (NY Blogging/fiber friend)
NapTimeKnitter (and Kate has the Most Gorgeous baby girl for whom she also has a blog)
Yarn-a-Go-Go (SOAR buddie)
MissyB (SOAR buddie)
And a bonus!
Spinneret (Craftlit listener who's Blog I love)
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