Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!

Brownie Points for anyone who guess what our costumes are. Apparently they were "subtle"

Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 29, 2007

In which I am actually productive

Much to my own surprise, I have gotten my shit stuff together and have finally started to update my Etsy Site with some of my Handspun.

Fraggle Rock
Fraggle Rock

Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep

Peas & Carrots
Peas & Carrots

I haven’t had much time to try to rehab the antique wheel, so everything was spun very slowly, with very little cursing (well very little for me) on Lucille. Techniques were pulled a little from the Pluckyfluff book, and a little from the amazing Spinning Designer Yarns book. The names were all me, and probably my favorite part.


PS Is anyone else pretending that Christmas just isn’t going to happen this year?

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Me too Alex, me too.

The traveling that seems to never end continued over the weekend. I’ve decided that a huge reason I am getting sick of the traveling is the motion sickness that seems to plague me on every type of transportation that isn’t my feet or a subway train. Apparently I am not the only one

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I found this in my seat pocket on our flight from Salt Lake City to Bend. I completely agree, the Atlanta airport does suck. Big time.

The whole reason Gene and I were on said flight was to visit my brother and his girlfriend in Bend, OR. And when I say my brother I kind of mean my sudo niece and nephew. The show pony/Golden Retriever is Mackinaw and the Cat/Bluetick Coonhound is Violet. They’re not really into the whole sitting still for photos so we have what I like to call “action photography.”

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There was lots of beautiful scenery to be seen and some great knitting stores to visit. The amazing part was getting my brother to voluntarily venture into not one, not two but three separate knitting stores. I think it has something to do with him wanting a sweater out of this.

But I managed to pick up a set of Denise interchangeable needles at Gossamer Knitting. They're pink and scented, I think it gives them a little something extra, or you know supports breast cancer research. I also picked up some great Corn fiber sock yarn from the Stichin Post because the only thing standing between me and finishing a sock (I’m not even ambitious enough for a pair, I’d just like to get one finished) is the fiber content of the yarn.

I also got a fair amount done on a top down raglan sweater for a newborn that is set to appear on October 24.

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It’s Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino on US size 7 needles. I’m about 4 rows from separating the body stitches from the arm stitches. So of course I’m losing interest, but hopefully the deadline will keep me focused, maybe.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Oh Patrica Fields, don't scare me like that.

A few things that make me very happy at the moment.

1. Fall has arrived! Kind of, I will take any coolness in weather as a sign of fall. I will ignore all fears that global warming is arriving, and my apartment building (conveniently located about 500 yards from New York City Harbor) will soon be under water as the ice caps melt down to the size of a cocktail swizzle.

2. This awfulness

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Really was the awful dream sequence I told myself it had to be. I was ignoring all fears that Patricia Fields had crossed the line from insanely brilliant to completely insane. I may have been wrong about Britney, but Pat Fields will never steer me wrong.