Month: June 2009

I can imagine what kind of hits I’ll get on this post’s title but, what the hell.

I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time…

I haven’t used it to its full potential yet.  I haven’t had time.

I took it out of the box and was surprised at how “homemade” it looks.  It’s all wood and looks like someone carved it by hand.  Check out the pieces:

(I have an antique table… in case you’re wondering about the place mat.)

Isn’t it beautiful?

That’s the wool for my February Lady – when I pull some time out of my arse!

I also got some sock forms.  Claire’s socks are drying on them right now.  I had to wash the socks a few times to make sure they didn’t make her feet blue when she wore them.  That would be bad right?

The socks are finished.  My third pair of mittens are finished.  I started my Korella last night.  It’s going along ok I guess – if I have the right stitch pattern that is.

I’m going to knit a bit before work.  It’s going to be a busy weekend and I might not have a chance to work on it much.

I took a few pictures of my WIP’s.  The light is not great and I hate to use flash.  But, when it’s all you got, it’s all you got.

I love, love, love the green of these mittens.  This is the color I’ll use for mine when I get to them.

This is a better picture of the tunic I’ll start today – maybe – if I can tear myself away from the mittens.

Anyone? 

I using a copy so I could scribble all over it.   I found a “knitting terms translated” website and I “fave-ed” it.  We’ll see how I make out. 

I went to see little Patty last night after work.  I didn’t think it would be possible for him to be cuter but, he is.  I would have taken a picture but my camera was at home and my phone-with-camera was in my purse, in the car.  Next time.

It’s been a really busy past week. 

Jacob jointed MMA (mixed martial arts) so he could be cooler.

Soccer in the rain on Wednesday.

Scott got his new house on Thursday but then he worked all weekend.  The boxes were driving me crazy so, I unpacked for him.  Then I went home and thought to myself  “Man, this place is a mess!  There’s shit everywhere!”  I need to purge.  I have a garage full of furniture I don’t have room for and boxes I haven’t unpacked yet.  I’ve been in my house for three years!  If it’s in a box, I probably don’t need it. 

I worked at the Station on Sunday.  It was a good day but long due to lack of sleep.  I thought you were supposed to need less  sleep as you get older?

At least I got Claire’s socks finished.  They’re pretty nice if I do say so myself.  They’re a secret though and I don’t want to put up any pics just in case she sees them.  AND, I’m thinking of submitting my pattern to www.knitty.com.  I’ll have to sit down and write the actual pattern.  That’s my downfall:  I make all these things just out of my head but never write stuff down.  Will I ever learn?

Yesterday, I started another pair of Bella’s Mittens.  I just love those.  It’s the first thing I make more than one of and don’t get so sick of it I want to stick it in my coffee grinder.

I was dying to start my February Lady but something came up. 

A friend Christina went to Germany for a few weeks and came back with a kit for me for this really cute tunic that you wear with a belt.   We have matching kits but with different color yarns.  The pattern is in German – yikes.  She started hers while she was there and I managed to have a look at it before she undid it (too small) and think I figured out the stitch pattern.  Numbers are the same in German so, *something I don’t understand* 102/###/### *more stuff I don’t understand* 4-4 1/2  *again, words I don’t understand* and 103/###/###.  I’m guessing that means cast on 102 stitches.  I managed to figure out Knit and Purl so, I have to work K2,P2 for  4-4 1/2 inches and increase one so that when I start my stitch pattern, I have 103 stitches.  This should keep me busy for a few hours until I see her again at knitting on Wednesday.  Here’s a picture.  It’ actually pretty long and you wear it with a belt.  She has a belt on under her hand.

I’m blogging on my lunch.  I should be knitting.  When I left the house this morning, I was evaluating my day – trying to figure out if I should bring my knitting or not.  I decided NOT.  Now I’m kicking myself in the arse because I could have been knitting right now.  C’est la vie!

I’ll post pictures next time.