tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155834712024-03-07T19:37:30.248-05:00Yarn Over...and under, and around, and in piles in every room of the house...LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-31162573172612327762008-06-02T10:28:00.002-04:002008-06-02T10:35:37.463-04:00Where the heck have I been?Here, of course, and doing a little knitting, too. I am working on a replacement pair of Fuzzy Feet for the hubby. He wore the first pair so much, that he wore them out! (Talk about a compliment!) I only have one done and it really isn't picture worthy at this point, so you'll have to wait a bit for the final pics.<br /><br />But Fuzzy Feet are incredibly easy, so how come I'm not done? (I cast on in April.) And why haven't I been posting, or doing anything on the Rav? Well.... I would love to say I was out globetrotting or something very cool, but it is mostly because we're buying a house. Our very first house. So, it is cool, just not in the same way. More in the "incredibly stressful and time-consuming" school of cool. :-) We have an accepted offer on a house and are closing this month. All the spare time has been devoted to the mortgage, the inspections, the giant stack of forms that must be understood and signed, and last but not least, packing. Oy to the packing. We started on the library yesterday. Let me just say this: twenty-six (26!) boxes of books so far, and we're not done.<br /><br />So the Fuzzy Feet might not be ready for awhile!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-69122440032111982442008-05-07T13:11:00.004-04:002008-05-07T13:16:04.482-04:00IntimidationI fell in love with Butterfly, while browsing Ravelry.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO6_tUBNeURKDacE4EEzH2foaXfm29MAOkxM0TM2-IL_70U2IzsbZxWTCztNiDjKHACiwWki4SkZon-WPnGG9jgFIXniFYgGoHEBhCAfWEvkgnB2NQXnQBe5uVZE4P69elfQwLA/s1600-h/rowan37.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197685496767462994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO6_tUBNeURKDacE4EEzH2foaXfm29MAOkxM0TM2-IL_70U2IzsbZxWTCztNiDjKHACiwWki4SkZon-WPnGG9jgFIXniFYgGoHEBhCAfWEvkgnB2NQXnQBe5uVZE4P69elfQwLA/s320/rowan37.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>I bought Rowan 37 so I could knit it (on the cover). Now the magazine is here, and man is it ever freaking me out. The patterns are lovely and classy and I want to knit almost of all them. But I am sooooo intimidated. Little tiny needles! Charts! Expensive yarn!<br /><br />Yikes!!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-76910552273301948962008-04-18T15:05:00.002-04:002008-04-18T15:11:50.777-04:00FO: Newfoundland MittensHorray!<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0PsWI34DTLockDnhhp-4npbInSEWmmo_BjxuT8YG6i2Ki_MMGoHU0GDsooygNSTDH7a09usRO3Fp7_OplsKLlYb_60TMyqtXhduRwoZ-qA7nDybTNC7uW03uh9nt-iBU0CVTFQ/s1600-h/April's+Wedding.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190664895842692226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0PsWI34DTLockDnhhp-4npbInSEWmmo_BjxuT8YG6i2Ki_MMGoHU0GDsooygNSTDH7a09usRO3Fp7_OplsKLlYb_60TMyqtXhduRwoZ-qA7nDybTNC7uW03uh9nt-iBU0CVTFQ/s320/April's+Wedding.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>I think I may rename these the strawberry and blueberry mittens, since each one looks like a different fruit. :-) I couldn't be happier with these; the colors rock, the pattern was easy, and my fingers will be toasty warm next winter!<br /><br />(Check out my ravelry notebook for details on yarn, needles, and mods. I am LinknKnits.)LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-56693279388288376272008-04-02T09:12:00.004-04:002008-04-02T09:23:52.899-04:00LoveI am in love with this pattern and this yarn and my wonderful, almost completed first mitten:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184637753079037810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW78qgCSnBoh51h2bn4J2Oz-kcyqxa1dD05mmnI9VCg2EAHSnMdlSMvx_1EkniSSBOeuQVcpRlDhas61LVFnEF4FRGSdAKy4OsxO3LlkW61uXRryToHIBCp_m12a-Q1ll97OWrA/s320/mitten.jpg" border="0" />It is the <a href="http://creativewhimsy.wordpress.com/patterns/newfoundland-mitts/">Newfoundland Mitten</a>. It is so easy and cool looking that it boggles the mind. I started these on Sunday and am almost done with the first mitten (after I took this photo I started the decreases at the top). You can check out the stats on Ravelry (I am LinknKnits there), but I will just say that I am using Noro for the first time and am almost convinced it is worth the price (in this case, $18/skein. Yikes!). The colors are vibrant and the transitions subtle and the yarn soft and squishy... and can you tell I love it?<br /><div></div><br /><div>The one thing I don't love is that I started these NOW, instead of 4 months ago, and will have to wait until next winter to wear them!</div><br /><div>P.S. I added a Library Thing widget in my sidebar to replace that list of books that I hadn't updated in months. If you are curious, I am only adding recent reads (not every book I have read, want to read, or own) because, quite frankly, they only give you 200 entries for free and my list would be WAY bigger than that. :-) I finished Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris last night (click the cover; I don't feel like adding a text link), which has a spectacular twist near the end. Totally makes the book! </div>LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-34639904007221563062008-03-26T09:16:00.002-04:002008-03-26T09:21:02.382-04:00Peep show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sEF8uAMVHOE4UPWEpz3-nVfVT_LIoAlqYnWYCJhNsucpvIigOQelewVBIWXqtIbmxVbnPvRVhh-FyhzNPijBBvhMtljasDrg0mW6WlAiPgsIABn5USPDrghb0UO1yO997AX_nQ/s1600-h/Peep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182038829713522530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sEF8uAMVHOE4UPWEpz3-nVfVT_LIoAlqYnWYCJhNsucpvIigOQelewVBIWXqtIbmxVbnPvRVhh-FyhzNPijBBvhMtljasDrg0mW6WlAiPgsIABn5USPDrghb0UO1yO997AX_nQ/s320/Peep.jpg" border="0" /></a>First off. The picture is terrible, I know. My camera has been just incapable of taking a decent photo lately. They all end up blurry and out of focus and I think the tax refund may go to buying a new camera! :-)<br /><br />Anywho, the pic is “The Peep Dishcloth” named in honor of Easter’s sugary little treats. Are those colors not classic Peep colors? The pattern is called Basketweave from <a href="http://www.leisurearts.com/customer_care/search/item_detail.asp?item_num=75000&sort=title&page=1&rec_num=6&startRec=0&skill=KC&search=dishcloth">this booklet</a>, that I have had for years. I wanted to knit something that would give me a bit of instant gratification, because let me tell you, I am so bored with my Under the Hoodie sleeves right now. A bright and easy dishcloth seemed like the perfect solution, and it was. I really like it.<br /><br />While knitting the Peep, I watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270933/">Escaflowne</a>, another anime that came pretty highly recommended. Both my hubby and I hated it. There is also a series with the same name, which looks like it might be better and we were wondering if we should have watched that instead. In fact, I put in on my Netflix queue to give it a try. Keep your fingers crossed that it will be better than the movie!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-20619405241346349612008-03-18T09:08:00.004-04:002008-03-18T09:28:39.641-04:00A movie or threeWhen I revived this blog last summer/fall, I had promised that I was going to talk about my non-yarn hobbies, too. I have been terrible about that promise, though, even though I spend a huge amount of time on them. I'm not sure why. Maybe I think that the people who stop and look at my knitting won't have the same taste in movies/books/games as I do? On the other hand, I love when the knit blogs I read mention something besides knitting. I have found many great books and movies based on the fact that I like so-and-so's taste in knitting patterns, so I *must* like her taste in movies, too. Ok, that logic is completely busted, but it has been true a surprising amount of times.<br /><br />Anywho. Besides re-knitting my sleeve in the proper color (ahem), I have been watching:<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061184/">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a> This is part of my Top 100 challenge that I blogged about, oh I don't know, six months ago or so. Excellent movie. It was a bit like watching a car wreck; you feel like you should look away, but are strangely compelled to keep watching the carnage unfold on screen. Taylor and Burton were amazing.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/">Spirited Away</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347149/">Howl's Moving Castle</a>. I have been on an anime kick recently and these are the two I started with. They are from the same studio and share a lot of the same themes, which is why I mention them together. The animation is beautiful and the stories intriguing. The stories never quite go where you expect them to, which makes them much more engaging than a Disney movie (at least, to me). My hubby and I often sit and talk about the motivations and meanings in these movies for days afterwards. Also, Christian Bale does the voice of Howl and man! That man has a sexy voice! :-)<br /><br />If anybody out there has any anime recommendations, please leave them in the comments. Specifically for movies, as I don't have the patience to watch a long series right now. Thanks!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-28102735527856413892008-03-11T08:30:00.002-04:002008-03-11T08:37:33.356-04:00In which I discover that I am color blindOr can't properly read very, very, VERY easy directions. Scroll down to my last post. See that nice little sleeve I had started? Well, I have been diligently working on it ever since. Last night, I was one repeat (one repeat!) from finishing it. I noticed I was short on light gray yarn so I went rooting through the yarn for this project to make sure I had another ball. I didn't, but for some bizarre reason I had three balls of red. My brain sorta froze as I processed this information. And then it hit me.<br /><br />I was knitting the sleeve in the wrong color.<br /><br />The sleeves are supposed to match the thick stripe on the front, not the little tiny accent of light gray. What the heck was I thinking?<br /><br />So, yeah. I am pretending that this whole incident was due to a temporary onslaught of color-blindness and that I am not just plain ol' retarded. I am also pretending that I didn't frog an entire sleeve last night. You know, setting myself back WEEKS and all.<br /><br />I need a lot of pretending right now.LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-79925863203721802942008-02-17T10:22:00.003-05:002008-02-17T10:32:09.745-05:00Under the Hoodie, continued (finally)As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on a sweater lately. It is the Under the Hoodie sweater from Stitch n' Bitch. You may remember I started it way back <a href="http://yarnover2.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-ive-been-working-on-lately.html#links">here</a>. Um, yeah. That is August of 2006. Yikes! Well, yarn doesn't go bad (thank goodness, because my stash would be moldering by now) and I was hankering to do some mindless stockinette. Which is what this sweater is; no real shaping, nothing fancy, just a box with sleeves.<br /><div></div><br /><div>I finished the front:</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167971774897572306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiPGVjZBmO0MquxtOFMUrjX5HN8Jyq4kKbyzQmD2rz_9w-Qa0zyR22x4kT6k1stbVqHvvxDPaEuAXZq_sua4_ig29jMEJo7Co6hiXMMqRqC3PiYqa3oy-UsMdWchINW6lb5ps6w/s320/Sweater+001.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div>and started my first sleeve:</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167971787782474210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt4RQwwJs8zthlm77o6f0PrbAiyhysuKLXlYGeEEQIOZ1wl6OVNLQ_Lyx1ckoFuiIJu9o6NUuXtTJz7QTjWl1t4tLVKgBgSg9JAwDDGI5Myrb06cfMOxrGnTEgHqldzFA6RCc8g/s320/Sweater+002.jpg" border="0" />And am really enjoying a nice, easy knit. Hopefully, I won't get distracted (look, a shiny thing!) and I'll finish this before 2010!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-63384765458198223052008-02-14T08:48:00.002-05:002008-02-14T08:52:22.789-05:00Happy Heart Day!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-2bi5TUSTL_C4fqPHnv5bOPCxyTuBqLrCZJnKydjkeNfIhOD5BM3eRLFxEn38T53-hiYZCmg-44FCobArdZHsDkij5eToOF0qr-gnpyggCj8VhRDLqwfnS_xeWTq8l9-Jn5jig/s1600-h/heart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166833222017075650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-2bi5TUSTL_C4fqPHnv5bOPCxyTuBqLrCZJnKydjkeNfIhOD5BM3eRLFxEn38T53-hiYZCmg-44FCobArdZHsDkij5eToOF0qr-gnpyggCj8VhRDLqwfnS_xeWTq8l9-Jn5jig/s320/heart.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>I hope everybody has a lovely day with somebody they care for (be it their sweetie, kids, or pets). Don't eat too many chocolates!<br /><br />(Next post: I SWEAR I have been knitting. I actually have finished two pieces of a sweater and cast on for the sleeves last night. Pictures to come soon!)LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-58428776479396036872008-01-21T08:43:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:59:25.981-05:00Five Things1. I have decided I am going to stop apologizing that I don't post often. I am apparently on a "once every few weeks" schedule right now. I don't want to fill my blog with junk just to say I posted, so I'll be sticking to that schedule for the time being. (But please check in and I am so sorry... oops! I apologized!)<br /><br />2. I have finally joined the 21st century and bought my first <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/">iPod</a>. I am in love with it. I asked my hubby if I could annul our marriage so I could be with the iPod. He was offended until he played with it, too. Now he is leaning towards the annulment. :-) Seriously, I don't know why it took me so long to get on the trolley for this one. It's not like I am a technophobe or something. The first song I bought was <a href="http://www.lyrics007.com/Marcy%20Playground%20Lyrics/Sex%20and%20Candy%20Lyrics.html">this one </a>by Marcy Playground and the first CD I uploaded was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Fuss-Killers/dp/B0002858YS">this one </a>by The Killers. Bliss. :-)<br /><br />3. My book club read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Vegetable-Miracle-Year-Food/dp/0060852550/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200923665&sr=1-1">Animal, Vegetable, Miracle </a>by Barbara Kingsolver. It is a little preachy (which you sorta expect from anybody writing about something they truly believe in), but really opened my eyes up to a ton of issues surrounding food. I made the hubby read it, as well, and we have both resolved to try and buy more locally (Ann Arbor has an excellent Farmer's Market, so this shouldn't be too hard) and organic when we can.<br /><br />4. I haven't picked up my needles since Christmas. I think I am on a much needed break from all that stealth knitting.<br /><br />5. I'll try and not post a list next time. :-)LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-52193834267478137922008-01-03T20:01:00.000-05:002008-01-03T20:17:04.201-05:00Fork? Check. This baby is done!Whew! The SSSKP was finished, blocked, and wrapped well before Christmas. Horray for me! (Though it was a near thing there.) Here it is now, keeping a bottle of Michigan white wine cozy:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz163ptP4r50e5da8a-ayEgb7lyW5SiOX1nUIrc4LMYbYok9-Wu69uzyziUyv0TZsrkU6lDM4TMRleafjoNtjtdrHI2W8ZvBeU1DBZvkBVh0YvNlQjQ0rs9_885M3d91B6GU7ehQ/s1600-h/DSC01010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151423402903873074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz163ptP4r50e5da8a-ayEgb7lyW5SiOX1nUIrc4LMYbYok9-Wu69uzyziUyv0TZsrkU6lDM4TMRleafjoNtjtdrHI2W8ZvBeU1DBZvkBVh0YvNlQjQ0rs9_885M3d91B6GU7ehQ/s320/DSC01010.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">The yarn is so dark that you really can't see the cables clearly, which is a shame because they rock. On both sides. (Surf over to the Palindrome pattern and make this. Loved it.)</p>So, how was your holiday? Mine was busy with a capital B. My hubby's family lives in South Carolina, so we drove down and stayed a week. Or, I should say, we stayed 5 days and drove the other 2 days. Oh well. It was worth it, because we got to hang out with our nephew-puppy:<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XP5d-k3K-aA0z1uqq6zxdCE79X3nxXEfIPjhDjSyXx-F8h_h0yzq4Avn1_FcCi4cSZJrMB9kqF33pP_4YUXVu7gaorxpQNKBIgeD1i7YcWK1NmGZ1dn4jVFackyKh5pEJpyctw/s1600-h/DSC00974.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151423420083742274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XP5d-k3K-aA0z1uqq6zxdCE79X3nxXEfIPjhDjSyXx-F8h_h0yzq4Avn1_FcCi4cSZJrMB9kqF33pP_4YUXVu7gaorxpQNKBIgeD1i7YcWK1NmGZ1dn4jVFackyKh5pEJpyctw/s320/DSC00974.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Isn't he adorable? He spent Christmas morning chewing all the paper to shreds. We had more fun with him then opening the gifts! Ok, not true, but pretty close. :-) We also did a Christmas light walk at the Columbia zoo one night:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAQEe9HWxsmJgvjFlr2jSfFm4QUaUYVMRgB0q6bdZom7Rh4XX_n2HcxjkRP7k18YyEVP2j5JT9wNF2-2bto6y97ozvEzjFNRBFisqKdQLGNnMNhfacGpsOlh2RYYXDqttE55ddQ/s1600-h/DSC01001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151423428673676882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAQEe9HWxsmJgvjFlr2jSfFm4QUaUYVMRgB0q6bdZom7Rh4XX_n2HcxjkRP7k18YyEVP2j5JT9wNF2-2bto6y97ozvEzjFNRBFisqKdQLGNnMNhfacGpsOlh2RYYXDqttE55ddQ/s320/DSC01001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>It was impressive, though a little weird to be wandering around being festive in 50 degree weather. Luckily when we got back to Michigan, we promptly had 14 inches of snow dumped on us. I should take a photo; it is lovely.<br /><br />Anywho-off to surf on Ravelry. I joined a Magic Yarn swap on the Knitters for Neil forum so I had best start thinking of clever ideas for my swap partner!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-43624293584245599562007-12-13T10:09:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:14:24.903-05:00SSSKPThe SSSKP (see last post for the oh-so-hard-to-deduce-meaning) is progressing. Slowly. I have 40 inches. I am hopeful that I can get up to 48 this weekend. But that will have to be it, since there needs to be time for blocking, drying, and possible tassle-ing (all while no hubby is around, of course). A 4-foot-long scarf is less than ideal. Hubby is over 6 feet tall.... the last scarf I made him (way <a href="http://yarnover2.blogspot.com/2005/10/now-ill-always-know-what-day-it-is.html">back here</a>) was over 8-feet-long!<br /><br />Clearly, I was crazy back then.LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-79317081285419625662007-12-03T08:33:00.000-05:002007-12-03T08:46:39.297-05:00Bowie's in space*Yeah. So, the lack of posting? Well, I am engaged in a Super Secret Stealth Knitting Project (hereafter to be known as SSSKP). It is the <a href="http://www.cometosilver.com/patterns/palindrome.htm">Palindrome Scarf </a>and it is supposed to be done by Christmas for the hubby. And I am only working on it when he is not around.... so basically, I have less than two feet done and am starting to panic. I sorta want to shout at him, "Can't you go out with some friends? For about 6 hours every night? And give me a warning phonecall before you come home?" But he might catch on then. :-) And also? It is very hard to photograph SSSKP for the blog when hubby is hovering in the background.<br /><br />Since I have no good knitting content, I'll tell you what else I have been up to (besides stressing about the times I am not knitting because my hubby is IN THE HOUSE AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING OUT FOR THE EVENING. Ahem. Sorry.). First and foremost, I have been watching <a href="http://www.hbo.com/conchords/">Flight of the Conchords</a> on DVD and laughing my butt off. Seriously hi.lar.ious. I have temporarily put the Phantom Hourglass aside and am playing Pokemon Diamond again on my DS. Last night I caught a <a href="http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/pokedex/stunky">Stunky </a>and was thrilled. And.... hmmm.... wishing my hubby would spend a wild night out with the boys so I could work on the Palindrome? I'm not sure that really counts as a hobby though....<br /><br />*<em>You see, I have been watching too much Flight of the Conchords....</em>LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-55693703505923699242007-11-25T19:35:00.000-05:002007-11-25T19:46:23.936-05:00'Tis the seasonI'm back! Betcha didn't even notice I was gone, huh? Well, I wasn't gone so much as crazy busy with Thanksgiving. Hubby and I hosted this year, and I am happy (and relieved!) to say everything was delish and came off without any major disasters. Horray for us!<br /><br /><br />So, it is tradition in our household to put up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. We did yesterday and it looks great. Except.... I couldn't help noticing that there were no crocheted snowflake ornaments on it. Could it be? That last year, while I was <a href="http://yarnover2.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-hate-blocking.html">crocheting my fingers to the bone</a> so I could send snowflakes out in my Christmas cards, I neglected to make myself one? Apparently. What a flake I am (ha!). So I popped one out today while watching Simpsons reruns:<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4tdkVZyc7AjBrmASf7rDxSYbkLO-J-GAY6kIw-R4BAQRdq-_kdXd7GZcNANRjxnMxcZ6iVrI0DsJCR8j9Dhp390vPwiStiOI4sOn3rJIRaTayh64FlIadr_il4YY8ouWRmLMYQ/s1600-h/DSC00963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136943471121655186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4tdkVZyc7AjBrmASf7rDxSYbkLO-J-GAY6kIw-R4BAQRdq-_kdXd7GZcNANRjxnMxcZ6iVrI0DsJCR8j9Dhp390vPwiStiOI4sOn3rJIRaTayh64FlIadr_il4YY8ouWRmLMYQ/s320/DSC00963.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">It is Number 57 from Leisure Arts' 99 Snowflakes. And now I think my tree is complete. :-)</p>LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-77443501316432643312007-11-19T20:46:00.000-05:002007-11-19T20:55:55.871-05:00FO: FetchingsYup, I wove in the ends tonight. These babies are done:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY-kXZLIrTUhtwvJftu0poowYAySNxfjefbxVgOSvjJ97bWDuam8l7yb0UUyZ8c_8VYkWBAbO30Ojyb4YumOueMVG-_WRkJqM4ebmuMzMF6ytOx1GyqNi7k-nlt8hLyRDDb6abA/s1600-h/DSC00961.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134734986053150082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY-kXZLIrTUhtwvJftu0poowYAySNxfjefbxVgOSvjJ97bWDuam8l7yb0UUyZ8c_8VYkWBAbO30Ojyb4YumOueMVG-_WRkJqM4ebmuMzMF6ytOx1GyqNi7k-nlt8hLyRDDb6abA/s320/DSC00961.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>I actually would have finished a few days ago, except I goofed the picot bind off on the first Fetching. I didn't realize it until I was done, though, so after I finished the second one I ripped out the bad picot bind off and redid it the correct way. It didn't take long, but I was sorta dreading doing it and kept putting it off. The thing I did wrong on the picot bind off? Well... let's just say that when a pattern tells you to cast on one stitch using the cable cast on method, you should cast on one, not two. Two = an ugly nightmare.<br /><br />Besides the picot boo-boo, these were a breeze and I would highly recommend this pattern to anyone. Surf on over to Knitty and get it (I'm too lazy to add the link)!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-45017865694893117422007-11-12T15:24:00.000-05:002007-11-12T15:27:15.098-05:00Gettin’ my freak onWith a book! (Had you fooled, didn’t I?) Specifically, with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Revised-Expanded-Economist-Everything/dp/0061234001/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194898847&sr=8-1">Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything</a> by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Any book that can compare sumo wrestlers with teachers and find a legitimate connection is a winner, in my opinion. :-) Seriously, I am not sure how best to summarize this book, since it uses economics to explore “the hidden side” of.... well, everything except money and finance. Why did crime fall in the 90s? Why do drug dealers live with their moms? Do teachers cheat on standardized tests for their students? It doesn’t sound like economics and it doesn’t read like economics, either. I kept comparing it to talking with that slightly geeky friend we all have, who knows everything, but is gifted with the ability to use that knowledge to tell a whammy of a story. If you liked The Tipping Point, Blink, or Guns, Germs, and Steel, you know what I mean.<br /><br />On the Bookwormy Goodness Review Scale, where ***** is “go out and buy this book now, it is that good!” and * is “the most appalling awful book ever”, I give Freakonomics *****.LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-88734642703200299042007-11-06T10:20:00.001-05:002007-11-06T10:22:22.190-05:00Sock Knitting, Interrupted<div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16870297@N06/1879213078/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/1879213078_ba120191e6_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16870297@N06/1879213078/">Fetching the first</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/16870297@N06/">LinknKnits</a> </span></div>Yup, I have taken a break from the never-ending sock knitting to start on a bit of holiday knitting. Since, you know, Christmas is like 49 days away or something. [Insert panic attack here.] I had mentioned in a previous post that I would be knitting <a href="http://www.knitty.com/issuesummer06/PATTfetching.html">Fetching </a>for my mom. I started on Saturday afternoon, and as you can see, I have quite a bit done.<br /><br />This pic is actually out-of-date. I took it at about 6:00pm last night and by the end of the night I had bound off and added the thumb. I am using Pure Merino by Berroco on size 7 DPNs. The pattern? Lovely and easy and quick and I am completely in love with it. I couldn’t be happier with it as a choice for holiday knitting, as it is quick (did I already say that?) and looks SUPER! (Ok, I am really enthusiastic about them. But come on! Lovely and easy and quick!)<br /><br />Part of the reason I have nearly one whole mitt done, is that I watched two of the movies from my Top 100 quest over the last two days. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028333/">Swing Time</a> was perfect for knitting since the plot was just a vehicle to get from dance scene to dance scene. I got a LOT of knitting done during it. I couldn’t concentrate as much on my knitting during <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/">High Noon</a>, since there was a plot and all, but it was a short movie and I spent the rest of the evening finishing (nearly) Fetching Number One. I have to check my Netflix queue and make sure I have some light movies coming up so I can finish Fetching Number Two as quickly as I did One!<br clear="all">LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-37073471992923843982007-11-01T18:07:00.000-04:002007-11-01T18:23:41.515-04:00In which I discover...... that socks, feet, and socks and feet combined are very hard to photograph! I swear, my ankles are not that thick in real life. I think.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTWCDldieQLFv_TUqXuEFsGZMpMYLB4sZ_SbTOJcbJIsf4jwp0Qs-X9PDocLCWb-VIENS25-3p7RsakW3BcdDSzq6J1_Tanlpm9w-JxmQA5Nobc94TcFRCBDNgh6pt7c9U3fYzA/s1600-h/DSC00944.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128000354479268610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTWCDldieQLFv_TUqXuEFsGZMpMYLB4sZ_SbTOJcbJIsf4jwp0Qs-X9PDocLCWb-VIENS25-3p7RsakW3BcdDSzq6J1_Tanlpm9w-JxmQA5Nobc94TcFRCBDNgh6pt7c9U3fYzA/s320/DSC00944.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxMKHBjBSXcI-xRZQ7khSBkWBuCL9y6Qw_CuPRwTVeRsFbvIGrakSmffAXP2FoADlx8KXiLecJX5xaA6-AFzZBsW5pWvO8BAlBf6Anrz7EwdsaBvycDGogrsmqIYGZM3TK8Q1Zg/s1600-h/DSC00946.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128000367364170514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxMKHBjBSXcI-xRZQ7khSBkWBuCL9y6Qw_CuPRwTVeRsFbvIGrakSmffAXP2FoADlx8KXiLecJX5xaA6-AFzZBsW5pWvO8BAlBf6Anrz7EwdsaBvycDGogrsmqIYGZM3TK8Q1Zg/s320/DSC00946.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />I have also discovered that the sock is a wee bit tight. This is the first-time I have tried it on, and it makes me wish I had done so much earlier. I don't know. The heel and foot fit pretty well, it is the leg that is tight. If I cast on more for the second sock, I am afraid the rest won't fit. What do you all think? Except that maybe I really do have thick ankles....<br /><br />Discovery Number Three: I am not making much progress on my current read, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Private-Matter-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/B00081GZY6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-8948672-9132408?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193955324&sr=8-1">Lord John and the Private Matter</a>. I can't decide if this is because it is a mediocre story or because of the next thing I have discovered....<br /><br />I can easily play <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Phantom-Hourglass/dp/B000FRV2UK/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-8948672-9132408?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1193955377&sr=8-1">Phantom Hourglass</a> for an entire evening. And be resentful when I have to go to bed.<br /><br />And finally, I have discovered that I really don't want to put these guys away, even though Halloween has come and gone. They are too cute!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwg8qiHlUV3cGGiCXMs9lP_rqqlb0E-cCyANvJ1XQ39z4QiCArmxOdrUq3VS-Q301su7_ip0sQwabe9a5kEScPd0c4a8QwlZLERvotxHMKxNRCnxnE3lk9BODuNKrOisdKAIVjQ/s1600-h/DSC00947.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128000371659137826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwg8qiHlUV3cGGiCXMs9lP_rqqlb0E-cCyANvJ1XQ39z4QiCArmxOdrUq3VS-Q301su7_ip0sQwabe9a5kEScPd0c4a8QwlZLERvotxHMKxNRCnxnE3lk9BODuNKrOisdKAIVjQ/s320/DSC00947.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-80617412226889874782007-10-30T15:39:00.000-04:002007-10-30T15:49:16.256-04:00The black hole that is RavelryThis is a drive-by posting to say a) Ravelry is awesome (though you all new that, didn't you?) b) there is no new knitting content and c) this is mainly because of a. When I have a breakthrough on the new addiction (like, when I stop clicking on every possible project and calculating if and when I can make it), I'll have some new sock pictures.<br /><br />Maybe.<br /><br />(Also, we watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/">All the President's Men </a>last night as part of my <a href="http://yarnover2.blogspot.com/2007/10/movie-riffic.html">Top 100 movie quest</a>. I would place it on the So-So list, mainly because it had the most abrupt, disappointing ending ever, so it can't be on the Good list. Very entertaining up to then, though.)LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-7359725544046202012007-10-28T11:18:00.000-04:002007-10-28T13:23:31.568-04:00The sock it to me sock: updateProgress has been slow but steady. I have finished the body, heel flap, turn, and am now working on the gusset decrease:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8x_EzQWJ8SN_hDyAVATLUlsAiAKL2lqsfixW1rxgc-s6VfgIenB1LRAjConofqjvPBmMNyHCGa9QerNDWC7h6QsEVW09ifZhmpXYu4LykRCTiNYfmWRSRDXkRkRkr77kZcTZYUw/s1600-h/DSC00940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126409021851460338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8x_EzQWJ8SN_hDyAVATLUlsAiAKL2lqsfixW1rxgc-s6VfgIenB1LRAjConofqjvPBmMNyHCGa9QerNDWC7h6QsEVW09ifZhmpXYu4LykRCTiNYfmWRSRDXkRkRkr77kZcTZYUw/s320/DSC00940.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>I love the heel flap for this pattern. It features a slipped stitch and looks great. You probably can't see it in this photo (which is very bad and I couldn't get my photo program to rotate it, so the whole photo shoot was a bit of a bust), but I'll try to get a good pic of it on the finished sock.<br /><br />There isn't too much else to say about it at this point. I still love the pattern. I haven't had any disasters (knock on wood). I am actually going much faster than my first pair of socks. All in all, I am very happy with this sock so far. Let's hope it stays that way. :-)<br /><br /><em>ETA: I just got my Ravelry invite! I am LinknKnits (for my love of Zelda on the DS).... look me up!</em>LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-55131602247739416682007-10-22T14:32:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:37:09.414-04:00Movie-riffic!I recently joined Netflix for the first time ever (yes, I am about 8 years behind the times; what of it?). Let me just say, I am loving it. The “watch the movie any time you feel like it without pressure because those stupid late fees” part of it is the best. Now, not having really rented movies in about ten years, and having a husband who hates to go to the theater, would make you think that my queue is full of recent hits.<br /><br />Not true, though.<br /><br />I have decided to watch every movie on the American Film Institutes’ Top 100 List; consequently, my “to watch” list is full of classics. Why am I doing this? I’m not sure, really. I think it might be the thrill of hitting a goal (like these <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Know-All-Humble-Become-Smartest/dp/0743250621/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-6249761-0085214?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193077742&sr=1-2">two</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Julie-Julia-Recipes-Apartment-Kitchen/dp/031610969X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-6249761-0085214?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193077674&sr=8-2">books,</a> however artificial) or the fact that I have been really burnt out on current Hollywood fare for awhile (How many comic books can they make into movies? How many good books can be turned into mediocre movies? How boring and unoriginal can they be?).<br /><br />So from time to time, I might comment on some of the Top 100 movies that I have watched recently. Thus far we have:<br /><br /><strong>The Good</strong><br />The Philadelphia Story<br />All About Eve<br />The Apartment<br />Rear Window<br />Casablanca<br />The Searchers<br /><br /><strong>The Bad</strong><br />Duck Soup<br />Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<br />The Last Picture Show<br /><br /><strong>The So-So<br /></strong>Some Like It Hot<br />Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<br />Bringing Up Baby<br />It Happened One Night<br /><br />I have to say, it has been a thrill to actually see John Wayne in a movie (funny that I could recognize a John Wayne impersonation, w/o ever seeing him in a movie until The Searchers!). And who knew that Shirley MacLaine was a cutie before she was a nutter? (Watch The Apartment if you don’t believe me!) I highly recommend any of the movies on The Good list; they really do deserve “classic” status. (And in case you are wondering, I am just skipping around the list and watching them in whatever order I feel like.)<br /><br />Tonight, the hubby and I are off to the <a href="http://michtheater.org/">Michigan Theater </a>to see Spartacus. Which is on the list, of course!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-64251673616273521432007-10-17T18:24:00.001-04:002007-10-17T18:40:52.785-04:00Ribbed, but not for my pleasureAs I said in my last post, I did get a little vacation knitting done. Just a little. This is the cuff and three repeats of the Elongated Corded Rib sock pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks. (Can I just say, this book is awesome? Such a good idea! So many sock patterns, so easy to understand. Go buy it now. Seriously.)<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYPk4J7FwalBTfJpTpHdDSBYLyugGhJ2Bv0OGFNHmRbbMjuwYmCHWoee9pfgfIzZ60aiItAKQYYja0a1PdrYGcCwR8qImo9JDVfCu-teUk-GspTGfQaA6Tm2FDLI2vuxFoVqIwA/s1600-h/DSC00936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122437986780313442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYPk4J7FwalBTfJpTpHdDSBYLyugGhJ2Bv0OGFNHmRbbMjuwYmCHWoee9pfgfIzZ60aiItAKQYYja0a1PdrYGcCwR8qImo9JDVfCu-teUk-GspTGfQaA6Tm2FDLI2vuxFoVqIwA/s320/DSC00936.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>I know this isn't an insanely impressive amount of knitting. You know why? Me and ribbing do NOT get along. It takes me forever. And yet, for some reason, I choose to knit a pair of socks that are almost entirely ribbed. What was I thinking?<br /><br />I also bought a little yarn while in TC, too. Not sock yarn, but worsted weight superwash wool:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN01q8doilbG8skh68J14AQgLnqs9QyhzXOj1Yzs29P3UFKcTFdrhSJ-gj6gszvjL65A2w1nI3fu0nOL0M0iN2YXY2BisTSYnFQO3dcks8G3pYJKDXlyfebG6ET4iJChfwcx6Sw/s1600-h/DSC00939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122438012550117234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN01q8doilbG8skh68J14AQgLnqs9QyhzXOj1Yzs29P3UFKcTFdrhSJ-gj6gszvjL65A2w1nI3fu0nOL0M0iN2YXY2BisTSYnFQO3dcks8G3pYJKDXlyfebG6ET4iJChfwcx6Sw/s320/DSC00939.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Last year, I made my mom <a href="http://yarnover2.blogspot.com/2006/07/two-posts-in-one-day.html">these</a>. She loved them. Wore them every day, and kept calling to tell me how great they are. How useful and functional and wonderful... except for one thing. They are an alpaca wool mix and are most definitely NOT superwash. And as she delivers mail for a living (read: dirty paper) they got real filthy, real quick. So I am going to remedy the situation with a new indestructible pair (cue evil genius laughter).<br /><br />Between my slower-than-slow socks and the fingerless mitts, I should be pretty busy for while!LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-33919380130826424972007-10-15T11:12:00.000-04:002007-10-15T11:18:03.201-04:00Back to realityBut it will be easier after a week of vacation that looked like this:<br /><br /><em>Lighthouse on Old Mission Peninsula</em><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAjXgXxUBX-fiBYIKY75JV9-bKadeBmI7Ls0L1GsVDJoi8kBgBWZNPF4uqR35JBltg7OlVqpAx4lLkEdQlHqQvt7SK3AVwqoLTu3Y0LchyphenhyphennvGWTo6z_AwJs9iuT6-K5M-rhjuHQ/s1600-h/Old+Mission.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121582098582468434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAjXgXxUBX-fiBYIKY75JV9-bKadeBmI7Ls0L1GsVDJoi8kBgBWZNPF4uqR35JBltg7OlVqpAx4lLkEdQlHqQvt7SK3AVwqoLTu3Y0LchyphenhyphennvGWTo6z_AwJs9iuT6-K5M-rhjuHQ/s320/Old+Mission.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><em>Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Manitou Islands</em><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LUKwp_gcmYiH3LbrNStRsDRVEVqNr-xj9yRcwg2CQ35g4xRSc2_mOgufLwLlssziB9LwNQnQ6v2HVbLS3NAyWJ0Sf9Yi9CvHbEZfUmVGm7QPwd3S7HRA2XEZLr0f5KxTq6SMsg/s1600-h/Dunes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121582094287501106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LUKwp_gcmYiH3LbrNStRsDRVEVqNr-xj9yRcwg2CQ35g4xRSc2_mOgufLwLlssziB9LwNQnQ6v2HVbLS3NAyWJ0Sf9Yi9CvHbEZfUmVGm7QPwd3S7HRA2XEZLr0f5KxTq6SMsg/s320/Dunes.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><em>Me with vineyards and the bay</em><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCsrMq28RyzBj_fufswdtpSWDnZZLkVpTSGVny8GD0zvqZNXlhzsDokGQo-QeMY2nPTrkUlW7PCyGAsJE9PF5v0pC1nzVeWlIxEYnJlEnT8r1rHI_35s3zShujvt0d61kZhHPVQ/s1600-h/Jen+and+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121582094287501122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCsrMq28RyzBj_fufswdtpSWDnZZLkVpTSGVny8GD0zvqZNXlhzsDokGQo-QeMY2nPTrkUlW7PCyGAsJE9PF5v0pC1nzVeWlIxEYnJlEnT8r1rHI_35s3zShujvt0d61kZhHPVQ/s320/Jen+and+view.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Despite the lovely time, I did do some knitting and reading, so I'll post about some of that soon. Now, to plan next year's vacation....LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-12520783736347888962007-10-06T12:53:00.000-04:002007-10-06T12:57:17.418-04:00VacationJust a quickie to say that I won't be updating for the next week, as I will be on summer vacation (In October. I know. We are a bit behind!). We're going to Traverse City for the week and are looking forward to a week of cherries, hiking, vineyards, and autumn colors ~ even though it is 85 degrees and I am wearing shorts and a tank top right now. But I digress.<br /><br />I will be bringing my knitting with me, so I hope to have some good pictures when I get back. Until then....LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583471.post-91973802182618836022007-10-03T18:33:00.000-04:002007-10-03T18:37:05.884-04:00FO: Pebble Socks<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0KEOc8EClJKI0Sqi4KrRdeJxF0jS09Ht0n6nr95U_qHinU2qW960vC99grCo6ydey0xGG3yeD-1-w3k74Ff5T8lRlmSw3PPLUMhk-6rHw8O8eAkj_CfxKIupsU6hllL8bvhrUA/s1600-h/DSC00907.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117242867353515810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0KEOc8EClJKI0Sqi4KrRdeJxF0jS09Ht0n6nr95U_qHinU2qW960vC99grCo6ydey0xGG3yeD-1-w3k74Ff5T8lRlmSw3PPLUMhk-6rHw8O8eAkj_CfxKIupsU6hllL8bvhrUA/s320/DSC00907.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />Yarn: Knit Picks Felicia in Pebble. I used one ball and just a shade of a second ball.<br />Needles: Options size 2.0<br />Pattern: From <a href="http://www.knitty.com/issuespring05/FEATsocks101.html">Knitty</a><br /><br />Thoughts: Not bad for my first pair of socks (not counting my Fuzzy Feet from last summer, because felting hides all sins), but not great either. I viewed making these as a “just keep knitting”-type experience. So if I noticed mistakes, I didn’t frog but just tried to correct it. I knew that, especially for the first one, I would just keep frogging over and over and never get anything done if I let my perfectionist nature out. So there are some pretty obvious mistakes in the first; the second looks much better. (Hey, I do improve with practice. Encouraging!)<br /><br />Did I like making these? Heck yeah. So much so that I went and bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sensational-Knitted-Socks-Charlene-Schurch/dp/1564775704/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4909008-6834510?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191450747&sr=8-1">this</a>…LinknKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050951818198523626noreply@blogger.com3