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Flying Cheese!
12.28.04 (10:20 am)   [edit]
No, this is not your junior highschool-type food fight I'm talkin about, ehehe. CPRRL is coming along rather speedily, despite the madness that was the puffy hearts. I've already finished the front part(you do this sweater in the round, until the armholes, where from there you do the front and back seperately, in a back-and-forth manner), and am working on the back portion.. After I join those two together, then it's on to the sleeves.

Christmas here was rather uneventful. All plans to visit family were shot through due to sick kids(who are now, of course, healthy again). So home we stayed enjoying them and their gifts(gee, don't adults get anything anymore?), I got some knitting done, and got to think about what I'm going to knit NEXT year!!

I've got that cute little 'Knitting Pattern-a-Day' Calendar for 2005. So far I've read January and October(my birthday month), and I like what I see. Too bad I can't possibly knit EVERYTHING in there in ONE day. But it's a start. I'm excused from a few things as they wouldn't fit me(hell, with CPRRL I've had enough of altering patterns for the next 10 years!), so that leaves the scarves, hats, mittens and kid stuff. :D
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS
12.25.04 (4:34 am)   [edit]
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE JINGLE MERRY HAPPY!!!
 
Here's MY sign...
12.24.04 (5:22 pm)   [edit]
Omg I don't believe this. What was I THINKING. I just saw a picture of someone's Cheesylove sweater and get this.. They didn't do ribbing at all!! And it looks really nice that way too!! Why didn't I think of that. Here I am worried about decreasing with the 2x2 ribbing instead of using the original 2x1, and I didn't have to use ANY ribbing.. Here's my sign!



This is where I'm at now. Just two more rows of the pattern and then it's back the purple part. I've really learned to just go with my instincts when it comes to following patterns. After careful thought I realized I could have used Lamb's Pride worsted for the pink hearts. This yarn is wool/alpaca and just fuzzy enough to give a mohair-like appearance to them.
 
Mohair is NOT what I thought it was...
12.23.04 (10:56 am)   [edit]
Ok it is MADE of what I thought it was.. rabbit hair. BUT. Ugh. So I've reached the part where you do the fair isle hearts on CPRRL. Now when I first bought the yarns for it, I didn't really read through the pattern, and as a result I didn't know I'd need to double the yarn.

The Patons Divine is a pretty big ball, so I wasn't worried about not having enough, and I just went ahead with it. But the yarn is too thick when it's doubled. Yuck. So I had to frog back a few rows so I could undo the mohair and start over with a single strand. Well, that sucks too! It's not such much as thick anymore, but it's WAY too fuzzy.

Now, to be fair, I checked out the makeup of the original yarn and decided that Divine would be a good substitute. But seeing as I didn't realize the yarn would be doubled I'm guessing that original yarn was actually NOT a worsted/chunky weight yarn but more like fingering or sport weight. Adding in the fuzziness of the yarn I could see doubling a fingering weight yarn for this. I originally planned on just using pink Patons classic wool for the hearts.. But I wanted to use the fibers called for so it would at least look more like the original. Bad idea.

There is a positive in all this. I've picked up the habit of 'throwing' the yarn again. I had to in order to make using two colors easier to work with. I was getting tired of dropping one yarn to pick up the other and then getting them tangled again. I just wish this was working out the way I wanted. I'm knot going to frog it again. I'll keep on and just think of it as my 'Re-intro to fair isle and throwing' sweater.


This $hit ain't funny!

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More things about me..
12.23.04 (6:26 am)   [edit]
( ) You have not done (*) You’ve done

(*) Been drunk
(*) Kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) Kissed a member of the same sex..
( ) Crashed a friends car
( ) Been to Japan
(*) Ridden in a taxi
(*) Been in love
(*) Been dumped
(*) Shoplifted
(*) Been fired
(*) Been in a fist fight
( ) Snuck out of my parents house
(*) Had a crush on someone of the same sex
( ) Dated someone of the same sex
(*) Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back
( ) Been arrested
( ) Made out with a stranger
( ) Made a booty call
(*) Been a booty call
(*) Stole something from my job
(*) Celebrated New Years in Times Square
( ) Gone on a blind date
(*) Lied to a friend
(*) Have a friend lie to me
(*) Had a crush on a teacher
( ) Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans
( ) Been to Europe
(*) Skipped school
(*) Slept with a co-worker
(*) Cut myself
(*) Been married
( ) Gotten divorced
(*) Had children
( ) Seen someone die (a car accident...they passed us going about 75 on a sand road)
( ) Been to Africa
( ) Had a crush on one of my Tblog friends
(*) Slapped someone I love
( ) Driven over 400 miles to attend a show/festival/fetish ball
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(*) Been on a plane
( ) Thrown up in a bar
(*) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been snowboarding
(*) Met someone in person from the internet
( ) Been moshing at concerts
(*) Been in an abusive relationship (mental/emotional)
(*) Been pregnant or got someone pregnant
( ) Lost a child
( ) Graduated college
(*) Tried killing yourself
(*) Taken painkillers
(*) Had sex
( ) Intentionally burned yourself
(*) Wished someone dead
( ) Wished someone dead right now
(*) Admitted to a big mistake
(*) Been misunderstood
(*) Told someone I hated them when I didn’t
( ) Told someone I loved them when I didn’t
(*) Love or miss someone right now
 
ROFL
12.20.04 (1:18 pm)   [edit]













Sorry, I couldn't resist :lol:
 
Progress...
12.19.04 (6:55 am)   [edit]
I've got about 4 inches left of CPRRL before I get to do the fair isle hearts. I've got some finagling to do first: the stitch count is at 252 originally but I upped it to 264 for sizing and to make the numbers even for the 2x2 ribbing I chose to do instead of the 2x1. So I've got to reduce down 12 stitches so I don't get caught ass-out with the hearts. Then I guess I could leave it that way cause that would also do a little empire waist-like shaping. I like that instead of the lower waist shaping there was. I've got more rolls than a bakery.



Nothing else on the needles right now. I'm still trying to decide if I want to dye yarn for another London Beanie or use something already made. I've been up to my eyeballs in laundry, trying to clear out stuff nobody wears mixed in with stuff we DO wear.. so I haven't gotten around to felting my other potholder.. It's ok. The one I already made is working nicely. Brightens up the kitchen a bit too!
 
Beanie Beanie Beanie!!
12.15.04 (4:09 pm)   [edit]



There she is!! She's not done yet. Still a few more rows before I close it up.

This is me wearing my beanie. Don't mind the expression on my face. Just as I snapped the pic, a dwarf came in and wrapped herself around my legs. Took me by surprise.

I'll try and get a better picture later. I had to roll the ribbing up because when I made the hat I had hair.. Now, I don't!
 
Mystery Beanie...
12.14.04 (4:19 am)   [edit]
I've cast on for the London Beanie again, this time for myself. I would like to point out for anyone who might be interested in making one:

I didn't really check guage on the original project. I just took the needles called for and followed the pattern. Based on the info surrounding the pattern one would believe the hat originally made would fit a teenage boy. Someone whose head is probably NOT much smaller than an adult head.

The hats *I* made fit 4 and 7 year old children. So. Please!! check guage. I know, I should have known better but I just wanted to jump into this pattern. So for ME, 72 stitches cast-on is a bit too small for my head. (the hat I first gave to hubby wasn't too narrow, just too short!). I therefore added 8 stitches to the cast on, making it 80, and that would change the ribbing to 2x2 instead of 2x1.

So, if you make London Beanie after checking for guage and it does fit an adult, ok. If you decide you want to make it for someone smaller like my kids, then perhaps taking away 8 or 16 stitches will work. The ribbing would be determined by whether the resulting number is divisible by 2 or 3.

Pics later!! :D
 
Voila!!
12.13.04 (12:23 pm)   [edit]


Not much to say.. This one is going to DD. She loves it! DS is getting the one for hubby, as it fits him better. Hubby went and bought a Miami Dolphins beanie anyway(I love you anyway, Frank).

Next up. Me! Hmm What colors...?

Don't tell me, I already know!
 
Humble beginnings
12.12.04 (5:23 am)   [edit]
This is the start of yet another London Beanie:



Not sure what color the stripes will be but I'm thinkin PINK!

Gosh this pattern is so simple I can't believe I've been without it this long! ThangQ Mark? for simplifying this for all of us knitters!

I think I've gone mad. I fully intend to knit an array of these puppies in various colors. It'd be a great way to use my vast acrylic stash. I might be nutty enough to go round the city doling them out to the homeless. I'm sure they'd like something to help keep their heads warm.
 
Cheerio!
12.11.04 (3:21 pm)   [edit]
Or whatever Brits say when they're happy! I've just finished London Beanie



for hubby. I like the way it looks on him, but he doesn't, so he didn't wanna have his picture taken in it. Gee you'd think I'd have more FO's with people IN them huh? He's gonna wear it anyway, or wear my foot in his *whistle*.


I like this pattern so much, and it's so fast and easy, I'll make them for some other man in my life!(don't tell hubby I said that--it's my brother anyhow).

Still going with CPRRL, nothing much to say about it. I've done another potholder; just waiting for the washer to be free again(ahhh laundry, how I hate thee). And then it's on to some Xmas Socks!! Or something like that. Hell, they'll be green and red, ain't that enough?
 
100 things about me..
12.09.04 (3:13 pm)   [edit]
Yep, it's about that time :)

1)I like people.
2)I DON'T like the stupid, mindless things they do(this means mostly you, Frank).
3)I have 8 kids.
4)Only 3 of them are human.
5)I love soda.
6)I drink WAY too much of it.
7)I drink Strawberry NesQuik milk with lots of ice for a change from the soda.
8)I have a brother who served in the Army at Desert Storm.
9)I am very proud of him.
10)I got a visit from him in October, and I miss him very much.
11)I enjoy cleaning glass(tv screens, mirrors, computer monitors).
12)I don't like cleaning anything else.
13)Number 12, does NOT include my own body, of course.
14)I've been married almost 9 years to Frank.
15)I love him so much sometimes I just wanna kill him.
16)I'm afraid of going to jail so I won't.
17)I love to knit.
18)Which is another reason I don't want to go to jail, cause then I won't be able to.
19)I hate noisy toys.
20)My kids hate that about me.
21)I have a crazy brother-in-law who ENJOYS buying them the freakin NOISY Toys.
22)I like all types of music.
23)Except country and metal.
24)I used to sing opera and classical works in high school.
25)I was good at it.
26)I miss it tremendously.
27)I am fat.
28)I've been heavy all my life.
29)I have a crush on a man who has absolutely NO value to me other than I think he's really HOT.
30)There is no earthly way I'll ever get within 2 feet of him.
31)My hubby hates him.
32)I have asthma.
33)I've had asthma since I was 10.
34)I've had 3 surgeries in my life, 2 of which brought life into the world. :)
35)I have had 3 piercings; nose, tongue, and eyebrow.
36)I miss them, I felt pretty and exotic.
37)I have a tattoo on my left arm, LadyBean.
38)Frank doesn't know it yet, but some of the tax refund money is going to a tatt on my RIGHT arm too. :lol:
39)He says he wants one too, but he's probably just chicken.
40)I'm starting to run out of things to put here.
41)Do they ALL have to affect me only?
42)I once majored in Photography.
42)I also majored in Business Administration at one time too.
43)Hell I majored in EVERYTHING for 2 years.
44)I originally wanted to be an opera singer.
45)Then when I started college I changed my mind and wanted to go into Veterinary Medicine.
46)I didn't.
47)I miss my mother, who died of Breast Cancer 12 years ago this October.
48)A cancer scare was the reason for the 3rd surgery.
49)I am the younger of two children.
50)There were days I wished there was a younger one behind me.
51)But considering I was 19 when my mom died, I'm glad there wasn't.
52)I've spent most of my working years at Au Bon Pain.
53)I might be going BACK there.
54)I love the food.
55)I got my husband into that stuff on one of our last few dates as an unmarried couple.
56)I've never worked while pregnant, and if I found myself pregnant I always managed to lose the job.
57)That situation gives me the impression I have bad luck.
58)My left side is out of whack from falling down steps and spraining my left ankle twice.
59)I've been clumsy all my life too.
60)Still going with these things; wow I'm good!
61)I don't wear jewelry often because I can never keep track of it, jewelry boxes are useless to me.
62)I am a packrat.
63)I am married to one, too.
64)I need a pedicure.
65)I don't need a manicure, as it'll just get messed up with all the stuff I do with my hands.
66)Like typing.
67)And knitting.
68)and working with polymer clay.
69)I secretly wish I could work in a yarn store.
70)I wish I could own a business, but I'm afraid to fail.
71)I love shrimp.
72)Hell, I love FOOD.
73)Even liver.
74)Except okra.
75)I never did like the stuff; too slimy.
76)I like dyeing yarn.
77)I don't think I could live without DSL or some other high-speed net connection.
78)I prefer warm weather.
79)I don't like snow or rain.
80)I got my driver's license at 21.
81)My first car was an '87 Nissan Stanza.
82)"Naomi" and I went alot of places together and had much fun.
83)I had to sell her :( because I couldn't afford to insure her and save up for my first child.
84)I've been to Venezuela.
85)It was on a 7-day cruise to the Caribbean.
86)I had a ball even though I was seasick most of the time.
87)I want to go on one again, just me and hubby.
88)Last time I went I was alone.
89)I have bottles of nail polish I keep meaning to use to polish my toenails, but never get around to it.
90)I don't usually wear makeup.
91)When I do, I like M.A.C.
92)I don't like bush.
93)So I keep it shaved. :lol:
94)I had you going there huh?
95)I DON'T like THAT Bush either.
96)I have a huge stash of yarn.
97)The bins it's in would stand taller than me.
98)I haven't bought any stitch markers since I learned to make my own.
99)I need a backrub.
100)I'd bet everything I own that when Frank comes in the door tonight, he won't want to give me one, but will instead complain that HE needs one, and what have I done all day?

There you go! :D
 
@#$$@#%^*()
12.06.04 (7:21 am)   [edit]
Got Damn knitting! Q#W$#@%#$ Big Sack you @#Q$$@%^()*#....

No wonder I'm having trouble sewing the left sleeve on. For some ungodly reason there's no partial bindoff to delineate the raglan from the rest of the sleeve. And this sleeve is shorter than the other. Or maybe that sleeve is longer than this one. I don't $^#$% know. All I know is, I'm gonna have to reknit this #%##@$$% sleeve.

So far, Farrow Rib scarf is turning out to be a disaster too. It's killing my hands doubling it on 11s. Either that or it's the needle I'm using. Denise. I know if I don't double the yarn it'll take me a month to finish and well.. It's for Xmas so... Fark it. I'll have to come up with something else for hubby... Who by the way, came home yesterday with THESE:




Ugh, just what I need. 4 more mouths to feed and listen to all day. Granted, they haven't said much since they got here, but give them time and I'll be wanting to let them fly away home!! So now, not only do I have a big-ass bag of hamster kibble in my freezer, I also have a big-ass bag of Bird seed in there too!!! At least he didn't come home with a dog...
 
She shops...she scores!!
12.04.04 (8:39 pm)   [edit]
Well, sort of. I did get to hit the Smiley's Hotel Sale. But I was on limited funds and could only dream of splurging. They had all sorts of chintzy designer wools and alpaca and mohair... And the standard acrylic fare as well. I got to pick up and fondle some nice stuff, but in the end I walked out with a single bag(5 balls) of black Patons Classic wool.

I will use it doubled to make hubby's Farrow Rib scarf(gee I hope he doesn't read this.. it's supposed to be a surprise :lol:)and if I can squeeze any extra out of what's left( I think I have some left over from the Striped Raglan!) I can make a matching beanie cap!! I know he'd love that..

ETA:

I found this site and have decided to participate. It's a Green-along where we knit something green. I've just finished up the pop top mittens(see previous post) and I used the rest of the yarn to make a felted potholder(I'm beginning to think, one of MANY to come!!) which is here, in its pre-felted state:




And this is the potholder AFTER the wash:


If you look carefully at the before pic you can see I tested the Farrow Rib pattern on it. Of course, felting basically demolishes any stitch patterns you use, but in the FO I can still detect a hint of the fabric.

Cool, huh?

So you know, now I've found someone with a fascination for orange and green. My favorite color is red. Hmm... maybe I should start a Red-along!! :wink:
 
Just knitting along...
12.02.04 (1:48 pm)   [edit]
I just want to thank everyone who's been visiting and commenting on my blog.. I really appreciate it. It feels good to know people are interested in what I write. I haven't been working on any new projects since I finished the mittens. Wanna get more of CPRRL done before I decide what I want to do next. I've been claying alot lately and have more pens waiting in the wings..

I got a bit of CPPRL done because I had to sit in the ER with JV this morning. Luckily he's ok and we're back home. I even got compliments about my 'pretty sweater' :D

I've learned of a ribbing technique called 'Farrow Rib'. You K2,p1 across a cast-on of a multiple of 3. It creates a " column of Knit sts, a column of purls, and a column of moss st." See here for a pattern.


ETA:

Michelle of The Orange Yarn, Please(see link at right) asks:
"oooh, I like the farrow rib look. I'd never heard of it before. are you going to make a scarf using it for your next project? that'd be pretty with some of your hand-dyed stuff!"

Oops, I could have sworn I posted about that. I guess I wind up thinking one thing and then typing another!:lol:
So, Yes, I was planning on knitting hubby a scarf in that ribbing. I've got some of the Big Sack yarn left over. I absolutely MUST sew it all together and add the turtleneck(gasp) so I can see how much I'll actually have left. Then I can dye it a nice deep purple/gray color(ahh, grape KoolAid, you DO serve a purpose) which should be 'manly' enough to suit him, and he'll actually USE it. teehee
 
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