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| Farewell |
| 04.25.05 (4:36 am) [edit] |
Well ladies and gentlemen, it's time to go. I've found a new home at BeanKnit-Daily Insanity.
It's been fun here at tblog(oh who am I KIDDING!), but my paid year is up(or is it, cause HELL, it's not like there's a WAY I can TELL, is there) and this management is non-responsive to problems posted in the forums, so I'm outta here. Please adjust your weblinks to my page accordingly. I'll soon be making a button for the new site..
See ya there!!
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| WIP pics |
| 04.21.05 (5:30 am) [edit] |
Ooops.. hit enter too soon.
Anyway! Check out the stitch pattern on Belle.
She's about 1/3 of the way done now. I don't get to her much on the commute and one reason is that she sheds a little so when I start knitting people are all looking as if they're going to start sneezing if a little hair touches them. So.. I keep her mostly home. And with good cause...
This is where I am now on a testdrive of the Mohair Diamonds scarf from this book:
This is the book I got from the library a few weeks ago. Nothing but scarves, which of course isn't exactly going to do me any good any time soon. But I can adapt this pattern by making bigger squares and making an afghan instead. A great way to use up the acrylic madness I have amassed over the last two years.
This pattern test got me back to using acrylic. While I never said I don't like it, I DO have a preference for natural fibers. I guess I'm spoiled that way.
What I'd also like to know is.. what's the difference between the modular technique used in this scarf and Entrelac? Hmmmm The first person to answer this correctly wins a brand new car!(just kidding :lol:)
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| F$ck you too! |
| 04.16.05 (11:14 am) [edit] |
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To the ass-maggot rent-a-cop who thought he was gonna try and get me fired... Nice try. Next time you might want to try CATCHING me in a bad mood instead of trying to PUT me in one. You're nothing but a boil on the ass of society. You'll get yours.
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| More? Wow! :) |
| 04.15.05 (1:27 pm) [edit] |
Belle Epoque is turning into a lulling, soother of a pattern. I know it backwards and frontwards. That is, until I get to the armpits. I try to knit on it every chance I get. Which, sadly isn't often. I'm beginning to think Belle won't be ready til Spring 2006. I could stand to lose another 50 lbs so that's ok.
It's time to up the ante and add some quick-knits to the WIP list. Which by the way I'm going to be adding to the site soon. Somehow.
Guess what!? My Secret pal apparently has an extra box for me! Wow. THANGQ :D I don't know what to say!! But I will take a guess on who she is! Seven? It's you isn't it? :D WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE
I can tell it's you because of your way of 'speaking'. I've never heard your voice, but I can 'hear' it in my head whenever I read what you've written. You maybe don't know this, but you've sort of taken on a motherly-mentor-knitter role for me and that's how I know it's you. Your (online) personality is reflected in your choice of gifts.. I appreciate everything you've sent me, they all have a use and purpose in my life, knitting and otherwise.
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| Funny but cool |
| 04.10.05 (4:31 pm) [edit] |
Try your word here
Thanx to CooknKnit for the link! :D
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| N.T. |
| 04.09.05 (10:32 pm) [edit] |
Yo! Have you seen the latest issue of knitty? If not go check it out! I've already 'added' a few of the items to my to-knit-list. I'm a little disappointed in the sizing of some of the tops/sweaters, but that's ok. There's nothing we can do to make designers think about us bigger people. F 'em. One day I'll design my own stuff. So Nyah :P.
Yo! WTF is up with these stores that won't let you charge anything less than 10 or 15 dollars??? They need to reread their merchant agreements with Visa and Mastercard, because they're NOT allowed to impose a minimum purchase requirement on users of those cards!! F them too, I'll take my business elsewhere.
I'm still reeling over how dismally small(read: lousy) the knitting book collection at my central library was. I found two fairly decent books at my local branch, though. "Knit Scarves! by Carol Jensen, and HotKnits by Melissa Leapman caught my eye, so I picked them up.
No, Sherry, I haven't gotten any messages from you. All I see is that you're no longer updating your site.
and No Michelle, I don't want boobs and hips. They get on my nerves. I don't have an hourglass shape. I'm shaped like a fat letter I. :lol:
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| Oh wow, where've I been? |
| 04.08.05 (10:51 pm) [edit] |
Reading, that's where. I steamrolled through books 6 and 7 of the Stephanie Plum series within a week and I'm about half way through 8. Belle Epoque is suffering for that. So I've made a decision that I can NOT gratify myself with the pleasures of Janet Evanovich books(or anybody else's) until I'm ready to do the sleeves on Belle. That's it.
It's pathetic, I'm trying to come up with some mottos based on things I've read in the books. Like:
"Zap 'em, Lula!" :lol:
"What a pip!"(I haven't heard that word used since Gladys Knight" :lol:
It's to the point I'm already formulating actor suggestions for the regular characters. And what's worse, it seems others have come up with the SAME ideas, as I've seen on the author's website!!
In other knitting news:
I've been seeing a LOT of people finishing off Mariah. I'm SO tempted to put that on my To-knit-list, but then I got a look at the cabling chart and almost fainted. I KNOW, it's not that hard, blah blah, but the sizing is a bit close and I don't want to wring my sanity(or what's left of it) dry trying to work the pattern for it to not fit. Yes, I'm on a downward-weight trend, but that's proving to only be the case for my waistline. My hips and boobs aren't budging(DAMMIT :evil:). So I'm still wondering what to do with those twenty hanks of Lana D'oro tweed I snagged from WEBS last week.
It doesn't help that I just got a WEBS email detailing their Anniversary Sale. Geesh it seems like it's their anniversary every 3 months or something. :lol: I can't keep buying yarn like that. It's so tempting and it's driving me CRAZY!!
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| Why me? |
| 04.03.05 (11:58 pm) [edit] |
Ah Dear Secret. I have sad news. If you sent me an envelope the other day, it is lost. Hubby says he got it from the mail on Friday and promptly lost it. He insists it was not an April Fool's joke. With him, I'm never sure :lol: But seriously :(. I didn't even get to see what was IN the thing :evil:.
Don't worry about Knitpicks yarn, the damage has already been done :lol: Including a last-minute item for MY secret recipient. I've got to go out with a bang!
I'm bummed. Why are men so damned CLUMSY!? grrr....
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| Well, That was fun! |
| 04.03.05 (3:06 pm) [edit] |
I met Karen again today! We met at the library and sat, chatted and knitted for a while. Sadly, the library had CRAP for knitting books. Really disappointing indeed.
I worked on my green sock a bit but then I wasn't really feeling it anymore. I'm just gonna do the toe and sign off on her. I pulled out Belle Epoque and we chatted as I worked on her. Karen was working on a second Clapotis, this time in Helen's Lace. She has it doubled and I didn't even realize how thin the yarn is until she told me it was doubled. That's some tiny yarn!!
She gave me the Summer 2004 issue of Interweave Knits!! :D WEEEEEEEEEEEEE but I forgot to bring the one she lent me a few months back so I could give it to her. Oops. That just gives me another reason to meet up with her again, teehee. She put me on to Knitpicks too. ENABLER :lol: But I really do want to check them out for dyeable yarns.
I had alot of fun today! I can't wait til it really warms up more! :D
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| BANG ZOOM! |
| 03.31.05 (10:10 pm) [edit] |
Hubby and I were on our way out the door to do some spring shopping for the kids(and us, too :lol:) when the mailman almost knocked on hubby's head: He had a package for me!! And guess what is was? :D
BAM! I don't know which way to run first? Janet Evanovich or Julia Alvarez?
Check out the little cotton notion bag: Hand-made by my Secret Pal herself! And look inside:
she wrote out "March 2005 S.P." :D Also inside were some iron-on labels I can put inside my handmade creations!; and something I didn't realize existed: a row counter designed to hang on the needles! I've seen those red and blue little spool-shaped jobs that you stick on straights but this one had a little rod in the middle and on one end is a hole you can put on the needle like you would a stitch marker. I definitely can use this, and it will really help me keep track when doing decreases where it says ".. for so-and-so many rows...".
Do you know what Slack-Key guitar is? Me either :lol: But my Secret Pal sent me a CD of some Hawaiian slack-key guitar music, and I intend to find out. I like listening to music from different culures and I've always wanted to see Hawaii so I guess this is the next best thing, huh?
ThangQ Secret Pal, you just keep outdoing yourself!
P.S. I like the little 'doll blanket'. If held up just the right way, it sorta looks like an outline of the 48 lower states! :lol: My girls don't really 'play' with dolls, I'll use it to decorate the top of my computer chair instead!
In other weird news: I don't know how I did it, but I've lost some sort of weight since I started working again. While shopping I stopped in the GAP(of ALL places), and spied a pretty lacy skirt. Now I KNOW I can't wear their womens clothing(I can barely fit into their biggest mens jeans and this was 8-10 years ago that I tried!), and yet, something told me to try on the skirt. It's a size 16, and last I knew I was wearing a 22. Well strangely enough, the skirt fits!!! that's three sizes down! For good measure I went into Old Navy(the GAP's womens jeans don't go nearly as high as that skirt did) and tried on an 18 and I could barely get them buttoned... hmmm.
There was a time I could wear Old Navy 20s--stretch jeans only!-- about 3 years ago. Weird... Was the skirt just a mis-sizing fluke?(These are new skirts, not on the clearance rack or anything). Or actually if I think it about it it's probably just the fact that the item is a skirt. I have this problem of having to wear jeans a size bigger for my waist than I really need them because of my thighs. I guess I'm so USED to wearing bigger stuff that just a few pounds off confuses me. I'd been wearing a size 26 jeans JUST for the thighs when I decided to shop for some new jeans and found myself buying size 19-20(and these stretch), just a few weeks ago. I don't know whether to rejoice or freak out!
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| Thanks and Appologies |
| 03.28.05 (8:11 pm) [edit] |
First off, I'd like to thank those well-wishers concerned for my lost 'Kersti-London Beanie'. But as is the way of things in this world, I'll more than likely not see it ever again. That's ok. Gives me a reason to make another. If it's in the trash heap I hope it provides some warmth to some poor seagull's future nest. If some lucky bastige is wearing it, I hope they get as much pleasure from it as I have(P.S. I have cooties). :lol: :lol:
Second, I'd like to appologize to my readers. I lied to all of you. I said I wasn't going to buy any more yarn except for whatever I buy for my Secret Pal. But I couldn't resist the WEBS sale that I just got wind of via email and snatched up 2 bags of Cascade Lana D'Oro Tweed yarn in a nice natural color that I can farkle with and dye a bazzillion different ways. Shameless, I know. I hope I get it quick too. I'm about to clear out some stash(and lookit me filling it RIGHT back up again :lol:).
I didn't get to work on Belle Epoque much today, on account it was raining and on days like that I just don't feel like hauling projects out on the bus. When I got home I got busy doing mom/wife things and didn't give my project sack a second glance.
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| HAPPY EASTER! |
| 03.27.05 (11:18 am) [edit] |
I'm not one to actually celebrate Easter(at least not since I was a child), but I decided today the kids and I would color some eggs(yeah I'm late, so what?) and decorate some baskets. I think the overall theme of destruction and revival is in order, seeing as my 8-year-old lost a tooth the other day. Where does the time go! Which reminds me I have to keep track of which teeth are coming out before she looses a permanent one and I'm still thinking it's a baby tooth. I must get them in to the dentist. Bad Mommy.
Belle Epoque is coming along swimmingly, but I've still got a long way to go yet. And I've delved into another set of Janet Evanovich books, But this one, "Full Speed" while in its own way a good book, it doesn't carry the "balls" the Stephanie Plum series does. There aren't enough regular characters like in the latter books. I'll just have to wait until I get the rest.
ETA:
I'm sorry Altricial! I hit a wrong link and accidentally deleted this post and your comment with it.. Oopps.. :oops:
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| Go Me! Go Me! |
| 03.23.05 (3:03 am) [edit] |
Yes, here's a pic of where I am with Belle Epoque. I'm about 4 inches in.
I had a few issues with the Crocus Bud pattern but I finally got it down. I'm guessing blocking is in order for this sweater because the edge is curling up at me. Maybe there should have been a row of ribbing all around? Nah.
Let me tell you, mohair is HARD to ball up. I was just a-rollin away with my ball winder the other day and all of a sudden the ball of mohair just goes flying off the winder! Talk about 'WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E' :lol: halfway across my bedroom. It did it again with the second ball, which was actually the rest of the one I was winding. That 4 inches you see is all of one ball! The Lane Cervinia Softer goes a long way!
In other knitting news I REALLY need to do something with that green sock. AND I have to block the sleeves of CPRRL. I know I've been neglecting her :(. And Big Sack. Gee, all these old projects as yet unfinished. Shame on me, but starting new projects is just so much FUN! :D
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| I found it! |
| 03.19.05 (3:32 pm) [edit] |
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:D Not too long after I went looking for my lost size 6 circ needle I found it. I'd been mistaking it for the size 7. duh. So I managed to(in the middle of the night, at that!) cast on for Belle Epoque and join in the round without TWISTING!! :) But for some reason the stitch pattern doesn't look as pretty as the pictures... :( I'll take pics when I've got more done and can lay it out better. Mohair flying everywhere :lol:
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| Bummed |
| 03.18.05 (5:10 pm) [edit] |
Yeah I'm bummed. This second sock is taking longer than I thought. and I can't find the right needle for Belle Epoque. I just had the blasted thing, and now it's disappeared. Oh and I finished book number 5 in the Stephanie Plum series, by Janet Evanovich. So now I've got nothing good to read. Though I'm a tried and true Koontz and Grisham fan, lately I have been too deep in the bounty-hunter-mystery genre to even pick up those other books. For shame, I haven't even picked up a knitting book! I guess I'll get book number 1 tomorrow.
Off to sleep :wink:
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| No Title... |
| 03.16.05 (2:06 pm) [edit] |
I read the comments to my last post and my Secret Pal was right: There's no indication of how many stitches to cast on. But, all I have to do is measure their calf/ankle and use that combined with the stitch gauge to come up with a cast-on figure. It's THAT simple. I've made up my mind and I'm going to start Belle Epoque first. The yarn colors I've chosen for Charlotte's Web Shawl are not exactly spring-like. So I can wait til late Spring to start it so it'll be ready for fall.
I know, bad Bean, no pics lately. My digicam is acting up something terrible. Someone must have knocked it on the floor or dropped it when I wasn't looking cause I can't get it to take a decent picture anymore, even put in new batteries and still blah. I could buy another but I don't want to hear hubby kvetching about it.
Try this: 2 big soupspoon dollops of plain yogurt, half a can of frozen OJ(or any variety thereof), 4 chopped up strawberries and 2 ice cubes. And you've got SMOOTHIE RAMA! I didn't follow a recipe this time. I just went with what felt good and what I had on hand(ok, so I went out and BOUGHT the OJ.. and the Yogurt :lol:). If you've ever seen that bottled smoothie commercial where the blender is looking forlornly out the window, I'll say this: My blender is getting a workout! What a great way to get fruits!!
Ugh, Why is it so damn hard to get your hair done these days. I went to a few salons today to see about getting my hair cut and colored. NOBODY wanted to unless I was willing to relax it first. F%CK them! I don't HAVE to change my hair to get a color. They just don't want to put their hands in my nappy hair. F 'em! I'll take my business elsewhere. I don't have a thing against people who relax their hair, I just won't because it just makes my hair fall out.
I had my gallbladder u/s today. Basically no news til the doc has read the images. I guess that'll be another week of waiting, wondering why I hurt if there's 'nothing wrong with' me.
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| I know who my Secret Pal is!!! |
| 03.13.05 (8:57 pm) [edit] |
It's the Energizer Bunny. 'Cause she just keeps going and going and going... Less than a week after I received two more books in the Stephanie Plum novel series by Janet Evanovich(I'm almost done with book 4, I had to stop reading it on the bus though; I keep busting out laughing and people look at me like 'WTF?') :lol:, I got in the mail, a Sock It To Me sock conversion guide!! I can't believe my luck! Now it'll be THAT much easier to figure out how big the kids' socks need to be when I make them. I'm not much for following sock patterns unless they have intricate designs(like lace and/or cables) so I don't really use one with plain sock yarns or self-striping ones. Which is why until now I only made socks for me. So this gadget comes in VERY handy. It has womens, mens and even infants/children sizes!! I'm nuts trying to figure out who's going to get a pair first (wringing hands, and smiling madly :twisted:).
ThangQ Secret Pal, You're outstanding!!! :D
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| YoYo the Circus Pretzel |
| 03.11.05 (10:39 am) [edit] |
My 20 month-old has inspired me to give her a unique nickname. I'm sure NO ONE has a nickname like hers. Lately, although she doesn't really talk, her favorite phrase seems to be 'Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!'. Besides that, you should see her when she's sleeping; she's a top-rate contortionist, a la Cirque du Soleil. Which is where the 'circus pretzel' part comes in. And there you have her, YoYo the Circus Pretzel! Now I see why my belly hurt so much when I was in my last two months of pregnancy with her.
YoYo has taken a liking to my Clapotis... and it has since disappeared. Don't ask... just..don't ask. My second green sock should be finished in time for St. Patty's Day, although it's more a forest green than a shamrock green(Is there such a thing?). You get the picture.
Secret Pal, if you're reading: I've received the two books you sent me. I tried holding off until I'd read book 1 before starting number 4 but I couldn't resist. So far, so good!
Mental Note to self: Next time, peel the bananas for smoothies BEFORE you freeze them. Picture me standing there trying to slice the frozen peels off while holding the thing with ONE finger :lol: <-----------dumbass But they're oh so good! Is it possible to smoothie oneself to death? >
I've really been lagging in the claying department. I even got a new rolling storage bin for my claying supplies so they can stay in my bedroom until I need them(instead of under the kitchen table) and I haven't even moved them in. Tsk. I don't even spend that much time knitting like I used to. But, I like the money I earn cause then I can get more yarn and claying supplies(shame on me :D)
TAFN,
signing off!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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| Yummy!! |
| 03.06.05 (7:04 am) [edit] |
I just had the coolest smoothie.. It's the Pineapple Delight Smoothie from AllRecipes. I was cruising through Bed, Bath and Beyond when I spied this badboy  and I had to have it. I'd been wanting a food processor too so this combines both of the items in one product. And lucky me, I got a RED one :D
So I made the smoothie and the kids and I polished it off. Well, JV didn't really like it but that's ok. The thing I like about AllRecipes is that I can tailor the recipe to meet a certain number of servings instead of just following the recipe and having a ton of leftovers.
Speaking of cool links: Check out my links to the ---------------------- Yeah, those. I've added a few new ones, take a look-see!
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| Catch up! |
| 03.06.05 (4:34 am) [edit] |
I know, I know. I've been slacking. I have no excuse for it. Just been ultra LAZY. Haven't been knitting much either except to work the heel on the second green sock. And I'm planning out adding the sleeves to CPRRL. Then before I can do anything else I MUST finish those Pop-Top mittens I promised my friend and then work up the courage to reknit the bad sleeve of Big Sack before I can sew it on.
After that... THEN I can mess with Belle Epoque and/or Charlotte. I supposed I should do Charlotte first, the Koigu's been sitting in the bin calling to me ever since I bought it. Then, once it's balled up and ready to knit, I can put the newer yarns(that are still in the bags I bought them with) into the stash bin. Talk about recycling yarn.
Guess what my Secret Pal sent us!!
It's a cute little game. I can't get my head around the instructions just yet, which probably means the 4 year old will be able to figure it out faster! :lol: Be on the lookout Secret Pal for a special Thank You!!
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| What the? |
| 03.02.05 (2:08 am) [edit] |
Secret Pal, if you're out there I just want you to know that I'm ok. Been busy and working and going through some crap at home but I'm ok. I believe you said you were sending something to the kids and if it came from Hearthsong, please be advised that the local Pain(I mean Post) office is not responding to my requests to redeliver the package! The lazy-assed carrier didn't even bring it, just slipped the delivery notice in my box and went on about his business. I set redelivery for the 1st which was when I'd be home again and it didn't come. So now I have to haul asterisk tomorrow to get it from them myself before they send it back.
That's all for now, folks :)
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| Woooooooooooooooooo! |
| 02.24.05 (1:50 pm) [edit] |
Is this the Shiznit, or is this the SHIZNIT!
I got this puppy fast!! check out the personalization!! LadyBean, The Knittin' Mama! Wooooooo This badboy is way cool(omg I sound like a teenager!). The Ipod does the coolest thing: if your headphones come out of the jack(for some reason I'm always having this problem) your music STOPS!! So you don't miss the rest of your song, digging in your (purse,pocket,whatever) trying to put them back in the hole.
I've got to go digging in the stash to get the cotton yarn and some funfur to hold with it so I can make the cozy. A new-to-knitting friend of mine reminded me there's a cell-phone cozy in Stitch N Bitch, so I'll check that out before I do any major swatching.
I was at the ENT office today awaiting a date for the SugarBoogers to get her tympanic grommets. (ear tubes). While I was there the receptionist called me, and I went over to her window, green sock in hand. She said, "Whoa, that's a sock? Is that hard? I want to make socks..." I replied, "It's easy, I learned from online and books!" "Could you make me some?" "Sure, for $25!".... It was hilarious.. By the time I sat back down a few more people were staring and asking me similar questions. And to think, I was late for my appointment(and didn't even KNOW!) :lol:
Oh, remember the paisley 'waist-pack' knitting bag my lovely Secret Pal sent me? Everyone I see asks me about that too! And it's so convenient! I've been using it almost since the day it arrived! I don't wear it around my waist though, I don't have hips like other women and if I tighten it enough to stay around my waist it makes my jacket ride up and I look like Urkel or something :)
Hmmmm:
I am 40% Asshole/Bitch. I may think I am an asshole or a bitch, but the truth is I am a good person at heart. Yeah sure, I can have a mean streak in me, but most of the people I meet like me.
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| Q&A |
| 02.23.05 (4:19 am) [edit] |
Time to answer some questions!
Yes, Secret Pal I just received your postcard yesterday. No, the kids aren't torturing their pets. They don't really touch them that much as it is. I'm sure they understand now that they will be punished if they mess with the bird cage again. They don't touch the hamster either. She's cranky. :lol:
Yes, Michelle, I'm still working. My poor feet are being tortured but I've been to the foot doctor and although he didn't have much to say he did point me in the right direction for some help. More than likely I'll have to have fitted arches made for my shoes or even special shoes. Which means a trip to the orthopedist(why the HELL didn't my doctor just send me there FIRST? IDJIT!)... ugh...
Here's more clarification on the SSK/K2tog tbl issue:
Upon executing the SSK, you'll notice that the two slipped stitches retain their normal orientation, but the NEWLY made stitch is the one that becomes 'twisted. In the K2tog tbl, the two stitches being knit together are the 'twisted' stitches, but the NEWLY made stitch is in the normal position. Weird huh? I was practicing these and started to realize there was more to what made them different than just how they're done.
Clothesknit: ThangQ for the link to the buttonhole bag. I've seen that pattern before. In fact, I've seen that blog before too! At least ONE skein of my stash will become one of those bags! :D
In other knitting news, I still haven't attached the sleeves to CPRRL yet, but I'm almost done with the first green sock. I'm also going to be starting an Ipod Cozy. Yeah. I finally gave in and got one of those joints. But the cases are expensive and plain. I want something with a little "ME" to it. Hubby kept saying he wanted one and he wouldn't shut up about it so now I've ordered one. :P And he'd better not touch it either... always swiping and then LOSING my stuff :evil:
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Off to work!
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| You won't believe this.... |
| 02.21.05 (10:57 pm) [edit] |
Some of you may remember me making comments about how SSK and K2tog tbl are the same thing, just in different methods. Well, boy was I wrong!. While perusing Folk Socks, by Nancy Bush, I came across some basic knitting instructions which discussed decreasing techniques. I don't know what made me read that particular section, as I consider myself a rather seasoned knitter(Ok, so I've been speed marinated, sue me). But once I'd read the instructions I realized there IS a difference between the SSK and K2tog tbl.
You see(forgive my cheesy explanation but I'll give it my best shot!), with SSK, you are slipping the stitches as if to KNIT which means you keep the stitch orientation normal as if knitting regularly, and THEN you would excecute the movements which are identical to K2tog tbl. Whereas, with a K2tog tbl, you are essentially knitting them them TWISTED, which DOES change the stitch orientation, from frontward, to 'twisted'.
I had NO idea there was a difference because I'd been(gasp) slipping the stitches as if to PURL when I first 'learned' to SSK. So all along, it looked as though both techniques resulted in twisted stitches, when in fact, only the K2tog tbl "twists" the stitches. Oops. (knitting instruction disclaimer: do NOT attempt to understand this unless you know how to knit; I am not responsible for any brain scrambling that results from trying to understand any of what I just wrote).
So,I've been SSK-ing the PROPER way ever since and though I had to look at the result to really understand how different SSK looks from K2tog tbl, I now can see the distinction.
In other knitting news:
Knit something green!!
I put the Green-along button on my blog a while ago and never actually knit anything new that was green except for that potholder I made out of left over dyed wool. So here:
is a sock I'm knitting myself from some dark green Kroy sock yarn. I'd originally intended to knit the kids some socks with this yarn because their school uniforms are green. But after my first attempt at knitting the kids socks I decided I'd wait til I could afford the Sock Wizard program before attempting to knit a sock smaller than my feet again. I still haven't ordered it, but I will soon.
And here's another foray in to the Awwwww Zone:
That's my hubby(again--wow he's been a recurring theme lately!) holding our son when he was but a few days old. Sadly I think I've lost all my just-born pics of the littlest one, as I had them on my hard drive and didn't get around to burning them to disk before my drive went errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... crsh... So. There.
Altogether now... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! :lol:
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| 02.17.05 (9:03 am) [edit] |
The second sleeve of CPRRL is done! YES!. I'm going to go out on a limb and set it for blocking tonight after the runions go to sleep. In the meantime I'm going to start my Fuzzy Feet. I'm using the Lamb's Pride Bulky I got the other day. Yes, I know. The pattern calls for worsted weight. Oops. I'm certainly not going to plunk down more money for more yarn(OMG did I just SAY THAT?!), when I can easily adapt the pattern to fit the bigger yarn. After all the slippers are really just a BIG ass sock, felted down to size, right? Right.
I finished the second Janet Evanovich book, and I'm in withdrawals already :)). :oops:
That's all for right now :))
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
edit to add:
BAM! What a haul! I got a notice from the Post Office about a package I'd missed yesterday. Thought it was something hubby ordered from ebay but I had to go out so I figured I'd get it myself. And what do you think it was? DING DING DING! You got it! My Secret Pal came through again!
Oh you got me SP, you really did. I opened the packet of 'rattlesnake eggs' and about fell out :)) ThangQ for the laugh! I let out a whoop and Hubby said, "What the hell?!" I had to hurry up and put it back together so I could scare him with it too! I'm writing down a list of people I wanna 'get' with that :lol:
Then there's: 3, not one, not two, but THREE skeins of Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky!! :D *squints her eyes and giggles* eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I have no idea what I'll do with it. But some felting seems in order!! Then again maybe not, because my Pal also sent me:
a bulky yarn slipper pattern(not felted), so maybe I'll use it for those. Also She sent me a printout of some really funny signs as seen on the highways and biways of our country! Totally hilarious! I was just about to go get some more needles for weaving in ends; but now I don't have to because I also received 3 wool needles, with wide eyes for threading thick yarns! I get so frustrated with trying to thread big needles that still have regular-sized eyes.
If you look closely you'll see a green wire. It's a sample of the kind of wire I'd need for making blocking forms. I'm not sure what my Pal meant about this as I don't really use forms, but I'm sure it'll come in handy.
And Ooh OOH. See the small plastic bag with the Tofu in it? That's Tofu and Ghirardelli(YES!) chocolate morsels for making FUDGE, complete with a fudge recipe to make !! I just need to get my blender back from my friend and I'm gonna go fudge myself! :lol:
I'm not done yet, though, as my pal also send me some more pocket-sized goodies. In that brown paisley print bag(which is a small-project bag I can wear AROUND MY WAIST!! complete with little areas for dpn's and circs), I also found a Gauge Wizard ruler, and collector's Pyrite(fool's gold), Amethyst, and Geode crystal rocks!! I don't want to break the Geode like it says to.. Or should I? :twisted:
I'm still tickled with the 'rattlesnake eggs'... should I try them on my daughter? :twisted: nah. I'll be a nice mommy tonight! :lol:
Wooooooo ThangQ my Secret Pal, you're the best!! I'm REALLY starting to wonder who you are!
And check THIS out:
This is one of the Fuzzy Feet, pre felting. I don't know about this one. I sure hope it comes out right. I'm gonna go against common sense here and felt this first, to see if it'll be usable afterwards. I've found other knitters who've used the Bulky yarn for this pattern instead of the worsted it called for. So I really shouldn't have any problems.
We'll see.
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