tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61617002081079395752024-02-19T07:52:05.869-08:00Lucy in the SkyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-49066451261806592642013-02-08T21:17:00.001-08:002013-02-14T09:42:15.553-08:00SometimesSometimes it's awesome to make something for someone. I suppose it's always awesome. But then sometimes you mail them their hat and they rip open the package you sent them enthusiastically while texting you to say thanks. And in those times it's when you KNOW you're hand made gift wasn't a waste of time. <br />
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And then sometimes they <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/rockstarlogan/status/300055687281655808">tweet</a> about it. <br />
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But this morning, still dazed and half asleep I grabbed my February yarn (socks that rock lightweight in foofaraw) and my February pattern (Kaylee by Gigi Silva) and sat down, rationalizing that I'd only knit the toe and then go back to the WIPs. <br />
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Well obviously that didn't happen. Poor Aynsley will be waiting forever for her socks. Though I did knit a fair bit on those this last week. I'm well into the leg of sock #1.<br />
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Maybe I'll only work on the "me" socks on weekends. If the yarn doesn't keep insisting otherwise. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVMXDV4UNPlikTWBS-us5kRm8x_HVY1A8GORRisys4jeM65ZHxgcRqc-r8a8ckKChgaehwI2GWZDn6dZ2GTlYEoM6f1xfHMNRQ5GTCwW-gBOE80TY7mPiWltf_y5EgAMkh4su6tfFGCg/s640/blogger-image--1107359290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVMXDV4UNPlikTWBS-us5kRm8x_HVY1A8GORRisys4jeM65ZHxgcRqc-r8a8ckKChgaehwI2GWZDn6dZ2GTlYEoM6f1xfHMNRQ5GTCwW-gBOE80TY7mPiWltf_y5EgAMkh4su6tfFGCg/s640/blogger-image--1107359290.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMkwK6JJlOfa8jUSUQiEcmvB3oZ9xDmog2NzYEwvnzQW2vQrZbAnVpzEe3_42mfTnKX7482q6Bz_xFOIoTvjunnlqV-1WpkscT9y-WxrgXvRF8Sn6GFM-6TG5H-2CLRf-Q8W3JtuTPpE/s640/blogger-image--1007614117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMkwK6JJlOfa8jUSUQiEcmvB3oZ9xDmog2NzYEwvnzQW2vQrZbAnVpzEe3_42mfTnKX7482q6Bz_xFOIoTvjunnlqV-1WpkscT9y-WxrgXvRF8Sn6GFM-6TG5H-2CLRf-Q8W3JtuTPpE/s640/blogger-image--1007614117.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-35163504038699091462013-01-20T10:48:00.001-08:002013-01-27T16:51:20.259-08:00New YearLets see since I last blogged what has happened....<br />
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In no necessary order: I got a job as a temp. Transitioned from temp to full-tie employee (yay!). Celebrated the holidays (if not the way I would have wanted but whatever). I've had visitors. I've explored. There's a lot things that happened. A lot of fun. A little bit of bad, but it's all working out.<br />
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I will say I'm definitely happy to have a full time job now. It feels a lot better than being a temp.<br />
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Here's a few photos for what I've been up to in the past 4-5 months...<br />
(These are in no real order, truthfully)<br />
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Knitting-wise (since that's supposed to be the point of my blog) I've been semi-busy. Mostly knitting socks. I've got a sock bug right now and don't really want to knit on anything else. It's not a bad bug to have though. Look at my pretty sock drawer!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also got a Romi shawl on the needles, that I need to devote more time to. I just keep preferring to knit my socks instead.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zvvALcXG6QvANlHliZbm4vAC8Jd6xb4ysxwdS8PjIf67dhWGR2L3v08k3G14sI0rSFcaF1FTONLTdgXMKXM4HCJBmZHM6kLs0fO9AN0GDO_ODiNTu9rwCVDRpig_NqJ525UafopzW-I/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zvvALcXG6QvANlHliZbm4vAC8Jd6xb4ysxwdS8PjIf67dhWGR2L3v08k3G14sI0rSFcaF1FTONLTdgXMKXM4HCJBmZHM6kLs0fO9AN0GDO_ODiNTu9rwCVDRpig_NqJ525UafopzW-I/s400/IMG_2482.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/zephyr-cove">Zephyr Cove</a><br />
yarn is cosmic fibers lyra in two DEXTER colors<br />
The link will take you to my Ravelry project page</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a stressful bit of December where I decided to dive into the malabrigo stash and make myself a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cairn">Cairn</a> set. Which I think turned out lovely. I'm planning on making myself a scarf with the remaining hollyhock that I have (~2.5 skeins).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images4.ravelrycache.com/uploads/lucy-inthesky/135244151/yarma_medium2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://images4.ravelrycache.com/uploads/lucy-inthesky/135244151/yarma_medium2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also put myself into a "self-imposed sock club" this year. I love sock clubs, but right now, I literally have no money to spend on them. I also have quite a large stash of sock yarns that I need to get using. So I sat down on New Years Eve, paired some yarns with some patterns and wrote it down. I also printed any patterns that needed printing and balled all of the yarns. So hopefully, they'll make for a quick grab of projects.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdpEHRCjvI5jzHejlQLFluCp-ekP-JxOJih2rEulSEzQ9OPAFnU9AXsnrMVbSeLhoJHUCzn9tR1-DDMxEJPgb_8n-9lZiCRYOH18UjzUaLQt-W8wFfWXbisMl4Aj3LF5-Y6y6O5-KvBM/s1600/IMG_2756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdpEHRCjvI5jzHejlQLFluCp-ekP-JxOJih2rEulSEzQ9OPAFnU9AXsnrMVbSeLhoJHUCzn9tR1-DDMxEJPgb_8n-9lZiCRYOH18UjzUaLQt-W8wFfWXbisMl4Aj3LF5-Y6y6O5-KvBM/s400/IMG_2756.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self-Imposed Sock Club yarns</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far, so good. My january socks are done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoPicjybSH9AfUAImnez7BZzT30XtgdnYz8zMHmJsQ_GWoq2YlsOuqgiVte9w0e-Cx16M6tUkd9zhnMmczrdVMTAJ0IkiP-oUs9JZd4hA56yAOKMzpPbBI8qTdQ3APNkmfwrSPvCOAbc/s1600/IMG_2848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoPicjybSH9AfUAImnez7BZzT30XtgdnYz8zMHmJsQ_GWoq2YlsOuqgiVte9w0e-Cx16M6tUkd9zhnMmczrdVMTAJ0IkiP-oUs9JZd4hA56yAOKMzpPbBI8qTdQ3APNkmfwrSPvCOAbc/s320/IMG_2848.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Until February rolls around I'm going to try and work on my WIPs. (Zephyr Cove and socks for Aynsley.) ... I really just want to start my next pair of socks though.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-41255339060909160602012-09-20T19:57:00.001-07:002012-09-20T20:31:28.823-07:00HolyHell! (a post FINALLY)I have not blogged in FOREVER!<br />
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So what's new?<br />
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Well I've moved. I left the city that I grew up in and decided to move to my favorite city (that I've been to) with Mauricio and Rocky since Mauricio has a good job out here.<br />
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It's been pretty awesome. We have a pretty good apartment and we've been enjoying our lives here. I definitely miss Sara & Ellie & my mom & my dad & my brothers, but other than that it's awesome. Well, we had a weekend with 100+ temperatures and that kinda sucked, but I stayed inside and saw a movie instead of dealing with that mess.<br />
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I had put off blogging because I actually wanted to get pictures of the apartment so everyone could see how much space I gave up in the move, but I'm not really happy with the lack of decorating and the fact that every time I turn around there's a mess, so I'm just not going to do that. Unless I get it put into order the way I want it. :)<br />
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But! Here are a few picture of the more put together areas:<br />
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(has been rearranged slightly)</td></tr>
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The Bathroom</div>
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And these shots are just for bragging purposes. We're up on a hill and when we take Rocky out there's a decent view of Mission Bay. We can even watch the Sea World fireworks from out here at nighttime. I love that I live so close to the beaches and the ocean!<br />
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We've had a few adventures since moving, but mostly we've enjoyed a lot of eating and trying new beers. I have a bunch of pictures of beers because I was sending Luke pictures every time I had a beer or saw the ocean. There's a fair amount of ocean pictures too. ;)</div>
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Here's some of my favorite pictures I snapped on my phone:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver Strand Beach</td></tr>
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SO! Here's every knitting project I've finished since I've moved:<br />
(Links will take you to my Ravelry Project pages for notes, yarn info, etc.)<br />
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I finally found my sock mojo. I hadn't knit a single pair of socks in over a year. Then I knit 5 in 3 months!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/ishbel-2">Ishbel</a> - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/island-time-shawl">Island Time Shawl</a></div>
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<li>This ishbel got sent away in a swap. I miss it a little bit. It turned out so lovely. I do really love this pattern, like most other Ysolda patterns.</li>
<li>Island Time was super fun to knit while I "lived" in a hotel on Coronado Island. I died the gradience yarn myself too! So I'm super happy with how that came out!</li>
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/summer-solstice-mystery-shawl-kal-2012">Summer Solstice Mystery Shawl</a> - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/luna-moth-shawl">Luna Moth Shawl</a></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">I wish my mystery shawl had come out larger. I didn't do any extra repeats because I was worried about running out of yarn, but really I probably could have done some extra on it.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Luna Moth was a bday gift for Ronni</li>
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/earth--sky">Earth & Sky</a> - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/carson">Carson</a></div>
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<li>Carson is the first pattern for Romi's 7 Small Shawls Year 3. I decided to knit these as they come out using my stashed yarns because I've got a really large stash. I loved Carson as a pattern. I'd probably even knit it again. There's a KAL now with a patten to make Carson into an afghan/blanket. I think I'm going to attempt that with some stashed yarns too.</li>
<li>I had some modifications with the Carson shawl to try and eat up as much yarn as possible. Essentially I added 16 additional rows to the garter stitch section and then did the shorter lace edging, and BO in my MC instead of the CC. For more info with the yarn weights as I went and my gauge check out the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/carson"> Ravelry project page</a>.</li>
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/irish-coffee">Irish Coffee Sweater</a></div>
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(finally put the sleeves on this WIP)</div>
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I've had a lot of free time since I'm still job hunting, so I don't expect to continue to knit so much after I have a job. Hopefully I'll have a job soon. I'm starting to get a little stir crazy!</div>
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I also did some dying while I was moved in and here are the fruits of that adventure:</div>
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This was one of the major reasons that I wanted to start dying my own yarn and I am BEYOND thrilled that I got the color spot on! (Aren't I so lucky to have Tiffany & Co. boxes to do a comparison?)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is 250 grams of DK weight that reminds me of mermaids.<br />
I want to find a nice large-ish DK shawl pattern for it</td></tr>
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These 3 yarns went to Ronni as part of her bday gift with the Luna Moth shawl</div>
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In other news we had a pretty serious scare with Rocky on Sunday night, and I ended up at the emergency vet hospital with my little baby. :( We had though he may have had a seizure but the emergency room vet said that it didn't seem to be a seizure and that he actually probably had a fainting spell due to a heart arrhythmia and that we needed to take him to a vet for an EKG and blood work. So a few phone calls and a couple of days later we find out he had to go to a specialist for those things so we made him and appt with a dog cardiologist. At that office we found out it's not heart disease, but the little guy apparently has a clot inside his heart and the vet thinks that part of it was dispelled Sunday night and that could have caused the fainting and the slight weaknesses he seems to be exhibiting on the left side. We got medication for the clots and the vets are supposed to call us and tell us if we should have more tests and what not done. So we still don't know what caused the clot in the first place. He is acting much better and I'm not nearly as scared about his health as I was, but I still wish that he was 100%. Also I wish that I could get it sorted so we could quit spending so much $$$$$$ on vet visits and tests and drugs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocky's fondeness for HOOMANs doesn't extend to vets.<br />
He hid under the chair when the vet was in the room.</td></tr>
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My fingers are crossed that it all works out! He really does seem to have improved so much.<br />
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Here is what Rocky has been up to the past 3 months in San Diego. (Basically he's just super cute and I want to show him off.)</div>
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I'll be updating in a bajillion places about Rocky and his little pug heart.<br />
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I've also got a job interview tomorrow so wish me luck!<br />
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Rocky didn't exactly appreciate the lack of attention he got during the knitting of the shawl, but he doesn't appreciate anything less than 110% of my attention focused on him, so that was to be expected. </div>
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I actually ran out of yarn during the last chart and used some leftover Malabrigo sock to finish the shawl. The pink was a good match, so that worked out perfectly.</div>
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I used US7/4.5mm needles, and did 12 repeats total of chart #2, and repeated the last 4 rows of chart 3 an additional time. The shawl, with the added Malabrigo took ~502 yards total of yarn.</div>
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I used both beaded charts (the simple and the complex options) and also used three different colors of beads to add to the gradient effect of the yarn.<br />
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<li>Repeats 1-2 of chart 2 had no beads</li>
<li>Repeats 3-6 of chart 2 had gold beads and used the simple beaded chart</li>
<li>Repeat 7 of chart 2 had topaz beads with pink lining and used the simple beaded chart</li>
<li>Repeats 8-10 of chart 2 had topaz beads with pink lining & used the COMPLEX beaded chart</li>
<li>Repeats 11-12 of chart 2 had pink and used the COMPLEX beaded chart</li>
<li>Chart 3 used pink beads, and the complex beaded chart. Rows 11-14 of chart 3 were repeated.</li>
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The only thing I wish that I had done better is my bind off. I bound off with larger needles, and used a stretchy bind off, but my bind off is still <b>really</b> tight. I must have been stressed/distracted/hurried/etc when I did my bind off. My points at the border are pretty much non-existent, but that's okay the end result is still so beautiful.<br />
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My end result is a shawl that measures 27" down the spine with a 63" wingspan<br />
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I have been obsessed with gradient yarns, so I used <a href="http://thebluebrick.ca/2012/02/20/the-kool-aid-experiment-dying-a-gradient/">this tutorial</a> and tried my hand at making a purpley gradient first.<br />
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My first step was to take the briggs & little sport weight that I had and make 10 mini-skeins that were 11-13 grams each. (The original skein was 113gr.)<br />
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I had the yarn on my swift and pulled amounts of it out while I used my scale to weight them. It took a lot longer than I expected to get through this step.<br />
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Then I got my big pot on the stove and started adding the kool-aid. I started off with 2 blues (I think it was the Ice Berry Raspberry Lemonade or whatever they're trying to pretend is that blue in nature) and 1 grape. (As a side I hate the smell of artificial grape, and I'm glad my yarn didn't come out smelling like it.) Once it was heated up (it was described in a different tutorial I read as "when the mix starts steaming") I added my 10 skeins of yarn.<br />
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I pulled out a skein using tongs every 5 minutes. I used my iPhone timer. I don't have an egg timer and the one on the stove would take to long to reset. iPhones are not water-proof though, I learned this from a different experiment so keep the phone out of the way!<br />
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After I took out my 2nd or 3rd skein, I realized that I needed more kool-aid and added more 2 grape/purple and 1 blue to the pot.<br />
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After the 4th skein, came out of the dye pot I decided to add 1 packet of black cherry along with one more of the grape to the dye pot to get a reddish purple at the other end of the spectrum. I also took a spoonful of the mixture with the red and sprinkled it on skein #4 to make sure that skein 4 would flow into skein 5 without trouble. Skeins 9 & 10 sat in dye with an addition black cherry added to them.<br />
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I cut open a wire danger from the dry cleaners and strung my mini skeins up to dry outside. (Until it got really windy and they were moved to the bathroom to dry.)<br />
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When I was finished with that experiment, I decided to try and make another gradient yarn, with fingering weight, without breaking the yarn, and using a different method. I was inspired by this <a href="http://crafty-desires.blogspot.com/2008/09/gradient-dyeing-done-my-way.html">tutorial/blog</a> to try this method. Unfortunately, my impatience and hastiness resulted in my first 22grams breaking off because of a knot. Then, later when I wound it the final 19 grams broke off because of a knot as well.</div>
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My base yarn this time was Knitpicks bare fingering weight yarn.</div>
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Since my first 22 grams, had broken off, I dyed these first while I separated the rest of the skeins for dying. Before starting the rest of the skein I soaked 2 or 3 yards of one end of the yellow in the peach mango dye bath.</div>
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My yellow ended up being a tangled mess from hell. I spent almost the entirety of a hockey game untangling the mess. There aren't any pictures of that.</div>
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The yellow was first soaked in 2 packets of lemonade and then the end was soaked with peach mango at the same time the portion of the intact skein.</div>
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With the larger skein each portioned off piece went into a different dye bath.</div>
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<li>1st was 2 packets of peach mango</li>
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<li>3rd was 2 packets of pink lemonade, with pinches of orange added until it became an orangey-pink</li>
<li>4th was 2 packets of pink lemonade, with pinches of strawberry added to make a really bold pink</li>
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As one portion came out of the dye bath, I used different little tupperwares and moved them to keep all of the ends attached.</div>
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After the large skein was done, I rinsed it and took it outside to start to dry. I was super happy with how the colors all came out. I really didn't test the kool-aid colors before I went ahead and died... Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but it worked out. I figured if it wasn't a perfect gradient I'd have fun yarn to knit with anyways.<br />
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When my yellow was finally untangled I decided it was yellow enough and decided to soak it in 2 more packets of the lemonade, but this time I added a tent tiny pinch of orange to it's dye bath. The resulting yellow was much more vibrant than the first time around.<br />
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I hung the yellow up with the rest of the larger skein to dry.<br />
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The following day I got to wind the skein into balls, where as previously mentioned the pink bit broke off after some knots. I'm not a master at getting knots out of yarn.<br />
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I'm planning on knitting both of these yarns into shawls but I haven't decided which patterns to use yet. I'm on a crazy strict budget right now so I'm limited to FREE or already purchased patterns. </div>
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For the fingering weight I've narrowed it down to (all links go to the Ravelry page):</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/luna-moth-shawl">Luna Moth</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spring-thaw-shawl">Spring Thaw </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/budding-shawlette">Budding Shawlette</a> (currently the winning choice)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/celaeno">Celaeno</a></li>
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For the sport weight I've looked at"</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/autumn-leaf-shawl">Autumn Leaf Shawl</a></li>
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I'm undecided on either yarn/shawl combo though. I'm anxious to knit a gradient shawl though!</div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-67249897745085186852012-04-22T14:44:00.000-07:002012-04-22T14:47:57.369-07:00Recent Finished ProjectsIt's been a long while since I last blogged, so here's a photo bombing of things that I've recently finished.<br />
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Madtosh Vintage in Port<br />
(modified to not have a gusseted thumb)</td></tr>
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Madtosh Vintage in Port</td></tr>
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I made those two for my "One More Disney Day" trip with Gwen which was a lot of fun. We even had people come up to us and ask about our hats while we ate dinner.</div>
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That was a super fun, super exhausting trip. We left home at 1am and went straight to Disneyland. We entered the park at 6am, which was awesome. We died at about 1am though and went to the hotel to sleep.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modified Shalom Cardigan<br />
Madtosh DK Lepidoptera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nesaia" style="color: black;">Nesaia</a> beret/hat<br />Lambs Pride Worsted in Kiwi</span></span></td></tr>
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Malabrigo Worsted in Cactus Flower<br />
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Malabrigo Worsted in Tiger Lily</td></tr>
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Cosmic Fibers Lyra in Joker</td></tr>
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And that's what I've finished in the last 2 months or so.<br />
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I read several of people's comments about the pattern and their sweaters turning out too small, so I knit 1 size up than what I usually would knit (and lets not lie... I have put some weight on from the holidays) so it fits perfectly. I knit the body to be a bit long, but I happen to like my shirts to extend below my waist, although it did lengthen even further after I blocked it a bit. I am beyond happy with it though. It was perfect therapy and I'm perfectly happy with it.<br />
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I had Mauricio take my photo. In his words the sweater makes me look like a bird because it flows and because of the color... Which is better than the "sparkly like a vampire" comment I received on my last scarf.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Now it's time to move onto my next project, but I've yet to decide on what exactly that will be. I'm wanting a new scarf, but I'm also horribly tempted to make another sweater. ... OR I could alway finish one of the millions of WIPs I have.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVk5ue9cxFssgKMGyyDNQdrtzGWxOWYcZzibd1xn8QB9mt0TqKUzKmnV-2QKm1vkvD7uDPzkcTpzBeM5iX_qawgmLNeE79wU76-iKuFoQkkN1kTrxCBDxiu7mj1mNJhnbqcmG-sjnrqY/s1600/6740812737_168860d7b1_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><br />
</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-77691963904862620202012-01-15T17:18:00.000-08:002012-01-15T17:21:04.353-08:00A long time coming ...I'm finally sitting down to write a blog post. I had been busy and not blogging, then I struggled to come up with a way to write a post after the holidays.<br />
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On Christmas day my family lost Nana. Nana was my grandmother, for those not in the know. She was very important to me and such a large influence on my life. It's hard to talk to about her or even think about her right now without tearing up. I miss her so very much. She was just such an amazing woman. There is so much I could say about her and yet whenever I try to start I stall and I choke on my words.<br />
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So basically I've been a quiet hermit and leaving myself alone to my own thoughts and limiting my interactions with the human world. I really detest the "fake sympathy" and the "I'm sorrys" and the "It'll get easier" crap that goes along with telling people about loss so I've avoided it. I know all of those things, and they really don't make me feel any better. So let's just skip all of that, okay?<br />
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I'm planning on creating a small garden in pots in back yard as sort of a memorial to her. I've got to do some purchasing and some thinking as to where everything will go and then I'll get going on that...<br />
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In my knitting progress I have finished a TON of hats. Most of which were gifts or for swaps or were given away. See the hats below. There are still more hats that I made too...<br />
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</div>Before Christmas and in the earlier days of December, I was busy. I attended the Hannukah festivals/shows for Ellie's preschool and Sara's school. Both were cute. I actually surprised Sara. She didn't think anyone was going to be able to go to her show. I also had a rather painful procedure done on my foot to remove plantar warts. (It's gross. AND it hurts like HELL.) I probably got so many hats done by being mostly confined to the couch.<br />
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On top of everything in my personal life I've been SUPER busy at work. With the missed days to grieve and all the holidays and all the year end reporting that I'm still working on I haven't really had a chance to come up for air. Which is fine. I can live through that. I've been stressed though... So I put myself on a yarn therapy regimen. More specifically a malabrigo therapy regimen.<br />
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I'm knitting a <a href="http://ysolda.com/2008/06/25/liesl-pattern/">Liesl</a> sweater in Malabrigo in the "Azul Bolita" colorway. I went for the wide neck option, did three button holes, and am planning on elbow length sleeves. The pattern is just what I needed to keep my mind sane. It's looking beautiful so far.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm hoping to get the body done at the very minimum before I have to go back to work on Tuesday. I also know it fits because I tried it on yesterday. I'm so in love with this project. I think my "therapy" is working.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm wanting to do a fingering weight scarf for my next project, but I haven't decided on a pattern yet... I'm still looking. I'm also concentrating on finishing my sweater.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-20906541557200190182011-08-14T21:46:00.000-07:002011-08-14T21:46:14.979-07:00What Would I Do Without Ravelry?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g6C9K8PD2MIGyz_p-oQWWOH_6-d5Y6Y-fRbuDGW4t1SEQDxMm8-iIAY6rYjZhiPo4sVLIIAvOKO6ecaphrOvLj-8Cfh5_MNN3PZuSyHw1o9IiMcbzF4GC-xjtXye2BB1O3T4QtdGIpI/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g6C9K8PD2MIGyz_p-oQWWOH_6-d5Y6Y-fRbuDGW4t1SEQDxMm8-iIAY6rYjZhiPo4sVLIIAvOKO6ecaphrOvLj-8Cfh5_MNN3PZuSyHw1o9IiMcbzF4GC-xjtXye2BB1O3T4QtdGIpI/s320/IMG_1228.JPG" width="320" /></a>My goal for the weekend was to finish my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elektra-2">Elektra</a> shawl. I got pretty close to done. I was binding off and I ran out of yarn. None of the yellows in my stash matched and it isn't like I have extra skeins of wollmeise just lying around for these situations. I was debating ripping out my Bind off and re-binding off in an orange that didn't quite match my beads. That was my plan before I wised up and did a ravelry search. After a lot of swearing and freaking out I found someone destashing a partial skein of wollmeise in the same base and color. A couple PM's and a paypal transfer later and I have matching yarn on the way to finish the shawl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQPJllB8DWDJ2ED8uddI7W9hwV0QXY-t11HCXlfGOdStyU__iEFo-2XrY6-iTDSb5pmYCcGo7Bks4IKrwthoaKA9MBTNPCyWuij1QQeiM6Apig1CgA-q1dJXAWlGboKkqMwkqnOLybzs/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQPJllB8DWDJ2ED8uddI7W9hwV0QXY-t11HCXlfGOdStyU__iEFo-2XrY6-iTDSb5pmYCcGo7Bks4IKrwthoaKA9MBTNPCyWuij1QQeiM6Apig1CgA-q1dJXAWlGboKkqMwkqnOLybzs/s320/IMG_1229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>If it weren't for Ravelry I would never have found someone else with this color of wollmeise up for trade/destash/etc. My orange options didn't quite match my beads. (See the picture if you don't believe me.) I REALLY did not want to rip out my bind off. That sounded like my best option of bad ideas. I was not a happy person.<br />
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Now I'm anxiously awaiting the destashed yarn to get here so that I can FINISH! I'll be stalking my mail like a crazy person this week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-3263864578005805192011-06-23T18:26:00.000-07:002011-06-23T18:45:18.545-07:00Some Happy Thoughts of the Knitting Kind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Most of my happy thoughts are few and few in between right now but this glittery combo is singing the most cheerful songs to me.</div><br />
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Black Parade and Into the Mystic</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I did quite a bit of frogging today. Not in anger, but because I realized I just was NOT getting to certain projects. So I feel more accomplished and have less UFOs just sitting around being ignored. Let's face it I have two pretty glittery yarns singing to me, why would I go back to a project that's making me grumble?<br />
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These are the projects I have progressed on. (Click the photos for a better look. Right = Laika, Left = Gwen's Scott Pilgrim-esque hat)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Travelling Woman</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Liz Abinante</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Cosmic Fibers Cassiopeia in "Gout of the Dick"</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/traveling-woman">"VD Awareness"</a></b></span></td></tr>
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Wendy Knits Mystery KAL<br />
Madtosh Merino Light in Logwood</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lucy-inthesky/summer-mystery-shawlette">"Mystery Solved!"</a></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now it's time for me to see a certain sweater about a sleeve.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-39519760775958806962011-06-02T10:22:00.000-07:002011-06-02T11:31:37.100-07:00Today's GoalI am going to finish the ONE SHORT sleeve on this freaking sweater! I mean seriously it's one effing sleeve. AND IT'S A SHORT SLEEVE! I should have a finished sweater right now. I'm beginning to doubt my own sanity due to the fact that this is still not finished. It's one sleeve!! ONE!!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Single sleeved sweater modeled by Veronica's little monsters.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-22562723825061786782011-05-30T21:39:00.000-07:002011-06-02T10:18:04.874-07:00I went on a TripI went on a two day trip. It was a whirlwind of a trip. ... At the SLC airport I ended up having a tweet convo with <a href="http://ysolda.com/wordpress/">Ysolda</a>. I'm still in literal SQUEE-SHOCK from that. I WISH WISH WISH I had checked twitter earlier I want to meet her so very bad. I even had 3 of my knit from her patterns in my bag. (Ishbel, Peaks Island Hood and Snapdragon tam). It was pretty much the trip highlight.<br />
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Anyway we went to Salt Lake City, UT, Tooele, UT, Wendover, NV, back to Salt Lake City, then to Jordan's Landing, then back to Tooele, then back to Salt Lake City again. Then finally to Tooele to sleep and then back to Salt Lake City to fly home. ... It was a busy trip. I didn't really sleep much. BUT I did do my best to take some pictures since that's been my blogging thing lately.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I brought knitting, but it's a secret project so all I'm showing to prove I'm knitting is my pretty little markers. :P These stitch markers are awesome though. I bought 4 sets and am so addicted to all 4 sets. Check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/crimsonorchid">Crimson Orchid</a> on Esty.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">P.S. I totally skipped my Mimos Monday tradition today. :(</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-2467545222064993792011-05-16T22:01:00.000-07:002011-05-16T22:01:34.846-07:00Saturday night and Today in Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday night at Yellow brick road. My favorite local classic rock cover band.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y4Jn2Q6_gUXdcWF09ZJhQc3A0_v0loKuIxv6vWUFn5BpV3crHDL1r6v0TQrYYe5uMrmtozAsbigOmHJeWStyx-BuvSszEL5Pc3OhD3KTe8IbbM9d5pfMRS7DXvKZ9kdl9xTUYAqvUeg/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Y4Jn2Q6_gUXdcWF09ZJhQc3A0_v0loKuIxv6vWUFn5BpV3crHDL1r6v0TQrYYe5uMrmtozAsbigOmHJeWStyx-BuvSszEL5Pc3OhD3KTe8IbbM9d5pfMRS7DXvKZ9kdl9xTUYAqvUeg/s200/IMG_0965.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vZJhbbiQN3C8D1cc7imratVs0_-eaUlyatseGN-zZszBniKCwXpWHWc4dYPCJSO8CLHl0oSubzSjupODNIgguZgwtomp1OHpBmCrDJk_kDbIZG1DLg68bWe1VNpfuEO2T5usu4bFopI/s1600/IMG_0966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vZJhbbiQN3C8D1cc7imratVs0_-eaUlyatseGN-zZszBniKCwXpWHWc4dYPCJSO8CLHl0oSubzSjupODNIgguZgwtomp1OHpBmCrDJk_kDbIZG1DLg68bWe1VNpfuEO2T5usu4bFopI/s200/IMG_0966.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brody -- the lead singer. He's leaving and we are not thrilled. He's too good to leave us. :(</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We know the Band!!<br />
Only Brody is pictured but seriously we've met the whole band.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">In all seriousness a friend of mine (on the left) actually knows the band. Much to my very enthusiastic amusement. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND Today (Monday)! Minus the pictures that would prove today sucked as much as it did.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mimosa Monday</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Adorable puppies.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-61009597375941077012011-05-13T17:43:00.000-07:002011-05-13T17:45:48.738-07:00My (yester)Day in PicturesYesterday I wanted to post "My Day in Pictures" ... BUT blogger was down so I didn't get to. So without further ado here is my yesterday in pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty Dress Day!<br />
This is just the pattern... Whole res picture is unavailable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New socks!<br />
Knit by Ronni<br />
Pattern: Peace Socks by Wendy Johnson<br />
Yarn: Cosmic Fibers Hercules<br />
Colorway: Drucilla</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My socks are all in my drawer, and are all clean-clean-clean<br />
Not pictured: New Drucilla socks. (They were on my feet.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Wollmeise<br />
I am a yarn HOAR :)<br />
But I finally got PINK wollmeise<br />
Colors from left to right:<br />
Magnolie medium, Tutu medium, Klapperstorch, Maus alt, Maus jung, Natur</td></tr>
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I'm going to try and get "My Day in Picture" posts up on a semi regular basis. At least it'll be something to look at. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-46350415565830269062011-04-29T08:51:00.001-07:002011-04-29T08:51:53.805-07:00HA!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjfNuMfS4ny6787gN7MvN3GalW3BwBeHhABhs2u5ObbDMuqPbPXjeeRbQuW3HYIgILegnVqFXLDJt9nwEr-g7L1NrVc581EgS-eRYI-SSuWxRbeHCmI_WYpp35oY9ZdGlKJo6NyDVzJI/s1600/superman-citizenship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjfNuMfS4ny6787gN7MvN3GalW3BwBeHhABhs2u5ObbDMuqPbPXjeeRbQuW3HYIgILegnVqFXLDJt9nwEr-g7L1NrVc581EgS-eRYI-SSuWxRbeHCmI_WYpp35oY9ZdGlKJo6NyDVzJI/s1600/superman-citizenship.jpg" /></a></div><br />
For the record. I still think superman is a tool.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-16959196472838009722011-04-28T16:16:00.000-07:002011-04-28T16:17:28.051-07:00What I've been up to ... A photo post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swapping</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And a SWATCH!</div><br />
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It's similar to my resistance of memorizing certain math formulas and instead spending HOURS programming my calculator to do the math for me. In the long run, I end up memorizing the formulas and doing the problems on the test with the program and by hand, because I wanted to double and triple check myself, but I digress.<br />
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This week I swatched. I swatched for what is probably only the second time in my whole knitting experience. I actually knit a swatch. Actually, I knit two swatches for this project.<br />
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I had it in my head that I wanted to knit <a href="http://knitting-up-a-storm.blogspot.com/2007/04/5-in-paris.html">$5 in Paris</a> with my Malabrigo Rios. I wanted it to be white (Natural) with red (Ravelry Red) stripes. Then I got the most horrid vision about the red bleeding during the first wash of my new sweater resulting in a PINK and red sweater. Not what I wanted, not even close.<br />
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So I made a swatch. I balled up all the white yarn and kept one red skein on my yarn swift. I knit off the swift because then if the red was bleeding, I could easily tie it back up and soak it in vinegar with the other hanks.<br />
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I'm glad I did my swatch. Especially since that first swatch ended up immediately turning the water pink. I still had hopes that it wouldn't bleed onto the white even with the pink water, but that didn't work out either. The white part of the swatch was pinkish and dingy looking.<br />
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It was a good sign that the white yarn I used to re-tie up one of the hanks stayed white. I was excited. I really REALLY didn't want to do this whole thing a second time. Not that it was an awful experience. But it did involve TWO swatches, and A LOT of waiting. I'm not a patient person. I was ready to start my sweater and I wanted to start it right at that very moment. I haven't knit much in over a month. I was inspired and ready to knit. It's maybe crazy, but I'm happy that I even went through this process in the first place. If I hadn't I'd have ended up with a pink sweater. I think I could rock a pink sweater, but I didn't want to have to.<br />
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The second swatch was knit almost exactly like the first one and also washed. Notice how the water is not PINK. The vinegar did it's job. I was SUPER happy. The second swatch;s white was still the original color. I can now successfully knit my sweater and not fear for the white's safety.<br />
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So I guess swatching is a good idea and does pay off in the end. I still don't think I'll become a person that swears by swatching though. I'm not going to be re-wired in a way that will make me a more patient person. I may just avoid white for sweaters in the future because then I won't have to worry about other colors bleeding into it.<br />
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My sweater is on the needles now. I'm hoping it's a quick knit. I want to finish it before I don't like the color RED anymore.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Comics are perfect because they're short and have a lot of pictures. It's been fun too. I used to only read a few but now, I'm addicted to the comics for the entire bat-family. Batgirl is my absolute favorite. I think it's because she reminds me of Buffy. And I miss my Buffy comics.<br />
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The batman history according to Stephanie Brown:<br />
(I super love these drawings)<br />
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That's it for now. I super cleaned the house yesterday, maybe I'll knit on something today. :-DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-79413040393848767832011-03-01T13:12:00.000-08:002011-04-10T00:24:37.804-07:00New Swap!! - Favorite Colors Questionnaire<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">For the next</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/the-swap-stop">Stop Swap</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">round (rav link)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Do you knit or crochet? How long have you been at your craft? </b>Knit and I'd guess 4-5 years, but I'm not sure. </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Do you spin? What type of spinning do you do?</b> I don't. :( </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Are there any other crafts that you participate in?</b> Some beadwork,some painting/sketching, nothing really very often though. Mostly I knit when I find the time.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What are your favorite yarns/fibers?</b> Wool, Silk, Alpaca, Anything malabrigo makes... I love Malabrigo</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Are there any yarns/fibers that you don’t like? </b>I'm not a huge fan of cottons -- but I've seen a few recently I like more and I really don't like to use acrylics unless it's an absolute need</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What is your favorite color?</b> That's an excellent question! Ummm... Right now I've really been into grey, off-white, peachy-light-pinks. I saw <i>Black Swan</i> and kind of fell in love with the whole "ballerina" look. So I've been wearing and using more light pinks, whites, peaches, off-whites, etc. and contrasting them with the dark charcoals and blacks. ------ I also love deep rich purples. I like almost every shade of pinks. I like cerulean blue. Kelly Green. Sunshine yellow. Coral. Turquoise. Teal.... I know. I SOOOOO answered this question well.</span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMsEM9FzWSGvSOZM3SNlLgXOOGsQ6VTAK_TdirvvIoPXzW-PFClXAt0WWnOmuLRwiZrPIC4HVctVKCqFkVGzrYc-ZTP7qqPeilJNhEbLPLWKYtYweq5BD6H8oWg1FWWY7lQP4Pq6uCHs/s1600/Swan+Lake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMsEM9FzWSGvSOZM3SNlLgXOOGsQ6VTAK_TdirvvIoPXzW-PFClXAt0WWnOmuLRwiZrPIC4HVctVKCqFkVGzrYc-ZTP7qqPeilJNhEbLPLWKYtYweq5BD6H8oWg1FWWY7lQP4Pq6uCHs/s400/Swan+Lake.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was actually WAY into ballet as a kid before I got into swimming.<br />
So I always love ballet, ballet movies, ballet-inspired clothes...<br />
Picture is from a <i>Swan Lake</i> performance not <i>Black Swan.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"></span></span></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 2em; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span><b>Are there any colors you don’t like?</b> Poop colors. I'm not huge on yellows. I'm not a BIG pastel fan -- other than my new YAY! ballerinas thing. And I usually don't like neutrals, but I'm in love with them light now. (See above question re: ballerina + <i>Black Swan)</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><i></i><b>Do you have a yarn winder and/or a swift?</b> Both</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Do you have a blog? </b>You're reading it. ;)</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Do you collect anything?</b> Shot glasses, Washi tins for my teas and Starbucks cards</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Do you like sweets? What are your favorites? </b>Yes and no. I like lemon-y candies. I love thin wafer-y cookies. I like really GOOD chocolates. But I'm not really a big sweets eater. Usually when I want a snack I eat pita chips + hummus or chips + guac, but that's not even too often. My idea of a snack is just a coffee or a tea. I love coffee and tea.</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>What is your living situation like? Any pets? Children?</b> I joke that I live with 4 weiners and 4 balls... My bf, my brother, and the two dogs (both are fixed -- get the joke now?)</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Are you allergic to anything?</b> Melons, I'll also say bananas, mushrooms, and coconut because I loathe them that fiercely. AND I don't eat pork! Also I <i>mostly</i> keep kosher.</li>
<li style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Is there anything else that you want your pal to know?</b> No, but I'm glad to answer questions.</li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a rough few weeks Supergirl knitting definitely cheers me up. She probably can knit at super speed too. Wouldn't that be AWESOME?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do have a swap box going out today though.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-17172750328188160512011-02-21T13:37:00.000-08:002011-02-21T13:39:56.302-08:00Laundry Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuzHKE0o6C4QI7mSCeyhU6Wt_j7rWNMZoktFED3U1G405ncccs35r8kRlAWUFTybwYXp1FW1NX_y2nhMZSz73MYFuDYCxxnzRufrLEryNf0b2zMe_TILYsoI9Oy0ImiZfZgDs3-_0HPg/s1600/IMG_0810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did all my handwashing this morning. I just love the look of all my hand-knit socks hanging up to dry. :) The picture was so cute I decided to blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I was washing and then hanging them up I had the thought of "I really need to knit myself more socks. I love these." Then <b><i>IMMEDIATELY</i></b> grumbled. I still haven't gotten the "sock-knitting-mojo" back. I'm sure it'll get there. I've been trying to get myself to spend a certain amount of time each day on sock knitting. As in "okay while I watch this 45 min episode of [insert TV show here] I'll ONLY work on this/these socks. Hopefully a sock will be done soon. ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuquYZxqgn57o7o43iSjgwv-E0D4nz098_iNMwlug5x8Jt-Fj4egQKuYvKNxUj8tvxkY9NCY6kgdqWf2qnLFBSsJa3vrTEt2-DdMMLGLVPwAPijKQL4C2JQC_BR408sP39xeGAIXvbhU/s1600/IMG_0809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuquYZxqgn57o7o43iSjgwv-E0D4nz098_iNMwlug5x8Jt-Fj4egQKuYvKNxUj8tvxkY9NCY6kgdqWf2qnLFBSsJa3vrTEt2-DdMMLGLVPwAPijKQL4C2JQC_BR408sP39xeGAIXvbhU/s320/IMG_0809.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>While I'm waiting to catch sock-knitting-itis, I've definitely been hit with start-itis. I CO My So Called Scarf in my Manos. I'm not loving it though. It's not giving me the look that I wanted for a solid scarf. I am 90% I'm going to frog this and re-start with a different pattern. When I did some pattern searching I really like all of these (ravelry links): <br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-prismatic-scarf">Prismatic Scarf</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/striata">Striata</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/parallel-lines">Parallel Lines</a><br />
<ul></ul>At any rate I'm sure that I'll be frogging and restarting with one of those three patterns. I've been thinking about the Prismatic and Parallel Lines as options for a while. I only discovered Striata recently. It looks a lot like the Prismatic scarf so that may be why I like it so much.<br />
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I'm off to enjoy my holiday day. We're having "Brinner" tonight as a popular request by Logan. I've also got some errands to run. YAY! Three day weekend.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-71280570278386298342011-02-17T23:43:00.000-08:002011-03-01T12:56:10.232-08:00A Multitude of Posts all in oneI've been meaning to blog about 4+ times in the past few weeks. BUT instead I've been tested by the fates and set through the gauntlet. I had some family problems. Plenty of car problems. An unexplained illness. A family tragedy/issue. Work drama and stress up to past my eyeballs.<br />
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To those of you who have sent virtual hugs either via Ravelry forums, PMs, texts, comments, tweets, etc. You are greatly appreciated. I was definitely in need of some major huggage. I love you all and I appreciate the hugs.<br />
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First up I finished my Gap-Tastic Infinty Scarf cowl. And it is AWESOME<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj118rRD1dNFzGe59mmyZlgjgDVr3ATBUds28WmkdVuHlhOxWZtqpq4CZXfVUKgWk07FpAVnp1j0nwmTjf6g3QjPH27pj6Z4UXJNiuO_zR5BAi1-q4sXSlRReYDTTKbCSP5rrdd0QVL3l4/s1600/5437292821_fc37aea46c_o.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj118rRD1dNFzGe59mmyZlgjgDVr3ATBUds28WmkdVuHlhOxWZtqpq4CZXfVUKgWk07FpAVnp1j0nwmTjf6g3QjPH27pj6Z4UXJNiuO_zR5BAi1-q4sXSlRReYDTTKbCSP5rrdd0QVL3l4/s400/5437292821_fc37aea46c_o.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>And super versatile. That's me wearing it 5!!! ways. I've been wearing it around the house at night it's been a bit chilly. It's not really that chilly, my giant cowl is just SUPER comfy.<br />
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For inquiring minds I used leftovers/scrsps of Malabrigo Worsted in Jewel Blue and Marine Blue. I did follow the suggestions of other Ravelers and did 2 extra repeat of rows 16-19 for more slouch. I'm loving the slouchy hats lately. I also took A TON of WIP photos for this project so you can check those out either <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/misslucy/opus-spicatum">here via Ravelry</a> or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12363981@N03/tags/opusspicatum/">here via Flikr</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv6htOnTTEtxuidEEsXi3CmmCteaMvcXZ92E1PyaHjaWKm6S2jr0WAUuDBskHQpXcQCaLD60kOTFpYzzcAbB5gZ8lVC-WxeaStkSAppH2KobhAp7VPyx4QH1kX-dfhZE-yhSLud_1hZs/s1600/IMG_0785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEv6htOnTTEtxuidEEsXi3CmmCteaMvcXZ92E1PyaHjaWKm6S2jr0WAUuDBskHQpXcQCaLD60kOTFpYzzcAbB5gZ8lVC-WxeaStkSAppH2KobhAp7VPyx4QH1kX-dfhZE-yhSLud_1hZs/s200/IMG_0785.jpg" width="149" /></a></div>I actually mesed this up <i>a little bit</i> by reading the chart backwards, which really only resulted in one row beng SLIGHTLY screwy, but honestly you can't tell. I do have one LITTLE trick for when I get to the DPN portion of hats and my 'beginning of the round marker' doesn't stay in place. I have all these old BOYE aluminun DPNs and I always use a different color for the first one. So that's how I know to knit the next row, I'm at the blue DPN. Or at least it was blue in the case. It's not always blue, it works like a charm though. It saves me plenty of headaches. Especially on the rare occasion where I get bored and weave in ends before I'm finished.<br />
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Third up: I bought a second Namaste needle case to separate out my "sock knitting" circs from my "other circs." Then I decided to organize them to night. I'm not sure the sock sizes are in the right pockets. I REALLY need a needle gauge that can tell the difference between 2.5 mm and 2.75 mm and so on.<br />
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I took pictures though! And I'm still happy with my end result!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sock Needle Mess vs. Easily Organized Not-Sock Needles</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sock Needles are a P.I.T.A.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Organized<br />
Dark Pink is US 4/3.5mm +<br />
Light Pink is US 1/2.25mm to US 3/3.25mm<br />
(Don't ask me about 0s I'll laugh at you. I knit to tight to ever need 0s)</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">These last two pictures just show off my nice labels. I love labels. <3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxrxAPS7ShpG_CefNH4dbaPH7P_06V6wyZuSKCNON7GGDdR8mWyc82kl7oiXn3UJO5OMxTZMG-rEKerfVRatXhMCVZ7bxcP-uOyYRTmOhVmR2Y6H_PLrTFPmHDo3NaKB6J8lat-oqhE/s1600/DSC03329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxrxAPS7ShpG_CefNH4dbaPH7P_06V6wyZuSKCNON7GGDdR8mWyc82kl7oiXn3UJO5OMxTZMG-rEKerfVRatXhMCVZ7bxcP-uOyYRTmOhVmR2Y6H_PLrTFPmHDo3NaKB6J8lat-oqhE/s200/DSC03329.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfpQH7oy5wrkGDh5f9ZGz0y4ysntrQ_3cxfjLhmhRrYy6pP5sjpIkRRLIGqfWcVPrrTpcV237nCFK7kHqBzK-2wW_Sc0SmOll3A-rQ1oRBOUc0gHDJeNNPhfSiFo63oZRG1P83tnNFkI/s1600/DSC03330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfpQH7oy5wrkGDh5f9ZGz0y4ysntrQ_3cxfjLhmhRrYy6pP5sjpIkRRLIGqfWcVPrrTpcV237nCFK7kHqBzK-2wW_Sc0SmOll3A-rQ1oRBOUc0gHDJeNNPhfSiFo63oZRG1P83tnNFkI/s200/DSC03330.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
So now my new goal is to keep these nice and organized.<br />
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I have one more thing to blog about!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEM7czcjtosAmJPAsLwpYlvetEAoaCOY0hyphenhyphenvZncUfFApjizjfy9faWmclByShUWWiIhxF5fyQQOkgum-77B3uWNBkQ9_2RDV_I40-OfoFTFbr2kRY3h20s3me9BIwZYYJYc7H7KObnTE/s1600/IMG_0781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEM7czcjtosAmJPAsLwpYlvetEAoaCOY0hyphenhyphenvZncUfFApjizjfy9faWmclByShUWWiIhxF5fyQQOkgum-77B3uWNBkQ9_2RDV_I40-OfoFTFbr2kRY3h20s3me9BIwZYYJYc7H7KObnTE/s400/IMG_0781.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>A long while ago I got this AWESOME pair of 10" wooden straight needles from Carrie/Dharmafey as part of the nefarious club. They were size 5, and I've used them every opportunity that I've had to use them; I <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">LOVE</span></b> them. Anyway, I found the seller on etsy and splurged a bit to buy myself an entire set of her 10" needles. The price included a needle roll. She was seriously the fast etsy shipper EVER. I ordered Friday afternoon. Had a delivery confirmation number Friday night and my needles were here Monday. If your looking for a a great new etsy shop to stalk I definitely recommend her: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/Lambsears?ref=ls_profile">Lambsears</a>. She will not disappoint. See how pretty my new needles are??? She also send me a sample of her Peace Fleece I intend to knit a little something with that and maybe review it to get her even more good reviews. I'm obsessed with handspun right now and she really does have some PRETTIES in her shop.<br />
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Im actually so enamored with these needles I'm thinking of pulling out my<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/misslucy/stash/wool-clasica"> BLUE manos wool</a> (which I have slightly less than 2 skeins of after Scarf Travels) and knitting into a pretty <a href="http://featherandfan.wordpress.com/patterns/the-prismatic-scarf/">Prismatic Scarf</a>. Unless someone else has a better scarf suggestion. I've also got this awesome handspun that I got in my 'Have a Cuppa' swap that I'd like to knit into something. Just as long as I can use my pretty new needles!<br />
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</tbody></table>So Scarf suggestions for my BLUE manos or handspun are greatly appreciated. (As log as I can use my new needles with them. AND mostly mindless is good. I've been coming home from work EX-HAUS-TED!)<br />
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I'll be off the 'net this weekend but I do check my comments/some rav/some emails through my phone when I get bored. SO COMMENT! Give me inspiration.<br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Currently listening to: Death Cab for Cutie </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">They had the 'sound' I needed this evening</span></i></b>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Also follow me on twitter! I mostly tweet random geeky things, comic things and some knitting. <a href="http://twitter.com/lucyfer97"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Lucyfer97</b></span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161700208107939575.post-24179945736273977632011-02-04T21:38:00.000-08:002011-02-04T21:38:44.650-08:00Musical InspirationI started this post as my project for a BSG FPB ready room on Ravelry, but I sort of liked the way it sounded, so I'm blogging it too. After cleaning up the original post, anyways. I actually had formatting trouble and lost my first post. :(<br />
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I really love music. I’m not musical at all but I listen to music with everything. I listen to a lot of different music. I've been to a lot of concerts. I even used to interview bands. I obsess over music. I’m always listening to music. There are books I’ve read that in my head have albums that are basically playlists because I kept on repeat all while I read. Oddly enough, most of those seem fitting matches too.<br />
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I also became obsessed this winter with the big loopy cowl (just ask Ronni I was a crazy person). I’ve been resisting casting one on since probably October. I love them. They're just so neat looking and versatile.<br />
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I recently started following Zooey Deschanel on twitter. (Actually I just recently got on twitter, I resisted that for a long time too.) That led e to start listening to her music (band? IDK what they call it). I was kind of non-stop listening to She & Him for a long while. This song in particular got a lot of play time:<br />
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After listening to this song (and the album it’s on) about 25 times I realized that I was so obsessed with this one song in particular because within one of my yarn cubbies this long forgotten stashed yarn (Lamb's Pride Bulky in Blue Magic) and this pattern (the Gap-tastic cowl) were singing:<br />
<blockquote><i>Why do you let me stay here All by myself?<br />
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Why don’t you come and play here? I’m just sitting on the shelf</i></blockquote>Over and over all I could hear drawing me to the yarn and the pattern was:<br />
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<blockquote><i>I’m just sitting on the shelf</i></blockquote><br />
Next thing I knew I was pretty much involuntarily knitting the Gap-tastic Cowl and humming this song while I did. I’m almost through the second skein of yarn. I have 3+ skeins, but I kind of think it might be wide enough with 2 skeins.<br />
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I left my desk kind of messy so you can see my iPods, proving my music obsession… and my Stitch-Yoda…. And my other crap. LOL My desk maybe isn't the cleanest place.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2