~Planting little vines of fiber goodness~
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Funny Rabbit pattern
Ok, I was surfing my favorite blogs out there and JenLa had up the most adorable bunny. I think that it is going to go on my list of things to do. I doubt that it would use more than an ounce of yarn. Hmm...I'm wondering if I should just spin for it or hit my stash...decisions, decisions.
Midnight Tweed
I can't believe that I forgot to post this skein. I finished it about a week ago. It is a really nice merino yarn and is over at Knot Another Hat. I named it Midnight Tweed because it is pretty dark and tweedy.
As you can see from my sidebar I currently have beaded mohair on the wheel. I'm pretty proud of this yarn. I have about 2 oz spun and I need to do another 2 oz to ply with. This stuff is super pretty and the last time I put it down at the shop it sold 20 minutes after it was put out. I'm hoping for the same thing, but would be happy too if people just came and drooled over it for a couple of days.
As you can see from my sidebar I currently have beaded mohair on the wheel. I'm pretty proud of this yarn. I have about 2 oz spun and I need to do another 2 oz to ply with. This stuff is super pretty and the last time I put it down at the shop it sold 20 minutes after it was put out. I'm hoping for the same thing, but would be happy too if people just came and drooled over it for a couple of days.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Good News & Stash Cleaning
My husband is employed again, which makes me very happy. This is also a temp job, but it at least has the possibility of being hired permanently. Also, they are interested in his tech background, which is a major boon to him. *happy dance*
In other news, I have a ton of knitting things on my plate, but no significant updates. I did clean out and sort my stash. I've made some hard choices, but I think a bunch of it is going to go up on ebay. I mean how many cones of laceweight yarn do I really need? When I post it up I will make sure to put links here too and maybe photos. Also, any ideas for what to do with peaches & cream cotton other than washclothes? I apparently have at least half a dozen colors and 1-2 full skeins in each color. I originally bought them for washclothes or maybe hats. I'm not quite sure now, but there must be a use for them somewhere. Maybe when I get my one skein book I will be inspired =)
PS: Is anyone else disturbed that Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes named their daughter after an alpaca?
In other news, I have a ton of knitting things on my plate, but no significant updates. I did clean out and sort my stash. I've made some hard choices, but I think a bunch of it is going to go up on ebay. I mean how many cones of laceweight yarn do I really need? When I post it up I will make sure to put links here too and maybe photos. Also, any ideas for what to do with peaches & cream cotton other than washclothes? I apparently have at least half a dozen colors and 1-2 full skeins in each color. I originally bought them for washclothes or maybe hats. I'm not quite sure now, but there must be a use for them somewhere. Maybe when I get my one skein book I will be inspired =)
PS: Is anyone else disturbed that Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes named their daughter after an alpaca?
Monday, April 17, 2006
Jane Austen Quiz
 You scored as Elizabeth Bennet. As one of Austen's most beloved characters, Elizabeth Bennet represents what most women would like to become: strong, independent, and loyal. Of course, she has her faults including a stubborn will of iron and a clinging to first impressions. Overall, Lizzie is bright and lovable...something to admire and aspire to.
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
Odds and Ends
Happy Easter Everyone!
We are going off to spend Easter with my parents and eat a lot of eggs. I think we have at least egg salad and potato salad on the horizon. Blair also wants deviled eggs so we shall see.
Today seems like a good day for odds and ends to post up. This is a picture that Blair took yesterday. All of a sudden it was dark and stormy out and decided to pour down rain on us when neither of us had a hat or umbrella. So, we rushed home and when we got here Blair had spotted a beautiful rainbow, 2 actually if you look closely. I thought it was such an awesome pic that I just had to post it. It looks like it ends right over the port, which I think is funny.
In other news we have just posted up our 2006 Ford Mustang on Ebay. We won it, or more to the point, Blair won it off a pack of post-it tabs. It is totally impractical for what we need right now. Lacking minor things like a back seat and good gas mileage. What we really want is a nice family car. I'm sure that somebody out there will want a really awesome speed demon car for their very own.
I also wanted to share with you this interesting link about a sweater knit for a tree. It was on cute overload today and I thought it totally rocked. I'm surprised that I didn't hear about it before this, because it seems to be quite popular.
We are going off to spend Easter with my parents and eat a lot of eggs. I think we have at least egg salad and potato salad on the horizon. Blair also wants deviled eggs so we shall see.
Today seems like a good day for odds and ends to post up. This is a picture that Blair took yesterday. All of a sudden it was dark and stormy out and decided to pour down rain on us when neither of us had a hat or umbrella. So, we rushed home and when we got here Blair had spotted a beautiful rainbow, 2 actually if you look closely. I thought it was such an awesome pic that I just had to post it. It looks like it ends right over the port, which I think is funny.
In other news we have just posted up our 2006 Ford Mustang on Ebay. We won it, or more to the point, Blair won it off a pack of post-it tabs. It is totally impractical for what we need right now. Lacking minor things like a back seat and good gas mileage. What we really want is a nice family car. I'm sure that somebody out there will want a really awesome speed demon car for their very own.
I also wanted to share with you this interesting link about a sweater knit for a tree. It was on cute overload today and I thought it totally rocked. I'm surprised that I didn't hear about it before this, because it seems to be quite popular.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Sockaploooza: One Sock
One Sock down, One to go! I just love this sock and the second is already started!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Interesting Links
I was going through some of my old interesting bookmarks and I came upon this:
http://www.parapluesch.com/
It is a game where you help poor stuffed animals overcome their traumas. They just added the snake and it is totally hilarious. I'm so glad I found this link again.
http://www.parapluesch.com/
It is a game where you help poor stuffed animals overcome their traumas. They just added the snake and it is totally hilarious. I'm so glad I found this link again.
Happy Birthday and a bit of Frogging
Yesterday was my husband's birthday. So, I want to wish him a very happy birthday. Tomorrow we are going out to celebrate, since we had to get our car fixed yesterday and I have a class to teach today. It is hard to think that it was only 5 years ago when I first sent him a box of "loveletters." Now the unveiling of his fantastic birthday present:
I modified the skull hat pattern from Hello Yarns to only have 2 repeats and made it into socks. I didn't quite have the time since he hasn't been working to finish them up, but he does love them. Unfortunately, they are too small, so I am going to have to frog them completely and start over. It's a good thing I love this pattern a lot. I am going to have to add another row of skulls on both sides. Math wise this should work. Also, my husband came up with the brilliant idea of us having all of each other's measurements written somewhere so that we can reference them any time we need to. So, I now have 90% of his measurements on hand. I think I might spread this idea to a few other relatives that are on my knit list.
I modified the skull hat pattern from Hello Yarns to only have 2 repeats and made it into socks. I didn't quite have the time since he hasn't been working to finish them up, but he does love them. Unfortunately, they are too small, so I am going to have to frog them completely and start over. It's a good thing I love this pattern a lot. I am going to have to add another row of skulls on both sides. Math wise this should work. Also, my husband came up with the brilliant idea of us having all of each other's measurements written somewhere so that we can reference them any time we need to. So, I now have 90% of his measurements on hand. I think I might spread this idea to a few other relatives that are on my knit list.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Contests, Swaps & Penguins
Apparently I have won a contest on a knitter's blog! I am really proud of this. My Best Friends A Dork was running a contest for project ideas for the next project to knit. She is my sock sister for Sockaplooza, so I visit her site regularly. I posted up the Lucky K8 fingerless gloves that I have my eye on from the new issue of Magknits. I think that lovely alpaca that I dyed up the other day will be perfect for that pattern. Hmm...I wonder if they would work like craft gloves and help keep my hands from cramping from too much knitting?
In other news I joined the One Skein Swap and here is a new button:
I am pretty excited about this swap. I really like the book and even if I don't get it by then I can come up with something on my own. I'm pretty inventive, so it seems like it will be a lot of fun. I think that I will be sending off handspun for it. I just have to decide which one.
I also really need to add this button. I know that I already have one button for Cast-On, but as Sarah pointed out I do both spin and knit. Now if she does one for idye, I might just have to draw the line.
As for Penguins, Sarah was showing me this really cute article on knitting for Penguins. I just had to look it up and post it, because it was just so cute. I'm just sad that it is over, because I would have knit little jumpers for bitty Penguins. My husband loved it too, since he is such a linux geek.
In other news I joined the One Skein Swap and here is a new button:
I am pretty excited about this swap. I really like the book and even if I don't get it by then I can come up with something on my own. I'm pretty inventive, so it seems like it will be a lot of fun. I think that I will be sending off handspun for it. I just have to decide which one.
I also really need to add this button. I know that I already have one button for Cast-On, but as Sarah pointed out I do both spin and knit. Now if she does one for idye, I might just have to draw the line.
As for Penguins, Sarah was showing me this really cute article on knitting for Penguins. I just had to look it up and post it, because it was just so cute. I'm just sad that it is over, because I would have knit little jumpers for bitty Penguins. My husband loved it too, since he is such a linux geek.
Sockapaloooza Update
I have been wondering for awhile how much a person has to change a pattern before it is no longer the original person's pattern but really mine. So far I have changed the guage, the yarn, the length, the heel, the toes, and I am sure a myriad of other things.. The original pattern is from the toe up, and I reversed that. The toe in the original pattern is shaped for each foot so they are slanted opposite ways. I am planning on making the toes that I like that are from The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook.
Here is the yarn that I am using. I have my beautiful handspun that I bought off of ebay from Winderwood Farm. I just love this roving. It is 70% superwash and 30% Tencel, which means that it is machine washable if one is so daring.
Knitting this sock has been a dream. It just calls to me to be knitted. I turned the pattern into an ankle sock because my sock pal prefers ankle socks. I just love these so much I might end up having to make myself a pair. We'll just have to see how much yarn is left over at the end.
This is the heel of the sock. I just loved that the pattern had the word "SOCKS" on the back of them. I really hope that my sock pal likes them too. My husband made some comment about them being like T-Shirts that say "T-Shirt" on them, but I am going to ignore that comment and just revel in the beauty of the pretty sock. I think that I will be done with both of them this next week. They are just too much fun to knit and I have been having so much fun b/c I found a size 3 in the Clover Mini Circ's. Woohoo!
Here is the yarn that I am using. I have my beautiful handspun that I bought off of ebay from Winderwood Farm. I just love this roving. It is 70% superwash and 30% Tencel, which means that it is machine washable if one is so daring.
Knitting this sock has been a dream. It just calls to me to be knitted. I turned the pattern into an ankle sock because my sock pal prefers ankle socks. I just love these so much I might end up having to make myself a pair. We'll just have to see how much yarn is left over at the end.
This is the heel of the sock. I just loved that the pattern had the word "SOCKS" on the back of them. I really hope that my sock pal likes them too. My husband made some comment about them being like T-Shirts that say "T-Shirt" on them, but I am going to ignore that comment and just revel in the beauty of the pretty sock. I think that I will be done with both of them this next week. They are just too much fun to knit and I have been having so much fun b/c I found a size 3 in the Clover Mini Circ's. Woohoo!
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