tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342133672024-03-13T11:01:32.091-05:00Fit and FiberMy life with knitting, spinning, and trying to lose weight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-10621714139727559022013-01-30T16:51:00.000-06:002013-01-30T16:51:08.706-06:00Now with actual Knitting ContentLife is sorting itself out. I'm not going to write that much about my personal problems here, I have another blog going for that.<br />
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I did realise I hadn't posted any knitting content in forever.<br />
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September and October I found myself knitting the kids sweaters.<br />
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I had worked on two sweaters for myself, but both turned out too large for myself :( and since I currently in weight loss mode, I am putting sweater knitting for myself on hold for myself. Both sweaters are patterns that I love, and will re knit later.<br />
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Instead of working on sweaters, I'm working on socks and shawls, and items that will fit me at any size. Currently on the needles are:<br />
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But I'll go into more about my knitting projects later (when I'm not at work)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-25014109884687531332012-06-29T14:41:00.000-05:002012-06-29T14:53:37.091-05:00Wow, over two yearsYes, its been over two years since my last blog post. Things have been super crazy in my life. The husband went through nursing school, I worked, the boy child started school, and the girl keeps getting bigger and smarter.
And were getting a divorce :(
Fuck my life.
But I think that starting to blog again will help me as I try to pull my life together.
And the Tour de Fleece will be starting tomorrow and I'm excited about that. I have lots of fun spinning planned for the next three weeks.
I've been having problems getting photos to come out so (sob)
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Field of Dreams, Spunky Club June 2012 Fiber. Shetland, Wants to be spun as a very fine N Ply
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Abstract, Spunky Club February 2012 Fiber, Corridale. Will be a 3 ply. Maybe a N ply, not sure.
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Chocolate to Aqua gradient, Fiber Optic, Merino Silk. Spinning on my Russian spindle as a very fine lace weight.
I will be keeping up with blogging more during the tour.
CynUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-73598110911928715412010-04-16T12:58:00.001-05:002010-04-16T13:09:19.967-05:00Yep, I'm crazy...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcE8NKJa9-9V8NTuUdmgxR97jksQWBXRUIKFd7HtKTJDcJRul66tWDW2Ou5VgxLHiZH7CsgbY_ZoT9CrJRFtoyzSD_hlpEIzlDnWKt4NNHvzwIpodKolZPn3rs-nXsyrYX2uU/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMTEuanBn%3F=-747763"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcE8NKJa9-9V8NTuUdmgxR97jksQWBXRUIKFd7HtKTJDcJRul66tWDW2Ou5VgxLHiZH7CsgbY_ZoT9CrJRFtoyzSD_hlpEIzlDnWKt4NNHvzwIpodKolZPn3rs-nXsyrYX2uU/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMTEuanBn%3F=-747763" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460796856809094562" /></a></p><br /><br />I was talking with SamuariKnitter on Twitter yesterday about the baby jacket she was getting ready to knit, as she was finding a replacement pattern for the BSJ. She found something that I had been wanting to knit for a while, and since I have a co-worker who is pregnant and due in the next few weeks, I asked if she was up for a KAL.<br />Instead of a KAL, she countered a knitting challenge, to see who is done first. <br /><br />Pattern: b18-25 Jacket in "Fabel" from Drops (what creative names the Drops people have)<br />Yarn: Knit Picks Imagination in Mermaid Lagoon. I have 2 skeins, and I hope that I will have enough left over to knit a pair of booties.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-64414188159339756432010-04-01T10:25:00.001-05:002010-04-01T10:38:54.507-05:00Rolags of Fibe<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBLXK8tIPp9sOHib90yuznK_JJ9I76RQ4DAr179F8wE8FxRsnD2P0HH3f6zlgiXRaQeXIAuGeAHRn4N1ak0OlRSjozAfUPp_llmI2KxweWfKLPTmrfIdave4k30IS5cB41d0Y/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwOTUuanBn%3F=-752295"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBLXK8tIPp9sOHib90yuznK_JJ9I76RQ4DAr179F8wE8FxRsnD2P0HH3f6zlgiXRaQeXIAuGeAHRn4N1ak0OlRSjozAfUPp_llmI2KxweWfKLPTmrfIdave4k30IS5cB41d0Y/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwOTUuanBn%3F=-752295" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455191094200043378" /></a></p>Don't get excited. Just need to share with spunky club, and fastest way to get off my blackberry was to email to blog.<br />Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-86956449465688234262010-04-01T08:30:00.001-05:002010-04-01T08:52:04.813-05:00Handspun sweater to be.I decided that one of my goals this year, to help make me a better spinner, was to try to spin yarn for an entire sweater. While I had goals of buying the yarn for this at fiber fest, and making it a goal for later in the year, two things happened that pushed this goal up to the top of the queue. <br />The wheel that I bought with my overtime check came with one lb of fiber to spend. Sure it wasn't the pretty pre-dyed stuff that I'm used to, but I put in a call to help to SamuraiKnitter (who has written dye your own tutorials for Knitty), and stocked up on Wiltons food dye and vinegar and made a plan.<br />This last weekend I dyed the pound of fiber that came with my new wheel (yes, I will get photos of the new wheel up soon). I forgot how much fun it is to dye in the kitchen, and dying fiber is not much different than dying yarn. <br /><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9gSHWXghZgH4P-_ZYOZKJwdo9Mn99JzQrGxfE5KaDEgisN1bTUXu-_1AfrOF7GFHjvWpR1yKIcGwoccy6TeFXodRz1pjp4GBA0vihywrqi58jf51tjGffFenp8A_2W-Qfu3j/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwOTAuanBn%3F=-732171"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9gSHWXghZgH4P-_ZYOZKJwdo9Mn99JzQrGxfE5KaDEgisN1bTUXu-_1AfrOF7GFHjvWpR1yKIcGwoccy6TeFXodRz1pjp4GBA0vihywrqi58jf51tjGffFenp8A_2W-Qfu3j/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwOTAuanBn%3F=-732171" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455161365859052402" /></a><br /><br /> Last night was spent predrafting the fiber and rolling it into rolags for spinning, and I might have spun a little of the fiber. I think I have my first hand spun sweater started.<br /><br />I fell inlove with Amy King's Tappan Zee pattern in the Spring Knitty, and decided to take the plunge. While I would love to have splurged on some of Amy's hand dyed Merino/Bamboo, I have to make due with what I have. <br /><br />I'm hoping for a longer post tomorrow or Saturday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-75780666169178825942010-03-24T11:14:00.004-05:002010-03-24T13:18:29.184-05:00Oh Dear neglected blog...The crazy times at work are over, so I can start to give you back some of the attention that you deserve.<br /><br />Months have passed since I have last had time for decent post. I've had a laptop break, and been upgraded. I've workd tons of overtime at work, and I've spent time at both Old Grouchy, my pre-WWII Lithuanian wheel, and my spindles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S4pzdmHuXaI/AAAAAAAABS0/9AGbcAeMWpc/Finished%20Rav%20yarn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 290px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S4pzdmHuXaI/AAAAAAAABS0/9AGbcAeMWpc/Finished%20Rav%20yarn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Ravolympics were last month, and I did manage to do one of the projects that I had planned, to spin and knit an entire shawl. The camera portion of my BlackBerry was dirty at the time, so I don't have any good photos, I need to re-take pics of the finished shawl. I spun the thinnest that I remember ever spinning in my life. The yarn wound up cobweb weight, and I left the Merino/Bamboo blend as singles. I could have made a two ply and kept it as in the laceweight category. I still have a large portion of the yarn yet, which I'm thinking of plying back upon itself to make it a two ply.<br /><br />I've also started another mystery shawl. I know, I know, but I never finish them. I always get a late start, and fall behind, make a mistake, and never finish them. But I'm trying hard this time. Its the Evenstar Mystery KAL, designed by Susan Pandorf<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/susan-pandorf"></a>, who does such wonderful and complex shawls. I know, I've started (but not finished) a few. I'm using some of the Alpaca Silk lace yarn that Steve got me for Christmas years ago, the same yarn and color that I knit Aeolin with last year. So far so good. I'm only 6 rows from being done with the current clue, but there are over 520 stitches each row at this point, and I need to switch over to a longer circular needle.<br /><br />Also on the needles right now I have <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/PATTcitron.php">Citron</a>. When the issue came out in December, I didn't see the appeal of this shawlett. Well, besides the yarn it was knit from Mmmmm. But since I've been spinning, I have odd amounts of handspun yarns in small amounts of heavylace/light fingerling that I need to use up, and I'm unofficially participating in the 10 shawls in 2010 knit-along.<br /><br />One good thing about all the overtime that I have had to work over the last 3 months is that they decided (for once) to pay us out for our time, as opposed to having us bank it in comp time. I wound up with enough money to upgrade my wheel. I am now the proud owner of an Ashford Kiwi, which arrived last night, and is sitting in pieces in the living room waiting until I can stein the wood and paint the wheel part.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-39703773688727365762010-02-03T16:06:00.000-06:002010-02-03T16:09:14.001-06:00Jan Spunky Club Fiber<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlN2Lq7hr-4-1-4o02pMbUTIZQcewL7rLEgSVlno6WrVt0ZqJ2maARge5HBf7ncpf4Al-0Xhr_JS9pWMOkTvsK-HDLCFm0RadHXX0tZHufYMk0zoAyJZZ0WHmzy5Khk2D1d8G/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwNDQuanBn%3F=-754002"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlN2Lq7hr-4-1-4o02pMbUTIZQcewL7rLEgSVlno6WrVt0ZqJ2maARge5HBf7ncpf4Al-0Xhr_JS9pWMOkTvsK-HDLCFm0RadHXX0tZHufYMk0zoAyJZZ0WHmzy5Khk2D1d8G/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwNDQuanBn%3F=-754002" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434142750260697522" /></a></p>Pomegranate. No idea how I'm going to spin this yet
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-52888021442619904862010-01-20T17:17:00.002-06:002010-01-20T17:39:17.405-06:00Spinning, and Knitting, and other stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUvOaycSI/AAAAAAAABQE/-yB6VRCxnus/s640/IMG00039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 564px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUvOaycSI/AAAAAAAABQE/-yB6VRCxnus/s640/IMG00039.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />There's been a whole lot of spinning going on around here lately, and not much blogging.<br /><br />I finally finished spinning the Midnight in the Meadows Falkland that I got back in May for Mothers day. I've wound up with about 500 yards of a heavy lace, light fingerling weight yarn. The color is really a bit muddier than the photos show, but I've already cast on for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/haruni">Haruni</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUttXnvbI/AAAAAAAABP0/vISnvYv0oTQ/s720/IMG00034-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUttXnvbI/AAAAAAAABP0/vISnvYv0oTQ/s720/IMG00034-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My awsome mother-in-law got me a subscriptin to the Spunkey Club for Christmas, and I've already spun my way through the first fiber. The December fiber is Wensledayle, and it was the first time I spun this fiber. It was a dream to spin, I did most of the singles in one day, and plyed it one night after work<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUv7ZRpbI/AAAAAAAABQM/KR1S43hKSlk/s720/IMG00041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUv7ZRpbI/AAAAAAAABQM/KR1S43hKSlk/s720/IMG00041.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I wound up with about 250 yards of a light fingerling/sportish weight yarn, and cast on for Abby<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUvX79rDI/AAAAAAAABQI/_bNl53NceXA/s720/IMG00040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/S1TUvX79rDI/AAAAAAAABQI/_bNl53NceXA/s720/IMG00040.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've still been working on the Merino/Silk blend from All Spun up that I got for my birthday. I'm about 1/4 through the bump and loving every moment of spinning this. I think I'll get around 800 yards, which will be enough for a good sized shawl.<br /><br />The Ravelympics are getting ready to start next month, and I've been trying to decide which event (s) I want to attempt. Defentely something spinning and/or lace related. I've been thinking of<span style="font-weight: bold;">:<br /></span><strong>Fleece to FO Long-Track</strong> <em>eventfleece</em> (Start with fleece or roving and create a finished object)- Spinning a single out of some merino/bamboo blend (or the Jan Spunky club fiber) and knitting a small shawlett.<br /><strong>Flying Camel Spin</strong> <em>eventflyingcamel</em> (Just spinning…lots and lots of spinning)- for spindle spinning some silk which is in stash, and might be able to double enter the Fleece to FO spinning<br /><strong>Lace Luge</strong> <em>eventlaceluge</em> (Lace patterns and laceweight yarns), enter the Fleece to FO knitting portion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-92087930918433601962009-12-25T11:24:00.000-06:002009-12-25T11:25:48.584-06:00A Golding Christmas<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gpiCUMvgOE-DqwW8eMJUMaCCscWuS3Fyq99hAIR8jaiOVlZBgPryR_WJJC__aos83J4LTYzmRfBz8Vm_ExT0Q2t_uTpw4om9tXzvC3wN_ChY84pdKLToOPR5hrjZZI9ajEmJ/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMzIuanBn%3F=-748585"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gpiCUMvgOE-DqwW8eMJUMaCCscWuS3Fyq99hAIR8jaiOVlZBgPryR_WJJC__aos83J4LTYzmRfBz8Vm_ExT0Q2t_uTpw4om9tXzvC3wN_ChY84pdKLToOPR5hrjZZI9ajEmJ/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMzIuanBn%3F=-748585" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419226306195291426" /></a></p>And birthday fibers
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-58153689078920088862009-12-18T15:31:00.000-06:002009-12-18T15:39:18.036-06:00Silvester<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7nPQRw4VDuqkYjm-j1ml1rYP0AtUDaRn3x6C4lXoSHs9SQUgyN7UxRn89-BUb50qBqnXl0UMIvVqOdW1IikpXW5bOhhL3egyDiytJ9VpubTSY_wMWHHX5tOhJxuhX8aTKFYx/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMjguanBn%3F=-758037"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7nPQRw4VDuqkYjm-j1ml1rYP0AtUDaRn3x6C4lXoSHs9SQUgyN7UxRn89-BUb50qBqnXl0UMIvVqOdW1IikpXW5bOhhL3egyDiytJ9VpubTSY_wMWHHX5tOhJxuhX8aTKFYx/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMjguanBn%3F=-758037" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416694034458378210" /></a></p>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-64114058431202509512009-11-25T13:31:00.003-06:002009-11-25T13:42:50.981-06:00Beck Take TwoWith the "Fit" part of the blog being next to non-existant, I think it will really help me by remembering to mention it from time time.<br /><br />Grr- I'm disgusted with myself currently. After saying for a year that I needed to get back on track, here I am, near the end of 2009 and 25 lbs heaver than I was when we started this year.<br /><br />And I feel it this time. I am huffing and puffing as I climb stairs, and I'm too young to be feeling this cruddy.<br /><br />So I decided to go ahead and buy the Beck Diet Solution workbook (I had checked out the book from the library last year and liked it, but didn't implicate all the changes last year)<br /><br />I think this, with Turbo Jam for cardio, ChaLean for strength training, and Weight Watchers for eating guidelines will help me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-89787193516391421252009-11-23T10:43:00.002-06:002009-11-23T11:56:36.751-06:00NaKniSweMo BurnoutAfter working on the sweater for all my free time for three weeks, I have completely burnt out on the sweater.<br /><br />I have over 50,000 stitches, but I am completely unmotivated to finish it before November 30th.<br /><br />Maybe after a few days break I'll change my mind, but for now, I'm knitting a hat for my dad.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-33145501202700286632009-11-18T11:44:00.001-06:002009-11-18T11:56:52.345-06:00The Halfway Point<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_HezHVq5d1SmJdDh50LOXMJDM0SlTg66BJv7p6nc361gPuITvtIo4cWb5EQF0EREX_aQjQUy0ieaHePMB_ISAiC9SbLXo0COTe8aoNHA-1l5RD8wIWRPXCBmJgTh-6R7HJPl/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMTAuanBn%3F=-701824"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_HezHVq5d1SmJdDh50LOXMJDM0SlTg66BJv7p6nc361gPuITvtIo4cWb5EQF0EREX_aQjQUy0ieaHePMB_ISAiC9SbLXo0COTe8aoNHA-1l5RD8wIWRPXCBmJgTh-6R7HJPl/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMTAuanBn%3F=-701824" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501106621748434" border="0" /></a></p>Here was my progress as of Monday night on my NaKniSweMo project. Please pardon the blechy bathroom mirror photo, it was late, and I was the only one up. Sleeves are done, and I am on the 15th repeat of 30 (or 40 if I have the yarn) repeats of the body pattern. Only 60 (or 100) rows of 189 stitches left! 11340 (or 18900) stitches left to knit! Totally doable. Well, plus the collar, but I'm working on that at lunch currently. I did decide to make the collar about half as wide as the pattern. This is mostly to make sure I have the yarn to knit it, reading Ravelry, this seems to be the major yarn suck of the pattern.<br /><br />Finally a post on the weight loss progress. After months of saying I needed to get back on track, I finally re-signed up for Weight Watchers. I tried using a free site for months to count calories, but it never "clicked" for me, and I kept going over every day. Friday I noticed my weight had crept back up to the 230's and briefly hovered at the weight I was when I had Kaylee less than 2 years old. Not good. Not good at all. So far so good. I have found it easy to avoid the sweets and bread (except for two occasions where there was stress and all you can eat pizza, but I didn't go as overboard as I had in the past)<br /><br />My first WI is Friday, and I will try to post the results then.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-56846676609726804122009-11-06T13:27:00.001-06:002009-11-06T14:20:04.478-06:00NaKniSweMo Day 6<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAukoFr8wK32yVyzz4WHFlMoQX_8BAnBqbkFLY-PCm8bbuNkMc0OghVsT9Hzucg2Z6ODOW_eg6SjDvBKBF71i79F7PjtcMhD7cUb4v8N21m0_kMz2SIA421RB-K_gO-48K6qr/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyNTMuanBn%3F=-713171"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAukoFr8wK32yVyzz4WHFlMoQX_8BAnBqbkFLY-PCm8bbuNkMc0OghVsT9Hzucg2Z6ODOW_eg6SjDvBKBF71i79F7PjtcMhD7cUb4v8N21m0_kMz2SIA421RB-K_gO-48K6qr/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyNTMuanBn%3F=-713171" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401075194199574530" border="0" /> Just a quick progress shot as of my lunch break today. I sepereated the sleeves, and have about 160 rows of k3p3 and p3k3 checkerbord before I'm done with the body. I might do the sleeves at the start of the next ball of yarn so I can more effenciatly judge how long to make the sweater.<br /></a></p>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-13688603815930713682009-11-04T12:53:00.000-06:002009-11-04T12:55:20.450-06:00NaKniSweMo day 4<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_ndDKdZh-89rnCHB5L6uDt0J0q3js1qy1joFp0N6pEGgf47ejClJ13RT8qvBvVjUkQAFFuym0NjxSrgGmMvlM5reSqZDscy4fSVMUE1h3r3lyWznjpl0jVLyqyJB-1lHVWl-/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyNTEuanBn%3F=-720451"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_ndDKdZh-89rnCHB5L6uDt0J0q3js1qy1joFp0N6pEGgf47ejClJ13RT8qvBvVjUkQAFFuym0NjxSrgGmMvlM5reSqZDscy4fSVMUE1h3r3lyWznjpl0jVLyqyJB-1lHVWl-/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyNTEuanBn%3F=-720451" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400324039251373218" /></a></p>Almost done with the increases. 33 out of 34. Will be starting the body tonight.
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-29282609123627424842009-11-01T14:45:00.004-06:002009-11-01T15:08:12.942-06:00Christmas Knitting in NovemberI've been busy the last few months getting a head start on some Christmas knitting, so I could "relax" in November and work on NaKniSweMo again this year. I started in March (yes March) with Aeolin for my mother-in-law, but that is still unblocked, and will probably remain so until closer to the holiday or the next time my parents have the kids overnight.<br /><br />Other projects that I have knit are Ice Queen, for my mother. I knit this in about two weeks (off and on) using JeggerSpun Zepher in Juniper and light gold beads.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzV7lt2kEnAdNoHEhzJh2aLTBlu2puyJdJfDlpjvOK-yQFpOIc7tXxsNw2PP3WKBp8vODcLyyhBbK7fdIe51rGtWioR_qGG5qqOhrMOBqxlDME8ud9yTNOs3w8VzzB5ZIoSNSI/s1600-h/100_0961.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399239759367417506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzV7lt2kEnAdNoHEhzJh2aLTBlu2puyJdJfDlpjvOK-yQFpOIc7tXxsNw2PP3WKBp8vODcLyyhBbK7fdIe51rGtWioR_qGG5qqOhrMOBqxlDME8ud9yTNOs3w8VzzB5ZIoSNSI/s320/100_0961.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And pulled up over my head.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGBE5nwbHTuXsXv61b1iVp67Z4q1nXP9gKTKCtoe9mC0oVVUca3r24_XUNJrz04XoSQ1DNBx2LaoMEwbxtbA659X66wdu9gPvoCCzFIp0TOrETbk-PzTz7HPzf1Qe7JkpWMh7/s1600-h/100_0962.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399239769147398930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGBE5nwbHTuXsXv61b1iVp67Z4q1nXP9gKTKCtoe9mC0oVVUca3r24_XUNJrz04XoSQ1DNBx2LaoMEwbxtbA659X66wdu9gPvoCCzFIp0TOrETbk-PzTz7HPzf1Qe7JkpWMh7/s320/100_0962.jpg" /></a><br /><br />For my 15 year old Emo Brother-in-law, knit York. I'm going to embellish around the moth to make the sculls look more like the sculls from the Punisher, but I need to felt it a bit more still. I'm waiting until I have both sinks cleaned out and both kids asleep at the same time. I figure I have until Christmas to get this done, so that miracle is sure to happen sometime between now and then. I knit this in one day while home sick and watching a Buffy marathon.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNwME6w72h4z31Z26RinZM7ZdHHvyHWXmLyKK1Nm4zZGE3e99v8fqNvaZ3Uyuk9Cybxp6USDgQyUpl8JI91pmNYbUHowDxTOOLnyMrjzdEfbFZSE38KM2S44DsFua4eavYtkf/s1600-h/100_0958.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399239761491548466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNwME6w72h4z31Z26RinZM7ZdHHvyHWXmLyKK1Nm4zZGE3e99v8fqNvaZ3Uyuk9Cybxp6USDgQyUpl8JI91pmNYbUHowDxTOOLnyMrjzdEfbFZSE38KM2S44DsFua4eavYtkf/s320/100_0958.jpg" /></a><br />I'm not sure who this one will be for, I might send it to my sister in Germany, or I might save it for myself. This is knit from my homespun Falkland that I knit during the Tour De Fleece this summer, and is nice and soft and crunchy.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnZmQmKN8c6aXh3O1si9knF1xFJr8EBxZsrU4wJZAHi_00bZ3PK7iGphDkNCdy3JX2sKGiIMnoVOJXbneJIA6AQhQ_pJcADtZrIyPxJtFUemiGtMJVofFvlRD5W8XBMlL9e7W/s1600-h/100_0960.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399239749875639762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnZmQmKN8c6aXh3O1si9knF1xFJr8EBxZsrU4wJZAHi_00bZ3PK7iGphDkNCdy3JX2sKGiIMnoVOJXbneJIA6AQhQ_pJcADtZrIyPxJtFUemiGtMJVofFvlRD5W8XBMlL9e7W/s320/100_0960.jpg" /></a><br /><br />In regular knitting, my Arisaig is coming along nicely. I have the back lace piece finished, and have started on the right lace piece. I'm still pretty confident that the changes I have put in to make this a pullover will work and look nice, but it is going to take a while to do. I am glad that this isn't what I decided on for NaKniSweMo.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-4SApZegQbthAWv7QN4AFEhyphenhyphenA-NakYJ-qs93aUmzht_aVTKNhBD3Gku4NKcQAe87DbcdYig9162pZq2RKAArXvJmbaTs1cDZpJS34HAiuGMTMGhbFJiDMO2XBfxpyK7PAYdw/s1600-h/100_0966.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399240545604308114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-4SApZegQbthAWv7QN4AFEhyphenhyphenA-NakYJ-qs93aUmzht_aVTKNhBD3Gku4NKcQAe87DbcdYig9162pZq2RKAArXvJmbaTs1cDZpJS34HAiuGMTMGhbFJiDMO2XBfxpyK7PAYdw/s320/100_0966.jpg" /></a><br />But this is. Therapi. Knit in my own hand dyed yarn, using Wilton's Leaf Green (a whole container for seven skeins). I'm 38 rows into the yolk (have 30 more to go) before it is time to separate the sleeves and work on the endless 3X3 ribbing for the body. But I'm sure that I will be able to have this finished before November 30th. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbFy-h8eMBEEn-q-9S6pgNJrG37YjCCnaJfNqyyFTbJM5bwjTP4p_n3OaEKJK7FN7_weTrU3MTbKCGAFVzuvlOthHlJGbd83Olva7Grnh6YFGHRefoJnai7zQXkNN4dxQ4hRN/s1600-h/100_0963.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399239772399416802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbFy-h8eMBEEn-q-9S6pgNJrG37YjCCnaJfNqyyFTbJM5bwjTP4p_n3OaEKJK7FN7_weTrU3MTbKCGAFVzuvlOthHlJGbd83Olva7Grnh6YFGHRefoJnai7zQXkNN4dxQ4hRN/s320/100_0963.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Now back to knitting.</div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-83476785180540398932009-10-20T18:57:00.001-05:002009-10-20T19:07:02.329-05:00FO! Alphamitts<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPRUtJ9sqjr4jorIe6XXwz7qG6IIAMpVMNunC1bIM0CbPCZbDF1IRYa57sBxF8CLQrBmnSmstcTDFjNT7Stp3IJXF51nAgxSRdQKQHG8qB5P2bL_liH1HEbpBhIyY6vdNhk4C/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMzIuanBn%3F=-713410"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394835893221188914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPRUtJ9sqjr4jorIe6XXwz7qG6IIAMpVMNunC1bIM0CbPCZbDF1IRYa57sBxF8CLQrBmnSmstcTDFjNT7Stp3IJXF51nAgxSRdQKQHG8qB5P2bL_liH1HEbpBhIyY6vdNhk4C/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMzIuanBn%3F=-713410" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">A few weeks ago I finished the Spiderman Mitts for Corwin's birthday, and Kaylee kept steeling them and putting them on. Corwin demanded that I knit Kaylee a pair of mittens of her own. After a night of searching Ravelry and getting Corwin to ok the pattern and pick out colors, I started on the Alphamitts. It took me two weeks of lunchtime knitting to finish these.</p><p class="mobile-photo">I presented Kaylee with the finished mittens this morning, and she was very happy. She took them to show her brother, and her daddy, then, smiling, tossed them in the trash.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-78848684195610259922009-10-19T09:56:00.004-05:002009-10-19T10:03:48.888-05:00Pullover FailSaturday I started working on my modified Arisaig pullover. I decided I would try to knit the pull over in one piece, with a provisional cast on at the start of the lace and would split at the arms. After much adding, casting on, frogging, re-calculating, casting on again and fudging I had the cast on started. All 368 stitches. It only took one repeat of the 16 row chart for me to realize that I was fucking crazy. Yeah. I frogged again last night and am going to work the body in pieces, and will seam, and knit the ribbing in the round. Take two begins tonight with the back.<br /><br /><br />This weekend also had me dying the yarn for my NaKniSweMo project, Therapi. I wound up dying 7 skeins a nice bright leafy green, and realized that the green is the same shade as the school colors for the Uni that I work for and graduated from. Oh well, it is going to be the office sweater. I just hope I will have enough yarn.<br /><br />I did finish the Chickidee Cowl and Ice Queen, and will try to get pics up as soon as I block them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-10333729401217860252009-10-12T10:24:00.000-05:002009-10-12T10:25:16.881-05:00Vine Yolk Cardi, now with buttons!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjach-Kvh9MJ-kLtpX_269skTbDZXUm_v7Cubw-bjuLwscGRMkVyxOUNXjHlLwJPC2vkFaSerog0t6ZsRMxFrpoFR3jrX4C3jXEgsAPUqr9a5wV1ONY16HlaOS94PKP1V1WGN5A/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMjkuanBn%3F=-716884"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjach-Kvh9MJ-kLtpX_269skTbDZXUm_v7Cubw-bjuLwscGRMkVyxOUNXjHlLwJPC2vkFaSerog0t6ZsRMxFrpoFR3jrX4C3jXEgsAPUqr9a5wV1ONY16HlaOS94PKP1V1WGN5A/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMjkuanBn%3F=-716884" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391734940403115554" /></a></p>I sucked it up last night and sewed buttons on my cardi. Nothing special on the button front, but I'm wearing it at work today and it is so comfy and warm in our cold office. Might have to make some arm warmers to match though.
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-53994998017516696552009-10-11T11:23:00.009-05:002009-10-11T12:52:57.676-05:00Sickness, Changes, and Casting on like crazyI've been sick for 10 days :( Not the flu, but a head cold turned upper respiratory infection. Breathing has been hard to do the last few days, as it feels like my nasal passages have been rubber cemented together, but other than that, I feel ok. I've missed two days of work, which gave me some time to knit and spin a little, but not much, as I spent much of those days sleeping. I cast on for two projects during that time, <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html">Ice Queen</a> and <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall09/PATTkernel.php">Kernel</a> from Knitty. Ice Queen will be a Christmas gift for my mother, and I'm using yarn that has been in the stash since 2005 (when I first started knitting) and have been using as scrap yarn for years. Kernal is being knit in conjunction with the Sexy Knitter's Club current knit along. Its my second project using my hand spun yarn:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOR3tUlGrLo2E_t2eHGodjRIT1gO5ZIgEdWRS0cnuLqsnCPUrtfSIgG8bdiyue8kj0pEkhaR-mckm8EVOQ3QmBo6bXhP9lyzOjN5Z8wHZOkf16WDPGIZD6QanaS9UYYmU1J3jG/s1600-h/43630022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391389026302065714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOR3tUlGrLo2E_t2eHGodjRIT1gO5ZIgEdWRS0cnuLqsnCPUrtfSIgG8bdiyue8kj0pEkhaR-mckm8EVOQ3QmBo6bXhP9lyzOjN5Z8wHZOkf16WDPGIZD6QanaS9UYYmU1J3jG/s320/43630022.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The other thing I cast on for in the last few weeks was a pair of mittens. After I finished Corwin's Spidy Mitts, Kaylee kept steeling them and putting them on around the house. Corwin came up to me and said that I had to knit her her own pair, so she would stay out of his. I am knitting the <a href="http://standardd.net/skyblog/?p=1109">Alphamitts</a> in Knit Picks Palette, Calypso Heather and Lilac (both yarns left over from other projects). Corwin picked out the colors to use and they look awesome! </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4JxTUqHuamVD1kUwKyTs9jpXJTloYSMycYKtGdWrbV9n2veSla8BI3QPcQxus-pUYHNEoLdN4gzfzhef6ANUctnu-7ORQ4vOLla2loyZVrKxon4dcLy49Dsab3cX_YdEz0YI/s1600-h/IMG00227.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391384204925570098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4JxTUqHuamVD1kUwKyTs9jpXJTloYSMycYKtGdWrbV9n2veSla8BI3QPcQxus-pUYHNEoLdN4gzfzhef6ANUctnu-7ORQ4vOLla2loyZVrKxon4dcLy49Dsab3cX_YdEz0YI/s320/IMG00227.jpg" /></a> I finally got photos of Kaylee's Jacket on here with the buttons and ties done. She loves this coat, and the matching hat, and asks for it to be put on in the mornings. Everyone who has seen it has mentioned how cute it is on her.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qVIzmq60lWb13MdF-pfLPjHBvL7Tt6oO66S8qhog6ZvqLtbUQZGQws8jPSx4io4_GVY8VIpWzQSY3RVB5WrGO-aD17susxCag1M4rCWLPnQYBz9-9iKEcGQ-0dBiUtmZx78i/s1600-h/IMG00222.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391384194061289218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qVIzmq60lWb13MdF-pfLPjHBvL7Tt6oO66S8qhog6ZvqLtbUQZGQws8jPSx4io4_GVY8VIpWzQSY3RVB5WrGO-aD17susxCag1M4rCWLPnQYBz9-9iKEcGQ-0dBiUtmZx78i/s320/IMG00222.jpg" /></a> I've also finished Corwin's Pembrook Sweater, in time for him to wear it on Photo day at daycare. Oh my goodness, this was a knitting marathon, but so worth it. I knit the whole sweater in less than 10 days, and I say it is just about perfect. The only problem is that the dyelots of the yarn (which I had in stash forever) didn't match up, and the labels had been long gone, considering I had started and frogged many projects with the yarn over the years.</p><p>I'm trying to finish up as many small projects as I can this month so I can devote November to NAKNSWMO again. Right now I'm debating between two sweaters: <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTtherapi.php">Therapi</a> and <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTarisaig.html">Arisaig</a>. I have enough yarn in stash for both, and both would be challenging projects for me to do. </p><p>With Therapi I would need to dye yarn, and reading the commits on it at Ravelry, the yarn amounts on the pattern are way off, almost 50% off. I'm debating either a leafy green or a dusty rose color, and would have to dye in two batches (and alternate skeins). I'm thinking I'll overestimate by a few skeins and shorten the collar if I run out, but I'm dreaming of a nice big comfy cardi to keep in my office. The downside is that this whole sweater is knit in one piece, and would be rather cumbersome by the time I finished it.</p><p>Arsaig would be knit in KP Palette, and modified very heavily. I think the project as shown on Knitty looks sloppy and baggy, and I've seen other's project pages where they have modified it to be a pullover and I think it looks great that way. I'm thinking I'll knit in one pice, starting with a provisional cast on at the start of the lace, knit up from there, and then after I have that done, decide just how much overlap I will want, and knit the ribbing down from there. Since the sleeves are knit in pieces, this would be the more portable project for me to take to work for lunches and on car trips to the store or my parents. All changes would be documented on the blog.<br /><br />Time to get back to knitting<br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-77963878546645677272009-10-02T08:35:00.001-05:002009-10-02T08:48:12.051-05:00FO! Vine Yolk Cardi<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8dUWj4giT-qowuidNGlzpiCePDEc5jEmlf3NgbFWbxxKtZoHJl6IJwdtVaWa6aBfK2SqKAbgvBZ1hKK1pWnSKs9VBLiJc8wTSa01em_d4fy0y0NCtR6eTnTVJKnIjw0X6f4C/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMjAuanBn%3F=-783138"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8dUWj4giT-qowuidNGlzpiCePDEc5jEmlf3NgbFWbxxKtZoHJl6IJwdtVaWa6aBfK2SqKAbgvBZ1hKK1pWnSKs9VBLiJc8wTSa01em_d4fy0y0NCtR6eTnTVJKnIjw0X6f4C/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMjAuanBn%3F=-783138" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387996459983269682" border="0" /></a></p>I finished the Vine Yolk Cardy from the fall Twist on Saturday. Pardon the cruddy camera phone shot. I still need to go find buttons for it after work today, but wanted to post a quick pic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-80518327972697616922009-09-24T11:09:00.004-05:002009-09-24T11:32:54.615-05:00My Knitting Time is No Longer My OwnIt has been taken over by the kids! Ok, I'm still able to get some knititng time for myself, there is the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNG2ZklHI/AAAAAAAABD8/hgKnuVrfj80/s720/100_0906.jpg"></a><a href="http://throughtheloops.typepad.com/ChickadeeCowl.pdf">Chickadee Cowl</a> that I am knitting in my Purple and yellow handspun on my lunch break at work, and a few rows of my <a href="http://twistcollective.com/collection/index.php/component/content/article/75-fall-2009-patterns/396-vine-yoke-cardigan-by-ysolda-teague">Vine Lace Cardi</a> at night when the kids are in bed, but lately the kids have been ASKING for things.<br /><br />First, I saw the most adorable coat in one of the Knit Picks catalogs, for the <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Smock_Coat_Pattern__D30833225.html">Smock Coat</a> by Debbie Bliss. I had to make it for Kaylee. And I enough CotLin in my stash in Lantana. The knitting took about a month from start to finish, and since this photo was taken, I have added buttens and a seed stitch belt. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNHeRUb_I/AAAAAAAABEA/B6bmfCUQPj4/s720/100_0907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNHeRUb_I/AAAAAAAABEA/B6bmfCUQPj4/s720/100_0907.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then it was time to start on the yearly birthday knitting for Corwin. This year he vetoed every sweater pattern I showed him, asking instead for "Spiderman". We did a search on Ravelry and came up with Spiderman hat and mittens.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNFa1iyhI/AAAAAAAABDs/34Zip6B4RF4/s720/100_0902.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 481px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNFa1iyhI/AAAAAAAABDs/34Zip6B4RF4/s720/100_0902.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNEd-h1WI/AAAAAAAABDk/i_OX1IMLyDw/s720/100_0900.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 720px; height: 480px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f87zLj2bpzI/SrBNEd-h1WI/AAAAAAAABDk/i_OX1IMLyDw/s720/100_0900.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The yarn is Knit Picks palette in Bare and Calypso Heather that Corwin and I dyed into the red and dark purple for the hat (yeah for using up more stash yarn!) Since finishing them, Corwin has worn the set every day and says that we need to dye more yarn up so I can knit him a sweater. I don't think so.<br /><br />Instead, I think I'm going to knit him <a href="http://www.petitepurls.com/Summer09/summer2009_pembroke.html">Pembrook</a> from the summer Petite Purls, in more stash yarn of blue cotton ease, and I may add sleeves to the sweater.<br /><br />Corwin has also requested that I knit mittens for Kaylee, so she stops trying to steel his, and I found the perfect pattern, <a href="http://standardd.net/skyblog/?p=1109">Alphamitts</a>, which I can also use stash yarn for.<br /><br />In all of this kid knitting, I still have to knit a scarf for Michael, a hat for my dad, and a few more sweaters for myself. Thank goodness I convinced Steve to let me buy a lot of yarn with the last tax refund, knowing that we would spend this holiday season dirt poor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-41100086606213309982009-09-03T12:30:00.000-05:002009-09-03T12:34:23.791-05:00The Start of the Vine Yolk Cardi<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-m0A8Vi66e7B9rStqb2r4-3oR_tn-dDZZeQHjvtSVIOsD-vDYMa6FXAqfg3aChqasa4IgHOFES3NgvjeZjZxN6LA3cUGyQqZV_W6KNaxQTJmeZICizDI1yWsKKhGsVKQTXAG/s1600-h/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMDQuanBn%3F=-763792"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-m0A8Vi66e7B9rStqb2r4-3oR_tn-dDZZeQHjvtSVIOsD-vDYMa6FXAqfg3aChqasa4IgHOFES3NgvjeZjZxN6LA3cUGyQqZV_W6KNaxQTJmeZICizDI1yWsKKhGsVKQTXAG/s400/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAyMDQuanBn%3F=-763792" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377295892323183234" /></a></p>I cast on for this Tuesday and I'm loving it so far. Right now this is my lunch project for work, at least until I finish C's hat and mitts and K's coat
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-12111611307186832402009-08-20T10:59:00.001-05:002009-08-20T10:59:11.708-05:00Blogging from my phoneTesting to see if this works.
<br>Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34213367.post-85548182945891736082009-08-20T09:30:00.000-05:002009-08-20T09:30:23.994-05:0052 Weeks to GO!Steve is currently in an accelerated nursing program through Texas Woman's University. He is working on getting his BSN in a 15 month program for people who already hold a bachelors degree in any field. Until then, I'm the bread winner, but after he graduates, the plan is for me to start working part time, and to be around when our son is home from school (he starts Kindergarten the same month that Steve graduates).<br /><br />I have decided to dedicate myself to losing this weight, and trying my best to reach MILF status before my son starts kindergarden, or to try my best to get as close to it as I can. I know that we won't have mony for junk food or fast food more than maybe once or twice a month, and most of what we will eat will be inexpensive, whole foods. I will start using my bread maker (the one I have had for 7 years and have used 7 times) to start making our bread at home. Mmm hot fresh bread in the evenings, and limiting the amount of meat that I eat to once a day, dinner time only. Or at least I will do to the best of my ability on our budget. But vegetarian meals for breakfast (oatmeal, cream of wheat, fruit, etc) will be cheaper than hitting fast food. Lunches will take being creative. I might allow myself canned soup with a little meat in it, but I will avoid hamburgers, meat filled subs, Chick Fil A, and all the bad options that I have near campus. Dinner most nights will be from the crockpot to save time, and to have hot meals waiting for us when we get home.<br /><br />Until then, Steve has voted for pizza tonight. Here is hoping that I don't make a complete and utter pig of myself and eat half (or more!) of the pizza, again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0