tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340265742024-03-07T02:53:34.479-05:00Yawn OverKnitting, and generally wasting time I
could really use catching some Z'sYawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-72863505376248583562009-12-31T22:52:00.005-05:002009-12-31T23:07:45.220-05:00Happy New Years!Just wanted to take this opportunity to say "Happy New Years!" It's been a LONG time! New job responsibilities have left me with absolutely no time for blogging. I couldn't be happier about my situation, though, so it's all good. <br /><br />I'm still pretty active on Ravelry and have managed to make time for knitting most weeks. And of course, Frisky is as high-maintenance as ever ;) <br /><br />Wishing you all the very best that 2010 has to bring.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjplCjNHzf4wo6Z6Qm-xOV1QMKIuY0oynpoMkyuLrsYM5tPD7WbdudPKwND3lfvC1NHmjoe6VOJMues8EXD1MwPn_552FwImoFlYW43gnd0wwHNRIFF_q8otPCMaCPyZpI-YFmHQ/s1600-h/DSC04966.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjplCjNHzf4wo6Z6Qm-xOV1QMKIuY0oynpoMkyuLrsYM5tPD7WbdudPKwND3lfvC1NHmjoe6VOJMues8EXD1MwPn_552FwImoFlYW43gnd0wwHNRIFF_q8otPCMaCPyZpI-YFmHQ/s320/DSC04966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421616916459157954" /></a><br /><br /><center> <em>"Peace, love, and chewbones."</em> </center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-57474373109007832452009-08-07T22:23:00.006-04:002009-08-07T23:11:43.487-04:00Time Flies!Can't believe it's already August! I have been immersed in an intensive online course development seminar and have <em>totally</em> lost track of time. <br /><br />The seminar was fabulous! And though I'll still be working to get ready for the fall semester, the next two weeks are mostly about vacation. That means lot and lots and LOTS of desperate, pre-semester knitting ;)<br /><br />So...I've been working on another Bonne Marie Burns pattern: the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/eyelet-cardi" target='_'>Eyelet Cardi</a> in Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oR8qiG3CGbLavRG4MxnqtUQ53pXEtG26gw4eoM2aHmOE5hwtM3nWlVxKuN9wPAuawx3MpmcmFoCED3Ru2vhMiWkJ6agnh2_FYeuFp4cfY7pxn8RWOuOpa6vJHVwowbtTry8h5w/s1600-h/DSC04408.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oR8qiG3CGbLavRG4MxnqtUQ53pXEtG26gw4eoM2aHmOE5hwtM3nWlVxKuN9wPAuawx3MpmcmFoCED3Ru2vhMiWkJ6agnh2_FYeuFp4cfY7pxn8RWOuOpa6vJHVwowbtTry8h5w/s320/DSC04408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367420712098517714" /></a><br /><br /><br />I've been looking for an excuse to try the Silky Wool and so far it has lived up to expectations - lightweight, gorgeous color, and soft to the touch. (I am a little bit worried about pilling and/or snags, but only time will tell.) I'm past the sleeve divide and getting close to the waist shaping. Love the pattern so far, but omg - that was a WHOLE lot of stitches there before that divide! <br /><br />Unfortunately, this baby is being moved to the back burner because I am off to San Francisco for a conference. Fortunately, though, the trip gives me time to work on a smaller project: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aestlight-shawl" target='_'>Aestlight</a> in Araucania Ranco Multy in a luscious palette of blues and purples, because I am a sheep who could not resist the lure of the bandwagon. I'm really hoping to finish this one up during the trip - fingers crossed!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XE_TzHKGj6fc3wpAerOEXvGlj9pJMIrDVcI3HFoMfbpjeF6d0hcgDeG-oKrQfEkXt1Ru-jkdZTarlhQQzm4fO3iD5DG1myPEb949Tei5wpIDtuoGaT2iJpcccMPqnX8UNIKCQg/s1600-h/DSC04394.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XE_TzHKGj6fc3wpAerOEXvGlj9pJMIrDVcI3HFoMfbpjeF6d0hcgDeG-oKrQfEkXt1Ru-jkdZTarlhQQzm4fO3iD5DG1myPEb949Tei5wpIDtuoGaT2iJpcccMPqnX8UNIKCQg/s320/DSC04394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367420720007901410" /></a><br /><br /><br />Another project that's on hold for the time being is my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bernhardt" target='_'>Behrnardt cardi</a>. I guess I should be happy to report that it is <em>finally</em> too hot to knit with worsted-weight wool.... It will keep for a couple more months, though ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO5mkrJ0fN83bhjUxIeZAgn4zxKWTGg6UJGv-7_UbINmRYbV4AGp12CQ-aupcYIUaBqHMxmKqgzrMNhnmHSUp3c1rcoW66t9kXsr_rWh5C4nMj3GxvHHdB38dkspID3jyuzSaZg/s1600-h/DSC04392.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO5mkrJ0fN83bhjUxIeZAgn4zxKWTGg6UJGv-7_UbINmRYbV4AGp12CQ-aupcYIUaBqHMxmKqgzrMNhnmHSUp3c1rcoW66t9kXsr_rWh5C4nMj3GxvHHdB38dkspID3jyuzSaZg/s320/DSC04392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367420718017347346" /></a><br /><br /><br />And - despite my already-heftily-laden plate of WIPS - I am already coveting my next project: The <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mondo-cable-pulli" target='_'>Mondo Cable Pulli </a>by Bonne Marie Burns. It's not available in pdf just yet, but rest assured that I am stalking the Chic Knits discussion board on a daily basis and will be poised to pounce on that bad boy the instant it hits the streets. <br /><br />Hmm...do you think I maybe have an issue with startitis?<br /><br />I will leave you with today's gratutious chihuahua shots, which today feature Frisky being rewarded for his bad behavior. (Will we <em>ever</em> learn?)<br /><br />The hubs and I were up early trying to squeeze in a few early-morning moments of work before the tweens emerged from their sleep-dens seeking large quantities of food and parental engagement and asking the question every parent loves to hear: "Why are you wearing <em>that</em>?"<br /><br />Frisky was scratching my legs (in the desperate, attention-craving way that only a chihuahua can) and after 10 minutes of listening to me complain, hubs picked the dog up and deposited him into his polo shirt. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhqLdtqxjpRsLtupHaE5iQzeH89eeZVj3cW1lU4QsEeuD6ziCbjGJ0UbbdeMxNP47V-sJB4OvKDzGj1fmYdZPo1hMuwmKHyWRINsLkqFLFUvjT9b0pHzTDvKpbTkg23Pbef95EA/s1600-h/DSC04413.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhqLdtqxjpRsLtupHaE5iQzeH89eeZVj3cW1lU4QsEeuD6ziCbjGJ0UbbdeMxNP47V-sJB4OvKDzGj1fmYdZPo1hMuwmKHyWRINsLkqFLFUvjT9b0pHzTDvKpbTkg23Pbef95EA/s320/DSC04413.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367420709932114514" /></a><br /><br />By all accounts, this seemed to do the trick. Maybe too well:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rESSmm2xxmqKDL3_qwrm0aUWZ1xKRm_6gq2igVH23jwYIMRwE_mS2GqVNDU0tsOEr1_Sa6uo0FtiYvC9iNOdvfBosNkCFvLTm8IjMowQDRDOsU7h0wXL8MF7tZBUtTFRoXv9Pg/s1600-h/DSC04414.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rESSmm2xxmqKDL3_qwrm0aUWZ1xKRm_6gq2igVH23jwYIMRwE_mS2GqVNDU0tsOEr1_Sa6uo0FtiYvC9iNOdvfBosNkCFvLTm8IjMowQDRDOsU7h0wXL8MF7tZBUtTFRoXv9Pg/s320/DSC04414.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367420702144386482" /></a><br /><br />I can't help but be reminded of that old movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/" target='_'>Alien</a>. ;)<br /><br />Happy August - wil try to post an update when I get back.YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-53546880131472027232009-07-14T08:11:00.007-04:002009-07-14T09:38:18.537-04:00The Summer of KnitMy, this certainly has been a wool-friendly summer. I'm aware that in some places in the US the heat has reached record highs, but here in New England? We are all about the chilly.<br /><br />This is driving some people nuts, but, honestly, I kind of like it. Sunny and 70 degrees in July? I'll take it, thank you very much. Not only have I saved bundles on my electricity costs, my knitting output has never been better. That's a win-win situation as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br /><strong>Baktus Update</strong><br />Turns out that the lure of the Baktus was too much for me to resist. As soon as I got my hands on another skein of lovely Brooks Farm Acero I cast on again. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeim9VhleVkKHEOaTQeWausqsq172NL83KC_ykORvbia35qN-8otrKWyTZ1WdMiDwnObGrj1iccJDhG0PU7BfqXtHSJu_94_QWVDU4U6LO1iiHMEjfnaSoY6LvgJiX4rKLAUjcA/s1600-h/DSC04207.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeim9VhleVkKHEOaTQeWausqsq172NL83KC_ykORvbia35qN-8otrKWyTZ1WdMiDwnObGrj1iccJDhG0PU7BfqXtHSJu_94_QWVDU4U6LO1iiHMEjfnaSoY6LvgJiX4rKLAUjcA/s320/DSC04207.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358299972962655938" /></a><br /><br />Because I am a sheep (and because the lure of everything <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mustaavillaa">Terhi</a> makes is also too much for me to resist - <em>am I becoming a Ravstalker</em>?) this one is the lacy version. The pattern is such a peach - the ultimate travel knitting project.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefpMyNmrZeGTHxKPAUYfZQrjPfDC2iQ5D6ZrC_tsj7EbI6xHHMNXBLA-LsFZbM1cpqqiCTcKaitkcI8Z9EcytA9UhAefwkZ94VWzj3LTV_3c-NUX4xazjZHQicvKPAWa-5tXPxA/s1600-h/DSC04187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefpMyNmrZeGTHxKPAUYfZQrjPfDC2iQ5D6ZrC_tsj7EbI6xHHMNXBLA-LsFZbM1cpqqiCTcKaitkcI8Z9EcytA9UhAefwkZ94VWzj3LTV_3c-NUX4xazjZHQicvKPAWa-5tXPxA/s320/DSC04187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358299965509629682" /></a><br />I got the yarn from a fellow Raveler who was doing a major destash. She gave me such a good price on it that I almost felt guilty. <em>Almost</em>. It really is gorgeous. (Details <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/lacy-baktus" target='_'>rav'ed here</a>.) Oddly, I am in no hurry to finish this. I just like looking at it.<br /><br />Both pictures are from atop the breakers at Hampton Beach, NH. It was our first sunny day here in some time, and we stuck it out for as long as possible by moving our gear up onto the rocks. The sky was absolutely gorgeous:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rom-QtgCNXMF63FLYwuLmQetnRJsPK-r6n70vjtAXp1rAHrHOp1KGLAohw_reWdg9oOD7Dxvpy8Z_3t4sNrsdpoAUGVsOfaMsq6GN8CUBkhxDtBzsSzR3A5bbWH6IgaV9zJpgA/s1600-h/DSC04225.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rom-QtgCNXMF63FLYwuLmQetnRJsPK-r6n70vjtAXp1rAHrHOp1KGLAohw_reWdg9oOD7Dxvpy8Z_3t4sNrsdpoAUGVsOfaMsq6GN8CUBkhxDtBzsSzR3A5bbWH6IgaV9zJpgA/s320/DSC04225.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358300760933156082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzXrfGYK200p7A4Y1CJ-udw5eidCYJnw-aoUEDirfPy_DkX0fIl-Cjo1EZgYjVx32DIHxLuetOKJwKrELc-xA1sHgg7NopMLBD_U1pSD6AoOURw6TgyYvVwPV7PByp2n0XOzX8w/s1600-h/DSC04235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzXrfGYK200p7A4Y1CJ-udw5eidCYJnw-aoUEDirfPy_DkX0fIl-Cjo1EZgYjVx32DIHxLuetOKJwKrELc-xA1sHgg7NopMLBD_U1pSD6AoOURw6TgyYvVwPV7PByp2n0XOzX8w/s320/DSC04235.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358299985758338498" /></a><br /> <br /><strong>Acer Update</strong><br />The lesson from my first Acer button disaster is that looks aren't everything, *sigh*. I needed something really feather-weight. (Details <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/acer" target='_'>rav'ed here</a>.) After checking out the project pages for Acer I ended up going with the same style of button used by a few others, and the shape is just right, I think. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zhHJWrmxSPoy2efOFqQo0xUNvf13djT5-PAYXesGVTQg4rdYGjVHq-IJGr9N1eAeTi7ixLd8vNxIWmjYY8mGG_vQrx4uRofnNGpoxHPAH8Gl1mK2ip4EzfZ3CWr7CKvF_gH8zA/s1600-h/DSC04246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zhHJWrmxSPoy2efOFqQo0xUNvf13djT5-PAYXesGVTQg4rdYGjVHq-IJGr9N1eAeTi7ixLd8vNxIWmjYY8mGG_vQrx4uRofnNGpoxHPAH8Gl1mK2ip4EzfZ3CWr7CKvF_gH8zA/s320/DSC04246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358299976829296178" /></a><br />I would have liked an even lighter-colored maple on this pale yarn, but these will do for now. And, since I plan to make it again in Peace Fleece...<br /><br /><strong>Mondo Cable</strong><br />But first, I need to finish this little bippy:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3U33PF5l5cWraXgt3LIL48x3U5ULdXS_8x5r7Wv-LPbYsJHGXg9GKeqE72SImqU1Ve_Ayh1culuQbeIWy13_ILHr5uXh16y9rp782jEQK33QLs-VCqJqe4QqZ10d_IoM35xmjA/s1600-h/DSC04259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3U33PF5l5cWraXgt3LIL48x3U5ULdXS_8x5r7Wv-LPbYsJHGXg9GKeqE72SImqU1Ve_Ayh1culuQbeIWy13_ILHr5uXh16y9rp782jEQK33QLs-VCqJqe4QqZ10d_IoM35xmjA/s320/DSC04259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358299987613955234" /></a><br /><br />Honestly, I liked this pattern in its first incarnation, but the more recent top-down version is a real winner. The provisional cast-on gave me a few headaches (you can read all about the agony <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/mondo-cable-shell---vest" target='_'>here</a>) but did make for a lovely seamless shoulder. I hope to have this done in another day or two.<br /><br /><strong>Next Up</strong><br />So, what bandwagon to jump on next? I've been thinking about breaking into my luscious Silken Mohair (a worsted-weight silk with a mohair haze, yum) to do a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/aquaknits/mara" target='_'>Mara</a> or a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatReading/november-ruffle-wrap" target='_'>November Ruffle</a>. Or maybe I'll get back to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bernhardt" target='_'>Bernhardt</a>. Or..or...or...<br /><br /><strong>Gratuitous Chihuahua Shots </strong><br />Clearly I could go on and on, but that wouldn't do either of us any good. There is work to be done besides the knitting, after all. And you may even be asleep by now. So I'll bid you adieu with some parting shots of you-know-who:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmAh5nKvvrylNce_XmILqM4PnMtAbfNGUo67edkr_Kz5bBxGdJTwuHH_Y8DsFzQSFe-eC2kWSWgligOugtfUTnieYB-_2EJOuXjPT7hG-C4Gvz-Ce5oRgjWASv_yQZMkyFjeXlA/s1600-h/DSC04073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmAh5nKvvrylNce_XmILqM4PnMtAbfNGUo67edkr_Kz5bBxGdJTwuHH_Y8DsFzQSFe-eC2kWSWgligOugtfUTnieYB-_2EJOuXjPT7hG-C4Gvz-Ce5oRgjWASv_yQZMkyFjeXlA/s320/DSC04073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358306137586310962" /></a><br /><center> <em>I'm not afraid of fireworks, no siree, are you afraid of fireworks? because I'm not, no, no way, not me.</em> </center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_dnw9YSVaub2917FryzR4ygL4RP9DViF694nFReGO3-EKuBYUDT1h9bpjJM4P8fvRAb-N1CaFq7BteSyxa0IAHuevYUZQ0cgww-IVri24HAj0tuD_HsdHFid-9K958sxVQ6bLg/s1600-h/DSC03891.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_dnw9YSVaub2917FryzR4ygL4RP9DViF694nFReGO3-EKuBYUDT1h9bpjJM4P8fvRAb-N1CaFq7BteSyxa0IAHuevYUZQ0cgww-IVri24HAj0tuD_HsdHFid-9K958sxVQ6bLg/s320/DSC03891.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358306139704382386" /></a><br /><center> <em>Well,</em> someone <em>has to prop this kid up, right?</em> </center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-44682092483694531132009-07-03T18:50:00.004-04:002009-07-03T19:05:13.790-04:00Stick a Fork in It...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Pee6Ts30XyO_qwI4k-MV4f9XVJAsVeEWv5JucEybQqoZMKkwf8gEA1yMlH-C4ggFZ6AMVyRED3cNGCBQVJijoKkLaO8UkxVraEmWbBrb_LmdGXI_kTNbjsLD1Lc0dUjGCLhBA/s1600-h/DSC04149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Pee6Ts30XyO_qwI4k-MV4f9XVJAsVeEWv5JucEybQqoZMKkwf8gEA1yMlH-C4ggFZ6AMVyRED3cNGCBQVJijoKkLaO8UkxVraEmWbBrb_LmdGXI_kTNbjsLD1Lc0dUjGCLhBA/s320/DSC04149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372503659985490" /></a><br /><br />...because Acer is officially done. In exactly two weeks, including blocking and buttons. Woot!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4PV1LmQe3DO6TzbIgWLgt-PeFT5q4-Ms1D3VLg1EDOyW_WUpjrq_kSOKHipzeTR-E0PPuADLMX7k-uA_PD9mAo1eXeDXkuW-8KTbBrT8w63yfHdHJjAROkrn-ewvxkI1ZlySSg/s1600-h/DSC04148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4PV1LmQe3DO6TzbIgWLgt-PeFT5q4-Ms1D3VLg1EDOyW_WUpjrq_kSOKHipzeTR-E0PPuADLMX7k-uA_PD9mAo1eXeDXkuW-8KTbBrT8w63yfHdHJjAROkrn-ewvxkI1ZlySSg/s320/DSC04148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372481780699234" /></a><br /><br />Speaking of buttons, I am gradually coming to the realization that the ones I just sewed on, though gorgeous, are really just too heavy for this light and lofty yarn. Hence, I can't get a decent, non-gappy picture of me wearing it :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uD7dn42oGtL6Z1OcDAN3YdwEqDbEGu3XJMBV8DCK5I03Ern7QWqKdgi9Tjw2PDKtUy44dvEaWvlcIY9ZihS8LovlPbB_SrWmj2P3MhTxEe44hZ5DO59y5ZyIdYxRASsiF3JoOw/s1600-h/DSC04146.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uD7dn42oGtL6Z1OcDAN3YdwEqDbEGu3XJMBV8DCK5I03Ern7QWqKdgi9Tjw2PDKtUy44dvEaWvlcIY9ZihS8LovlPbB_SrWmj2P3MhTxEe44hZ5DO59y5ZyIdYxRASsiF3JoOw/s320/DSC04146.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372494098436770" /></a><br /><br />So, eventually I will need to swap these buttons out, but for now I'm going to just sit here in a pleasant state of denial and enjoy my finished sweater. And have a cocktail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5I-PdS3cNwpFNw8wg6q20uYZ3ZHo63nIvC9QyWBEyM9bSGY2JU6gkHy6X1zgSH823_sSYH95aOOKRhahMjOKsYWjVlh7F0CqNV1XdLiIpYmuLK3rY4Nj-59CWtdx94uNnvAvlQ/s1600-h/DSC04172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5I-PdS3cNwpFNw8wg6q20uYZ3ZHo63nIvC9QyWBEyM9bSGY2JU6gkHy6X1zgSH823_sSYH95aOOKRhahMjOKsYWjVlh7F0CqNV1XdLiIpYmuLK3rY4Nj-59CWtdx94uNnvAvlQ/s320/DSC04172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354372485302598098" /></a><br /><br />Obviously this plan gets the official Frisky TM seal of approval.<br /><br /><br />Tomorrow I'll be watching fireworks, the Pops, and Neil Diamond (that's right, Miss abby) and working on my Lacy Baktus. Hope you enjoy your 4th too!YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-72610406545288301162009-06-29T11:19:00.008-04:002009-06-29T12:21:32.798-04:00Cold Weather Sweater Frenzy!Still knitting with bulky wool in June, you ask?<br /><br />Why yes, as a matter of fact, I am. One advantage of being a knitter is the ability to find some small measure of enjoyment in a crappy, cold, wet summer. I am doing my best - but it ain't easy.<br /><br />Finished the body and started the first sleeve on Acer. Love it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNZ36lfkU1MDbu_q7sg-t25JA2Jm-xx_8mlwqIYIrGPHsFHqitt10-__YkvLKz_ePGw_iq2M3iA7u48OLH8KTXBsqk2SRlDWIj9luTbxugDfwTacDUbo1t2xVboziUfL2ENj2vA/s1600-h/DSC04109.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNZ36lfkU1MDbu_q7sg-t25JA2Jm-xx_8mlwqIYIrGPHsFHqitt10-__YkvLKz_ePGw_iq2M3iA7u48OLH8KTXBsqk2SRlDWIj9luTbxugDfwTacDUbo1t2xVboziUfL2ENj2vA/s320/DSC04109.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352772720086612818" /></a> <br />Btw, the Cascade Eco+ is much softer than the regular Eco - much less rustic as well.<br /><br />And, speaking of Eco, I finally found a button (at Ewe'll Love It) for the Eco Vest:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJ5phISeavv68huREElRGIewj54tv1H4HAfEkKbAR2woZDorBd-fQ9BtA-M932EujaKLQguPQwU7hjKjWXXKx6UBm1RCzNFbElaNnkBPrEKr0-80B9VF36DHL6yTJOm8zwaOX2A/s1600-h/DSC04122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJ5phISeavv68huREElRGIewj54tv1H4HAfEkKbAR2woZDorBd-fQ9BtA-M932EujaKLQguPQwU7hjKjWXXKx6UBm1RCzNFbElaNnkBPrEKr0-80B9VF36DHL6yTJOm8zwaOX2A/s320/DSC04122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352772713183040850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6U6s3NkH_riGbvPEFYPdgso6MgItJWXpPoTHDNxM1lh0AVVcrFFt5FxkN0lfCtS7b37p3DvzD0bgtsjcMo6Ad5V7r6HzNiMRMesUZFA7M6EWOxzpyodqSKjKLGTuCEtkPdclMQ/s1600-h/DSC04111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6U6s3NkH_riGbvPEFYPdgso6MgItJWXpPoTHDNxM1lh0AVVcrFFt5FxkN0lfCtS7b37p3DvzD0bgtsjcMo6Ad5V7r6HzNiMRMesUZFA7M6EWOxzpyodqSKjKLGTuCEtkPdclMQ/s320/DSC04111.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352772707816019378" /></a><br />I lurve this pattern - the shaping is really, really nice. It will be very wearable come fall and I definitely see another one in my future.<br /><br />Now, for my next project, I'm finding myself torn between two great patterns: Bernhardt (see below), which I've already begun, but barely, and the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mondo-cable-shell---vest" target='_'>Mondo Cable Vest/Shell</a> from Bonnie Marie Burns, which I would do up in DIC Classy as a vest, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chicknits/mondo-cable-shell---vest" target='_'>like this</a>. Oh, decisions, decisions...<br /><br />Is your head also spinning from all the new patterns out there?? I think maybe <em>I just need to stop looking</em>.<br /><br />So, what are you working this summer? Do you keep knitting or take a break for the heat? Or do you change the things you knit?<br /><br />And PS More sexy Baktus to come. (<em>Take it to the bridge</em>!)YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-65900525948555427922009-06-22T09:59:00.005-04:002009-06-22T10:23:57.809-04:00Escape from Manville, and a Tale of Two SweatersRight now I have a bit of downtime between two action-packed semesters and it seems like a good opportunity to crank out a sweater or two. My picks: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/acer" target='_'>Acer</a> from the totally awesome Kirsten of Through the Loops, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bernhardt" target='_'>Bernhardt,</a> the totally awesome cardi from Twist Collective Summer 09.<br /><br />I just had to run and cast on for Bernhardt as soon as I bought it (lurve that lace rib), but have decided to put in on the back burner and see if I can finish Acer before it gets to hot too knit with bulky yarn. (<em>Assuming it ever actually gets hot around here, that is</em>.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY2D5jNCYJsnj1G5bB4oZdRWzjJrqneLJDWjhxbIStBrE-e9FaH_lJmr-OTzA6co7PvCVI3TdANpKrZYgU8lcbDWFm6nLs_byh9LhR2A4b6W_78lJdCIDtlfp530ev-uUvEuy2g/s1600-h/DSC04055.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY2D5jNCYJsnj1G5bB4oZdRWzjJrqneLJDWjhxbIStBrE-e9FaH_lJmr-OTzA6co7PvCVI3TdANpKrZYgU8lcbDWFm6nLs_byh9LhR2A4b6W_78lJdCIDtlfp530ev-uUvEuy2g/s320/DSC04055.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350151914766153426" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Pattern</strong>: Acer<br /><strong>Yarn</strong>: Cascade Eco+ in Lavender<br /><strong>Needle</strong>: Size 9 29" circ (size 8 for cast on and row 1)<br /><br />Though I’d LOVE an excuse to pick up some Peace Fleece, I’m going to be a good little recessionista and knit this one from my stash. After reading the comments on others’ projects, I casted on and knit the first row with a size 8 needle, then went up to a size 9.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiSNYpcGnXn_F1Zf0HseTVpX7uNEccVxXsfo-Ln7_eYLLUAE76qb672tkB4Z9nlxccW66npgNQzWBeIYguFS5vDIf6sba7dgbsJM6IHBDz74ruTTbb3c380p_1BFJeaFGvcIQIQ/s1600-h/DSC04054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiSNYpcGnXn_F1Zf0HseTVpX7uNEccVxXsfo-Ln7_eYLLUAE76qb672tkB4Z9nlxccW66npgNQzWBeIYguFS5vDIf6sba7dgbsJM6IHBDz74ruTTbb3c380p_1BFJeaFGvcIQIQ/s320/DSC04054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350151907740536738" /></a><br /><br />This is going to be a quickie, I think. I got a nice jumpstart on it this weekend during some unexpected girl time. My mom had planned to spend the weekend in Ogunquit, and I decided at the last minute to tag along to escape the red meat/baseball/Golf Channel-saturated manfest that is Fathers Day at my house. <br /><br />It was <em>heavenly</em> to get away, and we even managed to take advantage of the few sunny hours on Saturday to soak up some rays at the beach. Thanks, Mom :)<br /><br />The only one who wasn't entirely thrilled about the weekend was Frisky, because in his heart, he really is a Ladies Man.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedWS6lWbcYtxOL7f4VPaNkOMM3NXo5Y6grW0AyayUckXReJekPbinQLY_Cn5MDgJpgLAM8DhVQ1xtKd34tvrhQzZsabIaJQqsQutX3iz_mD46zTmMA25CLvr5c0BLg9vV0Rmkjg/s1600-h/DSC04052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedWS6lWbcYtxOL7f4VPaNkOMM3NXo5Y6grW0AyayUckXReJekPbinQLY_Cn5MDgJpgLAM8DhVQ1xtKd34tvrhQzZsabIaJQqsQutX3iz_mD46zTmMA25CLvr5c0BLg9vV0Rmkjg/s320/DSC04052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350151920107735618" /></a><br /><center> <em>"ohhh, aren't they back yet?" </em></center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-21663168978997324242009-06-16T17:38:00.010-04:002009-06-16T18:51:43.407-04:00I'm Bringing Sexy Bak(tus)*<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw-BORjh2b2OPANvPWO9KVCE7XY-tHvhx9zHhcxJtcQmftC2HErATydcsFhKcYzIL31q0F-yudJaoseltfCEf5PUX3EBoTfL7et2VS6rWPaCMFnkLW5mlaJpSSJSO2dzZnpvHaQ/s1600-h/DSC04042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw-BORjh2b2OPANvPWO9KVCE7XY-tHvhx9zHhcxJtcQmftC2HErATydcsFhKcYzIL31q0F-yudJaoseltfCEf5PUX3EBoTfL7et2VS6rWPaCMFnkLW5mlaJpSSJSO2dzZnpvHaQ/s320/DSC04042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348044716150253554" /></a><br />What do you know? I actually finished something. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo6k514mnDZYcj3aZSalT5dDBiAo3Nw-41nNHRoHheciPUWBMn1H-m65jVvUuz3VYo2FcSvkJoT_TOjBkY4_buGKjwcp2W87aJRu1iQLzXV8eq28hWg3S_iRh7d2AU8GWaRRZJA/s1600-h/DSC04047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo6k514mnDZYcj3aZSalT5dDBiAo3Nw-41nNHRoHheciPUWBMn1H-m65jVvUuz3VYo2FcSvkJoT_TOjBkY4_buGKjwcp2W87aJRu1iQLzXV8eq28hWg3S_iRh7d2AU8GWaRRZJA/s320/DSC04047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348044727278941138" /></a><br /><br />Pattern: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/norwayneedles/2963651011/" target='_'>Baktus</a><br />Yarn: Brooks Farm Acero (<em>from Rhinebeck. I just like saying that</em>.)<br />Needles: Size 2 Addi Lace<br /><br />I think the reason this got finished is because I didn't waste time blabbing about it all over my Ravelry project page like I usually do, updating the Progess-o-meter every 5% just to pump up my ego. No, this was hardcore, monogamous - and mostly public - knitting. Also, it was the kind of knitting that can be combined with cocktails (hi Lynne and abby!) <br /><br />And now it's done, yay! This is a terrific, easy-but-satisfying pattern. I would love to make another, but in stripes like <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mustaavillaa/baktus-scarf" target="-">Terhi's adorable version</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TPTAeEyXWfYsPs_DLqD-B-irKI9h8KtvB0gg1-w5BfvAVHXWVYjoEkLihwqBT98mESYWF-2YPPmX2pJfp1sg75ZgIypkMbE4R_a1R4XA23f_7c8ZSSOpbA5pCeIRgWi-8lM3Eg/s1600-h/DSC04050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TPTAeEyXWfYsPs_DLqD-B-irKI9h8KtvB0gg1-w5BfvAVHXWVYjoEkLihwqBT98mESYWF-2YPPmX2pJfp1sg75ZgIypkMbE4R_a1R4XA23f_7c8ZSSOpbA5pCeIRgWi-8lM3Eg/s320/DSC04050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348044733403809650" /></a><br /><br />I can see this baby getting some serious wear come fall. I love, love, love the shape - very versatile. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBXa99LpEDvEfvTthhDw-809zQwm6SaBv9naa9ESSRlk8SN4ZifnpbgSegFYh76i3jky1Ao-gJgWM4Ld9Pb4dXSTH4PcAoU6BP_BhStGxIVAJTyao6W8eLnRC1zS2dMH74zNzxQ/s1600-h/DSC04044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBXa99LpEDvEfvTthhDw-809zQwm6SaBv9naa9ESSRlk8SN4ZifnpbgSegFYh76i3jky1Ao-gJgWM4Ld9Pb4dXSTH4PcAoU6BP_BhStGxIVAJTyao6W8eLnRC1zS2dMH74zNzxQ/s320/DSC04044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348044719525178482" /></a><br /><br />And the yarn...<em>seriously</em>. Now that I have had my initiation knit with Brooks Farm, I can see myself doing some serious damage to the ol' bank account come October (Rhinebeck!) I'll be the one causing an avalanche at the BF booth.<br /><br />In Frisky news...doesn't he look like the figurehead on a ship?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20WnuqY_04G96miQ9C_DLEZxaWN1beRs7K3fnUnsA0g_tdzh1rwTTS2cNGEdjE4ZtSQ2ed1xEDsH3NM68kkS_hgo3zqjfPwl8n3-6kdQoa4Ly8tPQA7tk6hQNVnYwmajiyYy4pQ/s1600-h/DSC04031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20WnuqY_04G96miQ9C_DLEZxaWN1beRs7K3fnUnsA0g_tdzh1rwTTS2cNGEdjE4ZtSQ2ed1xEDsH3NM68kkS_hgo3zqjfPwl8n3-6kdQoa4Ly8tPQA7tk6hQNVnYwmajiyYy4pQ/s320/DSC04031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348044739124099490" /></a><br /><br />He was, hands down, the absolutely, most horrendous, badly-behaved dog at the entire soccer field. And, high maintenance too:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUAqTXBN6TGCiIG_eMTah3YluS52KrT1rKwdZ9pMNOgb5RbgdVkQL_zOVAmJ9F-BCDUHrwonuKE2jBcNu_jQq3XtBd1EK1_63132NogBwE-zt3oB_8fZ7kvdCmhLy57Dj7qZe4Q/s1600-h/DSC04037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUAqTXBN6TGCiIG_eMTah3YluS52KrT1rKwdZ9pMNOgb5RbgdVkQL_zOVAmJ9F-BCDUHrwonuKE2jBcNu_jQq3XtBd1EK1_63132NogBwE-zt3oB_8fZ7kvdCmhLy57Dj7qZe4Q/s320/DSC04037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348049898647468770" /></a><br />Good thing he's cute.<br /><br />*Now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6DW2OHVvWA" target='_'>go listen to the song</a>. You know you want to.YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-89662032198513759842009-05-24T16:50:00.006-04:002009-05-24T17:36:04.362-04:00Caught in the ActFor some time now I've been noticing that, for no apparent reason, one certain corner of the dining room tablecloth has been mussed up. Here's why:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EZ4u8gNhZ6isltgicwEqAmR4pz8YpMFvV9l6OCAMRY5mjK3wp_7GT820iYjMaSeEWCjKuZzKTMTCPeCIlGkGuz3Zg2MwIMD00IY0P56XBN1G8kb_n_MPKOsyQVuRWwoRXSYkxg/s1600-h/DSC03965.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EZ4u8gNhZ6isltgicwEqAmR4pz8YpMFvV9l6OCAMRY5mjK3wp_7GT820iYjMaSeEWCjKuZzKTMTCPeCIlGkGuz3Zg2MwIMD00IY0P56XBN1G8kb_n_MPKOsyQVuRWwoRXSYkxg/s320/DSC03965.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339501956022146322" /></a><br /><center> <em>"Oh oh...here she comes. Act natural." </em> </center><br /><br />Apparently, it all begins here in the chair by the window: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMsgboqL3zolaNZ-zv26gqN6qtfWIuEFRqhFtzywo60nyAPVCxRxVAG9BDMZIQ6NW0QriH89qirPwO5FBOhOxnuW5v8awMZs5zCrPeKQdBDkUWBRmwPgdCezVQgDjU1p1D370Ug/s1600-h/DSC03967.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMsgboqL3zolaNZ-zv26gqN6qtfWIuEFRqhFtzywo60nyAPVCxRxVAG9BDMZIQ6NW0QriH89qirPwO5FBOhOxnuW5v8awMZs5zCrPeKQdBDkUWBRmwPgdCezVQgDjU1p1D370Ug/s320/DSC03967.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339501962363361010" /></a><br /><br /><br />Stand up, and then it's just a short leap across to the table. Thinking about what would happen to those spindly little legs of his if he missed makes me a bit lightheaded. Luckily, he doesn't miss.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8arDLNVi0JcbTPbTUDa1GyEDputvlzPq7UkUC1chXuul_5TogWxO_myGn-hR4xbmIrri3zY4SyBsKxABFY9eduOeBLltScpVIcjHcIPWRZlnF-xaNKoGOOWF9By5gea1JdDOlg/s1600-h/DSC03968.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8arDLNVi0JcbTPbTUDa1GyEDputvlzPq7UkUC1chXuul_5TogWxO_myGn-hR4xbmIrri3zY4SyBsKxABFY9eduOeBLltScpVIcjHcIPWRZlnF-xaNKoGOOWF9By5gea1JdDOlg/s320/DSC03968.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339501967093550626" /></a><br /><br />So, now that I know <em>how</em>, I have to wonder, "Why? Why does a chihuahua want to be on a dining room table?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa-FlWVE4ZAitcOKSMtb4R0TxAAEC_Trd90QjB0FYvvS1rU7_DOU0KTd4y0GRHroFxv56bHfKxMC1hhWgQta2ct91CTa5cwbfpa9XnIsi2ej_5VzzG4jXC8eOZOl24UbXECQXkg/s1600-h/DSC03970.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa-FlWVE4ZAitcOKSMtb4R0TxAAEC_Trd90QjB0FYvvS1rU7_DOU0KTd4y0GRHroFxv56bHfKxMC1hhWgQta2ct91CTa5cwbfpa9XnIsi2ej_5VzzG4jXC8eOZOl24UbXECQXkg/s320/DSC03970.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339501971109061202" /></a><br /><center> <em>Some things are maybe not meant to be known</em>. </center><br /><br />In knitting news, here's my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/buttercup-6" target='_'>Buttercup</a> still in progress. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWpz1CCTh6uvNXyA8aqX6u26qA5o8JX7YtWZw37V1c2tScVRe24gmBzJbcdau3xIwxcJvyes5F0wHWTN3hFD1OeJjtCiuzYDrHC6BgXHYpuYLFXzLSOcHgBkbYrSd0YfMbHJ4Cw/s1600-h/DSC03982.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWpz1CCTh6uvNXyA8aqX6u26qA5o8JX7YtWZw37V1c2tScVRe24gmBzJbcdau3xIwxcJvyes5F0wHWTN3hFD1OeJjtCiuzYDrHC6BgXHYpuYLFXzLSOcHgBkbYrSd0YfMbHJ4Cw/s320/DSC03982.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339503382674704802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkV8T109-Y-sPp3_wdA2Ph2QROp7FfY-m7e4ErCXevlTNPJiXeu_p2BHN9_tgHgw1Zs9usaUUPMYiYmH-VTPV1KzJD5T9h1bklWGxEU3dZT13rQJjo1p1VjnTmvtbp03uh8GREA/s1600-h/DSC03980.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkV8T109-Y-sPp3_wdA2Ph2QROp7FfY-m7e4ErCXevlTNPJiXeu_p2BHN9_tgHgw1Zs9usaUUPMYiYmH-VTPV1KzJD5T9h1bklWGxEU3dZT13rQJjo1p1VjnTmvtbp03uh8GREA/s320/DSC03980.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339503379367224034" /></a><br /><br />I should be done by now, and I would be, if I hadn't had to rip the front lace section out THREE TIMES.<br /><br /><em>(I want to make clear that this is not the pattern's fault - it is entirely my fault for not paying attention. It is partly Frisky's fault for leaping around onto furniture in a dangerous and distracting way. It is partly my family's fault for expecting me to produce meals and know things and answer complicated questions like, "I left my ipod on your desk and now it's gone and where did you put it?" at times when I am trying to knit. But it is definitely not Heidi the designer's fault.) </em> <br /><br />But, no matter now, it's almost done. Really a cute pattern. Easy, too, if you can avoid being distracted by flying chihuahuas...YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-44200365363326126512009-05-15T10:35:00.005-04:002009-05-15T16:12:34.862-04:00Spring CleaningThe only downside of Mother's Day this year was that I didn't get to spend it with my mom as she was out of town on Nana duty. However, this did give me some time to whip up an extra Mother's Day gift:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWktdDaNflqx7ye9clJRCPIgsauUYP2iMAnwrAecW5VIDMBg4qqEIQrwsDSgkFkA4vzWjB2LdDAFLhaJzoNUSZDzu1Wnu1AK5olXeUZ0vFweTUv2Xs278QVf6UZwbzEGGo7bX62A/s1600-h/DSC03886.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWktdDaNflqx7ye9clJRCPIgsauUYP2iMAnwrAecW5VIDMBg4qqEIQrwsDSgkFkA4vzWjB2LdDAFLhaJzoNUSZDzu1Wnu1AK5olXeUZ0vFweTUv2Xs278QVf6UZwbzEGGo7bX62A/s320/DSC03886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336062693075356066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2NSzom1kG_x1mCe4tSTLrr2H-HrJwHIJ898K6TmnFbDoESLGF1hWR3_9XpqctcMFdiETcjl_GcIGqaPWnahyFyEAV40FavniuYymUWfrxzIOSJqeK25eTBl8ycLeCrxH8abjww/s1600-h/DSC03884.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2NSzom1kG_x1mCe4tSTLrr2H-HrJwHIJ898K6TmnFbDoESLGF1hWR3_9XpqctcMFdiETcjl_GcIGqaPWnahyFyEAV40FavniuYymUWfrxzIOSJqeK25eTBl8ycLeCrxH8abjww/s320/DSC03884.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336062701476817842" /></a><br /><br />It's the Sundance bag from the Classic Elite Web-Letter. A great, quick pattern, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/sundance-make-up-bag" target='_'>details rav'ed here</a>.<br /><br />Now that the semester is over I've finally had a little time to get myself organized. (Actually, by "myself" I really mean "my knitting stuff." Organizing myself - now there's a project, heh heh.)<br /><br />Although I've never been keen on adding my stash into Ravelry - I wasn't sure it would be worth the time and effort - I finally spent a little time doing it this weekend. I have to admit that when queueing projects it is a huge help to see what I already have available. It also made me very aware that <em>I do not need any more yarn</em>. <br /><br />I also finished adding my needles into the needle database. <em>I do not need any more needles</em>. Then I went through a bunch of half-heartedly-begun projects, frogged them, and put the yarn back into the yarn bins, the circs back into the circs bag, and organized all the other needles. It feels great to be organized! <br /><br />This should last about a week...so let's have a look at it before the system falls apart again, shall we? <br /><br />The "Upstairs Stash" (let's not even speak of the "Downstairs Stash")<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJXzTF3xfZbP6P05p92j34zgxu3hooPHTxa9BxHQAdSjT85WhaYsRWut966mTnGOgtN0iR3-4mebyLEzk6M-KwlSVlUKkn7kdeTL3SfYPPa_o79WiOPNmPvzAI61KL9wSgsFyWQ/s1600-h/DSC03857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJXzTF3xfZbP6P05p92j34zgxu3hooPHTxa9BxHQAdSjT85WhaYsRWut966mTnGOgtN0iR3-4mebyLEzk6M-KwlSVlUKkn7kdeTL3SfYPPa_o79WiOPNmPvzAI61KL9wSgsFyWQ/s320/DSC03857.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336062687275444738" /></a><br /><br />Straight needles, crochet hooks, and dpns:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz9o6PDqihLqyF6DFkLQsiFKheEF3h9oun1ZhBc7B1jTNJBWSVwqqlB4guWrHxsW2IfiXs-USX_UPvviysKf6fputVxiP0qQO5oeeOzL_GdYDbSJqX6KSkef0ZGSFu7X7yAkCzQ/s1600-h/DSC03860.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz9o6PDqihLqyF6DFkLQsiFKheEF3h9oun1ZhBc7B1jTNJBWSVwqqlB4guWrHxsW2IfiXs-USX_UPvviysKf6fputVxiP0qQO5oeeOzL_GdYDbSJqX6KSkef0ZGSFu7X7yAkCzQ/s320/DSC03860.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336062681628785570" /></a><br /><br />Wood needles<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TmhEbOaDlNtMFRYTMM-tk3cv0maUdJPuwdQxRrusdJpbl8RXxGRhCdWB7ZOE8_hykitoW5XSaDH1blWoWeMAtmwPwa1zTJi6qZHJcCbCmJA9Jtbo9V21wFnPieuRgmeX3izBHQ/s1600-h/DSC03858.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TmhEbOaDlNtMFRYTMM-tk3cv0maUdJPuwdQxRrusdJpbl8RXxGRhCdWB7ZOE8_hykitoW5XSaDH1blWoWeMAtmwPwa1zTJi6qZHJcCbCmJA9Jtbo9V21wFnPieuRgmeX3izBHQ/s320/DSC03858.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336062686588667234" /></a><br /><br />At least I can walk through my office without tripping. And now I'm off to cast on for something new. Hope you are enjoying your own rites of spring!YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-47809068878795068192009-05-11T08:53:00.005-04:002009-05-11T09:39:35.606-04:00Mother's Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7tk7Bx1ZcgAgC5j-ue-4v8SWdAaWmtPoPhUtLQN3wxuB1-O2xlTymNsnYF3NoMYLanzT_R2tH8P0IesGKhsqVbqckqCxK997f6OpRSgIzG2jrhSQ0DI-N3Nv76XmpGQa-LeS0g/s1600-h/DSC03871.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7tk7Bx1ZcgAgC5j-ue-4v8SWdAaWmtPoPhUtLQN3wxuB1-O2xlTymNsnYF3NoMYLanzT_R2tH8P0IesGKhsqVbqckqCxK997f6OpRSgIzG2jrhSQ0DI-N3Nv76XmpGQa-LeS0g/s320/DSC03871.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334550460050946498" /></a><br /><br />I don't know about you, but my idea of the perfect Mother's Day involves knitting, not having to cook, yarn, being outside, spending quality time with my family, and knitting. I was able to squeeze all of that in yesterday, because, after breakfast in bed, the menfolk chez Yawnover indulged me with a jaunt up to the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival.<br /><br />Obligatory animal pics. Aren't these two just beautiful together?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVluzmuKLOU7TADCFCnm62lwZUr2SWI-qEv4XXTsmQwta9NJXvnUk8mevhja5pVPj5PUJ-VlUmxhhEsgZz0hwmVR-JOjsGgfFr0xG_wV266W2b4nCrlx1YqXzcYGZ8ZfKpfrSOA/s1600-h/DSC03851.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVluzmuKLOU7TADCFCnm62lwZUr2SWI-qEv4XXTsmQwta9NJXvnUk8mevhja5pVPj5PUJ-VlUmxhhEsgZz0hwmVR-JOjsGgfFr0xG_wV266W2b4nCrlx1YqXzcYGZ8ZfKpfrSOA/s320/DSC03851.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334550474832759074" /></a><br /><br />omg - babies!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4uAeCtkhbMlG1-7AW0tvxhn9fDChN-oVORjCJZtiXGKcpPnY3dgubCmAiDbvkRM9h1cZ6QDeaUxVqDbfugUL-veb2Azu5H43ZqTSPNy-SVI-JMzJmPZc891kQ8UGMligbGh-TQ/s1600-h/DSC03841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4uAeCtkhbMlG1-7AW0tvxhn9fDChN-oVORjCJZtiXGKcpPnY3dgubCmAiDbvkRM9h1cZ6QDeaUxVqDbfugUL-veb2Azu5H43ZqTSPNy-SVI-JMzJmPZc891kQ8UGMligbGh-TQ/s320/DSC03841.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334550468894211634" /></a><br /><br />I was impressed at how well the local kids handled the alpacas, some of whom were not being very accomodating (this guy wasn't too difficult, though.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHieCli6-RMUq9nddKFbZ9xD5dq27ejJ7Hd7vI2ERFsD-ux7hOUCOg_797sBLUKPt0rThMYx2xt6ODCJK7bbpz64spCExsReXgICbKQI-Es1t2xSXgRxP5Z0BvcISb6UBM00MfQ/s1600-h/DSC03837.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHieCli6-RMUq9nddKFbZ9xD5dq27ejJ7Hd7vI2ERFsD-ux7hOUCOg_797sBLUKPt0rThMYx2xt6ODCJK7bbpz64spCExsReXgICbKQI-Es1t2xSXgRxP5Z0BvcISb6UBM00MfQ/s320/DSC03837.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334550465581706434" /></a><br /><br />While we all enjoy the sheepdog trials and alpaca demonstrations, my guys share a curiously strong aversion to anything that looks like a yarn vendor. (<em>I can't imagine why...</em>) Luckily, they have developed a appreciation for other aspects of the Sheep and Wool phenomenon: Buffalo burgers, fried dough, and apple crisp. Together, these create a powerful distraction that allows me time to cruise multiple shopping venues without interruption.<br /><br />Since I had just spent some serious time on Saturday re-organizing my yarn and needle stash and planning new projects, I found I wasn't actually too tempted to buy. The was one deal, though, that I simply could not pass up - a bin of laceweight marked $2 per ounce. I have never purchased laceweight yarn and after the yarn-ventory started thinking I really should venture into this territory. The colors in the bin <em>were</em> a bit wild, but I noticed a copper that I really liked: <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSGYo2CJnuF848QLBhtocbA8-jyXioBp0vItfjimVE3x6BNDKEqID_aR59lBsvGr-wY2Du7f2qOgc5KgTMm2ULIXbnU8kjVqJUwl_SbQyGnHQ8RUGt5eJnuqNgdszIG9sFF_UWA/s1600-h/DSC03881.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSGYo2CJnuF848QLBhtocbA8-jyXioBp0vItfjimVE3x6BNDKEqID_aR59lBsvGr-wY2Du7f2qOgc5KgTMm2ULIXbnU8kjVqJUwl_SbQyGnHQ8RUGt5eJnuqNgdszIG9sFF_UWA/s320/DSC03881.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334554981816299250" /></a><br />When the owner whispered in my ear that he would take two bucks for the whole skein, how could I refuse?<br /><br />Back at home, Frisky, who was sad that non-working dogs are not allowed at the festival, enjoyed some quality time out in the sun: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBVDoknn58CYQA-Rh3mN9NdqGgK1cRhsoMVQOndLd6bToeVHVJTJkoLefxht2PoAzQ3bTp94xc-SEb0dkU_UGI-dUD5EYyyYbVnS2c4xHyxk_qTPNpckEP34JThuY4HZRdVZulA/s1600-h/DSC03862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBVDoknn58CYQA-Rh3mN9NdqGgK1cRhsoMVQOndLd6bToeVHVJTJkoLefxht2PoAzQ3bTp94xc-SEb0dkU_UGI-dUD5EYyyYbVnS2c4xHyxk_qTPNpckEP34JThuY4HZRdVZulA/s320/DSC03862.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334550477201250482" /></a><br /><br />He also approved of my bargain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIBDMoo9kRteGAZ56nWn1BloA-41V_M8KCHfKwGUVNfrtelidELKrXsugL260oyHY9-qFd0OAUh6s3N1i-ZWcFk5mvEmCtVQaj4MVT2Iy-TRFyLKGGgxLryRHhKuI6_h_eBAVkA/s1600-h/DSC03869.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIBDMoo9kRteGAZ56nWn1BloA-41V_M8KCHfKwGUVNfrtelidELKrXsugL260oyHY9-qFd0OAUh6s3N1i-ZWcFk5mvEmCtVQaj4MVT2Iy-TRFyLKGGgxLryRHhKuI6_h_eBAVkA/s320/DSC03869.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334554988612486866" /></a><br /><center> "<em>Plenty of money left over to buy more turkey jerky</em>." </center><br /><br />BTW, that is dh sacked out on the lawn behind Frisky, too full to move :) A good time was had by all.YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-19771924805233067152009-04-30T18:51:00.004-04:002009-04-30T19:53:36.908-04:00Crunch TimeThanks so much to all who left comments on my last post. I'm especially grateful to those who validated my self-pity - now <em>that</em> was awesome ;) In all seriousness, your kind words and thoughts really cheered me. It certainly is nice to be part of this little community, isn't it?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8gwjcajTQInOxRkknFQiFdKKkgn6Y-YH-uqaDgDniyWifD635G9uaaxTTG30zXAqkkTfZueL4HslBz8PX0TSjLG6ozWTXfrBPwdzvL86zuKE4m9uYkbgYhtFkQ_3cnjFTwvUVw/s1600-h/DSC03817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8gwjcajTQInOxRkknFQiFdKKkgn6Y-YH-uqaDgDniyWifD635G9uaaxTTG30zXAqkkTfZueL4HslBz8PX0TSjLG6ozWTXfrBPwdzvL86zuKE4m9uYkbgYhtFkQ_3cnjFTwvUVw/s320/DSC03817.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330621595974978322" /></a><br /><center> <em>Frisky also thanks you - see the sincerity in his eyes? (Or is he just begging for that piece of cheese on the counter?) </em></center> <br /><br />I am in week 2 of Feeling Much Better. So, now it's the end of another semester and I'm up to my ears in papers and exams that still need to be graded. This is an improvement over yesterday, when I was up to my <em>forehead</em> in papers and exams. Just two more exams to administer and then I can hang up my hat for a week or two before summer session begins. Woo!<br /><br />Now, on to the really important issue: knitting. I am ready to divide for the front and back of the Sleeveless Drops Top and thought I would share some pics of its turquoise yumminess:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWViXM6I9VsackeZTdc8ZIlFVQalKkuQJK9JOSPHtTEt-CL1EURTIjE01nlj4Sg4oYKnk5t5YkNNPVztKG0oocvKdxsRhSora9Xo3k0YU6jaLZCLS9QpgZNvfh5T4UNORrSiG7UA/s1600-h/DSC03815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWViXM6I9VsackeZTdc8ZIlFVQalKkuQJK9JOSPHtTEt-CL1EURTIjE01nlj4Sg4oYKnk5t5YkNNPVztKG0oocvKdxsRhSora9Xo3k0YU6jaLZCLS9QpgZNvfh5T4UNORrSiG7UA/s320/DSC03815.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330621604616209106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuN9h2jY97yKwzg_yKUDWy2LEzPubqGF5CT5vxoTbfxEpQYkR1fNiw-a611jlqKJp8AUFiBzza4xQKzAMIaSY96Ai8wIv_bP6W1r_uzPP2rjlYV2j0teSN87p6IivNWfVe4osqHQ/s1600-h/DSC03812.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuN9h2jY97yKwzg_yKUDWy2LEzPubqGF5CT5vxoTbfxEpQYkR1fNiw-a611jlqKJp8AUFiBzza4xQKzAMIaSY96Ai8wIv_bP6W1r_uzPP2rjlYV2j0teSN87p6IivNWfVe4osqHQ/s320/DSC03812.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330621593049990338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHHVw6h_zqg7FhE-Lirwv2uO6b9w6ykI3nx9t-cwkDCQB9qsyaZYqg6HNXCeNWBWWM9x8UZPUdpjVekQbPsSOWXAopGLUcXmsRYOxrn3U7IHjwxj4ZnHQU5xVHpjLo6dK3FcSTg/s1600-h/DSC03809.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHHVw6h_zqg7FhE-Lirwv2uO6b9w6ykI3nx9t-cwkDCQB9qsyaZYqg6HNXCeNWBWWM9x8UZPUdpjVekQbPsSOWXAopGLUcXmsRYOxrn3U7IHjwxj4ZnHQU5xVHpjLo6dK3FcSTg/s320/DSC03809.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330621581669475522" /></a><br /><br />This colorway (Dream in Color Blue Lagoon) is really fabulous. I'm so glad to have found a project for this yarn, especially a sleeveless one as I tend to wear a lot of this kind of top layered over blouses and tees. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good fit - so far, it's right on.<br /><br />After this I am looking forward to dipping into some DK cotton and cotton/bamboo stash I've had lying around. There are some terrific summery top patterns - now, how to choose? Any ideas? What are you knitting this summer?YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-79298278248507048292009-04-13T19:38:00.008-04:002009-04-13T20:16:32.128-04:00Knit Therapy (warning: whining and self-pity ensue)Although I haven't mentioned it here, people who know me in real life know that I've been going through another round of giant kidney stone drama. I had the main surgery last week and have one more procedure to go this week. Unfortunately, this time the surgery was a lot more invasive. It hurts more, and it's taking more time to heal. I am also completely exhausted.<br /><br />So, today has been a day for feeling sorry for myself, boo-hoo :( A month is a long time to be in pain.<br /><br />It's times like these, though, that I also realize how much I have to be grateful for: a family that loves me, a job I <em>love</em> going to even when I feel crappy, friends, really good health most of the time, and omg - health insurance. <br /><br />Also, I am grateful for the fact that I have knitting to obsess over. Waiting rooms are a great place to get a few rows done. Check out my progress on the Drops top:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgKQLwWdGjTu4l5hwNJgTlHhvnTqmoOUjh6y9aJ3E05c9Wc6446BIvj-s4_PdrOwd-RdBMtE_7PWGnbtY8UETkeYbU7YyZnt_uVI8N_Rt11WmE-9Ahw4qUvtaQi-DWPMANDCEA/s1600-h/DSC03792.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgKQLwWdGjTu4l5hwNJgTlHhvnTqmoOUjh6y9aJ3E05c9Wc6446BIvj-s4_PdrOwd-RdBMtE_7PWGnbtY8UETkeYbU7YyZnt_uVI8N_Rt11WmE-9Ahw4qUvtaQi-DWPMANDCEA/s320/DSC03792.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324329887154114578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZeC53F2X9jDABMJoZtcXPG26iVSvFb601rWt8k50ipkIMhGbQFjNXMKuoZcyAmf2_XOCO-JxUj2QgGnizx4jHNbo77BceTX-3B2ineUfdCYtQHqI9HQbqH9WbUc_31ROdamj8g/s1600-h/DSC03793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZeC53F2X9jDABMJoZtcXPG26iVSvFb601rWt8k50ipkIMhGbQFjNXMKuoZcyAmf2_XOCO-JxUj2QgGnizx4jHNbo77BceTX-3B2ineUfdCYtQHqI9HQbqH9WbUc_31ROdamj8g/s320/DSC03793.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324329891426753074" /></a><br /><br />Even when I've been too tired or sick to knit, scrolling through FO pages on Ravelry (and blogs, and knitting mags, and catalogs) is like an extra dose of percoset, baby. Not to mention poring over the stash and planning my next projects... <br /><br />Is that weird? Oh well, no matter ;) This is my holistic health plan, and so far I haven't noticed any negative side effects (other than the mess of yarn and pattern bits scattered around the house) or drug interactions.<br /><br />I am also grateful for Frisky. He always seems to sense when I'm not doing well, and he drapes his healing aura over me at these times. Or maybe he's just taking advantage of the fact that I'm spending more tme on the couch? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy70QzT1CUnr270Wh8O8vKuyJWTPIn2UjQhk21cGcEKqC9LimZVo-M1UctQYgwNn6V9-gQ7eN_3yXr_IHUkBtXOjvxrPc0uT4255YLD5h7cTFaGPryQ0JfOHqPzGJZVpRGTHVyg/s1600-h/DSC03744.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy70QzT1CUnr270Wh8O8vKuyJWTPIn2UjQhk21cGcEKqC9LimZVo-M1UctQYgwNn6V9-gQ7eN_3yXr_IHUkBtXOjvxrPc0uT4255YLD5h7cTFaGPryQ0JfOHqPzGJZVpRGTHVyg/s320/DSC03744.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324334258249923170" /></a><br /><br />Either way, there's nothing like a little puppy love when you're feeling low :)<br /><br />Next post will feature more knitting and less whining - I promise.YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-24703128252611894852009-04-04T17:44:00.009-04:002009-04-04T19:00:19.061-04:00Has Spring Really...Sprung?Although it is officially spring, the weather in these parts has continued to fluctuate between barely-warmish and pretty-darn-coldish. Frisky is patiently waiting for summer to arrive: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlr507luooFe5PkgPHuxT2evXEIv7tMazW8gZWQPMtcFmUyl-N1OODayHCJxSasDj1fQRhPBFnI2a3yUdhdZvd8BGh1BA-Lnt-slp80r8otrTL8S8HpE2ufmBuL5KwnP2YtQlxA/s1600-h/DSC03758.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlr507luooFe5PkgPHuxT2evXEIv7tMazW8gZWQPMtcFmUyl-N1OODayHCJxSasDj1fQRhPBFnI2a3yUdhdZvd8BGh1BA-Lnt-slp80r8otrTL8S8HpE2ufmBuL5KwnP2YtQlxA/s320/DSC03758.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320969928916888482" /></a><br /><center> <em>"Brrr..." </em></center><br />In this season of renewal I have been evaluating both my yarn stash and some long-term projects, and mercilessly doing away with items that have become stagnant. <br /><br />First on the chopping - er, frogging - block: The February Lady sweater. I <em>totally</em>, shamelessly, <em>geekily</em> wanted to be part of this bandwagon. I even joined the KAL on Ravelry. I eventually got through the bodice and a good chunk of the lace before realizing the unfortunate truth that <em>this is one wagon I needed to get off</em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2764615907_a83762e0c4.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2764615907_a83762e0c4.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The problem was not so much about the sweater as it was about me. Trying the sweater on as I went proved to be a painful reminder of my last trip to the junior department somewhere in my late 20s...that feeling that suddenly, without warning, I had become irrelevant to (in?) that particular fashion genre. And so it was with FLS.<br /><br />After many months of denial I finally bit the bullet and started ripping. It was actually not as painful as I thought, mostly because the Dream in Color yarn is <em>just so delicious</em>. <br /><br />At first, I cast on for the Striped Modular Vest (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/striped-modular-vest" target='_'>details rav'ed here</a>.) Unfortunately, getting the required gauge for the project resulted in a fabric that was...well, droopy, even wimpy. I will try again later with a slightly heftier yarn, but in the meantime, it was back to the frog pond for that beautiful DIC.<br /><br />Now I have cast on for what I fervently hope will be this yummy yarn's final incarnation: the romantically named Pattern #105-12 from Drops (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/105-12-sleeveless-top-in-alpaca-and-cotton-viscose-with-cables" target='_'>Details rav'ed here</a>.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp16cYF71wDCa2v3CtSiD6_mSDOtc3pi7lm-BUau06iPhrvkEZl64w7Rvv-AjSXNPpHbX95UOu14yRtqQtLzpQlA8dVyg1uCOBi1QwEaud85hx-0MSt4K5KyyJ3R_EZ8la-1ZtFw/s1600-h/DSC03782.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp16cYF71wDCa2v3CtSiD6_mSDOtc3pi7lm-BUau06iPhrvkEZl64w7Rvv-AjSXNPpHbX95UOu14yRtqQtLzpQlA8dVyg1uCOBi1QwEaud85hx-0MSt4K5KyyJ3R_EZ8la-1ZtFw/s320/DSC03782.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320956417504792594" /></a><br />This seems like the kind of top that could be worn most of the year layered over a tee or a blouse. Me likee. <br /><br />The pattern is typical of Drops - really great instructions (as long as you read ALL the way through before beginning) and some nice little details. For example, it's not showing up too clearly in the pic above, but there is a very cute raised figure 8 detail that runs up the sides. Check it out: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmAeaCjZQWdTXh9WRWbjd0TwchK0frwhQA2gb0Zp2HCYFKJYcO8WXGjWfq7OaFZIVoZRwHLatvn0pZturwx-5pf3sotW0jzfK5Ww1CGnEf1a0vbbZucqAphE5P2I8h80A2Lf4Mg/s1600-h/DSC03784.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmAeaCjZQWdTXh9WRWbjd0TwchK0frwhQA2gb0Zp2HCYFKJYcO8WXGjWfq7OaFZIVoZRwHLatvn0pZturwx-5pf3sotW0jzfK5Ww1CGnEf1a0vbbZucqAphE5P2I8h80A2Lf4Mg/s320/DSC03784.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320956421898181058" /></a><br /><br />Hopefully I'll get through this project in time to get a bit of wear out of it before the dog days of summer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM94iExEPfY4ISKJNAcZTRHBUuB7d_64XJTuA7ETuJMCdFZi1QwUdD7MON9alcGha_6AllpZqvVOAxbD5OlEhvTDTXHO-rmHdFZmAVkKTCXyhlA8Isi942RymEElMwlQ_WiVevrw/s1600-h/DSC03756.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM94iExEPfY4ISKJNAcZTRHBUuB7d_64XJTuA7ETuJMCdFZi1QwUdD7MON9alcGha_6AllpZqvVOAxbD5OlEhvTDTXHO-rmHdFZmAVkKTCXyhlA8Isi942RymEElMwlQ_WiVevrw/s320/DSC03756.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320956406793020482" /></a><br /><center> "zzz-huh? Dog day whats?" </center><br /><br />I'm also swatching for a super-secret mystery project using some dyed Eco Wool I got on sale at Webs: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgcnGJqnqFI63uvbDTuEyefy0Cf4rLpc_nD0kLjwiel9r2zqH3GfFaZwYb2_P2KfDyhV2UlN3T6IntXPH_huE6Wq4fYPyzMoLHdXIWJnaliVVD-txVb08dJquCAV_VDxXkkcu7Q/s1600-h/DSC03789.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgcnGJqnqFI63uvbDTuEyefy0Cf4rLpc_nD0kLjwiel9r2zqH3GfFaZwYb2_P2KfDyhV2UlN3T6IntXPH_huE6Wq4fYPyzMoLHdXIWJnaliVVD-txVb08dJquCAV_VDxXkkcu7Q/s320/DSC03789.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320956412224716450" /></a><br />This stuff grew a LOT after washing. So far the swatch on the left is spot-on, but I will reserve judgment until both are completely dry.<br /><br />I initially thought I would dye this yarn first, but now that Ii've seen it knit up, I might just leave it alone. We'll see. (<em>But you haven't gotten rid of me yet, <a href="http://witchypoo.wordpress.com/" target='_'>Lynne</a> - I will definitely be dyeing its turquoise cousin, heheh.)</em><br /><br />So that's the news on my side of the fence. Hope spring has sprung where you are!YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-76128242609594450162009-03-16T16:55:00.013-04:002009-03-17T05:45:22.411-04:00One Thing at a TimeI'm always reminding my kids: "Finish one thing before you start the next." However, I normally do not practice what I preach - at least not when it comes to knitting. <br /><br />Until the beginning of 2009 my house was littered with wip's in various states of completion, or limbo, or denial, and few items ever seemed to get finished up. Especially, bigger items like sweaters. <br /><br />Last year I finished only about 25% of the sweaters and vests I started, and the rest of my fo's consisted of a hat here, and a scarf there, with lots and LOTS of little things started and then frogged. <br /><br />Not such a terrible thing, I guess, but not terribly productive, either. So I've been trying to limit myself to one project on the needles (two if I need a little one for the road), and since then, the fo's have been piling up like hotcakes!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvZh0mI_1xE_Ls1VG8o7PJt7Bg9YOOBh8uTy6TMboE0e1UESqG38nKMC2vG1PtyBUM32FkuZP1BJ_VRxscwKZ3XSIKJnjdt7YM14fFhoBGADJLncVn7LPSUpE8mBTVnZeADyCXg/s1600-h/DSC03675.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvZh0mI_1xE_Ls1VG8o7PJt7Bg9YOOBh8uTy6TMboE0e1UESqG38nKMC2vG1PtyBUM32FkuZP1BJ_VRxscwKZ3XSIKJnjdt7YM14fFhoBGADJLncVn7LPSUpE8mBTVnZeADyCXg/s320/DSC03675.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313895766158487314" /></a><br /><center> <em>Transitions Sweater and me on our first date, he :) </em></center><br /><br />Well, okay, maybe not like hotcakes. But stuff - wearable stuff - is definitely getting done.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidelYwO9SHNM42DafkmqKQcixl4HP9LfK1zHxWrP8vyQUzMtVdmBQc9heuNIVfSEpOKXSj5KezKrHbqfSFIoPsoyrcRpFXeJlnSb4hdhoDLnMXHmNd4VQhJPp7lJPwaVGiCfclJw/s1600-h/DSC03737.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidelYwO9SHNM42DafkmqKQcixl4HP9LfK1zHxWrP8vyQUzMtVdmBQc9heuNIVfSEpOKXSj5KezKrHbqfSFIoPsoyrcRpFXeJlnSb4hdhoDLnMXHmNd4VQhJPp7lJPwaVGiCfclJw/s320/DSC03737.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313895739800583122" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyo3Ma12yMGoB8646Yt4vnQVQZO81FBvF4Mf2izJ2FpM7BDYmYsHQtUquHh79y9hOVFP0q6br66LwoDdQJeNYOwU0K06fD4Q9-BmUecKmo-oHJc_Bb7KjJgIAMjerdUJ1IccZCg/s1600-h/DSC03738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyo3Ma12yMGoB8646Yt4vnQVQZO81FBvF4Mf2izJ2FpM7BDYmYsHQtUquHh79y9hOVFP0q6br66LwoDdQJeNYOwU0K06fD4Q9-BmUecKmo-oHJc_Bb7KjJgIAMjerdUJ1IccZCg/s320/DSC03738.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313895759013078322" /></a><br /><strong>Project</strong>: Eco Vest<br /><strong>Pattern</strong>: Modified version of Lion Brand's Vest-in-a-Jiffy (God I hate that name), <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/eco-vest" target='_'>details rav'ed here</a>.<br /><strong>Yarn</strong>: Cascade Ecological Wool, chocolate brown, 1 skein (476 yds)<br /><strong>Needle</strong>: Size 10-1/2 29" circ<br /><br />Now, I'm beginning to think that there *is* something to this whole "one thing at a time" business I've been trying to sell to my kids.<br /><br />Next up - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/striped-modular-vest" target= '_'>this modular vest</a> by Andra Knight-Bowman. I was interested in the construction, but not sure about making one for me until I saw <a href="http://lismiknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/modular-vest.html" target='_'>this version</a>. Love <3! Below is Square #1, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/striped-modular-vest" target='_'>"details rav'ed here</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N2XT5eXDDRCQSw6lcKvZw2g6uY-JM-KuK6c5mf3eJkxTj40qxMkPiSphYn8piZbSb-UkhylkOyyMYL9gdm50KrvYo9RQ3-FTBuFo4kJYKrs886IFLvzdg7Gt8Sn80sikfj90Pg/s1600-h/DSC03742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N2XT5eXDDRCQSw6lcKvZw2g6uY-JM-KuK6c5mf3eJkxTj40qxMkPiSphYn8piZbSb-UkhylkOyyMYL9gdm50KrvYo9RQ3-FTBuFo4kJYKrs886IFLvzdg7Gt8Sn80sikfj90Pg/s320/DSC03742.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313898235416639058" /></a><br /> <br />Frisky is not a fan of the Modular Vest (or of hoomans knitting in general, for that matter.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKG1klt3MANfbckjW1NyV5Q2RoLpxu1DgrnenMrgJYJSON058PvQZNBiufzO7uivCHcE_09Q0X6BQZZfuwfukorEohkKSBiJIVOXdTg5SVmK7-eVJei9sA-edH2XPZqQ9vFUOtg/s1600-h/DSC03745.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKG1klt3MANfbckjW1NyV5Q2RoLpxu1DgrnenMrgJYJSON058PvQZNBiufzO7uivCHcE_09Q0X6BQZZfuwfukorEohkKSBiJIVOXdTg5SVmK7-eVJei9sA-edH2XPZqQ9vFUOtg/s320/DSC03745.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313895788926506850" /></a><br /><center> "<em>Too much knitting. Not enough treats</em>." </center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-72881231960604688912009-03-08T19:02:00.002-04:002009-03-08T19:21:19.878-04:00DONEAt last! And just in time for spring, heh heh. Oh well, it'll be a great fall color too...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TdHT5EnRaGPeR64wUh-Dy2f7Vmi1Q6aUlxAruHDGF5zSFtYDxLYsBOjlfZkbhpO8HUKhAeZ2S0_fIaCcXDoT1b1V4HgQVUATx4a_2CcnsueFN4Vzz-rsS0blxypRvXvK0cC-Ag/s1600-h/DSC03671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TdHT5EnRaGPeR64wUh-Dy2f7Vmi1Q6aUlxAruHDGF5zSFtYDxLYsBOjlfZkbhpO8HUKhAeZ2S0_fIaCcXDoT1b1V4HgQVUATx4a_2CcnsueFN4Vzz-rsS0blxypRvXvK0cC-Ag/s320/DSC03671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310956479361290642" /></a><br /><strong>Pattern</strong>: <a href="Transitions Yoke Cardigan">Transitions Yoke Cardigan</a><br /><strong>Yarn</strong>: Patons Classic Merino in Moss Heather<br /><strong>Needles</strong>: size 6 circ's (16" and 29")<br /><br />Just needs a wash and a good blocking to even out those button bands, then I'll add the buttons. The silver buttons I tried at first were too small, and not quite the look I wanted. I ended up going with a slightly larger button in a shade that's close to the yarn color - I have one up there at the top but will take some better pics once they are all in place.<br /><br />I made a few modifications - if you can call it that, given that the pattern is more like a general recipe than a specific set of instructions - including more garter rows, wider button bands, and shorter, wider sleeves. So excited to have finished a sweater for me!! <br /><br />Now, I'm off to choose my next project. It's spring break this week, and even though I have a massive amount of work to do I don't actually have to <em>go</em> anywhere. This bodes very well for my stash - and the likelihood of another FO in my future :)YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-59947430073030353202009-02-26T14:48:00.009-05:002009-02-26T15:45:09.835-05:00Weekend AwayLast weekend, the hubs and I decided to take a last-minute road trip down to Salem, MA. With Nana down South for the winter, this meant either: a) boarding Frisky at the kennel, b) sneaking Frisky in with us, or c) finding a hotel that would let us bring him along.<br /><br />Frisky vetoed the first option, and the second option just seemed like a Very Bad Idea. Luckily, the fabulous <a href="http://www.saleminnma.com/" target='_'>Salem Inn</a> allows four legged guests to stay in one of its three historic buildings, the West House. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6XisU_Nqp2eWR9joLVi_V6aCNOCRHyOoLqb3pswwl8X72F16uKvk9MBn5G6_gDoOZPr_PoG0hlXbmkUens_VY36Dw8aaSqjSEGssh_OyDqjvxeJqOrJZyhbnZGfgmStSm6LVUA/s1600-h/DSC02613.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6XisU_Nqp2eWR9joLVi_V6aCNOCRHyOoLqb3pswwl8X72F16uKvk9MBn5G6_gDoOZPr_PoG0hlXbmkUens_VY36Dw8aaSqjSEGssh_OyDqjvxeJqOrJZyhbnZGfgmStSm6LVUA/s320/DSC02613.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307199777031929346" /></a><br /><br />(The picture is from my last stay this summer - hence the lack of snow and ice.) With a family suite available (albeit on the 4th floor - and no elevator), we were in business!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz0ymwcw8HJngRicSsrwVtTTXeqtw1pjSMs0c4ikHyinvk9GzghvsMl2yzwekWueDdo_oZjJ5akoyVKSv9MGXNMw4Z0Q6OD75QW-9OiSeIZGnaNo3iFOe05_3g5WBHcGnD0r4PQ/s1600-h/DSC03610.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz0ymwcw8HJngRicSsrwVtTTXeqtw1pjSMs0c4ikHyinvk9GzghvsMl2yzwekWueDdo_oZjJ5akoyVKSv9MGXNMw4Z0Q6OD75QW-9OiSeIZGnaNo3iFOe05_3g5WBHcGnD0r4PQ/s320/DSC03610.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307199764204487730" /></a><br /><center> "<em>Boy, this is the life! You hoomans sure know how to have a good time</em>." </center><br /><br />Immediately upon our arrival I took Frisky for a walk in his snappy aran sweater, whereupon he proceeded to tinkle on every bush, cobblestone, and historic landmark on the block. When we got up to our room he began tracking some unseen object in the air with his nose. I swore he was seeing a ghost - until hubby pointed out that his Dingo Bone was up on the dresser and he was simply trying to get a better look at it :) As my older son remarked, "You know the weekend will end up being all about <em>him</em>!"<br /><br />When Frisky settled down for a nap and the boys decided to go off to look at some historic ship, I thought it best to allow the guys some male bonding time. In order to give them the maximum amount of space, I went off to <a href="http://www.seedstitchfineyarn.com/" target='_'>Seed Stitch</a>. Oh, the selfless things I do for my family, sigh.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6csaX4zZlytlIqWKe0OPffWdFBQhkUJ4MIZC3Soeev4QcnFZB4FLMyTrxKwtzl-ljmKKULlLC-38XRSx5r_ePpfO39Qedi9lgbpqNaDX7cvdKiW3m3NK-XfPDrToIu4Dt48H_Q/s1600-h/DSC03650.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6csaX4zZlytlIqWKe0OPffWdFBQhkUJ4MIZC3Soeev4QcnFZB4FLMyTrxKwtzl-ljmKKULlLC-38XRSx5r_ePpfO39Qedi9lgbpqNaDX7cvdKiW3m3NK-XfPDrToIu4Dt48H_Q/s320/DSC03650.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307199801534644642" /></a><br /><br />I picked up this cute shawl pin and some Ecological Wool for myself. Although I probably won't need more than one skein for the project I have in mind, I thought it prudent to pick up a second, just in case ;) It's a great bargain, so how could I resist? I'm sure i'll find something to do with it. The nice lady in the shop reminded me that I probably wouldn't want to be winding 478 yards into a ball back at the Inn, so when they returned from their male bonding the boys helped me work the winder and swift. <br /><br />We poked around in the army navy store, and the comic store, and several doggie supply boutiques, and ate at a few terrific restaurants, and generally just kicked back. We also spent the better part of Sunday at the <a href="http://pem.org/homepage/index.php" target='_'>Peabody Essex Museum</a> - a must if you are ever in the area. We took the kids through the incredible Yin Yu Tan house and enjoyed both the Contemporary Chinese Art exhibit and the interactive Polar Landscapes. <br /><br />Back at the inn the kids read comics and watched cartoons, and I started this:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6x_qAsUbDlicxYK-vUVh0aQF4X61c3o7_wQfrTX0o0SQArFNQMotIHOAu89W50J6kT0hVg2-DcSuAqC_7zcHJnZ2nr5DTACvH5W2VaKrNnr4TvzJsuDpAiQknxKo_fAr_QciYw/s1600-h/DSC03648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6x_qAsUbDlicxYK-vUVh0aQF4X61c3o7_wQfrTX0o0SQArFNQMotIHOAu89W50J6kT0hVg2-DcSuAqC_7zcHJnZ2nr5DTACvH5W2VaKrNnr4TvzJsuDpAiQknxKo_fAr_QciYw/s320/DSC03648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307199749692437186" /></a><br /><br />It's an improvised version of a vest from the Lion website that I thought looked cute and comfy. I've been wanting to try the Eco Wool for a long time, and this seemed like a perfect project for it. I love the definition on the seed stitch.<br /><br />Anyway, we all had a great time, and although we had to leave super-early on Monday morning to get back in time to teach my 10 am class, it was well worth the inconvenience to stay the extra night. And someday soon, I will finish you, Transitions sweater:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjXrgYr2Ms_oTvIJOA9kkfyHXdHvkHpBYox0WTCJt3vvQsQC6jk_OMqHQ-SwnKI7BIXqTxmiZmfdqdlQ6RWdFORsSKNDHeYMOS7GqKcbAWldTAepfoS3_vCpWSNtZvvkFynVOYQ/s1600-h/DSC03652.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjXrgYr2Ms_oTvIJOA9kkfyHXdHvkHpBYox0WTCJt3vvQsQC6jk_OMqHQ-SwnKI7BIXqTxmiZmfdqdlQ6RWdFORsSKNDHeYMOS7GqKcbAWldTAepfoS3_vCpWSNtZvvkFynVOYQ/s320/DSC03652.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307199806293499730" /></a><br /><center> "<em>Don't you forget about me</em>!" </center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-17583597210075863752009-02-14T19:36:00.003-05:002009-02-14T19:56:15.992-05:00Only You....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY30ebro1vy5AHRNqDdinXpYwo5YepqAQ5iyPOmOV5cCyiH7io2pxGfgOyKIN617BnNPFa9G4iid3o4BfP8BNXFe5QqGSD5mbkOirMJPaZ47eKUwEn4EKXOQMUa3XPQeomAuccg/s1600-h/<br />DSC03584.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimY30ebro1vy5AHRNqDdinXpYwo5YepqAQ5iyPOmOV5cCyiH7io2pxGfgOyKIN617BnNPFa9G4iid3o4BfP8BNXFe5QqGSD5mbkOirMJPaZ47eKUwEn4EKXOQMUa3XPQeomAuccg/s320/DSC03584.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302817099509757730" /></a><br />It is only appropriate that I blog about my Transitions Yoke Cardigan on Valentines Day, seeing how it has been my only purely monogamous (knitting) relationship in, like, ever.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZRofAZ6TCD6jvV88r4tv2Qk75ZJENIefm0267Cg2Zs1lP8W-pGfPL6Bj94goydqwh085hFOcL5lt_J4h-9XrXLmyjiOgM2fZkcHFfZ9Q8kERmHrFb6sv_0cZ9US-Qdg3okY3Rg/s1600-h/DSC03583.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZRofAZ6TCD6jvV88r4tv2Qk75ZJENIefm0267Cg2Zs1lP8W-pGfPL6Bj94goydqwh085hFOcL5lt_J4h-9XrXLmyjiOgM2fZkcHFfZ9Q8kERmHrFb6sv_0cZ9US-Qdg3okY3Rg/s320/DSC03583.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302817095503443506" /></a><br />Just the button bands the rest of the sleeves to go.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvrjA0PU_U0hyphenhypheneot8Xwi3CavaqT6lyq1qdP8dvcAAu2Mo2e645299Gl2mDKvR-kKMcA7GNguvHm9L1AfWyCF4d1saNu_ObKxgb-_5faZuyJ31Dm0111QQteR1dX_n9UU_zdUrYQ/s1600-h/DSC03582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvrjA0PU_U0hyphenhypheneot8Xwi3CavaqT6lyq1qdP8dvcAAu2Mo2e645299Gl2mDKvR-kKMcA7GNguvHm9L1AfWyCF4d1saNu_ObKxgb-_5faZuyJ31Dm0111QQteR1dX_n9UU_zdUrYQ/s320/DSC03582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302817089059953170" /></a><br />When I opened the latest edition of Interweave Knits, I had to laugh at the irony of Vicki Squares' article, "Start as Many New Projects as You Can." Vicki, where the *bleep* were you <em>last</em> year, when I needed you to validate my multi-project madness?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokOYEgzkdBpQPukeb1h12Gr7sgbiaWfBkY0ttd_fzrxXWEhw0KLYdUnabt-YBCf4ItfyDYy1ytWsB9aq9pf6XYVwPD5lYlWGcEt-JdWO5n1R1oDdFVJuJfipPyoaxaXkaNhWUCA/s1600-h/DSC03586.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokOYEgzkdBpQPukeb1h12Gr7sgbiaWfBkY0ttd_fzrxXWEhw0KLYdUnabt-YBCf4ItfyDYy1ytWsB9aq9pf6XYVwPD5lYlWGcEt-JdWO5n1R1oDdFVJuJfipPyoaxaXkaNhWUCA/s320/DSC03586.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302817105982391058" /></a><br />Oh well. If loving this sweater is wrong, I don't want to be right.<br /><br />The other loves of my life came through for me today as well. I awoke to handmade pop-up cards and these:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHsoWK2054dCDfp2IfL2hn9y5MwPHlE_HADwnH8e5gwVzuL_dlali6FvclfXeYx2TuJW2s3eoKc6fC9uxkhVop8ctMR_WHkll2p-VmDbgytDMRcwxyLwGw4P1y1x2RshdxsOUtQ/s1600-h/DSC03594.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHsoWK2054dCDfp2IfL2hn9y5MwPHlE_HADwnH8e5gwVzuL_dlali6FvclfXeYx2TuJW2s3eoKc6fC9uxkhVop8ctMR_WHkll2p-VmDbgytDMRcwxyLwGw4P1y1x2RshdxsOUtQ/s320/DSC03594.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302820268932416082" /></a><br /><br />Unfortunately, a certain someone <em>else</em> got into the valentine spirit today while we were at Boy #1's basketball game, working his way into Boy #2's backpack to extract the candy haul from yesterday's V-Day party at school. The wrappers strewn across the living room said it all, as did the expression on this little mug.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I0fPSkz53M1f4sjOSppxx2zuCy-QBV96GGS-UAktoyqNaTAuFDEkPr5114YuqkVzuVCLJlnxMekuOnrnKEwhJxIuaWAWOjJD4eGUR_rK-3O_MXpY9qcWbxXmg7mB5szrFs-CAA/s1600-h/DSC03589.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I0fPSkz53M1f4sjOSppxx2zuCy-QBV96GGS-UAktoyqNaTAuFDEkPr5114YuqkVzuVCLJlnxMekuOnrnKEwhJxIuaWAWOjJD4eGUR_rK-3O_MXpY9qcWbxXmg7mB5szrFs-CAA/s320/DSC03589.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302817107664123074" /></a><br /><br />I knew the romance of the day was over when I heard the veterinarian say, "Well, you're going to have to make him vomit."<br /><br />Happy V-D to you and yours :)YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-48912526046279664672009-01-31T20:51:00.006-05:002009-01-31T23:43:50.013-05:00Transitions Yoke CardiganWell, so much for new year's resolutions. Almost as soon as I swore off top-down construction, I went and cast on for the <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/beckysknittingpatterns/Home/transitions-yoke-cardigan" target='_'>Transitions Circular Yoke Cardigan</a>. What can I say? I have absolutely no willpower...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DRx5Xuy2T-3RMc18jz2UbB3vNMCGzR0xlN1n7jXOlo8I_ASKhhss3JJLcBym3FKK8E6iyxN1BhZTLre3DVeMn2ChHIlsqrb5Y35C5MtfTcYWhh6-AINakhwi7B5KSYW-GgHaIg/s1600-h/DSC03546.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DRx5Xuy2T-3RMc18jz2UbB3vNMCGzR0xlN1n7jXOlo8I_ASKhhss3JJLcBym3FKK8E6iyxN1BhZTLre3DVeMn2ChHIlsqrb5Y35C5MtfTcYWhh6-AINakhwi7B5KSYW-GgHaIg/s320/DSC03546.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297641187689337186" /></a> Details <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver/transitions-yoke-cardigan" target='_'>rav'ed here</a>.<br /><br />I'm definitely hoping to break my streak of making sweaters that are too big in all the wrong places...wish me luck. <br /><br />So far, so good. I think I've done a better job this time of calculating shoulder width and underarm length so it should be a pretty good fit. Also, this yarn knits up more like a light worsted, so the seamless construction here should keep its shape better than the heavier Manos top-down I made last year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPqTnV82KN8JfqBpKgvq-pMjm1PzmSyX5YVEMReNeI-TK_uWtx4wwSwDlqEl3Wa63FP1vkIghFeUBuy3C02_za5d-tOt9LOK5m0rxNCz_fa5rdxKGk1h90XKKHdrN5_ACe-ELLw/s1600-h/DSC03548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPqTnV82KN8JfqBpKgvq-pMjm1PzmSyX5YVEMReNeI-TK_uWtx4wwSwDlqEl3Wa63FP1vkIghFeUBuy3C02_za5d-tOt9LOK5m0rxNCz_fa5rdxKGk1h90XKKHdrN5_ACe-ELLw/s320/DSC03548.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297641181916638034" /></a><br /><br />I'm really loving the heathered tones in this yarn. The stockinette body section is a little tedious but it's making for some killer basketball knitting - now that I'm sitting courtside 4 evenings a week, I need it!YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-26156719565270266602009-01-30T22:01:00.003-05:002009-01-30T22:06:17.445-05:00Extreme KnittingOkay, I am totally stealing this from <a href="http://yarnharpy.livejournal.com/" target='_'>Jena</a> because I *really* got into watching it. <br /><br />If only my paltry 1-strand knitting went so smoothly...sigh!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VVRfVEONxJQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VVRfVEONxJQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Enjoy!YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-47764533264407084322009-01-22T10:04:00.007-05:002009-01-22T10:30:18.115-05:00Thermis Done!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmRLUcuhx3NFZcRHpBYsPqUfCr7YxxxDWllVBBYV4Qsk6E4yiA-Dks3ozoDysr_uqyrgZ_4De8iSmNM0oJEQ9hTwVitoUjA9R3M3WyJ6elrxlkIDskNhhgA-Is1DkJs-Y3lKrIA/s1600-h/DSC03531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmRLUcuhx3NFZcRHpBYsPqUfCr7YxxxDWllVBBYV4Qsk6E4yiA-Dks3ozoDysr_uqyrgZ_4De8iSmNM0oJEQ9hTwVitoUjA9R3M3WyJ6elrxlkIDskNhhgA-Is1DkJs-Y3lKrIA/s320/DSC03531.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294135576445486450" /></a><br />And it's a good thing, too -- it's freezing out!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Izc8rQ5XYSIUzqBf3B81u8nVjA-Eg1TWeofaiRyk27OHHASdV8e14yDYBiYyQ5YDtGStHM-sEL2pIaEeqPR6BomFAZlUGJc_8WUpXzQtCvol1b5RcU3Y1aUO-8EsIGSYqbbpFQ/s1600-h/DSC03528.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Izc8rQ5XYSIUzqBf3B81u8nVjA-Eg1TWeofaiRyk27OHHASdV8e14yDYBiYyQ5YDtGStHM-sEL2pIaEeqPR6BomFAZlUGJc_8WUpXzQtCvol1b5RcU3Y1aUO-8EsIGSYqbbpFQ/s320/DSC03528.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294135566126300242" /></a><br />Pattern: <a href="http://krisknits.blogspot.com/2008/12/thermis.html" target='_'>Thermis</a> by Kristen Patay <br />Size: Smaller<br />Yarn: Patons Classic Merino in Taupe<br />Needle: US size 6 circular<br />(<em>Pajamas by Eddie Bauer, tee hee</em>)<br /><br />Love it! Such a great little pattern. I <em>love</em> the placket and the wood buttons. Speaking of which, what happens to wood buttons when you wash a garment - do you need to take them off? Inquiring minds want to know. The only discussion of this on Rav left me feeling vaguely uncertain, so please share if you know.<br /><br />Turns out it fits hubs a little better than it fits me, so this one goes to him. The only thing I'll do differently when I make one for myself is to shorten up the bottom ribbing. Also, I think I'll do a different stretchy cast-off than the sewed one recommended in the pattern. <br /><br />Also also, although it <em>looks</em> like I am sporting some kind of weird mullet in that photo, rest assured that I am not :)<br /><br />And now for the local forecast, courtesy of Rasta Chihuahua:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyithTMZF1FjOGCYppVVh-WD7RZY5M2VKqhseoji2vbzpht7NZ66bFHNknVCINn8gyb-ZZJC-6A06ILb6fVbrNFuTL3ip5EZjASZ0PoaW_QizVTQZmpLKMhu0idQs5CMRi87OCsA/s1600-h/DSC03416.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyithTMZF1FjOGCYppVVh-WD7RZY5M2VKqhseoji2vbzpht7NZ66bFHNknVCINn8gyb-ZZJC-6A06ILb6fVbrNFuTL3ip5EZjASZ0PoaW_QizVTQZmpLKMhu0idQs5CMRi87OCsA/s320/DSC03416.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294137290047460322" /></a><br /><center> <em>"Too Cold, mon."</em> </center>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-53558594677090252732009-01-15T14:43:00.008-05:002009-01-15T21:44:05.570-05:00Working, lurking, knitting......yup, that pretty much sums it up.<br /><br />I made a trip down to Salem, MA a few weeks ago and stopped at the local yarn/crack den, <a href="http://www.seedstitchfineyarn.com/" target='_'>Seed Stitch Fine Yarn</a>. Seriously - you cannot leave this place without at least an armful of <em>something</em>. <br /><br />My mom, whom I'd dragged along for the ride, fell in love with the shop sample of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/soft-drawstring-pouch" target='_'>Soft Drawstring Pouch</a> from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, done up in festive sparkly things, so of course I loaded up my basket (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/YawnOver" target='_'>yarn specifics on rav</a>). <br /><br />And just like that, despite the onset of a <em>raging</em> case of new year startitis a lone project actually managed to complete itself: <br /><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3169006856_079d5a6f03.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3169006856_079d5a6f03.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This was a treat to knit - it's a little hard to photograph as the Holo Hoops yarn is pretty ba-blingy, but trust me, it is <em>ever</em> so cute. Those ladies at SSFY are so darn clever. <br /><br />Also picked up a <a href="http://www.loopyarn.com/Detail.asp?ProductID=51154" target='_'>Pretty Cheep Bag</a>. Tempting as it was to buy all three, I managed to restrain myself. This time, anyway.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Lrnz_DZ_yMMNd1oduiIyxXhyphenhyphenswAYwcBTTwt7IOxF6sFfQDZzwQ3PCqd8x6jmdoL8c8hBXW1fP7i49PiaWIw9byD0BJJRa_D2vqmyKShQqFtN0MF1oYBn741GFZQ_2aWSRrpUuA/s1600-h/DSC03526.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Lrnz_DZ_yMMNd1oduiIyxXhyphenhyphenswAYwcBTTwt7IOxF6sFfQDZzwQ3PCqd8x6jmdoL8c8hBXW1fP7i49PiaWIw9byD0BJJRa_D2vqmyKShQqFtN0MF1oYBn741GFZQ_2aWSRrpUuA/s320/DSC03526.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291620872048344690" /></a><br /><br />Other items on the needles: (hope I'm not jinxing myself by posting them - a pattern seems to be developing whereby the moment I announce that I'm working on such-and-such a project, I immediately lose all interest in it...)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/transitions-yoke-cardigan">Transitions Yoke Cardigan</a> in its infancy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbv_a2oI2cRsdAwYiKEy0QsrgM0zQ7W_lTzrqnQUJuR_oBHPiLT4Zj70oYVFzNTrNrOMmynyhD2bJ3C0Hh2FH8p9Dz9cZFGeXP3NLuLI4v3K1OGbjIHbIlY0E_Qf0hyla2efWhg/s1600-h/DSC03519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbv_a2oI2cRsdAwYiKEy0QsrgM0zQ7W_lTzrqnQUJuR_oBHPiLT4Zj70oYVFzNTrNrOMmynyhD2bJ3C0Hh2FH8p9Dz9cZFGeXP3NLuLI4v3K1OGbjIHbIlY0E_Qf0hyla2efWhg/s320/DSC03519.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291609913817402818" /></a><br /><br />Also jumped on the utterly irresistible <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/thermis">Thermis Neckwarmer</a> bandwagon:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNQ3Rd8qsvbgoHTAZwAtVnsE9hKundBs6LDXCLCrVVXMBrI0psLj3lb_brftFqFz6IrZ0Xe518jIYeVX6byk7EQVmBJzvZT8DVejG6Rs1hWxZmXAULkvg1_faQsk0O8nhEWmE6w/s1600-h/DSC03525.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNQ3Rd8qsvbgoHTAZwAtVnsE9hKundBs6LDXCLCrVVXMBrI0psLj3lb_brftFqFz6IrZ0Xe518jIYeVX6byk7EQVmBJzvZT8DVejG6Rs1hWxZmXAULkvg1_faQsk0O8nhEWmE6w/s320/DSC03525.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291609934014510466" /></a><br />I found some cute natural-colored wood buttons for the top. This really should be done by now - hopefully I'll be wearing it next week. <br /><br />And now, for the obligatory Frisky gallery. Here, he models his new "Heart breaker" t-shirt:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-B7gpzvO0Ezt-AJ_C7NFOpyQGaF1hTY-LfCND592OsLuRtJG9ZoJ4soVUSUezlY0XyfK5SR6ODv5D4YUKOGuGVC7h75pafTm56dfru1lLIFJLQ-wLH5QtTAv13RtTuRUtRHLew/s1600-h/DSC03517.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-B7gpzvO0Ezt-AJ_C7NFOpyQGaF1hTY-LfCND592OsLuRtJG9ZoJ4soVUSUezlY0XyfK5SR6ODv5D4YUKOGuGVC7h75pafTm56dfru1lLIFJLQ-wLH5QtTAv13RtTuRUtRHLew/s320/DSC03517.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291609910186007394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJcB3z22KI8Gc53z72RVr3oBFVZldreyBQNrJjPwK9dYv-PcZ4EeCX9r_KY3-2-Am6F_CiibSteeQ1IRa-I23KGY0NahC0iNA8zJlkeoEF5EXzuGR-HwgbasEMHzbpM3F_sVfsQ/s1600-h/DSC03518.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJcB3z22KI8Gc53z72RVr3oBFVZldreyBQNrJjPwK9dYv-PcZ4EeCX9r_KY3-2-Am6F_CiibSteeQ1IRa-I23KGY0NahC0iNA8zJlkeoEF5EXzuGR-HwgbasEMHzbpM3F_sVfsQ/s320/DSC03518.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291609901801595266" /></a><br /><br />And here is proof that here is nothing smaller than a chihuahua on a very cold day. Hope you're staying warm, too ;)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bTIRLSw3kWTC3CMZIPd9rkYZfADDNpUfmwVeOpry_LzeQ9LsfEz1FPKqar8hS4iIozdVeTWDAE7WBdS-Px38FjwAU1DpbEEHU3clCPjE6am8Pdu6i_G5-oZAAkALvA2h0Yb5zw/s1600-h/DSC03523.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bTIRLSw3kWTC3CMZIPd9rkYZfADDNpUfmwVeOpry_LzeQ9LsfEz1FPKqar8hS4iIozdVeTWDAE7WBdS-Px38FjwAU1DpbEEHU3clCPjE6am8Pdu6i_G5-oZAAkALvA2h0Yb5zw/s320/DSC03523.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291609925216269602" /></a>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-22580092642549797542008-12-31T08:16:00.008-05:002008-12-31T08:28:57.068-05:00The All-Knowing Frisky Speaks"Oh great and all-knowing Frisky, tell me what to do about my Manos sweater that is too long. Should I frog it?"<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtOA3BNi7qMQ4KB6klqtb-oVMUPuQfE4228mNhhSqlsI0xj6G8Kwa5PDV_InnRaMPcrFzSc5UqE48qZiPJ4748zsevXMRjPHQn6Ws10YvkMIJ3UCTZaknG8Iw3HfsI87J9wwrbw/s1600-h/DSC03409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtOA3BNi7qMQ4KB6klqtb-oVMUPuQfE4228mNhhSqlsI0xj6G8Kwa5PDV_InnRaMPcrFzSc5UqE48qZiPJ4748zsevXMRjPHQn6Ws10YvkMIJ3UCTZaknG8Iw3HfsI87J9wwrbw/s320/DSC03409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285944086365603138" /></a> <center>"<em>Nay. Give it to my Nana</em>."</center><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTY5aUd9u_EmiICwdylB-8gzUqhi1p8EE_BUfV9Lkrvd_TpersCRNkz9eHc564oFhXKM7f1vWIlZqO08htLbkH43KsP4itddbFTPkjL-ocsLPihhKzsL0aZ9XeZKn8OtLFPg_kA/s1600-h/DSC03414.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTY5aUd9u_EmiICwdylB-8gzUqhi1p8EE_BUfV9Lkrvd_TpersCRNkz9eHc564oFhXKM7f1vWIlZqO08htLbkH43KsP4itddbFTPkjL-ocsLPihhKzsL0aZ9XeZKn8OtLFPg_kA/s320/DSC03414.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285944086424949106" /></a><br />"Oh yes, that is much better!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqUhNL_OYuwNZWptij6PMq92BaYa3w2gsJO3ExKXqYmJnlkPp63c6_Fep_hqpnIqCZSHYTjXaRDJ2A0hTXwo-zB5ArR7Gry5OxCKOOyTQlpwDp_PCOmR0YrLiboeY_31R5wMd7Q/s1600-h/DSC03411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqUhNL_OYuwNZWptij6PMq92BaYa3w2gsJO3ExKXqYmJnlkPp63c6_Fep_hqpnIqCZSHYTjXaRDJ2A0hTXwo-zB5ArR7Gry5OxCKOOyTQlpwDp_PCOmR0YrLiboeY_31R5wMd7Q/s320/DSC03411.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285944094360418274" /></a> <center>"<em>Of course it is, silly hooman. Next you must make her a Huckleberry Ascot. Except with picots instead of bobbles</em>."</center><br /><br />"Of course, Wise One."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwd0Acaq5MKDNnNuRweM_F5vchogqCyhwn_hSPmBOwT-GXms6NSTTBezJ6eCbvFk0nBFH0qaOnqHnd78mMmw6nj6PPsWLCbSc6lS5wxC88cDY30eSBPTDjMNHXMQa5dltXrGDfyw/s1600-h/DSC03405.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwd0Acaq5MKDNnNuRweM_F5vchogqCyhwn_hSPmBOwT-GXms6NSTTBezJ6eCbvFk0nBFH0qaOnqHnd78mMmw6nj6PPsWLCbSc6lS5wxC88cDY30eSBPTDjMNHXMQa5dltXrGDfyw/s320/DSC03405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285944098540577186" /></a>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-30746497039190857922008-12-28T11:59:00.006-05:002008-12-28T12:24:03.846-05:00Handmade HolidaysFor Mom: Breeze from Knitty<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmmvGOUbkbXDJqLZbNAy5rNBq4mf_WNqL5xzznNJMexMmfVCvmsdib-S5yPRAwpZryog0ARs-y53oUgG5jADN55gX9NRRr8SmSSTB1Gd2rAs7oApsMedzKpU6ZNP6_Z6fY3ETew/s1600-h/DSC03092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmmvGOUbkbXDJqLZbNAy5rNBq4mf_WNqL5xzznNJMexMmfVCvmsdib-S5yPRAwpZryog0ARs-y53oUgG5jADN55gX9NRRr8SmSSTB1Gd2rAs7oApsMedzKpU6ZNP6_Z6fY3ETew/s320/DSC03092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284888190126275154" /></a><br /><br />For Hubs: IK Holiday 2008 Aran Isle Slippers<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HeGfHvGuqHkxe2IzY2UtJLJ2iiF4_vR8YpunyuZxl1iM6eCBhRXt78l0CDxO0GsyIBIH4aVLUUoOU49LVPLZgAuI33aoFGHbJ96Xi__tWOajE5856PkaOkQYE40Aa_rXqjodSg/s1600-h/DSC03179.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HeGfHvGuqHkxe2IzY2UtJLJ2iiF4_vR8YpunyuZxl1iM6eCBhRXt78l0CDxO0GsyIBIH4aVLUUoOU49LVPLZgAuI33aoFGHbJ96Xi__tWOajE5856PkaOkQYE40Aa_rXqjodSg/s320/DSC03179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284888165523900258" /></a><br /><br />For DS #2: Cabled Footies from OneSkein<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB_YMMGvESh9QWDrJGlL8Gt3jyNHh964UDiDe24qoCXsge0BQv7j0kJLzR214TWYvvOc3s-4Edk5zFCQE3M3lEHrVniNOiZxencST0hJvxbY5yhBRJO8oM2qqBg6-0vK18W8xxA/s1600-h/DSC03227.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB_YMMGvESh9QWDrJGlL8Gt3jyNHh964UDiDe24qoCXsge0BQv7j0kJLzR214TWYvvOc3s-4Edk5zFCQE3M3lEHrVniNOiZxencST0hJvxbY5yhBRJO8oM2qqBg6-0vK18W8xxA/s320/DSC03227.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284888175790633986" /></a><br /><br />For DS#1: (made this at Rhinebeck - just added the fleece lining for Christmas)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN0F0euydLjXEhjwanFLfj815nr1UjjEhKqR2CdvAVwruzhWI-qz1_aZBbuPg8fwZZcmUIid9qY-aDLu1cVaavMyRK_wlLav8vD07-h-X80iVPEbpqrxcUEPPIXqjzQfFEjzxPw/s1600-h/DSC03386.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN0F0euydLjXEhjwanFLfj815nr1UjjEhKqR2CdvAVwruzhWI-qz1_aZBbuPg8fwZZcmUIid9qY-aDLu1cVaavMyRK_wlLav8vD07-h-X80iVPEbpqrxcUEPPIXqjzQfFEjzxPw/s320/DSC03386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284889527529756578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCa0cASqIYyeeD95_QwhmBhaJZFjhdEEq_3C_lX33rB0ybVFXlMha3BmkZAqMYJB2vi3Xv94-938tC6TesX07Zg0JiJr6sfRimQXfpifLPDv0RDrRKgigTk-iLvO6Dtff-UKyk_A/s1600-h/DSC03385.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCa0cASqIYyeeD95_QwhmBhaJZFjhdEEq_3C_lX33rB0ybVFXlMha3BmkZAqMYJB2vi3Xv94-938tC6TesX07Zg0JiJr6sfRimQXfpifLPDv0RDrRKgigTk-iLvO6Dtff-UKyk_A/s320/DSC03385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284889519507148130" /></a><br /><br />For my niece's American Girl Doll:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VSPjRS_3pkZI9FeeUMM2KfHA6x7IBzCM3MrJIN9hbj0_ZY22Peupw73tFsxOf2vGmRNNPIberoSYi4rxdHsVDwPZ3b_jawFZt2O1Uxj0Yp5mbhoRGvsWwh7z_agSutuEt96C3w/s1600-h/DSC03259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VSPjRS_3pkZI9FeeUMM2KfHA6x7IBzCM3MrJIN9hbj0_ZY22Peupw73tFsxOf2vGmRNNPIberoSYi4rxdHsVDwPZ3b_jawFZt2O1Uxj0Yp5mbhoRGvsWwh7z_agSutuEt96C3w/s320/DSC03259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284888178443312050" /></a><br /><br />Last-minute Gift for Self, modeled on DS's perfectly round noggin :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOertfhCMvxvlz2Blr3IjgLfhFh06JUc2IIptre-xxx4JNykPHG7D9T0OjlnFtuJOuorNMQDhMat7exf0c9yAKLXtX_vmaJJX1NT3VkSI6jebTH_DHn979vUl3mn6F3I7EWhdLNA/s1600-h/DSC03390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOertfhCMvxvlz2Blr3IjgLfhFh06JUc2IIptre-xxx4JNykPHG7D9T0OjlnFtuJOuorNMQDhMat7exf0c9yAKLXtX_vmaJJX1NT3VkSI6jebTH_DHn979vUl3mn6F3I7EWhdLNA/s320/DSC03390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284889536957137010" /></a><br /><br />Ornaments: (the kids made these for everyone - very cute and easy to do)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8DDnitv8hNtXba9O3GSX3-RN6-ZMBbEv6VMdGFSMHT1HJXBcRlO1wsVkkkxQbc9n-b3ZY3khGTqhAobTfbwERwgwlzg_AA2-Ee5H0pNTIeY3Im-Yus_MKqmL63w7COGAXSrdbA/s1600-h/DSC03320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8DDnitv8hNtXba9O3GSX3-RN6-ZMBbEv6VMdGFSMHT1HJXBcRlO1wsVkkkxQbc9n-b3ZY3khGTqhAobTfbwERwgwlzg_AA2-Ee5H0pNTIeY3Im-Yus_MKqmL63w7COGAXSrdbA/s320/DSC03320.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284889554275710386" /></a><br /><br />And More Holiday Wishes from Frisky, hiding out under the tree with his handmade gift from Hubs's co-worker: a bunch of fleece stips knotted together securely to create a ropey thing with little ends hanging off all around. He is in love with it - a great gift idea for those doggies who have everything. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEOrDZpPc_5HZz6JdzXJtnz81rUNdTpVFQtzoDGWDRVYN6zlTg9yMrTybPKrlAYWEJtha8iRd27Wv2LF78LISAtzgCZfR5t6HdpdQlPIvih_-qmVSmkoe78bhiSYzQExnCd2boQ/s1600-h/DSC03332.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEOrDZpPc_5HZz6JdzXJtnz81rUNdTpVFQtzoDGWDRVYN6zlTg9yMrTybPKrlAYWEJtha8iRd27Wv2LF78LISAtzgCZfR5t6HdpdQlPIvih_-qmVSmkoe78bhiSYzQExnCd2boQ/s320/DSC03332.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284888197080142066" /></a><br /><br />Also, thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts on my dad's passing. It has been a very difficult time. Thank god for family, good friends, and knitting - somehow we get through it, right?YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-2077425922239272022008-12-24T14:19:00.003-05:002008-12-24T14:22:00.069-05:00Happy HolidaysWishing you a blessed holiday season, whatever your reason.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvPjJD5MXdCtaDvPXzJu4OYEkkIWbZwAOXXa_8KrhBxT9yR6cP2J2wm4irQlMPTsHCK3rDUv_F57Ke-rF9XHkX0eQtup15XeumpxZMza0_fWXZ8J_mVnWBtCxrkEOU0EwttyAvA/s1600-h/DSC03356.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvPjJD5MXdCtaDvPXzJu4OYEkkIWbZwAOXXa_8KrhBxT9yR6cP2J2wm4irQlMPTsHCK3rDUv_F57Ke-rF9XHkX0eQtup15XeumpxZMza0_fWXZ8J_mVnWBtCxrkEOU0EwttyAvA/s320/DSC03356.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283438509011968418" /></a>YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34026574.post-25113982840094623762008-12-19T19:07:00.002-05:002008-12-19T19:17:12.293-05:00LossIt's been a while - and a tough time for my family and me. My stepdad passed away very unexpectedly on November 30. <br /><br />He was my kids' hero, my husband's buddy, and the light of my mom's life. I think we are maybe still in denial. It's still so very hard to believe he's gone. <br /><br />I've been doing a lot of knitting and rav-trolling and trying to get through the end-of-semester grading/drama/ice storm/snowstorm bullsh*t. Guess it's a blessing to be so busy.<br /><br />Hug your loved ones tonight, and be safe.YawnOverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709655565262326988noreply@blogger.com10