March 28, 2008 at 1:12 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: Jane, knitting, Sister, Tank top
My next knitting project = A tank top for my sister Jane.
Here’s the options I’ve picked…. I really need to narrow them down.
- Honeymoon = Looks bad on a lot of people but great on a few. Hmm.
- Lotus Blossum = everyone had to make adjustments. Some look great.
- Razor = Holes look bad on some people – don’t want to have to wear something underneath
- Sharon = simple
- Ribbon x-back = not sure about using ribbon yarn
- Lelah = Add straps
- Summertime Tunic = not sure about it
- Prosperous plum = YES!
- pencil sketch tank =YES!
- Proto-pretty DNA shell or tank = too hot?
- Beaded Cami
Well, I’ve been adding options daily…
I want to use a cotton or bamboo I think = something natural and cool. I want her to be able to actually wear it all the time. I’m worried it’s going to be too hot or she’ll have to wear a tank underneath which would be a bummer.
Not sure about the color yet either. Maybe light green. Something bright.
Post me a comment if you have a suggestion, idea, recommendation or anything else!!!
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March 26, 2008 at 6:21 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Plan, Queue, Ravelry
One of the most beautiful features of Ravelry is the Queue.
The problem is = my Queue is
1. out of date
2. out of order
3. some of the things on it I just really like but probably will never knit
4. I started to mark things as favorites in order to remember them rather then adding them to my Queue…
Basically, I just wish my Queue was what I actually want to knit NEXT.
So = It’s time for spring cleaning.
I need a plan.
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March 25, 2008 at 7:04 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Basketball, Exercise, Fingerless Mitts, Slim in 6
It’s been a while because I’ve been dealing with the dreaded paperwork and telephone calls that sometimes pile up and consume my life. Taxes. Federal = no problem. MA = ugh. Health Care. Ugh. Car Insurance. The usual runaround. But enough about that.
Today I started Slim in 6. Exercise = happier person, more sex, cuter bod, ability to eat more without worrying about it, better mental health (hopefully). I like Slim in 6. I’ve done it once before and it’s challenging enough but fun. I’m going to run if I don’t feel like doing it or do a pilates or yoga video instead so I have some options. So, if in 6 weeks (or 6 months) I have a beach body I’ll post you a picture. Hehe, I wonder what the chances of that are. But I mostly want to feel good and be healthy…. If I drop a few pounds or a couple inches, that’s a bonus.
The fingerless mitts I’m working on now are adorable. And I’m designing a new one. I think the name will be Umbrella Tree. You’ll see why, coming up soon.
This week was not only the anniversary of 5 years of pointless war, it was also the anniversary of 5 years since my husband and I started dating! YAY for March 22, 2003 = the transformation of a beautiful friendship into a romantic adventure that continues to this day! [Well, there are romantic days and there are boring married couple fighting days...] Yesterday we got out the basketball and went to shoot some hoops at the park. The ball was kindof flat, not so you’d notice but enough so that it bounced like thud, thud thud. So we mostly shot baskets. After a game of horse, round the world, and best of 10 foul shots, I was crowned the winner. YES! That is a VERY rare occasion, and therefore should be celebrated all month. Talk about March Madness! I’m looking for that little needle so we can pump up the ball, but it wasn’t in the 2 most likely spots I thought it would be, so hmm, it’s lost.
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March 21, 2008 at 7:29 pm (Uncategorized)
I’m depressed. SO, here’s a list of things that make me happy.
1. Orange
Umm, sometimes that’s all there is.
Here’s the plan =
1. Clean the house.
2. Do the laundry.
3. Do the workout tape I hate.
If I do these three things I’ll feel better about everything. I think the chances of doing all of these things are like 1 in 100. Actually I’ll probably be happy if I just do one…. That’s more like a 30 percent chance…
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March 17, 2008 at 9:11 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Fingerless Gloves, Fingernails, Swap
My secret swap partner likes the fingerless gloves I knit for her!!! It’s true. I’m pretty sure she’s not just trying to make me feel ok. I think she likes them! And they fit her so well!! YAY So here’s some pics [with me modelling them...]
And here is a super close-up!
And here’s a full shot showing the front as well!
One final picture =
Yup. I’m super proud.
And also, check out the non-bitten fingernails!
[I bit my nails from 8 yrs old until, umm, about a year ago, then about 3 months ago I re-started, and now I'm bite free again! This is a true achievement.... I've lived my whole life with tiny nasty unbearably disgusting nails. But not anymore!]
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March 15, 2008 at 8:31 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Cookie Monster, Herringbone Gloves, Knitting Needles, Size 3, Translation
Another ides of march passes without incident. At least for me.
I got a new set of dpn’s – size 3. These are the smallest needles I have ever knit with. And they are kindof plastic. I bought them thinking they were metal. When I knit I feel like a mouse chewing bubble gum and cookie monster knitting with toothpicks at the same time. This is not a totally negative thing, just interesting. I do like the tiny stitches.
I’m thinking about knitting the Herringbone Gloves. I translated the website with the pattern with an online translator from Japanese to English, and the result is … poetic. I hope I can decipher enough to knit.
Since I finished the fingerless gloves I’ve been in a type of knitting pergatory. I started the second sock of a pair, but it’s a little boring. I want to rip a bunch of half finished things off the needles and start a new project on each of my sets of needles. At night before I fall asleep I mentally sift through my queue, wondering what to knit next. I feel free, and yet, lost.
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March 14, 2008 at 10:35 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: family, Family's Outlook on my Knitting, Fingerless Gloves, knitting
So I sent some photos of the fingerless gloves I just finished for my swap partner to my family cause I am proud of them and I wanted them to know what I’ve been up to. No response.
Then I talked to my middle bro – he likes them. He says the purple (they are actually pink) are much better then the green. The green? He’s comparing them to the pattern photo of Dashing that I sent him a while ago when he was wondering what fingerless gloves were. So I guess that’s a nice compliment. Better then Dashing!
Next I talked to my sister. She’s in Barcelona and I miss her like crazy. She says they’re beautiful and “you can do all that crazy wiggly stuff?!?!”. Umm, yes, did you think that when I spoke of knitting I was just knitting little squares or garter stitch scarfs like when we were kids? “Well, yes.” Great. I know I’m not Picasso, but my family thinks I’m just sitting around knitting garter stitch scarfs. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with them, I just was proud to be able to accomplish some other stitches, techniques, etc. So, I guess doing all that crazy wiggly stuff is a compliment.
Finally, I talked to my mom. She liked them too. So I guess I was just a little impatient expecting everyone to write back immediately with gushing emails extolling my knitting genius and all around brilliance.
You’ll laugh when you actually see the mitts, because they’re cute and super nice, but not exactly advanced knitting. I’ll post the pictures after my secret swappee recieves them. No advanced viewing here!
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March 13, 2008 at 11:26 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Camels, Competition, End of the World, Gaining Weight, Losing Weight
This week C and I have started a contest. He wants to gain about 20lb, and I want to lose about 20lb, so we are ‘competing’ to reach our target weight first. We’re not sure if it is harder to gain weight then lose weight or the other way around. From experience all we know is it’s easy for me to gain weight and for him to lose it…. So, here’s to switching things up in our family. I’m down 3 lbs. I don’t really have a strategy (I know I should) but have been trying to make smart natural health friendly decisions. I’m thinking about starting a yoga class. I have the idea that the stronger I can get my body, the less trouble I will have with the dreaded anxiety.
C and I were watching this program about what would happen to the earth if humans disappeared. I read an article just like it a couple weeks ago – I think it was in the nyt magazine. The problem is, the documentary has two really weird foundational premises:
1. For the sake of the documentary they assume that humans just disappear instantly while going about their everyday lives. So cars are crashing into each other and airplanes are falling out of the sky when they run out of fuel. This just seems so far fetched to me. It seems much more likely that there would be some sort of pre-demise warning and everyone would try to hide and save themselves or at least shut of the engine of their car.
2. For the sake of the documentary they assume that humans disappear instantly, but all the animals of the world are completely fine (for a while). Now it seems to me that anything that eliminates human life is also going to kill pets and livestock and zoo animals, afterall, we have fundimentally similar systems. But no, they go on and on about the pets turning wild and the zoo animals escaping their cages once the electric fences turn off. The only cool thing about this is that there’s a nice shot of some camels crossing a graveyard. It says camels eat almost anything, so they can thrive without humans. This only increases my desire to interact with camels. [I would say own, but I don't really like the idea of the human centered 'I own you' philosophy.]
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March 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm (Uncategorized)
1. I finished the fingerless mitts for my swap partner!
2. I took photos of the mitts for my rav page. [this was not entirely happy, but an accomplishment, though wraught with fighting and and off color dvd cam]
3. I got my sock book back from the library! YES!
4. I earned 2360 grains of rice for a hungry person or two….
5. Umm, That’s all. Thanks Bye.
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March 11, 2008 at 10:44 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Coffee, Fingerless Gloves, Rice, Words, Yarn
The fingerless gloves for my secret swap partner on Rav are looking GREAT. Two more pattern repeats, a bind off and two thumbs and I’m finished! They are looking great and fit like a glove. hehe. I’m really proud of them already. I would go into more detail and post some photos, but on the 1/1,000,000,000 chance that they read this, I’ll have to abstain for now. I really hope she likes them. But even if she hates them I love them and I guess that’s what matters.
I ’discovered’ a new website = www.freerice.com Playing the word game earned 1640 grains of rice today for some hungry people somewhere in the world. I hope. It could be completely made up, or 80% could be heading toward some white guy’s bmw, you never know. But I had fun. I wonder how many grains of rice I eat when I have rice.
I had a little coffee today = YUM! I was in heaven. It was only about a half inch but it was so good and warm and bold and lively and complex and perfect. It’s been ages since I’ve had any coffee because I’m ‘detoxing and purifying’ my body right now, and well, my body really doesn’t like coffee lately. But I love it.
I am constantly astonished by how much yarn people on Rav own. I am a yarn pauper. I am still gearing up to the idea of buying enough yarn for a sweater (or tank top, frankly). It doesn’t help that lately I can’t even go in the yarn store nearest my house. It’s so closed in and tight and it doesn’t have the best vibes and I become instantly claustrophobic. It’s such a bummer because I’d love to feel all the yarns I’ve been hearing about and solidify in my mind which are the ones for me….
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