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September 27, 2006
and I AM knitting, honest.
The stockings are taking a little bit of a backseat to a project I've been asked to do for a friend, but I'll pick them back up again next week. And I AM knitting sort of aimlessly at faire on the world's most boring socks. But at least it's picturesque.
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September 20, 2006
good faire
Boy, I'm having a good time at Casa. So far, it's been the best faire I've been to all summer. I have a little bit of an actual job to do, and I went through workshops and earned my pass instead of being gate-listed - this makes me feel like I'm not just a hanger-on. Also, I've temporarily ditched the middle-class blackwork shirt and velvet hat I usually wear, and got a hoot-tastic peasant chemise and a kickass new hat. It's way more fun to be a peasant, that's all I'm sayin'.
photograph Copyright (c) 2006 Richard G Lowe Jr
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September 14, 2006
the first step
Remember all those nice things I said about Nathan? Well, I take them back!
I TOLD him that my dad was addicted, that he'd get addicted too, and then I would surely fall under the evil spell as well. Did he listen? Noooooo. I was safe as long as it was just on his handheld devices, but then the unthinkable happened.
A giant book of sudoku. In the bathroom.
p.s. Okay, I still love Nathan, but if the laundry never gets done again he has only himself to blame.
Posted by Kate at 6:50 PM | Comments (1)September 6, 2006
Self Portrait Challenge - With Someone
I've been muddling over this entry for SPC for a couple of days. Nothing sounds right, so I'm just going to spit it out.
Why is it so hard for me to say, "I'm divorcing Rob"? Maybe it's because I feel like a failure for giving up on my marriage. Maybe I feel like I was a disappointment as a wife and as a person. I don't know. I think I've resisted talking about it partly because I feel guilty that I'm so happy.
But I am happy. It sounds naive, but I don't think I've ever been this happy. It's not giddy schoolgirl happiness or twentysomething lust, it's grown-up and solid and real (yet incredibly silly and joyous) and I almost don't want to talk about for fear of jinxing it.
So maybe I won't talk about it. I'll just say, "Thank you, Nathan, for showing me a side of me that I didn't know existed. Thank you, and I love you."
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September 1, 2006
Good vs. Bucket of Boiled Ass
First, the good. The third stocking is gorgeous. I am inordinately pleased with myself, not just for choosing such perfect yarn, but creating an actual pattern for something. Even the ladies at the yarn store ooh'd and aah'd. (Oh, and remember how I used to think Article Pract was staffed by Snooty McSnootersons? I've totally changed my mind. The girls there are all charming and helpful. And they still have great yarn.)
But I digress. Check this out:
This isn't a great photo of the finished piece, but it's not a bad color representation. Anyway, I freakin' love it. Three down, six to go.
And on that note, behold the Buckets of Boiled Ass. This is what Grace called her scarf made of white yarn and medium-hue mohair. Sadly, that's what all my mohair combinations look like: Boiled Ass.
I really want a couple of the stockings to have a little sparkle to them. Naturally, I grabbed the white and the red colors of Kidsmack Night. Hm. Not so great. I remembered that I have the new pink Kidsmack Night, too. Again, shot down.
Witness:
Granted, the red Kidsmack on the red Manos is really pretty. I think it will work nicely for stripes in the body of a stocking. It's a little more subtle than I'd wanted, but I still like it. I tried the white and then the pink, too. BOILED ASS, and you can't tell the pink from the white. Try, I dare you. And if that's not bad enough, check this out:
I cast on for the cuff last night with the white Lamb's Pride and the red Kidsmack. Having had a couple of drinks, I convinced myself it looked pretty good. In the morning light, however, I came to my senses. BOILED ASS! With FUNGUS! So I decided to swatch. The white on white is invisible, and the pink just looks like the white got washed with something red.
AND to make matters worse, the gorgeous variegated red Manos of the cuff at the top is too close in color to the other red Manos I have to make a similar variegated/solid/variegated stripe on another sock. I think it will want a brighter red.
What does this mean? Looks like I'll be washing my hair, getting out my passport and heading across the water to the City. I think the people at ImagiKnit are starting to think I'm a little insane. Can you blame them?
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