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April 27, 2007
to do list
1. Go to storage and get out the rest of the stuff for the Victorian picnic thingy tomorrow.
2. Go to the store and get something to eat for said picnic.
3. Go to the cleaner's and pick up dress for said picnic.
4. Haul my butt into San Francisco for cocktails with some of Nathan's co-workers. I have to be there by 5 to snag a table.
How many of these things have I done? NONE. Instead, I'm sitting around holding my knitting up to the window and imagining what a pretty curtain it would make.
Posted by Kate at 1:54 PM
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stupid spammers
So my site was down all day yesterday because comment spammers overloaded the server. WHY? I do not understand why these idiots do this. Can someone please explain their business model?
Anyway, I've had to have one of those Captcha things installed. I don't like them, but I don't like comment spam, either. Can you guys test it out for me and leave me a comment?
Posted by Kate at 11:12 AM | Comments (5)April 23, 2007
presto change-o!
This looks like a dustbunny skewer:
and this looks like a delicious pink kidsmack haze ruffle:
I decided to do some stash-busting and turn those three balls of kidsmack into Birch. It's a pretty easy knit, but please, please, please remind me next time I pick up some mohair how much I HATE knitting it. Augh. It makes me crazy. But it sure is pretty.
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April 17, 2007
success, I guess
Well, I completed the Jaywalker (large size on #1s). It's a little too big for me, but I think it'll fit my mom just fine. (The ends will stay un-woven-in until I try the sock on her in case I have to make the foot longer.) Now I just need to make the mate and find some nice yarn for another pair for me. I adore this pattern. It's *so* fun to knit.
We went up to Orland this Sunday to surprise the Momster for her birthday. It was an awfully nice day. I brought Skully, and it was much admired. How is it that this sweater looks great on both Nathan and my mom? (Really, isn't she cute?)
Posted by Kate at 4:51 PM
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April 12, 2007
WWGD?
I *really* want to have a pair of Jaywalkers. I love them. But mine are driving me inSANE. Lemme tell you a little story.
First, after casting on, I lose one of the skeins of yarn and then discover that Knitpicks has discontinued that colorway. Thanks to the magic of the Internets, somebody on Knitter's Review Forums has a spare skein to trade me. Cool!
So I knit and knit, admiring the leg of the sock like you wouldn't believe. The stripes are perfection. I knit most of the sock waiting in lines at Disneyland. Finally I get to the heel, slip the sock on my foot, and the sock is WAY too small.
So I cast on with the other skein on #2s. WAY too big. I frog and re-cast on with the #1s again, this time making the larger size. Awesome! The leg fits beautifully, even though the stripes aren't as pretty. The heel looks lovely, it turns perfectly, then I stick it on my foot (last night), and it's sort of ginormous. I keep knitting. Now the foot is pooling, and not in a good way.
So I ask you: What would Grumperina do? She'd rip it out for the fourth time, I know she would. I know people with slightly bigger feet than mine who'd groove on this sock in a big way, but can I gift a pair of socks with crazy pooling? They look like Ethan colored them with crayons. He's four. He can't stay in the lines. And besides, this colorway is MY PERFECT COLORWAY. I want these socks.
Arrrgh.
Posted by Kate at 8:43 PM | Comments (4)April 11, 2007
knitting honeymoon
It's nice to have a honeymoon partly at home so you can knit some new socks for your husband. These were made from one skein of Brooks Farm's Acero, using their plain sock pattern on #2 needles. Yum.
Nathan is wearing nothing but handknits this afternoon. He's also got Skully on. It's super cute, but I'm not posting a photo.
Posted by Kate at 4:18 PM | Comments (3)April 9, 2007
why knitting is cool, reason #47
If you're stuck on a ride at Disneyland, it's great fun to whip out a sock. It sure seems to amuse the cast members, at least.
This is me stuck on Indiana Jones. We'd just gotten loaded in the car and were about to take off, when the ride went down for nearly 20 minutes. Sadly, there isn't a great picture of me knitting ON Space Mountain earlier, where the ride had gotten so stuck we were evacuated from it. It was so cool. I bet nobody's ever knit ON Space Mountain before.
(There are some Space Mountain pictures, they're just not as fun as this one. You can see 'em (and all the rest) at SmugMug.)
April 2, 2007
Hellooooo Abdul!
Hellooo creaky floors
helloo not-exactly-made-bed
helloo unwelcome bathroom scale with post-vacation data
hellooo Bedford Falls!
helloooo pot smoke from neighbors' apartment
helloo mostly beyond-the-pale wedding bouquet in vase
yo homey, piles of yarn
helloooooo tap water that doesn't taste like ASS
OMG, hello sweet leather sofa
hellooooooooo safely arrived luggage!
beeeeeautiful honeymoon, but SO glad to be home.