Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I was wrong.. there is no magic drink
I should mention, I try not to drink caffeine normally, and that is why miracle of tea was new.
Some knitting was done, I plan on finishing a scarf today, but last night was mostly spent trying to find a phone number. I got the new "job" and so I hade to call in for someone to take my place AT my job for the day. Of course I couldn't find the number anywhere. I used to keep it in my old phone, and I had forgotten to transfer the numbers before I gave the phone to my mom. This meant I had to talk my mom through finding the number with a phone I hadn't used in 4 months. I did have an identical model to help, but since I had also given away the power cord, I couldn't turn it on. I was pretty frustrated, but since I got the number, I think I did ok. Technology was NOT meant to be taught over the phone.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The secret of my success
Monday, October 20, 2008
Maybe my stash isn't SO big.
I did discover and interesting tidbit. I had a ball of deep teal yarn, with a little buggy on it. When I squished it, it was green inside! Apparently it can't digest the dyes.
Also in this, I brought out my umbrella swift. It was a wonderful birthday present from my mom. I tightened it to cake some lace weight, (lace weight alone makes a swift worth the money) and the umbrella fell down. I attempted to retighten it, and I wouldn't! The threads on the bolt had broken off. I have since e-mail Knit Picks. I am confident they will replace it, but I don't have the invoice, so I am not sure what I should send in its stead.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Knitting was done, but not much
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
A day (hopefully) of knitting
Saturday, October 11, 2008
My streak continues
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Less working, more knitting
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Late on account of sleep
Monday, October 6, 2008
This last weekend I spent in the local big city, where my mother lives. I was able to visit a few yarn stores, where I found one was starting a three weekend spinning class. I asked them on Saturday at 4:00, and they told me there were probably 2 or 3 spots left, and they closed at 5. I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay that much money right now, or to drive the hour every week. I thought about it and decided to do it. Sunday at 12:10, 10 minutes after they opened, to find out that not only was the class full, but there were 5 people on the wait-list. I was very disappointed. There aren't any yarn stores in my area, and none of them offer reasonable spinning lesson. AND this one has wheels to take home over the week!
This is what I don't understand. If spinning classes always fill up, why don't more places have them, and more often. The closest LYS to me has them twice a year, but you have to buy carders on top of the $50+ class. Another one SAYS they have them, but they only schedule them as people ask. Of course, as someone who would have to drive 45 minutes, this is just not the way I need it scheduled. Tell me when the class is about a month/2 weeks before hand and I'll make arrangements. I am not comfortable with someone planning a class based on my interest. What if it is not a good time for me? Or I change my mind about the expense for that month? I feel better knowing that it is already planned, weather or not I can attend.
On the good side, that LYS has another spinning planned in November.
Movin' right along (Dunca dun dunca dun)
Saturday, October 4, 2008
First attept, FAIL
I decided on a rather simple checkerboard scarf, alternating stockinette and moss stitch. unfortunately 4 stitches makes for a rather wide scarf. I'm still not sure how well it is going to work. The yarn is a marl, I believe a brown/grey. Marls tend to hide many patterns. I've only worked with one before, so I know that purl stitches show. I'll cast on with about 30 stitches and see what happened.
Friday, October 3, 2008
I think I knit under a hundred stitches
I ordered two different colors of Knit Picks new Essential kettle line. I had received four balls for my birthday. I enjoyed the diverse colors in each skein, but was quite upset that two, same color and dye lot, looked nothing alike. This order, I can barely see any difference in the colors. Unfortunate, because I was going to make a scarf with the jaywalker stitch, but with almost no variation, I'm not sure if that is the best idea.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Back to our regularly schedualed knitting
I am back to working on MY Christmas gifts. Mom’s gift was slow going before, but now it has been languishing for 13 days. Today I finally was able to take off the purple caps and reattached my much used size 7’s.
I also have a set of 3's that did this, though they just look darker. I guess it much be knit picks nickel plating.
Blogtoberfest
This just might be the kick I need to keep blogging. I’m not sure WHO I’m trying to kid with that idea, but someone must think it’s funny. I really do feel that blogging is something I should do. I did have a journal, and wrote in it fairly often. Then my husband bought me a really nice journal, and I stopped. Why? Because I began to work. When I was a SAHW (no kids, so I can’t have a M), I would have tons of feelings, and ideas to write. I got very emotional and my marriage had problems. DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA, as we say in our house. But when I started working, it all went away. Eventially..
Now I work a lot. I'm at work by about 7:15, and I leave anytime between 4:30 and 6:30. I do not get an hour lunch (I get 30 minutes at best), and I have one 10 minute break at around 10. I gets to be a long day at around 11. I go in on the weekends as well. So far the last two Sundays. I am fighting sleep by 8 p.m.
I know this is in no way healthy, but I can't help it at this time. I am a bit (read: really) disorganized and I tend to work on larger, not really necessary project, rather than the stuff that needs to be done for tomorrow.
Oh well, I don't want to think about work when it isn't around yet. Knitting has been constant the last two weeks. And boy do I have stuff to show for it. Two, count them, two cabled scarves. While a tad narrow, the one with the twist cable comes out at 75" (6' 3"), and the one with the braided cable is 64 (5' 4"). Both are a respectable size for their recipients, 6'+ and 5' 4". Each one took a week. The longer one was exactly a week, and I finished the other yesterday night. So 13 days. And now until my yarn order than has all of my other commission projects arrives (ETA: Saturday), I get to knit whatever I want!!