Shut Up & Knit!

An Accounting...

Not a full accounting but pretty close.  Hush up and be grateful.

I wrote another blog post this week.

I knit a schmatta! 

I knit another schmatta!   LOVE that pattern!  I will admit, however, that there was a point during my 5th chart repeat (out of 6) where I was knit 1 purl 1-ing my way back with tiny yarn and slightly bigger than I care for needles where I did want to kill myself.  That's more me/the crappo yarn than the pattern, though.  Public project page. *

I spun some yarns.  If I loved Margene less, it might have hurt me to part with that red yarn. 

(No, I have no counted the yardage on the cashmeres yet.  Yeah, I know.  Bite me!)

Loving Vikings on the History Channel.  Semi-waiting for the aliens to arrive because that seems to be their stock and trade now, but we'll see.  Maybe not since the Vikings were all white dudes and, therefore, smart enough to figure out shit on their own.

STILL waiting for The Following to improve.  I know it won't because Kevin Bacon is in it, but I'm still naive to hope.  Or is that just stupid?  I mean, it is FOX...

Don't like any of the teams on The Amazing Race.  Survivor has reached that point where the chick with the bad plastic surgery is freakin' me out.  Happens every season, but this time seems worse than usual.  The shocking lack of hot folks isn't helping any.  Who casts this show?!

Amused to discover the latest PhatFiber dramaz.  Never surprised it, all things considered.  I mean, who is?  *L*

For something like two and a half days last week, I had fully functioning email.  It was right after the first M$ update and ended with the install of the 3rd update.  There's a part of me that wants to do a restore just to have working email again.

FYI: if we're texting and your reply to something I've sent you is "sigh" be prepared for me to ripe your head off.  Telling me 'nothing' when I was what is not going to end well, either.  I am NEVER in that good a mood anymore.

Finishing up a pair of socks that I have "designed" myself.  Yes, again.  Not really "designing" in the true sense.  Nor is it "designing" like the neighborhood thief.  It's one of those patterns that any monkey could figure out if they could knit a sock.  Yeah...

Oh, and I have spring skin issues.  Happens every year.  Last year, I was so crazy busy that I didn't really have time for my skin to act up.  This year, however, my skin is making up for last time it seems.  What should take a few weeks to deal with and clear up is dragging on and starting to get to me. 

(This may be why I'm not knitting the cardi I want to knit and am sticking with socks.  Socks are the perfect comfort project for the unhappy knitter.  Part mindless knitting.  Part punishment because you have to knit two.)

Although!

There's been some wonderful love in the mail lately.  I really need to get my shit together and take some photos or something.  I am truly blessed in my people and I do know that. 

Oh!  Need to share the purchase of the week, too.  So good!

 

*The file name on that URL is "If".  I love that.  *L*

Proof of Project

The other day/week/whatever, our Patty mentioned that in-progress photos of knitting projects seemed to be less than popular.   Admittedly, I had never really thought of it before, however, I can see her point.  A lot of us do not take progress photos and/or do not share progress photos. 

How many times can you show the people a sleeve or a st st sweater body before there's a revolt?  How much time can one spend trying to make a sock in-progress look interesting before snapping?

Before I was whinging on Wednesdays, back when I still pretended to give half a rat's about this blog, I did in-progress posts on Wednesdays.  Of course, I tend to be too lazy/busy to take a lot of progress photos.  (Plus I don't find myself or my knitting very interesting and figure all y'all feel about the same at this point.)  Then there's the chance most projects run of turning to crackers.  The less proof of project, the better at times.

However, the March of Origami or whatever we're calling it, has gotten to me.  (In more than one way, thank you very much!)  In order to show the knit origami of Nola's Slippers, I had to take an in-progress photo. 

Patty, this one's for you!

Sexy, right?

That's the ribbing for the cuff and the top of the foot.  I'm doing the decreases for the toe now and will be picking up and movin' on soon.  I finished the first one the other day and LOVE IT!  I'm using Paton's Worsted Wool held double for the cuff/foot and more of that should wear like iron black yarn for the sole.  This version looks smaller than the all black ones but still fit perfectly.  My mum's already laid claim to this pair.

Good thing I can overpower her if I have to.  ;^)

In unrelated news, yes, I did find that missing mitt.  In the drawer I left it in. 

Of course, it was...

/sigh

Rounding Up A Week

And what a week it's been!

The hat is Sitka Spruce.  Photo was hotlinked off our Joan's blog.  It's the same hosting company so it's okay.  Remember when a "farm" did a tie-in with the Red Scarf folks?  A "special" colorway.  Yeah, that's that yarn.  As you can see, it is NOT red.  Oh, and yarn is nasty.  It's hard and weird and so not merino...

At least, the hat was a win...

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Unconscious Mutterings:

1. Lizard ::  King  (Or rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock)
2. Swimming pool ::  No thank you
3. Tank ::  Shark
4. Horrible ::  Woman
5. Cabbage ::  For The Ducks!
6. Pet ::  Purr
7. Photography ::  Selfies*
8. 1970 ::  /waves
9. Ornate ::  Devotion
10. Turkey ::  Salad

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I finished a pair of fingerless mitts last night.  However, as I type, it's dark outside and taking photos did not go well.  Shall try again in the morning.  Thinking about my next mitt pattern.  I love the mittens but just don't like in that kind of climate.  Also getting a bit tired with the mitten madness.  Thankfully, there's always a Joan sock to work on.

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Yes, it was a mostly wonderful birthday week.  Thank you.  Lots of laughter, talking to people I love and a little fun.  There were also surprises, presents and cheesecake.

Remind me to tell/show you the maple.  Yeah, there's a story.  Someone with a boney butt was mean to me.  *L*

*  So not my first thought but I'm trying to avoid the drama whores...

What?!

Isn't she fabulous?

What is the pattern.  Squishy is the girl.  New Tweed in some kind of pink tweedy color was the yarn.  I say 'was' because it's sadly discontinued.  Lovely but no longer with us.

Love the hat.  Loved the yarn.  Will mourn the yarn and knit the pattern again and again.  Such a clever and dead simple idea for a hat.  I can see it being done in several different ways for different looks.

Love it!

Mrs. Squishy also posted a photo of another hat I knit for her after recieving a text telling me she needed a girlie hat.  Since we have different idead of what "girlie" is, I figured options were good.  A girl always needs options...

&

Thanks for all the love and support regarding the cables. 

Just so my beloved lurkers and those jealous bitches know... my issue is with taking photos of a cabled project.  Not with making the cables.  I'm an old pro with cables at this point.  In fact, as I type, I am wrapping up another cabled project while planning the next one. 

Cables are great for keeping the hands busy while the mind ponders sweater patterns, the eternal debate about what's lunch and this week's mystery about the new fat pants that are the right size but way too big. 

Yeah... just imagine what it's like in my head.  You'd knit hats to relax, too.

Cables soon.  Swears.

Ding Dong!

Sock Love!

The Summer of Socks is Dead!

Okay... just for the year, but I'll take it.  It's been a long weird summer and I am looking forward to taking a break from socks and those people.  However, there are still socks to be shown and it is Sunday...

Charade.  Yes, again.

Yarn dyed by the lovely and talented Squishy.

Knit toe-up with CCSR toes and heels.  Worked using Magic Loop with a sewn bind off.  Like all y'all don't know that already.  Love the yarn, the dyeing and how it knit up.

In other news, passionately hate gmail and their mothership, the Googles, right now.  I miss having a working email account that doesn't annoy me.  I swear, it was NEVER this bad when we were in beta.  Not even that time everything went down and everyone lost their shit.

In other other news, am so loving the kids at Typepad.  Shocking, right?  Recently, the spammers have  found this blog.  Thanks to the kids at Typepad, I don't have to do much to keep the spam off the blog.  A tiny percent of the crap gets through.  Even then, it's super simple to remove.

Not sure where the weekend is going but I think there was laundry and a tragic lack of naps.

So sad...

Hope your Sunday is peaceful and lovely.