Shut Up & Knit!

Happy WTF day is it, anyway, bloglines!

Yeah, I'm really feelin' it.   Can't you tell?

Is it bedtime yet?

Can I just become a hermit and call it a life?  Please?
Yeah...

Pretend the yarn is orange.  That's as Halloweeny as I'm getting this year.  Since I'm normally Wicked Witch-esque, I don't really feel the need to do anything extra today.

Bite me.

They are hair sticks for those of you who have short hair and/or are male/gay/other.  I know that not everyone has the uber-long hair and, therefore, may not know the joy of the hair sticks.  I happen to think these are fairly spiffy.

I did have something truly frightening to show.  However, in it's current unblocked state, it is just too horrifying to show anyone.  Plus part of me thinks it should be slightly bigger...

However, to keep from being a complete disappointment... shut up!... I do have a little something to show...

The huge uncropped version I was given is even more yummy, but beyond huge.  That's what 26 looks like, people.  Who knew?  It's not like I can remember back that far.

Shut up!

Just add to the list of reasons I'm going to hell.

Thanks for being such a good sport, honey.  ♥

Monday... Again?!

I have no idea where the weekend went.  I do know I did not make it outside like I had semi-planned because it was cooler than expected.  Those weather channel people need to stop telling me what they think I want to hear.

I did, however, watch socks play baseball.  Who knew?!  While I am a product of the west, I had to cheer for those east coast socks.  I mean... how couldn't I?  They're socks!  Plus a couple of those guys were really hot.  Who knew?!

Speaking of socks...
I finished a pair of socks.

Shocking, isn't it?  :p

The yarn was a gift from the KnittyOtter.  It's Knitpicks' Felici sock yarn in Atmosphere, and, yes, they do make my calves look fat.

However!

They make my ankles look tiny.

They don't want to stay up and I don't mind.  I feel how the these socks look... whatever that means.

The pattern is my usual toe-up short row toe and heel 2 x 2 rib sock with the loose cast off.  As you can see from the toes, things were not prefect.  I could have ripped back and made smaller toes, so they would be dark blue only.  However, my usual toes fit me and that's what I really care about. 

Plus, after this posting, it's not like people will ever see the toes again.  Ya know?

I do like the yarn.  Although, I was a little surprised to realize that it was not two shades of blue, but, actually, four shades of blue.  Two dark and two light.  I had to make sure that I cast on for sock #2 with a skein that was going to knit up the same way.

Plus the stripes are not all the same width.  That was something else I had to factor in for that second sock.  Not a lot of bother, just not the mindless socks I thought they were going to be.  Not that I really minded all that much.

No love stuff this week.  Just not feeling it and not alert enough to fake it.

Shut up!

A Pinkish Sky

Pretty, isn't it? 

That was a few nights ago.  It really is a good thing I look out the kitchen window once in a while or I'd miss out.

Today is going to be one of those warm late summer days that make it hard to stay inside all day.  I see yard work in my future and maybe a little playing in the sunlight.

That's a big maybe, btw.

Happy Saturday, ya'll!

Slightly Less Than Ideal

Thanks to the people at the biorythms... is that really a word?... site, I know that I am smart enough to know how badly I feel physically and emotionally.

Oh good.

I was afraid I would miss something somewhere.  I guess that's one worry off my list.

Jeez...

Another worry gone is the black cardi.  I finally gave in and sent it back to the freezer/frog pond.  I had knit about five inches of the back and had to stop.  Working with the yarn at the gauge I was hurt my hands to a point where I knew I would never finish the cardi. 

Good thing, too, because, after removing it from the needles, I realized it would have been slightly too big anyway.  Clearly, I have no clue what size I am.  I think that goes in the emotional and physical piles.

Another good thing is that I can use those needles for something else now... assuming I can find the emotional strength to start a new project.

Happy Weekend, people!

Because I have nothing...

My new frames on some pink yarn for those of you who were feeling lost with all that blue and purple we saw yesterday.

Because I have a round face... shut up... this shape is supposed to be more flattering.  Frankly, picking out new frames is always a bit hit and miss for me since I need glasses to see any real distance... like when trying on new frames.

I think I like them.  Although, I liked them more before I found them cheaper online last night. 

Isn't that always the way?