Monday, August 30, 2004
Charlotte in Progress
I casted on for Charlotte this weekend and I’m well into the second color to about row 50. This is my first lace project. It’s not too bad so far, I did have to rip out and start over twice, but now that everything has clicked into place, it’s pretty smooth. I love working with this yarn, and this pattern.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Finally some breathing room
The last two weeks have been hell. It started with the passing of a very close family friend, who left behind a wife and two very small children. His police funeral was the saddest thing I have ever been to, and most of my family was quite numb for several days. Beyond that, work has been kicking my butt. We had some corporate auditors in last week which involved my boss giving me various tasks of running around gathering information for them and this week 3 co-workers are away so I'm helping out picking up the slack, in addition to my own work of course. Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel and I see breathing space, yesterday in particular was a perfect day combining work and knitting.
My boss had signed the two of us up for a IRS/SSA seminar in Manhattan. I had assumed it was an all day affair until I was leaving work on Tuesday, he handed me the paperwork I was going to need, and said "it ends at 1pm tomorrow, and we're not coming back here afterward. See you there."
I had a lovely trip into the city, arrived about an hour early, sat in starbucks right near the federal building the seminar was being held at and quietly sipped coffee while reading "Zen and the art of knitting".
The seminar was quite boring,what do we expect from the IRS and Social Security but we were finished by 1pm. Eugene asked if I was heading back to NJ and I replied no I was going up to 14th street. So he suggested lunch. We hoped in a cab up to Union Square and had a lovely lunch in an outdoor cafe. When we were done, he left for home reminding me "remember when we get in tomorrow, it was a all day seminar." I laughed, waved and heading down to knit New York.
It was there that I was finally able to get the yarn for my Charlotte. Huzzah!!!!
I had found 4 lovely colors and was hesitate on the fifth, a lovely girl that worked there was trying to help me find the 5th. I picked one and she went down to get me my yarn. She came back up and had found a different color(not displayed on the floor) that went with the original four better. I sat down, did some knitting and then rounded off the day by meeting up with my darling fiance.
All and all a well earned day of relaxing. On that note I'm off to shower and head to work.
My boss had signed the two of us up for a IRS/SSA seminar in Manhattan. I had assumed it was an all day affair until I was leaving work on Tuesday, he handed me the paperwork I was going to need, and said "it ends at 1pm tomorrow, and we're not coming back here afterward. See you there."
I had a lovely trip into the city, arrived about an hour early, sat in starbucks right near the federal building the seminar was being held at and quietly sipped coffee while reading "Zen and the art of knitting".
The seminar was quite boring,what do we expect from the IRS and Social Security but we were finished by 1pm. Eugene asked if I was heading back to NJ and I replied no I was going up to 14th street. So he suggested lunch. We hoped in a cab up to Union Square and had a lovely lunch in an outdoor cafe. When we were done, he left for home reminding me "remember when we get in tomorrow, it was a all day seminar." I laughed, waved and heading down to knit New York.
It was there that I was finally able to get the yarn for my Charlotte. Huzzah!!!!
I had found 4 lovely colors and was hesitate on the fifth, a lovely girl that worked there was trying to help me find the 5th. I picked one and she went down to get me my yarn. She came back up and had found a different color(not displayed on the floor) that went with the original four better. I sat down, did some knitting and then rounded off the day by meeting up with my darling fiance.
All and all a well earned day of relaxing. On that note I'm off to shower and head to work.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Random stuff.
Friday night I started to cast on for Rogue, didn't like my cast on row, ripped it out, and did not recast. Instead I started a scarf yesterday. It may turn into a X-mas gift for one of my cousins.
While driving to my fiance's yesterday I saw something odd. Well odd for driving in the NYC area. There was a truck pulling an animal trailer, I assumed there was a horse in there until we both got off the highway. At our first traffic light i'm looking and realize it was a llama. A llama is not something you see everyday in the Bronx, I can only guess they were heading for the zoo. Like a good knitter though i'm looking at the fur on this llama and thinking "what great yarn that would make".
While driving to my fiance's yesterday I saw something odd. Well odd for driving in the NYC area. There was a truck pulling an animal trailer, I assumed there was a horse in there until we both got off the highway. At our first traffic light i'm looking and realize it was a llama. A llama is not something you see everyday in the Bronx, I can only guess they were heading for the zoo. Like a good knitter though i'm looking at the fur on this llama and thinking "what great yarn that would make".
Friday, August 13, 2004
Pictures
Technology has decided to cooperate with me tonight and I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of my latest finished objects.
Here is the "Shapely Tank" from hell.
In all honesty is wasn't that bad of an experience. It was my first adult size sweater/tank object. The basic construction was simple enough. I learned to be more careful when picking up stitches around necklines. I learned my sister is a heck of a lot smaller than I originally thought, and I finally have gotten the knack for neat seaming.
Here is my other recently finished object. The "French Market Bag" from the fall 03 Knitty. This one seemed to take forever to make because I kept throwing it on the backburner. This bag is super simple to make and cascade 220 is a dream to felt. That is indeed a Teddy bear sitting in the bag, that is the "Birthday Bear" my fiancé sent me in May. Awwww.......
That's it for now.
Here is the "Shapely Tank" from hell.
In all honesty is wasn't that bad of an experience. It was my first adult size sweater/tank object. The basic construction was simple enough. I learned to be more careful when picking up stitches around necklines. I learned my sister is a heck of a lot smaller than I originally thought, and I finally have gotten the knack for neat seaming.
Here is my other recently finished object. The "French Market Bag" from the fall 03 Knitty. This one seemed to take forever to make because I kept throwing it on the backburner. This bag is super simple to make and cascade 220 is a dream to felt. That is indeed a Teddy bear sitting in the bag, that is the "Birthday Bear" my fiancé sent me in May. Awwww.......
That's it for now.
Monday, August 09, 2004
Techno Woes
Technology is not being good to me. My cable modem has been losing its connection on and off over the last several weeks. The cable company claims it is not there fault but is the wiring in the house. Until I can have the situation rectified, I'm stuck. If that weren't bad enough, my digital camera is acting up. I have pictures to post of some completed projects and I cannot retrieve them off the camera. I may have a bad memory card.
I was at the family reunion all weekend, so didn't have the time or patience to cast on for Rogue. That's to come this week hopefully.
I was at the family reunion all weekend, so didn't have the time or patience to cast on for Rogue. That's to come this week hopefully.
Tickets….
I got my R.E.M. tickets. 6th row center stage, I’m very happy, VERY HAPPY. Those are the best seats for a full concert I’ve ever had.
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Off knitting topic for just a minute.
R.E.M. announced this weekend the dates and venues for there upcoming tour. Ahhhh….. Life feels so good when R.E.M. is coming to town. Fanclub tickets go on Sale tomorrow at 1pm.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
More Yarn
My search for Koigu is again in vain, only a few days after my escapade in NYC I tried the one decent store in my area for Koigu. I went in looking and the owners daughter asked if I needed help, and then she recognized me from last time I was there about a month ago. She let me know that they still hadn't gotten the shipment in, but it should be in by October. ((SIGH))
So, I turned my attention toward Rogue. I had toyed with the idea of making it with Cascade, but since said store didn't carry it I looked around a bit. I found some Jamieson shetland double knitting. The gauge is 22-26 st per 4 inches on size 4-6. Rogue calls for 18 per 4 or 4.5 per inch. I was fairly certain that if I swatched on size 7 needles I would be close, the salesgirl looked at me like I had 4 heads when I asked for her opinion, she said "no the yarn states 22-26 stiches for 4 inches on size 4-6 needles, you won't be able to get 4.5 stitches an inch". (By the way I think someone on the Rogue knit-a-long did use this yarn). The conversation went back and forth between me and the sales girl regarding whether I'd be able to get swatch this to the right gauge. Long story short, I bought the yarn in black, my gauge on the 7's was PERFECT, and I will never ask for help in that particular store ever again.
Now here's an interesting story for you. On the drive home from the yarn store. I received a call from an old "friend" of mine. This person never calls unless she wants something and tonight was no different. Apparently she's looking for a copy of a pattern I have. In the course of our conversation, we were talking about yarns. She was commenting on some Koigu in her stash and how she used it before and didn't like it. I asked her what she made with it and why she didn't like it. She told she made a booga bag with it, I said "you mean with the yarn from me" she said yeah. I had extra skeins of Kureyon from an ebay auction I won and she wanted 3 so I sold them to her. I told her Koigu and Kureyon were not the same yarn, she said they were from the same company, I said no they weren't, and then a comment came from her about her not caring because she was not a yarn snob. Our conversation ended a few minutes later and as I hung up it dawned on me.. I think she was implying that I was a yarn snob!
I called up my fiance (He knows this women) and told him the story. He started laughing, I said "what is so funny?" he replied, "You know she just implied your a yarn snob?" I'm glad I amuse him. Actually the situation is sort of funny especially if you know the person in question. Oh well, I'm an equal oppurtunity knitter and proud of it.
So, I turned my attention toward Rogue. I had toyed with the idea of making it with Cascade, but since said store didn't carry it I looked around a bit. I found some Jamieson shetland double knitting. The gauge is 22-26 st per 4 inches on size 4-6. Rogue calls for 18 per 4 or 4.5 per inch. I was fairly certain that if I swatched on size 7 needles I would be close, the salesgirl looked at me like I had 4 heads when I asked for her opinion, she said "no the yarn states 22-26 stiches for 4 inches on size 4-6 needles, you won't be able to get 4.5 stitches an inch". (By the way I think someone on the Rogue knit-a-long did use this yarn). The conversation went back and forth between me and the sales girl regarding whether I'd be able to get swatch this to the right gauge. Long story short, I bought the yarn in black, my gauge on the 7's was PERFECT, and I will never ask for help in that particular store ever again.
Now here's an interesting story for you. On the drive home from the yarn store. I received a call from an old "friend" of mine. This person never calls unless she wants something and tonight was no different. Apparently she's looking for a copy of a pattern I have. In the course of our conversation, we were talking about yarns. She was commenting on some Koigu in her stash and how she used it before and didn't like it. I asked her what she made with it and why she didn't like it. She told she made a booga bag with it, I said "you mean with the yarn from me" she said yeah. I had extra skeins of Kureyon from an ebay auction I won and she wanted 3 so I sold them to her. I told her Koigu and Kureyon were not the same yarn, she said they were from the same company, I said no they weren't, and then a comment came from her about her not caring because she was not a yarn snob. Our conversation ended a few minutes later and as I hung up it dawned on me.. I think she was implying that I was a yarn snob!
I called up my fiance (He knows this women) and told him the story. He started laughing, I said "what is so funny?" he replied, "You know she just implied your a yarn snob?" I'm glad I amuse him. Actually the situation is sort of funny especially if you know the person in question. Oh well, I'm an equal oppurtunity knitter and proud of it.
Monday, August 02, 2004
Finally
It's finally done. After me putting it off and putting it off, I finally finished seeming the shapely tank for my sister. I completed it tonight while over at my uncles house. Of course everyone looked at it and reminded me of how it is too big for the sister in question. Oh well... At least its not unwearable. I also finished off the french market bag today at work and felted it before heading over to the uncle's. Cascade 220 is great to felt with, and the bag came out looking great. It only need one cycle in the wash, anymore and it would have been too small for anything. It's kind of funny right now while wet, it smells like a dead animal. I hope it's okay when it's dry.
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