Archive for October, 2007
WIPs
I started a sock just before Rhinebeck. I asked Tamara for a suggestion on a pattern, and she suggested Go with the Flow, from an old Interweave issue. I had just bought some Great Adirondack Soxie and started on it. The sock was done a couple of days after Rhinebeck weekend, and [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Halloween, contest, knitting, lace.
Comments: 19
New Jersey
New Jersey is home to a lot of things. It’s where I work, where I sometimes like to play, where I will one day buy a house. It’s also home to my favorite rockers, Bon Jovi, and the name of one of their albums, which has my absolute favorite song on it.
New Jersey [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2007 under Bon Jovi, knitting.
Comments: 6
Rhinebeck recap
What can I say about this trip? I had great company, finally met some people that I’ve only known online and had a complete blast. There was a lot of laughter, a lot of cheese (and meat) and a lot of yarny goodness. The only difference I would make for next year [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Gifts, Rhinebeck, shopping.
Comments: 10
Brace yourselves
Sit back and brace yourselves. Remember how pretty?
Yes, it’s purty. But midway thru tier 3 of the charts (out of 4 tiers), I messed up a row. So I tinked back 2 rows, and ended up with a wrong stitch count. So I tinked back another 2 rows, again, wrong stitch [...]
Posted: October 18th, 2007 under Frogging, lace.
Comments: 8
From batt to skein
I started spinning up a batt that Dawn sent me as part of an SP package, during the spin out a few weeks ago. I finished spinning it up over the weekend.
In batt form:
In singles form:
And in skein form:
Stats:
4 oz Hyacinth Batt from AngoraCraft
Approximately 275 yards and 13 WPI, 2 plied.
Posted: October 16th, 2007 under spinning.
Comments: 9
Pie!
We had friends over for dinner last night. Dinner was your average, run of the mill dinner. But for dessert, I tried my hand at a pie. The hubby doesn’t eat cooked fruit, so I’m stuck making cream pies. I’d already tried out coconut cream pie, and wanted to try key [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under cooking.
Comments: 10
Ow.
Sigh. When you combine the lack of sleep with stress, sometimes your body rebels. In my case, my body rebelled just before the little one’s birthday party on Saturday. While putting away towels, I pulled a muscle in my shoulder. The pain got worse, so bad that I needed to visit [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 14
Friday update
I’ve had very little crafting time lately. The majority of my crafting time is my 1 hour ride to or from work. And sometimes, just sometimes, I use that hour to catch up on sleep. Life has been a little crazy, and until just after my birthday in November, it will remain [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2007 under Kid, knitting.
Comments: 11