The Reality of Life with the Twins

I'm making major changes to the Glee Top pattern after reading up on other finished products in blogland.

I've known in the back of my mind for a long time that this probably wouldn't be the most flattering top for a petite girl sporting a "more than ample" chest... but as always, I didn't care and proceeded anyway (I have the same suspicion with Aline which may be why I am subconciously stalling on finishing it).

Anyhow, I've been throwing around the idea of a) Making this a cardigan, and hook-and-eyeing it all the way down, providing more styling opportunities, b) Knitting the sleeves down to 3/4 legnth, and c) adding waist shaping.

b) and c) were pretty much a given, but I've decided that a) definitely needs to be worked as well. As much as I hate the purl, this will be a good move so I won't end up throwing it out the window or turning it into a cat bed for Viva.

So there. St St it is.

This will definitely be the project for this weekend - I can't screw up [*Row 1: Knit, Row 2: Purl*, Repeat from *] when drinking.

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2007 Goal Setting - March Update / WIP LIST

Cool Weather Projects
[ ] Aline Jacket
[ ] F'No State Tweed
[ ] Glee Cardigan
[ ] Dollar and a Half Cardigan

Warm Weather Projects
[ ] 70's Kitchen Socks
[ ] Corset Top
[ ] Sunburst Sling Bag
[ ] Saturday Market Bag
[ ] Lucky Clover Wrap

Yarn Shopping List:
[ ] 10 Balls Patrons Grace
[ ] 10 Balls Andean Silk
[ ] 2 Balls, in 2 colors (4 total) of Andean Treasure
[x] 1 Hank Blue Sky Alpaca & Silk
[x] 3 Skeins Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Truffle
[ ] 1 Hank Recycled Silk
[ ] Undisclosed amount of Black Euroflax Linen
[ ] Size 7 Addi Turbos

Accidently on Purpose

Thank you ALL for the birthday wishes - I'm absolutely terrible about responding to individual comments but they were taken with a smile!

The actual birthday night went well - I had to work all day Saturday at an on-campus event so I was pretty dang tired but pushed through it. Let's just be glad I didn't have the camera out after 10pm.


This weekend is the actual "party", which involves wine tasting, good food, and Santa Cruz. 3 of my favorite things. I'm super duper excitied. It's been over 8 months since I've been there - the longest period of time in almost 5 years!

Other than that, I'm not quite sure where all my money and the month of March have gone! I must be distracted, because this just occured to me last night:


Please excuse the camera phone that makes this the color of the stuff that Viva threw up two nights ago.

It's the Dollar and a Half Cardigan, and although the directions AND the photo clearly illustrate that the panels between the lace should be reverse st st, I failed to note this. However, I like it. A lot. This is one knitting mistake I'm actually glad I made.

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PS - For a Friend to Knit With / Regarding the Green Sweater - it's the A-Line Coat from the Debbie Bliss Cathay booklet. I am SO damn close to finishing this... and it will definitely be a monkey off my back!

Good Things on a Friday Night

My garden is blooming....


My needles are clicking....



And I'm home with boy + cat + Zinfandel, waiting on 27.


I'm tired, it's been a long day... so that's all I've got ;)

The Beach

Sorry no posting lately, I've been at the beach.

heh.

But I am TOTALLY relieved this thing finally has the sleeves seperated out. My poor 24-inch circ was about to explode.

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Back after the weekend with more. Chances are I'll have started another project, since I've been actively fighting a case of the "short attention span" that has been infecting knitters everywhere these days.

In the meantime, have you heard of Toygers for your backyard Serengeti yet?

Meow.....

Cheesy Love

So what should one do with yarn from an ill-fated project that was sure to ignate hate and disdain from the knitter? Think of a cheesy, lovey, heart-string-pulling project that forces you to fall BACK in love with the yarn.

I'm log-cabining for love, baby! Combining the ill-fated Truffle Cotton Fleece dyelot, some stash Cream Cotton Fleece, and a few colors straight from yarn.com... and away we go!

Just how cheesy?

The two center squares each stand for Matt and I, and will have our names embroidered on the wrong side (awe....). Each additional rectangle is going to represent 1 month of dating, and I'm going to keep going until we put this relationship on paper or some other landmark event (double-AWE......). This could be a lap-blanket or a bedspread when all is said and done.

See!?!?! How could I hate this yarn!?!?

I need to knit 5 more rectangles to get caught up, and then I'll do one a month, lather, rinse, repeat, until I am a betrothed woman.

GLEE!!!!!!!!

Last night my mom, grandma, sister and I went to see Aida. While the actual staging & costuming of the show left something to be desired (I found it hard to believe that the Egyptian "Ministers" were dressed like the Blue's Brothers and was highly distracted by the lead male running around without a shirt on in EVERY SCENE), the acting, particularly that of the 3 females leads, was stellar! The lead of Aida was done by the understudy, who I believe was a recent college grad, and she was great. And the woman who played Amneris was cast very well. It however, waking up this morning SUCKED because I am apparently an old lady now and can't stay up past 11pm on weeknights.

Everything with the knitting is shaping up nicely these days. Currently, it's a wine-colored purple blob of GLEE!!!!!!!!

Pardon the hideous color, this was taken on a camera phone, in artifical lighting, on my desk at work at lunch yesterday
Inspired by Lolly, I started Glee in some previously-doomed Elizabeth Lavold Silky Tweed in the most lovely Merlot colorway. This is an example of "not-giving-up-on-the-yarn" at its best, because I swear I have attemped about 3 garments with this and nothing has worked out. Until this.

I echo the same comments that Lolly has about the "rustic" fabric this is producing - I think it's perfect for this pattern. I have not yet decided on the legnth of the sleeves - I'm pretty sure I have enough yarn even if I wanted to go full legnth but it depends on the mood I'm in upon finishing the body. I'll try and take a better photo once I seperate the arms and its not this bunched up wad on my needles.

Also, on a whim the other day I picked up the new IK even though I didn't really think I liked any of the patterns (hel-LO retail therapy!). However, what I found was the PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT use for the 7 skeins of Brown Sheep I had to rip from the bobble cardigan.

Hello Dollar and a Half! You are perfect! My yarn is this EXACT color and wound up into balls waiting! You are inspired by Joni Mitchell! I love this!

I'm also thinking that Wenlen's Tank would be a perfect (not to mention flattering - hiding my, um, "problem area") swimsuit coverup.

Faith is completely restored.

Something is in the air....

Just a few seconds to share this:

Snapped this morning with my camera phone on the way to work. This is the cherry tree that is blooming outside my apartment.

Maybe because it has been 75 degrees, crystal clear, and just lovely lately but I cannot get Happy Hour off my mind...