Buttercuppy Love

I. Love. This. KNIT!



Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmaier
Size
Small
Needle
US 3 / 3.25 mm
US 5 / 3.75 mm
Yarn
Knit Picks CotLin
7 skeins = 861.0 yards (787.3m)
Taupe
RAVELRY

Never have the cosmos and knitting gods aligned so perfectly in a finished object. The yarn, the fit - it's perfect! See how happy I am?!?



Not only that, but I am headed down to Santa Monica for a wedding this weekend, where it's a glorious 70 degrees and I can actually WEAR IT. Yay!

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Speaking of roadtripping, two more projects in the works for the driving:
Vesper (and I didn't twist the stitches at cast-on!)



and

Beantown Bandit (named for the place I bought the yarn)

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Finally, I'll leave you with some humor for the day



Judging by my pigtails, I am going to guess this is 1986 or 1987, on the first day of school. Not only are my sister and I wearing matching dressing that my mom made... our Cabbage Patch Kids got smaller versions as well. Wow. Just Wow. I hope we weren't attending the same school at this time!

I remember that doll clearly. Apparently my dad had to drive to more than one CITY looking for this thing. Her name was Doumeta or something off the wall like that. God bless the 80s.

7.20.09

This weekend I decided to clean out the pantry. I don't think I'll be running out of spices any time soon.



Not the most exciting way to spend a Saturday, but at least I now know that I have 3 jars of Cayenne Pepper.

I also finished up the knitting on Buttercup:





I am really, REALLY glad I went down a size on this (I started on a Medium but went down to a Small). It's a little tight in the bust, but I think it will ease up with blocking.

I also wove in the ends of the Ballet Cami and it was blocked last night before I went to bed (yes, OVERNIGHT, since it was still 99 degrees at 9pm!) Photos on that soon.

Finally, I cast on Vesper.



The longest needle I had was 24 inches, so it got a little tight when I cast on 396 stitches. I checked, re-checked, and then checked AGAIN to make sure I didn't twist the stitches, but knowing my luck I did.

Nothing else too exciting. We had dinner at our house and I am really proud of the table I set, but I'll have to post that tomorrow since I am running late this morning. Maybe it's the heat (112 degrees yesterday!!!!!), but I am totally wiped out this week. I slept 9 hours on Friday night, 10.5 hours on Saturday night, and 8 hours last night and I woke up this morning completely exhausted. Yay for Fresno summers!

We Interupt Relevant Blog Posting To Announce...

... that Buttercup is back on track with a size small.

Yet another lesson in GAUGE

I took a quick walk around campus at lunch. It is PUR-TY out there today!







Not so pretty? The realization after I got back to the office that this is way too big.



Spent the rest of my lunch hour in the frog pond.