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...