CV Snickets

Apparently my last entry was my 500th post. Whoa. I still can't really believe I've kept this blog alive since 2004!

Anyhow my mind checked out for vacation last night so I don't have anything fabulously witty or interesting to say, but I am stopping in to elaborate on the fun little KAL I am starting tomorrow with Twisted Stitches Lisa (and I see as I just clicked over there that she beat me to this post. I also see there may be a challenge in there - staying up until midnight to start? HA HA I CAN DO THAT TOO*).

I came to start chatting with Lisa about a year back and we realized that we both have ties to the Central Valley and such, and as we started talking about the fog and the heat and so on, and how Central Valley summers make it almost impossible to knit anything bigger than a sock, AND we discovered we have the same yarn and same pattern queued up. Voila, the mini-KAL was born. Her feet may be bigger, but I am planning to make mine longer so that should even the playing field.

If anyone else wants to come out and play, please join us. Being a current/former resident of the Central Valley is not necessary! You may have to listen to me whine about the heat once or twice, but I'm not that bad. I hope.

So we are off to our yearly trip to Santa Cruz, and I plan on falling asleep to this tonight...



...and waking up to ShiBui goodness.


* this is total BS, BTW. I'll be lucky if I can stay awake until 10pm tonight.

Country Clubs, Crochet, and Chives

This weekend we went to a wedding down in Socal. The wedding was in Santa Monica and the reception was in Beverly Hills at the Los Angeles Country Club.







Every time I drive though Beverly Hills the 90210 theme song somehow works its way into my head. Cheesy, I know.

Everything about this trip was great: I got to see an old college friend, the weather was AMAZING (oh who am i kidding, I was just happy it was under 100 degrees!), and the wedding was great. Fortunately for my bank account, we didn't have much time for shopping because the Anthropolgie in Santa Monica was FABULOUS. I did notice this though:



Seems easy enough to replicate, right?

The rest of the weekend was low key; I spent Saturday ripping out all my failed knits-in-progress and winding hanks of yarn in preparation for my 10 DAY VACATION next week. 10 DAYS. How glorious does that sound? Of course, 2 days of it are courtesy of the budget Armageddon the State of CA is in, but oh well. I am definitely going to enjoy every second of it. I'm taking along some ShiBui Sock yarn for a mini-knitalong with Twisted Stitches Lisa (we are going to be knitting Snicket Socks), but more on that later. I'm also deciding between 113-17 jacket with raglan sleeve and pattern on yoke in Ultra Alpaca, Elemental Boatneck in Hempathy (RIP Vesper. I should have known better that the pleating wouldn't work for the girls!), or Trina in Jo Sharp Silkroad Tweed. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Sunday night we harvested the herb garden for the first time and I am uber-proud to report that it is still 80% alive and thriving.



Above we have mint, basil, and chives I used for dinner last night. Delish.

Now I'm off to work with a migraine. I really hope I don't have to get used to these!

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.