Sunday, August 28, 2005

elephants and tigers

hey all. i just got back from seeing the wonderful rachael yamagata play at the hotel cafe. the place just recently expanded (though still pretty tiny) and had no a/c, so we were all squished together and sweaty. rachael's wonderful music was worth it though. i just love her voice. this weekend was quite the concert weekend, as i went to see jason mraz with dave matthews band also last night. it was my first time at the home depot center in carson, ca, and it was a decent big type venue. but parking, holy crap, it cost $20! what's up with that? and everyone was tailgating and blocking the parking spots and driveways of the lot. i mean, i'm all for having fun, but get out of the way of my car, yo. my favorite line of the night was when we were all waiting for the encore and it was taking forever and they guy behind us yells, "encore, bitches!" we had a good laugh at that one. but dmb was so fun and energetic and wee jason mraz we great to see, as usual. and now i am back at my sweltering apt. a couple of weeks ago the weather seemed to be cooling down but then it went right back up. it was over 100 degrees yesterday. that is so wrong.

saw the brothers grimm on friday night in burbank. i have to say that i liked it and had a good time. i think it got a really low score on rotten tomatoes but i think i kind of went in without too many expectations so i enjoyed it. matt damon has horrible hair in it though. ugh. we really wanted to see the constant gardner (or the secret gardner as hannah likes to call it) but we realized on friday that the release date had been pushed back to the 31st. it looks really good and has my girl crush, rachel weisz, in it and hottie ralph fiennes, too. it looks pretty intense and i hear that it's excellent. hopefully i will be able to see that here before i head back up to northern ca for the long weekend.

halfwaythere
as promised, a picture of monette so far. she's grown pretty fast and i am almost at the halfway mark. kidsilk haze is a dream and now i know why people become addicted to it.

update- did a little yarn dyeing on monday night. pics to come!

Thursday, August 25, 2005

pink flamingos

they've been showing re-runs of wonderfalls on the logo channel lately and i've set the tv to record them all (since my roommate left and took her copy of the series), and it's just so brilliantly funny and irreverent and i am so so sad that it was cancelled so soon. i think i like a friend like jaye (the main character). oh at least there's dvd.

this week has just been dragging but so slowly. i think it's the hot hot heat (not the band) that it making me so lethargic. i come home to a sweaty apartment and it just makes me want to go to sleep. still knitting on the lacy rowan scarf. i do like me some boring stockingnet to watch tv to. they still haven't come to fix the my walls so i haven't taken the aygyle vest out in awhile. i wish they'd hurry up so i can clean my room and get back to normal.

hopefully i'll have some progress pics up this weekend. tomorrow night i am off to see the brothers grimm. should be fun. at least there'll be a/c. toodles!

Monday, August 22, 2005

summer of pork

well another weekend has come to a close. it was too short, as always but i'll take what i can get. let's see, on saturday i met up with friends and went over to see the basquiat exhibit over at the moca. it was a pretty large exhibit and lots of people were out for it. then we heared over to amoeba records because one of my friends had never been. this place is the best for any cd you might be looking for and dvds, too. it's just massive and if you ever have a chance to go (i think they have 3-4 locations in ca) you totally should. i was good, though and didn't buy anything. i seriously need to stop spending money if i am ever going to pay off the credit card debt. but i did place one wee order to knitpicks on saturday before i decided to stop spending. you'll see what i got once it comes in. and later that night, i caught a screening of redeye in burbank. i thought it was very entertaining and supsenseful and just fun (if you like thriller type movies). and it was fun to see the audience react to what was happening (yelling, clapping, etc) and i do love me some cillian murphy. my friend's mom thinks he's too creepy but that doesn't bother me. and sunday was spent mostly in orange county helping my good friend find a wedding dress. did you know how many really fugly wedding dresses are out there? it's amazing. and what's up with the whole strapless ballgown/princess/prom dress look? i just don't get it. luckily we found this cute shop in her town and had some really beautiful dresses. she'll be going back with her mom in a week or so to take another look. cross your fingers that she comes back with a dress.

not much knitting was actually done this weekend. seems like i have been thinking about knitting more than actually doing any lately. but i did buy some lovely yarn that i'll let you all look at.

beaverslide
drool drool

beaverclose
this is a close up of the 100% wool yarn. it sort of reminds me of the rowanspun line, which is kind of foamy and slightly felted.

this gorgeous box of wool is from beaverslide. i've been wanting to try their yarns for awhile ago and they had a sale a couple of weeks ago and i could not resist. i bought 3 colors, the magenta and beige color are enough for sweaters while the two greens i only got 2 skeins each of. everything is the 90% wool 10% mohair yarn except for the lime green one (that's 100%b wool). i haven't knit any of it up yet but it's just really lovely yarn. the colors are amazing and it's softer than i thought it would be. it's got the same texture as peace fleece (which some people find rough but i am ok with). speaking of which...

peacefleece
i bought a skein of this because i'd never seen it in person. the color is gorgeous (it's kamcatcha seamoss) and so varied and heathered. i think i might have to make a sweater out of the peace fleece for sure. i also have a bunch of bartlett yarns that i got in a swap once, and i think i like the beaverslide and peace fleece more. just by touching them on the skein, they seem softer, but that's just my two cents.

maya
almost forgot about this one. i bought 6 skeins of debbie bliss maya from a swap board and it's so nice. i love the sublte variegation and the single ply goodness. i couldn't capture the color that well and my camera was making it all look bright red, but you get the idea.

start
here's the beginning of the dale sweater. i'm actually supposed to switch needles sizes now, but all of my 7 circs are in use. i tried to stop by my lys to get another pair, but they were all out. i'll try again later this week so i can get moving on this.

monette start
so i worked on this instead. it's monette from the rowan vintage style book made from kidsilk haze. i've been working on it for awhile now, but teeny yarn and teeny needles goes pretty slow. i wansn't sure about the colors at first but now i kind of like them. i know they're kind of odd together but i think my friend i am making it for will really dig the colors. i really want to start working on cyd again, but she takes up a lot of room with all those intarsia bits and right now my bedroom is a mess. they changed all the plumbing in my building to copper pipes (which has been making the water taste and smell absolutely disgusting. i hope it goes away). but they had to tear out all the pipes, meaning my room looks like this:

DSC02559
it wouldn't be so bad except that they moved my bed to the middle of the room to knock down the wall and now it's just chaos. i can't bring myself to spread cyd all over the floor just in case they decide to move more stuff around when they replaster . that's about all that has been going on lately. oh and i had to contact rowan about my fall mag. i don't know if they didn't send it but i emailed inquiring about it and someone replied saying that it would go right out. don't you hate it when you have a subscription but the newsstand gets it first? what's the point? oh c'est la vie.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

the end of an era

my roommate moved out today. don't worry- we don't hate each other or anything. she's moving to boston to go to graduate school. she will be the second roommate i've lost to that darn city in less than a year. something about me must make people move east. so now i am couchless and am forced to sit in the papazan chair to watch tv. i had to rearrange some stuff tonight so not too much knitting was done. i did work on my argyle a bit (oh and for those who were interested, it's from jaeger jb31)and i made a swatch last night with some araucania nature wool. i'm dying to start something new and not too hard so i am going to try this yarn with the sweater below.

swatch DSC02086

i love the variegated solid color of the nature wool so i hope this turns out pretty. i tried it on two needles sizes but haven't measured my gauge yet. i made the swatch last night while watching alexander. let's just so that the movie is really long and um, i wouldn't want to see it again. sweet dreams, all!

Monday, August 08, 2005

on the brink

of exhaustion, that is. this past weekend was such a whirlwind of events; i hardly had time to breathe at all. there were 2 bbqs, a birthday bar thing, helping a friend pack to move far away, and a going away dinner. not to mention that half of that took place in orange county (traffic gods, why have thou foresaken me?) compounded with not sleeping well (imagine dreams with maniacs wielding chainsaws), the heat, and staying at work an hour late today and you have one pooped puppy. i'm not complaining, though, as i had a good time this weekend. but really i just want a weekend to sit and chillax (as my friend would say) and, oh i don't know, knit. i'll spare the details but here are some pics from the weekend:

magicbullet
that's jana with the magic bullet (not to be confused with the silver bullet). it's hard to explain but it's sort of like a mini blender. there's an infomercial.

kanda
sniff sniff both koren and adrienne (my roomie) are leaving me for the east coast.

aandcindy
and that's cindy the dog. she's so cute but you can't leave food face level or she'll go for it.

but i have been thinking about knitting at least. i had to pry myself away from the computer tonight not to buy some more yarn. it took a lot but i NEED to save money. and hello- i have way too much yarn. i need to just tell myself that there will always be another sale, right? and all the fall mags are coming out and it's just getting me excited. did you see the new fall yarns from knitpicks? i think i might order the color cards with my paycheck next week. it's almost as good as buying yarn. and if i just have to buy something else to get me past the $30 free shipping, well then so be it.

and my roommate is moving out this week so the house is a mess. it's sad she's going but i wish her luck in boston (i hear there's some great yarn over there- hint hint). well it's time for my bed now. sweet dreams everyone. let's hope i dream about piles of yarn tonight. :)

Thursday, August 04, 2005

day after day

this week seems to be going by like molasses. i am so happy that tomorrow is friday. the weather seems to be getting a bit cooler here in la, but just slightly. it still takes ages for my to air the apartment out every night. the heat always makes me feel more sluggish and i have spent the whole week lounging on the couch. with all this laying about you'd think i'd have gotten a lot of knitting done but i really didn't. i am still trying to get the groove back so i am taking is slow. i did manage to work on my argyle vest tonight though. i finally finshed the increases and can work straight on the back. i'd done about 5 rows this evening when i noticed this:

hole
wtf?! that's not part of the pattern

i don't know what i did but there's a gaping hole (i see you feigning ignorance just to make me feel better, but hello, that thing is huge!). there's no way i am ripping sticky intarsia yarn so i'll just seam the hole up later. much later. and here she is whole:

front
look at me! i'm lumpy because i am covering up a bunch of tangeled yarn balls!

i needed a little mindless tv knitting so i whipped out those socks i started way back when and continued with the ribbing.

cuff
i thought i'd stick my foot in it for a different perspective

i don't want the cuff to be too short, so i figure another inch or two will have to be done before the heel. my hands get kind of achy after working a few rows on these teeny needles so i don't get that much done at any one sitting, but it's perfect knitting for watching dvds. which reminds me that i finished bride and prejudice tonight. i had some expectations of this film, as it was directed by the same woman who did bend it like beckham. sadly this film lacked the charm and freshness of beckham and kid of steered us into cheesy territory. it's supposed to be a bit of a throwback to bollywood films (of which i am not really familiar) so i can't really compare them with any expertise. i didn't think that they captured the essence of mr. darcy very well (no one can compete with colin firth - and who else thinks that the new movie remake with keira knightly looks bad?). he seemed less proud and stubborn than clumsy and awkward. maybe it's just my snarky nature but i couldn't get into the lavish dance numbers and longing looks either. martin henderson is a bit of eye candy, though, and the costume design is gorgeous. i'll stick to the a&e classic, thanks.

and i was bad today and bought a crapload of yarn from beaverslide. they have a sale going on until aug 10 and i have always wanted to try their yarn. but i have a bad habit of buying too much yarn at once. instead of buying just like one sweaters worth or a few skeins to try, i bought 2 sweaters worth and 4 extra skeins to play with. the madness must stop. i'll show you the goods when they come!

Monday, August 01, 2005

bit of a slump

where have i been? i've been at the frog pond! yes i have been ripping some of my projects out. why? i don't know- i just wasn't really feeling them anymore. the love was gone and i was stuck with a heap of yarn that i felt obligated to knit. just having all of those half-finished projects was really starting to stress me out so i decided to do a little cleaning.

first i ripped the blue ribbed cardi. the sleeves were really starting to annoy me and i just knew that she didn't feel right. i only had the sleeves to go so i thought i'd just plow on and decide later if i liked her or not. but my sleeve issues seemed to be a sign to just stop. so i did. and i ripped and this is what is left.

bluefrog

and remember that orange thick/thin seed stitch scarf i made awhile back? probably not but i ripped that, too. it was simply too wide and airy for my taste. riiiip it went. i'd like to make a chunky cabled scarf out of it someday.

orangefrog

and my chevron tank? well i couldn't bear to look at her anymore without straps, a little too small, and in too dense of a fabric, so i tossed it. i'm sorry but i just couldn't rip her out again. i know this is awful but i feel so much better.

as you can tell from the lack of knitting content, i've kind of been in a slump lately. however the fall season is coming and the new fall patterns are so pretty and inspiring. i have no doubt that my knitting mojo will return. i also ordered some debbie bliss soho recently along with some rowan cork and polar. i am itching to start something new but i'd really like to get some more progress done on what i already have on the needles. not out of obligation but because i really want to have the finished project. so on the front of the burner are cyd and a vest for my dad. i'd like to finish my scarf style scarf but i am still trying to track some more of the discontinued color of muench touch me. until then, it'll just have to wait. one more thing to put the groove back in my knitting is that my rowan membership gift came!

rowankit

2 balls of kidsilk haze in trance and a scarf pattern. this yarn is sooo lovely i could sleep in it. the kit alone made the membership worthwhile. i can't wait to see the new rowan mag. see- the magic's coming back already.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

elephants and tigers

hey all. i just got back from seeing the wonderful rachael yamagata play at the hotel cafe. the place just recently expanded (though still pretty tiny) and had no a/c, so we were all squished together and sweaty. rachael's wonderful music was worth it though. i just love her voice. this weekend was quite the concert weekend, as i went to see jason mraz with dave matthews band also last night. it was my first time at the home depot center in carson, ca, and it was a decent big type venue. but parking, holy crap, it cost $20! what's up with that? and everyone was tailgating and blocking the parking spots and driveways of the lot. i mean, i'm all for having fun, but get out of the way of my car, yo. my favorite line of the night was when we were all waiting for the encore and it was taking forever and they guy behind us yells, "encore, bitches!" we had a good laugh at that one. but dmb was so fun and energetic and wee jason mraz we great to see, as usual. and now i am back at my sweltering apt. a couple of weeks ago the weather seemed to be cooling down but then it went right back up. it was over 100 degrees yesterday. that is so wrong.

saw the brothers grimm on friday night in burbank. i have to say that i liked it and had a good time. i think it got a really low score on rotten tomatoes but i think i kind of went in without too many expectations so i enjoyed it. matt damon has horrible hair in it though. ugh. we really wanted to see the constant gardner (or the secret gardner as hannah likes to call it) but we realized on friday that the release date had been pushed back to the 31st. it looks really good and has my girl crush, rachel weisz, in it and hottie ralph fiennes, too. it looks pretty intense and i hear that it's excellent. hopefully i will be able to see that here before i head back up to northern ca for the long weekend.

halfwaythere
as promised, a picture of monette so far. she's grown pretty fast and i am almost at the halfway mark. kidsilk haze is a dream and now i know why people become addicted to it.

update- did a little yarn dyeing on monday night. pics to come!
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Thursday, August 25, 2005

pink flamingos

they've been showing re-runs of wonderfalls on the logo channel lately and i've set the tv to record them all (since my roommate left and took her copy of the series), and it's just so brilliantly funny and irreverent and i am so so sad that it was cancelled so soon. i think i like a friend like jaye (the main character). oh at least there's dvd.

this week has just been dragging but so slowly. i think it's the hot hot heat (not the band) that it making me so lethargic. i come home to a sweaty apartment and it just makes me want to go to sleep. still knitting on the lacy rowan scarf. i do like me some boring stockingnet to watch tv to. they still haven't come to fix the my walls so i haven't taken the aygyle vest out in awhile. i wish they'd hurry up so i can clean my room and get back to normal.

hopefully i'll have some progress pics up this weekend. tomorrow night i am off to see the brothers grimm. should be fun. at least there'll be a/c. toodles!
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Monday, August 22, 2005

summer of pork

well another weekend has come to a close. it was too short, as always but i'll take what i can get. let's see, on saturday i met up with friends and went over to see the basquiat exhibit over at the moca. it was a pretty large exhibit and lots of people were out for it. then we heared over to amoeba records because one of my friends had never been. this place is the best for any cd you might be looking for and dvds, too. it's just massive and if you ever have a chance to go (i think they have 3-4 locations in ca) you totally should. i was good, though and didn't buy anything. i seriously need to stop spending money if i am ever going to pay off the credit card debt. but i did place one wee order to knitpicks on saturday before i decided to stop spending. you'll see what i got once it comes in. and later that night, i caught a screening of redeye in burbank. i thought it was very entertaining and supsenseful and just fun (if you like thriller type movies). and it was fun to see the audience react to what was happening (yelling, clapping, etc) and i do love me some cillian murphy. my friend's mom thinks he's too creepy but that doesn't bother me. and sunday was spent mostly in orange county helping my good friend find a wedding dress. did you know how many really fugly wedding dresses are out there? it's amazing. and what's up with the whole strapless ballgown/princess/prom dress look? i just don't get it. luckily we found this cute shop in her town and had some really beautiful dresses. she'll be going back with her mom in a week or so to take another look. cross your fingers that she comes back with a dress.

not much knitting was actually done this weekend. seems like i have been thinking about knitting more than actually doing any lately. but i did buy some lovely yarn that i'll let you all look at.

beaverslide
drool drool

beaverclose
this is a close up of the 100% wool yarn. it sort of reminds me of the rowanspun line, which is kind of foamy and slightly felted.

this gorgeous box of wool is from beaverslide. i've been wanting to try their yarns for awhile ago and they had a sale a couple of weeks ago and i could not resist. i bought 3 colors, the magenta and beige color are enough for sweaters while the two greens i only got 2 skeins each of. everything is the 90% wool 10% mohair yarn except for the lime green one (that's 100%b wool). i haven't knit any of it up yet but it's just really lovely yarn. the colors are amazing and it's softer than i thought it would be. it's got the same texture as peace fleece (which some people find rough but i am ok with). speaking of which...

peacefleece
i bought a skein of this because i'd never seen it in person. the color is gorgeous (it's kamcatcha seamoss) and so varied and heathered. i think i might have to make a sweater out of the peace fleece for sure. i also have a bunch of bartlett yarns that i got in a swap once, and i think i like the beaverslide and peace fleece more. just by touching them on the skein, they seem softer, but that's just my two cents.

maya
almost forgot about this one. i bought 6 skeins of debbie bliss maya from a swap board and it's so nice. i love the sublte variegation and the single ply goodness. i couldn't capture the color that well and my camera was making it all look bright red, but you get the idea.

start
here's the beginning of the dale sweater. i'm actually supposed to switch needles sizes now, but all of my 7 circs are in use. i tried to stop by my lys to get another pair, but they were all out. i'll try again later this week so i can get moving on this.

monette start
so i worked on this instead. it's monette from the rowan vintage style book made from kidsilk haze. i've been working on it for awhile now, but teeny yarn and teeny needles goes pretty slow. i wansn't sure about the colors at first but now i kind of like them. i know they're kind of odd together but i think my friend i am making it for will really dig the colors. i really want to start working on cyd again, but she takes up a lot of room with all those intarsia bits and right now my bedroom is a mess. they changed all the plumbing in my building to copper pipes (which has been making the water taste and smell absolutely disgusting. i hope it goes away). but they had to tear out all the pipes, meaning my room looks like this:

DSC02559
it wouldn't be so bad except that they moved my bed to the middle of the room to knock down the wall and now it's just chaos. i can't bring myself to spread cyd all over the floor just in case they decide to move more stuff around when they replaster . that's about all that has been going on lately. oh and i had to contact rowan about my fall mag. i don't know if they didn't send it but i emailed inquiring about it and someone replied saying that it would go right out. don't you hate it when you have a subscription but the newsstand gets it first? what's the point? oh c'est la vie.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

the end of an era

my roommate moved out today. don't worry- we don't hate each other or anything. she's moving to boston to go to graduate school. she will be the second roommate i've lost to that darn city in less than a year. something about me must make people move east. so now i am couchless and am forced to sit in the papazan chair to watch tv. i had to rearrange some stuff tonight so not too much knitting was done. i did work on my argyle a bit (oh and for those who were interested, it's from jaeger jb31)and i made a swatch last night with some araucania nature wool. i'm dying to start something new and not too hard so i am going to try this yarn with the sweater below.

swatch DSC02086

i love the variegated solid color of the nature wool so i hope this turns out pretty. i tried it on two needles sizes but haven't measured my gauge yet. i made the swatch last night while watching alexander. let's just so that the movie is really long and um, i wouldn't want to see it again. sweet dreams, all!
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Monday, August 08, 2005

on the brink

of exhaustion, that is. this past weekend was such a whirlwind of events; i hardly had time to breathe at all. there were 2 bbqs, a birthday bar thing, helping a friend pack to move far away, and a going away dinner. not to mention that half of that took place in orange county (traffic gods, why have thou foresaken me?) compounded with not sleeping well (imagine dreams with maniacs wielding chainsaws), the heat, and staying at work an hour late today and you have one pooped puppy. i'm not complaining, though, as i had a good time this weekend. but really i just want a weekend to sit and chillax (as my friend would say) and, oh i don't know, knit. i'll spare the details but here are some pics from the weekend:

magicbullet
that's jana with the magic bullet (not to be confused with the silver bullet). it's hard to explain but it's sort of like a mini blender. there's an infomercial.

kanda
sniff sniff both koren and adrienne (my roomie) are leaving me for the east coast.

aandcindy
and that's cindy the dog. she's so cute but you can't leave food face level or she'll go for it.

but i have been thinking about knitting at least. i had to pry myself away from the computer tonight not to buy some more yarn. it took a lot but i NEED to save money. and hello- i have way too much yarn. i need to just tell myself that there will always be another sale, right? and all the fall mags are coming out and it's just getting me excited. did you see the new fall yarns from knitpicks? i think i might order the color cards with my paycheck next week. it's almost as good as buying yarn. and if i just have to buy something else to get me past the $30 free shipping, well then so be it.

and my roommate is moving out this week so the house is a mess. it's sad she's going but i wish her luck in boston (i hear there's some great yarn over there- hint hint). well it's time for my bed now. sweet dreams everyone. let's hope i dream about piles of yarn tonight. :)
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Thursday, August 04, 2005

day after day

this week seems to be going by like molasses. i am so happy that tomorrow is friday. the weather seems to be getting a bit cooler here in la, but just slightly. it still takes ages for my to air the apartment out every night. the heat always makes me feel more sluggish and i have spent the whole week lounging on the couch. with all this laying about you'd think i'd have gotten a lot of knitting done but i really didn't. i am still trying to get the groove back so i am taking is slow. i did manage to work on my argyle vest tonight though. i finally finshed the increases and can work straight on the back. i'd done about 5 rows this evening when i noticed this:

hole
wtf?! that's not part of the pattern

i don't know what i did but there's a gaping hole (i see you feigning ignorance just to make me feel better, but hello, that thing is huge!). there's no way i am ripping sticky intarsia yarn so i'll just seam the hole up later. much later. and here she is whole:

front
look at me! i'm lumpy because i am covering up a bunch of tangeled yarn balls!

i needed a little mindless tv knitting so i whipped out those socks i started way back when and continued with the ribbing.

cuff
i thought i'd stick my foot in it for a different perspective

i don't want the cuff to be too short, so i figure another inch or two will have to be done before the heel. my hands get kind of achy after working a few rows on these teeny needles so i don't get that much done at any one sitting, but it's perfect knitting for watching dvds. which reminds me that i finished bride and prejudice tonight. i had some expectations of this film, as it was directed by the same woman who did bend it like beckham. sadly this film lacked the charm and freshness of beckham and kid of steered us into cheesy territory. it's supposed to be a bit of a throwback to bollywood films (of which i am not really familiar) so i can't really compare them with any expertise. i didn't think that they captured the essence of mr. darcy very well (no one can compete with colin firth - and who else thinks that the new movie remake with keira knightly looks bad?). he seemed less proud and stubborn than clumsy and awkward. maybe it's just my snarky nature but i couldn't get into the lavish dance numbers and longing looks either. martin henderson is a bit of eye candy, though, and the costume design is gorgeous. i'll stick to the a&e classic, thanks.

and i was bad today and bought a crapload of yarn from beaverslide. they have a sale going on until aug 10 and i have always wanted to try their yarn. but i have a bad habit of buying too much yarn at once. instead of buying just like one sweaters worth or a few skeins to try, i bought 2 sweaters worth and 4 extra skeins to play with. the madness must stop. i'll show you the goods when they come!
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Monday, August 01, 2005

bit of a slump

where have i been? i've been at the frog pond! yes i have been ripping some of my projects out. why? i don't know- i just wasn't really feeling them anymore. the love was gone and i was stuck with a heap of yarn that i felt obligated to knit. just having all of those half-finished projects was really starting to stress me out so i decided to do a little cleaning.

first i ripped the blue ribbed cardi. the sleeves were really starting to annoy me and i just knew that she didn't feel right. i only had the sleeves to go so i thought i'd just plow on and decide later if i liked her or not. but my sleeve issues seemed to be a sign to just stop. so i did. and i ripped and this is what is left.

bluefrog

and remember that orange thick/thin seed stitch scarf i made awhile back? probably not but i ripped that, too. it was simply too wide and airy for my taste. riiiip it went. i'd like to make a chunky cabled scarf out of it someday.

orangefrog

and my chevron tank? well i couldn't bear to look at her anymore without straps, a little too small, and in too dense of a fabric, so i tossed it. i'm sorry but i just couldn't rip her out again. i know this is awful but i feel so much better.

as you can tell from the lack of knitting content, i've kind of been in a slump lately. however the fall season is coming and the new fall patterns are so pretty and inspiring. i have no doubt that my knitting mojo will return. i also ordered some debbie bliss soho recently along with some rowan cork and polar. i am itching to start something new but i'd really like to get some more progress done on what i already have on the needles. not out of obligation but because i really want to have the finished project. so on the front of the burner are cyd and a vest for my dad. i'd like to finish my scarf style scarf but i am still trying to track some more of the discontinued color of muench touch me. until then, it'll just have to wait. one more thing to put the groove back in my knitting is that my rowan membership gift came!

rowankit

2 balls of kidsilk haze in trance and a scarf pattern. this yarn is sooo lovely i could sleep in it. the kit alone made the membership worthwhile. i can't wait to see the new rowan mag. see- the magic's coming back already.
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