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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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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