Friday, September 30, 2005

the sands of time

dang- this week has been going by so slowly. time is going slowly and i am so happy that friday has finally come. what do i have planned this weekend? well, tonight i have a date with my friend to see the king tut exhibit at lacma. this exhibit is so popular that we had to make and appointment to get in. i don't think i've ever made an appointment to get into a museum. i also plan to knit this sweater:

ella-rae-atacama1
(it's from the ella rae book #1 if you want to know) yeah i saw it in a catalog and couldn't resist. then combined with the fact that i saw the yarn in person last weekend and it was YUMMY, clinched the deal. i found a great price for a bag of yarn here and got it a couple of days ago. i swatched last night and cast on for the front.

other than that i just want to chill out, maybe do a little shopping, catch up on tv show, and of course, go see SERENITY. go go go. you know you want to. i bet you a nickel you'll like it. :) happy weekend!

Sunday, September 25, 2005

a cunning feat

lookee i finished something. i bet all you readers forgot what a finished object looks like here at chez fun. info...

JAYNE HAT
DSC02657
pattern: combo of this pattern and this one
yarn: brown sheep bulky in spice (red), rust (orange) and lemon drop (yellow)
needles: 10.5 16" clover circs
pattern notes: i combined the two popular patterns for jayne's hat into one to get my hat. i cast on for the craftster pattern hat (my first time using cable cast on) but used a decrease method similar to the one from superfly (spiral decreases). and the earflaps i only made 16 stitches wide (instead of the 20 that the craftster pattern was asking for). all in all, a very quick and satifying experience. i finished the hat in one evening but i still need to make the pom pom, which is why i did not include it in the picture. i've never actually even made a pom pom but i am thinking that it's not that hard. i feel so much better finishing this before serenity comes out. i am not planning on wearing it to the movie, however, since i'll be alone and i'd rather not call attention to myself. but everyone should go to the movie so it makes big bucks. friday, y'all. be there.

i spent the entire weekend doing pretty much nothing. did a bit of shopping and i bought two pairs of jeans. this is huge news for me since i never find pants that fit and my old jeans have holes in them. holes, people, and not on purpose. i seriously need to do some fall shopping. more pants and more shirts and some boots. i feel like, well i know that i am wearing the same clothes to work every week. i am sure my coworkers would love to see me in some new duds. hopefully i will get to do some more shopping next weekend.

besides that, i was quite productive this evening, as i went to my friend vanessa's house and watched a crapload of tv. saw grey's anatomy, desperate housewives, the west wing and the family guy. lots of good tv viewing on sunday nights this season.

ooh and we saw flightplan on friday. let's just say it wasn't too good. the acting was good but the plot was just poor and the twist wasn't great and there were just too many plotholes to hold the thing together. my friend's mom kept calling it panic plane and that sums is up pretty well. i'd save my buckeroos for something better if i could help it.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

let the good times roll

sigh- it seems like it's been such a long week, but it's almost over. lots of excitement this week, including thunderstorms and emergency plane landing in la. luckily, none of these events ended tragically. in fact, the thunderstorms and rain were really cool. i love fall and winter and even though los angeles has a pretty pathetic season, i can't wait for it to start. what else have i been doing this week? watching tv. that's all i've been doing really. about a million shows started up again this week and i was on a quest to watch all of my favorites, along with a few new shows. i just finished last night's season premiere of lost, which was awesome. no spoilers so don't fear, but i love it and am so glad it won the emmy (even though deadwood and six feet under are pretty awesome, too). i also managed to watch csi tonight and i was happy to see the whole team together again. but gil still had that annoying beard i think. so far none of the new shows is turning out to be really interesting to me. i did miss my name is earl though, and plan on catching it next week. bones was just ok (the main character is kind of annoying) and everybody hates chris was pretty funny. i really don't know if i will be able to keep up with all of the tv watching. it's exhausting.

one good thing about being a couch potato is that i get to knit a lot. this week i've been concentrating on the saxon braid scarf from knitting on the edge and since it's pretty dull looking still, i'll just post a pic of the cable.

closeup
i can't seem to catch the color correctly. it's a very deep red and the color is not as blown out as it is here in the picture. again - the knitpicks sierra is dreamy to work with. the color selection right now is a bit limited but hopefully they're remedy that soon. in other knitting news, thanks to some people, i decided that i needed to make a jayne hat. if you've ever watched firefly, you know what hat i am talking about. the serenity movie comes out in 8 days (!) and i thought that i needed a hat to commemorate the event. i know i won't wear it to the actual movie since i will probably be going alone and don't like to call attention to myself anyway. but you can find a pattern here and another craftster thread about the whole thing. i think everyone should make one so they can look this cool:

jaynehat

brownsheep
i'll be using brown sheep bulky for the hat. i'm not really sure if these are the right colors for it (it's hard to tell in the dvd), and i also ordered one color online that should come shortly. in most of the patterns out there, they say that the earflap should be red. however, i think the hat is mostly gold and orange and i ordered a dark rust color for the earflaps. the yellow is a bit bright but i kind of like it. i might do some yarn shopping this weekend just in case (my bad).

i'm pooped now so off to bed i go but i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Monday, September 19, 2005

shiver me timbers

hi everyone! don't forget that today is national talk like a pirate day. don't know what that is? click on the link to find out and get in touch with your inner pirate. i really have a fascination with pirates (like a lot of people, apparently) and just like the idea of pirates. makes me want to watch dodegball again because it has a character in it who thinks he's a pirated. pirate steve (played by the fabulous alan tudyk) is hilarious.

Thursday, September 15, 2005

break out

i spent tonight watching two back-to-back episodes of prison break and going through a huge pile of mail that i finally picked up from the post office. another annoying thing about not having a house (besides the no yard, no washing machine and general cramped quarters) is that the mailman for some reason fears leaving things at the door. and when our teeny tiny mail slot box thing gets full (like it did when i went away for a few days last week) i get a note in my box saying "box full." yeah it's full because it's tiny and you shove things in there in an unorderly fashion, crushing magazines and taking up more space then you need to. but i digress. the new post office later hours are lovely and i was able to pick up my mail (which included goodies like yarn, mags, letters- not bills, and a knitpicks catalog). where was i? oh yeah, so prison break is a pretty good show. normally watching the new fall shows is beyond me, unless a favorite writer or actor is gonna be on something, but working at my new job, we're all so aware of what new shows are on and i find my interest piqued. i watched a bit of the new show on the wb, supernatual, last night and it was ok. but i am excited for next week because lost and 24 start again, and probably some others. but don't fear, it's all set to be recorded on tivo so i don't have to sweat it. when did i become such a tv junkie?

the week seems to be flying by and my post seem so late. however i will backtrack a little since i did take pictures from last weekend. as you know, i was home visiting the fam. i did get disgustingly, horribly ill but i managed to snap some pics even in my weakened state. the weather was beautiful up on northern california - cool and crisp and so clean. the weather down here in la is getting cooler but the air is not the same.

flowers
flowers in mommy's garden. they're giant flowers though, like the size of my head!

dogbelly
and of course you can't leave gonzo out a trip back home. the cutest dog EVER.

but here's what you really came for. the loot:

newmags
i managed to go to three yarn stores while i was at home and bought something at each one. on the far right is the new debbie bliss simply soft book. i bought this and the addi needle gauge over at a new store in san jose called communknity. it's a very spacious and nicely designed store with oodles of rowan, debbie bliss, cascade, sock yarns, and lots of room to knit and sit. it would be a nice place to just sit and chat and knit. i definitely think we'll be back the next time i am at home. but i got to feel the new db astrakhan yarn and it's to die for! i so want to make something with it. actually i'd like to make this:

shawlcollar
well maybe i can treat myself to the yarn for christmas. no funds (or room for any more yarn) at the moment. later on in the week, mom and i headed over to uncommon threads in los altos where i scored the rowan classic weekend book (which i really wanted) and the vogue mag (in the $1 bin) along with some encore yarn to make a toddler sweater for a good friend's child.

encore
it's a nice lime color and i promised my mom i'd get it done for christmas. cross fingers. and i really like these two designs from classic weekend:

holiday2

holiday
this would probably look horrible on me but i am attracted to it.

and i forgot the best thing of all. knitting arts was having a sale for 25% off everything in the store for a whole week. i had to stop myself from buying everything in site and got only one thing. a new ball winder! i love that i don't have to sit there winding balls anymore and can make snazzy center pull cakes. now all i need is a swift.

and i can show you my secret knitting. the person this is going to has no idea about the blog so i should be safe. it's the saxon braid scarf that's on the cover of knitting on the edge. i am using the new knitpicks sierra yarn and it's yummy. the yarn is bouncy and light but i do think it would have been nice to use something with a little more drape, like the decadence from knitpicks. but for the price, it's super fab. i'd like to make myself a sweater with it. and i know the picture is crappy, but it's late and there's no light. sue me.

beginning
there is errata for this scarf (that took my awhile to find) but it's working up fine so far. i can't wait to drop the stitches and make the fringe. i only wish that the pattern was charted. it's so hard to go back and forth because her cable abbreviations are different than what i am used to so it takes me awhile to look up what the hell 2/1 rpc means. and i am too lazy to chart it. c'est la vie. alright this post has taken all night so i am going to bed now. tomorrow is thursday, which is one day closer to friday. yay! oh and i am cutting my hair cut this weekend so if anyone can thing of any cute hairstyles for an asian girl, holla. i need a change.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

the world's a little loco

so there was a bigass power outage in la yesterday afternoon. of course everyone panicked and got grumpy (wasn't it strange how when you were in grade school, the second the lights go out, people start making a big fuss and freaking out?). this was similar only people in la feel the need to jam up traffic more than usual. i stuck it out at work for about and hour and our power was turned back on. shortly after that, however, the internet and network servers went down so i couldn't do much and finally just packed it up and left for the day. i spent a lovely afternoon chilling on the couch and watching a dvd of layer cake. not bad, but i don't understand why there was a huge fuss that sienna miller was in the film when really she barely took up 10 minutes of it. i just don't get the appeal of her but i am not one for blondes anyway.

and thanks for all the well wishes. i am feeling a lot better today. looking down still makes me a bit queasy but at least i can lay down and sleep relatively well. and i knit last night for the first time in a week. just more stockingnet on the mohair scarf and some secret knitting. well back to work i go. i am going to try and upload some pictures tonight so that these posts won't be so dull. later!

Saturday, September 10, 2005

damn kim novak and her weird shaped head

dear readers, i need to keep this short because this past week has been hell. i was struck down mysteriously on monday with a case of vertigo, which i hope that none of you ever experience. the world really does spin round, making you nauseous and unable to stand. i spent most of monday on my side trying not to hurl. tuesday was better and i got some meds so i thought the worst was over. however on wednesday i was ill again and could not even stand up. let me tell you, if there was a hell, this would be mine. you are constantly dizzy and unbalanced. you can't read, knit, sit up, or really even watch tv. i think i got some virus or something but no one knows for sure. i actually had the whole week off and am spending it with my parents. thanks goodness i took the time off cause there is no way i could get to work much less work a whole day. and here my parents can take care of me. i am a bit better today and can walk around a lot more. just can't turn my head too fast or look down or up. hopefully i will be better tomorrow so i can make the 5 hour drive back to la. i have to go lie down now but i will write again when i can. :)

Thursday, September 01, 2005

sticky fingers

as i said the night before, i decided that it was high time to try a little yarn dyeing on monday night. i stocked up on plenty of kool aid (boy it's cheap) and got to work.

bluemess
oh yeah i made a big ol' mess in the kitchen. i don't know if anyone remembers but i had a crapload of brown sheep lamb's pride in brite blue that i was using to make a ribby cardi. well i ripped that due to sleeve issues and i just could never get behind the color. it was too "brite" with not enough depth. i didn't think i'd ever wear it. well kool aid to the rescue!

i used mostly a mix of berry blue and grape to get a sort of darker blue/purple variegated solid. i went with the microwave method which was somewhat difficult because i could only fit a small pan in my microwave, meaning i had to do one skein at a time. my measurements weren't precise and i kind of guesstimated with each batch. things turned out alright, however, as everything looks like it matches.

closeup
it was super hard to photograph but i really like the color. it's darker and variegated. if i had to do it again, i would buy lots more kool aid. i was running out at the end and one mini skein came out way more purple than any of the others. and i tied some of my skeins with white yarn and they came out a really murky color. i think this might be because the grape was so dark but it wasn't saturated. luckily my yarn was already colored so this just added some depth and interest. i would definitely use something brighter if i was using light yarn and i would use about twice as much kool aid to get it saturated. but for this project, i think i am satisfied with the results.

knitpicks
and look at what i got from knitpicks! yes three hanks of their new sierra yarn. it's bulky and yummy and so fun to knit with! ooh and i bought a bunch of color cards. their new fall yarns are so luxurious and gorgeous. go get some! but this might end up being a pressie so i can't post too much about it. however, here is a picture of my swatch.

swatch
well i am off to see my parents for a week. hope everyone has a safe holiday. i'll try to post from home if i get a chance!

Friday, September 30, 2005

the sands of time

dang- this week has been going by so slowly. time is going slowly and i am so happy that friday has finally come. what do i have planned this weekend? well, tonight i have a date with my friend to see the king tut exhibit at lacma. this exhibit is so popular that we had to make and appointment to get in. i don't think i've ever made an appointment to get into a museum. i also plan to knit this sweater:

ella-rae-atacama1
(it's from the ella rae book #1 if you want to know) yeah i saw it in a catalog and couldn't resist. then combined with the fact that i saw the yarn in person last weekend and it was YUMMY, clinched the deal. i found a great price for a bag of yarn here and got it a couple of days ago. i swatched last night and cast on for the front.

other than that i just want to chill out, maybe do a little shopping, catch up on tv show, and of course, go see SERENITY. go go go. you know you want to. i bet you a nickel you'll like it. :) happy weekend!
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Sunday, September 25, 2005

a cunning feat

lookee i finished something. i bet all you readers forgot what a finished object looks like here at chez fun. info...

JAYNE HAT
DSC02657
pattern: combo of this pattern and this one
yarn: brown sheep bulky in spice (red), rust (orange) and lemon drop (yellow)
needles: 10.5 16" clover circs
pattern notes: i combined the two popular patterns for jayne's hat into one to get my hat. i cast on for the craftster pattern hat (my first time using cable cast on) but used a decrease method similar to the one from superfly (spiral decreases). and the earflaps i only made 16 stitches wide (instead of the 20 that the craftster pattern was asking for). all in all, a very quick and satifying experience. i finished the hat in one evening but i still need to make the pom pom, which is why i did not include it in the picture. i've never actually even made a pom pom but i am thinking that it's not that hard. i feel so much better finishing this before serenity comes out. i am not planning on wearing it to the movie, however, since i'll be alone and i'd rather not call attention to myself. but everyone should go to the movie so it makes big bucks. friday, y'all. be there.

i spent the entire weekend doing pretty much nothing. did a bit of shopping and i bought two pairs of jeans. this is huge news for me since i never find pants that fit and my old jeans have holes in them. holes, people, and not on purpose. i seriously need to do some fall shopping. more pants and more shirts and some boots. i feel like, well i know that i am wearing the same clothes to work every week. i am sure my coworkers would love to see me in some new duds. hopefully i will get to do some more shopping next weekend.

besides that, i was quite productive this evening, as i went to my friend vanessa's house and watched a crapload of tv. saw grey's anatomy, desperate housewives, the west wing and the family guy. lots of good tv viewing on sunday nights this season.

ooh and we saw flightplan on friday. let's just say it wasn't too good. the acting was good but the plot was just poor and the twist wasn't great and there were just too many plotholes to hold the thing together. my friend's mom kept calling it panic plane and that sums is up pretty well. i'd save my buckeroos for something better if i could help it.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005

let the good times roll

sigh- it seems like it's been such a long week, but it's almost over. lots of excitement this week, including thunderstorms and emergency plane landing in la. luckily, none of these events ended tragically. in fact, the thunderstorms and rain were really cool. i love fall and winter and even though los angeles has a pretty pathetic season, i can't wait for it to start. what else have i been doing this week? watching tv. that's all i've been doing really. about a million shows started up again this week and i was on a quest to watch all of my favorites, along with a few new shows. i just finished last night's season premiere of lost, which was awesome. no spoilers so don't fear, but i love it and am so glad it won the emmy (even though deadwood and six feet under are pretty awesome, too). i also managed to watch csi tonight and i was happy to see the whole team together again. but gil still had that annoying beard i think. so far none of the new shows is turning out to be really interesting to me. i did miss my name is earl though, and plan on catching it next week. bones was just ok (the main character is kind of annoying) and everybody hates chris was pretty funny. i really don't know if i will be able to keep up with all of the tv watching. it's exhausting.

one good thing about being a couch potato is that i get to knit a lot. this week i've been concentrating on the saxon braid scarf from knitting on the edge and since it's pretty dull looking still, i'll just post a pic of the cable.

closeup
i can't seem to catch the color correctly. it's a very deep red and the color is not as blown out as it is here in the picture. again - the knitpicks sierra is dreamy to work with. the color selection right now is a bit limited but hopefully they're remedy that soon. in other knitting news, thanks to some people, i decided that i needed to make a jayne hat. if you've ever watched firefly, you know what hat i am talking about. the serenity movie comes out in 8 days (!) and i thought that i needed a hat to commemorate the event. i know i won't wear it to the actual movie since i will probably be going alone and don't like to call attention to myself anyway. but you can find a pattern here and another craftster thread about the whole thing. i think everyone should make one so they can look this cool:

jaynehat

brownsheep
i'll be using brown sheep bulky for the hat. i'm not really sure if these are the right colors for it (it's hard to tell in the dvd), and i also ordered one color online that should come shortly. in most of the patterns out there, they say that the earflap should be red. however, i think the hat is mostly gold and orange and i ordered a dark rust color for the earflaps. the yellow is a bit bright but i kind of like it. i might do some yarn shopping this weekend just in case (my bad).

i'm pooped now so off to bed i go but i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
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Monday, September 19, 2005

shiver me timbers

hi everyone! don't forget that today is national talk like a pirate day. don't know what that is? click on the link to find out and get in touch with your inner pirate. i really have a fascination with pirates (like a lot of people, apparently) and just like the idea of pirates. makes me want to watch dodegball again because it has a character in it who thinks he's a pirated. pirate steve (played by the fabulous alan tudyk) is hilarious.
Read More


Thursday, September 15, 2005

break out

i spent tonight watching two back-to-back episodes of prison break and going through a huge pile of mail that i finally picked up from the post office. another annoying thing about not having a house (besides the no yard, no washing machine and general cramped quarters) is that the mailman for some reason fears leaving things at the door. and when our teeny tiny mail slot box thing gets full (like it did when i went away for a few days last week) i get a note in my box saying "box full." yeah it's full because it's tiny and you shove things in there in an unorderly fashion, crushing magazines and taking up more space then you need to. but i digress. the new post office later hours are lovely and i was able to pick up my mail (which included goodies like yarn, mags, letters- not bills, and a knitpicks catalog). where was i? oh yeah, so prison break is a pretty good show. normally watching the new fall shows is beyond me, unless a favorite writer or actor is gonna be on something, but working at my new job, we're all so aware of what new shows are on and i find my interest piqued. i watched a bit of the new show on the wb, supernatual, last night and it was ok. but i am excited for next week because lost and 24 start again, and probably some others. but don't fear, it's all set to be recorded on tivo so i don't have to sweat it. when did i become such a tv junkie?

the week seems to be flying by and my post seem so late. however i will backtrack a little since i did take pictures from last weekend. as you know, i was home visiting the fam. i did get disgustingly, horribly ill but i managed to snap some pics even in my weakened state. the weather was beautiful up on northern california - cool and crisp and so clean. the weather down here in la is getting cooler but the air is not the same.

flowers
flowers in mommy's garden. they're giant flowers though, like the size of my head!

dogbelly
and of course you can't leave gonzo out a trip back home. the cutest dog EVER.

but here's what you really came for. the loot:

newmags
i managed to go to three yarn stores while i was at home and bought something at each one. on the far right is the new debbie bliss simply soft book. i bought this and the addi needle gauge over at a new store in san jose called communknity. it's a very spacious and nicely designed store with oodles of rowan, debbie bliss, cascade, sock yarns, and lots of room to knit and sit. it would be a nice place to just sit and chat and knit. i definitely think we'll be back the next time i am at home. but i got to feel the new db astrakhan yarn and it's to die for! i so want to make something with it. actually i'd like to make this:

shawlcollar
well maybe i can treat myself to the yarn for christmas. no funds (or room for any more yarn) at the moment. later on in the week, mom and i headed over to uncommon threads in los altos where i scored the rowan classic weekend book (which i really wanted) and the vogue mag (in the $1 bin) along with some encore yarn to make a toddler sweater for a good friend's child.

encore
it's a nice lime color and i promised my mom i'd get it done for christmas. cross fingers. and i really like these two designs from classic weekend:

holiday2

holiday
this would probably look horrible on me but i am attracted to it.

and i forgot the best thing of all. knitting arts was having a sale for 25% off everything in the store for a whole week. i had to stop myself from buying everything in site and got only one thing. a new ball winder! i love that i don't have to sit there winding balls anymore and can make snazzy center pull cakes. now all i need is a swift.

and i can show you my secret knitting. the person this is going to has no idea about the blog so i should be safe. it's the saxon braid scarf that's on the cover of knitting on the edge. i am using the new knitpicks sierra yarn and it's yummy. the yarn is bouncy and light but i do think it would have been nice to use something with a little more drape, like the decadence from knitpicks. but for the price, it's super fab. i'd like to make myself a sweater with it. and i know the picture is crappy, but it's late and there's no light. sue me.

beginning
there is errata for this scarf (that took my awhile to find) but it's working up fine so far. i can't wait to drop the stitches and make the fringe. i only wish that the pattern was charted. it's so hard to go back and forth because her cable abbreviations are different than what i am used to so it takes me awhile to look up what the hell 2/1 rpc means. and i am too lazy to chart it. c'est la vie. alright this post has taken all night so i am going to bed now. tomorrow is thursday, which is one day closer to friday. yay! oh and i am cutting my hair cut this weekend so if anyone can thing of any cute hairstyles for an asian girl, holla. i need a change.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

the world's a little loco

so there was a bigass power outage in la yesterday afternoon. of course everyone panicked and got grumpy (wasn't it strange how when you were in grade school, the second the lights go out, people start making a big fuss and freaking out?). this was similar only people in la feel the need to jam up traffic more than usual. i stuck it out at work for about and hour and our power was turned back on. shortly after that, however, the internet and network servers went down so i couldn't do much and finally just packed it up and left for the day. i spent a lovely afternoon chilling on the couch and watching a dvd of layer cake. not bad, but i don't understand why there was a huge fuss that sienna miller was in the film when really she barely took up 10 minutes of it. i just don't get the appeal of her but i am not one for blondes anyway.

and thanks for all the well wishes. i am feeling a lot better today. looking down still makes me a bit queasy but at least i can lay down and sleep relatively well. and i knit last night for the first time in a week. just more stockingnet on the mohair scarf and some secret knitting. well back to work i go. i am going to try and upload some pictures tonight so that these posts won't be so dull. later!
Read More


Saturday, September 10, 2005

damn kim novak and her weird shaped head

dear readers, i need to keep this short because this past week has been hell. i was struck down mysteriously on monday with a case of vertigo, which i hope that none of you ever experience. the world really does spin round, making you nauseous and unable to stand. i spent most of monday on my side trying not to hurl. tuesday was better and i got some meds so i thought the worst was over. however on wednesday i was ill again and could not even stand up. let me tell you, if there was a hell, this would be mine. you are constantly dizzy and unbalanced. you can't read, knit, sit up, or really even watch tv. i think i got some virus or something but no one knows for sure. i actually had the whole week off and am spending it with my parents. thanks goodness i took the time off cause there is no way i could get to work much less work a whole day. and here my parents can take care of me. i am a bit better today and can walk around a lot more. just can't turn my head too fast or look down or up. hopefully i will be better tomorrow so i can make the 5 hour drive back to la. i have to go lie down now but i will write again when i can. :)
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Thursday, September 01, 2005

sticky fingers

as i said the night before, i decided that it was high time to try a little yarn dyeing on monday night. i stocked up on plenty of kool aid (boy it's cheap) and got to work.

bluemess
oh yeah i made a big ol' mess in the kitchen. i don't know if anyone remembers but i had a crapload of brown sheep lamb's pride in brite blue that i was using to make a ribby cardi. well i ripped that due to sleeve issues and i just could never get behind the color. it was too "brite" with not enough depth. i didn't think i'd ever wear it. well kool aid to the rescue!

i used mostly a mix of berry blue and grape to get a sort of darker blue/purple variegated solid. i went with the microwave method which was somewhat difficult because i could only fit a small pan in my microwave, meaning i had to do one skein at a time. my measurements weren't precise and i kind of guesstimated with each batch. things turned out alright, however, as everything looks like it matches.

closeup
it was super hard to photograph but i really like the color. it's darker and variegated. if i had to do it again, i would buy lots more kool aid. i was running out at the end and one mini skein came out way more purple than any of the others. and i tied some of my skeins with white yarn and they came out a really murky color. i think this might be because the grape was so dark but it wasn't saturated. luckily my yarn was already colored so this just added some depth and interest. i would definitely use something brighter if i was using light yarn and i would use about twice as much kool aid to get it saturated. but for this project, i think i am satisfied with the results.

knitpicks
and look at what i got from knitpicks! yes three hanks of their new sierra yarn. it's bulky and yummy and so fun to knit with! ooh and i bought a bunch of color cards. their new fall yarns are so luxurious and gorgeous. go get some! but this might end up being a pressie so i can't post too much about it. however, here is a picture of my swatch.

swatch
well i am off to see my parents for a week. hope everyone has a safe holiday. i'll try to post from home if i get a chance!
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