Monday, September 03, 2007

labor day meltdown

4 whole days off of work and of course it's the hottest it's been all year long. it's been well over 100 degrees every day this past weekend. sadly i only have a pathetic wall unit a/c so the only thing i've managed to do is shop and go to the movies (and there aren't very many good things out in theaters right now). movie rundown:

war - my parents are visiting and they wanted to see this. pretty much what you would expect - lots of action and killing but little plot or character development. there was kind of an interesting twist at the end though.

nanny diaries - meh. i think the story was interesting and i loved the last movie that the two directors did (american splendor) but i just didn't feel sympathetic for anyone in this movie except maybe the kid. the voice over was also annoying.

death at a funeral - really funny and charming. i didn't really know what to expect of it but i liked it a lot. plus it has alan tudyk in it. :)

the invasion - going to see that tonight. i don't know if it's going to be any good at all but i need the a/c.

off to beat the heat. stay hydrated!

Thursday, August 16, 2007

hot day in the park

i know everyone in blogdom has been talking about it already, but ravelry is really awesome! i got in a few months ago but didn't really go on until this past week. i love that you can put patterns in your queue and look at everyone else's version of it. it's easy to spend ours on it just looking up patterns and seeing what's out there. i am super excited about all of the new fall patterns and yarns coming out. i just got the new rowan and interweave knits and there are a bunch of things that i want to knit from both. also did a little stash enhancing this weekend. i got 3 skeins of kaalund silk lace yarn from knitter's studio. never been to the shop before but very nice yarn and nice staff. not sure what i am going to do with this yarn, perhaps the honeybee stole or another shawl, but i just could not resist the color. it's called "forest floor."

DSC06264

the weather this week has also been a bit more condusive to knitting than it has this past summer. when it's over 100 outside and you don't have central air, knitting inside your steamy room isn't always the activity of choice. but it's been a bit cooler this week (it even sprinkled a bit today) and my friend took the opportunity to throw a little homemade soup/knitting party. nothing better than good snacks, good friends and knitting. i worked on a new project (yeah yeah i'll finish the old projects another day), inspired by ravelry and the wonderful new yarn i bought at unwind this week. they got in a whole huge new shipment of colinette jitterbug sock yarn and i couldn't resist. i saved 2 skeins for the beginnings of a chevron scarf.

beginning chevron scarf

the colors are gaugin and bright charcoal and i really like how they go together. apologies for the crappy picture but it's dark in my apt. i also saw stardust and superbad in the last week and both were really good. they could not be more different but i enjoyed them both immensely. check them out if you haven't already. well i am off to knit a bit more on the chevron scarf before i go to bed. hope everyone had a good weekend!

Thursday, August 02, 2007

running

no time to post. comic-con (or commie-con as my friends like to call it) was awesome, as usual. it was really crowded this year, though. even after standing in line for almost 2 hours, i didn't get in to the heroes panel. that was kind of a bummer. but we saw lots of other cool stuff and i bought lots of fun things. i'll try to post about them more later but right now i am off to catch a plane to nashville, where i will be visiting a friend for a week. see you when i get back!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

man, the heat in my apartment is almost unbearable. i am practically sweating as i sit here typing this out. my place is one of those places that sucks in the heat of the day and just won't let it go. i just hope it's a little cooler in a few hours so i can go to sleep. things are busy as usual around here. work's just crazy. new stuff keeps coming in every day and it feels like i may never catch up. i can only hope not to get too far behind. but i can't really complain because i have a new office (though the air in there doesn't always work) at least. i've been staying so late at work that i am too tired when i get home at night to do much knitting. i've been really neglecting it, but i am going to try to make an effort to take some time out to knit just for me. i finished one thing lately. well really half of a pair. i originally started making these fingerless gloves for my brother. he likes things really snug and tight so i made these small on purpose. unfortunately they're too small so they're going to my mom. making the little fingers was a pain but i think it looks cute.

mom's fingerless gloves

i am making these with rowan ryc cash soft yarn and it's really nice. i bought some ryc cash cotton in blue to make my brother a new pair. i also got an amazing yarn treat in the mail today. yarn from the harry potter sock club from sunshine yarns. i saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and i liked it a lot. much better than my memory of the book (my least favorite out of all of them so far) but the movie put everything together nicely. but back to sock yarn. i received my first installment of the sock club yarn and here it is:

sunshine yarns another weasley

it's called "another weasley," named, of course, after the weasley family from the potter books. it's a great color and i love the inspiration behind it. not sure what i am going to make out of it yet but i can't wait to knit with it.

and i saw a great little film last night called broken english, directed by zoe cassevettes and starring parker posey. it's just a great story about a woman in her early 30's struggling with her life and her search for love. parker posey was really great in it and justin theroux makes and appearance (super cute) and there's an charming french actor in it (melvil poupaud) who is just so sweet and lovely. and drea de matteo plays posey's best friend. you should check it out if you get the chance.

i'm off to take a cool shower now and finish packing, as i am off to san diego tomorrow for the comic convention. it's gonna be so much fun. have a good weekend!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

beach bunny

it's been a really long time since my last post. i don't know what happened but i guess life kind of just got in the way. there's been a lot of drama at work lately and that's put an enormous amount of stress on me. however, the smoke is starting to clear a bit and i think things might be under control soon. i went to hawaii (awesome!) and came back right before the fourth of july holiday. i wanted to stalk the lost tv set, but they are on hiatus for the summer, so there was nothing to stalk. i'll just have to go back when they're actually shooting. :)

last friday i took cookie a's class at unwind. it was knitting socks from the toe up class. this is only my second ever knitting class and i am just not sure if i like them that much. it's not the teachers of the students really, but i don't think i like the whole group class setting. i prefer either one on one or just figuring it out myself. that being said, having a class with cookie a was pretty cool. i love her sock patterns (which i will attempt one day) and i learned how to do the figure 8 cast on, which was very cool.

i haven't had a ton of time to knit lately but i did buy some very nice yarn at suss design in beverly hills this weekend. i guess they are moving to the space next door and are getting rid of a bunch of things. i bought some nice bulky yarn in pink/green/black and a bunch of ella rae wool in muted colors for charity knitting for $1 a ball.

well it's bedtime for me but i'll leave you with a picture from oahu. night!

beachcastle

Sunday, April 08, 2007

bunny bums

edgar

Happy Easter, everyone!

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

well i really meant to post, but life's just been crazy. not to mention that the internet's been down at home (let me just say that sbc yahoo is not my friend). but i finally got it working and am going to try and start posting regularly again. we'll see how that goes. last weekend i went gallery hopping with some friends and we saw the damien hirst exhibit at the gagosian gallery in beverly hills. it's only there for a couple more days, but if you're in the area, it's worth seeing. they are these awesome pieces made entirely of real butterfly wings. it's crazy and so beautiful to look at. here are a few images that i took:

DSC04987

DSC05003

DSC04998

the patterns are just amazing and it's incredible to look at them from far away and then close in on them and see the individual wings. the pictures don't really do them justice, as some of the butterflies were just glowing. the gagosian gallery is also mere steps away from sprinkles, which has very delicious cupcakes. the milk chocolate and red velvet were particularly tasty, though my friend fell off her chair for the banana dark chocolate cupcake.

progress is slow going on the knitting front, given the fact that i have about ten projects going at once. i am still trying to finish up by brother's christmas/birthday present, the stained glass scarf from holiday knits.

DSC05044

pardon the crappy picture. it's coming along but it's taking forever since i basically have to knit each row twice and one of the yarns is sock yarn. he also requested a pair of fingerless gloves so i am working on a pair out of rowan cashsoft dk (a very nice squishy yarn). i tried a couple of patterns but i was having trouble with all of them. i finally settled on using ann budd's handy book of knitting patterns to just sort of make up the pattern and that seems to be working ok. i am also working on the baby kimono from mason dixon knitting for my work charity project.

DSC05047

this is done in the mason dixon favorite of peachs n creme cotton. so far it's going along fine. the pattern is pretty easy and i think it will be cute. my birthday was also a few weeks ago and my lovely friend (who is just getting into knitting and discovered the beauty of manos del uruguay yarn this week) bought me a wonderful yarn-y gift from unwind.

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i am just in love with the color of this yarn. it's #153 (i know, so unromantic) in artyarns supermerino. it's so soft and pretty, i just want to pet it. i think i am going to make them into campfire socks. i want to start them right away but i am making myself finish some things first. one can dream, right? and did anyone see lost last week? freakin' messed up, i tell ya. can't wait to see what happens on tomorrow's episode.

Friday, March 02, 2007

gone so long

i'm in the midst of a little spring yarn cleaning at the moment and i am just amazed at all of the yarn i've amassed in such a short period of time. it's been awhile since i last blogged but i've still been knitting. i have been reading lots of blogs and seeing beautiful projects all over. hopefully i'll get some pics taken soon so i can get a real post up soon. have a great weekend everyone!

Monday, September 03, 2007

labor day meltdown

4 whole days off of work and of course it's the hottest it's been all year long. it's been well over 100 degrees every day this past weekend. sadly i only have a pathetic wall unit a/c so the only thing i've managed to do is shop and go to the movies (and there aren't very many good things out in theaters right now). movie rundown:

war - my parents are visiting and they wanted to see this. pretty much what you would expect - lots of action and killing but little plot or character development. there was kind of an interesting twist at the end though.

nanny diaries - meh. i think the story was interesting and i loved the last movie that the two directors did (american splendor) but i just didn't feel sympathetic for anyone in this movie except maybe the kid. the voice over was also annoying.

death at a funeral - really funny and charming. i didn't really know what to expect of it but i liked it a lot. plus it has alan tudyk in it. :)

the invasion - going to see that tonight. i don't know if it's going to be any good at all but i need the a/c.

off to beat the heat. stay hydrated!
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Thursday, August 16, 2007

hot day in the park

i know everyone in blogdom has been talking about it already, but ravelry is really awesome! i got in a few months ago but didn't really go on until this past week. i love that you can put patterns in your queue and look at everyone else's version of it. it's easy to spend ours on it just looking up patterns and seeing what's out there. i am super excited about all of the new fall patterns and yarns coming out. i just got the new rowan and interweave knits and there are a bunch of things that i want to knit from both. also did a little stash enhancing this weekend. i got 3 skeins of kaalund silk lace yarn from knitter's studio. never been to the shop before but very nice yarn and nice staff. not sure what i am going to do with this yarn, perhaps the honeybee stole or another shawl, but i just could not resist the color. it's called "forest floor."

DSC06264

the weather this week has also been a bit more condusive to knitting than it has this past summer. when it's over 100 outside and you don't have central air, knitting inside your steamy room isn't always the activity of choice. but it's been a bit cooler this week (it even sprinkled a bit today) and my friend took the opportunity to throw a little homemade soup/knitting party. nothing better than good snacks, good friends and knitting. i worked on a new project (yeah yeah i'll finish the old projects another day), inspired by ravelry and the wonderful new yarn i bought at unwind this week. they got in a whole huge new shipment of colinette jitterbug sock yarn and i couldn't resist. i saved 2 skeins for the beginnings of a chevron scarf.

beginning chevron scarf

the colors are gaugin and bright charcoal and i really like how they go together. apologies for the crappy picture but it's dark in my apt. i also saw stardust and superbad in the last week and both were really good. they could not be more different but i enjoyed them both immensely. check them out if you haven't already. well i am off to knit a bit more on the chevron scarf before i go to bed. hope everyone had a good weekend!
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Thursday, August 02, 2007

running

no time to post. comic-con (or commie-con as my friends like to call it) was awesome, as usual. it was really crowded this year, though. even after standing in line for almost 2 hours, i didn't get in to the heroes panel. that was kind of a bummer. but we saw lots of other cool stuff and i bought lots of fun things. i'll try to post about them more later but right now i am off to catch a plane to nashville, where i will be visiting a friend for a week. see you when i get back!
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

man, the heat in my apartment is almost unbearable. i am practically sweating as i sit here typing this out. my place is one of those places that sucks in the heat of the day and just won't let it go. i just hope it's a little cooler in a few hours so i can go to sleep. things are busy as usual around here. work's just crazy. new stuff keeps coming in every day and it feels like i may never catch up. i can only hope not to get too far behind. but i can't really complain because i have a new office (though the air in there doesn't always work) at least. i've been staying so late at work that i am too tired when i get home at night to do much knitting. i've been really neglecting it, but i am going to try to make an effort to take some time out to knit just for me. i finished one thing lately. well really half of a pair. i originally started making these fingerless gloves for my brother. he likes things really snug and tight so i made these small on purpose. unfortunately they're too small so they're going to my mom. making the little fingers was a pain but i think it looks cute.

mom's fingerless gloves

i am making these with rowan ryc cash soft yarn and it's really nice. i bought some ryc cash cotton in blue to make my brother a new pair. i also got an amazing yarn treat in the mail today. yarn from the harry potter sock club from sunshine yarns. i saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and i liked it a lot. much better than my memory of the book (my least favorite out of all of them so far) but the movie put everything together nicely. but back to sock yarn. i received my first installment of the sock club yarn and here it is:

sunshine yarns another weasley

it's called "another weasley," named, of course, after the weasley family from the potter books. it's a great color and i love the inspiration behind it. not sure what i am going to make out of it yet but i can't wait to knit with it.

and i saw a great little film last night called broken english, directed by zoe cassevettes and starring parker posey. it's just a great story about a woman in her early 30's struggling with her life and her search for love. parker posey was really great in it and justin theroux makes and appearance (super cute) and there's an charming french actor in it (melvil poupaud) who is just so sweet and lovely. and drea de matteo plays posey's best friend. you should check it out if you get the chance.

i'm off to take a cool shower now and finish packing, as i am off to san diego tomorrow for the comic convention. it's gonna be so much fun. have a good weekend!
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

beach bunny

it's been a really long time since my last post. i don't know what happened but i guess life kind of just got in the way. there's been a lot of drama at work lately and that's put an enormous amount of stress on me. however, the smoke is starting to clear a bit and i think things might be under control soon. i went to hawaii (awesome!) and came back right before the fourth of july holiday. i wanted to stalk the lost tv set, but they are on hiatus for the summer, so there was nothing to stalk. i'll just have to go back when they're actually shooting. :)

last friday i took cookie a's class at unwind. it was knitting socks from the toe up class. this is only my second ever knitting class and i am just not sure if i like them that much. it's not the teachers of the students really, but i don't think i like the whole group class setting. i prefer either one on one or just figuring it out myself. that being said, having a class with cookie a was pretty cool. i love her sock patterns (which i will attempt one day) and i learned how to do the figure 8 cast on, which was very cool.

i haven't had a ton of time to knit lately but i did buy some very nice yarn at suss design in beverly hills this weekend. i guess they are moving to the space next door and are getting rid of a bunch of things. i bought some nice bulky yarn in pink/green/black and a bunch of ella rae wool in muted colors for charity knitting for $1 a ball.

well it's bedtime for me but i'll leave you with a picture from oahu. night!

beachcastle
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Sunday, April 08, 2007

bunny bums

edgar

Happy Easter, everyone!
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

well i really meant to post, but life's just been crazy. not to mention that the internet's been down at home (let me just say that sbc yahoo is not my friend). but i finally got it working and am going to try and start posting regularly again. we'll see how that goes. last weekend i went gallery hopping with some friends and we saw the damien hirst exhibit at the gagosian gallery in beverly hills. it's only there for a couple more days, but if you're in the area, it's worth seeing. they are these awesome pieces made entirely of real butterfly wings. it's crazy and so beautiful to look at. here are a few images that i took:

DSC04987

DSC05003

DSC04998

the patterns are just amazing and it's incredible to look at them from far away and then close in on them and see the individual wings. the pictures don't really do them justice, as some of the butterflies were just glowing. the gagosian gallery is also mere steps away from sprinkles, which has very delicious cupcakes. the milk chocolate and red velvet were particularly tasty, though my friend fell off her chair for the banana dark chocolate cupcake.

progress is slow going on the knitting front, given the fact that i have about ten projects going at once. i am still trying to finish up by brother's christmas/birthday present, the stained glass scarf from holiday knits.

DSC05044

pardon the crappy picture. it's coming along but it's taking forever since i basically have to knit each row twice and one of the yarns is sock yarn. he also requested a pair of fingerless gloves so i am working on a pair out of rowan cashsoft dk (a very nice squishy yarn). i tried a couple of patterns but i was having trouble with all of them. i finally settled on using ann budd's handy book of knitting patterns to just sort of make up the pattern and that seems to be working ok. i am also working on the baby kimono from mason dixon knitting for my work charity project.

DSC05047

this is done in the mason dixon favorite of peachs n creme cotton. so far it's going along fine. the pattern is pretty easy and i think it will be cute. my birthday was also a few weeks ago and my lovely friend (who is just getting into knitting and discovered the beauty of manos del uruguay yarn this week) bought me a wonderful yarn-y gift from unwind.

DSC05050

i am just in love with the color of this yarn. it's #153 (i know, so unromantic) in artyarns supermerino. it's so soft and pretty, i just want to pet it. i think i am going to make them into campfire socks. i want to start them right away but i am making myself finish some things first. one can dream, right? and did anyone see lost last week? freakin' messed up, i tell ya. can't wait to see what happens on tomorrow's episode.
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Friday, March 02, 2007

gone so long

i'm in the midst of a little spring yarn cleaning at the moment and i am just amazed at all of the yarn i've amassed in such a short period of time. it's been awhile since i last blogged but i've still been knitting. i have been reading lots of blogs and seeing beautiful projects all over. hopefully i'll get some pics taken soon so i can get a real post up soon. have a great weekend everyone!
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