4/29/2004
Those darn birthday discounts! I was lured back to Woolen Treasures in Loveland today to get my discount. Since it is the end of the month and I’m saving up spending money for my MN trip I kept it small.
When I first started knitting I thought knitting socks was just ridiculous. All that yarn and all those tiny, tiny stitches! I couldn’t imagine it! Well, I bought Opal sock yarn (CR-9 - I think - 9 and 24 are the only numbers on the band and that looks about right from the pics on the web), a set of #1 Brittany needles (I was going to go for addiTurbos so I could do the magic loop thing, but they didn’t have them in that size any longer than 12 inches.
I won’t do my first sock with this, but I’m hoping this is what I’ll be able to bring with me to work on while I’m traveling in June. I think I’ll make a thick pair of socks with some Reynolds Saucy first. I *love* thick socks and am at home so much that if they are just house socks that will be okay.
4/27/2004
We have split! On Monday at Mugs I hit the 1/2 way point as far as total rows goes, then today at my LYS I hit the armholes and got to split it into the front and back. I’m just a few more rows short of starting the neckline shaping in the back. I’m really liking the stripes and am hoping SIL2 likes the tank. I know I do, but it’s about 12 inches shy of fitting me :-/ I’ll have her younger sister who lives in town try it on, she’s bustier but frame-wise is the same size as her older sister. The pic isn’t real accurate on the overall shape as the front half of the stitches are on a string of dental floss (good thing I had that dental appointment this morning before the knitting tea, LOL) and that scrunches it up a bit. I’m hoping that garter stitch border on the bottom will lay flat once I wash and block it…
4/26/2004
I have other big deadlines coming up this week so there hasn’t been much knitting going on around here. Though my mind has been wrapping around it nearly constantly, planning new projects, new book acquisitions and stash enhancements.
On that topic, no one out there reading (I know there aren’t a lot of you, but…) can help me spend my money on another knitting book? A few of you have to have an opinion on a book of knitting stitch patterns… Or a web site with some?? Come on, what do I have to do?? :-)
Tonight is SnB though! So I’ll definitely get some knitting done tonight.
Saturday I finally go out of dodge and DH drove me up to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). I tried to go to The Stitchin’ Den, but the address I had was an old one and we didn’t find them until 4:45pm. Their hours say they are open until 5pm, but they were already locked up and lights out when we pulled in. That’s probabably okay because I doubt DH would have had much patience with me. So, now that I know where it is and since I didn’t get to do all the picture taking I would have liked when I was in RMNP I think I may make a trek there by myself in the not too distant future. Perhaps the end of this week, but more likely next week. Plus, Eclectic Academy could possibly have gotten their act together and paid me if I wait until next week…
On the reading front I have now officially finished reading both Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. To think I was concerned about getting through both of those before the 17th of May! LOL! Being a former science/math geek in a prior life I really enjoyed them. I’m looking forward to the discussion of The DaVinci Code at book club on the 17th. Has anyone read his other books? How do they compare?
I think next up is Ecotopia (if I get over to B&N today and they actually have it) and possibly I’ll get started on Color: A Natural History of the Palette as well.
Oh, I think I forgot to mention last week that I finished Zen and the Art of Knitting. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting, though I’m not sure exactly what it was I was expecting. Though I am glad I read it. It was an enjoyable read and with the format of small anecdotes it lent itself well to small snippets of reading time.
4/23/2004
What is your favorite book for a broad variety of stitching patterns? I’d like one that includes simple textures as well as cables and some lace patterns and I *need* your help! Enlighten me!
4/22/2004
New knitty goodness for less than $80! Wheee! All but the cone will be for a poncho. Those colors look really good on me (especially with my hair color from a bottle)…
I got the eggplant yarn from an Ebay auction and it arrived about 10 days ago or so. I’m going to make random sparkly stripes in a tank and it will go with a sarong I am making from the fabric. I think it should be a fun, cool outfit that still has all the fun autumn colors I like so much. Now, I just hope I get it done in time to wear while it is still hot.
Of course I am in Colorado so I don’t know what I’m worried about. Here we are at the end of April and under a winter storm watch, LOL! We still have the occassional odd 80 degree day in November just as we have been known to get a snowfall as late as early June. So, no worries!
