There will be no knitting...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I finally received that stupid tutorial cd that I mentioned in my other posts. TODAY. They friggen sent it snail mail. Anyway it doesn't matter because...

I finally

Finally

FINALLY

have faster internet!

Today the guy came and installed it! It took him forever, he was having some issues getting the cable through the wall, but it's in now and working and awesome!

BUT since I got the cd, and faster internet, this also means I have six weeks of flash animation stuff to learn and design as soon as I possibly can. Or I fail...

So there will be no knitting.

Ok really there just won't be much knitting. I know this is sad, so here's a picture of my sock to comfort you. Blurry but it's there! One repeat left before the heel, I'm hoping this fits over my foot, it's a bit tight, so we'll see...it's pretty stretchy.

Finally some pictures!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Ok so this post will be mostly pictures. It's late and I don't feel like jabbering on. I'm supposed to be cleaning because my satellite internet is getting installed tomorrow. Unless something gets in the way of that. Anywho I don't want it to be a disaster. So no thanks to hubby whom I'm a little pissed off at...

On a good note, I got a call today for an interview on thurs for some design stuff. The bad part is the work I've done needs to be printed out to bring with me, you know for a portfolio, and most of it won't print in the right colors. Damn design programs!!! I'm seriously annoyed.

Another good thing, my Chewy Spaghetti sock club package came today. I LOVE the yarn, way better colors to my taste as compared to the last skein. I loooove it. There are some other things, one of which (a sheep bath fizzy) got smashed to bits in the package on it's way. Here's a pic of the yarn.
Here are pics of all the things mentioned in the last post, though they are now out of date. Well here's the red top I finished. I think it came out well. I have to weave in the ends and I'll get a pic of it on.The twisted flower sock which I totally love.
The monkey sock, which I am now way past this point, in fact I'm done with the heel and into the foot already. It won't be long before it's done.And my Mad Color Weave socks. I'm also a bit further, this is just beginning, I've just finished the third pattern repeat of 6 for the cuff. I would be further but I haven't touched it since th last post until today. In this pic you can just see the slanty weave stitches. All you do is slip them for two rows and then knit on the third. It's really much easier than I thought it would be.
No pics of this but I am still spinning away. I am going to ply some next, to clear the bobbins and then I will split the rest of the pink merino up evenly and spin onto two bobbins to ply again. I think it will be more sock weight but I can still use it for a small shawl.

Ok off to clean some more... god who the heck cleans at 3:30 in the morning? Good thing I drank some caffeine...I'm really gonna be dragging tomorrow...

Some FO's and a warning.

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Ok so I've got a few finished objects...but I can't show you! Hahahahah ok only because the camera battery is charging right now. I promise pictures tomorrow!

I finished the twisted flower sock. It's perfect...

I finished that red turtleneck tube top thing from the fitted knits book I started back in june. There was a whopping 2 INCHES left and it killed me to do it. I'm not kidding, my hands and arms really hurt right now. Certain things do that...

I started the other monkey sock. It's such an easy pattern, I can knit while I'm concentrating on other things. Or take it to knit while the kids eat or play or whatever.

I'm trying to start another sock...something not quite as intense as the twisted flower, but more involved than the monkey. The pattern is Mad Color Weave and I purposely bought the Claudia Handpainted (in freesia) for the pattern, but the freesia has a ton of one color in it so the colors are pooling in the pattern, in a way I do not care for...

Mini-rant here:

Some of you know that I'm taking online web design classes, and some may know that out here in the country I only have dial up. Nothing else is available except for satellite which is rather expensive. Well I'm finally getting satellite Tuesday. That's beside the point right now though because not having anything faster than dial up has been an issue with classes in the past, and now it's an issue again. I'm taking an advanced class, learning Flash, and the only way to learn the work is to watch online tutorials. Well none of them will load or download because of the large file sizes. After trying for two weeks to download them somewhere with a faster connection, and failing, I finally called and asked if someone could burn them to a cd and ship them. Well that was Tuesday and there was no cd in today's mail. On Sunday I will be behind 6 weeks. My instructor has agreed to accept them late but he will probably dock points. Plus this is only a 9 week course, and that's a lot to catch up on! I'm freaking out a bit.

I also heard this today, it's going around spokane myspace and stuff, and I guess it's true, but the police for some reason don't want to put it on the news. I got this from a reputable source though and it's apparently happened in other states. So I thought I'd share, in case it's happening elsewhere.

There is some gang with this initiation thing going on. They have to drive around at night with their lights off and the first car to courtesy flash them (to say hey, your lights) becomes their target. They have to beat, shoot, kill, whatever, everyone in that car. So think twice before you flash next time. Who knows what could happen. The person who posted this is reputable in the community and it was late when they were driving and not many people were out, and I guess if they hadn't driven off (the people were out of their car, approaching theirs) they would have been victims. They were followed while calling 911 and were only left alone after reaching well lit, busier areas.

Stay safe everyone...

Stash Glimpse

Thursday, September 06, 2007

So maybe I should finally show you my last loopy order that I got. It was my sixth order and gave me my loopy groupie status. I really need to stop looking at TLE. There was an update today and I saw two more skeins of yarn in gorgeous colors that I MUST have. They were Fiesta Boomerang in Misty Morning, and Raspberry Mocha. GORGEOUS. I didn't buy them, but oh man I wanted to.

Here's a glimpse of the newest stash additions.

Dream in Color Smooshy Sock in Some Summer Sky
Seacoast Handpainted Panda in Raspberries
Shi Bui Sock in Orchidsand my wooden sock blockers with sheepies!I also got this tote, some loopy kisses,
and this Crystal Palace Panda Cotton in Tulips, which is my favorite of the colors.They were the welcome package for being a loopy groupie. Woohoo!

Here is a glimpse of my loverly twisted flower sock, on the blocker! You can really see how nice the pattern looks on here. I'm also quite a bit further, I've got about five rows to complete the foot chart. Then it says to repeat those last 5 or 6 rows till it's the right length and they are easy rows so it shouldn't take long before it's done!Oh yes and I refinished the toe of my first monkey sock. I had kitchenered it wrong and it had a hole. Before that though I ripped back the toe and knit an extra repeat because they are going to Melissa when they are done. I don't want to rip out the whole sock because they are overall too big, I'd rather knit another and send them off. I have more of this yarn too so I can knit more socks in it.

Ok so now I'm yawning, and duh it's 1:30, so no wonder. Off to bed!

Lonnnng Weekend

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

This weekend was horrible. I was sick all day Saturday and Sunday. The only good thing is that since it was the weekend, Chad was here to watch the kids. I seriously slept most of those two days and that was the only time I wasn't in as much pain. I think we all got food poisoning. The kids I think got sick too, neither one wanted to eat (neither did I) and Nick woke up Saturday night sick allll over his whole bed. Poor thing was so upset. After that though we all started to feel better and thank god because it was bad. I don't know how sick they were but if it was anything like how I felt...

Either way, that meant pretty much no knitting or spinning, or anything all weekend. I tried to knit a little in between sleeping, but I was so sick even just sitting upright. Ugh. Saturday my loopy order would have been at the post office, but Chad didn't make it there before they closed, so I didn't even have that to cheer me up. I'm going there first thing in the morning though to get it!

So there is really little to report, I just felt the need to post, like it's been months or something.

Now I'm going to bed, because Alexis has a dr. appt tomorrow for a diaper rash that isn't a diaper rash? It won't go away whatever it is and this is the third time in. It's rather annoying. Probably more so for her I imagine. Lets hope this time they figure out what it is.

I'll leave you with a picture of her...well her face, this is what it looked like yesterday when she realized I was actually going to let her touch the keyboard on the computer! It's blurry because Chad takes retarded pictures...