Ester is blocking.
Peonies are about to burst.
Z is enjoying his backyard slide (while I knit in the background).
Ahh... The days of heaven.
6.07.2007
Knitters Virtual Vacation Swap
So excited I made it in for the Knitters Virtual Vacation Swap!
There's still time and a few open spots if you'd like to join to.
create your own visited country map
1. If you could visit any state in the US, which would it be and why?
Maine - the sea, the beach, the mountains, the blueberries, the lobster, and to remember the summer I met my husband and many of the other most important people in my life.
or Texas, cause it's always nice to visit home.
2. If you could visit any country in the world, other than your own, which would it be and why?
Somewhere I've never been before. New Zealand? Bhutan? Japan? Would definitely go back to South Africa, or any of the other spots I've visited.
3. Have you ever driven across several states/providence/countries?
Oh yeah - from St. Louis, Mo down through OK and TX across the deep south and up along Rt 1 through the Blue Ridge Mountains to NE US all the way to Maine (see #1). I've hit 41 states in the US (80%) and 12 countries in all (only 5%). I've got a lot of work to do.
Check your own stats at http://www.world66.com/myworld66
4. Have you ever visited someplace you consider exotic? Where was it?
Hong Kong and Sao Paolo felt exotic. So did Poland (Warsaw-a blur of borscht and cured meats and Krakow-where I ate the best fried egg of my life) and South Africa.
5. What was your favorite "travel" vacation? Why?
Love our annual winter warm weather escape to a beach destination. Really happy anywhere I can relax with my family.
6. Have you ever played tourist in your own home city/state (if international, country)? Explain.
Absolutely - canoe trips, zoos, museums, trying new restaurants. I have a 3 yr old. I have to start introducing him to world somehow.
7. Are you a museum visitor, beach comer or an amusement seeker?
Yes to all.
8. What's your favorite type of yarn?
Natural fibers, for the most part. Unique colors. Soft, soft, soft.
9. What's your least favorite type of yarn?
Novelty. Scratchy.
10. What items do you like to knit/crochet?
Berets, teddy bears, socks, sweaters, dishcloths, legwarmers, shrugs - most everything.
11. What do you pack, knit/crochet wise when you go on vacation?
Sock and beret projects.
12. What other crafts do you do/would like to do other than Knit/Crochet?
Cook and sew.
13. Are you allergic to anything? (Yarn wise or treat wise)
nope
14. What is your favorite color? Least Favorite?
Love greens. Don't like day-glo.
15. Sweet or Savory (Treat not personality)?
Both: one after the other after the other after the...
16. Anything else we are forgetting to ask that you think your partner desperately needs to know?
not desperately
There's still time and a few open spots if you'd like to join to.
create your own visited country map
1. If you could visit any state in the US, which would it be and why?
Maine - the sea, the beach, the mountains, the blueberries, the lobster, and to remember the summer I met my husband and many of the other most important people in my life.
or Texas, cause it's always nice to visit home.
2. If you could visit any country in the world, other than your own, which would it be and why?
Somewhere I've never been before. New Zealand? Bhutan? Japan? Would definitely go back to South Africa, or any of the other spots I've visited.
3. Have you ever driven across several states/providence/countries?
Oh yeah - from St. Louis, Mo down through OK and TX across the deep south and up along Rt 1 through the Blue Ridge Mountains to NE US all the way to Maine (see #1). I've hit 41 states in the US (80%) and 12 countries in all (only 5%). I've got a lot of work to do.
Check your own stats at http://www.world66.com/myworld66
4. Have you ever visited someplace you consider exotic? Where was it?
Hong Kong and Sao Paolo felt exotic. So did Poland (Warsaw-a blur of borscht and cured meats and Krakow-where I ate the best fried egg of my life) and South Africa.
5. What was your favorite "travel" vacation? Why?
Love our annual winter warm weather escape to a beach destination. Really happy anywhere I can relax with my family.
6. Have you ever played tourist in your own home city/state (if international, country)? Explain.
Absolutely - canoe trips, zoos, museums, trying new restaurants. I have a 3 yr old. I have to start introducing him to world somehow.
7. Are you a museum visitor, beach comer or an amusement seeker?
Yes to all.
8. What's your favorite type of yarn?
Natural fibers, for the most part. Unique colors. Soft, soft, soft.
9. What's your least favorite type of yarn?
Novelty. Scratchy.
10. What items do you like to knit/crochet?
Berets, teddy bears, socks, sweaters, dishcloths, legwarmers, shrugs - most everything.
11. What do you pack, knit/crochet wise when you go on vacation?
Sock and beret projects.
12. What other crafts do you do/would like to do other than Knit/Crochet?
Cook and sew.
13. Are you allergic to anything? (Yarn wise or treat wise)
nope
14. What is your favorite color? Least Favorite?
Love greens. Don't like day-glo.
15. Sweet or Savory (Treat not personality)?
Both: one after the other after the other after the...
16. Anything else we are forgetting to ask that you think your partner desperately needs to know?
not desperately
6.06.2007
A couple hours in flight can really help you zip through some stockinette. Hope to finish Suzanna's beret in the coming days.
Before this pic never realized how closely this colorway resembles weathered painted wood. In a good way.
Received a promotional coupon from Borders for 30% off any reg priced item so picked up a little resource book. Jackpot.
Used the tip for joining the first round of a circular item (cast on an extra stitch then when joining round, slip the first stitch on the right needle to the left needle and k2tog for the first stitch) and am very happy with the result.
June's YOTM is out. Pattern for a shopping bag and the main feature (clockwise from top left):
- Maraja by Ornaghi Filati
4.5 sts/inch on US 8s
35% Cotton, 33% Acrylic, 32% Polyester
- Luna by Cascade Yarns
4.5 sts/inch on US 7s
100% Cotton
- Hemp for Knitting DK by LanaKnits
5.5 sts/inch on US 5s
100% Hemp
- June by Nashua Handknits
5.5 sts/inch on US 5s
100% Acrylic
Scale of Baby Bobbi with Z as reference. One more bear to go.
Ordered the Flicca pattern and have a few obligations to complete before ordering her yarn and knitting something for myself (there's a concept!)
Saturday is World Wide Knit in Public Day! I hope to hook up with Sara+h and others in Minnie that morning. Get your knit on!
6.03.2007
Baby Bobbi II. King of all he surveys.
Keri of Knitty Gritty Thoughts has asked for my pattern modifications. I've got one more bear in the queue and she's in the midst of a move (pop over to wish her luck and fortitude). I'll compile and deliver when the next bear's done. You can check the Blue Sky Alpaca's corrections/additions here.
Z's already off to bed or I'd give you a scale shot with a 3 yr old. Next time. Check out at the last one. He's a big bear.
Cast on a Purl Bee Beret for Suzanna. I loves me the Koigu.
Cooking from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.
This is the Broccoli variation with raisins and pine nuts. I'm seriously into this cookbook... and this broccoli. If Z will eat it, and it's green, and it's healthy, I'm all over it.
Lastly, I give you Spiderman. If I'd ever figure out how to load my digital movies onto youtube you could have the full effect. Just imagine: tearing through the house and screaming "fwap, fwap, fwap..."
Potty training continues very well. I'm fully convinced that every second of psychic energy I devoted to this process prior to Z being ready was a complete waste of resources.
I'm off to Chicago for a night.
Such a sucker for a short stay in a nice hotel - by myself. :-)
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