Christine had her baby Monday!! I'm so excited. I think I'm going to be able to get out of work early today to go visit and take a balloon to her.
I finished Maggie's other baby blanket. Pictures are in my Flickr set. Only one thing left and then I'm done. Need to make a Soapy the Soap Turtle for her. She loves turtles. I also still want to make a little stuffed Yoda for Christine too. Because she's a geek and I know she'll raise the baby to be a mini-geek.
Still working on Roommate's socks. I should work on those tonight since Bones isn't on. :( And Lost is on at 10 now, which is difficult to get used to. I'm glad I'm taping it, because last week I almost left in the middle to go to bed. I'm too old to be up that late.
Meeting in half an hour. No fun. But I'm still excited because I'm leaving at 4 to see Christine!!!
2.21.2007
2.15.2007
WIPs and the Cold
I've got 3 projects going right now: Maggie's blanket, roommate's socks, and my mittens. The last ones are a recent addition to the project list because it is freaking cold outside and as lovely as my Fetching are, they leave a little to be desired when it's as cold and windy as it's been. So I'm taking some spare Lamb's Pride Worsted in Periwinkle and making a pair of mittens for myself. I like the style of the Fetching so much that I'm using the cables and ribbing for these too, just making sure they cover all my fingers. I'm hoping they'll be nice and warm. I may felt them slightly so they're more solid, but I'll have to see how they turn out. I'm sort of guesstimating (god how I hate that word) the number of stitches, and I probably won't do a thumb gusset. These are meant to be quick and easy and hopefully ready soon.
I'm looking forward to a three day quiet weekend. Roommate is going home to visit her family so it's just me and the knitting. And the day I told myself I will use to clean my room. It's becoming too much of an obstacle course to get to my bathroom and blind as I am in the middle of the night (or anytime I don't have glasses on), I can't have too many things in my way. Don't want to fall down. Plus, then the maintenance guy can come in and fix the dripping faucet in my bathtub. It's v. annoying.
Christine is scheduled to be induced today. I'm continually sending happy thoughts and good wishes. Her husband is supposed to update us, and I don't know whether it's good or bad that I haven't heard from him yet. I'm going with no news being good news.
I've pretty much decided that I'll be moving back to my parents' house in June for a little while so I can save up money for a house purchase. I want to be financially stable rather than not when I start that process, and I don't think it's going to be possible with money going out for rent every month. At least when I'm paying for a mortgage it's an investment. Not just the amazing disappearing dollars.
I'm looking forward to a three day quiet weekend. Roommate is going home to visit her family so it's just me and the knitting. And the day I told myself I will use to clean my room. It's becoming too much of an obstacle course to get to my bathroom and blind as I am in the middle of the night (or anytime I don't have glasses on), I can't have too many things in my way. Don't want to fall down. Plus, then the maintenance guy can come in and fix the dripping faucet in my bathtub. It's v. annoying.
Christine is scheduled to be induced today. I'm continually sending happy thoughts and good wishes. Her husband is supposed to update us, and I don't know whether it's good or bad that I haven't heard from him yet. I'm going with no news being good news.
I've pretty much decided that I'll be moving back to my parents' house in June for a little while so I can save up money for a house purchase. I want to be financially stable rather than not when I start that process, and I don't think it's going to be possible with money going out for rent every month. At least when I'm paying for a mortgage it's an investment. Not just the amazing disappearing dollars.
2.13.2007
Procrastination
I started something last night that I've been promising since probably the late summer: my roommate's socks. Although, to be fair, they were supposed to be a Christmas present, so it's not like I'm 6 months behind. Just 2-ish. I got about 10 rows done and had to stop because my hands were cramping a bit. Probably due to a combination of tiny yarn and needles (the needles are size 1, or 2.25 mm in diameter) and the fact that I'd knit so much over the weekend. If I can get 10 or so rows done a night, then they won't take too long to do, hopefully. I'm still working on Maggie's other blanket at the same time. I wish I got snow days too. I'd get so much more knitting done.
Today the weather is crappy. It's gone from snow to ice and it looks fairly treacherous outside. I hope the drive home is ok. Something tells me people will be doing stupid things instead of driving sensibly. Oh well.
Christine is due anytime now. They're planning to induce on Thursday if the baby doesn't come on her own. Another coworker's wife had their baby yesterday. I gave him a blanket I'd made a long time ago and never had anyone to give it to. It's big and warm and soft, and I hope he likes it.
Today the weather is crappy. It's gone from snow to ice and it looks fairly treacherous outside. I hope the drive home is ok. Something tells me people will be doing stupid things instead of driving sensibly. Oh well.
Christine is due anytime now. They're planning to induce on Thursday if the baby doesn't come on her own. Another coworker's wife had their baby yesterday. I gave him a blanket I'd made a long time ago and never had anyone to give it to. It's big and warm and soft, and I hope he likes it.
2.12.2007
Animal Blanket
So here it is. The finished blanket. The evil thing that kept me knitting and finishing all weekend right up until I had to leave. The blanket that stopped all progress on the other blanket, meaning I wasn't able to finish that to include in the baby shower gift. The thing that prevented me from eating breakfast or lunch and made me watch Duplex on Comedy Central because I didn't want to take the time to change the channel.
I love this blanket so much. I seriously cried when it was done. I don't want go all ego about it and claim that it's the best work I've ever done and all, But Damn. I love this blanket. I love the colors and the animals and the border (one color on each side) and that it's soft and warm and can go in the washing machine even though it's wool. I love it. I'm so proud of it.
It's amazing what you can do when you purl instead of knit or vice versa. So simple and easy to make, but so lovely. I hope it lasts a long time.
I love this blanket so much. I seriously cried when it was done. I don't want go all ego about it and claim that it's the best work I've ever done and all, But Damn. I love this blanket. I love the colors and the animals and the border (one color on each side) and that it's soft and warm and can go in the washing machine even though it's wool. I love it. I'm so proud of it.
It's amazing what you can do when you purl instead of knit or vice versa. So simple and easy to make, but so lovely. I hope it lasts a long time.
2.09.2007
Baby shower
This sunday is the other baby shower I've been knitting for. I'll be glad when I can stop making little blankets. Not that I mind in the least. I'm just ready for something new and different. Of course, I recently found out that two more people at work are having babies, so I'll probably make something for them. And I have to remember to bring in the blue blanket I made forever ago for the one guy who knows he's having a boy. I hate being so gender stereotypical, but I don't know him extremely well and I already have the blanket. Besides, it would be crappy of me to knit blankets for the other two and not for him. Luckily they're not due till sometime over the summer, so I have time to work on other things first.
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I woke up this morning at 4 and then again at 5:30. Well, by the time I looked at my clock after being awake for a while it was 5:30, so I probably woke up around 5:15. Normally I wake up at 6:15 (and get up closer to 7) so I was pretty annoyed. It's been happening a lot this week, this waking up super early. So I just got up and showered, left home around 7, stopped for coffee (mmm white chocolate mocha), and a couple groceries and was still at work by 7:40. I'm thinking I'll be leaving a little early today since it's friday and I'm sure I'll crash by the end of the day. I'm hoping I can stay awake tonight long enough to work on the other blanket that I'm trying to finish by sunday. That's the plan for tomorrow: grocery store and knitting. and knitting and knitting. Probably right up till it's time to leave on Sunday. But I hope not because I still will have to wash and block the other blanket. Gotta love the last-minute stuff.
Mental note, find those hats I finished forever ago.
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I woke up this morning at 4 and then again at 5:30. Well, by the time I looked at my clock after being awake for a while it was 5:30, so I probably woke up around 5:15. Normally I wake up at 6:15 (and get up closer to 7) so I was pretty annoyed. It's been happening a lot this week, this waking up super early. So I just got up and showered, left home around 7, stopped for coffee (mmm white chocolate mocha), and a couple groceries and was still at work by 7:40. I'm thinking I'll be leaving a little early today since it's friday and I'm sure I'll crash by the end of the day. I'm hoping I can stay awake tonight long enough to work on the other blanket that I'm trying to finish by sunday. That's the plan for tomorrow: grocery store and knitting. and knitting and knitting. Probably right up till it's time to leave on Sunday. But I hope not because I still will have to wash and block the other blanket. Gotta love the last-minute stuff.
Mental note, find those hats I finished forever ago.
2.07.2007
Blanket
Only one square left to finish!! Then I need to wash and block all the pieces, or at least soak and block, then sew them together and do a final wash/block before Sunday at 2 pm. Obviously this isn't all the squares. I should finish the last square tonight and possibly be able to work on the other blanket as well. The only thing that might take my attention away is the return of LOST, which I'm extremely excited about.
I'm so excited about this blanket. I hope the finished product lives up to my mental image. I really just hope i can sew it together properly. I still don't really know how I'm going to accomplish that. i also need to figure out if I'm adding a border around the whole thing. If I am, then I don't know what I'll use. I have less than a ball of each color left. I guess i could do a little pick up and knit in seed stitch one side in each color. I also have a completely different yarn left over from Christine's blanket -- the Lorna's Laces -- but I don't know if that will go. Probably should have thought of that before it was too late to order more yarn. Also it just occurred to me that i probably should use the leftover matching yarn to do the sewing together. Although I wonder how it would look if I used yellow. I have some Swish Superwash I could use. Or really dark green somewhere. Or I could use acrylic. haven't decided yet.
I'm so excited about this blanket. I hope the finished product lives up to my mental image. I really just hope i can sew it together properly. I still don't really know how I'm going to accomplish that. i also need to figure out if I'm adding a border around the whole thing. If I am, then I don't know what I'll use. I have less than a ball of each color left. I guess i could do a little pick up and knit in seed stitch one side in each color. I also have a completely different yarn left over from Christine's blanket -- the Lorna's Laces -- but I don't know if that will go. Probably should have thought of that before it was too late to order more yarn. Also it just occurred to me that i probably should use the leftover matching yarn to do the sewing together. Although I wonder how it would look if I used yellow. I have some Swish Superwash I could use. Or really dark green somewhere. Or I could use acrylic. haven't decided yet.
2.01.2007
Life
Work has been hectic lately. I've had some pretty extreme ups and downs in the last couple weeks, going from feeling stupid and like I'm in the completely wrong place to feeling excited at what's coming in the future and the knowledge that I can get out of this funk. I'll be glad when the current project is over. The most fun part so far has been creating the skin for the Web help project. It's not even that cool but it allowed me to be a little more creative and know for sure that I knew what I was doing. Sort of a confidence booster.
In April I get to go to our conference in Vegas. I'm hoping it'll be fun. I've never been there before. I'm sure some parts will be not so much fun, like the seminars and things but I think I get to go out a little early so maybe I can see some sights before being stuck inside all day.
Still knitting the Never Ending List Of Projects. Actually, and end is in sight. I have two blankets to finish for Maggie's shower (little over a week) and then two pairs of socks. Then I can take a break or knit for me or charity or something. Well, I may make another baby blanket to send to a coworker but I would still be able to take a little break. I have a bunch of yarn I got from my aunt, mostly acrylic stuff, and I should find something to do with it.
I'm really excited about the one blanket I'm making for Maggie. It's made from squares based on dishcloth patterns and then sewn together. Because she has a forest theme in the baby's room, I'm using animals on the squares so I have a butterfly, dragonfly, frog, and turtle. I'm using white, blue, light green, and darker green for the squares. She doesn't know the sex of the baby and won't until it' s born, so I wanted to do something pretty neutral but not all greens and yellows. The other blanket I'm making for her is based on the Leaf Lace Panel blanket here done in KnitPicks ShineSport in Grass and Green Apple. It's so soft and squishy and beautiful. I love it, but it's taking a long time to make. I'm hoping I have them both done by the shower. The good thing is that the squares are super quick knits (about 2 hours each) so I feel like I'm making good progress there. The only other thing I want to have for her is a bath turtle. You put soap in the shell and scrub away. Fun :) But that gets started once the big things are finished.
In April I get to go to our conference in Vegas. I'm hoping it'll be fun. I've never been there before. I'm sure some parts will be not so much fun, like the seminars and things but I think I get to go out a little early so maybe I can see some sights before being stuck inside all day.
Still knitting the Never Ending List Of Projects. Actually, and end is in sight. I have two blankets to finish for Maggie's shower (little over a week) and then two pairs of socks. Then I can take a break or knit for me or charity or something. Well, I may make another baby blanket to send to a coworker but I would still be able to take a little break. I have a bunch of yarn I got from my aunt, mostly acrylic stuff, and I should find something to do with it.
I'm really excited about the one blanket I'm making for Maggie. It's made from squares based on dishcloth patterns and then sewn together. Because she has a forest theme in the baby's room, I'm using animals on the squares so I have a butterfly, dragonfly, frog, and turtle. I'm using white, blue, light green, and darker green for the squares. She doesn't know the sex of the baby and won't until it' s born, so I wanted to do something pretty neutral but not all greens and yellows. The other blanket I'm making for her is based on the Leaf Lace Panel blanket here done in KnitPicks ShineSport in Grass and Green Apple. It's so soft and squishy and beautiful. I love it, but it's taking a long time to make. I'm hoping I have them both done by the shower. The good thing is that the squares are super quick knits (about 2 hours each) so I feel like I'm making good progress there. The only other thing I want to have for her is a bath turtle. You put soap in the shell and scrub away. Fun :) But that gets started once the big things are finished.
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