I'm still sick as a dog. I have an appointment with the doc this afternoon for that sinus infection or whatever I've had since we went to CA. Yes, it's been that long. I actually fell asleep on the couch last night at 6 pm and woke up at (yes, I did) midnight, whereupon I went to bed and slept until 6 this morning. I slept through the kids playing, I slept through bath time, I slept through bed time, and they usually put up a stink for Mike if I'm not there for bedtime. So hopefully this woman can figure out why a Z-pack and Nasonex can't do the trick.
In knitting news, though, I have made some headway, finally. I finished 'Sideways Spencer' and am almost done with the front of hub's 'Na Craga'. Such a fun knit.
Pics to come later when I have time...hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
You can't finish everything in one afternoon.
For your viewing pleasure....my UFOs. Brought to you by my former LYS and the cutest kids on the planet.
There's Beth, from DB Junior Knits.
There's Dancin' Daisies from the Fall '04 IK.
There's Forecast, by Stephanie Japel for Knitty.
There's Sideways Spencer, again from Fall '04 IK. No photo because Photobucket is currently killing me. This is my closest to FO, needing only buttons and a good blocking.
I've got a wrap cardigan from Vogue Spring '04, I think, inspired by Mamma's
But it's in Woolease, and I hate to knit with WE. Don't ask me why I bought 15 skeins last week when it was on sale at Joann.
I've also begun DH's sweater, Na Craga, only to find out that I screwed up the center cable. That will bug me, so I stopped and planned to restart.
The problem? I've misplaced the pattern. Pooh.
Here's a sleeve from a Drops Alpaca design. I got bored.
Don't ask me why the pics are so big. I have no freaking idea. I've resized them in photobucket three times and they're supposedly small, but freakishly large here.
There's Beth, from DB Junior Knits.
There's Dancin' Daisies from the Fall '04 IK.
There's Forecast, by Stephanie Japel for Knitty.
There's Sideways Spencer, again from Fall '04 IK. No photo because Photobucket is currently killing me. This is my closest to FO, needing only buttons and a good blocking.
I've got a wrap cardigan from Vogue Spring '04, I think, inspired by Mamma's
But it's in Woolease, and I hate to knit with WE. Don't ask me why I bought 15 skeins last week when it was on sale at Joann.
I've also begun DH's sweater, Na Craga, only to find out that I screwed up the center cable. That will bug me, so I stopped and planned to restart.
The problem? I've misplaced the pattern. Pooh.
Here's a sleeve from a Drops Alpaca design. I got bored.
Don't ask me why the pics are so big. I have no freaking idea. I've resized them in photobucket three times and they're supposedly small, but freakishly large here.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Lacevember Q&A #2
What are your ideal lace making conditions?
ie. Do you prefer to knit with a cuppa coffe nearby? Music, lighting, favorite chair?
IN THE TOILET. THE POTTY. THE BATHROOM. THE WC. WATER CLOSET, IF YOU WILL.
WHY?
(wait for it)
Because that's the only place that I can think straight and get a bit of time to knit.
I'm kidding, really. No, really.
I usually knit at night after everyone's in bed and hub is watching football or what have you.
ie. Do you prefer to knit with a cuppa coffe nearby? Music, lighting, favorite chair?
IN THE TOILET. THE POTTY. THE BATHROOM. THE WC. WATER CLOSET, IF YOU WILL.
WHY?
(wait for it)
Because that's the only place that I can think straight and get a bit of time to knit.
I'm kidding, really. No, really.
I usually knit at night after everyone's in bed and hub is watching football or what have you.
Another reason to move to CA
Not that I needed one.......
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| The Midland | |
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Monday, November 06, 2006
The Infamous Lacevember Questionnaire
My answers may surprise some, and then again perhaps not.
The knitting questions, or the usual suspects
How long have you been knitting? I have been knitting on and off since I was seven. I suppose I didn't get really serious about it again until about three years ago.
How did you learn to knit? My Grandma taught me!
Favorite thing about knitting? Can I choose one thing? There are so many things. I suppose that the connection I have to thousands of other knitters, past, present, and future.
How long have you been knitting lace? About a year.
Favorite thing about knitting lace. My favorite thing is that with a basic knit and purl, thrown together with a couple of YOs and decreases you can create something *fantastic*.
The yarn questions, or flash your stash -I'll flash ya later.
Favorite lace yarn? I like a fingering weight or heavier. I'm still not using laceweight despite its heavy presence in my stash.
variegated or solids for shawls? I love the variegateds and am really drawn to them in the skein, but I'd have to say solids for the shawls.
Favorite lace color? Red. Hands down.
Technique, or show us your skillz
Circs or straights? I only knit on circs, with the exception of DPNs for socks and mittens.
Favorite lace knitting trick? Trying to knit lace in the middle of four children eating chocolate frosted donuts and watching 'Cars'.
Lifelines? If so with what? Nope. I knit commando.
Fancy blocking wires, or just sewing pins stuck in your carpet? I really want blocking wires. That being said, I'm about to try the method that Stephanie described in one of her posts. The one with the thread run through the straight part of the shawl. Look it up.
Pattern, or can you follow directions
shawls or lacey items? Shawls.
triangle, rectangle, or circular shawls? Triangular.
Charts or printed instructions? I used to be a printed instruction gal but now I think in charts. I'm flexible that way.
Favorite lace you've knit? I can't pick just one. I really like the Flower Basket shawl, but that Shetland Triangle is so easy and repeats itself well. I also like Faina's scarf, but I only completed half of it and have to rip it out and start over in a new yarn.
Favorite lace you want to knit? I'm looking for one.
Just Fun, yup that's right, just for fun
Favorite jelly belly flavor? Strawberry daquiri. Who am I kidding? I get together all the fruity looking ones and throw a handful in my mouth at one time.
Tell me everything you know about Eric the Red..... I resemble that remark.
Coke, classic or with lime? Bring on the lime, bub.
Holiday carols, sing along, or wish they would be banned from all public airwaves? Sing along of course! I'm a singer!
What is the definition of irony? It's the opposite of wrinkly.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? The world may never know!
Why is my cat always puking in front of my son's bedroom door? That's your problem, Amy. I'm done with puke.
What is your superhero power? Intercepting the brain waves of three children who are daring each other to __________________ (fill in the blank) and diverting them just in time.
If the laundry is 9 foot by 11 foot (just dreaming, that's a big laundry room), and the walls are 8 feet tall, and you are going to tile the entire room in tiles that are 3 inches by 5 inches, what color should those tiles be? Pink, of course.
What's for dinner tonight? Depends on whether or not my husband has the stomach flu by then. If not, then we're up for homemade spaghetti and meatballs.
What is clogging my children's bathtub drain? A Buzz Lightyear toothbrush, two matchbox cars, a Barbie shoe and a Binky.
The knitting questions, or the usual suspects
How long have you been knitting? I have been knitting on and off since I was seven. I suppose I didn't get really serious about it again until about three years ago.
How did you learn to knit? My Grandma taught me!
Favorite thing about knitting? Can I choose one thing? There are so many things. I suppose that the connection I have to thousands of other knitters, past, present, and future.
How long have you been knitting lace? About a year.
Favorite thing about knitting lace. My favorite thing is that with a basic knit and purl, thrown together with a couple of YOs and decreases you can create something *fantastic*.
The yarn questions, or flash your stash -I'll flash ya later.
Favorite lace yarn? I like a fingering weight or heavier. I'm still not using laceweight despite its heavy presence in my stash.
variegated or solids for shawls? I love the variegateds and am really drawn to them in the skein, but I'd have to say solids for the shawls.
Favorite lace color? Red. Hands down.
Technique, or show us your skillz
Circs or straights? I only knit on circs, with the exception of DPNs for socks and mittens.
Favorite lace knitting trick? Trying to knit lace in the middle of four children eating chocolate frosted donuts and watching 'Cars'.
Lifelines? If so with what? Nope. I knit commando.
Fancy blocking wires, or just sewing pins stuck in your carpet? I really want blocking wires. That being said, I'm about to try the method that Stephanie described in one of her posts. The one with the thread run through the straight part of the shawl. Look it up.
Pattern, or can you follow directions
shawls or lacey items? Shawls.
triangle, rectangle, or circular shawls? Triangular.
Charts or printed instructions? I used to be a printed instruction gal but now I think in charts. I'm flexible that way.
Favorite lace you've knit? I can't pick just one. I really like the Flower Basket shawl, but that Shetland Triangle is so easy and repeats itself well. I also like Faina's scarf, but I only completed half of it and have to rip it out and start over in a new yarn.
Favorite lace you want to knit? I'm looking for one.
Just Fun, yup that's right, just for fun
Favorite jelly belly flavor? Strawberry daquiri. Who am I kidding? I get together all the fruity looking ones and throw a handful in my mouth at one time.
Tell me everything you know about Eric the Red..... I resemble that remark.
Coke, classic or with lime? Bring on the lime, bub.
Holiday carols, sing along, or wish they would be banned from all public airwaves? Sing along of course! I'm a singer!
What is the definition of irony? It's the opposite of wrinkly.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? The world may never know!
Why is my cat always puking in front of my son's bedroom door? That's your problem, Amy. I'm done with puke.
What is your superhero power? Intercepting the brain waves of three children who are daring each other to __________________ (fill in the blank) and diverting them just in time.
If the laundry is 9 foot by 11 foot (just dreaming, that's a big laundry room), and the walls are 8 feet tall, and you are going to tile the entire room in tiles that are 3 inches by 5 inches, what color should those tiles be? Pink, of course.
What's for dinner tonight? Depends on whether or not my husband has the stomach flu by then. If not, then we're up for homemade spaghetti and meatballs.
What is clogging my children's bathtub drain? A Buzz Lightyear toothbrush, two matchbox cars, a Barbie shoe and a Binky.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Murphy's Law, or Why I Never Will Let My Husband Out of My Sight Again
Two words, folks.
Power Puking.
Hub has been in Las Vegas this week for business.
I took the monkeys trick or treating by myself. Took them to my Bible Study by myself. If it had just been them puking, I could have handled it by myself.
But no, it was ME.
Now I can count on one hand (three fingers, people) the number of times I missed school as a kid due to the stomach bug. Now that I have four kids, it's inevitable that I get it once a year.
But I've never been this sick before. I didn't realize it was possible.
I don't even want to knit.
Two of the four were sick alongside me, and my super-gracious lovely MIL came up to take care of the other two while I slept and ran to the bathroom yesterday.
This is how sick I was:
I've been waiting for the new IWK to come in the mailbox and have made an audible sigh at the mailman three days in a row this week as it wasn't here.
Yesterday, it came.
And it sat, untouched.
I thought I was going to die.
Hurry home, babe. Fly safely. We need you here.
Power Puking.
Hub has been in Las Vegas this week for business.
I took the monkeys trick or treating by myself. Took them to my Bible Study by myself. If it had just been them puking, I could have handled it by myself.
But no, it was ME.
Now I can count on one hand (three fingers, people) the number of times I missed school as a kid due to the stomach bug. Now that I have four kids, it's inevitable that I get it once a year.
But I've never been this sick before. I didn't realize it was possible.
I don't even want to knit.
Two of the four were sick alongside me, and my super-gracious lovely MIL came up to take care of the other two while I slept and ran to the bathroom yesterday.
This is how sick I was:
I've been waiting for the new IWK to come in the mailbox and have made an audible sigh at the mailman three days in a row this week as it wasn't here.
Yesterday, it came.
And it sat, untouched.
I thought I was going to die.
Hurry home, babe. Fly safely. We need you here.
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