My brain has pretty much fried from the high heat we’ve had lately. But I did get a fair amount of reading done.
books, refrigerator dishes | Comments OffThey’re done! And just in time for the 6Sox deadline! : )
I didn’t spend much time on these socks for most of July for two reasons. I was so busy and tired from work, I needed “faster” projects (using thicker, worsted weight yarns). And I stalled on the swirling pattern. Last weekend, I picked them up again, and had no problems with the swirl. In fact, I liked it so much I changed the second sock to swirl the other way!
knitalongs, knitting, socks | 5 stitchesApologies to any readers out there. I’m still unable to devote the time needed to post here regularly. I finally learned what’s going on at work and it appears that I will continue filling in every day for another two more weeks.
I also had a little trouble with my camera this weekend… I need to test things a little bit more (Monday night, I hope), but I think it’s OK now. I lost some pictures so I need to retake these and also photograph new stuff.
I’m really behind right now. I owe zillions of emails. I have lots of photos to transfer and crop. My SYAC swap pal received her socks, yay! I was surprised last week by two wonderful packages in the mail, one from my SP8 and the other from Atlantis (1SSP), wowee! I will blog about these things as soon as I can. (Cross your fingers my work schedule calms down a bit Tuesday or Wednesday this week). I’ve also managed to finish my first stranded color project and am now making some child-size socks with the leftover wool for CIC as part of a SixSoxKAL challenge.
Yeah… no pictures at all, sorry. This week, I hope.
I’ve yet another work-filled week in the works. Yesterday I was so tired I didn’t think I could even *gasp* knit… but after a delicious meal of farmer-market-fresh veggies, I felt better and did start a hat cuff. Today I’m pretty tired again, so I won’t do the planned SRP update.
I noticed a few weeks ago that Knit Picks no longer has the wishlist feature. I hope it’s just temporary.
I tried the new Stonyfield Light yogurt yesterday. It was good; I noticed that the amount of the fruit-on-bottom was smaller, so the color after you stir the yogurt was paler, and tasted just a tad less sweet. Today, I had vanilla yogurt made with water buffalo milk (I keep wanting to say white buffalo…). It was thick and custard-like, and stayed firm and didn’t drip off my spoon even after stirring. It was not very sweet and the vanilla flavor was not strong at all; very nice. I think lemon flavor with this yogurt would be good, too.
I haven’t had any chance to read blogs in nearly two weeks now, eek!
This past weekend, I got some of these new Avon Instant Manicure nailcolors from Mom.
general | Comments OffDuring the past week, I finished the toes and insteps on the Color Blox Sox for 6Sox. I haven’t taken a real progress picture yet because it’s all stockinette. I did finish the heels last night, and they look great and fit very well, yay! I enjoyed this type of toe-up heel-flap-gusset construction. It seemed to go faster than the traditional cuff-down heel-flap-gussets (which always seem to take me forever). The Potluck Jewels (from my SP8, thanks!) I’m using for these socks look great knitted up.
knitalongs, knitting, socks | 2 stitchesThese warm socks are on their way to their recipient in Australia, so I’ll post a little picture now. I got some funny striping with the Super Glitz (Cherry Tree Hill, DK weight, colorway River Run). See?
accessories, knitting, secret pals or swaps, socks | 2 stitchesI’ve been busy at work (ick, they asked me at the very last minute to work for the rest of the week when I had thought I would be off). I’ve been too tired to blog when I get home, but I do have pictures and posts to share. I’ll get started on these catch-up posts tomorrow. I have about half of my book holder reviews written out, too; I want to finish them up this weekend for a last proofread before I post them.
Busy, busy. But for tonight, I’m gonna relax, knit, and maybe read! : )
general | Comments OffNow that my deadline knitting has completed, I should’ve returned to my other WIPs, like the Color Blox Sox, Rock and Weave socks, or the Cropped Cardi. But I didn’t.
Faced with a sort-of deadline for August, I dug out the Lion Brand Wool I bought earlier this year and started a stranded two-color swatch. I’ve done Intarsia before, but not Stranded or Fair-Isle, because I hadn’t been very interested in most of the projects I’ve seen. Saturday night, I went at it to see how I would do. Here’s my first swatch:
accessories, decor, knitting, stranded or fair isle | 2 stitchesI’ve reverted the blog back to the default theme/skin. (July already!) If you’re registered here, you can change back to the blue theme by editing your account (the theme section is near the bottom). I’ll leave it there for a while. : )
They’re finally done!
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