The kindergarten teacher’s bag, she looks pretty much done to me. She wanted big, pink, with novelty yarn, so there you have it. Pre-felting, of course.
CD for scale.
It’s kind of a “now or never” moment, before it gets felted. If there are changes to be made, such as ripping out the piping or changing the handles (examples only!), now’s the time.
Any comments/suggestions? Y’all know I take criticism and suggestions well.
I got my final package from the
Lookit!
A copy of Simply Knitting, a Brit knit mag. It came with 15 free care labels!
Two Cadbury eggs, one of which my daughter has already peeled and poked at.
A round tin of green tea. I hadn’t mentioned this in my Livejournal (I don’t think I did, at least) but I haven’t drunk any coffee at all this week. It’s been all green tea. So, as I kick caffeine, this is a perfect addiction. I mean addition. Yeah.
One pompom maker set. Believe it or not, I didn’t have one of these.
Not pictured: A Godiva Chocolatier bar: Milk Chocolate with Smooth Caramel. No way is my daughter getting her mitts on that.
Wooden bowl (because every Firefly fan needs a wooden bowl) has its own closeup because of the cool stuff within.
A geisha bead, too cute!
A little pin reading “Knit In Public,” which I do daily.
And no, the silver thing is not some kind of piercing, it’s a scarf pin with a little ball of yarn on it. Squeeee!
Last but not least, a “Hello, My Name Is John” nametag from Yoyodyne Propulsion. This made me laugh out loud. It’s on my fridge, which is now evil! Pure and simple from the eighth dimension!
Mel, you did a fantastic job. I’m really happy with everything I got. It’s been a genuine pleasure. Thanks so much. 🙂
Fiber Godmother, you are the AWESOMEST. I’m late to pick up my daughter, but a post will follow later! Thank you so much!
(heh. Yoyodyne.)
“Call Me Madam” was very good and may go into my DVD collection soon.
For those of you who love musicals – all two or so of you – which ones do you own? Which ones would you like to? Which songs do you put on in the background and dance or sing to while you’re going about your life?
I love that my daughter is able to ask me what words mean now. Yesterday she asked about “nuzzle” and “obviously.”
I had a couple of weeks of lack of any physical exercise, just from being so busy. I started to crave it. In the mornings, my husband and I both drop off our daughter to school, which is only about a mile away. So today I brought my iPod and walked back home from there. It’s not a lot of exercise, but it does fit easily into my schedule when the weather’s good, and at least I get to stretch my legs a little.
Went over to my mom’s yesterday, and brought her a package of TimTams, since she’d been wondering what the heck I was talking about in my LiveJournal. My daughter played happily while Mom and I talked, and I got started on Odessa again, which had been ripped back to the ribbing. Good progress was made on all fronts.
Old Odessa, worked on #6 needles with a decrease of SSK (both slipped knitwise).
New Odessa, worked on #4 needles wih a decrease of “improved” SSK (first slipped knitwise, second slipped purlwise).
I think the modified SSK gives a much neater edge. For those of you who have no clue what the hell I’m talking about (and mainly I’m talking to remind myself about this anyway), the SSK is short for “slip, slip, knit” and is a stitch which combines two stitches into a single stitch, making a decrease which leans toward the left. In the second picture, it’s the stitch that the tip of my index finger is touching. You can follow it down and see it’s more even than the corresponding stitch on the first picture.
Yeah, I know you non-knitters still have no clue, nor do you care. Suffice it to say that I’m happy to have found a new little trick that makes for better-looking knitting.
And now, time to watch “Call Me Madam” with Ethel Merman and Donald O’Connor while I work on another cotton Jayne hat, lest I fall behind again on orders. “Call me Madam” was out of circulation for years, so this’ll be my first viewing. I’m a big Donald O’Connor fan, so this should be a nice treat. Yay!
I finished the last of the pre-Christmas orders (that’s ordered before Christmas, not promised before Christmas, of course) and am on the cusp of moving into 2006. These last two were cotton, and the next one is cotton too, and those always take longer and are a little rougher on the hands, so I’m taking a break!
I started up Odessa as a cap for a friend of mine, but it’s coming out too loose on the recommended needle size. In fairness, the ball band of the yarn, Misti Alpaca suri silk, doesn’t even have a recommended needle size. But no way is this “worsted” as the label says it is. DK, maybe. On the up side? Softest. Yarn. Ever.
See the holes? I want the fabric tighter, for warmth. I’m going to scale back down from a size 6 needle to a 4 or 5. I worry a little that it’ll be too tight, but I’m still feeling good that it’ll be okay, even if it does snug up a bit. Plus my SSKs are a little sloppy; I want to even those out. Pretty easy pattern so far, and looking good. I might make myself one at some point, but with beads.
My six-year-old daughter likes Pocky and surfs the internet.
Hello, generation Z. Goodbye, my youth.
| Culinary: | Caribou Campfire Mocha | Caffeine, chocolate, mini-marshmallows and other bits of pure sugar. Everything I’m not supposed to have, wrapped up in a cardboard sleeve. |
| Literary: | Entertainment Weekly | Every year I snag Gardner Dozois’ “The Year’s Best Science Fiction” and that’s my go-to for reading while I knit in a waiting room. But sometimes, at the grocery store, I go for the fluff! |
| Audiovisual: | Joss-o-rama | I pull Buffy, Angel, and Firefly out regularly and re-watch them. I say I’m being thrifty by not renting or buying new DVDs, but it’s mainly that I still get a kick out of them, every time. |
| Musical: | Phranc | I dig blaring out “64 Ford” or “Gertrude Stein” in my car. I’m sure that when I do it, at this point, I look like a square mom trying to recapture her youth, but I don’t care. I’m usually such a folk/jazz/50’s aficionado that occasionally I have to rock out with the alt-lifestyle soundtrack of my college days. |
| Celebrity: | James Marsters | Watching him is like consuming empty calories. He’s foamy and delicious. It’s a wonderful bonus that he’s such a good actor. |
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houseofdanie aunt_reexy scaredkat driocanthe and jennnlee
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And as I try to get back on my feet after internet issues, I log in to read my Dragonrealms e-mail.
I have 256 new e-mails.
Well, there went my day.
