Hey, I shaved nine years off! Ten, next month!
You Are 26 Years Old |
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Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view – and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You’ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You’ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
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What does our beautiful daughter write when there’s nobody around but me? This.
And what does she write when someone comes over to visit, and she is sitting on the floor right at his feet? This.
Great. Just great.
…and man, did it feel good.
I got a couple of skeins of worsted-weight yarn from South America via Handpaintedyarn.com’sebay store, some Lamb’s Pride worsted in color Clematis to make a Coronet hat with, two skeins of Lorna’s Laces in a blue/green/purple variegated colorway called “Lakeview” to make socks with (I’ve never done that before!), and two little balls of white angora (Grignasco Princesse from Spain) to make teeny fuzzy baby booties with. I might try to dye the angora, but I’m kind of afraid to. My last dyeing experiment didn’t go so hot. Maybe if I used something besides Kool-Aid…
Okay, that’s the splurge. Back on the wagon!
I made my first pair of mittens! Not earth-shattering news, I know, but I’m proud.
The yarn is from Serendipity in South America, and I had been saving it for the right occasion. These mittens will be for my mom, who is getting married this month. I’m going to be making an additional pair in a complementary green for her fiancee, and a lover’s mitten, extra big with one green and one blue cuff so they can hold hands.
Mittens!
Feelyat!
They’re warm aaaallll over!
(xposted to knitting and my own journal)
ETA: My mom now has my journal address, so Mom, if you’re reading this, I abandoned the plan upon learning that Dennis apparently hates all color. The fuddy duddy! Also, the mittens tend to fall off my my hands, so I know they’d fall off of yours. Well, it was a nice idea, anyway.
I just love opening my DR office for the holidays, and visiting other folks too. It’s like a high tech “Parade of Homes.” 🙂
I’m down by the Strand in the Crossing. Y’all come.
December 27th, 2004
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O new beloved yarn Lang Tosca, I sing your praises!
This was going to be a variegated hat with kitty ears on the top, but it just knitted up too nicely for me to put the ears on! Instead I did a simple bind-off at the bottom in red Lamb’s Pride worsted and called it a day. Now I think I’ll knit up a couple of little autumn leaves as an accent pin to go on the brim. I even went back to get two more skeins so that I can do a matching scarf and embroider a tree on the end. Orange looks like crap on me, so I reckon I’ll have to sell this, but I’m still happy! I love it when stuff comes out unexpectedly, but in a good way!
(Xposted to knitting community.)
December 27th, 2004
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December 25th, 2004
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Grr.: Christmas eve I had to take the cat to the vet again for another eye re-check. The ulcer has receded from one part of the eye, but reappeared on another part. It looks like we’ll be getting a referral to a veterinary opthamologist. My Latin is rusty, but I believe that “Veterinary opthamologist” translates as “Give me all your money.”
Nuts!: I finished knitting up a toddler devil hat for a friend, only to realize that the hat is sized to fit a kid who is probably between 12-18 months. Except that the kid I was knitting it for is four year old. Aw, nuts! Well, somebody will want it. I’ll just do another, since I’ve got plenty of red wool left over.
Yay!: My husband, impressed with how well I learned two-handed fair isle techniques to make him the Space Invaders hat, decided to get me something challenging and knitting related. So I got a copy of “Unexpected Knitting” and a video on two-handed fair-isle technique! I learned a LOT from the one minute streaming video that they have on their website, so I’m confident I’ll be throwing with both hands like a pro after seeing the video and practicing a little. I’m very psyched!
ETA: Aaaand I have already managed to spill milk on the book, sticking half the pages together. Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 23rd, 2004
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The unexpected thing that I knit for someone has arrived, and so now I can talk about it. It was a Jayne hat. This is that hat that Jayne Cobb’s mother sent to him on the sci-fi TV show “Firefly.” It’s just ludicrous looking, and there are no two ways around it. (Yes, that’s my husband, God love him.)
Someone had a pattern up, but I thought the earflaps should be bigger and that it should come in more abruptly at the top, so I made up my own pattern, which I posted in the knitting community here.
So Cadaya, I hope you enjoy it, because I sure as hell had fun making it. 🙂
ETA 7/10/07: For posterity’s sake, let me note that this was my very first Jayne hat. Little did I know…
December 23rd, 2004
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I have finished my mom’s purse. This is a very small shoulder bag, just big enough for her to put a few credit cards and maybe a cell phone in. She wanted a little something for church. I put the lining in inside out from the way I meant to, and rather sloppily to boot. It was late, I was tired.
If I never work with Noro Daria again, it will be too soon. I’ll definitely be eBaying (or something) the remaining skein and a half. Pretty stuff, but I never want to see it again.
Thus concludes my mandatory gift knitting for 2004. On to 2005!
Xposted to knitting and my own journal.
