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September 25, 2006
Warm Legs Cold Feet
So I have a finished object to show everyone, but no good pics yet... Time to harass little sis and get my glam on for a little photo shoot...
Having finished something so quickly (or maybe it just seemed to be finished quickly), I quickly rummaged through zee stash to find a new project.
Editor's note: We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to alert you that Sarah has enough sock yarn to choke a camel. Why is she not knitting some gd socks? Inquiring minds want to know.
I bust out some Hot Pink Acrylic yarn that I received from a buddy *promising* her that they would be made into a kickass pair of legwarmers. I fiddled, I played, I even bullied a bit by the end.... that yarn does not want to be the legwarmers that I want to knit right now. That yarn wants to go back to the cool, dry place where it was sleeping and continue to nap while I dream nightly about what type of fabulous legwarmers they will one day be.
And could my mind let go of the legwarmers that I had been trying to force Hot Pink Acyrlic to be? Whose blog have you been reading? Well, probably not mine because it sucks pretty hard lately... MY POINT IS that my big stubborn head won't often let things go.... legwarmers, apparently, are no exception.
Editor's Note: Sarah does not need legwarmers. When Sarah's legs are cold, Sarah wears pants. When her feet are cold, she wears socks. Sarah does not have many socks.
So, I realized I wanted Hot Pink Acrylic to be a little stretchier, a little warmer, a little more toned down in color... Basically, I wanted HPA to be less Hot, less Pink, and not Acrylic.
So out came the Red Variegated Manos del Uruguay. And suddenly, the fiddling and playing is no longer leading to bullying. A swatch has been completed! My eyes can focus on the earthier (yet still fiery!) tones I see before me.... the little cables are popping and the fabric is stretching.... Sigh.
And all was well.
Editor's Note: Sarah's feet are getting cold. Why can't she be more like her friend Sandra?
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September 17, 2006
De-Stash Oh Six
It's that time of year again! The Scissor Squad held our 3rd (third? Holy crow!) Annual De-Stash/Re-Stash party yesterday at the Lovely Jennie's house.
Booze, food, gab, yarn and goodie bags. Can you think of a better way to spend an evening? Yeah? You're a liar.
The usual suspects showed up as well as a few new faces - including Beverly who just moved from New Mexico, her buddy Suzie who was totally nice, and Ryan who just moved here from North Carolina and was brave enough to approach us at the Irish pub where we drink knit every Tuesday.
Here's Jennie hard at work in the kitchen.
And here we see Laura, Lauren, a tiny man and his helicopter.
Hard at work chatting it up! (We took our sweet time getting to the yarn part of this yarn party....) From the left, half a helicopter, Mary, Jessica, Christine, Ryan (OUR FIRST MALE SCISSOR SQUADDER! He was smart and showed up to begin his stash), and Michelle.
Round One. Multiple balls of yarn only. Impressive, no? (Also spotted here are Suzy in green and Anne in white.)
Here we are halfway through Round Two - Notions and Books. Followed by Round Three - Single Balls o' Yarn.
And guess what? We had ourselves a Round Four this year. Michelle made a sheep shaped pinata filled to the brim with candie and little knitting goodies! We prepare to hit him with this bat.
Think he knows what's coming? He looks a little down.
Now, please take note. This thing looked overstuffed and ready to burst open upon the slightest sneeze. We decided to give everyone one smack and hoped we would make it to smacker #3.
The darned thing lasted until the last scissorina/scissorino (that was for you Ryan. we are bound and determined to change our sexist ways.) took a whack! For full photographic evidence, quickly refer to my album.
In the meantime, let's see how things turned out for Sheepy.
Christine is a little girl with a lotta pent up energy. She whacked the crap out of this sucker! (I have to say I'm impressed with the action shot I captured here. Gotta love the expression on MH's face. Hee.)
And here's this year's haul.... Some Lorna's Laces, Berocco Echo, Rowan Cotton Glace, Sirdar Spree and some KnitPicks Sock Garden! A Debbie Bliss pattern book, a book on aran knitting, and Knitticisms! And a goodie bag! Dear God - the goodie bag! Beverly was awesome enough to make us each a little wallet, hot off her sewing machine! Christine popped yummy smeeling candles in each bag and I made up a little mix cd for everyone entitled Beer + Knitting = Happy. Top it off with some chocolates from Mary and the goodies from the sheep (Candy from Michelle and some Clover notions a la Jennie I believe!) and this was one productive day.
For more pics, check out zee album!
Another successful Scissor Squad event. It is sure fire fun, I tell ya. I know I say this a lot on this blog and you all must be sick of reading it... but I consider myself sooooo lucky (I mean - downright blessed!) to have such an incredible crew to craft with. They've become way more than a bunch of folks I hang out with once a week. They are a great group of friends and an amazing support system for each and every one of it's squadders. I just love you guys.
Till next time!
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September 13, 2006
Quick Snippet...
I would love nothing more than to post some pics of a couple of deee-lightful recently finished objects... but they are incredibly belated gifts for two of my favorite lovely ladies... so the unveiling will have to wait!
In the meantime, I give you this. If you hear some loud cheering, that's me in Connecticut shouting out a big HAZAH! for someone in the fashion industry finally attempting to take responsibility for the images they throw at us.
It's a good day.
ETA: Oh! I just found a pic from months ago that I can share! I dyed this sock yarn for my Momma for her Momma's Day present! (Or was it her birthday? Hmm.)
Either way - take a gander! Dark grape, burgundy and raspberry.... Very much my Momma.
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September 4, 2006
Did you know I have a blog?
So, now that Summer is coming to a close, it seems time that I get back to the ol' routine... ya know? The one where I actually post to the blog I pay for every month? Yeah.
I have been a major slacker in the blog area... (reading, writing, umm... everything!) but I swear the slacking isn't universal. I have been spinning, knitting, dyeing, quilting and W-O-R-K-I-N-G. Ugh-o-rama.
But rather than moan about long hours and the high stress level 'round here, I think I'll stick to the crafts... ;)
First up - A finished pair of Broad Street Mittens - the Fig and Plum Glittens version!
Patterns: Broad Street Mittens (Knitty ) / Glittens modifications by Fig and Plum
Yarn: Socks that Rock in Scottish Highlands (from Christine - thanks, lady!)
Needles: Crystal Palace, US2, Bamboo circulars
Notes: Thank goodness Jess did all the work on the mods before I tried these suckers! They would have been super huge gigantic on my little manos. With the modifications, they came out perfect - it's the first pair of mittens/gloves I've actually knit for myself. :) It gives me something to look forward to this Winter. Not to mention, the colors in this yarn are kickin!
Next... Some lovely silk I dyed and have been spinning up to a worsted weight 2 ply yarn...
Colourway is a new one for Fiberfly - I call her Hubba Hubba and she's just one big blush.
And where is she off to in such a hurry? Why, she's being knotted up into last year's hot project - Clapotis! Better late than never, that's what I always say!
Here's our status so far... a little over halfway there...
And we've got a couple of new bundles of fluff posted over at Fiberfly showing off two new colourways that MH and I scribbled up: Fat Cat (Mary's homage to Tito le cat) and Science Fiction 101 (my ode to 1960's sci fi comics). A couple more coming later this week, too. And we just completed our first custom order!
I'll leave you all with a cute little update on the cute little creatures that live in my apartment...
By the way... after all of that toil over his name, the little fella is official.
Here we see Dave snuggled up with his very best friend, Tito. If you don't find this adorable, I'm sorry - there's just nothing I can do to help you. You are clearly hopeless.
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September 1, 2006
You know you're poor when...
... you're pushing your cart down the paper goods aisle, watching a woman grab a roll of Bounty paper towels and you think to yourself, "Must be nice. Bitch."
I swear to god or the universe or who/whatever the hell is in charge that I will post something substantial this weekend.
Pinky swear.
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