Month: March 2006

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APAD #162 the story of the beast in my attic

Today’s apad comes with a story. Ahem…

Once upon a time there was a mom that was oh so tired, all she wanted to do was go to sleep. She lay in her bed with X-Files playing soothingly in the background thinking of knitting projects, not getting enough sleep and then, “What’s that noise?”

The mom is wide awake now! There is thudding, footsteps that are much much too loud for a mouse (whom she exterminated well over a month ago). She lay there a little scared at first wondering if it is a person on her roof. No, it’s not loud enough to be that. Huh, I wonder….those damn racoons!!! That noise can’t be coming from the subarea (where they house their family, thankyouverymuch). In the attic? Now she is thoroughly intrigued. She wanders the house listening. Only in her room does she hear the loud rustling, thudding noises. Finally when she realizes there is nothing she can do about it, and it’s after midnight when she swore she would be asleep before 11, she falls sound asleep.

Like most mothers, the slightest sound wakes her about an hour later. Digging! Lots of digging and wood scratching. Woah, it’s trying to get out of the attic! Through the roof no less! Furious scratching and ripping at the roof. Then silence. “Is it dead? Should I go get the maglite & beat whatever it was? Eh, wait until the morning. Now I can sleep in peace!”

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I couldn’t wait

My issue of Vogue knitting has not come yet but Tracy’s did. And I fell in love with pattern #3.

So Tracy & I hit Michaels last night to see what microspun they had on hand. Lo and Behold, they had all the original colors as called for in the pattern for myself and the colors Tracy wants to use. She is doing a cooler set of colors, creams, blues. You can go on over to her post about it & see. I cast on last night & did a bit of the ribbing but then I decided to finish the drop stitch hoodie before going any further.

I am on the hood now so it’s not much further. It’s a very simple pattern to memorize so it zips right along. I am still deciding on zippers up the sleeves or buttons. We’ll see with the merino, they may be too heavy.

I used one hank of the silk recycled yarn from Thuy to crochet a fun scarf/belt. I have never been a big fan of any handmade item as a hanging belt type thing but I tried it on & was rather shocked when I like how it hung & looked. So there you have it! I will post a free pattern with pictures, eventually.

I just love that pattern on top! It’s so pretty and fem and colorful! yay!

 

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~Wavy fun~

Here is the progress on the Drop Stitch Hoodie, IK spring 2006. Started Sat. 3/18/06

Back complete:

Closeup of the wave stitch pattern (they call it drop stitch pattern, I like waves better):

This is a very enjoyable pattern to knit. It’s over 20 rows but you would never know it it is so simple. You get to look forward to dropping a stitch every 10 rows so it goes rather quickly. I love dropping stitches….it is so satisfying! Hence, the reason I have made 4 clapotis’.

I spent the last 5 hours of my day shampooing the carpet in my house. Woohoo

At least it is done & now I can focus on the other 900 things I have to do today. Sweet! Hope you all had a productive Monday!

btw…..I still haven’t showered & just started laundry so no chance of being clean anytime soon. Damn!