Day: January 30, 2011

omg
I really need a new tattoo.

Pattern my own design using a Daisy stitch pattern over 4sts+1

So! Here we are for a while. We have been here in Saint Anthony, Idaho at my parents for 4 months. The kids started school a week ago at South Fremont Junior High and Henry’s Fork Elementary. Tyler and Sadie are at the JH together and Trevor is at the elementary school right next door.
The first week of school was a big adjustment. We have to get up half an hour earlier than we did in CA. They ride the bus to and from school. They had only been on buses on field trips so that is a big change. Makes me feel lazy not taking them to and from, talking to their teachers and friends daily. I may just start taking them to assuage my guilt.
I haven’t been knitting, or crocheting, or doing anything crafty. My niece Alyx (daughter of my well known yarny sister Coribug) got married a few weeks ago and it took up a lot of our time.
My back has been out for 3 weeks. I am crooked again, spine all wonky. I can’t workout, can’t ride Molly, can’t ride a bike, can’t sit for too long, can’t lay for too long, can’t walk for too long. Stupid. I can read and knit/crochet. So I started some socks, made a hat for Tyler, started a hat for Mom, ripped out said socks, started a different pair of socks.
Since I left all of our winter accessories and all of my sweaters in storage in Santa Barbara (not expecting to stay this long) I am going to have to get busy with what yarn I have here (not nearly enough).
I went to a knit group about a month ago for a test run and found that they just weren’t going to work for me. Book club and knit group combined with a lot more emphasis on the book club aspect of the group. I have met a gal through Ravelry that also tried that group and felt the same way I did so we are trying to get together to have our own little group. If the one place in our area that stays open until 10pm will allow, I will print out some flyers for a weekly knit group and post them around town. There has to be some cool chicks with sticks in these here parts!
Let’s see, what else…
Did I mention my ass is stuck in Idaho?
Yah, it is.
For now.
I do my damndest not to call my parents house “home”. It is their home, not ours. We are only visiting. Not sure where we will land or when we will land there but we aren’t settling in here for the long haul.
I am just throwing in some pictures from the end of summer. Enjoy and hopefully I will get better at posting, don’t hold your breath…

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Cherry jam, cherry syrup, visne suyu (Turkish sour cherry juice), and cherry pie filling.
YUMMMM!!!!

While teaching a class at Knit & Pearl last night I saw she had some cute cotton, reversible project bags hanging in the window. My brain started buzzing!

Today I decided I needed to gift one of my dearest friends a sweater that I have been planning for her for a year or so. The project needed a home so I made myself one of these!

I used 2 fat quarters and about 2 yards of velvet ribbon for the drawstring handles.

No pockets or anything, just somewhere to put a project to take with me and keep it protected.

Oh & it is reversible too!!
That makes me ecstatically happy even though I most likely won’t put the darker hand-dyed fabric on the outside, I like the asian print better ;o)

So, there you have it. NO more info on the gift sweater.

Ssssshhhhh It’s a secret……

…if Ravelry has just sucked the life out of most knitting/crochet blogs. I sure know it has taken a toll on mine!

I am currently addicted to the Gedifra sweater that I started last week. It’s been a very fun knit! I am finished with the front and back which means I get to cast on for 2 three-quarter length stockinette sleeves today. I can’t decide if I want to do them at the same time or separately. There are no real pro’s or con’s on the issue, it’s just what strikes my fancy when I sit down to cast on. I have a sneaky suspicion that it is going to be too big even though I knit the small size & my gauge is perfect. I added length to the body because I want a more tunic length style sweater. I am very excited to have it done soon!

The Venezia hasn’t had much work done on it lately. I had a bad head/chest cold and lost my motivation on it. I couldn’t follow the chart so the Gedifra sweater took over priority #1. Once the Gedifra is done I plan to re-focus on the Venezia. I am well into the armhole so the body shouldn’t take me more than a day or two to finish. Then the sleeves. I have yet to truly read the pattern so I am not quite sure what to expect. Are they in the round? Are they flat and then seamed? I have a sneaking suspicion they are in the round and that just makes my joints ache on such small diameter needles. Magic loop will be the trick with this one, not the 11″ circs I would normally use for sleeves in the round.

Speaking of sleeves in the round, the Trapeze jacket has taken a serious hit in the attention dept. This is where it’s at right now.

And for now that is where it’s staying ;o)

The sleeves in the round with tons of short rows for the shoulder shaping is killing my joints. I may need to beef up on joint juice before I pick this one back up!