i spent all weekend working (thankfully from home) and i can’t think of anything more stressful than working all week THEN working on the weekend. what gives? i used to think that i had a great laid back job but now i’m not so sure. i hope this passes because i’m not much fun when life is like this. my only saving graces are the hubby and my knitting. KP keeps me well fed and puts up with my sour attitude when i’m completely swamped. he’s such a trooper! the knitting helps me destress at the end of a long day. there’s nothing more zen than picking up the needles and knit knit purl purl knit knit purl purl.. or in my new projects language, knit ssk, knit knit knit knit knit… anyway you get the picture. any guesses as to what i’ve been working on?
i finally picked up all the stitches for the cowl part of my somewhat cowl hence all the two by two ribbing.
the cowl is upon us!
i’ve got two inches here and i’m shooting for seven because i want a floppy cowl like katie does. this is a great late night project. the 2×2 ribbing is completely mindless and the US4 susan bates needles are so much easier to handle than the US5s (the join seems to be smoother.) i also started a quickie scarf using a bunch of aurora 8 that i’ve had since i started knitting. the majority of it was bought on my first ever trip to school products (MEMORIES!!) this is the zigzag scarf from scarf style.
i should have flipped this image. oh well. i have no time to go back and correct it.
so i hope that everyone who’s downloaded the vino arm warmers pattern is loving it. i checked my stats to see how many downloads there were and i’m quite impressed! there seem to be more lurkers out there than i originally thought (hi lurkers!)
anyway, the only other pieces of news i have are: 1) i’ve decided to install mint on my blog to check stats. i’ll let you know how the installation goes and how i like the tool once it’s up and running; 2) i’m actually thinking about reading dune again. i can’t believe it but my mind is telling me to pick up the book and read the whole series again. i think that i’m desperate to write a series of essays on dune as well, covering all the different aspects and plots that are contained within it. it’s a shame that no other book besides the wind-up bird chronicles has ever so captured my love as this book has. (what i’m neglecting to mention here is that i’ve read dune almost fifty times already. yep, i’m a freak.)
yahaira
working on the weekends from home? oh nonono, that madness needs to stop. I hope you find some time to relax soon! and I cant wait to see some future fo’s
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:12 AM
Veronique
The somwhat cowl has a cowl! Or the beginning of a cowl. Nice.
Hope the weekend shift doesn’t make you tired all week.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:30 AM
julsey
oooh, the cowl is looking purrr-itty!
Did you have to pay $30 for mint? Curious to see how it goes…I’m so addicted to checking my site meter.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:31 AM
kaitlyn
yo, totally of topic, but i think I screwed myself out of the SciFi channel!!! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!?!?!?!
I hope your next weekend is slower… and I’m hoping the same for myself as well. I think one weekend trip to Target takes 3 days off your life.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:31 AM
carrie m
the cowl looks great, and i love the scarf! have you been hiding that from us?
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:34 AM
pixienyc
My boyfriend had to work all weekend, too. It totally sucks! The cowl and the scarf are looking good. I see you’re reading Jane Eyre – one of my most favorite books ever. Hope you’re enjoying it.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:41 AM
kaitlyn
I FEEL SO SPECIAL! Gleek.net remembers me
Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:55 AM
Skylar
Ah ha! I was remembered!!! I am so loving your Somewhat Cowl right now. I really love the way the yarn looks and the color. Can’t wait to see it on. And thanks for the bday wishes!
Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:25 PM
Veronique
You remember me too!!!
Thanks!
Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:26 PM
lisa
gleek.net remembers me, too! you worked all weekend, and yet you still have progress to show on your projects. i did hardly anything this weekend and have NO progress to show. what’s up with that?
Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:37 PM
Em
OMG just wanted to say sis, Ive been loving all your projects…sorry bout being so silent here in MI…and you’re reading Jane Eyre? I love/hate that book…I had to write a 10-12 page paper on one single passage (few paragraphs?) out of that book….a nightmare… LOL… I’m glad your finding ways to decompress. I don’t know how you manage to fit it all in one day.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 1:53 PM
iraida
The projects are looking great. I love the scarf colors.
Mar 27, 2006 @ 2:31 PM
Sandra
your projects are coming along just swimmingly. the colors on that scarf are great! ooh, can’t wait to see both of ‘em all knit up.
and mint sounds interesting. please, do let us know how that goes. i might just have to bite off of you and install it on my blog as well. . .
Mar 27, 2006 @ 3:28 PM
beth
I downloaded the arm warmers! I am a semi lurker. I love your scarf and your somewhat cowl. Beauties!
Mar 27, 2006 @ 5:16 PM
Wanett
De-lurking here to say that i agree about the join on the susan bates. The first pair I had were size 4’s and I thought that they would all be that good, got my hands on some size 8’s and have never actually used them to knit anything.
And as far as reading the same books over and over, I say if you love them keep reading them. I have read the same maybe 4 books over and over for years now and I’m not tired of them yet.
Mar 28, 2006 @ 12:24 AM
Michelle
Hey,
Speaking of lurkers…thanks for the link to my rendition of the vintage headband! (I’ve been getting more hits lately, and I traced many of them back to you. They’re from all kinds of places, so you really do have a lot of people reading, too!)
I love the somewhat cowl pattern, and I’m looking forward to seeing how yours turns out. I bought the pattern, but i haven’t decided what yarn to use.
Mar 29, 2006 @ 10:21 AM
MeBeth
I’m sorry about the weekend work! Hope the cowl is going well, looking forward to checking it out on Friday.
Mar 30, 2006 @ 2:28 PM
megan
Hooray for sweet hubbies and meditative knitting! Boo for working on the weekend though. I hope you can enjoy this weekend without being pestered by work! I’m loving the Somewhat Cowl – can’t wait to see it finished!
Mar 31, 2006 @ 7:40 AM