Monthly Archives: October 2009

Blocking Day

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Blocking

Check it out, actual bloggable knitting!  My last work project is FedExing it’s way across the country so I’ve been doing some fun knitting, rather than work knitting.  The last time I posted a picture of my Hollywood Herringbone Sweater all I had knit were the back and a few inches above the ribbing on the front.  Since Friday I’ve finished the front and both sleeves and now everything is spread out on my floor blocking.

Blocking

I love how the front looks.  The mosaic knit chevrons were fun to knit and I love the texture the slipped stitches give the finished fabric.  I decided not to do the waist shaping on the sweater, I’m very pear shaped (my bust is only about two inches bigger than my waist, which is around ten inches smaller than my hips) and waist shaping in a sweater like this doesn’t really do anything except make the sweater hug my love handles, not the most flattering look.

Over the weekend I also knit and felted the swatch for my coat and it looks terrific.  I forgot to take a picture of it and the camera batteries died, so I’ll do it tomorrow, but the color is the perfect apple green and the fabric is nice and thick and is going to be so warm.  Plus, it blocked to the perfect measurements, I was a little worried about that since I’m substituting yarn.  Tonight I’m going to start winding the yarn and I may go ahead and start knitting, maybe I’ll work a bit on the scarf I’m weaving.  Who knows!

Panoramas

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snowy planet

I love taking panoramic photos and this week I’ve been having a lot of fun making little planets.  I used the instructions from this Photojojo post, it’s really easy to follow and the results are great.  This first picture is one I took back in 2006, after we got some snow and before the houses across the street were built, you can see it here.  Since the original panorama isn’t a full 360° it looks a little off close up, you can see the seam where the edges of the pictures came together, but it’s not bad.

My living room

This is a full 360° view of my living room, which is open to the kitchen and dining room.  I had to take over 50 pictures to get the whole room and I still missed part of the ceiling and floor.  I really would like to do more of these in my house but I’ll have to do some cleaning first.

Soccer Planet

This is taken from another old panorama I took it at one of my cousin’s soccer games. 

Backyard Planet

And this is my back yard.  I actually took these pictures (30 or so) with the intent of making a little planet.  My house is on the bottom and the big circle of dirt is where our pool goes.  We have an above ground pool and last week it was so windy that the pool blew over, it hasn’t even been warm enough to swim this year so we just took it down.

I don’t have anything crafty to write about.  I have to finish my work project by next Monday and I should be getting some yarn in the mail next week, so I’ll have something soon.

Randomness for a Friday

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Cloudy sky

  • I love to listen to music.  If I’m just sitting around or reading or even sometimes when I’m cooking, I’ll have music on in the background.  When I find a new band I like I tend to keep their music on repeat and listen to it constantly until I’m sick of it, or I move on to something else.  I’ve been listening to Shaken by a Low Sound by Crooked Still all week and I’m not sick of it yet.  Their music is layered and complex and their lead singer has an amazing voice that doesn’t get drowned out by the music, she reminds me a little of Alison Krauss, she has that high, breathy kind of voice that is still very strong.
  • I also found a new-to-me blog, Attic 24, that I can look at all day.  There is so much color!  I love it.  With my clothes I stick to pretty neutral colors.  I’ve branched out from wearing all black all the time to adding in some gray, brown, and drab green with the occasional pop of blue or red, this blog is a riot of color.  And it has totally inspired me to step out of my comfort zone a little.  See, I need a coat.  I have an old coat (and it’s a really, really nice wool coat) but it is kind of old and a little tight and for the past three or four years I’ve managed to get by with layering, wearing scarves and hats and mittens and a denim jacket or sweater.  This year, I need a coat, so I’m going to make one.  A bright ass green pea coat.  My plan is to make Heroine from last winter’s Twist Collective and use Valley Yarns Northhampton (it’s half the price of Cascade 220, and other people on Ravelry have made the coat with this yarn and it seems to be a good substitute) in Apple Green.  I think I’ll order the yarn tomorrow.  And then I think I’ll make a nice bright scarf to go with it.
  • I’m still plugging away on my work project.  I’ve hit a point where I’m just ready to be done, I really want to set it aside and work on something else but I can’t.  I have two weeks to finish it and I’ll probably need every bit of time to do it.  If I was making this for myself, I’d just take a break from it for a week or so.
  • Tonight I have to go to the library and drop my books off.  I think I’ll pick up some more fiction from my list and another weaving book, maybe another knitting book, too.
  • I wish I had time to weave.  Must knit work project first.
  • I want these boots in black, though the gray pair is nice, too.  I love motorcycle boots but it is so hard to find wide-calf boots that are affordable.  I just might go get a pair this weekend.  And some new jeans, which I also need.

I think that’s it.  Have a fantastic weekend!