September 4, 2008
Making my list, and checking it off!
It's no secret - I love making lists. But I love checking things off even more. So... I am happy to report I am no longer driving with expired license plates. YAY!
I've also checked a few other things off - I am doing good on my workouts and making some progress on my reading for my women's group next week. We rotate around to a different person's home each month and the host gets to pick the book and provide dinner for everyone. Any suggestions on what I should make? There will probably be about 8 of us.
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September 3, 2008
Tomato Lace Socks
I started these a couple of months ago... they've been snoozing during the Ravelympics, crazy shawl-finishing, etc. But now that I've been hired as lead sock knitter in AfricanKelli's dream dog-friendly knitting bakery, I figured I'd better play the part!
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September 2, 2008
Looking ahead
Hmm... this time of year has been weird for me the past few years. This is only the 4th year that fall hasn't meant starting back to school - I guess I'm still not quite used to the natural reset button that a new school year brings.
In an effort to reclaim that feeling of starting fresh, I'm going to try to follow Kelli's lead, and post my goals for the week. I'm not quite sure if this will actually motivate me or cause me to shirk everything I've written. I guess we'll see!
This week’s goals:
~Finish reading The Sacred Echo, prepare to lead discussion for women's group next Monday
~Plan dinner for women's group
~Run 11 miles
~Swim 2 times (half of shorter master's workout)
~Lift 2 times (keep increasing weight slowly)
~Track my training on dailymile.com (let me know if you want an invite - it's like Ravelry for runners/bikers/swimmers!)
~Work on Matt's sweater
~Plan a menu for the week and go grocery shopping! (Geez, I'm so lazy!)
~Renew my license plates
~Plan something fun to do with my hubby this weekend.
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September 1, 2008
Somethings green
SOMETHING OLD: Yay! I'm happy to report that I finally finished my first lace shawl! I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with it now, but anyway - it's done! I have to give a HUGE thank-you to JennKnits on Ravelry. I ran out of yarn a few inches before finishing the bind-off, and she was the one person on Ravelry who had any of the same yarn in her stash. I sent a pathetic note, and she gladly snipped a couple of feet of yarn off her skein and popped it in the mail to me.
Project Details:
Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl by Evelyn Clark
Yarn: numma numma Saucy in Green Goddess - 1 skein plus about 3 extra feet of yarn
Needle Size: Size 4 long circular
Pattern Modifications: the edging is shorter than the pattern calls for because I was running out of yarn.
Time to knit: Hmmm... Ravelry tells me that I started this back in February! But there were LONG stretches in there when I didn't touch it.
Final impressions: It's very pretty... but I think the likelihood of my using would be a lot better if it were rectangular. I need to figure out someone to give this to who will actually wear it.
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August 26, 2008
Missed it by that much...
Yeah, I love me some Maxwell Smart. (Why is that show not on TV anymore?!)
Anyway - BR (before the Ravelympics) - I was knitting away like mad on my Leaf Lace Shawl. I reached the tipping point where I was so close to finishing that I just wanted it DONE. Then I took a 2-week break for the sweater, but now I'm back.
I was running very, VERY low on yarn so I figured I better just find a reasonably good place and bind off, even though I hadn't finished all the border rows.
Of course - I ran out. See that little squiggle of yarn up in the left hand corner? Yeah, that's not going to cut it. Luckily a very nice stranger on Ravelry is going to send me a couple yards so I can finish. Hooray!
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August 24, 2008
One last medal ceremony
Caesar Augustus Bobicus, our Master of Ceremonies of the First International Ravelympic Games, Summer 2008, hereby declares Zarah a GOLD MEDALIST! Congratulations!
Bob also extends his best wishes to the runners-up, who gave their knitting a valiant effort but were unable to finish on time.
(They are sad. My brother-in-law is also a VERY good sport.)
Project Specs: (I'll get some better pictures in a day or two)
Pattern: February Lady Sweater, by Pamela Wynne
Yarn: Dream in Color Classy, 3 skeins, colorway In Vino Veritas
Needle Size: Size 6
Pattern Modifications: Shortened sleeves to make body of sweater longer. I used every last bit of those 3 skeins of yarn - I'm guessing the pattern is written for someone shorter than me, so they can use that extra yarn for the sleeves and not the body of the sweater.
Time to knit: 16 days - I think I might have been a little off from the "official" Olympic start and end times, but adjusted for the Central Time Zone I really did knit this within the span of the Olympic Games.
Final impressions: Very cute and wearable sweater. I think I will wear this a lot this fall. And I love the yarn - I will definitely be getting more Dream in Color Classy for sweaters in the future.
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August 17, 2008
Baby Shower!
Emily's shower was this afternoon, so I can finally post about her gifts that I made!
First up, we have the baby quilt - I wasn't sure what to do since she's having a boy. I ended up going with basic squares and pretty much a palette of primary colors. The back is a really cute green polka dotted flannel.
(By the way - Emily still has 5 weeks before her due date, and her baby's head is measuring in the 95th percentile - pray for her!)
I also made a Baby Surprise Jacket out of Socks that Rocks lightweight. (Emily - I don't think I mentioned this - machine wash cold, air dry, okay?) I turned out really cute, and I have yarn for a couple more BSJs already planned. I think I might make it slightly bigger next time (this one is on Size 5s and it think it's just going to be newborn size.)
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