Life

I like that everything is getting super busy. With one job ending and another one starting at the same time, I'm not the free-est bird so to speak.

Anyhow, other than work, there isn't much new here. I did finish a pair of socks today. Just plain ribbed socks but it's so satisfying. They look good and now I'm pumped to start something else. Perhaps I'll actually start doing something with the Hempton and the Cotton Fleece that I mentioned in my last post.

I hope that life is treating you well :D

Time flies...

when it's beautiful outside!

Recently Montreal has been taken over by a streak of summer and man, do I hope it's more than a streak! Also, my first close high school friend has had a baby and I've been to about 3 baby showers since the beginning of the month. I'm starting to wonder why the desire doesn't strike around here...and then I remember that I'm 26, just finished university and like to travel. Internal discussion closed!

I've also been knitting. Last night I finished my Lacy Baktus made with a Zauberball. Talk about mindless kitting, but it came out really well and I'm super happy with the final results. I also have some commute socks on the needles and I'm swatching some Hempton to make the Prairie Tunic. So far my swatches are looking good and I'm going to have to decide between one that's just a little too stiff and one that's just a hair too short...UGH! But if any of you out there have knit with a hemp-cotton blend and have any suggestions for me, please do share!

Last time I hit up my LYS, I picked up some Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece mill ends for close to nothing. That will become some market bags asap.

So that was all that's going on here,
Happy long weekend!

As requested...

Hihihihihihi! I finally found my photo charger so here's the Hemlock Ring Blanket in all it's splendor! Next on the needles, I have a lacy baktus made from a black-white-gray Zauberball and I'm also swatching for a more modest Prairie Tunic (i.e no lace, but seed stitch panels instead) in Hempton.

Happy wednesday!

Holy May!

It's May already! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I finished the Hemlock Ring Blanket and thought I should tell you the tale of a me on a mission to make this thing...

Well the story goes like this, I cast on and then I knit and the blanket grew. It got big. It became a serious source of heat but still, I kept knitting. It got bigger. Then it became huge. Then I ran out of yarn at the end of my very last row. One of the very kind owners of Ariadne Knits offered me enough yarn to cast off. YAY! I started doing that as soon as I got home. Four hours later, I ran out of yarn AGAIN! Back to the yarn store. Again, kind LYS owner supplied me with a little yarn and some good company while I finished this monster.

Then I blocked it. Holy crap, it covered most of a double bed! It stayed pinned down to dry for a good 36 hours and then today I unpinned it and gave it to my dad. He cried. I was happy (and maybe a little misty). He’ll now be the coolest pappy at dialysis what with his new blanket!

Great pattern, super simple. Great yarn. I love it. Oh and one more awesome thing, I learned how to do the Emily Oecker cast on.

Overall success!

Great way to end/start a week :D

minor setbacks

Over here at casa de my place, we've encountered the most dreadful of events. The loss of Internet. You have no idea... 2 entire days of waiting for a new wire for our modem rendered us completely incommunicado! It doesn't help that I was working on a show at the same time. But now the show is over and I'm back to being regular old me. For now.

I've been procrastinating with the Hemlock Ring Blanket. I don't know why, I have about 2 rounds left before I start to bind-off. Same with my pair of 3x1 rib socks. I'm at the decrease of the second toe and all I can think is "why can't you finish yourselves?!?!?!". Ideally, by tonight the socks will be done and the blanket, well I have a day off tomorrow with that blanket's name allllllllll over it!

I've already cast-on for a new pair of Drunken Bees socks (I really need to make my stash smaller) and I need to figure out what the next big project is. Ideally, it'd be something awesome :D

Anyhow, happy Thursday all!

food and blanket

So it's officially spring. For me, this means that vegetable season is back which makes me incredibly happy. I have a lunch meeting today so I woke up early to make myself some pasta with some sauteed cherry tomatoes and asparagus. Mmmm sweet sweet asparagus, how I missed you! Add to all this some olive oil, any spice you like (I used chili pepper flakes, basil and herbes de provence) and some tasty tasty garlic...Voilà! You've got a lunch that'll make everyone jealous!

Then there's the Hemlock Ring blanket which is coming along quite nicely! I'm wondering how much bigger it'll get because I actually have gauge but it's looking like a lap thing rather than a blanket. But who knows right! At worse, I'll make a second one on huge-normous needles...

How was your Easter weekend? Mine was fairly uneventful but nice all at once. It's the calmest birthday I've ever had.

Anyhow, I'm so excited that this week is already almost over! Woohoo!!!!
Happy wednesday!

one month

So I managed to not smoke for a month. I am awesome. I have lovely breath. I start month 2 right now :D

happy thursday