Pix is having an Easter Egg hunt!
Now that I have your attention…I’m back. For how long, who knows? I’m not juggling so much coursework, but life doesn’t seem to be slowing down much. I am over on Facebook more regularly, but I miss blogging so I shall give it a go…again. WKD shows up on Networked Blogs on FB, so please feel free to follow me over there, if you like.
Bad Knitting Karma
In yesterday’s Knitting Daily email, I espied a very helpful video by the lovely Eunny Jang about weaving in ends. Here it is in case you missed it:
The weaving in tip shows up around 2:00. It’s pretty clever, and fairly obvious once one wraps one’s brain around it. I smacked myself upside the head, because in my knitting basket is the following:
It’s a lovely sweater for Pumpkin knitted out of leftover sock yarn. Look! I only have part of sleeve left to knit! Too bad I didn’t see the video before this happened:
I just wanted mindless knitting, really. When I started this project, mindless miles of stockinette was just what I needed and I didn’t think beyond that. No worries, I have enough leftover sock yarn to knit another sweater and believe me, on that one I will be weaving in all the ends as I go. Not that I am going to make that one any time soon, mind you. This is also a good technique for trapping yarns in a stranded knitting project. I have one waiting in the wings, finally. I was toying with the Ivy League Vest, but ended up choosing the Fair Isle Cardigan from Vogue Holiday 2009. Vogue Knitting now has these very clever videos for all their projects:
I will not be using the Ambrosia yarn recommended for this project, as it would cost about $200 to knit this sweater. I found some lovely Harrisville Shetland 2-ply cones from Webs for about one third the price. The red I found is more of a cranberry which will suit me better, I think. This project will be the next Birthday Sweater, and I do believe I shall have the decks cleared in time for starting this on my birthday.
Reality Bites
While I have been composing this post, reality stepped in and reminded me of why I have not been blogging. I have been interrupted no less than five times by my family. No wonder I can’t get a post completed. Pumpkin was named Student of the Week, and I was regaled with the story of her selection, and we had to make her poster RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Then, Laserman insisted I watch this video.
Having seen 2012, I do wish I had seen this video first, because then I might have 2 hours and 10 minutes of my life back that could have been spent blogging.
The most wonderful interruption was from my husband who surprised me with an early Mother’s Day present. We have decided to break with tradition, but I wasn’t expecting anything to replace my beloved pile o’ crap. Then Hub shows up with this:
He said, “Since you are a “real” runner now, you need a jacket that’s just yours.” Aw, how sweet! There’s nifty pocket for my Ipod up by the collar ( hard to see in the photo). It’s early for Mother’s Day, but we’re not that traditional. He’s already given me my 45th birthday present, which is a race registration for the Drop Top 10K in June. I’ve downloaded my Freeway to 10K podcast for interval training and now I am ready to roll – and people will see me coming!
Great to see you posting again, Katy.
I’m a bit disapppointed: Mother’s day and a load of crap have become synonymous in my mind. But I suppose the best of traditions are made to be broken.