Monday, June 27, 2005

Getting Started

Some of our visitors...

This fellow doesn’t show up very often, only once or twice a week.  He sure is beautiful, though and I keep waiting for him to tell his friends about the new “café” on the block :)





These guys show up almost every day, and there are several pair of them.  They seem to travel in bonded pairs as you almost always see them just as they are on the feeder - one male (on the right) and one female (on the left).

It was an emotionally wampsy weekend.  You know, nothing seriously wrong just everything seems bleak and pointless.  We all have those days.  My favorite line on days like that is Linda Fiorentino’s excellent line from Men in Black: “I hate the living.”

I tried to work on the scarf, but only got a couple of repeats done before I set it aside.  I started a new washcloth (we could use several new ones) but I couldn’t get comfortable with that either.

Hmmm....what to do, what to do?

I sent off my Dulaan box last week and you know, the shelf where the bag of completed Dulaan items sat looks really bare and empty.  So I thought maybe it would be good to get started at least on next year’s stuff and I wasn’t very far along before I found myself feeling a bit brighter. 





Onward and upward!

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1. Weird. When I finished my last item, (a green Zud hat), I started feeling a little poopy, too (or, as you put it, “wampsy"), so you are not alone!

   BTW, TMK doesn’t believe that cardinals exist. Somehow, she thinks that a bird that extraordinary in color cannot exist in an ordinary urban home, this despite the fact that I have assured her that I have seen many of them myself. Hope she comes by your site and sees a photo of the real deal!

   Posted by Ryan  on  06/27  at  11:50 AM
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2. Ryan - It didn’t take me long after you put the project together, for me to realize this was going to become a permanent thing for me.  But I guess I did think more than a couple of days would go by after I sent it off before I’d get antsy :)

   And the cardinal is indeed real.  Just love him!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  06/27  at  01:31 PM
   Location : Being knotty :)



3. That hat is simply the cutest thing!!
   ~ DAWN

   Posted by Dawn  on  06/27  at  05:58 PM
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4. Dawn - Thanks :) I was wondering if a similar design thing could be done with tapestry single crochet.  I guess I’ll have to give it a try!
   

   Posted by Robbyn  on  06/27  at  07:27 PM
   Location : Being knotty :)



5. Great job on the hat!  I really need to make more baby/kid hats because they’re so quick and kids always lose them!

   Posted by Laura  on  06/28  at  01:12 PM
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6. Awwww...that’s darling! Definitely looks like knitting that would perk anyone up!

   Posted by Bron  on  06/28  at  01:35 PM
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7. Laura - Yeah, kids aren’t real good at hanging on to things, are they.  And these little hats work up so quickly.

   Posted by Robbyn  on  06/28  at  05:53 PM
   Location : Being knotty :)



8. Bron - Well, I can’t say I’m particularly perky, but making the hat definitely helped me get my head into better space :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  06/28  at  05:54 PM
   Location : Being knotty :)



9. I just love the cap!!!  What kind of yarn is that--it has a pearl effect? Anyway, thought I’d tell you it’s the cutest little thing I’ve seen in ages.  I’m all about playing the copycat now!
   Dorothy

   Posted by  on  07/03  at  01:26 PM
   Location : Missouri



10. Dorothy - The main yarn is Tahki New Tweed, a merino, silk, cotton, viscose blend.  You cand find it here or here.  It’s nice stuff but it acts more like cotton than wool - very little give.  It doesn’t really have a pearly finish; I guess that’s an artifact of the photo.

    Posted by Robbyn  on  07/03  at  03:50 PM
    Location : Contemplating pasta salad...

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