Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Getting there…

Jade and I danced all last night...urrrgh… She was determined to sleep on me or as close to me as she could get.  Since I was having a restless night to begin with, this was somewhat problematic.  It got to the point where I’d toss (nudge, push, boot, etc...) her off and then wait 30 seconds for her to return and try it again.  And the funniest thing is that during the day, she’d be so insulted that you didn’t want to bask in her glorious presence that the first nudge would have been plenty; you wouldn’t have seen her again for hours.  Apparently there are “day” rules and “night” rules - as a good and loyal subject, I should make more effort to learn what they are!  Bah!

Mumble, grumble, moan, whine, yawn…

On the other hand, she and Goldie are definitely tolerating one another better these days.  Depending on what flavor of Friskies they get in the morning, and if the wind is just right and the stars are agreeable, they can sometimes be seen sharing the food bowl!

The problem with sticking to a few projects is that I worry that the blog gets boring :( On the other hand, it means I actually finish things, so I hope you can deal with a little tedium.

The heel is turned and the decreases are done and it’s straight down the foot at this point.  As today is a “running around” day, I don’t know how much I’ll get done on this (or anything else) today, but it’s nearing completion and I’m hoping to be able to wear my very own first, knitted pair of socks by the weekend.

And, speaking of socks, barb-in-east-texas has kindly acquainted me with a couple of terrific links which I pass on to all of you sock (and potential sock) knitters.  First there’s this from The Knitting Zone.  There are tons of lovely patterns here, all wrapped up in a large .pdf file.  Second, there are the Porthole Socks.  I like these so much they’ll probably be the next pair I make.  I think these are just the rat’s behind :)

I’m working the last section of the Landscape Shawl and am still quite pleased with it.  The chevrons of contrasting texture are just gorgeous to both the eye and the hand.  I will probably do it differently next time though.  I’ve had a little trouble keeping the eyelets tidy, especially around the stockinette section.  Fact is, I’m not overjoyed with eyelets in the first place so on the next iteration I’ll probably replace them with an M1 and see how that works.  I may keep the edge eyelets, just for contrast.  Also, when I saw the picots along the edges of the shawl, I thought they’d be a pain in the butt to do - but they’re not!  They’re simple and don’t take any time to execute.  I’ll keep those too :)

And to round off yesterday’s festivities, I got another three squares crocheted for the afghan.  Once the above two projects are complete, it will be the poncho and the afghan for a while, in an attempt to get them both finished before the truly cold weather arrives.  Well, maybe a couple of brief time-outs for a couple pairs of slippers.  But that’s all! 

Heheh...right!

I have not worked on the poncho, much as I have wanted to because I swore I’d get the socks and the shawl done first.  However, I did succumb to this last night…

I reduced a cake of the White Buffalo to these three big balls of yarn.  I had worried about dividing those six strands into three sections.  I was afraid I’d wind up tangling things up to hell and gone and be left with pink, wooly spaghetti!  But it turned out not to be a problem.  There were no tangles at all and only one strand broke.  Because of the simplicity of splicing this stuff, that wasn’t any big deal.  So when the socks and the shawl are done, I’m ready to get on with the poncho - but not until then :)

But it was awfully nice to get my hands back on that wool, that lovely, sheepy smelling, warm, pretty fiber.  Maybe I’ll have to wind another few balls tonight!

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1. i think that cats act the way they do to keep us in our proper place-

   you are going to have 3 major projects (plus socks which certainly may be small in size but can be quite great in execution) finished in no time at all- what an accomplishment- i am emulating the butterfly and flitting from project to project-

   since you have divided your white buffalo yarn, just think what you got with that purchase- incredible yardage-

   stay happy-

   Posted by  on  10/13  at  01:57 PM
   Location : texas



2. Wow! Sharing the food bowl! My cat and new dog--who are the exact same size--are still “discussing” things and it’s been almost three months.  I guess that’s not really that long… And don’t worry, we’d love to see finished projects as much as we would new projects.

   Posted by Laura  on  10/13  at  06:23 PM
   Location :



3. Barb - I was thinking that exact thing last night - what incredible yardage this turned out to be :) And I so love this yarn :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  10/13  at  07:41 PM
   Location : On a slow boat to China



4. Laura - We got Jade near the end of July so it’s been about two-and-a-half months for her and Goldie.  Your two have an even bigger chasm between them - neither speaks the other’s language :) But as long as there hasn’t been any bloodshed and nobody’s hiding 24/7, things should work out.

   Have you cured Dobby yet, of eating your projects?

   Posted by Robbyn  on  10/13  at  07:46 PM
   Location : On a slow boat to China



5. Love your shawl!  It’s nice to see someone else who has also made one!

   Posted by cheryl  on  10/15  at  07:11 PM
   Location : Toronto



6. Cheryl - Thanks! - nice pattern, isn’t it?

   Posted by Robbyn  on  10/15  at  08:56 PM
   Location : On a slow boat to China

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