Archives for August 2006

The Jaywalkers are done.  Just in time for UFO August to come to an end.

Pattern Grumperina’s Jaywalker
Yarn Lorna’s Laces Shepherd’s Sock, color Vera

Below is  my UFO August List, with the items I’ve finished crossed out.  I finished a total of six.  I’m pretty pleased with that.  I will continue to work on the UFO’s but not right away.   I’m looking forward to tomorrow when I can cast on a new project.  It’ll definitely be the Swallowtail Shawl from the Fall Interweave.  I’ve just seen too many gorgeous Swallowtails out there not to knit it.

UFO LIST

1. "Lime and Violet", Jaywalker sock in my own hand painted yarn, 2nd sock

2. 2×2 ribbed sock for my dad’s birthday, Koigu in a neutral color, 2nd sock

3. Birch, Rowan #34, Kidsilk Haze – graphite

4. Sock of my own design in Trekking – Greens and Pinks

5. Turbulence U-Neck Pullover from, Knitting Nature, Elann Sonata- bright blue

6. Another Jaywalker, this time in Lorna’s Laces, color "Vera"

   

7. Raglan Body Hugger from Sally Melville’s, The Purl Stitch, Red Butterfly Cotton

8. Hourglass Sweater, from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, Blue Noro Cash Iroha

9. Cabled Sweater of my own design, my own hand painted purple yarn

10. Trellis Scarf, Spring ’06 Interweave,  black lace weight from
Handpaintedyarn.com, now that I have my Knitpicks needles, the K7tog, TBL will be so much easier, I may actually finish this.

12.
Fitted t-shirt, pattern generated from software at Art Fibers in San
Francisco, Plum variegated cotton ribbon yarn from Art Fibers

13.
Lace Leaf Scarf, from Vogue Knitting, Spring Summer ’05, Green
Karabella Boise, 50/50 merino/cashmere, if you have never felt this
yarn, run, don’t walk to the nearest store that sells Karabella, and
dive into a pile of it.

14. Flower Basket Shawl, Fall ’04
Interweave (I think), in bright pink Silk/Cashmere hand painted yarn
from School Products in NYC.

 

15. My own design, lace shawl, brown, 100% heavenly cashmere from Karabella

16. Bright Orange Fair Isle sweater of my own design –  I love garish colors!

 

17.
Lace scarf – stitch pattern similar to Cozy from Knitty. Knit with
ombre orange/red yarn I purchased on my trip to Sweden this summer.

18. Blue striped legwarmer for DD#2

Yesterday I went to Purl Soho to buy yarn for the Red Scarf Project.  I was really good.  I walked out of the store with only the yarn I needed for the scarf.  The trouble is, I walked back in.  I just couldn’t leave the crisp, green and white Lorna’s Laces behind.  I also had to stop into their new fabric store.  Yum!  There were so many glorious prints.  I was a good girl and only bought a little, to make myself a tote.

I took my kids to another bad teen movie today.  An
event like that requires knitting.  Nothing like the mindless spiral of a stockingette sock for a dark theater.  New yarn and a bad movie, perfect together.  Sprinkled liberaly with popcorn of course.

I should have been working on my final project for UFO August, Jaywalkers in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd’s Sock, color Vera.  Today’s the 30th, after all, only 1 day left of August.  I think I can sneak in the knitting time to get them done.  I’ve already turned the heel, just a quick gusset, then smooth sailing to the toe.  I’ll get some time in watching Project Runway tonight.

For the curious, here’s the yarn I picked up at Purl for my Red Scarf Project scarf.  It’s going to be striped.  They want unisex colors and patterns, so I’ll do some sort of broken rib.

Finally, I’ve gotten an e-mail from Kathleen that she finished her version of my Sunkist Cardi.  This was pretty exciting for me.  It’s the first time I know of that someone has knit one of my free patterns.  I’d like to start a gallery of things people have knit from my patterns.  So If you do knit any of them, send me a photo and I’ll add it.  Kathleen’s will be the first.

Karen, of Musings of a (mostly) self taught knitter, who is diabetic herself, will be walking for Diabetes in October.  Head over to her blog to learn more about it, or click here to go directly to her walk page to make a donation.  It’s an important cause, and you’ll be sponsoring a really worthy person.

The fabulous Cara tagged me for the Two Truths and a Lie meme.  So here goes, see if you can guess which is the lie.

1.  DH has played soccer (or "football" if you prefer) since he was 5.
That was 1967, and there weren’t too many soccer players or places to
play in NJ, so you had to be dedicated.  He has loved the game ever
since.  He was a Cosmos fan back in their heyday, and never missed a
game.  A few years ago, we traveled to Costa Rica.  We stayed at the
swanky, new at the time, Four Seasons.  (They had been offering good
promotional deals and we jumped on it.)  Staying at the resort at the
same time, was none other than soccer legend, and the idol of DH’s
youth, Pele!  We saw him on the beach, in the resturant and even at the
golf course.  By the end of the week, DH had managed to get his
autograph.

2.  Late one afternoon, DH and I were sitting in our favorite Tapas spot, Cafe Andalusia, on 39th St. & 9th Ave.  We were belly up to the bar, enjoying a beer and  waiting for our Patatas Bravas and Camarones.  There was a commotion on the street, not unusual for this part of town.  We heard the loud shouting getting closer to the bar.  Next thing we knew, one of the men ran through the door, grabbed DH’s butter knife, and ran off down the street chasing his adversary.  The sweet, elderly owner, quickly rushed out the door to chase the men.  A few minutes later, he returned, and with a grunt of displeasure, replaced DH’s knife with a fresh one.

3.  DH’s Aunt was once married to Sonny Bono.  Nuff said.

I’d like to tag a couple of people who I have recently enjoyed getting to know through this blog, Chawne and Ruth.