So I knit a hat. A beret, specifically. I used the Purl Bee Beret pattern, which was popular a while back. I have no idea why. It's too big around the crown, and the color isn't particularly flattering; as you can see, it sort of blends in with my neck. (This is a photo of the back of my head - the hat is oversized, but not that oversized.)
I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. But it's done, and it was satisfying to knit. I'll probably make another one, in fact. Just because I can.
I seem to be in the mood to do nothing more than knit in a circle. Socks are too complicated. I have regressed to tubes. I'm on the 3rd skein of Oasis for the Phiaro Scarf. It's still a green tube. A larger green tube, but a green tube nonetheless. I rather like the yarn. It's too heavy to make a garment out of, but it has a pleasant feel to it, even if it is environmentally suspect.
I also started a cowl out of some leftover alpaca and silk. Because one always needs a cowl in the summer in the south. It is a very pale pink and will look horrible next to my face as I am extremely pale. I also don't wear cowls. Regardless - I seem to be knitting tubes.
Today was a rotten day. A really really bad one. I'm not going to vent much about it, only to say that it's no fun at all to work with people who have such negative attitudes about everything that you actually feel ill when they come into a room. All the joy gets sucked out by their crappiness. Even an iPod couldn't save me today.
But all is not lost. There's still this out there:
And one of these days, I'm going to go sit on that bench and knit a tube.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Little bits of nothing much.
It's lovely and quiet at my house, and I am going to stay here and work on a manuscript today.
When most of your knitting has been this:
there really isn't a whole lot you can say.
I still have a love affair with Fleece Artist and Handmaiden yarns.
Comments, please. I think it might be really garish. Your thoughts?
Evidently I don't have a whole lot of words today. Maybe later.
When most of your knitting has been this:
there really isn't a whole lot you can say.
I still have a love affair with Fleece Artist and Handmaiden yarns.
Comments, please. I think it might be really garish. Your thoughts?
Evidently I don't have a whole lot of words today. Maybe later.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Saturday Night
Doctor Who. Torchwood.
Harney and Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice tea.
Crunch 'n Munch.
Mindless knitting (scroll to the Phiaro scarf).
Ahh. Good to be home.
Harney and Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice tea.
Crunch 'n Munch.
Mindless knitting (scroll to the Phiaro scarf).
Ahh. Good to be home.
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