tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46884952797654933392024-02-18T18:26:52.196-08:00Pammie's Knitting JournalThis is a blog for my friends and family that live far away from me, but are always asking about what I am knitting!PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-765309377115720332013-03-18T14:39:00.001-07:002013-03-18T14:39:51.121-07:00Disaster and a Cardboard JungleThis past weekend was Knit Camp. What is Knit Camp? It is what is sounds like, a sleep away camp, with cabins and a mess hall! This is year number 4 and it was a blast. We put the tables around in a square, everyone had their Ott Light and the knitting festivities began Friday night. People bring treats and I brought a case of Diet Coke (a necessity).<br />
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I worked on a "simple" pullover, short-sleeved sweater with lace on the edge. I am making it in a salmon pink color. The back...finished and I had the front finished to the arm hole shaping when I got to camp...until something got crazy. Here's what it will look like.<br />
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I worked on it Friday and about 3/4 of Saturday and then things went wrong. I was getting the wrong stitch counts, so I started the front panel back. I ended up ripping out the entire front of the sweater because I could not get the right stitch count. Not exactly a Hindenburg type tragedy, but it was still pretty ugly. Still, I'd rather it was done right than have the sweater be wrong and not wear it.<br />
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Knit Camp itself was fun and I'm still glad I went. I made these little sheep for a purpose I didn't know about...<br />
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They were game pieces for a game called Yarnopoly, created by Carol Myers! It was a blast to play!<br />
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My move is hopefully coming together...I think I might have some paid movers. This will greatly ease my mind. I have been so overwhelmed with everyone who has offered to help me with me move. Once again, friends are awesome!<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-60266531108665880502013-03-12T12:10:00.001-07:002013-03-12T12:10:37.251-07:00I'm Moving Out!I am that much closer to moving to Highland! I can say and am excited about moving in, but the actual move itself, not so much. Here is what my apartment looks like right now:<br />
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Yeah, there is still a lot left to pack...like the kitchen.<br />
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The commissioned lace shawl is turning out beautifully.<br />
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I've had some minor set backs, had to rip back some rows, but overall, I LOVE the pattern and I love how it's turning out. I can't wait to show the person who commissioned it!<br />
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Other knitting is going well...I can't believe how many commissions I have going right now. I feel honored that people want me to knit for them.<br />
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In other fiber news, in the process of moving, I have discovered the full extent of my yarn stash and it is shocking! Seriously, I am amazed. I have also found started projects I'd forgotten I even had. I think I could knit a cozy to cover the whole planet with the yarn I have!!!<br />
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Watching:<br />
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Call the Midwife, season 2 has ended in Britain and it was wonderful, despite them calling crocheted squares knitted. I think they will show this on PBS, I highly recommend watching it.<br />
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I'm watching The Amazing Race, which mom got me started on when I was sick last year. I'm cheering for the hockey player brothers, It will be interesting to see how far their hockey skills can take them.<br />
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The Walking Dead...brilliant, I love David Morrissey (The Governor) and I know I will mourn the loss of his evilness when they kill him off (you know that's coming!)<br />
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I've only watched the first episode of David Tennant in Broadchurch and it is awesome. I hope it will get picked up and shown here in the US.<br />
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Still with Nicholas, but I also picked up Victoria Thompson's, Murder on Sisters' Row, which is a part of her Gaslamp series, Victorian Era murder/mystery set in New York City. I love this series!<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-83512493237977209452013-03-02T20:50:00.001-08:002013-03-02T20:50:54.206-08:00I'm Your Private Knitter(Sung to the tune of Tina Turner's "Private Dancer")<br />
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All them come in the yarn store<br />And they are all the same<br />You don't look at their faces<br />And you only ask their names<br />You appreciate them as human<br />You take projects from them all<br />You keep your mind on the money<br />Keeping your eyes on the yarn<br />
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I'm your private knitter, a knitter for money<br />I'll knit what you want me to do<br />I'm your private knitter, a knitter for money<br />And any pattern will do<br /><br />I want to make a million dollars<br />I wanna live out by the sea<br />I want to marry David Tennant<br />
Yeah, I want to live in the UK<br />
All them come in the yarn store<br />And they are all the same<br />You don't look at their faces<br />And you only ask their names<br /><br />I'm your private knitter, a knitter for money<br />I'll knit what you want me to do<br />I'm your private knitter, a knitter for money<br />And any pattern will do<br /><br />Deutsch marks or dollars<br />A handwritten check will do nicely, thank you<br />Let me knit you up a collar<br />Tell me, do you wanna see me do the Kitchner again?<br />
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YES! I got more commissions today...two more cowls. The patterns and yarn are by the door and I'm too lazy to get up to fetch them, so YOU must wait.<br />
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My Christmas tree is still half naked... <br />
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I need to pack more...<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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<br />PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-48738900826669755052013-03-01T22:58:00.000-08:002013-03-01T22:58:45.561-08:00Christmas is almost over!In my house, finally, well, nearly...the decorations have been put away and the tree is half naked. My back started hurting, I don't know if I will finish tonight. I need to get on the ball getting my apartment packed...my move is 30 days away!<br />
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No new knit news. I have some yarn coming from Knit Picks to make a pair of fingerless gloves for a friend. I'll tell you more when the yarn arrives!<br />
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So what else is up?<br />
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TV...on Netflix I am watching the Ye Olde version of Battlestar Gallactica. I remember watching it as a wee one and having a bit of a crush on Starbuck. I think I could run the Gallactica on the show with iPhone! LOL It's cheesy...duh...but it's fun. <br />
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Regular TV, of course there is The Walking Dead, Community, The Big Bang Theory...I started watching The Carrie Diaries. I almost pitched it to the curb when I heard it was a prequel to Sex In the City. I never watched a millisecond of that show because (and I'm sorry if I offend) the premise sounded asinine. But Freema Agyeman (Martha on Doctor Who) is in it and it's set in the 80s, so I am giving it a try.<br />
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Reading...I am completely cracked out on The Walking Dead comic books, I am trying to get caught up. I think I am on 95 or 96? I have never read a comic book series before...ever. But I am really enjoying it. Apparently it is the only thing my brain can process right now. I also have Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens) in my Kindle (it's FREE! as are all his books!) and most nights The Walking Dead beats out Nicholas.<br />
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I love my Kindle my mom got me for Christmas. It took me a bit to get settled in with it. Leave it to Ravelry to have a group on how to use your Kindle! Ravelry is amazing!<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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<br />PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-52368760114124983812013-02-26T21:43:00.000-08:002013-02-26T21:43:04.618-08:00New ProjectI got a new project at the yarn store today. It is a scarf that is on display at the store. I really like the pattern. I don't know if it is hush hush, or not, so I will say no more here. I'll ask permission to post about it.<br />
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Just when I got a little too confident about my lace knitting on that mohair shawl. I found a mistake about 4 rows down and about 6 rows above the life line I put in. I ended up ripping it out row by row. I'm caught up to where I was before the rip out. I think I need to move my life line more often. Here endth my lesson on moving my life lines.<br />
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I am moving at the end of March. I really need to be packing WAY more than I am. I'm embarrassed to say that I still need to put my Christmas decorations away. Every night I look at them and say I will put them away tomorrow and tomorrow comes and the thought of it is overwhelming. I was so hard for me to put them up this year, I know it's going to be just as hard (physically) to take them down again. I have never wanted magical powers more than I do now. I wish I could just twitch my nose and my apartment would be packed!<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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<br />PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-81159700106677894782013-02-25T20:09:00.000-08:002013-02-25T20:09:19.891-08:00Reclaiming the BlogSo it's been how many years since I've updated? Over two?<br />
My friends keep telling me I should start a blog and I had this one sitting here, so I am going with it.<br />
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I'm not sure what to say about the last two years. I believe that most people who follow this blog are friends and family, but just in case...here's a brief run down:<br />
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I graduated with my Master's degree in Counseling in May of 2011. Around this time, my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I was glad I had graduated so I was able to spend some time with her in Atlanta, after she had the tumor removed from her ureter. I started looking for a job and found a part-time position as a researcher at the local archives. The job was only temporary and ran out around Thanksgiving. The good thing was, I was able to spend a nice long visit with my mom while she went through chemotherapy over the holidays.<br />
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I got back to California in January and began looking for a job again. At the end of January, I got really sick. For weeks, I was ill, stiff neck, chills...I went to the doctor three times, the ER once, I kept getting sent home. Then at the beginning of February, 2012 I woke up very sick, with vomiting and a high fever. I called my mom and 911. I remember about 2 hours in the ER, the next thing I know I'm waking up from a coma 10 days later having survived meningitis and double pneumonia. I spent more time in the hospital and after care facility. I am so thankful for my family and friends. You really find how out how much you are loved when something like this happens.<br />
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2012, well, sucked donkey balls. I spent the first half working on recovering from being so ill. the second half I spent looking for a job. The one good thing to come out of 2012 was that I got my Professional Clinical Counseling Intern license. One step closer to getting my counseling license.<br />
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I am now doing a lot of commissioned knitting, which paid my to the 24th annual Gallifrey One conference in Los Angeles over the Valetine's weekend.<br />
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So what am I knitting now?
I have had to create a list in a ledger to keep it straight.<br />
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I am knitting a lace shawl for a woman who called my LYS. It is out of white mohair...it is coming along beautifully.<br />
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I am making a pair of wrist warmers for a friend out of the softest yarn...I love it. She has bought more skeins to make a matching hat and scarf set. I think it is going to be fabulous.
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I also making a pink Dalek for another good friend. I have the shell completed and the appendages...now I need to sew them on, stuff it and sew the bottom.
I have another Dalek to make for a friend's nephew.<br />
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And I just finished the Boboli cowl out of Boboli yarn for another woman at the LYS.<br />
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DAILY DAVID<br />
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PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-15703607168166494142010-11-06T19:54:00.000-07:002010-11-06T20:39:20.202-07:00Whole Sweater!I finished a whole sweater in 2 days! No really a WHOLE, ENTIRE sweater...see:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45648378@N00/5152393415/" title="Untitled by Martins New Teeth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1162/5152393415_17410f7595.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="" /></a><br /><br />OK...so it is a small, little sweater that could fit a Barbie doll, but a complete sweater it is! I made it for my craft swap...we are exchanging Christmas ornaments and this is mine. I'd like to find a little clothes hanger for it to hang by.<br /><br />Still working on all those other projects I mentioned last time...I just wanted to share about my sweater!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWLrm1zXkI3WyQTVuqsPjNzSWIHy4W_aRnEbKoKJqzjtlbQvx67fQZhr1iR82Ftj0DC_oMNCVKKCGuirr0ZqHPr5fy-05ijF6mPjE2QqrylvNsI-CT-t1UkMnLqxcBsC4fk45TSiIypo/s1600/0000h5gc.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWLrm1zXkI3WyQTVuqsPjNzSWIHy4W_aRnEbKoKJqzjtlbQvx67fQZhr1iR82Ftj0DC_oMNCVKKCGuirr0ZqHPr5fy-05ijF6mPjE2QqrylvNsI-CT-t1UkMnLqxcBsC4fk45TSiIypo/s320/0000h5gc.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536639311401657106" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-71690202662838620322010-10-29T23:05:00.000-07:002010-10-29T23:24:26.224-07:00ProductiveDUDE!<br /><br />I totally finished my hoodie! I am so excited...now all it needs is to be blocked and a zipper sewn in. So that would require me going off and getting a zipper and then sewing it in. Now that I have a sewing machine I am looking forward to trying it out. Here is what the hoodie looks like without blocking and the zipper...ignore the lady wearing it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5127992670_2b59b48e1e_m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5127992670_2b59b48e1e_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />What else am I working on....<br /><br />Something for mom, which shall remain unspoken.<br /><br />I still have a Knit For the Cure project, which I realized tonight I am probably supposed to have in like, this weekend. Crap...<br /><br />I am also knitting a little Fun Fur shawl which is to be a part of my Halloween costume as a cave woman. My Halloween party isn't until November 13th so I have some time.<br /><br />I shawl for my boss...<br /><br />I am really just excited about my hoodie working out so well!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4_rCLBqnEL1QN_Pb21wQVz6GSL5AcM2PwL4Xc6S40R1FfO7A8Q0f0WaX2EGJJKrXX9n2GXtjoY6grtyTYftQAqPi2TcqQg4jMF1ELVZiEHlO-CU_OqaDpEOBXElx9hyZoww6eR1k7K8/s1600/nevermind.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4_rCLBqnEL1QN_Pb21wQVz6GSL5AcM2PwL4Xc6S40R1FfO7A8Q0f0WaX2EGJJKrXX9n2GXtjoY6grtyTYftQAqPi2TcqQg4jMF1ELVZiEHlO-CU_OqaDpEOBXElx9hyZoww6eR1k7K8/s320/nevermind.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533720662318328978" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-42767765427892009212010-10-03T21:53:00.000-07:002010-10-03T22:26:29.164-07:00Yarn TalesBeen doing some knitting...I know that may shock some of the people who read this blog, but I have to come clean. So there, I've said it...<br /><br />What have I been knitting?<br /><br />I can know show the shawl I made for the craft swap I was apart of:<br /><br />I made the Pimpelliese by Christine Ebers...which, in fact is the same pattern I am using to make the shawl for my boss. Here is what it looks like in a multicolor sock yarn...the finished product.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4982112608_52399b45a8_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4982112608_52399b45a8_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I used the Conjoined Creations Flat Feet yarn which looked like this when I started:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4940958060_de38461409_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4940958060_de38461409_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This seemed like such a cool idea but the yarn sucked balls to work with. It was so kinky from already being knit, it really effected my gauge and how I knit. I felt like I was constantly fighting the kink...and I think the tension on my stitches was thrown off. I hated the look of it while I was knitting and I was hoping that soaking the piece when it was finished would clean all that up...I don't think it really did. I hope the person who received the shawl likes it.<br /><br />What else have I been knitting? The Aestlight shawl, which all the cool kids at my local yarn store are making. Unlike the swap shawl, this one is fabulous! Although I totally messed up the bird's eye lace part and had to rip it out...it know looks wonderful. I will probably not be making this one again. Here is the finished product:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5049377977_6e57e48556_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5049377977_6e57e48556_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5049994586_063c0b2cc8_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5049994586_063c0b2cc8_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The big Knit for the Cure event was at my local yarn store today. I bought some pink ribbon yarn to make a scarf. I used the My So Called Scarf pattern to start a project today. Here is it's beginning:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5050002070_de7bb37288_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5050002070_de7bb37288_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I think the shininess of the yarn made the picture not come out very well.<br /><br />I also finished a baby hat I began LAST year for the Knit For the Cure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5049176687_1175110a7f_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5049176687_1175110a7f_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Can't really think of anything else new...<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1MM-BFlQKvjuvd0jaVH7xDcvATO_HL4ebr60jZsToF8n-sVVtsu4yc7p_KJ-z3jqGNbje4yqE9UZxTuPrVJpTh9-jhMio4CWrKWABDOnXAIXV0amTx4PHH6uA5vKOA6Qy8MGg9PhbZA/s1600/nan-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1MM-BFlQKvjuvd0jaVH7xDcvATO_HL4ebr60jZsToF8n-sVVtsu4yc7p_KJ-z3jqGNbje4yqE9UZxTuPrVJpTh9-jhMio4CWrKWABDOnXAIXV0amTx4PHH6uA5vKOA6Qy8MGg9PhbZA/s320/nan-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524057286643989138" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-8489538010717864902010-09-15T21:46:00.000-07:002010-09-15T22:18:38.897-07:00FO's baby!So I have recently finished two of my projects. I finished the project for my craft swap...YEA!Cant show it here yet...<br /><br />I also finished my Bermuda shawl! I love it...so much! While I was knitting it there were times when I had doubts, but now that it is done I think it is gorgeous!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4985502252_7b6b0b887a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4985502252_7b6b0b887a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4985500562_fcf28a6c36.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4985500562_fcf28a6c36.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />It's totally awesome...I know!<br /><br />At the same time I finished two objects I started two more that have been waiting in my stash...<br /><br />I began the Aestlight Shawl out of Schaefer's Audrey Yarn. Here is an example of what it will look like:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjB7K78JKEOqZJCJuQmUEMMtqkxSj6UexJPVWPRsQ3DYumuY53Q_TFZkGjTdX1fYB0n3UPhSfXvbWcOltQGgYFHe3gnz37XyAFd-G7lD8ya7ubpS9Nad04cb6cr6Fgp8sHv2XNqGS-pqM/s1600/pics_153M2_medium.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjB7K78JKEOqZJCJuQmUEMMtqkxSj6UexJPVWPRsQ3DYumuY53Q_TFZkGjTdX1fYB0n3UPhSfXvbWcOltQGgYFHe3gnz37XyAFd-G7lD8ya7ubpS9Nad04cb6cr6Fgp8sHv2XNqGS-pqM/s320/pics_153M2_medium.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517371543678919698" /></a><br /><br />I also started another Doctor Who scarf using Berocco's Lustre (I just like to call it "lust"). This yarn is silky and dare I say, sexy! So I am doing a Doctor who season 18 colors scarf but instead of it being in plain garter stitch I am doing it in a lace pattern...cos I am crazy like that. So basically I am working two patterns at once...one for the color striping, one for the row pattern! Did I mention that I am a nutter? But I am loving the creation! Pictures when it gets more length on it!<br /><br />Still occasionally working on my Doctor Who striped socks...oH! AND... I ripped out the white scarf/shawl I was making for my boss. I really lost interest in it after I discovered I had been knitting it incorrectly according to the pattern. Plus it was lace with a chart... bleh...so I switched to a shawl that is plain garter stitch with lace on the edge... I lurve it and I am already halfway done. I would like to get it to her by the end of the month!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/4994653813_69e5b07c41.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/4994653813_69e5b07c41.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStrgOLiW7OUMQVvkpz_MJ04SYehZSTvxfTvvMd-3577w2FA6ATC_UEigO504wHDzmOg72QKpoTkWKj-NF87UryhKgNv2D9NfpsvZUsAAsSlIpVV8EOQgL3lmWG6ke6cf7T59R0EXv0Ls/s1600/Emmys_29810p.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStrgOLiW7OUMQVvkpz_MJ04SYehZSTvxfTvvMd-3577w2FA6ATC_UEigO504wHDzmOg72QKpoTkWKj-NF87UryhKgNv2D9NfpsvZUsAAsSlIpVV8EOQgL3lmWG6ke6cf7T59R0EXv0Ls/s320/Emmys_29810p.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517376273709311042" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-37458313922846021762010-08-30T22:00:00.000-07:002010-08-30T22:22:56.985-07:00UGH!So the weight loss is really working (47 pounds as of tonight) and I really felt the need to clean around the house this weekend. In the process I found some knitting projects I had chucked in the corner, next to my dresser since christmas. Two different pairs of socks...one for me, one for my mom. I put the projects on the coffee table and continued to clean. Last night, I sat down to work on the socks for my mom and I did a couple rows of knitting and I noticed something...did I drop a stitch? No...it's a hole...wha?! Then I grabbed the completed sock...holes ALL over it. I am guessing silverfish? The other pair of socks is untouched. POUTS <br /><br />I frantically checked other finished knitting in my bedroom and thankfully the only holes in my knitting are the ones I have put there!<br /><br />I am almost finished with the Bermuda shawl I am knitting, which means, of course...I must start another project! So I have finally begun the knitting project for my craft swap. The beginning was a little tricky, but I think this is going to be a quicker knit than I originally thought...(Got a lot done at group therapy tonight-yes I have no shame). I can't talk about the project too much because one of the swappers reads this journal...<br /><br />What else...<br /><br />Got more yarn! One of the ladies I work with gave me a hat box full of yarn today...totally out of the blue...COOL BEANS, I say!<br /><br />As I look over at my end table, I see the Bermuda shawl and swap project staring at me...I wish I could knit two projects at once!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID (at the Emmy's last night! Some dude named Al Pacino won the award David should have won!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx2Cunj_y2u8G_DdnscbBmcGQj_YHUeLX0YqDBHFVWisblFjKOnxIJiQ3xWBbgetDO6qVBWtq0MSkeyOcFlEvB9Ml6xYWbhjjMUpBFf444UapFO_pfLwtMoRJqGNiq3p8fa9GCqZE5d4/s1600/em1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx2Cunj_y2u8G_DdnscbBmcGQj_YHUeLX0YqDBHFVWisblFjKOnxIJiQ3xWBbgetDO6qVBWtq0MSkeyOcFlEvB9Ml6xYWbhjjMUpBFf444UapFO_pfLwtMoRJqGNiq3p8fa9GCqZE5d4/s320/em1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511438031428680786" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-59561558391057495622010-08-26T19:19:00.000-07:002010-08-26T19:40:51.392-07:00Shock! and Awe?Shock! I am knitting a project for someone else! I know...it's been awhile, but I am interested by the idea and how it will work...<br /><br />My friend has asked me for an "artistic interpretation" of a Doctor Who scarf. Instead of being about a foot wide, it will be around 3 inches wide. Instead of just a long scarf it will be a loop she can wrap around herself several times, however she deems fit. It will be a good group therapy project...<br /><br />WHA? You say...yeah, as part of the diet I am on we have a weigh in and group therapy every Monday night...I knit during group therapy. I have asked everyone if they are cool with it and they said they were OK. It helps me pay attention, I'm not the therapist in the situation (although I do find myself watching his methodology) and once the fall semester starts, it might be my only time to knit. <br /><br />I've been working on my Doctor Who inspired socks in therapy. Members have been curious and are interested in what I am knitting. Did I show you the finished sock?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4835420489_9ed5e1b78d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4835420489_9ed5e1b78d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Still working on my hooded sweatshirt and Bermuda shawl...<br /><br />Awe? Hum, I have been in awe of the projects my fellow knitters have been making! Beautiful stuff and very inspirational! You ladies ROCK!<br /><br />I am also a participant in a craft exchange...due in a couple of weeks. Yeah, I know what I want to make, I haven't made it yet. Bad Pammie!<br /><br />Also need to get cracking on my Knit for the Cure project...<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwVTY3DlI-1btuzC75R49tkCGweUszZYDM0p5ee1STRiVIpNqIgNaPWGIPPfT5jjDeexaQ6W7MHkaYXklcWK9oqRhapbN3Elyx7xhfu5CEBklnDEDNsGnqoxIaEup99oDdw22xEDyj78/s1600/ham1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwVTY3DlI-1btuzC75R49tkCGweUszZYDM0p5ee1STRiVIpNqIgNaPWGIPPfT5jjDeexaQ6W7MHkaYXklcWK9oqRhapbN3Elyx7xhfu5CEBklnDEDNsGnqoxIaEup99oDdw22xEDyj78/s320/ham1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509913481398099778" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-80192973965871753642010-08-19T18:15:00.000-07:002010-08-19T19:11:11.459-07:00Bringing it back!OK, I am going to try to bring my journal back...<br /><br />I don't even know where to begin...I am knitting everything in my apartment that doesn't twitch!!!<br /><br />A good friend of mine recently sent me a cute little sign which I have put up in my apartment that says "if I'm sitting...I'm knitting" This statement could not be more true right now especially now that my last summer class has ended and the Fall semester doesn't start until September. I think I am using it to:<br /><br />a) keep away boredom<br />b) aid me on my dieting (kinda hard to eat when you are knitting!) If you all didn't know this I have now lost 42 pounds!<br />c) to make up for all the time I will probably not be able to knit in the coming semester? I am afraid between work, internship and class there will be little to zero knitting in the next couple of months<br /><br />I have been seriously, selfishly, knitting...flat out, for myself, knitting. I have commissions...some rather old commissions to knit things and I just can't get up the enthusiasm to do them. Am I awful?<br /><br />Right now, I am working on a zip up, hoodie sweater with some Berroco Foliage yarn my bud L_ gave me...THANK YOU! She gave me a 25 gallon rubbermaid container FULL of yarn inspiration the other day!<br /><br />Here is the example picture of what it will look like...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_0CXf1BVD2HtHs_V1jBU9G_CMwkj2CaAAQAioX-cnJUMbpBDtU3KEQwUq296zDYZMdj56KoqraIk8b113zvIcg6k4k-dFIt1UP8ltby64QbFFgS5QTp_vC8at0Oz0l3YGJFa4NcEjnM/s1600/hoodie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_0CXf1BVD2HtHs_V1jBU9G_CMwkj2CaAAQAioX-cnJUMbpBDtU3KEQwUq296zDYZMdj56KoqraIk8b113zvIcg6k4k-dFIt1UP8ltby64QbFFgS5QTp_vC8at0Oz0l3YGJFa4NcEjnM/s320/hoodie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507299493341911650" /></a><br /><br />This is the finished back of my hoodie so you can get an idea of the coloring mine will have...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4892552329_52c8d50124.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4892552329_52c8d50124.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I am making it to fit me now...I figure a hoodie that was a little oversized in the future wouldn't be a bad thing.<br /><br />I have made two of these caps:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4625150656_662c6bc8ac.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4625150656_662c6bc8ac.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4864517275_9a5107387b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4864517275_9a5107387b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I had so much yarn left over from the pink one that I am making a matching scarf.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4870523924_107361937c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4870523924_107361937c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I am also doing the project all the cool kids at the yarn store are doing...the Bermuda shawl. The example picture is this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBPBpMtB2IZfI-t9BDU9KGKEtxo7wKY6Nshzf73gSkKOq15jVTgpGC6JLPSIG5ozqYKA6Iyjr7Ns0-WTqwcOaxLFoaLFaGZE9XPyk9glozXryijouODm2iFq6dCHc5u-HljAyOyXEqJs/s1600/Bermuda_Main_Image_medium.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBPBpMtB2IZfI-t9BDU9KGKEtxo7wKY6Nshzf73gSkKOq15jVTgpGC6JLPSIG5ozqYKA6Iyjr7Ns0-WTqwcOaxLFoaLFaGZE9XPyk9glozXryijouODm2iFq6dCHc5u-HljAyOyXEqJs/s320/Bermuda_Main_Image_medium.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507306097196309746" /></a><br /><br />Mine is going to be even sexier! I love the colors...it is a hotpink to rust to turquoise. I don't have a picture yet.<br /><br />I am also working on a cashmere shawl. The cashmere that I got on uber sale, because I could never afford it normally. Here is an in progress picture:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4769298241_383281b578.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4769298241_383281b578.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I know I am not done with all the projects I have on the needles, however it is almost embarrassing how many things I have going on...<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbzQNCYDYtNaETh6g3nRlEdHzIrS70QxJf16bp1rgxHzM1f9ISo4lNVjHGRNgku0NJe_bQPtVAfxKa6Pwk5yyLB5E4DboKqXwiQbaVevKbWIerzSuv8iUAilRqT9JT9kO8DUsOcW4bPw/s1600/OfMiceAndMen2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbzQNCYDYtNaETh6g3nRlEdHzIrS70QxJf16bp1rgxHzM1f9ISo4lNVjHGRNgku0NJe_bQPtVAfxKa6Pwk5yyLB5E4DboKqXwiQbaVevKbWIerzSuv8iUAilRqT9JT9kO8DUsOcW4bPw/s320/OfMiceAndMen2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507308132804087154" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-5300641189284829822010-08-14T12:15:00.000-07:002010-08-14T12:24:06.499-07:00FeedbackHello,<br /><br />Are you reading this journal? I have been posting my knitting on my Facebook page and I don't want to bore people with it, by constantly reposting stuff between Ravelry and Facebook and then this journal.<br /><br />What do you like as a reader? Would you like me to continue with this journal?<br /><br />Are you bored?<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlBxvrOhZ9SH16hEeqx9Nv2JR21zxWs6W2z8tPoOZ2JK0UiHc3By_H55qAmLA8cwLaLCjmr0qqo2rWa31WaJ4JrDJUyn9LplSvqgxo2-pOefAOCFjWtVmas6fYpXgcMnn2ARFivNIdA8/s1600/aouxog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlBxvrOhZ9SH16hEeqx9Nv2JR21zxWs6W2z8tPoOZ2JK0UiHc3By_H55qAmLA8cwLaLCjmr0qqo2rWa31WaJ4JrDJUyn9LplSvqgxo2-pOefAOCFjWtVmas6fYpXgcMnn2ARFivNIdA8/s320/aouxog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505348346404798946" border="0" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-9023886286245632792010-05-28T18:13:00.000-07:002010-05-28T18:31:52.624-07:00Oops, oh well.I was on Ravelry last night putting on a new project and I wanted to see what others had done with it...only to discover there was a huge errata in the book, which makes quite the pattern change. Now this is a project I am doing for my boss. Right now she is in mourning for the loss of her son and she is only wearing black and white. I decided to make her something white. A nice lacy scarf...<br /><br />So when someone brought in a lace scarf they finished out of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Small Indulgences</span> book which I own. Cool. I copied the pattern and got started. As most of my knitting friends probably know, I don't "do" charts and this lace pattern is done using a chart, but I decided to tackle it anyway. I did about 2 repeats of a 36 row pattern when I got on Ravelry and saw the errata which changes the look of the thing. Can you say pissed...yeah, a bit. There is NO way I am starting this over as it took me forever to get this far.<br /><br />It is the Nancy Pygora Merino Lace Scarf by Myrna A.I. Stahman and this is what mine is looking like:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4646022847_f651caa14a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4646022847_f651caa14a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It should look like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/vegasdealer78/26471850/DSC_0011_4_medium.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/vegasdealer78/26471850/DSC_0011_4_medium.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See the difference? I don't care...It is now part of the design because I don't have the heart to rip it out and she'll never know what it was supposed to look like. This project will most likely not leave the house, seeing as how I have to really concentrate on the pattern.<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6WLzVziqPWkj8FKc89g6jcLRp-ZJ2wGPkymRCANE2N-fl1lZHePnnHmhZ-XB8AhNwCX8oI705MoaX9osv1rsGhjKexEBIUVCqBX49Mw9RUgwsulMtYvFqfDGBdlxY-P6drBZZ85isfQ/s1600/headway.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6WLzVziqPWkj8FKc89g6jcLRp-ZJ2wGPkymRCANE2N-fl1lZHePnnHmhZ-XB8AhNwCX8oI705MoaX9osv1rsGhjKexEBIUVCqBX49Mw9RUgwsulMtYvFqfDGBdlxY-P6drBZZ85isfQ/s320/headway.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476498142670189538" border="0" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-82496209571821908322010-05-27T06:25:00.000-07:002010-05-27T07:24:09.261-07:00KnittingSo, even though I haven't been blogging I have been knitting...I have been selfishly knitting...knitting project after project for myself without regard for those who have asked me to knit for them. I don't know why I have chosen this route as of late, but deep down it feels good to make stuff for myself...so there. I have done so much since I last posted, so get ready, here we go...In no particular order.<br /><br />The Wool and Camel-Down Ripple Scarf by Marlaine DesChamps. Which comes from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Small Indulgences </span><span>book...yeah..it calls for camel yarn...ah NO. So I am making it with Schaefer Heather yarn...pink to purple colorway to go with all my pink and purple clothes. This has to be one of the easiest patterns I have done in a while. HOWEVER, I have also spent a lot of time messing it up and having to rip out (especially after 2 ciders). I am further than this picture but you get the idea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4625259567_a3558e5ab6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4625259567_a3558e5ab6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have NEARLY completed my citron shawl. I have done 10 repeats of the pattern and used 3 balls of Malabrigo Lace weight yarn to do it, but I really like the results. I am binding off right now, the last count of stitches I had was 500+ on the needles and that was before I doubled that amount to make the ruffle...I have also chosen the sewn bind off which has to be the world's SLOWEST bind off method, but it is a very loose, stretchy bind off I thought would look nice on the ruffle. I may finish the bind off before I die...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4625265265_d66e192375.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4625265265_d66e192375.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br />Still working on my Mockingbird beaded shawl. I found very interesting when I looked up the original shrug I got the pattern from on Raverly that NO ONE is doing this project, really NO ONE. I have to be a complete nutter for doing it, but it is turning out so beautifully. I managed to get a halfway decent picture of what it will look like when it is finished by stretching it over the top of my footstool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4625878180_d40550ef20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4625878180_d40550ef20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have nearly finished these socks made out of Lang Yarns Bebe Color...which I hate the color of more and more every day. I may have to do this pattern again in a "quieter" yarn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/3034234332_9d87088d78.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 287px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/3034234332_9d87088d78.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I DID finish this pair of socks made out of Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Silk Color ...they have silk in them...they are so nice to wear...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/4572847891_0056bdab16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/4572847891_0056bdab16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I JUST finished this little cap, Capitan Hat by Rosi Garmendia, which is made with bulky yarn...I forgot yarn could be thicker than thread! I basically finished it in one night it was such a quick knit and lots of fun. I made it out of Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca Grande which was...WOW...to work with. I have bought yarn to make a pink one of these...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4625150656_662c6bc8ac.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4625150656_662c6bc8ac.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let us not forget that at my heart, I am also a Doctor Who fan and I need to do Who knitting...pretty much year round. My latest Who knit was a Series 5 Dalek...I adapted the Extermaknit! pattern for the changes on the TV show and this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsvtJUOrL2UYq4ZCmR3u61KUpL4ZA3u50ltJhOzELJOSZr2jOfn2-XMTIqVFC60AZACkRx8aADEgMDm3Gyy3mAeYEK5PcOdwaK6XibSc53KEmOh9rIEwyBsRMNEpG8bgtTXiWB_s9gcc/s1600/Blue+dalek.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsvtJUOrL2UYq4ZCmR3u61KUpL4ZA3u50ltJhOzELJOSZr2jOfn2-XMTIqVFC60AZACkRx8aADEgMDm3Gyy3mAeYEK5PcOdwaK6XibSc53KEmOh9rIEwyBsRMNEpG8bgtTXiWB_s9gcc/s320/Blue+dalek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475950216482113234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Became THIS!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4552092827_e993facdf5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4552092827_e993facdf5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />YEAH,BABY!<br /><br />More Who knitting is to come as I was told about this sock yarn from another Who knitter, which is being sold on KnitPicks. Here is the description of the colorway, named "Time Traveler":<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wear these brightly striped socks whether you are going to the office or traveling through time and space. Time Traveler is a colorful mix of purple, tan, red, gold, ivory, and gray stripes. While you can knit some really really long socks, this colorway will not create socks that are larger on the inside than they appear on the outside. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIlwE6uvj-n-uQbsFn-eSAl06erGp-paA_K4pCQvqdsxuPAXOow4rRTjXsBFTtuqPo0bwHvdDLgW3YrfFJAOOC3qmX8msgGPFwCk1zeMCASUmZmeFmBpEdkPdsTKcSeQ8zrwvV6Jx03c/s1600/who+yarn.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIlwE6uvj-n-uQbsFn-eSAl06erGp-paA_K4pCQvqdsxuPAXOow4rRTjXsBFTtuqPo0bwHvdDLgW3YrfFJAOOC3qmX8msgGPFwCk1zeMCASUmZmeFmBpEdkPdsTKcSeQ8zrwvV6Jx03c/s320/who+yarn.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475953113914389346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One more crazy knit...I finished Gamma Ray, as I am calling him. He is adorable and he is now living in his new home in my local yarn store...Yarning For You!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4465037919_90d35a588e.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4465037919_90d35a588e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My productiveness will soon fall off as I have a rather intense summer class coming up next week :( But I am sure I will still find time to knit!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplhFvttpJIVOZQOPtvLH8QVr51-S2gEr6ew1iOLcksRQL7KwlE1QAt8EifvGiCGvUS5WdGHCQrVp3-MGveIG45acUBSEVO2O5wPkgMOineHtDTpBDAhHtibAkEg1x0KoXSE1xpGtuSqY/s1600/2hn6ws9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplhFvttpJIVOZQOPtvLH8QVr51-S2gEr6ew1iOLcksRQL7KwlE1QAt8EifvGiCGvUS5WdGHCQrVp3-MGveIG45acUBSEVO2O5wPkgMOineHtDTpBDAhHtibAkEg1x0KoXSE1xpGtuSqY/s320/2hn6ws9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475954453823758066" border="0" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-6864669425936629042010-03-18T09:31:00.000-07:002010-03-18T10:12:17.406-07:00KnittingSo I have been silent on my knitting blog for a long time...I apologize. The actual act of knitting and studying have been really at the forefront right now. So what the hell am I working on?<br /><br />First off, this past weekend was Knitting Camp. Knitting Camp was a bunch of us knitters getting together for the whole weekend and, well, knitting. We met up at a camp site in Vista, CA. We literally spent the night in cabins and had meals in the mess hall. The meals were awesome! I am ready to get some type of pass so I can have dinner there every night! It was SO much fun...there was lots of knitting and laughing!<br /><br />I recently came back to the Better Be Easy shawl. I think I burnt myself out on it when I was in England...I don't think I have touched it since I came back to the states. I have really gotten a lot done since picking it up again at knitting camp.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3799481459_663f2793b1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3799481459_663f2793b1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I am also working on knitting an alien who will live at the local yarn store to sell patterns of knitted aliens. I have hit a road block with him and I am seriously debating about ripping out his two heads and starting over from the neck. He really needs some beans or rice to weigh him down and both of his heads need to be stuffed more...I think I am going to rip it out. Here is Gamma in progress<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4381533720_25088982ec.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4381533720_25088982ec.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I didn't mention it on here because I am not sure if he reads this knitting blog or not, but I finished a Doctor 4 scarf for a gift for a friend to give them at the Gallifrey One Doctor Who Convention. He was so surprised and it was so worth it. He is a part of a wonderful Doctor Who website <a href="http://gallifreyanembassy.org/vortex/">Gallifrayan Embassy</a> with connected podcast. It was to show my appreciation. He is the ultimate Doctor Who fan and did not have a proper scarf. Now he does.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddotZE6L3dADOJgnDEEXgAj759k9K2VguH0KEAaAoXsXVTYl-rpsu423IA1IiWE4etZeonvZQyG2xQVoDWmYlGMrKLOP-gkOWNCHXEty9BjT1JF2-IISxEYpApD0QbsYHBSOIgJWhIDo/s1600-h/E6E0E138-6BD2-40F7-88AB-0A5C1DF85DD8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddotZE6L3dADOJgnDEEXgAj759k9K2VguH0KEAaAoXsXVTYl-rpsu423IA1IiWE4etZeonvZQyG2xQVoDWmYlGMrKLOP-gkOWNCHXEty9BjT1JF2-IISxEYpApD0QbsYHBSOIgJWhIDo/s320/E6E0E138-6BD2-40F7-88AB-0A5C1DF85DD8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450017417746101138" /></a><br /><br />Finished ALL my Depeche Mode fauxhawks for my friends that were heading across the pond to see Depeche Mode in Europe. I made 4 of them...I also made a black and green fauxhawk for someone going on the trip. I am seriously over making these fauxhawks right now. I still have two on "order" but I can't even look at the Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride bulky yarn right now. They must wait for awhile.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ8d3iDrJfaQKfZA4TIgZPUna7LF48BvBddlHsloXLAoHJQq6HHu8ZWc0_ncN7sf8iQS2bHD6F96EIgvrF5UnWFBur4i7wsjqNePv60lrs6NuuZF2Gcoiy6hju0NZE6q0aZejceU19rw/s1600-h/iPhone+085.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ8d3iDrJfaQKfZA4TIgZPUna7LF48BvBddlHsloXLAoHJQq6HHu8ZWc0_ncN7sf8iQS2bHD6F96EIgvrF5UnWFBur4i7wsjqNePv60lrs6NuuZF2Gcoiy6hju0NZE6q0aZejceU19rw/s320/iPhone+085.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450022681054859186" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx57LmbsFwZJajkgHUSlBI7wU99ob8ZuzTmjqKNTujgTq6jdHtzcEkEINwFjGlS81rbQLFUMSCjG1u06CayVKLdT4KEfTF8edI0G16z6iQgDKZN_JubDIzpFjPZ83bgGyEgbrsQNRq9b8/s1600-h/23739_1086140249416_1703722552_171115_4857979_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx57LmbsFwZJajkgHUSlBI7wU99ob8ZuzTmjqKNTujgTq6jdHtzcEkEINwFjGlS81rbQLFUMSCjG1u06CayVKLdT4KEfTF8edI0G16z6iQgDKZN_JubDIzpFjPZ83bgGyEgbrsQNRq9b8/s320/23739_1086140249416_1703722552_171115_4857979_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450019392419051378" /></a><br /><br />What else am I working on? Umm, I am making this citron shawl with a variegated Malabrigo Lace yarn. The pattern is apparently created for a Barbie doll. I on the other hand am I bit bigger, so I am going to try to make the shawl twice the original size. Here is example picture of the shawl.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/images/citronBIG2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 580px; height: 387px;" src="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/images/citronBIG2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I think that's it? I wish I could knit more than I can. There is never enough time to knit.<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2Gq7HjI1FntNgQStHg-LG5CVgRc2LUqQrJE32tZkhbhNZQo4VCR9hKIK8b88f7ZkPDaRgJhohq3xjtyxOCyNfMaFx2udhVGngRNBbueienJGSqpEI-oK-JLMu0gOlqmqJEnVFfn6Uys/s1600-h/1262790600_b_David_06-033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2Gq7HjI1FntNgQStHg-LG5CVgRc2LUqQrJE32tZkhbhNZQo4VCR9hKIK8b88f7ZkPDaRgJhohq3xjtyxOCyNfMaFx2udhVGngRNBbueienJGSqpEI-oK-JLMu0gOlqmqJEnVFfn6Uys/s320/1262790600_b_David_06-033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450022071579777378" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-84965313216371185112010-01-07T08:10:00.000-08:002010-01-07T08:51:29.012-08:00Been Busy!So I have been quite busy with this thing called graduate school, which has really gotten in the way of my knitting. I think I really need to get my priorities straight...for REAL!<br /><br />But I managed to get all my Christmas knitting done...<br /><br />I finished the blanket for L_. I hope she liked the end result, I haven't really had the chance to talk to her since before Christmas, so I don't know.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314687505353_1175650282_948078_2251243_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 604px;" src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314687505353_1175650282_948078_2251243_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I finished my mom's Christmas gift which was the <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer07/PATTwisp.html">Wisp Shawl</a> for my mom in a gorgeous blue colored Malabrigo Lace Weight Yarn. Here is a picture of the shawl and one of mom wearing it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj9_costps8rC4aNboZ8_wokOcBcGL9KpLaOxVzgX5umGuSQirk6gTAdbsHqCff3LoE5RbrA8Gm551FehW1Ac2c1icsLarZLDBlDfOuKsFEs87heVnwg9PZtuhGCZcC7ADVhj94bYCLQ/s1600-h/Wisp+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj9_costps8rC4aNboZ8_wokOcBcGL9KpLaOxVzgX5umGuSQirk6gTAdbsHqCff3LoE5RbrA8Gm551FehW1Ac2c1icsLarZLDBlDfOuKsFEs87heVnwg9PZtuhGCZcC7ADVhj94bYCLQ/s320/Wisp+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424033216997164402" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17363_1314684385275_1175650282_948048_7213932_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 604px;" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17363_1314684385275_1175650282_948048_7213932_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I made another shawl for my boss...aka the best boss ever. Here is a not so good picture of it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17363_1314686065317_1175650282_948063_3857086_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 604px;" src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17363_1314686065317_1175650282_948063_3857086_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I made my mom another pair of winter socks, made from The Magic Loop booklet out of Plymouth Cascade 220 yarn. I had made a couple of pairs of these socks for my mom and there was an unfortunate incident with the dryer (wool socks and dryer do not mix). The are now tiny kid's socks, so mom needed so new ones. Here are the pair I made while home at Christmas. I have another in heather gray that are over halfway finished coming her way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314682985240_1175650282_948038_2360321_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 604px; height: 453px;" src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314682985240_1175650282_948038_2360321_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I am also making a LOAD of fauxhawks that need to be finished by mid-February. I finished the knitting on one, a black and green one. Then I am making 3, yes, THREE Depeche Mode related fauxhawks which I am just starting the first. Here they are:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs126.snc3/17363_1314679665157_1175650282_948006_3199030_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 604px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs126.snc3/17363_1314679665157_1175650282_948006_3199030_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314681585205_1175650282_948025_801911_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 604px; height: 453px;" src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17363_1314681585205_1175650282_948025_801911_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />OK, gotta go to the dermatologist...promise to update this blog more often!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDZYwgLku7xCthAEIO67VIpFng9puyDL7tz0B_nrJA8X-_tQ7bg2NqPf64nUUTGURG9_3ZPaqvtGYt_pVC-A_WC8UmQq42fO5cdZJ7f-pLaeOv7ZSIbZI-JuBNAPTk8B8hrIfEatCR-M/s1600-h/daveyt_hamlet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDZYwgLku7xCthAEIO67VIpFng9puyDL7tz0B_nrJA8X-_tQ7bg2NqPf64nUUTGURG9_3ZPaqvtGYt_pVC-A_WC8UmQq42fO5cdZJ7f-pLaeOv7ZSIbZI-JuBNAPTk8B8hrIfEatCR-M/s320/daveyt_hamlet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041355845423570" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-25649541633900320252009-11-16T10:39:00.000-08:002009-11-16T11:15:28.392-08:00My knittingSo I have been doing a good amount of knitting lately, at least for a student.<br /><br />I finished the wash clothes for my boss's boss. Did I explain this? I went to a party at her house and discovered her bathroom is done in black and white and skeletons. So I decided to make her some wash cloths with skulls on them for her bathroom for Christmas. I am probably going to make a little basket with the wash cloths and some nice soap. Here are the wash cloths.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsvyuGaYya3rDO6KhqbDqCV8TtcIdDyJgUOvOCZGovLs0PHGySO9xql1dxArBYOilCkmQOCwFnn0KoswwUbHVzeMZ-vyrkPx4ElrbB4Im-9UMOIY1NKEobLeAu8-DjfrYJ6KzPpSVfuo/s1600/Blackskullcloth01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsvyuGaYya3rDO6KhqbDqCV8TtcIdDyJgUOvOCZGovLs0PHGySO9xql1dxArBYOilCkmQOCwFnn0KoswwUbHVzeMZ-vyrkPx4ElrbB4Im-9UMOIY1NKEobLeAu8-DjfrYJ6KzPpSVfuo/s320/Blackskullcloth01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404774972973573346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OQqE0OhTDGIh91J5H-XgwHC3-R-bm9r7McYXz5cvPWUoGqrdijdtJdMQ5UPp1jsBq8ndRFI_jHg0wF465qSuUIeb_eT3oj7vE3oEdafsvfJ7gKWwL_o8xDtxwzeLf80e0lcxfcn6mIw/s1600/WhiteSkullcloth01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OQqE0OhTDGIh91J5H-XgwHC3-R-bm9r7McYXz5cvPWUoGqrdijdtJdMQ5UPp1jsBq8ndRFI_jHg0wF465qSuUIeb_eT3oj7vE3oEdafsvfJ7gKWwL_o8xDtxwzeLf80e0lcxfcn6mIw/s320/WhiteSkullcloth01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404774966757449826" /></a><br /><br />I finished my mom's christmas present...it shall not be spoken of again until after Christmas.<br /><br />I also finished some wrist warmers for a Doctor Who friend. The ones you all may or may not remember come from a Doctor Who episode. I found out that the costume designer for Doctor Who is going to be at the Doctor Who convention I am going to in February. I am totally going to ask her questions about the knitwear on the show.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyBPoUjtVq1oH8Tumeoqimt6ouymlYQTT4GQJ3Z8hsmYkdqmWwMc9MiwA1UIoCXWrWnnM6Mtx6LQ5cU3ggrbwy_MpOvr4HebKnRd3plGs3FWiDEaK8_fmZK3l3Rm8hisaufCTznuQOnM/s1600/KatysWristwarmers+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyBPoUjtVq1oH8Tumeoqimt6ouymlYQTT4GQJ3Z8hsmYkdqmWwMc9MiwA1UIoCXWrWnnM6Mtx6LQ5cU3ggrbwy_MpOvr4HebKnRd3plGs3FWiDEaK8_fmZK3l3Rm8hisaufCTznuQOnM/s320/KatysWristwarmers+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404777539741551778" /></a><br /><br />I also finished a hat I was making for another Doctor Who friend. I made her the same wrist warmers and I made this hat out of the same yarn to go with them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pu5DcaUPEO727kbn73BUPx-ZfefaUOxSOzJyuyJo2MTg2OCmoptVYBFiz6FdvK4M_Z4HLAMUdR564Wi3u373dYrPSeFs8HV6XUrQlKZAhNwHdGOJwAsZ9YkRwl3gwTLKL3IIJAvO-F8/s1600/Jensromanhat+04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pu5DcaUPEO727kbn73BUPx-ZfefaUOxSOzJyuyJo2MTg2OCmoptVYBFiz6FdvK4M_Z4HLAMUdR564Wi3u373dYrPSeFs8HV6XUrQlKZAhNwHdGOJwAsZ9YkRwl3gwTLKL3IIJAvO-F8/s320/Jensromanhat+04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404780298324173874" /></a><br /><br />Right now, I am working on finishing the blanket for L_. I have a scarf I am giving as a gift AND I am popping out dish cloths to give as gifts around the place I work.<br /><br />I think that's about it? Except...<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCOL7QkOrfsGxbr1NU3En8LXGSxpT96Xu04dkJbT5dGQUs0bC9H6IG4knkzCvzJEz6PUPJRNxWedsvBPpCVkrjnibhlVVJDUXPljZbHIxj33g1Ww6jXm5XVpEsLNSHs4suAG_12OIZ-Q/s1600/wom_doctor7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCOL7QkOrfsGxbr1NU3En8LXGSxpT96Xu04dkJbT5dGQUs0bC9H6IG4knkzCvzJEz6PUPJRNxWedsvBPpCVkrjnibhlVVJDUXPljZbHIxj33g1Ww6jXm5XVpEsLNSHs4suAG_12OIZ-Q/s320/wom_doctor7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404781406627982642" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-1470588778957862512009-10-23T19:05:00.000-07:002009-10-23T19:26:31.998-07:00I feel dirtySo, I was finally able to step outside my apartment for the first time since, Monday? I had a dermatologist appointment, not too mention the fact that I was on my last roll of toilet paper and 2 cans of Diet Coke...<br /><br />Anyway, as part of my errands today...I had to go to...another yarn store. Ugh, I even hate to admit it, makes me feel dirty. But Christmas is coming and I need this yarn now to get my projects rolling. I felt like I was cheating on my favorite local yarn store. Maybe that's why I was sweating so badly while I was in there...or it might have been the skeins of Lamb's Pride bulky wool/mohair I had in my arms. I now have all the yarn I need for ALL the fauxhawks I have been asked to make.<br /><br />It does make me appreciate my favorite store so much more. I have no rapport with the people working at this store today and I was trying to explain my projects and see what the difference is between Malabrigo sock and lace yarn. I just wanted to know the yardage on a skein of lace weight so if I could see if the sock yarn matched the yardage. I felt like I was being treated like an idiot trying to substitute sock for lace on the Wisp shawl. Granted this woman has no idea what pattern I am talking about, and has no idea my knitting skill level. However, to immediately be presumed I don't know what I am doing, doesn't give one the warm fuzzies.<br /><br />Anyway, I bought some Malabrigo sock yarn in a colorway from deep red to dark brown to make a Wisp shawl for my boss for Christmas. She is awesome and definitely "stitch worthy".<br /><br />Now if I could just grow some more arms so I can knit more than one project at a time before Christmas...I might get everything done.<br /><br />PS. I did not go to my usual Friday knit group at my favorite yarn store because I want to make sure I don't make any of them sick. Damn the rest of the population!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CZvAU4Fmb88dVDA_JGYW8jzwSmhbDXYAcvMQQRs0cXQbm2aIxOhvd7ArcK299TeJhimX0OTbnI_aS_isbc52O9S_QPa0jRu4Z00bN4kK1BK9wx9s5XHbG3sMnrKnjnmAjnzBO2ewe98/s1600-h/wmplayer+2008-12-26+18-54-40-78.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CZvAU4Fmb88dVDA_JGYW8jzwSmhbDXYAcvMQQRs0cXQbm2aIxOhvd7ArcK299TeJhimX0OTbnI_aS_isbc52O9S_QPa0jRu4Z00bN4kK1BK9wx9s5XHbG3sMnrKnjnmAjnzBO2ewe98/s320/wmplayer+2008-12-26+18-54-40-78.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395986527191301410" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-70417785503718324622009-10-21T21:55:00.000-07:002009-10-21T22:18:43.160-07:00Suck-o-ramaSo I have been sick since, what last Saturday night? I got to the doctor on Monday only to be told I had some type of cold or flu virus...take some Mucinex DM and "I hope you feel better soon". Thanks for nothing, might as well have thrown the $30 dollar co-pay on the pavement and walked away...same basic effect.<br /><br />Once again, too sick to do a lot of knitting most of the time. I did start knitting again some time yesterday. I have now finished one set of wristwarmers, started another and have completed a hat all but the pom pons for someone. I was hoping to get help on Friday to make them...I can never remember all the details on how to make a perfect pom pon. However, I think I will still be on virus lockdown on Friday and I won't be leaving the house quite yet.<br /><br />I keep thinking I am feeling better and then you get that nighttime backslide where you feel worse than you did during the day. I am hoping one more day and I will feel good for Friday, but I DO NOT want to pass this on to anyone.<br /><br />That's about it really. Slowly pecking away at my list of commissions while I also continue to add to it (dumbass alert!) two more scarves had been added to the list...<br /><br />I am glad I am at least feeling "good" enough to knit..<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZf4wnKDb-1cDGjYFo-UOc2S47fK0pCHC_xexXlWC3YNp5uFEyCVi-X7TYDupIFnaEKl-sSSO0N34Tb3nZT6faodQC8LGuRYr0jnMsBabt3PK1N28BGe-ifCRKAcd51F09HsWxn5xkjs/s1600-h/DavidTennant_IMG_98972_byWendyLynchRedfern.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZf4wnKDb-1cDGjYFo-UOc2S47fK0pCHC_xexXlWC3YNp5uFEyCVi-X7TYDupIFnaEKl-sSSO0N34Tb3nZT6faodQC8LGuRYr0jnMsBabt3PK1N28BGe-ifCRKAcd51F09HsWxn5xkjs/s320/DavidTennant_IMG_98972_byWendyLynchRedfern.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395289139851888258" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-9504134684677367742009-10-12T16:42:00.000-07:002009-10-12T16:57:11.175-07:00Fauxhawk-o-rama!Knitting is a truly crazy thing and my commissions seem to come in almost overwhelming waves! I have now been asked to make 6 fauxhawks for various people...yeah, you can say it...HOLY COW! Not that I mind, it's just a lot of fauxhawkness.<br /><br />I am also bombarded with wristwarmers right now. Almost done with the first pair, I WILL get them in the mail this week. I have to remember that it is, in fact, cold in other parts of the country and people might be wanting their winter knitwear. <br /><br />So, bought them and they came in the mail today and I wore them...what, you say? Well, my local knitting friends have heard the tails of the clear plastic Converse. Non-knitters right now are saying, why the hell would you want those? Knitters are nodding "yes". You see, with clear Converse I can show off my hand knit socks, of course. I have no idea why Converse decided to make clear shoes and why anyone who doesn't knit socks would wear them, but I am sure glad they do. I had been thinking of buying them, but then when I saw they were on sale, I had to do it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIun9x460EA6NnmMygrCMynN_IC6Lb6RnPydgQ20yKUhYeuGMIwAOh_Ttsl7aWvgUa_FBm-9v2sv8EGM7Y3TCH7S9SHLLERtKrFgNCbwO6GyeP02hLgLiwVB29iiel7E2rPXQ3LsTV80E/s1600-h/clear_converse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIun9x460EA6NnmMygrCMynN_IC6Lb6RnPydgQ20yKUhYeuGMIwAOh_Ttsl7aWvgUa_FBm-9v2sv8EGM7Y3TCH7S9SHLLERtKrFgNCbwO6GyeP02hLgLiwVB29iiel7E2rPXQ3LsTV80E/s320/clear_converse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391866418577248706" /></a><br /><br />I have put my beaded shawl aside to work on my commissions. I fear they will not all get done on time...<br /><br />Keep your fingers crossed.<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsKiec9XXUGRu67-kFd0HdOrjGrwWqkeGKGVGgCymVn5EVfuB2oLd3H7FO9Xl3wahZDjI4pNOdjntPLvHZ-ZYglVfoaaqqW4qtJxsoYyZadLDgMQ_LdgxYj8WssC-Gls3Y_A4_Y_wFhw/s1600-h/dtdaily57.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsKiec9XXUGRu67-kFd0HdOrjGrwWqkeGKGVGgCymVn5EVfuB2oLd3H7FO9Xl3wahZDjI4pNOdjntPLvHZ-ZYglVfoaaqqW4qtJxsoYyZadLDgMQ_LdgxYj8WssC-Gls3Y_A4_Y_wFhw/s320/dtdaily57.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391865949991640530" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-85210500000508702652009-10-02T08:27:00.000-07:002009-10-02T08:53:31.926-07:00I AM a geek and I am PROUDOK, so I was sitting in class yesterday and I realized, I really need to make a list to look at the priorities of my various knitting projects. I decided, what better way to make a completely anal retentive list than to make a spreadsheet in Excel? Oh yeah, I did... Those of you on the Ravelry website might be confused as to why I don't just use Raverly? I needed a list that could contain projects I hadn't started yet and a "due" date for each project.<br /><br />I went through my various knitting baskets and I have removed and PUT AWAY almost every project I was doing for myself. I absolutely can not be tempted into knitting for myself right now, as I have so many things to do for others. I left out two projects the <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer07/PATTwisp.html">Wisp shawl/scarf</a> I was doing as part of a knit along in my local store. I am knitting it with a gorgeous blue Malabrigo lace weight yarn. I have no idea if this is mine or a gift.<br /><br />I also kept out a new project I just started...a beaded shawl. So I am now combining 2 of my favorite crafts...TOGETHER. Scary, yes...fun...HELL YES! It is the Mockingbird Shrug in the December 2009 issue of Knit 'N Style. This thing is so new I can't find any pictures of it. I am messing with the pattern, I didn't want a shrug with sleeves, I wanted a shawl so I changed the pattern there, and then I have also added more repeats of the pattern to make it wider.<br /><br />I have kept these two out so that I have something to knit at the store. Most of the projects I am doing for others is yarn they have bought and given me from other stores. It isn't really cool to bring in yarn you've gotten somewhere else to knit at a yarn store...at least I think so and hey, I get to work on my beaded shawl that way.<br /><br />Maybe some pictures will be coming soon?! Let's see if I can get all my knitting done on time!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgOPzUtbxoumZG0OFGoN-xzEgoOmZKA27-ZivbcgCY43TpHKrHAVV9SHPsuqUsVDUdvptFcU1S00wnypswRld-1fQmMBmnKMcLtlXXML5VT_w6R6NI-NgtftgoILBQNAywYqyVAImcDs/s1600-h/6415_216678810388_16178305388_7995336_4369126_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgOPzUtbxoumZG0OFGoN-xzEgoOmZKA27-ZivbcgCY43TpHKrHAVV9SHPsuqUsVDUdvptFcU1S00wnypswRld-1fQmMBmnKMcLtlXXML5VT_w6R6NI-NgtftgoILBQNAywYqyVAImcDs/s320/6415_216678810388_16178305388_7995336_4369126_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388030989499051970" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-49453029096975713242009-09-14T08:38:00.000-07:002009-09-14T09:00:55.211-07:00Lost the will to knit?I really haven't been knitting very much since I got back from England and I am not sure why? Maybe because I have a number of projects that are just hovering somewhere in the middle and I haven't felt like doing them...it could be school/work?<br /><br />I really haven't touched the Better Be Easy shawl much since I got back from England. My theory is that this is because it is the only thing I worked on while I was there? I look at it, sitting there in the basket, and I know it is looking at me but I always find something else to do.<br /><br />I finally finished the thumbs on the Knit for the Cure wrist warmers. They look a little anemic in the picture, but that is because they are a ribbed pattern. When they are on someone, I think they look really good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHXT28hiZKkgyGmxApCyOvRhjjVtInKLbeAe5TyWfzZJCQo2g4cJsCI8BABXqDM2GVUjg5B1ibyYP5GFxhg1strK39tJm6r4ikZRn0w4l5JyPMN0VEAxyVQV9MCWA6AmgEzG8tLVldcc/s1600-h/For+the+cure+02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHXT28hiZKkgyGmxApCyOvRhjjVtInKLbeAe5TyWfzZJCQo2g4cJsCI8BABXqDM2GVUjg5B1ibyYP5GFxhg1strK39tJm6r4ikZRn0w4l5JyPMN0VEAxyVQV9MCWA6AmgEzG8tLVldcc/s320/For+the+cure+02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381349561989496738" /></a><br /><br />I also found some yarn in the sale room at my local yarn store to make a scarf. I got inspired and decided I wanted to do another scarf in the <a href="http://www.sheepinthecity.prettyposies.com/archives/000079.html">My So Called Scarf pattern</a>. I found this neat light pink/dark pink ribbon yarn, Katia Pinta, to make this scarf. Here is what it looks like so far:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhYY-eD8SbSTGGWclKqNJi4dsZuIq5uaUCEIOTDgLZbZiSRT8hhagHrR-xDrfe8t9YOsJIKE-azjuGL6n_clysILMdBOan_akgTowPZa6LzKCQx9VCat3EvnQXDdUb_cSb_WSX1405LM/s1600-h/For+the+cure+03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhYY-eD8SbSTGGWclKqNJi4dsZuIq5uaUCEIOTDgLZbZiSRT8hhagHrR-xDrfe8t9YOsJIKE-azjuGL6n_clysILMdBOan_akgTowPZa6LzKCQx9VCat3EvnQXDdUb_cSb_WSX1405LM/s320/For+the+cure+03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381350402862922594" /></a><br /><br />This coming Wednesday I will be joining in on a Knit-a-long (KAL) at my local yarn store. For my non-knitters, a KAL is where a bunch of people knit the same pattern at the same time. I'll be doing this the next 3 Wednesdays. It is a shawl called <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer07/PATTwisp.html">Wisp</a>. I am using an awesome royal blue colored Malabrigo lace weight yarn. I admit, I have started it, but I wanted to see about the needle size and well, whether or not I am going to be able to do this lace pattern. I haven't decided if it will be a gift or for me.<br /><br />I have been working on these socks as well...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbTQfvDfzpnIUvFNx72mq9CN5ajfQ2Kv88BXKCZAKCc78umpOQmMM4lden7q2iRCLBByBne4JG7XviZjS-MmSSwI8Tjv5sRmEX0w653WaxdFxCRHS30k6Jq73mT1_esA3wW3KmrjW-xE/s1600-h/BigRibSock01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbTQfvDfzpnIUvFNx72mq9CN5ajfQ2Kv88BXKCZAKCc78umpOQmMM4lden7q2iRCLBByBne4JG7XviZjS-MmSSwI8Tjv5sRmEX0w653WaxdFxCRHS30k6Jq73mT1_esA3wW3KmrjW-xE/s320/BigRibSock01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381352170989817538" /></a><br /><br />I have finished the first sock and I am at the heel of the second sock. This yarn is SO fabulous feeling, it is called Regia Silk Color...It is actually a wool silk blend...oh yea, I said silk! I can't wait to wear them!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNgQ7b2pHsJVeJHHlGOQXeluf7iwLnk3KQyJg7ywQOym9jLB5-WMf6rHbzJBbcXr8H3uwBd2mzcF89TwyELw8PKULS5LshB3EzM5qKnJ_-naCwj2dvCvvKA3VipKTOXnLFYljRVOwVXs/s1600-h/23917766.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNgQ7b2pHsJVeJHHlGOQXeluf7iwLnk3KQyJg7ywQOym9jLB5-WMf6rHbzJBbcXr8H3uwBd2mzcF89TwyELw8PKULS5LshB3EzM5qKnJ_-naCwj2dvCvvKA3VipKTOXnLFYljRVOwVXs/s320/23917766.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381353343962347330" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688495279765493339.post-29926963055007873842009-08-27T09:06:00.000-07:002009-08-27T09:33:14.359-07:00Not a long yarnSo I haven't been doing much knitting lately. The TV and computer have kept my attention lately. Even though I usually enjoy knitting and watching TV at the same time, I've just been sitting and watching.<br /><br />I am still working on the scarf I started using the yarn I bought in England.<br /><br />I am still working on the Better-be-easy shawl.<br /><br />I am still working on a little mat for my tea pot out of the same yarn I made the cozy out of.<br /><br />I have almost completely finished the pink wristwarmers For the Cure. I just need to knit the thumbs. I don't know what i am avoiding it.<br /><br />Last night for my knitting book club I decided I wanted to knit on something different. So I dug through my knitting and found a pair of socks, I don't even know how long it has been since I worked on them. I was even surprised to realize I had completed one of the socks. After finally tracking down the pattern I started the second sock. It is very easy, just knitting...the pattern is in the yarn. Simple, mindless and I seem to be motivated to work on it.<br /><br />I have L_'s blankie to finish. I have about 2/3's of it done, but it is WAY too hot to be having a big ole blankie on your lap.<br /><br />Let's not forget all the knitting I have been commissioned to do by friends...Pammie is a bad friend!<br /><br />Anyway, I feel the urge to knit!<br /><br />DAILY DAVID<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8X5Wxrl67iT8FXGyJ6hpuJIo0N0QuzvTwK8G6BPRdOmPuqTK83L5rRS7S9-IasJUDaTWdZX5RwNXVjDnGXL8Fw8sOK9uHAeHnzagKvVXP6aU-6iwxPWZ6bA8T6S7EfsRHAnJiNFBvac/s1600-h/21817_large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8X5Wxrl67iT8FXGyJ6hpuJIo0N0QuzvTwK8G6BPRdOmPuqTK83L5rRS7S9-IasJUDaTWdZX5RwNXVjDnGXL8Fw8sOK9uHAeHnzagKvVXP6aU-6iwxPWZ6bA8T6S7EfsRHAnJiNFBvac/s320/21817_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374682260724127186" /></a>PammieJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696233760445784972noreply@blogger.com0