Lazy, lazy, lazy.
I have just spent a completely unproductive, relaxing weekend at my Mom & Dad's house in Idaho. Not everyone can say that they have relaxing weekends at their parent's house. I, on the other hand, have a toddler who likes his Grandpa more than he likes me:
This means said toddler does not want to have a thing to do with me or anyone else besides Grandpa the whole time we are in Idaho. This equates to lots of time to knit, read, make cards, waste time. Today I was a complete, lazy slug. I stayed in my jammies until noon. Ah, I love it!
Knitting news, in which Kimi explains that she is not a complete waste of skin: While at my Mom's, I finished a hat and more than half of my Oregon Tote, which is coming along nicely, I think, except for that I'm second guessing my contrast color. Do you think light orange goes ok with red? I'm so color challenged. For that matter, I am also double pointed knitting challenged. I had read it was like "wrestling with an octopus," but jeez, I had no idea! After ripping out the whole thing several times (my tension was so tight that it would have looked like I had some kind of growth coming out of my head) I got the hang of it, I guess. The other thing I did not really enjoy: trying to figure out how to pick up stitches from a cast on edge. I really hope I did not completely screw it up. I guess I'll find out when it's all said and done. One way or another, I'm going to have to get someone more experienced than I to show me how to do this. Hopefully I will be able to go to SnB this week and can have someone help me not be dumb.
Unfortunately, I have not had time to take pictures, so the hat and half finished bag will have to wait. I have no idea what to work on next.
And, on a side note, tonight was the Oscars, and I was able to keep my track record of only missing one out of the major six categories (Clint Eastwood for Best Director...I predicted Scorsese). Ryan laughs at me that I even care about getting them right, since I don't particularly care about movies. What can I say, it's an odd obsession.
Just for fun: The checkbook cover I made this weekend. So cutesy, but I love it anyway:
This means said toddler does not want to have a thing to do with me or anyone else besides Grandpa the whole time we are in Idaho. This equates to lots of time to knit, read, make cards, waste time. Today I was a complete, lazy slug. I stayed in my jammies until noon. Ah, I love it!
Knitting news, in which Kimi explains that she is not a complete waste of skin: While at my Mom's, I finished a hat and more than half of my Oregon Tote, which is coming along nicely, I think, except for that I'm second guessing my contrast color. Do you think light orange goes ok with red? I'm so color challenged. For that matter, I am also double pointed knitting challenged. I had read it was like "wrestling with an octopus," but jeez, I had no idea! After ripping out the whole thing several times (my tension was so tight that it would have looked like I had some kind of growth coming out of my head) I got the hang of it, I guess. The other thing I did not really enjoy: trying to figure out how to pick up stitches from a cast on edge. I really hope I did not completely screw it up. I guess I'll find out when it's all said and done. One way or another, I'm going to have to get someone more experienced than I to show me how to do this. Hopefully I will be able to go to SnB this week and can have someone help me not be dumb.
Unfortunately, I have not had time to take pictures, so the hat and half finished bag will have to wait. I have no idea what to work on next.
And, on a side note, tonight was the Oscars, and I was able to keep my track record of only missing one out of the major six categories (Clint Eastwood for Best Director...I predicted Scorsese). Ryan laughs at me that I even care about getting them right, since I don't particularly care about movies. What can I say, it's an odd obsession.
Just for fun: The checkbook cover I made this weekend. So cutesy, but I love it anyway:
posted by Chef Messy at 10:19 PM
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