Monday, May 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I'm Pathetic
I had such grand plans for this blog. I was going to take a picture of all incoming stash. I was going to document all projects in progress. I was going to entertain everyone with stories of fiber get togethers. However it turns out I'm pathetic, or at least way over extended.
I've got to give a talk at JavaOne in May. The slides are due on Friday. The room seats 600 people EEK! Anyway I've gotten great feedback from folks and I think it is going to go well, but it is a bit on the stressful side.
We have a big code release (what a weird idea for an open source project) at the end of this month. so I'm busy busy busy with that. However this is supposed to be about knitting so...
I've fallen in love with the sock heel in Cat Borhdi's new book. It's the best looking heel I've ever made. I'll never go back to short row heels again. There are no holes, no weird little potentially half picked up wraps, no too tight arches that don't fit over my foot. It is absolutely perfect. I'll try to get pictures up of the many (3) finished pairs of socks I've got with this heel.
My current lust object is a thermal (Knitty) out of Dream in Color Smooshy. The notion of an entire sweater (in my size!) out of sock weight yarn is daunting, but I think I would wear the heck out of it!!
I'm making progress on my son's hat from *ell. Carding the fleece left me with too many neps, so I ended up combing it. I didn't get nearly as much out of it as I would have liked, so I've dyed another batch in the crockpot with Wilton's red red. This is going to be one really really red, really really soft (cormo) hat.
Christine
I've got to give a talk at JavaOne in May. The slides are due on Friday. The room seats 600 people EEK! Anyway I've gotten great feedback from folks and I think it is going to go well, but it is a bit on the stressful side.
We have a big code release (what a weird idea for an open source project) at the end of this month. so I'm busy busy busy with that. However this is supposed to be about knitting so...
I've fallen in love with the sock heel in Cat Borhdi's new book. It's the best looking heel I've ever made. I'll never go back to short row heels again. There are no holes, no weird little potentially half picked up wraps, no too tight arches that don't fit over my foot. It is absolutely perfect. I'll try to get pictures up of the many (3) finished pairs of socks I've got with this heel.
My current lust object is a thermal (Knitty) out of Dream in Color Smooshy. The notion of an entire sweater (in my size!) out of sock weight yarn is daunting, but I think I would wear the heck out of it!!
I'm making progress on my son's hat from *ell. Carding the fleece left me with too many neps, so I ended up combing it. I didn't get nearly as much out of it as I would have liked, so I've dyed another batch in the crockpot with Wilton's red red. This is going to be one really really red, really really soft (cormo) hat.
Christine
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