Sick Day

I'm home sick from work today, sneezing and coughing all over the place, but not feeling quite as half-dead as I have for most of the weekend. I want to start a small from-stash knitting project soon, since I've finished Intolerable Cruelty, so I decided to take my extra-free-time opportunity to go through my stash, take inventory, and organize everything. I have now neatly packaged all my needles and updated the list on Ravelry. I've also chucked things I no longer want (a few little yarn remnants, old printed-off-the-internet patterns I've finished, etc.). It turns out that I have approximately a metric buttload of worsted-weight acrylic yarn in a variety of colors, thanks mostly to the Three Little Cardis project. I also have a rather decent amount of organic cotton (certainly enough for a baby sweater), and a bunch of other stuff. What I do NOT have, apparently, is a working brain that can make decisions or come up with ideas. I blame my cold. My favorites and queue on Ravelry are no help: most of the things I have there, I need to buy yarn for them. I might just do the "EXFOLIATE!" Dalek washcloth. Yeah, that might be best. I'm a little leery of it because a strong mercerized cotton would probably be best for a washcloth, but the idea of making bobbles with cotton makes me cringe. No stretch, you know? Meh. Maybe I'll just use some of that acrylic and use it as a decoration instead of a functional washcloth.

DONE!!!!

I just finished Intolerable Cruelty! I've been sick this weekend, so working on it is pretty much all I've done today. It's GORGEOUS! I will wear this happily, not just because I made it, but because it's adorable, and it fits and flatters me beautifully! When my boyfriend gets home on Monday night, I'll see if I can get him to snap some pictures of it so I can put them up on Ravelry.

YAY!!!

Well, I haven't quite finished Intolerable Cruelty, but I have only an inch of knitting to go! Then it's time to add the crocheted loops for the ribbon and sew in the elastic I got. Does anyone sell 5'8" waistband elastic? I saw NONE at Windsor Button. Got 3/4" instead. Hopefully, it won't be too wide.

I did get the sexy black pumps, too! Hooray for gift cards at DSW!

I'm really excited about wearing this skirt! I will have to wait for it to cool down a bit, first. OK, bamboo's not as warm as wool, for example, but still...on a day like today, when it's over 90 out...no. I hope I can manage to sew in the waistband neatly. I'm a bit concerned about that. But we'll see how it goes. Hmm. I should check to see if I have thread in an appropriate color. If not, I'll need to make another trip to WB.

She's baaaack!

Hi folks!

I don't have a whole lot to say, except that I'm done with the Top Sekrit Projects. These three baby sweaters, identical in pattern but different in color, were given to three dear friends as shower gifts for their new babies. All three babies are now in the world, happy and healthy with their awesome parents. YAY!

After I finished the last of those, I went on a knitting hiatus for a while. I have at this point started up again, working on my Intolerable Cruelty skirt. Progress is progressing! I am about halfway through the decrease section, and it's looking gorgeous. It's heavy, carrying around the WIP and the attached CONE OF YARN (it is huge and needs all caps), but it's super-easy work for when I'm on the bus. Miles of stockinette in the round, with the occasional decrease round coming up after 18 rounds of stockinette. Yep, easy. I think this will come out looking very nice and expertly done, if I can manage not to f*** up on sewing in the elastic for the waistband or making the crochet loops for the ribbon!

When it is done, I shall celebrate by buying myself a pair of sexy little black pumps, because it will look DYNAMITE with them. Yeah!