Lord Kelvin Would Be Proud

After months of waiting (well, only two), I finally have my own fair isle hat. The pattern is my own creation, although the waves are directly from the Vogue Knitting Stitchionary, Vol. 3 (Color). The lining instructions are identical to Rob's ski hat, from Jared Flood's Red Light Special.


Yarn is Mirasol Yarn Cotanani (Wool/Cotton blend) that SissyP made me buy in Frisco. I've slowly learned that she knows best - so now I don't question as much.



In case you care (and you should), the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (by Lord Kelvin) is an atmospheric science term that represents waves (unlike lenticular wave clouds, but I won't bore you with details about that).

Phat Hat

OK PP - you want posts? I hope to get most of this finished tonight (on the bus and before the wine kicks in). We are having PIE right? Ooo. I'll need celebratory pie for completing the hat, don't you think?

I took this picture with my phone. Guess who just got a new phone? Last night. It's Chocolate. Kept me from knitting. Had to put new BBoys ringtone on. And new wallpaper. Takes much better photos that my last POS phone.

I'm just about to start my decreases. I measured Rob's hat and I really like the way it lies nice and flat on the top of the head - so I may use the same decrease instructions. The regular swirl-like decrease might be a better choice - seeing as how I have swirly waves in the pattern. Yeah, better.

After trying it on so far I think it might actually look better on me than Rob's hat - which is a great relief for him.

I'm also painfully close to finishing the brimmed hat for Chris - bought the (eek) lovely plastic canvas last night. I just need to slip into knitted brim and sew to hat. Should be done this weekend.

SissyP - what about posting your quilt stuff? I mean, why not?

I know I'm busy but what are you?

OK, I have an excuse: I have been unbelievably busy at work, for, yes, months! I finally feel like I'm somewhat caught up so of course I have scheduled a vacation. Yay, Mexico!

Now the computer problems have come home to roost as well, although things are looking better than they did right at the end of the year it is still a challenge to do anything, so pics are going to be a little hard to come by. I can't find the cable from my phone or I'd post from that. Shesh. One thing or another, I swear.

Gary the wonder tinkerer currently has my laptop, which apparently does work, and the laptop's hard drive, which may or may not, and the monitor, which likely does not but if it does I probably will give it to him anyway for helping me out. That would leave me at home with Sissy Princess's computer with Kubuntu operating system and Gary's creaky old CRT monitor, which, of course, snaps off periodically. I'd really like to update my Ipod with new music, but since my external hard drive is malfunctioning I can't update from my music. I could put some new podcasts on, but at work they limit downloads from itunes. I can't really blame them on that though, it is a lot of bandwidth. Kubuntu doesn't support itunes so I can't do it from home either. I'd like to just use winamp to manage my ipod, but I can't seem to get the stuff currently on there deleted either. I'd be willing to wipe and reload the ipod, but that requires a download from itunes...

See what I mean? Now quit complaining about my lack of posting. At least I'm knitting! (I started fair isle mittens with Heather's white and my green Lambs Pride, but was working waay too large so had to frog. Got distracted by finishing - YES, finishing! the Noro tam and have started gloves in the yummy, but slightly scratchy handspun wool.)

Unless you can claim this many computer problems, I expect more posting from you guys!

A Touch of the Flu-Blue Scarf

My dear sweet Nana used to party pretty hard when she was a young and flirty 20/30-something. Even after she had her children she would love to go out and have a few drinks with her friends and listen to live jazz. As an impressionable teen, I remember watching her slurp down those favorite vodka martinis and bat her eyes at the barkeep: "And I like it dry, *very* dry" - which of course translates to a straight up vodka shot camouflaged by a prettier glass with an olive. Nana and I always agreed on booze, food and music.


Mom said that when she was a kid, on Saturdays or Sundays Nana would occasionally be stuck in bed with "a touch of the flu" following these wild nights with her friends. So it seems that today, I too have 'a touch of the flu' after last night's dinner and drinking incident. I, however, managed to get out of bed and photograph my latest finished project.

It's from Sheep in the City's My So Called Scarf pattern. I used one skein of Mountain Colors Mountain Goat yarn in Steel Blue. The yarn is pretty and soft but I noticed that it was breaking in a few places. Nana would have loved it. =)

Shesh, gimme a break

Man you guys are crabby! I been BUSY! and it seems like everything around is broken: the laptop, then the external hard drive, but I thought it was the computer, not the HD, so the computer had a whole overhaul in order to "fix" the issue with not being able to access the HD. (Note to self: maybe trouble shoot a little more extensively next time!). Now it appears my monitor is well and truly broken. For all I know the computer is toast too, but since I can't see anything I don't know that.

But I do have new pictures, thanks to everyone else for getting them and sending them to me via email, which isn't broken... yet...
Here is a picture of the oven mitt, potholder / trivet, and coasters I made for Ruth & John:














And here are Sonia & Kurt's slippers. Kurt was particularly enthusiastic.





And here are Mom & Dad's socks.
















I have no idea what yarn those are. I think I have the label somewhere, I'll post it when I find it.


Suzanne promised me she would get a picture of the hat I made her. I'd been sitting on the yarn for a while because I loved the colors so much, but never could think of anything great to make from it for me... because I look like crap in a close fitting "beanie style" hat and that's how much I had.

Girlz Who Knit (& Those Who Don't Post)

Jiminy. I was trying to give PunkinPi the first shot to post in 2008, but she's just too lazy^H^H^H slow. Oh, wait - here she is doing something... is that a knitting project? Couldn't be. Cuz she would have posted by now. Note the gorgeous felted bag - a project that could be put on ravelry (although I know that Martie did it, but PP could use another project or two on the site).



Since I'm nearing the completion of a scarf and I don't really have anything to show and tell, I'll share our fun knitting (and food and skiing) weekend up in Silverthorne. Here we are - and it looks like we're trying to decide who will post next. Note how no one will look anyone else in the eye.

Some of us snowshoed and xc skied - and had pedicures - and we ate lots of gooey goodness. I love this group, especially the cooks. We never go hungry or thirsty.



Here is a rainbow of pre-felted slipper clogs. Although none are Martie's. Tsk.