Yes I did just post but there was no way really to politely and delicate move on to this topic so I’ll post again, it never rains but it pours…Anyway what little knitting I’ve done this past week was socks. Socks for grandma as the title implies. They are just quick toe up socks in ultra alpaca. Yes worsted weight socks because they are never meant to be worn as anything other than slippers. See I adore my grandma well adore might not be the right word. I admire her, I love her. She was never very grandma like no baking cookies for her but she did make me a belly dancing costume out of old drapes once. My god did she lead an interesting life, and how can I not admire a woman with the guts to leave a man after 54 years of marriage. While I was sad I also just was in awe that she was ready and willing to do that. My grandpa is great but he’s Irish and a lawyer with the temper to prove it. Anyway recently we all found out she has cancer. Recently she also had a very minor heart attack. Yes the big C has struck my genetic tree again. So I thought if she was going to be in the hospital for treatment she might want something other than those disgusting slipper things they give you. I’ve thrown out more of those that my mother had than I can count. Hence the quicky thick warm socks. Since I can’t be there, I wanted to show her how much I love her. I am just glad she’s going to fight it. I don’t know if I was her age what I would do. Anyway behold the socky glory. I also put on the one sock I finished of the garter rib set.
Month: November 2006
So um stuff…aka I am still the worlds slowest knitter but it was the holidays so totally valid excuse
My experiment in fixing my sweater has turned into a disaster. I just don’t have enough yarn and I just refuse to buy more so I will put it back the way it was. Since I have lost weight it fits sort of oddly anyway. But first sweater sentiment and all that. So that will be done sometime this week, also I am still working on the garter rib sock. I still find the pattern enjoyable which is a good thing. Socks are one of my favorite things to make but I’m not much for wearing them, go figure. I also want to start a big project soon. I feel the need for a knit that will make my eyes bleed. I’m thinking of casting on for two yes you read that right two different scarves this week and also swatching for the gatsby sweater in fall 06 IK. I really do like the sweater though I might change the neckline. I worry with the girls and my shoulders it might not be as flattering as I would like. but I think it might work. We’ll see I just happen to have the yarn called for in even the same color so I think it might be fate. But instead of doing anything that wonderful I futzed around on my sock. Yes my sock as if it was a real project! In my defense we had a great deal of running around to do related to a purchase and then HWKDD wanted to watch some bad horror. So the sock was entirely reasonable. And it was turkey day week and since I cooked so it might not have been the best week to try and start a bunch of new projects. I did break out the spinning this past weekend. I do so love spinning. Just not sure if I love it enough to invest in a wheel. I can think of so many yarns I want or I could be smart and save it for my yarn over the course of the year. But really I want to so many not cheap projects… Like I need to order the silk garden for my Lady E and I would like to do the rocking socks club. Also 2007 will be the year of the sweater for me I think. Always have a sweater going all the time. I have enough yarn for 7 sweaters in dk/worsted and 2 sweaters in lace weight. So now I just need to pick one and snap to it. The next one will be something with construction because that’s a skill I need to learn.
Turkey Aftermath
So once again it was the national day of eating here in the states. I had my beloved HWKDD home so I of course cooked for 2 days and we feasted, oh how we feasted. Actually I feel like I wimped out since last year I cooked for three days and had more dishes but alas…The menu was mostly the same but I’ll reprint here to avoid having to link to my post from last year. No pics cause I was too hungry to take them before we all fell to eating with a vengeance.
- Turkey, brined, air dried and roasted
- Stuffing (nope didn’t make the bread this year but still damn tasty)
- Mashed with roasted garlic and caramelized onions
- Savory Corn pudding with basil
- Green Bean Casserole (CI recipe no soup cans needed)
- Dinner Rolls (CI recipe)
- Pumpkin Pie (yes I made it)
- Tiramisu
Guests were just me, HWKDD, and Arra who had to work and her liverboy had to work as well so…I invited her over. So we ate and ate and ate. And then I cleaned up. Slept like the dead. Black Friday was interesting did a wee bit of shopping and picked up HWKDD some shirts. And a bit of yarn. I was so good considering it was a 25% off sale. The weekend has been nice some knitting, some reading, some gaming. I’m such a boring homebody these days. Also been considering the holidays as in what the fuck do I want to spend the xmas loot on. So many things…so little time. I keep thinking yarn but that seems dumb since umm the stash is rather large. A wheel for spinning would be nice but uhh…yeah like I need another hobby? There is always kitchen shit I could use but somehow its not exciting. I’m sure I’ll find something sooner or later. Probably will invest some in yarn and some in other stuff. Really I already got what I wanted when HWKDD came home.
Why is it life gets in the way of knitting…
I have a whole bunch of excuses but I will endeavor to bore you more with my knitting misadventures in the future. I do have an FO, for you all to *cough* enjoy. So I guess I’ll deal with that and then the other knitting foo after.
Pattern: Knithulu
Yarn: Lambs Pride Bulky in black
Needles size 10.5
Notes: I hate making these. Its my third and final one. Anyone else who wants one can learn to knit for all I care. Actually in all honesty of the three this one was the easiest. I think its because I finally didn’t use a craptastic yarn. So maybe there is another one in my future. Someone would have to beg and beg hard though.
Yep its been another month but I have very good excuses and if you don’t like them I could care less…
So I suck big time at keeping this thing up. I am however going to blog and bore you with more frequency. I spent most of the past month franticly getting ready for HWKDD’s return from the third world cesspool he was in. Nope no pictures, well I took them but I’m not posting them. Anyone who is related to me or to him or who I know IRL and wants to see them can send me an email. Anyway I had decided months back to go all ocd and organize our books. Nothing says what a dumbass thing to do like having piles and I mean PILES of books everywhere. I got rid of probably over a hundred too. Mostly things that are easy to find at the library but still it hurt… felt like I was leeching IQ points. Also came to realize I need more shelving. Yes more shelving the downside of this is that I have no freaking clue what wall I’d put it on if I did buy it. On a semi-related note I’ve almost reached my goal of 100 books this year. I’m sure I’ll reach it but considering that HWKDD is home perhaps new years will find me reading like a speed demon. Also been working out though I still have at least 10 lbs to go. Why this last10 will not budge is pissing me off. To date (since April) I have lost at least 27 lbs. Yes I had gotten quite a tub on. I blame married life. HWKDD can eat whatever he wants and I can’t but it means I end up eating way more than I should. No really I am aware its all my fault but it is sickening to look over at the love of your life having his X ding dong for the day and saying yum this lettuce sure is filling. It’s funny though I didn’t grow up eating Junk at all. My mom never kept it in the house and really except for certain times I don’t really crave junk but what I do love is good rich food. My Chicken Marsala recipe has to be one of the most fattening meals on the planet but I defy you to find better. I have come up with slightly lower cal versions but they really are not as good and its not like I make that sucker weekly. Anyway I still am working out so I have hope that the last ten will eventually go wherever it is weight goes when it leaves the body. So picking up HWKDD was a whole lotta suck. I mean it was fantastic to actually get to pick him up but the process left much to be desired. His flight time was at this ungodly hour. Now we had to show up at least 2 hours in advance in case they were early (this becomes very funny later on) So I figured the gate would be slammed so I got there about 2:30. Mind you I hadn’t slept since that was AM. The weather was all crappy but stupidly I said “self you spent too much money and effort putting together that WWII retro-y welcome home outfit to abandon it due to a little rain.” So I get there and you can’t find anything since I was so early they didn’t have their joes out directing folks but eventually I found some shrieking eel of a wife who had gotten someone to drive us in the general direction. So we park and get on these buses filled with people and their screaming infants (even though I want kids nothing makes me crazier than badly behaved screaming spawn) and they drive us over to the hanger it is now 3 am. So we sit there for a while and I talk to various people when I have to and generally represent the frg if needed. Meanwhile I’m freezing right. I looked awesome but I’m freezing. So at some point maybe around 4 ish cell phones start going off. The guys are New Hampshire and they will be delayed by at least 2 hours. At this point I had managed to find people I kind of knew but still…In fact hanging out with that lovely family was the highlight of the whole wait. Her in laws were just the most wonderful people. So we wait and wait and wait. I’m getting tired and cranky cause its too freaking cold and wet outside to go smoke. But finally they arrive. Many people ran outside to see the plane but I decided that I was better off staying indoors, since I had a great seat and wanted to be able to see him when he came in. They came in and it was such a relief, waves of whatever stress I had been feeling since they went over there just left my body. Also seeing all those people so happy and relieved and saying thank you made me cry. Of course I had to control it lest I end up looking like a clown with eyeliner running down my face. Then we got our 20 minutes of hug, cry and kiss time. It was funny I had expected it to be more awkward but it wasn’t. So after that there was more of a wait but eventually we got to go home at which point the public portion of this story ends.
