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April 28, 2004
Knitting and Ringing, Ringing and Knitting
Busy Bee
Hey folks!
I'm still here. I'm still knitting too. Just don't seem to be posting the pics yet and some of you already know why!! :)
I'm also still trying to work out the bugs in my ring. I have to figure out how to get a new site to the member area and since the code is in place correctly, it must be an error on the part of Ringsurf. Since there are a ton of other rings already, I'm just waiting my turn to be answered, you know? I like Karen's comment about having different buttons for different skill levels too. Now why didn't I think of that?? Karen, can't wait to see what you can come up with!!
For those of you who are interested, I am reading this book called THE HISTORY OF HAND KNITTING by Richard Rutt. It's pretty darn cool! I mean I've been wondering about the history of the craft and it's hard to find detailed information about it. Some of the books I have purchased do contain a mini-section on it. But this book seems to be very comprehensive. Check it out if you get a chance. I just happened to come across it in a local Borders. Love that store!!
Kathleen, I'm looking up that pattern asap!! The club that I have joined is also going to be discussing their stranding projects so I'm going to have a look at that too.
So I'm a busy bee here. I will post pics as soon as I can for, you know... ;)
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April 26, 2004
Huh?
You are Shetland Wool.
You are a traditional sort who can sometimes be a
little on the harsh side. Though you look
delicate you are tough as nails and prone to
intricacies. Despite your acerbic ways you are
widely respected and even revered.
What kind of yarn are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
I love the quizzes that I find on the other blogs!! They give me a kick. This is my result of a quiz that I found on NadaJ's site (sidebar). I recently did a Princess Bride quiz on katyknits site (sidebar again) too and I came up with Princess Buttercup. I'm beginning to wonder if I really know me! Honestly, I'm being as frank as I can with all my answers. But, Princess Buttercup? Revered? On what planet?! My son just (playfully) kicked me in the shin today! LOL! I also had to look up acerbic because, forgive me, I didn't know the meaning of the word. Hmmm...Let's just say I'm glad my family and friends don't know that about me! Heck, I didn't even know that about me!! :D I'm thinking it's the fact that I answered, "I'd rather talk about the whole world going to hell in a handbasket". Okay, okay, let me explain. There weren't any other choices:
I don't club.
I cook on an "as need basis" as much as possible!
I haven't watched a game since Jordan was with the Bulls...okay, and I only watched two then.
I'm usually the one who tries it the wrong way first-a hundred times!!!-before I get it right...but yeah, world peace sounds cool.
Hey, when you work at a large public school, NOBODY (read N-O-B-O-D-Y) wants to talk about any more kids than the ones you're dealing with at the present time!
I have to be honest, with the irresponsible neighbors and the loose Pits I've seen around where I live, I'm quite content on my couch behind a locked door!
Jimmy Who????
Oh, don't worry about me, I know it's just for laughs...good excuse to blog though. :) And I absolutely love the image. Wonder if I'll be able to knit that way some day...I have been toying with some mosaic and fair isle simple samples. Maybe I'll post some of the pics later. I do aspire...which brings me to my knitting progress:
On Knitting
It seems like I'm kind of going back between the sweater and Forever and some other little projects I've got floating around in my notebook. I'd put my Wish List on the sidebar, but it's so loaded with content already! At any rate, whenever I need a break from one project, I just switch to another. Amazingly enough, I still reach my goals for each project and it seems like I get done more than I would just concentrating on one project at a time??? Go figure.
Happy, wonderful knitting tonight.
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April 23, 2004
Am I Losing My Mind?
I just started a webring.
What Is Up?
I just started a webring for beginner knitters. I saw a post on a knitting blog where the knitter was a little bit upset about not being able to turn out hand-knit sweaters lickety split. I'm kind of wondering, who can? But I was so moved by it that I decided to start a ring for those of us who are between just learning to knit to advanced intermediate level knitters or knitters who just like keeping it simple and may have never even knitted a sweater in their life. There is also the option of advanced and master knitters who'd just like to offer inspiration and advice and encouragement to those of us who are beginners, sans intimidation (I may be directly quoting the site there!). I think I also get intimidated to email a question or post on other sites being a beginner. I start feeling like Dorothy approaching the Wizard of Oz or something. Or maybe the Cowardly Lion??? Fortunately, in my experiences I've found most of the knitters I've approached to be friendly. Though I don't think I've ever asked for advice or anything like that. Usually it's a compliment. Who doesn't like those? :) But I hate the thought of knitters possibly abandoning blogs due to intimidation or lack of support. I am reminded of a sock I made for my son when I first started knitting without checking the gauge! Imagine the fright of having a sock that was waaayyyy too skinny to put on him after I was finished with it!! I still mess up from time to time...for my part, however, I don't think I'm too bashful to put that on a blog that I'm paying for-pics and all! :p
At any rate, if you're interested, join! I will probably be working out bugs for the first week or so. But after that, it's all a fair game. Editing here: It lives! So far, I have my site and the Beginner Babe site on the ring. I will probably be editing the Beginner Babe site for a while. I did have trouble at first getting the sites on the ring (my own sites!! go figure) because of what the Ringsurf admin called DMS Settings problems. I really don't know what all that means but, okay. I'm going to see if I can fix that with TypePad support. They added my sites though so I officially have two members: me and uh, me. :)
Credits roll.
Advertisement over.
Still Knitting...Nothing Beats the Energizer, It Just Keeps Going...and Going. And Going.
I decided to keep going on Forever even though I decided it was deep enough a while back at 50%. I just recently started the decreases. I don't know if this baby will even get to use this blanket much, but I think it'll be a cute throw for his room if nothing else! Pics to come soon.
No-Name gets a Name.
Sleevey it is. I know, a little queer...but I've had to rip the sleeves out a thousand times!! When I thought I had finally finished them I realized there was an extra portion at the back that should be seamed to make the length of the sleeves come out even when they get seamed. The pattern didn't detail how much of the seam gets set into the body of the sweater so I'm guessing the whole way. I just wanted to see if I could do it anyhow. But dang! There has got to be a better way to know where to start seaming. This weekend I plan on rummaging through my books to find what that way is!
Until then...Happy Knitting!
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April 19, 2004
Still Growing!
Yes, spring vacation was mighty good to me. Great week for knitting...plenty of rain, nice long road trips and what not. I got to do just about everything I wanted to do:
Knit
Spend time with the bf
Knit
Spend time with my son
Knit
Sleep in a few days
Knit
Watch movies
Knit
Yeah, it was pretty nice! :)
Knitting Knutz!
I also met with the knitting guild/club I attend every other Sunday. I love that group! They're just a great source of encouragement for me and I get to laugh too! Today I took the CHUNKY KNITS Cable V-neck that I'm working on and I have to say, I did have a few problems with the elementary directions. You'd have to try it to know what I mean. Whew! It's a little hairy in there! At any rate, I was weaving in the ends on the pieces of the sweater when one of the members asked me, "Who're you knitting it for?" I didn't have a real answer because I just wanted to see if I could knit it but I told her that I knew it probably wouldn't fit me because it's a small and I'm more of a medium build. Well, she kind of tilted her head, pursed her lips a bit, took a look at the sweater and said, "Let's see." Before I knew it she had popped up and there were two members on me pinning the pieces of the sweater around my midsection with dpns! You probably had to be there, but I found the whole ordeal hilarious! It turns out that the sweater can fit me. Who would've guessed? Also, it could be blocked to fit me perfectly...
Huh?
I was given some advice about how to join the pieces and blocking. Very invaluable when you're putting together your first adult sweater, for sure...One tidbit-for fearless, die-hard knitters only-was to put the sweater on and get into the shower. Then get out and wrap up in a towel (I'm assuming until it isn't sopping wet anymore). Take it off and roll it up in a towel to dry it further. Then let it rest and it will be blocked to perfection! Who would've thunk it? If I had to add anything to it, I'd say if you're always cold like me, make sure the heat is on full blast! :) Next time I'll ask if she minds me putting her name here for credit of the idea. I think I'm going to try it on this sweater!
It wasn't until most of the others left that I remembered my camera in my bag. Here are two of my friends, posing with some of their beautiful work:
I'm so jealous!!
And here is the front and back of the sweater attached. I have yet to attach the sleeves:
Every time I look at the sleeves, I get spooked! Here goes nothing...
Oh yeah. It's back to work tomorrow. Whoopee.
Happy Knitting! :)
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April 15, 2004
Another Day in the Life of...
Little Blessings.
I spent most of today with my son. Since it's spring break and all, I decided to give him a break too. He is in kindergarden. Usually his school closes for NO-thing. If it does close for a holiday, it is just one day. Pretty good, actually. But I missed him a little. So he stayed with me. We went to "KB ToyWorks," as he likes to call it, to get one of his fave toys: Bionicles something-something Light. He had the toy put together within about a half-hour to forty-five minutes. I remarked about how proud I was of him. He truly is a good kid. Even while he is now asleep, I keep hearing in the back of my head, "Mom, watch this!" I think I must've heard that phrase a hundred times today. It's amazing how tired and not tired I can be of that sort of thing.
While we were out I happened to see what I'd like to get his father for his birthday. Can't put it here since he knows where I post. But I will probably do one of those post for the future thingies so that on the day of his birthday, the post pops up with a pic of what I got him. I love this blog!!
Hot Head, Take Two
Yup! I knit another Hot Head Hat and the experience was a little...Irksome. This time I knit the pattern for myself. I had more than enough of the colors left. I could probably do a few other projects as well. But I liked the hat so much on the screen, I figured I'd give it a go again and try to hold onto it this time. I really like the colors for this pattern and since I happen to have quite a few yellow jackets...This particular time, the pattern didn't work out so quickly as the first time. It's funny since the first time I was knitting when I was very sleepy...Seems like I knit better when I'm tired. Go figure...At any rate, I knit the whole hat. Then as I was weaving in the ends from all the color changes (and there has GOT to be an easier way to make color changes without having to weave in so many ends- so help me, I WILL find it!) I think I may have pulled something out that shouldn't have been pulled out? A couple stitches seemed to come loose and then there were big, gaping holes where there should've been colored stitches. Gasp! So I had to go back and fix that till I was satisfied that I could live with the mistake. It's the kind of thing that nobody will probably notice until I tell them. But I'll always know that it is there...Irksome. Yeah, but it's also the name of the hat. :) It took me quite awhile to fix Irksome. Very unlike it's distant cousin, Tease (I decided to name the other hat too even though it no longer belongs to me. She'll never know! But it will know-and, yes, I am squinting my eyes and slightly gritting my teeth.). To make a long story short, there was no way I was going to lose my hat, Irksome or not, to a stupid mistake. I fought for that hat!! Lesson learned.
Never take anything for granted.
I think tomorrow, I'm going to knit some more on Forever and the CK sweater that has no name. I think I'll call it No-Name for now and see what happens. Who knows? The anonymity could provoke No-Name to provoke me into picking something more suitable to the character it's hiding thus far. And I know this project is hiding something; They all do. Yup, still squinting...
Knit another stitch! :)
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April 13, 2004
Spring Vacation Rocks!
Lots of goodies today!
On The Homefront
My son got the special treatment at karate practice today. He had the instructor all to himself for training. And if that wasn't all...cue the trumpets...he also got his third stripe on his yellow belt! Yay!! I'm so proud of him. He got the stripe so fast this time, if you blinked you would've missed it! But he is doing so well. And I think he enjoys it. It was a very good day.
Is It Just The Spring Air?
A good man is hard to find, but I think I just may have one. :) Okay, too bashful to go into all that! But I thought knitting was great all by itself. Now it's even better! Go figure.
Another Milestone
I tried another project that I had been wanting to do for awhile. The Fingerless Mitts from WEEKEND KNITTING. I really like many of the patterns in the book but since I still consider myself a beginner, I have been reluctant to try any of them since I got it (about a month and a half ago). Today I mustered up the courage to try this pattern. I guess it was all the mini-charts that intimidated me about this one. When I tried it today I found that it was surprisingly straightforward. I only hit a few snags like once I mistakenly skipped over a passage that said to knit four more rows. I had to rip it out and start over when I realized that at the end there weren't enough rows and I couldn't tell where I should've put them. Dumb mistake. Next time I started, I used a little notebook and indian dashes to help me keep track. Next snag: Casting on the three sts over the gap for the thumb. I know how to do the knitted cast on but I didn't understand the notation until I tried it the wrong way first! I don't know why. It was really simple. Sometimes I do have a tendency to make things more complex than what they have to be. Don't we all? But since I've been pretty much learning by trial and error, I know how to go back and fix things pretty good. Not all the time. But most times. I went back and tried again a different way and it came out right. So I even wrote a note in my little booklet for the next time I use that pattern. It's really quick, so I'm going to be using it for gift-giving when the season rolls around again to cover up.
Spring vacation is being very nice to me. :)
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April 10, 2004
Quick Draw McGraw!
It Just Slipped!
Doesn't she look cute?! Nice hat, huh? ;)
Happy Knitting! Btw, that's just some distant light posing as a pom-pon ball on the top of the hat! I'm camera-composition challenged! :)
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April 09, 2004
Bonding?
MY IGP
I finished my IGP today. The Chunky Knits scarf. It was a very quick, very nice project that took me about a week to complete. This is me wearing my IGP:
I really like the way the scarf came out. But I feel funny about it as a whole? I think it will make a wonderful gift next year as I expected. But I started it because after working on Forever for so long (and still plugging at it btw), I wanted to be able to see something completed, quickly. So I tried fat yarn and needles to get from A to B in a rush. That fabric grew beneath my fingers so rapidly! In between working on IGP and Forever and the CK sweater (which has no name at the moment), all simultaneously, I noticed one difference: The other night, I was working on Forever, and the fabric kind of draped and clung to me. Every time I turned it over to begin another row, it kind of felt like it was "used to doing it." It dangles over my lap. It's heavy. Oh, the scarf was all those things in a way. But Forever has some history with me now? The IGP kind of was here and is gone now like those April showers I'm anticipating-they come and go and sometimes you don't even know that they were here to begin with. That's kind of how my IGP went. At least as far as the process is concerned. I'm kind of feeling unsettled with it. Isn't that weird?
But I still have Forever. I think I'm going to be sad to give it away when it's time? But, a promise is a promise.
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April 08, 2004
Spring Vacation-Yay!!!
Yeah, right!
Big Whoop.
I got a flat tire on the way to work today. Nuff said.
Knitting Heaven
On the brighter side of things, I get to knit for ten days. I plan on spending time with the bf and all. But I'm like Fudd-I'm so looking forward to the "peace and we-wax-ay-shun."
I'm going to spend more time on Forever and finish up my IGP. I want to be able to start some of the projects that I liked from the Weekend Knitting book. Here's to hoping for busy hands on a lazy break!
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April 07, 2004
Pit stop-LYS
After taking my son to school for a field trip today, I was going down the road and the thought came to me in a whisper, "Go to the LYS." I'm lying. It came to me a week ago when I knew ahead of time that I'd have this day off. So off I went. And I came back with this:
Nice stuff, huh? This week is spring vacation at school and I plan on knitting myself into oblivion. I have enough to make a "Hot head hat" from the SNB book and whatever that two-toned hat is from the WK book, the long scarf, and a flower face cloth from the WK book. I also chose a screwball item-a kit for a beaded bag. It's such a cute, tiny bag! I already know who I'm giving it to when it's finished.
Acrylic vs. Wools
Well, I can't say I don't have anymore yarn to choose from, that's for sure. Most of my previous stash was comprised of mainly one good kit of handpainted yarn that I got at Stitches With Style and a lot of acrylic baby yarns given to me as a gift. I like the acrylic yarns a lot because they're economically effective. But the only problem I have with them is how they sort of squeak over my needles? It makes me a little uncomfortable sometimes-depending on how long the project is, I guess.
Part of the stash I got today is Blue Sky Bulky. It's half alpaca and half wool. It is soooooo soft! I love just touching it and looking at it! I can't say I'll never work with acrylics again. They're easier to secure since there are plenty of crafts shops around without the time limitations. But that LYS...mmm mmm mmm! I'm also seeing many online yarn suppliers that I would like to try out as well. I never have ordered online before. I guess I kind of feel like I do when I order brushes online: In my experiences, art suppliers never send the very best brushes, if you get my meaning. It's best to buy those in person. But I may have a change of heart after seeing some of the posts on knitty about The Knitting Garden and a few others...
Now the one thing I didn't get while I was there was a handpainted skein which I really wanted and since I am on the web.....I could make a little pit stop!
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April 05, 2004
Knitting Fads
Those Who Can't, Teach
I started learning to knit around January-March last year before I found out that it was a fad. It was something that I used to see the other art students that I worked with doing while the children we were caring for slept. At the time, people on TV and in the movies were displaying their skills-of which I had no clue (I was an art student, I had no life). Many books were also being churned out on the subject-now that, I came to know well. At any rate, I think most people just get a "feel good" feeling when they see someone knitting. There's a calm serenity that they seem to vibe from wherever they happen to be sitting. And it's attractive. Oh yeah, there are some that just have it in their heads that knitters should all be well over eighty, in rocking chairs with a shawl covering their shoulders, humming some old spiritual, just click-clacking themselves into eternal bliss. But for others, it is so attractive, they just want to do it too.
Since I was a painting major, I had no clue about knitting. I figured it was one of those things that only certain people could do. Well, I learned how to knit from one of those certain people and a few good books. Can't say that I'm great. But I can say that I love it! I can also say that people love to ask me to knit things for them, teach them to knit...in essence...ask me to act like I've been knitting for years!!
Case in point:
Today, a student asked me to teach him how to knit. I was walking slowly around the room knitting on Forever and he just kept bugging me about it. I tell them all to come after school on a Tuesday or Thursday with the art club and they can learn too. But he had no work to do so I assumed he was just trying to find something to do to occupy his mind. Well, he must've begged me a thousand times. I thought he was really joking. Besides, I wanted to knit. I told him I didn't have any extra needles in my bag (which was true only in one way-no straight needles to teach him on) and no yarn (which was true in one way-I needed to make sure I had enough of the yarn in there for this project-and I'll only know that when it's finished). End of story, right?
Wrong. Oh, so wrong.
Well, worse came to worse and he finally brought up two sharpened pencils and said, "Come on. I want to learn." So, I put my knitting down and found some scrap yarn in my bag. It was extra bulky. The boy was knitting in two minutes. His first swatch was done in little under ten. That was wonderful! And exhilarating for me too. I taught someone else to knit! It was great......until he wanted another piece to knit. I told him to unravel the piece he had and start over. He didn't want to do that. He wanted me to keep that sample because I taught him how. So sweet, but not now kid, I'm knitting. I didn't want to have to put my knitting down which I had just picked up for the three minutes while he was still swatching. I didn't have more bulky scrap yarn so he said he'd use some of the baby weight yarn I was knitting with and found two paper clips and bent them around till they were straight! My goodness! I took some of the bulky yarn I was using to knit my cable sweater with from the end of the roll and resisted guilt tripping him by telling him that if I didn't have enough of this dye lot for my sweater it would be his fault. He made another swatch. He wanted more.
I've Created a Monster
Finally, I had to let him go to the art room to get some of the knitting needles I use to show the art club how to knit with and some of the yarn from there. Now these are materials for which I make the art club solemly SWEAR to bring back the next day. I had to GIVE them to him to get him off my back! He promised to bring them back anyway, but, you know...Of course, by the time he got back from the room with the supplies, it was around 2:15. The school day only goes till about 2:30. With the remaining time, I found a pattern for him and casted on about 126 stitches on size 8 needles for him to begin and take home.
With the final announcements, they were about to be dismissed for the day to go home. He went home happy. I was of mixed emotions myself. While he had made two swatches and had started on an afghan, I had only knit one row!
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April 03, 2004
So What of It?
"Doh!" Homer exclaimed.
I'm sure experienced knitters out there knew the joke before I actually caught on...there was no way I was going to get that sweater to be in anything but stripes given the yarn I purchased! Earth to godsend, "It was a kit!" I think I'm going to have to use that yarn to make a bag or maybe some leg warmers or something I wouldn't mind being quite so stripy?? I just really don't think I'd like the sweater after completion. And I think that that would make the process hard for me to stand by. I'd just plod along, if I did stick with it at all. But the colors were delicious (though the pic doesn't nearly do them justice)! I couldn't not get the kit. They'll make some nice felted gifts for Christmas and birthdays anyway.
Big, Fat Needles, Big, Fat Yarn
So, instead of doing the sweater in knitting pretty that I hoped to be working on by now, I'm doing the sweater in Chunky Knits. I like many of the pieces in the book-and then some of them, I could do without. But the cabled sweater was the first one that caught my eye. So I'm trying that one.
I'm also working on a scarf from the same book. I'm not sticking completely to the design in the book. I'm doing the same amount of rows for each color. This project reminds me of the multi-colored scarf I did. I still have nightmares about that scarf from time to time. It's not the color changing that's the issue. I love all the color...It's just weaving in all those ends!! Where is that Domino Knitting book when I need it? Probably covered in yarn in my knitting basket like usual. This scarf came about because I figured I'd been working on this blog design for so long, I wanted to make up for the time I haven't knitted. I also needed a quick project to kind of pacify me while waiting for Forever AND a Day to come along. So this is my current IGP. It's knitting up pretty quickly...but with these needles, why wouldn't it!
They are size US 19 needles and a little awkward to work with at first. I kept poking myself in the ribs! I was pulling and pushing and "wrassling" that yarn down for awhile. Then I kind of got used to it. And it's so cool! I got nearly half the scarf done in one night. My other scarf with all it's color changes took two weeks! Of course, I liked that too. I guess it depends on the mood I'm in. Hmmm...mood-based knitting. Interesting thought. At any rate, I think the yarn isn't as chunky and slubby as the pattern calls for but it's just a scarf so...gauge matters not much to me. I plan on giving it away anywho. I guess I kind of feel that way about all the things I'm doing right now-with the exception of the jacket I'm knitting my mother. Oh yeah, and to make the project even more tantalizing for me, she's going on a diet now...great! (it's a yay! and a crap! all at once) As far as the other projects are concerned though, to me it doesn't really matter whether the other projects fit me or not right now. I just want to see whether I can make them properly. I'm using the small requirements for the pattern for the cabled sweater. I don't think it will necessarily fit me. I'm usually around a medium build to be comfortable in anything I wear. But as long as they are properly constructed, if they don't fit me, they'll fit somebody! Yeah, I'm a giver, but don't mistake me for being a bleeding heart either. Once I've got the hang of it, you'd better believe, I'm tailoring the next one for yours truly!
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April 02, 2004
TGIF! (no, really, tgif!!!)
Well, I've gone and done it again! It's a good thing it is Friday! I've gone and decided to do something utterly and completely crazy. I initially decided I wanted to do an IGP. Maybe I will do that. But let me just share that instead of doing that right off, I decided to embark upon yet another "Won't be finished till who knows when project!" Why must I do this to myself, huh? Give me a clue. Anyone?
I decided that that beautiful handpainted yarn I got from my LYS can't go to waste. I bought it as a kit. But to be honest, I think I kind of don't care for that whole stripy look that went along with the kit (pics to come this weekend). It's nice, but I don't need anything making me look that wide, know what I mean? And it is a little too stripy for a sweater for my taste. So, I'm going to use the yarn in the pattern for the sweater in the back of knitting pretty by Kris Percival. I haven't completed an adult sweater size yet and I'd really like to see a sweater in these colors. The pattern is supposed to be a level 5 for a beginner. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't even have to fit me when it is finished. I'd just like to knit it (where in the world did that idea come from?-pausing to see if I've completely lost it)...Well, anyway, the book has yet to steer me wrong!
Here's to hoping...
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April 01, 2004
Just one more tweak...
Today I worked on getting my button and banner up-exclusively made by missa of www.moonarts.com (she truly is a genius!). And I finally suceeded! Took me over three hours...whew! But it was very worth it. I have one more tweak to make I think regarding the border. I'm kind of liking that reddish-brown so I think I'll put it on the borders. Yeah, I'm obsessing, but this is going to be my home for at least a year now so I'm making it as comfy to (repeatedly) return to as possible.
And if I'm not mistaken, it only took me a week (well, judging from when the changes on this border take place) instead of the two weeks I initially thought it would. Course, it hasn't helped my already poor sleeping habits, but, "Yay me!" anyway.
One thing I have discovered since beginning this blogging project is that it really eats into the knitting time! Going to have to work on that because I've developed another vice with this blog: picture taking!
Happy Knitting!
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