April 14, 2004
Burp!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... Time to recover from the birthday orgy. A wallow in calorie- and fat-laden food at Outback followed by a wallow in wrapping paper and ribbon followed by a wallow in the pots de crèmes. (I wonder how unprofessional is it to sit at your desk with your jeans unzipped and your stomach pooched out...)
As a nod to you fiber enthusiasts out there, The Mysterious K wanted to show you how much she enjoyed her alpaca scarf.
Knitting Knews
Remember the two-handed, two-color, stranded, steeked, circular needle, Norwegian snowflake project that was thisclose to being cut? Well, I lost it. No, no, I don't mean I went all hysterical at the prospect of taking scissors to it. I mean I can't find the blasted thing.
In my world, I can usually tell when things are going to Become Lost. They start (a) moving slightly farther away from me day by day and (b) showing up in strange places. Eventually they just disappear altogether. In the case of the snowflake, it was first in my knitting bag, where it was logically supposed to be. Then it moved to my secondary knitting bag, and then to my overnight bag. Then it moved to my coffee table and then at some point it moved to the trunk of my car. By then, based on past experience, I knew that it was "leaving" and, sure enough, it is now in None of Those Places. If anyone out there has had it magically appear in, say, your knitting bag or your living room or perhaps the trunk of your car, lemme know, would ya'?
The good news is I've started a new two-handed, two-color, stranded, steeked, circular needle swatch. I wanted to see what the two-color effect would be like using a solid background color and a variegated color so I'm using a creamy white for the main color and some leftover Lorna's Laces Gold Hill for the pattern (see this earlier entry for a picture of a sock knit in Gold Hill). I've only done four rows so there's nothing much to see, but I hope to keep plugging away on it tonight and to have a photo soon.
Everyday Garden Dyegest
Just a pick-me-up photo for my Dear Readers of the beautiful basket of gold now blooming in TMK's yard:
Hi--that scarf you knit for TMK is MARVELOUS! What a great gift. And we now know that TMK has dark hair. She's inching closer to full disclosure on the blog....
I am so bummed I missed the last Feral knitters--but I fully intend to appear next time. My two handed vest is appearing quite puckery to me but I'm going to persevere on...it's hard to work on with other distractions, so I only work on it in limited, short increments.
AND I got the most delicious news yesterday: Lauren Lindeman from the Seattle Guild (former owner of Wild and Wooly in Poulsbo) is opening a new yarn shop in downtown Seattle (Belltown, actually). The shop is scheduled to open June 11th. Yipee! Apparently lots of people already knew this, but I sure didn't. As I work downtown I feel doubly blessed.
Those vibrant yellow flowers are wonderful! What are they?
Mary
Posted by: Mary on April 14, 2004 12:29 PMAck! Mary, I didn't knit the scarf! We bought it (together, in fact, so it wasn't even a surprise) at the Alpacapalooza.
So glad to know you are out there and okay. I asked about you at Feral knitters but nobody had any info.
Did Wild and Wooly close, or did Lauren sell it, or is she planning on having two shops? (I've never been to Wild and Wooly so I have no vested interest; I was just curious...)
The flowers are "basket of gold" (interesting--I typed "basket of guild" first). It's a great perennial for hanging baskets, rock gardens, anywhere you want something that will cascade down. I'm sure you've seen it lots of times in rock gardens around town, especially at this time of year.
Can't wait to see your vest! Don't let it disappear like my swatch, now!
Posted by: Ryan on April 14, 2004 01:20 PMNow I remember you told us you had purchased the scarf for TMK. As for losing my fair isle--don't worry--I'm obsessing about this feral project so much, I can't possibly lose it!
Lauren sold Wild & Wooly several years ago after a fairly long run as its owner. (It's still there, but with a new owner.) She then went into other pursuits and only in the last year or so started teaching full time--mostly at Acorn Street, but she did a stint at Pastimes too. She's massively talented and a wonderful teacher, and her shop (entitled "So Much Yarn") should be chock full of great stuff. Can't wait to see it.
Even though I don't always comment on the blog, I ALWAYS read it!!! It's a bright spot in my week.
Mary
Posted by: Mary on April 14, 2004 02:40 PMMary: While there's never any expectation that my regular readers will comment Every Time or even every second or third of fourth time, when we hadn't had any comments in a while AND you weren't at Feral Knitters...well, a girl starts to worry! :-)
Posted by: Ryan on April 14, 2004 02:52 PMSNOWflake? You don't need no steeking snowflake!
Posted by: Cuzzin Tom on April 14, 2004 05:30 PMHi, I was blog surfing and saw your question on the indigo. I grew some last year, about 17 plants and dyed about 1,200 yds. lace wt. I picked the leaves and dyed, didn't do the fermentation thing and got a lovely soft sort of blue greeny color. Not indigo but nice.
The toliet paper rolls for starter pots is great, Thanks, Beth
basket of gold...for tax day! Thank you ryan...you rock (garden) as always.
Posted by: greta on April 15, 2004 07:01 AMLosing things....including my mind...is one of my hobbies. ;) I had stuffed my Rosemarkie (thin-yarn-on-tiny-needles-first-fairisle project) away for awhile, but have noticed it's been on my mind with all your posting about your two-color knitting. Time to drag it out again methinks. I also really like the look of a solid combined with a variegated or hand-dyed type yarn for color work that looks harder than it actually was to knit.
Posted by: Lisa in Oregon on April 15, 2004 07:51 AMGawd, what a gorgeous scarf. So, next birthday, do we get to see another inch of TMK's face? Maybe a peek of the nose area?
Posted by: Yvette on April 15, 2004 12:43 PM
Now, ladies, you *do* know what you're doing, don't you?
In the days when women wore long skirts, the glimpse of an ankle was a provocative and erotic experience.
The tantalizing peek at TMK's Actual Flesh was quite a shock.
Quite the teases, you two...
I'm with Kit on that picture of TMK. I found myself gazing, imagining, wondering..... You two are doing it on purpose, I know it.
TMK - a belated but heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Congratulations on your first year. I confess I've been a lurker, enjoying your postings for a while now. I'll probably continue to lurk, but I thought you should know I'm out here peeking through the flowers and skeins. Barbara
Posted by: Barbara on April 26, 2004 08:46 AM