It's So Hawt....

Bestest Hubby Award!

My hubby is wonderful! Look what he got me for my birthday *bouncebounce*

It's a mother marion supported spindle. He got it from the Woolery.

I've done some spinning on it.

The technique is a bit different from a drop spindle. I am slowly getting the hang of it. What fun!

ciao

Too Funny

Found this video on Youtube. Can't figure out how to embed, but here's the link. It's really funny. And it is safe for viewing at work too......

ETA: Here it is, embedded in all it's glory. (if I did it right)

O Noes!

(English translation at bottom)





And ceiling Cat luks at lace and sez ,"ur lace, it luks funi"



Knot-lady looked at her knitting and thought, "Ceiling cat is correct. This does not resemble the intended result"



And Ceiling Cat sez,"Ur lace, u haz to rip it"



Knot-lady said,"No! I shan't How willst I ever divine where the correct point in the lace shalt be?"



And ceiling Cat sez, "1 at a tym, u haz to take apart"



Weeping, Knot-Lady said,"So Ceiling Cat says, so it shalt be"

Translation for non-lolcat speakers:

The lace was coming out wrong after the heel. After several false starts and a phone call to Mezzodiva, it was discovered that I am a bonehead and started on the wrong chart after the heel. Hence the "travelling" lace pattern. Also, bonehead that I am, I did not put in a lifeline after the heel (as I had a fleeting thought to do at one point) so I had to tink back 1 freaking stitch at a time. Took me a day and a half, (with breaks to be sure) but it's tinked and the stitches come out to the correct number and I have checked to be sure the lace is the right lace for the row I should be on and when I am done here, I will endeavour to read the correct chart and that should be that. Famous last words, I'm sure.....

Ciao

In Other News...

Lately around here it's been all-sock, all-the-time. I did take a break or two though. mostly to clear my head when I got confused. I tend to overthink things and when I take a break it sorts itself out in my head. Anyhoo....

My tomato plants were looking pretty wild.

So I trimmed 'em down a bit.

And I found:
Baby tomatoes! Always exciting to find the first ones.

Heelage!

It only took me 2 freaking days, but we finally have heelage!

And I do mean freaking days. I had to rip or tink back at least 3 times. It might have been more, but I stopped counting. It was pissing me off. The irritating thing is that this a basic short row heel. Nothing fancy and certainly something I've done before. I do not know why the GOK (gods of knitting) decided to test me with this particular heel, but I definintely had to overcome adversity to get it done. But it is done. The heel, not the sock.

ciao

I Haz a Stoopid

I am a bonehead. I got to the heel on my sock last night. Rather than do the heel when I was tired, I thought to myself,"Self, tomorrow when you are well rested, put a lifeline in and then do the heel. That way if it is short, as you suspect, it won't be a pain to fix."

Riiiiight. I did the heel, completely forgetting the lifeline idea. Foot too short, heel too pointy. Dammit. I ripped back. Didn't quite get all the stitches the way I was supposed to. Need my tiny crochet hook to fix. Naturally it has gone walkies. I am on my way out to get a new one, thus ensuring the old one will reappear toot sweet.

Ciao-grrrr