tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001101173757464492024-03-23T14:32:23.810-04:00Crafty Demons!everyone has their demons. mine are crafty.a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-67208678496873543772011-05-02T14:37:00.001-04:002011-06-20T12:48:39.768-04:00polish and mani posts on new blogfor mani's, swatches, Konad and all that is nail polish, please visit and subscribe to my new blog <a href="http://tweeandhoney.wordpress.com/">Tweeandhoney</a> on wordpress :)<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">EDIT June 15 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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this is a 'hold stitches to the front'/ left leaning cable twist. i find it easiest to insert the corresponding needle into whatever stitches are on the back first, then insert the other needle into the stitches on the front. for this left leaning that's right needle into back stitches, then left needle into front stitches. the reverse right leaning cable: left needle into back stitches then right needle into front stitches. (for a right leaning twist you hold the stitches to the back.)<br />
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(probably the M1 increases tightening up the stitches. hopefully chills out once i stop increasing.) for my size the pattern already wants lots of stitches (76sts at 8 sts per inch). and despite the math and the logic i have only increased to 72. trying the toe on it already seems just a tad loose. even though i measured my foot and calculated and my gauge is tighter than the pattern. even still. it’s weird. but also i am still earning points towards my “Sock Knitter” badge. if you have any insight, please feel free to leave a comment. * <em>note added dec 6- it was the M1’s tightening gauge. after finishing the foot and working on the ankle gauge is a definite and clean 8 sts per inch.</em></p> <p>i will try it on again near the middle of the foot and if it seems tight i will add some increases.</p> <p>see-sawing on the idea of an afterthought heel …</p> <p>i expect these to take 1.5 skeins if i keep them below the knee. can’t imagine i will have enough patience to go over the knee with these but it would be nice to use all the yarn. we’ll see. plus, i’d like to repeat this pattern if i can get it successfully down. ::fingers crossed::</p> <p><strong>Dec</strong><br />having major issues with the stitch count. frog and repeat. sticking with 64 sts on 2.25 mm needles. my gauge is 9 per inch. pattern is telling me 76 stst at 8 per inch for my size. ::shrug:: 64 is working just fine.</p> <p><strong>Dec 3</strong><br />foot doned! in record time whilst chilling with Frogtasticjess at the whole foods.</p> <p><strong>Dec 4</strong><br />no knitting today.</p> <p><strong>Dec 5</strong><br />picked this up to get at that heel. i went through it with minimal frogging. haven’t got this short row heel symmetry perfect yet, but it’ll do for this sock.</p> <p>ankle doned!</p> <p><strong>Dec 6</strong><br />not sure if i should follow the pattern for the calf increases and all. since i had all that trouble with what stitch count to go with, i don’t even know how to read the chart and follow the pattern at this point…</p> <p><strong>Dec 7</strong><br />no knitting today. Working with Nozo setting up the visuals in Trish’s apartment for the even tomorrow.</p> <p><strong>Dec 8, 9 &10</strong><br />after having a good look at the calf increase section form the pattern i realized i could use it after all. instead of following the chart portion for my size, i followed the stitch count i actually ended up using. so, it was like 3 sizes smaller on the chart. it is fitting perfectly. i have just been chugging along. finishing up the decreases while watching Lost. if only Netflix would play without reloading every few minutes and interrupting my flow :s</p> <p><strong>July 2010</strong><br />every now and again i toss a few rows onto these bad larries. they are done up to the ribbing and the ribbing is perpetual. i grab this project bag when i need some mindless knitting. after the summer i’ll probably be motivated to finish them up so i can friggin wear them. no hurry while this damn heat an humidity abounds.</p> <p><strong>August 2010</strong><br />rib rib rib</p> <p><strong>September 28 2010</strong><br />BINDING OFF! i decided to stay to the knee for these. i want to wear them to Rhinebeck, it’s getting cold and i am in a finishing mood!</p> <ul><li>noe to self: when i attempt again to make over the knee socks or thigh highs, i will start the ribbing much, muchmuchmuch, much later.</li></ul> <p>used JSSBO</p> <p>in the third picture (bottom to top) you can see the purl bumps this bind off leaves on the knit stitches. lsg discusses them <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/1325362/1-25#1">here</a></p> <p><strong>October 5 2010</strong><br />Bound off the second sock in the wee hours last night. not with out fail, as my knitpicks Harmony circ tip snapped near ten rows left. grrr. not a big deal i thought as i have Harmony size 1 dpns in stash, i go to get them, i ordered them a while ago, the package says size 1, i put them in a needles gauge and blam! size zero. knitpicks you fail again.</p> <p>i finished them with the broken needle. wasn’t easy and my yarn did not like it but i had no other recourse! i was short on time.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TUmKmNAxFGI/AAAAAAAABBI/eb-1fnihb9Q/s1600/IMG_2454.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TUmKmNAxFGI/AAAAAAAABBI/eb-1fnihb9Q/s320/IMG_2454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569134803152868450" border="0" /></a></p> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TUmKl30YJwI/AAAAAAAABBA/uvbuJ3c3tiM/s1600/IMG_2454_2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TUmKl30YJwI/AAAAAAAABBA/uvbuJ3c3tiM/s320/IMG_2454_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569134797463758594" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">i have crazy eyes in this pic. but whutevs!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TUmKmNAxFGI/AAAAAAAABBI/eb-1fnihb9Q/s1600/IMG_2454.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TKt3DYZTuaI/AAAAAAAABAA/_fhue_RWb_Q/s1600/DSCN4898.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TKt26g5dzZI/AAAAAAAAA_4/rK2L6PfvX_o/s1600/DSCN4897.JPG"><br /></a>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-31834953872639334012010-09-22T17:28:00.004-04:002010-09-22T17:36:50.765-04:00mannequin mani<div style="text-align: left;"> something i hardly ever do, don simple nude polish. it jumped out of my stash and seemed appropriate for the Autumnal Equinox. renewal, balance, fresh starts and all. tomorrow i may not be able to resist splashing some black or something on top. as it is i am tempted. but i kinda loving the clean blandness of it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TJp1czVVO_I/AAAAAAAAA_w/ktvvLIYu9pY/s1600/DSCN4816.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TJp1czVVO_I/AAAAAAAAA_w/ktvvLIYu9pY/s200/DSCN4816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519853430972431346" border="0" /></a>Revlon 705 Grey Suede<br /><br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-48447185807787249112010-09-16T19:59:00.003-04:002010-09-16T20:04:26.077-04:00colorama haul<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/163067109.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1284682828&Signature=Ip9E72lm84TlXAJH9SMKpjMZHWM%3D"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">check out what i got in the mail today!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/163067109.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1284682828&Signature=Ip9E72lm84TlXAJH9SMKpjMZHWM%3D"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 803px;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/163067109.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1284682828&Signature=Ip9E72lm84TlXAJH9SMKpjMZHWM%3D" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/163067109.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1284682678&Signature=tWy6DsK%2FjEhwYl%2F1kDPICR7I62A%3D"><br /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">sorry for the tip wear shot. this is a fresh from the package pic.<br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-28736170252198954012010-09-14T14:36:00.003-04:002010-09-14T17:30:04.668-04:00more flaky pics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pWddl7GI/AAAAAAAAA_o/Npmt0y9e-4A/s1600/DSCN4802.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pWddl7GI/AAAAAAAAA_o/Npmt0y9e-4A/s320/DSCN4802.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516884640627289186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pVrPeFTI/AAAAAAAAA_g/TymlNbB97VE/s1600/DSCN4803.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pVrPeFTI/AAAAAAAAA_g/TymlNbB97VE/s320/DSCN4803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516884627146282290" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pVLZpPcI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/P9dFnoQY6GM/s1600/DSCN4805.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI_pVLZpPcI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/P9dFnoQY6GM/s320/DSCN4805.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516884618599022018" border="0"></a><br />here are a few more pics of the flakiness. i took them today in sunlight. still trying to catch those colors!a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-88516858292790915732010-09-14T13:22:00.005-04:002011-02-02T12:39:27.995-05:00the creamy centeri like the creamy center of knitting- not much a fan of casting on or binding off. that's why i like knitting shawls- you only have to cast on like 3 stitches! of course, you pay for it in the end with the binding of of i-don-t-even-want-to-know-how-many-stitches !<br />
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that's also why i prefer to knit socks from the toe up- casting on 56 to 60 sts means i have to count the stitches hundreds of times to make sure the number is right. oh and that "join, making sure the stitches aren't twisted" oh no no no! recipe for disaster that is.a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-65290981953695226042010-09-13T20:39:00.005-04:002010-09-13T21:07:14.505-04:00feeling flaky!Flaky nail polish is my latest obsession. flakies flakies flakies! it's hard to capture the magnificence of these flakies and holos in a photo. especially with these mobile cameras and point and shoot digital but i digress, as this is not a post about my photographic philosophy or any o'that. photos are a wee bit blurred but show the spectrum of the flaky flakes the best:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E-j68gVI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/rmF91VjmdxU/s1600/DSCN4787.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E-j68gVI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/rmF91VjmdxU/s320/DSCN4787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516563172648845650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E-L4U3rI/AAAAAAAAA_I/DAgXEkgb5g4/s1600/DSCN4788.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E-L4U3rI/AAAAAAAAA_I/DAgXEkgb5g4/s320/DSCN4788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516563166195408562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E9q472qI/AAAAAAAAA_A/CMwFtXy3FMQ/s1600/DSCN4789.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TI7E9q472qI/AAAAAAAAA_A/CMwFtXy3FMQ/s320/DSCN4789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516563157339593378" border="0" /></a>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-86229537559688309502010-09-01T14:02:00.004-04:002010-09-14T13:36:20.946-04:00magenta hair<div style="text-align: center;">this is L'oreal Hi Color Highlights in Magenta over dark brown virgin hair.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TH6Vg6fU7OI/AAAAAAAAA-4/vR5JGDG3W04/s1600/DSCN4397.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/TH6Vg6fU7OI/AAAAAAAAA-4/vR5JGDG3W04/s400/DSCN4397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512007386637069538" border="0" /></a>i did not bleach first. developer was 30 or 40. i don't recommend doing over 30. if you have delicate, thin or curly hair i recommend using 20. if you want the color to really saturate and don't think a low level developer will get you there, leaving the developer on your hair, leaving it for 20 -30 mins, rinse, dry, <span style="font-style: italic;">then</span> coating the hair in the dye should get you there. one can get better results layering rather than mixing. yes really! i didn't do this here because i didn't know about the technique but be sure that's how i will do it next time!<br /><br />this pic is from way back in March . i haven't kept up with the, well, up keep for various reasons. but i am really eager to get it back to some funky color. i have the L'oreal Hicolor Highlights in red ready to go but i am thinking some pink or purple or crazy combo is in order.<br /><br />my hair was super dry after this. some rest, many deep conditioners and a trim and it's all shiny and new and ready to be wrecked again :) actually, now that i know not to use a high developer and to layer, i think it'll be just fine. my hair is so super thin that's why i am avoiding the standard bleach and color route. i think it might all fall right outta my head if it did that!a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-61881416343912844262010-08-29T22:24:00.010-04:002010-08-30T23:47:42.284-04:00Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume III NYCBreaking the hiatus for this bad boy!<br /><br />i know i have let quite a layer of dust gather on this blog. it's been a sucky summer. no one wants to hear about that bleh! on with the frivolité!<br /><br />Introducing Urban decay's Book of Shadows Volume III, the NYC inspired edition. i didn't nab the Alice in Wonderland one or the Original. i was meh about them. but being an NYC girl, and having not bought any nice makeup in more than a year i just had to have it. (nail polish is it's own category)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg821/scaled.php?server=821&filename=88330347.jpg&res=crop"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 90px;" src="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg821/scaled.php?server=821&filename=88330347.jpg&res=crop" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg706/scaled.php?server=706&filename=voyu.jpg&res=crop"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 90px;" src="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg706/scaled.php?server=706&filename=voyu.jpg&res=crop" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg547/scaled.php?server=547&filename=hhz.jpg&res=crop"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 90px;" src="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg547/scaled.php?server=547&filename=hhz.jpg&res=crop" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">:<span>clic</span><span>k</span> pics to embiggen:<br /></div><br />there are two little lights (thanks UD for using blue bulbs :) on either side of the mirror. yes it's cardboard but it's cute. and for traveling it makes a suitable makeshift vanity.<br /><br />i am super pleased with this acquisition. these photo were eagerly taken in the car with my ip4 just barely after getting them i was so friggin :squee:<br /><br />okay! okay! i confess! i bought two :Da frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-85047547216444017632010-03-02T00:31:00.004-05:002010-03-02T00:35:50.641-05:00Hard Candy Envy NOTN<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4yi0BECJWI/AAAAAAAAA9k/L5OJhbUGxI4/s1600-h/DSCN4329.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4yi0BECJWI/AAAAAAAAA9k/L5OJhbUGxI4/s320/DSCN4329.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443905064106337634" border="0" /></a>who needs Nars Zulu when this is only five bucks? haha!<br />check back for a product review : )<br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-45026079569236358232010-02-22T02:15:00.003-05:002010-02-22T02:21:07.453-05:00Haulage!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Iv3woJ-DI/AAAAAAAAA8E/OanBDsEKgtk/s1600-h/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+break+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Iv3woJ-DI/AAAAAAAAA8E/OanBDsEKgtk/s320/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+break+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963934809618482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvlCjChkI/AAAAAAAAA78/4uRGBRV6HKk/s1600-h/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+sugar+daddy-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvlCjChkI/AAAAAAAAA78/4uRGBRV6HKk/s320/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+sugar+daddy-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963613202482754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Ivk73wnsI/AAAAAAAAA70/ecfXG6PZKCU/s1600-h/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+splendid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Ivk73wnsI/AAAAAAAAA70/ecfXG6PZKCU/s320/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+splendid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963611410341570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Ivk8Z1PDI/AAAAAAAAA7s/dWQsyekS2-U/s1600-h/Hard+Candy+sweet+p.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Ivk8Z1PDI/AAAAAAAAA7s/dWQsyekS2-U/s320/Hard+Candy+sweet+p.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963611553250354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvkajMaBI/AAAAAAAAA7k/iY3-qmX-bUI/s1600-h/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+envy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvkajMaBI/AAAAAAAAA7k/iY3-qmX-bUI/s320/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+Candy+envy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963602465712146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvkCtYu_I/AAAAAAAAA7c/Ah12wqHLV4g/s1600-h/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+candy+mr.+wrong.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4IvkCtYu_I/AAAAAAAAA7c/Ah12wqHLV4g/s320/_Users_cleopatress_Pictures_Hard+candy+mr.+wrong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963596066012146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Iv4N2K5hI/AAAAAAAAA8M/y6ukcm4CFpU/s1600-h/Hard+Candy+haul-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4Iv4N2K5hI/AAAAAAAAA8M/y6ukcm4CFpU/s320/Hard+Candy+haul-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963942653027858" border="0" /></a>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-42470795888743367922010-02-20T19:38:00.004-05:002010-02-23T02:09:19.824-05:00Dusty haul! Sally Hansen Nail PrismsWheee! I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood and check out<br />the 101 beautysupply and discount stores here. I came home with four<br />pristine Bottles if Prisms. Dusty as heck, tops scratched but totally<br />brand new. Hidden in the back of this cluttered no name hole in the<br />wall shop. And three Maybelline Colorama flaky topcoats. Very fun fun<br />fun! Pictures when I get a chance. I am mobile posting. My first<br />mobile post let's see how it goes. Hopefully not too many horrible<br />respellimhs by my stoopid iPhone.<br /><br />edit Feb 22<br /><br />i am not going to fix the messed up words my stoopid iphone made. i want you to see how stoopid it is.<br /><br />here are the pics!<br /><br />click to see them full<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-kUwpVlI/AAAAAAAAA8c/RdlpgVhm1Xc/s1600-h/Dusty+Haul+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-kUwpVlI/AAAAAAAAA8c/RdlpgVhm1Xc/s320/Dusty+Haul+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441331937306826322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-ksG6NPI/AAAAAAAAA8k/xa5xn491TfU/s1600-h/Colorama+dusties.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-ksG6NPI/AAAAAAAAA8k/xa5xn491TfU/s320/Colorama+dusties.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441331943574222066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-lYiJ-FI/AAAAAAAAA8s/kpxXzF8r6Og/s1600-h/Nail+Prisms+dusties.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S4N-lYiJ-FI/AAAAAAAAA8s/kpxXzF8r6Og/s320/Nail+Prisms+dusties.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441331955499661394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />plum platinum, bronze coral (i think) something tourmaline, and pink... oh i dunno. i will have to get them out and give you the proper names. sorry! i usually remember these things. but it's late hahaaaa frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-60193332287332575812010-02-17T23:09:00.014-05:002010-02-18T18:41:05.221-05:00my first nad mani!<div style="text-align: center;">i dunno if i should start a separate blog for nail arty stuffs. i mean, it's still craft. it's definitely one of my demons. i can barely keep up with one blog i dunno if starting another is really... well, wise. we'll see. for now, here be m'first Konadicure!<br />(click pics to make huge)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3y-TzNqs9I/AAAAAAAAA6M/qAFl8KBDT_Y/s1600-h/DSCN4117.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3y-TzNqs9I/AAAAAAAAA6M/qAFl8KBDT_Y/s320/DSCN4117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439431697331041234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zF8vu2lBI/AAAAAAAAA60/C2f4Bbs2qBU/s1600-h/DSCN4114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zF8vu2lBI/AAAAAAAAA60/C2f4Bbs2qBU/s320/DSCN4114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439440097352520722" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zGmTRxmAI/AAAAAAAAA68/k5zswbompIU/s1600-h/DSCN4119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zGmTRxmAI/AAAAAAAAA68/k5zswbompIU/s320/DSCN4119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439440811268872194" border="0" /></a>OPI <span style="font-style: italic;">Parlez vous OPI?</span>, m60 plate<br /><br />i got the plates in the mail yesterday. super fast delivery from OCNailart. they are in California (right? i mean, it's "OC" nail art...) i ordered these Thursday past. Monday POs weren't delivering cause like, it was a holiday (US peeps) and then Blammo! they were delivered early Tuesday. i couldn't play with them til the end of the workday thouhg so i was crankypants allll day : (<br /><br />this is my 'station' just fartzing around and becoming familiar with them.<br />(and making a mess : )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zAMFLUbaI/AAAAAAAAA6U/erY5PgjZr3o/s1600-h/DSCN4112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zAMFLUbaI/AAAAAAAAA6U/erY5PgjZr3o/s320/DSCN4112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439433763737333154" border="0" /></a>no that is not a real Amex gold card. i have a bunch of these fakes from junk mail. i am not using the Konad scraper because i don't want to scratch up my plates.<br /><br />yes those are delicious Gothsocks i am wearing. <span style="font-style: italic;">Teenage Drama Queen</span> my latest FO which has yet to be blogged. oh wait, i think i just did : )<br /><br />i also did Jess'<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zBOTTcMuI/AAAAAAAAA6c/JiES-ydv0xg/s1600-h/DSCN4106.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zBOTTcMuI/AAAAAAAAA6c/JiES-ydv0xg/s320/DSCN4106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439434901400859362" border="0" /></a><a href="http://miginailart.com/">Migi</a> Pink and yellow (from the silver set), m57<br /><br />in other news, i got a Lamy Safari for Valentine's day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zCMb7CvdI/AAAAAAAAA6k/9L2wgqhOjSk/s1600-h/DSCN4104.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zCMb7CvdI/AAAAAAAAA6k/9L2wgqhOjSk/s320/DSCN4104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439435968866336210" border="0" /></a>In Piiiiiiiiink! i has a pink Lamy yay!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zFYJnY_pI/AAAAAAAAA6s/ywo55cFCO2w/s1600-h/DSCN4102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zFYJnY_pI/AAAAAAAAA6s/ywo55cFCO2w/s320/DSCN4102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439439468645383826" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.chinaglaze.com/seasonalcoll/ecollection/palette.shtml">China Glaze <span style="font-style: italic;">Recycle</span></a> with <a href="http://miginailart.com/">Migi</a> pink and yellow (from the Silver set)<br /><br />that's the latest!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-70206850935292224372010-02-04T23:53:00.001-05:002010-02-18T00:02:41.982-05:00yarn dust?!<div style="text-align: center;">me winding some Wollmeise 100%, gettin' dusty<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zIxyTmBAI/AAAAAAAAA7M/2UJl4nCRbbA/s1600-h/IMG_0348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zIxyTmBAI/AAAAAAAAA7M/2UJl4nCRbbA/s320/IMG_0348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439443207599817730" border="0" /></a>after a hundred or so yards more<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zIX1QBhUI/AAAAAAAAA7E/dofUJhL8898/s1600-h/DSCN4030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zIX1QBhUI/AAAAAAAAA7E/dofUJhL8898/s320/DSCN4030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439442761713550658" border="0" /></a><br />yes that is a chunk of yarn dust right there<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zJTgJWK1I/AAAAAAAAA7U/pirIejqOXdc/s1600-h/DSCN4033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S3zJTgJWK1I/AAAAAAAAA7U/pirIejqOXdc/s320/DSCN4033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439443786840550226" border="0" /></a>i believe the correct response is something like "wtf?" accompanied by a headscratch<br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-68430113704052532802010-01-25T15:13:00.006-05:002010-01-25T15:37:08.029-05:00avoiding ladders while knititng in the round<div style="text-align: center;">make sure the tip of the new needle is touching the butt of the last needle worked before making that first stitch. i do this with circs and with dpns. doesn’t matter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />i flipped the work around so it should look as if the work is in front of you.<br />this was fiddly so work with me here.<br /><br />click photos for full view<br /><br />the new needle (2) inserted in to first stitch on working needle (in the front door)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-nsfn33kqttmpkdbqmfiykya8ti.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 743px; height: 557px;" src="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-nsfn33kqttmpkdbqmfiykya8ti.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />wrap the yarn around and pull taught (grab your scarf) . the new needle (2) will touch old needle (3)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-m2eug4c8dny36hc9xjs4nf4bi1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 719px; height: 539px;" src="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-m2eug4c8dny36hc9xjs4nf4bi1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />keeping this tension complete the stitch (out the window, off jumps jack) as you do this new needle and old needle will join with and rub up against waiting needle (1)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-ekfh5cwait29mub43h4fntci85.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 654px; height: 491px;" src="http://img.skitch.com/20100125-ekfh5cwait29mub43h4fntci85.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>it will be a ladderless party!<br /><br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-24679788396409342642010-01-05T22:26:00.005-05:002010-01-05T23:31:22.720-05:00January 5<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Check it out, i knit this much sock today:<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S0QD5I2dJFI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ANrUVLhN2c8/s1600-h/DSCN3984.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S0QD5I2dJFI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ANrUVLhN2c8/s320/DSCN3984.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423464131424232530" border="0" /></a>so far...<br />plus i did like 6 rows on my Multnomah since yesterday.<br />it took me most of the day to decide on this stitch pattern for the sock. i originally wound this up and had a go at charade. it was a fail .way to tight after the heel . you remember me and heels not getting along right? i have to get through at least one more pair before i am truly truly convinced i have it down. since i have cast on like a dozen socks over the past year, me and toe-up goes know each other pretty well. i like to start them with circs but as you can see i am knitting the foot of these here with dpns.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S0QRxYUDO5I/AAAAAAAAA5o/G6XVAgtjpLw/s1600-h/DSCN3985.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/S0QRxYUDO5I/AAAAAAAAA5o/G6XVAgtjpLw/s200/DSCN3985.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423479391298730898" border="0" /></a><br />what you see: a toe-up sock with lozenge stitch pattern in Sanguine Gryphon Bugga! differential Grashopper. acquired at SS09. Signature 2.5 mm Double-Pointed needles. i go around with 5<br /><br />the early part of the eyar has seen me spinning just a bit. i mean i <span style="font-style: italic;">had</span> to play with my Kuchulu. it came with a sample piece of Finn wool and i have been taking my sweet time with it. also came with som esuper silky silky. it's like floaty cotton candy threads. i can't mess with that.<br />i'd better go log in a few more rounds...<br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-35221210526140818082009-12-21T03:03:00.001-05:002009-12-22T03:07:44.526-05:00Kuchulu! and Happy Solsticei received my Kuchulu today! and on winter Solstice too! what a great gift i gavem myself <3 the Kuchulu is Jenkins' new and smallest low-whorl turkish spindle. i thought the turkish delight was small, ha! stay tuned for pictures ; )a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-50705843176538516392009-12-20T17:30:00.001-05:002009-12-20T17:32:04.388-05:00unicorn foundi could always do short rows. i mean, i can follow pattern instructions. no problem. it's that there would always be something aesthetically bothersome about the heel once i completed it. holes, asymmetry, ill fit. i had tried every kind of technique, wrapping, double wraps, hiding the wraps, no wrap, double stitching German, Japanese, crazy YOs. you name it. if i asked for help and someone said "try this heel" i would do it with an open mind. over 3 dozen individual socks hells and that doesn't count the frog and repeats. than. last night. blammo. i unvented my own. NO HOLES. symmetrical as a mirror reflection, no wraps. just magical. the unicorn of short-row heels. it took me a year but i have earned my sock knitter badge !a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-38879140605523607962009-12-19T02:59:00.001-05:002009-12-22T14:59:38.549-05:00knotsbreaks happen. many reasons for the sudden ones. some days it's a choice between "crafting" or "blogging about crafting". most of those days i choose the former. rather than try to play catch-up, i am just gonna jump back in. double-dutch style.a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-25446721690993365082009-10-08T18:23:00.004-04:002009-10-08T20:37:47.143-04:00Bugga! Madness<div style="text-align: center;">The Sanguine Gryphon booth at Sock Summit. Thursday August 6th 2009. Market opening preview for students only. i wish i would have recorded the part when i said to Gryphon " you <span style="font-style: italic;">had</span> to expect this!?" and she was all surprise and shock and was like "nope". then popped right on top of a bin of yarn in her medieval frock and snapped a shot for herself. good times they was. yea, good times!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0cCZO3DDQfapnfmCA4-eIL7iFSHkoYq4H3ikSBne-G_ISStVW-05LTHgpIFr-3a-dW-YI3tYa7ASz605-tQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-8380810213620766062009-10-01T14:41:00.014-04:002009-12-22T14:57:14.164-05:00Autumn, the New Year for knitters.<div style="text-align: center;">well Fall has been here for a bit but this chilly day has really made me take notice of the season change. and it it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">friggin</span>' October!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />i have planned myself a bigger task list this month than i ever have. (mainly knitting, but some other projects too.) Mostly because i have not really been a planner. not in this way. i see things and i am all "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">oooh</span> i wanna make that" and each mental picture goes in to pile and i pick them out randomly. so this planing ahead for stuff is way weird. and yet, fun. i don't want to get discouraged by acknowledging that i haven't been this productive in such a small amount of time before. ever. and chances are this list will be the same come November. no way. i just wanna be a glass-half-full kinda gal for a minute okay?<br /><br />my first foray into a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">KAL</span> was, well, i won't call it "unsuccessful". i didn't finish the project <span style="font-style: italic;">at all</span> let alone on time. but it's still on the needles and once i gain the skill badge i was missing for it to be a complete success, i will revisit it. That said, i am trying new things! throwing caution to the lions, i joined not just a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">KAL</span>, but a mystery one. not just a mystery <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">KAL</span>, but a lace one. i know. i am nuts! BUT don't give up on me yet. i <span style="font-style: italic;">have</span> actually wound the yarn (1700+ yards. yes, a daunting task) AND i knit the swatch. all on the official day one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">KAL</span>. so not bad right?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUKEbWTJyI/AAAAAAAAA1I/5aocQ2uuaxc/s1600-h/DSCN3021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUKEbWTJyI/AAAAAAAAA1I/5aocQ2uuaxc/s320/DSCN3021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387723600395708194" border="0" /></a>(click to embiggen)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">yea, i messed up towards the end. skipped a row i think . i wasn't paying close enough attention. first time trying lace with patterning on both sides. i should be more scared, but well, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">i'm</span> not.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knitandknag.blogspot.com/2009/08/mystic-embers-kal.html">mystic embers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">kal</span> 2009</a><br />Sept 30 -Oct 31<br /><br />yarn, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">wm</span> lace in spice market, 4mm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">addi</span> lace needles. the swatch is not properly blocked.<br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/afrognamedpurl/mystic-embers"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ravelry</span> Project page </a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />i did complete a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swallowtail-shawl">Swallowtail shawl</a> [interweave knits, fall 06]. it is a small shawl as far a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">shawls</span> go. as many before me have stated. it went <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">alot</span> smoother than <a href="http://ysolda.com/store/whimsical-little-knits/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ishbel</span></a>. surprisingly. i was a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">little</span> scared of it but had to dive in after seeing so many beautiful ones on shoulders at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a>. (i know, i owe you some posts on my adventures there. procrastinated but not forgotten!) particularly <a href="http://crazyknittinglady.wordpress.com/">Glenna's</a> sea silk version. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/GlennaC/swallowtail-shawl">Her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Ravelry</span> project page</a>. a real glistening beauty tat shawl. and even after touching it i didn't buy any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">seasilk</span> in the SS09 market. Go restraint!<br />Here's mine<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images4cf.ravelry.com/uploads/afrognamedpurl/13989341/DSCN2818_medium.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://images4cf.ravelry.com/uploads/afrognamedpurl/13989341/DSCN2818_medium.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>not the best pic ever.<br /><br />yarn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">wm</span> twin in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">maus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">jung</span> 4mm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">addi</span> lace needles<br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/afrognamedpurl/swallowtail-shawl"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ravelry</span> project page</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">you may or may not know the drama i have been experiencing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">with</span> socks. one successful pair, three successful lonely abandoned singles, five ill-fitting single toe-up socks,a<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">nd</span> two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">frogged</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">attempts</span> at cuff down. int hat order. pretty much.<br /><br />well...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images4cf.ravelry.com/uploads/afrognamedpurl/14355947/DSCN2888_medium.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://images4cf.ravelry.com/uploads/afrognamedpurl/14355947/DSCN2888_medium.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />i said i wasn't giving up!<br />i am up to the heel flap on the second one and trudging along steadily.<br />i want these to be finished! my feet are cold!<br /><br />pattern is <a href="http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/WebLetter/91/Issue91.php">summer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">sox</span> socks by Cookie A.</a> cuff down with a hell flap *gasp* i know. not my preferred method. but i am open minded and tried it and it fits so there.<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">wm</span> twin in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">wasabi</span> 2.25 mm harmony <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">dpns</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">woulda</span> been better in 2.75 mm but still fits!<br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/afrognamedpurl/cookie-as-summer-sox-socks"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">ravelry</span> project page </a><br /><br />Than there is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Gothsocks</span> groupies <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">KAL</span>. i have mental plans for this.<br />also, been thinking about <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/multnomah"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Multnomah</span></a> since it first came out. that's a simple one i just can't decide on a yarn. i had single skeins of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Bugga</span>! but wanted it bigger since i already have two shawl<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">ettes</span></span>- and like i said- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">i'm</span> cold! i keep wanting squishy warm knits! i nabbed two skeins of Skinny <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Bugga</span>! for this. but i have been wavering back and forth between the two ideas. if i knit it in the SB, i can make it bigger<span style="font-style: italic;"> but</span>. that means i will have to knit it bigger! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">kwim</span>?<br /><br />and then <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/damson-2">Damson</a> caught my eye. i dunno how many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">shawlettes</span> one girl needs, but so far the two i have made have been successful-at least in the end- and interesting to knit. they don't have to fit the way godforsaken socks do! it's really pretty. i dunno how much <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">opportunity</span> i will get to wear it. the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">girly</span> prettiness of it limits it's versatility for me. but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">whatevs</span>.<br /><br />and i have to stop ignoring my February Lady. it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">woul</span>d <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">be</span> nice to have it done for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Rhinebeck</span>. what!? it's possible! i just have to count my stitches and start the Gull Lace. it's totally doable. <span style="font-style: italic;">if</span> i would just power through and stop dilly dally-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">ing</span>. and maybe not knit anything else until it's finished... yea right.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">hmm</span> i think that's it. well, besides the fact that i have discovered hoop dancing and am madly in love. i guess i like being a beginner <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">becas</span>e <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">i</span> keep trying new things. of course that means i now have to make my own own hoop. add that to the craft <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">repertoire</span>. i am starting to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">tak</span>e <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">my</span> photography more seriously. not really for my craft photos (as is plain to see) but for other things.<br /><br />i <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">have</span> slowed down on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">stashing</span>. specifically <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Wollmeise</span>. yes, because i have run out of room. (pictures soon!) but also, because the ratio of knitting to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">acquisition</span> was unbalanced in a way that finally pushed me to do so. at first it was difficult, but i have been enjoying the extra sleep quite nicely. having opened my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">palette to other dyers at the summit i am shifting my attention in differnt directions. and having fun wiht other weights colors and textures.</span> oh. and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">i'm</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">broked</span>. tee <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">hee</span>.<br /><br />i'll <del>try to</del> visit more often!<br /><br />eta: oh! and how could i forget! the dexterous <a href="http://larisknit.wordpress.com/">Laris</a> is hosting a KAL on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/wollmeiseholics-anonymous">Wollmeiseholics Anonymous</a> for -what else but- gloves! sign ups are until OCT 4 and then i guess she'll email the pattern shortly after that. i am eager to get started on those. hmmm but in which colorway...<br /></div></div>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-18417341230459494442009-09-30T19:16:00.001-04:002009-10-01T16:30:46.943-04:00yarn winding, an adventure, in pictures!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUQudq6keI/AAAAAAAAA2A/zp_VR3IvJPU/s1600-h/DSCN2825.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUP3X55gaI/AAAAAAAAA1o/a3MYP3v3z0Y/s320/DSCN2989_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387729973202747810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUPqsSikKI/AAAAAAAAA1g/ZjsNbS9hjdE/s1600-h/DSCN2991.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUPqsSikKI/AAAAAAAAA1g/ZjsNbS9hjdE/s320/DSCN2991.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387729755336511650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUOqj-oFiI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/eyR-56Hybvw/s1600-h/DSCN3005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUOqj-oFiI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/eyR-56Hybvw/s320/DSCN3005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387728653593876002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUOV0yNWBI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/-8Ks-gyygEg/s1600-h/DSCN2993_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SsUOV0yNWBI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/-8Ks-gyygEg/s400/DSCN2993_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387728297327941650" border="0" /></a>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-836921895638862912009-08-16T17:42:00.003-04:002009-08-16T18:05:44.041-04:00no good way to knit a sock?for my first sock i started the way i think most knitters do, on double-pointed needles. i later learned about Magic Loop and socks on two circulars. i have made a couple single socks using dpns, cuff down i might add, then learned how to magic loop (out of necessity for the legs on Mochimochiland's reindeer pattern and bob pattern -such tiny circumferences!) to complete my first complete pair of socks my tootsie, toe-up. i have used 8 and 12 inch circluars ( clover plastic mini circs) for legwarmers and arm warmers and i like those alot. also good for sleeves.<br /><br />after that pair of socks i realized that MLing wasn't really any faster than dpns, because the time you save from switching from needle to needle is eaten up by guiding the yarn around that 32" circ. and if you knit tight, or have a needle with a bit of fight in the join (i have to meet ANY needle that has NO fight in the join whatsoever. though i acknowledge that some are better than others) than that adds to the seconds it make take for you to push the stitches across. it was this revelation that led me to think i might indeed be better off going back to DPNs.<br /><br />having become a touch of a yarn snob over time, and having increased my experiences with different brands and materials of needles i am finding diffiulty getting in a groove with ANY method knitting a sock at all. basically i have used Knitpicks both harmony and and metal, Addis and Addi lace, Clover bamboo, KA and though i don't own them i have knit a fair few rows on Signatures. after ML ing on Addi lace and even the Harmonies i find the Clover DPNs just unsuitable for knitting a sock on. sticky. and i'd still have to magic loop the toe. because i don't think i will be switching away from Judy's Magic cast on or toe-up anytime soon.<br /><br /> i would love to be able to label myself "a sock knitter". to complete many pairs and each in a fair amount of time. to use of this coveted mountain of sock yarn (mostly the illustrious wollmeise) i have amassed since the beginning of 2009. i mean, i went across the country to Sock Summit for Bob's sake! but i can't seem to pump another sock of these needles. any of them. and let's not even bring up the heel troubles i have having!<br /><br />my latest attempt are these 9" Clover bamboo circs. they are new to the market i think. and i thought them the answer to my DPN vs ML problem (two circs was never an option for me, buyin two of every needle? nah. plus i find the process the same as ML). ack! if they were 8" they would be just that. but they are not. they are 9". shit. and so even though i don't have to "set off an alarm" as Cat Bordhi says, in the round i have to struggle a strain to get all the stitches across the needle . because i don't quite have 9 inches worth of sttches on there. oy vey.<br /><br />what on earth to do? is there no good way to knit a sock?a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300110117375746449.post-77166297458597841732009-07-23T16:26:00.003-04:002009-07-29T16:23:53.793-04:00done!!!!!DONE! bound off the ish. need a moment to breathe...<br /><br />7/28 some pics...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">the color is offon this one but i like the shape<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SnCuBKuvILI/AAAAAAAAAw4/gBuTR2dRYZA/s1600-h/DSCN2031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SnCuBKuvILI/AAAAAAAAAw4/gBuTR2dRYZA/s400/DSCN2031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363978491281744050" border="0" /></a>blocking<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SnCu6MPQHvI/AAAAAAAAAxA/tSWDC5VCfHw/s1600-h/DSCN2050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gm3-0N2eJMM/SnCu6MPQHvI/AAAAAAAAAxA/tSWDC5VCfHw/s400/DSCN2050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363979470939102962" border="0" /></a>a frog named purlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400918039622885038noreply@blogger.com2