In order of importance, today... winners of my socktoberfest contest?
Koigu (or any other sock yarn from Article Pract) to Becka, the knitting wounded
Crazy hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy yarn to Laurie in Maine
I have about half of the other h2g2 roving spun up, hopefully will get the rest done this weekend (to relax)... :)
***
I'm really off my game the past week, and its echoed into me becoming a bad blogger and knitter and general community member as well. I haven't replied to my blog comments, which I always do if I can (read: if you have a blogger account and have "show my email address" checked in their profile. Anyone else who leaves comments via blogger's comment system-- I can't hit "reply" in gmail and have an email go out to you so I can't reply to your comments in email. I know I could use haloscan or some other comment plugin, but I'm 29 now and have decided to be ornery already.)
I'm sorry, I'm just in a funk. I've been spending just about all my time this week hanging out with my son, trying to burn this time into my memory to revisit later when the times aren't so good to come. I tend to do this, store up the good things and live off of them in my lean times; cache, cairn, other c-words of memory and rememberance, grief and loss. That won't be on the lower 48, so I don't feel as dirty now.
Should have had the 4th panel done, but here it is 2/3 of the way...
Lizard Ridge afghan, 4th panel of 4
Looking at it, right now, I'm totally thinking what Cookie guessed I would-- if I hadn't overknit this thing, I'd be done by now! :) I actually have a super secret pipe dream of having it done today (Friday) so I can start to seam it up over the weekend-- and wanted to ask some advice on that if anyone has some to give :)
I stink at finishing. I don't even know if I do it "right" most of the time, and its probably why I like the tiny projects knit circularly from one skein of yarn over all others. How do I go about seaming these panels together? I mean, I have books and books and the intarweb to teach me, but I don't even know what sort of stitch to use to do it. (Usually I'd be too embarrassed to admit this, but hey! There's got to be some upside to be so down.) The panels are both stockinette and garter, and the stst will line up with the stst & the garter with garter. If anyone could just point me in the right dx of what stitch to use that'd be wonderful :)
Theboyfriend dad sock has a heel but no cuff. Just like Rachel says, the foot works up SO fast. I set them down to work on LR... hasn't been much, admittedly.
I've also narrowed down my choice for when I knit some manLace (hypotenuse, by anne of knitspot) for myself...
Schaefer Anne (red's not color correct and you can't see the variegation/tone on tone)
Not sure which. At first I immediately thought of the orange and black, but then the red really started to creep into my brain and just sit there like-- you're going to pick me, why are you even thinking of something else? Not only the crowd favorite, but your favorite. Admittedly, red's gotten under my skin lately but its hard letting go of the once favorite for the new. I don't have time yet to knit it for myself soon, but at least I can stop "worrying" about finding yarn for it (though I still think ryc's cashcotton 4 ply in Vivid would be so perfect, too).
That's it! That's all I got for yall :) Hopefully I'll be back on my game soon, but apologies in advance for not replying to comments via email or commenting on blogs (I have been reading, but not commenting.) I think I'm going to be using my "get out of jail free card" and not do any of it for a bit, just going to withdraw and read and play with my kid and knit for now-- but I do read everything and appreciate all of you reading and writing along with me.
To show just how offkilter I am... a meme. I am in the camp that you should learn drips and drags about a person by reading what they put out there and not in lists, perhaps why I get all long winded about stuff sometimes, but I just... yeah. For someone else more than me, for things easier said than done.
48 things.
1. FIRST NAME? aija
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? yes. a korean stage dancer in las vegas, a dear friend to my mother who died before i was born. really, and of what i don't know.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? sunday.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? yes, and i think it's awful and indecipherable on its face most of the time. i think anyone who takes the time to try and read what i've written (longhand) truly loves me. i've only known one person i've sat and taken the time to do that with, and i owe her a long-overdue thank you for my birthday present (sorry j, i loved it).
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? anything that's good with avocado and mayonnaise. used to be anything good with avocado, but i'm on a downslide with the mayo obsession lately. or things that can be dipped.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? no. i'm shy and terrible at maintaining eye contact, let alone friendships.
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? this is it. and another, but thats private and not quite a journal either.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes. i've never had anything physically major happen to me, except the birth of my son and getting my tongue pierced.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? maybe. i'd be afraid of hurting myself, more than the fear of jumping off. par for the course.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? kix. i remember going often to the generic elementary school fieldtrips to the petting zoo and cranking dimes into the metal and glass feedbins (repurposed supermarket vending machines with those plastic bubble toy containers holding solid rubber bouncy balls at 25 cents apiece or sticky hands to throw on walls at 50 cents each... damnit, i *just* remembered i forgot my toy car. so #3 should read, "right now" but i'm not changing it) ... the ten cent feed at the petting zoo was stale kix cereal. i always made my mom buy it to eat at home, and would often eat it out of my hands like the wiry goats did. i didn't use milk on cereal til very recently, always ate it dry (kix or no). i don't eat kix anymore though... too easy and fun for my kid to head-crush between his fingers, so its honey bunches of oats in the pantry.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? if i have to. which means yes.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? yes but its a lie i have told myself enough to believe it. my muscles are not so much solid as they are liquid, and my heart's the opposite.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? used to be mint chocolate chip, but now its anything but chocolate or strawberry and not with a lot of hard pieces in it.
14. SHOE SIZE? us 9 or 9.5. my feet grew when i was pregnant (spread out from carrying the weight! i was almost, ALMOST 200lbs at my heaviest, literally. i waivered at 199lbs for weeks, tried to eat more to gain that extra pound but no dice)... they grew but i don't know if they've returned to pre-pregnancy size.
15. RED OR PINK? red. i think of lots of things when i think of red, one i can share with yall... when i was younger i'd learned all i needed to know about human sexuality from a set of books my mom gave me when i hit puberty, and cosmo. cosmo before it was marketed to 13 year olds, anyway. i remember in one of those many many "differences between the sexes" articles (found between directions on the "butterfly kiss" and "how to shave your armpits") i learned women preferred yellow-red and men blue-red; practical advice when choosing your wardrobe and lipstick colors it said. oy. [fwiw, the schaefer anne above is what i'd think to be blue-red.]
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? fear to the point of immovability. laziness. self-hate of body and personality and emotional range. how i hurt those that love me. how i hurt myself.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? ...
18. WHAT FOOD WILL GET YOU OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? nothing. i'm usually out for the count.
19. WHAT COLOUR TROUSERS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? blue jeans, threadless' "blow with the wind" t-shirt, red converse, green hedera socks.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? buttercream bun from the best chinese bakery-- napoleon super bakery on franklin in oakland's chinatown. i regularly get into a gentle shoving match with the patrons there, no one wants to queue up but instead cut in front of the hapa chick with the stroller; not a good idea when I'm in this mood.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? thomas the train on tv.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? washable black.
23. FAVORITE SMELL? public: sampoerna extra clove cigarettes, when someone else is smoking them. private: chest just below the neck.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? #17.
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? if they can get me to want to maintain eye contact.
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON YOU STOLE THIS FROM? sure, found it on bunches of blogs but didn't think i'd actually do it. but i like everone i read, even if i couldn't tell you where i saw it first.
27. FAVOURITE DRINK? coke zero.
28. FAVOURITE SPORT? chasing my kid.
29. EYE COLOUR? brown.
30. HAT SIZE? i have an abnormally large head. i wouldn't want to know.
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? yes. i spent most of my years in law school behind my glasses, but once my son was born and moved into fascination with them, he took them off my face enough to crack the frame and have me in contacts all of the time, except when cleaning them. in college i wore grey tinted ones and purple tinted ones, too... when i stopped wearing them, i thought i looked very strange with just brown eyes staring back at me in the mirror. now i realize how odd i truly looked.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? naked in bed foods.
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? i can't do scary movies. my mom gave me absolutely free rein when it came to watching movies with sex in them, but absolutely no violence. her reaction to violence in movies (in keeping me totally away from them, and at the same time totally aware and afraid of it), reverberates in me and i just am terrified of seeing violence or human pain in the medium. that said, i much prefer the heartbreaker endings as i'm kinda overly tragic myself.
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter. i hate being hot (read: have to wear clothes that reflect hot weather season.)
36. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs.
37. FAVOURITE DESSERT? deep fried ice cream. i haven't had this in ages, can't remember the last time. huge scoop of ice cream, rolled in crushed corn flakes and deep fried, topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
38. WHAT SIDE OF THE BED DO YOU SLEEP ON AND WHY? right. just do.
39. IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE DECISION TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE A FAMILY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING TODAY? failing.
[edit, later in the afternoon... of course i'm only talking about myself. i didn't plan on this path for sure, the staying home with a kid path-- i was supposed to be doing "something" with the years of slaving in uni under my belt. i know now i'm not made for that, i'm made for "this."]
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? the second sex, simone de beauvoir; romeo and juliet, shakespeare; invisible man, ellison.
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? don't use one.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? didn't.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? my son laughing and squealing and dreaming in his sleep. my other favorite person laughing and squealing and dreaming in sleep.
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? beatles.
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? i feel pretty far from home right now. physically... somewhere in mexico with my high school senior english class, eating marlin tacos and drinking out of a vodka bottle.
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? avoiding answering questions.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? las vegas.
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? no one. and i'm sending it to no one, either :)
...off to the library and a long walk. thanks for reading, and don't worry about me. i'm okay on a scale of one to sixtyeight.
Koigu (or any other sock yarn from Article Pract) to Becka, the knitting wounded
Crazy hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy yarn to Laurie in Maine
I have about half of the other h2g2 roving spun up, hopefully will get the rest done this weekend (to relax)... :)
***
I'm really off my game the past week, and its echoed into me becoming a bad blogger and knitter and general community member as well. I haven't replied to my blog comments, which I always do if I can (read: if you have a blogger account and have "show my email address" checked in their profile. Anyone else who leaves comments via blogger's comment system-- I can't hit "reply" in gmail and have an email go out to you so I can't reply to your comments in email. I know I could use haloscan or some other comment plugin, but I'm 29 now and have decided to be ornery already.)
I'm sorry, I'm just in a funk. I've been spending just about all my time this week hanging out with my son, trying to burn this time into my memory to revisit later when the times aren't so good to come. I tend to do this, store up the good things and live off of them in my lean times; cache, cairn, other c-words of memory and rememberance, grief and loss. That won't be on the lower 48, so I don't feel as dirty now.
Should have had the 4th panel done, but here it is 2/3 of the way...
Lizard Ridge afghan, 4th panel of 4
Looking at it, right now, I'm totally thinking what Cookie guessed I would-- if I hadn't overknit this thing, I'd be done by now! :) I actually have a super secret pipe dream of having it done today (Friday) so I can start to seam it up over the weekend-- and wanted to ask some advice on that if anyone has some to give :)
I stink at finishing. I don't even know if I do it "right" most of the time, and its probably why I like the tiny projects knit circularly from one skein of yarn over all others. How do I go about seaming these panels together? I mean, I have books and books and the intarweb to teach me, but I don't even know what sort of stitch to use to do it. (Usually I'd be too embarrassed to admit this, but hey! There's got to be some upside to be so down.) The panels are both stockinette and garter, and the stst will line up with the stst & the garter with garter. If anyone could just point me in the right dx of what stitch to use that'd be wonderful :)
The
I've also narrowed down my choice for when I knit some manLace (hypotenuse, by anne of knitspot) for myself...
Schaefer Anne (red's not color correct and you can't see the variegation/tone on tone)
Not sure which. At first I immediately thought of the orange and black, but then the red really started to creep into my brain and just sit there like-- you're going to pick me, why are you even thinking of something else? Not only the crowd favorite, but your favorite. Admittedly, red's gotten under my skin lately but its hard letting go of the once favorite for the new. I don't have time yet to knit it for myself soon, but at least I can stop "worrying" about finding yarn for it (though I still think ryc's cashcotton 4 ply in Vivid would be so perfect, too).
That's it! That's all I got for yall :) Hopefully I'll be back on my game soon, but apologies in advance for not replying to comments via email or commenting on blogs (I have been reading, but not commenting.) I think I'm going to be using my "get out of jail free card" and not do any of it for a bit, just going to withdraw and read and play with my kid and knit for now-- but I do read everything and appreciate all of you reading and writing along with me.
To show just how offkilter I am... a meme. I am in the camp that you should learn drips and drags about a person by reading what they put out there and not in lists, perhaps why I get all long winded about stuff sometimes, but I just... yeah. For someone else more than me, for things easier said than done.
48 things.
1. FIRST NAME? aija
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? yes. a korean stage dancer in las vegas, a dear friend to my mother who died before i was born. really, and of what i don't know.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? sunday.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? yes, and i think it's awful and indecipherable on its face most of the time. i think anyone who takes the time to try and read what i've written (longhand) truly loves me. i've only known one person i've sat and taken the time to do that with, and i owe her a long-overdue thank you for my birthday present (sorry j, i loved it).
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? anything that's good with avocado and mayonnaise. used to be anything good with avocado, but i'm on a downslide with the mayo obsession lately. or things that can be dipped.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? no. i'm shy and terrible at maintaining eye contact, let alone friendships.
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? this is it. and another, but thats private and not quite a journal either.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes. i've never had anything physically major happen to me, except the birth of my son and getting my tongue pierced.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? maybe. i'd be afraid of hurting myself, more than the fear of jumping off. par for the course.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? kix. i remember going often to the generic elementary school fieldtrips to the petting zoo and cranking dimes into the metal and glass feedbins (repurposed supermarket vending machines with those plastic bubble toy containers holding solid rubber bouncy balls at 25 cents apiece or sticky hands to throw on walls at 50 cents each... damnit, i *just* remembered i forgot my toy car. so #3 should read, "right now" but i'm not changing it) ... the ten cent feed at the petting zoo was stale kix cereal. i always made my mom buy it to eat at home, and would often eat it out of my hands like the wiry goats did. i didn't use milk on cereal til very recently, always ate it dry (kix or no). i don't eat kix anymore though... too easy and fun for my kid to head-crush between his fingers, so its honey bunches of oats in the pantry.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? if i have to. which means yes.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? yes but its a lie i have told myself enough to believe it. my muscles are not so much solid as they are liquid, and my heart's the opposite.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? used to be mint chocolate chip, but now its anything but chocolate or strawberry and not with a lot of hard pieces in it.
14. SHOE SIZE? us 9 or 9.5. my feet grew when i was pregnant (spread out from carrying the weight! i was almost, ALMOST 200lbs at my heaviest, literally. i waivered at 199lbs for weeks, tried to eat more to gain that extra pound but no dice)... they grew but i don't know if they've returned to pre-pregnancy size.
15. RED OR PINK? red. i think of lots of things when i think of red, one i can share with yall... when i was younger i'd learned all i needed to know about human sexuality from a set of books my mom gave me when i hit puberty, and cosmo. cosmo before it was marketed to 13 year olds, anyway. i remember in one of those many many "differences between the sexes" articles (found between directions on the "butterfly kiss" and "how to shave your armpits") i learned women preferred yellow-red and men blue-red; practical advice when choosing your wardrobe and lipstick colors it said. oy. [fwiw, the schaefer anne above is what i'd think to be blue-red.]
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? fear to the point of immovability. laziness. self-hate of body and personality and emotional range. how i hurt those that love me. how i hurt myself.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? ...
18. WHAT FOOD WILL GET YOU OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? nothing. i'm usually out for the count.
19. WHAT COLOUR TROUSERS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? blue jeans, threadless' "blow with the wind" t-shirt, red converse, green hedera socks.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? buttercream bun from the best chinese bakery-- napoleon super bakery on franklin in oakland's chinatown. i regularly get into a gentle shoving match with the patrons there, no one wants to queue up but instead cut in front of the hapa chick with the stroller; not a good idea when I'm in this mood.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? thomas the train on tv.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? washable black.
23. FAVORITE SMELL? public: sampoerna extra clove cigarettes, when someone else is smoking them. private: chest just below the neck.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? #17.
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? if they can get me to want to maintain eye contact.
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON YOU STOLE THIS FROM? sure, found it on bunches of blogs but didn't think i'd actually do it. but i like everone i read, even if i couldn't tell you where i saw it first.
27. FAVOURITE DRINK? coke zero.
28. FAVOURITE SPORT? chasing my kid.
29. EYE COLOUR? brown.
30. HAT SIZE? i have an abnormally large head. i wouldn't want to know.
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? yes. i spent most of my years in law school behind my glasses, but once my son was born and moved into fascination with them, he took them off my face enough to crack the frame and have me in contacts all of the time, except when cleaning them. in college i wore grey tinted ones and purple tinted ones, too... when i stopped wearing them, i thought i looked very strange with just brown eyes staring back at me in the mirror. now i realize how odd i truly looked.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? naked in bed foods.
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? i can't do scary movies. my mom gave me absolutely free rein when it came to watching movies with sex in them, but absolutely no violence. her reaction to violence in movies (in keeping me totally away from them, and at the same time totally aware and afraid of it), reverberates in me and i just am terrified of seeing violence or human pain in the medium. that said, i much prefer the heartbreaker endings as i'm kinda overly tragic myself.
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter. i hate being hot (read: have to wear clothes that reflect hot weather season.)
36. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs.
37. FAVOURITE DESSERT? deep fried ice cream. i haven't had this in ages, can't remember the last time. huge scoop of ice cream, rolled in crushed corn flakes and deep fried, topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
38. WHAT SIDE OF THE BED DO YOU SLEEP ON AND WHY? right. just do.
39. IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE DECISION TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE A FAMILY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING TODAY? failing.
[edit, later in the afternoon... of course i'm only talking about myself. i didn't plan on this path for sure, the staying home with a kid path-- i was supposed to be doing "something" with the years of slaving in uni under my belt. i know now i'm not made for that, i'm made for "this."]
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? the second sex, simone de beauvoir; romeo and juliet, shakespeare; invisible man, ellison.
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? don't use one.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? didn't.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? my son laughing and squealing and dreaming in his sleep. my other favorite person laughing and squealing and dreaming in sleep.
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? beatles.
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? i feel pretty far from home right now. physically... somewhere in mexico with my high school senior english class, eating marlin tacos and drinking out of a vodka bottle.
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? avoiding answering questions.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? las vegas.
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? no one. and i'm sending it to no one, either :)
...off to the library and a long walk. thanks for reading, and don't worry about me. i'm okay on a scale of one to sixtyeight.
19 comments:
Love the lizard ridge. It's going to be gorgeous.
(Oh, and I had no idea you had a law degree too!)
Dude,
You need to come to the South Bay for a LYS crawl. Purlescence just opened in Sunnyvale and they're selling STR!!!
Come down on the train with the rugrat and I'll pick ya up!
E-mail me.
Non-expert answer: Mattress stitch. Should be totally invisible and will match up the ss and gs portions.
Take it easy. Enjoy what you can, deal with what you can, ignore the rest.
sorry you're bummin! I am sending you fuzzy, soft, wrapped in wonderful yarn hugs! eventhough I don't really know you, I'm just that kind of person. lol
this too (whatever it is) shall pass. big hug.
the lizard is a master piece!
I am witt Dave, mattress st is great. it may seem tedious at first, but when you get the swing of it it will flow.
Thomas music- LOL, and than god for washable crayons!!!
:-)
Hope you get out of your funk soon. Been there, done that, several times... most of the time, actually. I try to deal as good as I can. My mother's been on nerve pills since I was 5, so that's almost 30 years. I don't want that to happen to me.
I hate seaming, and I'm sure I don't do it the way I should. I lean toward the majority with mattress stitch. Can't wait to see the finished Lizard!
Boyfriend/Dad socks look great. I can't wait to get my Christmas knitting done (guess I should start, huh?). I think they're the first socks on my list, knit with cashmere sock yarn!
Your Lizard Ridge is going to be fantastik! Gretas job and still I think you've done it very quickly!! So dont' worry!
Understand the funk...don't be too hard on yourself - that's what you'd tell me LOL! Ditto on the finishing; actually for me it might more be the sewing and the finishing. The LR still looks good and I do love the sock! Have a great weekend
You waited until 29 to be ornery? I got a jump on the whole process and started at 12. I've got it down to an art form now!
You've got some lovely knitting there! Take solace in this and wait out the funk. It'll all come to an end soon!
Lizard is so close to being done. Amazing project! Take care of yourself. Love those boyfriend socks.
Lizard Ridge is gorgeous.
I've been in a funk, too. Part of me wants to wallow in it but the other part really want to kick my own ass. As I am sick, wallowing is winning.
Take care.
Hang in there; funks don't last forever. Love the Lizard Ridge! I think I'd use mattress stitch too.
I won sumthin'?!! "Crazy hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy yarn to Laurie in Maine" !!!
Now I feel bad that I never got past the opening papragraph before hitting I want to make a comment.
From current comments: You're in a funk? It might be about age?
I swear I'm going back to read all of the details. (grinning from ear to ear, though! ;)
hugs.
Sorry you are in a funk, and hope you feel better soon!
"...withdraw and read and play with my kid and knit for now"
Yes. Perfect fix for nearly any funk. Play! Feel better.
Aw, I shouldn't have said anything about Lizard Ridge. Right now I would be thinking "It's so pretty, I *have* to finish it soon soon soon!"
I meant to enter the contest for your handspun (I still like it, and I'm stickin' to it), but I guess it's all for the best. I might just have reached the mythical "too much yarn" state.
I could have sworn I read a similar article as that Cosmo yellow vs blue red thing, but I thought women liked blue-red and men liked yellow-red. I'm definitely a blue-red kind of girl though, so maybe that's just how I wanted to read it in my mind.
Missed you! LR is coming along great - wish I could offer seaming knowledge, but I woudln't know what to do either with the 2 different stitches in there!
:)
Do you have the Vogue Knitting encyclopedia thinga? It has great advice and different ways of seaming.
I'd mattress stitch too, and knitty had an article on how to do it right on both garter and stst:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html
Just take your time! I think everyone hates to seam because they try to rush through it. Remember, it took you how long to knit?
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