October 22, 2006

Giddy!!

So...had a lovely weekend.

Friday night I went out with friends to a Korean restaurant. Got to introduce my friend to Korean food. So, that was neat. I think he liked it.

Saturday night I went out to a semi-formal party with friends. I got to dress up in my sparkly blue dress. My friend wore a suit for me. That was pretty cool. I bought him a tie. He looked really good. It's not often I've been able to talk a man into a suit without a lot of whining in the process. I don't think the X ever wore one...and hmm...my junior and senior prom the boys dressed up...I've had men wear ties and a button up shirt...but not an actual suit...

*grin*

Sunday...knit, purl and hurl at my house. Imbrium gave me this...

I was totally floored. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Beautiful! I don't know what fuzz I want to put on it yet.

As far as progress at the KPH...well, I meant to work on that scarf for A, seeing that his birthday was this weekend...but the cables are taking longer than expected. So I worked mostly on this...I know you can't really tell the difference. But I'm enjoying how this is spinning out. I hope there will be more next year at the Estes Park fiber show. I would love to see what the fiber that has metallic bits in it turns into.


It is something about the process...the process of crafting. Creating something out of something else. Watching the colors blend, feeling the material run through your fingers. If there were anything I have to describe as my passion, it would be the process of creating.

October 17, 2006

Someone made it snow!

I have this love\hate relationship with snow. I like it, but I don't care much for driving in it when there are other people allowed to drive anywhere near me. I'm not a great fan of the cold winds. But it is kind of pretty. 6-10 inches they say...hmm...I still don't see it, the flakes are too little, but I suppose we'll see.


A view from my window. The lightrail that will bring the DTC all that much closer to LoDo. Well, at least that's the theory. It will however, I am sure, bring up the rent price.

This right there...that is the nifty blanket I bought yesterday. It's soft and fuzzy. It collects static cling and shocks the hell out of you when you touch it. But then I washed it, and so far...it's soft and fuzzy. So much so that I am contemplating buying another one.

And this...this is the disaster that I call a cabled scarf for A. Yes...I lost count of the rows...and yes, I have not burned frogged it yet. It is taking all of my will power not to too...although I am trying to hahaha have this finished by Saturday. We'll see how that plan goes.

October 13, 2006

Getting back to normal

So last night was my first night I actually made some progress on things that I wanted to do involving yarn. I finished spinning the ball of prepared fluff and got to pull more fluff off of the really big ball of fluff, and proceeded to spin that. That is still a work in progress. But I am happy with the way this stuff is turning out. I am still getting used to the 100% angora fluff though since my prior experience spinning fluff was with a mixed pile of fluff. Wool and silk blend as feel so much stronger than the 100% fluff. The blend is a little tougher to pull, whereas the 100% is very easy to pull, and tends to pull too fast and too evenly, causing breaks. I need a spinning wheel. I hear it calling me. Drop spindles are fun and all, but...

Yes, and soon...this one will be mine...

I got about 3-4 inches done on the scarf...and today at lunch I continued to work on it. The pattern I'm using didn't have adescription of how they suggested to do the C6L and C6R...so I just madeit up based off of the C4L and C4R described. And well...the further I got through it...the more it didn't look like the picture. And since I am sadly a perfectionist and I have sadly not realized that some things can be improvised...I frogged it all and started over. I'll try again...this time making up what I think the C6L and the C6R should look like based off of the picture.

I am more than ready for the weekend this week. I've had it. Between me, myself, and I and all of my self induced stress a weekend is good. Let the games begin eh?

October 12, 2006

UNgrown up

So, yes, I did accept the new job. However, somehow I was convinced to stay with my current job. So I'm staying, with the hope and desire and did I mention hope, that they can somehow point me in the right direction...in my directionless quest called life.

I never knew "jobs" to be so difficult before the few events in the last month. This coming from the woman who was once the teenager who had 3 jobs at the same time, at the restaurant, at the office and at the theatre. Somehow I survived that and I finished high school. Although how...I am not sure. I don't know how I convinced my parents to let me do that.

Anyway...

I suppose we can now get back to our regularly scheduled program.

This is my craft closet. Apparently I forgot that it takes extra effort to make the picture vertical. Oh well. There it is. And that's just basically the middle shelf. I have at least 3 more boxes of stuff I couldn't fit in there out in the garage.

Part of my crafting includes a ton of note pads. I don't know whatever possessed me to start buying lots and lots of Hello Kitty note pads but I did. That and Orange Story, and White, and Tare Panda...and...

I like paper. People think it's weird. And yeah it kind of is...only because I just like to look at it.

As for knitting...I started a new scarf, because I have a friend who is currently in college...at that point of "ack ack too much don't wanna you can't make my study any more." So I've decided he needs a scarf to convince him to hang in there.

So, that's my world in a nutshell.

October 03, 2006

Sometimes things just don't work out the way you think they should

So, last night I really was going to update my blog, but then my friend stopped by. I'd give the real people in my life names but, then it would be weirdly personal, and I'm oddly private online since I don't want to be blatent about my ramblings with my ex wandering around on cyberspace too. I'm weird. I accept this fact. Wish I could just plaster pictures of myself online. Oh well...I can plaster my knitting...yay. Oh and my friend ended up wandering on the internet himself and blah blah...I just quickly saved my post.

Okay, so my weekend was lovely. I'm sorry I missed you Imbrium. I heard from C & M that you stopped by Dave and Buster's with an entourage. :( Perhaps next time, besides then you could meet my friend.

So one of my co-workers lives on a farm. She brought in about 3 boxes...like the type offices order large quantites of paper in...of tomatoes. They are lovely. I had one with some balsamic vinegar and salt tonight. Yum. Kids are not as impressed.

The blanket is perking along...well, slowly...about 40 more rows to go and then a border. From what I can tell my sister is due sometime in November. My sister and I don't speak the same language...literally. So it makes email communication more challenging. I always have to find translators and vice verse.

Oh and this here is a picture of a dog, not my dog, for my friend M.

October 02, 2006

Blah...

So Saturday came with me knocking the stuffing out of myself. I took a shower and proceeded to whack my head on the soap dish when I turned around scrubbing. Yea. Didn't take a picture, but I had a large marble sized knot on my head. It's a little tender today still, but I'm fine. Other than feeling goofy.

Saturday was nice otherwise. My friend had a 31st birthday party where we dressed up as pirates and invaded a Bennigans. No pictures of that either sad to report. I'm internet shy, where as my knitting is not.