Knit gift for a friend

I had something in mind to knit for a dear sister and found some yarn in my stash that was almost exactly what I'd had in mind, so it was win-win (provided she likes it, of course).  I also set up a Ravelry account, so you can check out the details and get the free pattern here http://ravel.me/Luke1133/3hc

Self striping sock

I'm a big fan of knitting lace but I broke down and bought some self striping yarn for socks.  I don't LOVE the colorway, but I think I like the whole idea.  I chose a chevron pattern so that the stripes wouldn't be TOO boring and (mostly) so that I wouldn't be bored to tears with so much just knit stitching.  I'll post the pattern once I get past the heel.

Ice cream #2 - Oberweis

My son had a root beer float. I've tasted better root beer...  I had a single scoop of fudge brownie swirl.  It was certainly better than Coldstone.  Very sweet!  Nice flavor I suppose, but still not the thing I'm looking for.  Pretty dang expensive too.

Ice cream #1 - Coldstone Creamery

Coffee with (one) Oreo mixed in, because I got the kid's size.  Very nice price and I guess I'll try it again, but too "rich" for my taste.  I feel like I'm wearing lip gloss, there's so much fat in this stuff.  It has a good flavor,a little too sweet, but too fluffy for me.  I like ice-milk type of ice cream more, I guess.

Pirate's booty

Check out all the bling!  It's all costume stuff I'm repairing for the thrift store where I volunteer.

Yarn

I'm allergic to wool.  I don't have much money to spend on clothes/materials so I tend to knit with acrylic.  I know that makes "real" knitters sigh, but it works for me.  I don't really like Red Heart, but Simply Soft seemed good.  Now I don't think so.  I'm using it for a lacy knit so it's going to be okay, but one skein is loaded with slubs.  I found the same thing when I was knitting the sweater I have on now.  Five skeins good, one loaded with slubs.  I thought it was an anomaly but now it seems like a pattern.  Boo.

Kids say the nicest things

So keep in mind that I have choir rehearsal on Thursday nights and haven't come home after work on Thursday in, like, two years.
My son called me just after 5 to ask if I could get him some Taco Bell.  I agreed and we talked about what he wanted.  Suddenly he said "Oh!  It's Thursday!"  I then said "That's alright, I don't have choir tonight" thinking he knew I wasn't coming home.  Oh no.  What was I thinking?  He says "No, I just realized I haven't watched The Office in four weeks."

One Step At A Time

Some mornings I let myself do a little craft work before work.  Some mornings I have to do other things instead.  Some mornings I am late for my "real" work-like today!

Designing Things

I'm not very creative. I'm very crafty. I can make things based on others' designs. I can make very well-made, pretty things based on others' designs. I can stray pretty far from those designs into fabulous variations. I cannot, however, create things only out of my thoughts. Actually, my thoughts are not that tangible, I think (pun intended). I don't seem to imagine things anymore; I can see something tangible and determine whether it will work well with this fabric or that yarn or in another color scheme, but actually visualizing the finished product seems to be a skill I have lost, if I ever had it very strongly to begin with. Nice to realize one's own limitations. Perhaps I'll stop expecting myself to design stuff from scratch from now on, and concentrate on making wonderful variations of other's designs.




This is what got me out of bed (a few minutes early) today.

Hey, look at me all 21st Century

Blogging from my phone!!!  Where I am able to correct the color setting for incandescent light, so the quick shot I took this a.m. of my newest bag will be closer to the real color!  (Woo hoo-now I can blog during boring meetings:-)