Restless Knitter

I said I’d have pictures today, but I didn’t say they would all be knitting. The other night I was out watering my flowers and happened to see this little feller

The next day, I saw him again

Or maybe it’s a she. Whatever it was, it was a small one. We grow ‘em bigger than that in Small Town. When I was just a young thing, we’d play with them. They came to school with us in a jar for show and tell. Unless the boy on the bus took the lid off the jar so he could hold it, then they just got a free bus ride and heard a lot of screaming from the wimpy kids, and then the bus driver. What, you didn’t play with bugs when you were little?

Here’s a better detail shot of the Cat’s Cradle scarf.

When I have this around my neck, it reaches the top of my knees so I didn’t take a picture of the full thing. For one, you wouldn’t see the detail and for another, I still haven’t cut the tails off and I don’t want you all to know just how much I procrastinate. All it would take is 2 snips of the scissors, but have I clipped them yet? No. Anyhoo, if I were to do this again, and I think I will eventually, there are a few changes I’d make. I’d make it shorter, and I’d use laceweight yarn. The sock yarn is nice, but it doesn’t show off the stitches like it should.

The most recently completed project is a Garterlac washcloth.

I’ve never done anything in entrelac, which I know isn’t usually all garter stitch, and this looked like a good piece to learn on so off I went.
Pattern is here
Needle: US 7
Yarn: Sugar ‘n Cream
Color: Cherry Swirl
Started and finished: Aug 15, 06

Bella thinks we can’t see her when she lays down in this stuff.

And last, but certainly not least… I didn’t know I’d become obsessed with Chibis. I started out with the creamy colored one that had the blue/green top and point. I was so jealous when I found out that there had previously been a cream and pink one. There was no way I was going to pay $50 for one on Ebay so I knew I’d have to live without a pretty chibi. Then there came a clear blue one. I think I tossed the cream and green/blue one because I can’t find it now. And then, then they came out with an orange one. Orange is so not one of my colors but suddenly I felt myself craving the orange Chibi. Because, you know, what if they stop making it and then I’ve lost out?! Not long after that, La starts bragging about her green one. I check the stores around here and they’re still in the orange phase. Poo. No matter though, because lookie! La sent me a green one! Thanks La!

Don’t you just hate it when this happens?

The scarf is knit longways so it wasn’t like I could just rip out a row or two to get some extra length. I guess I could have, but then the edges wouldn’t have matched. Luckily, I had some leftover Koigu that had some of the same colors. Just enough of the color run to finish binding this off. I tried to take a picture of the blocked scarf this morning but it’s gloomy and I wasn’t satisfied with any of the pics. I’ll try to get one later. In summary

Pattern: Cat’s Cradle Long-Ways Scarf
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn
Color: Martha’s Vinyard
Needle: US 6
Start date: August 5, 2006
Finish date: August 11, 2006

I’m starting work again today. I really don’t want to do it because it gets really boring at times. I’ve already started spending my new wages by ordering yarn and patterns. The things I’ll do for knitting….

The trip went well. Mostly. We came close to having our first major fight due to something that would take too long to explain. The Man fixed the situation for the most part so I no longer want to cut his nuts off and feed them to the wolves. I’m sure you could have done without that tidbit of info, but what would a post from me be if there weren’t some sort of bitching involved.

I hate to sound like a bragger, but in this case that’s just the way it is. The man was not looking for a new job. These people came to him out of the blue. Even after he’d previously turned them down. It’s awesome that a company wants him so badly that they’ve come after him this aggressively. He’ll be taking the job. They’ve given us up to 18 months to relocate so we have quite a bit of time to sell our house and find a new place to live. (Otherwise, we lose out on the relocation package.) In the meantime, The Man will split his time between the California and Georgia offices. What this means for me is more unsupervised yarn buying missing my husband when he’s gone and a lot of frozen pizzas for dinner. I will miss him alot, but this is an excellent opportunity for him so I’ll live with it. I’m proud of all he’s accomplished and I know he’s going to do a great job in his new role.

I started the Cat’s Cradle Long-Ways Scarf before our flight out on Saturday. Instead of using the lace weight called for, I’m using Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn. I have to say I’m a little disappointed with this skein. I’ve run across more than 5 knots and thin spots and I still have over half a skein to work through. Here it is, what little you can make out of it, posing on the table outside our room

If you want to see the other CA pics we took, clicky here. Though the pictures we took don’t do it any justice, it really is a beautiful place. The last night we were there, we drove to the beach and had dinner at a restaurant along the shore. The view was absolutely gorgeous. I could have stared at the moon reflecting off the water for hours.