elvis needs...boats? - lizard ridge

tv night

nospam@example.com (Michelle) — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:06:38 -0700

We've been catching up on our shows tonight, since it's too hot tonight to do anything that requires movement.

We just watched last night's episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Lost. Lost is making it so worth having stuck it out this far! I can't wait for more! Too bad all that's left is the season finale--who knows how long we'll have to wait for the next season.

We also watched Don't Forget the Lyrics, which has been entertaining lately. Nik is convinced that I should go on the show. Haha. I do know the words to lots of songs and I tend to do pretty well playing along from my couch, but I'm actually not quite enough of a Leo--I'm not really comfortable being the center of attention, except in small doses. If I ever did go on the show, though, I definitely would not go for the million dollar song. I've seen it attempted twice now, and both songs were impossible. (Seriously. Who knows every word to Milli Vanilli's Blame it on the Rain?)

I went to Twisted after work today and petted lots of Blue Moon Fiber Arts yarn. In addition to all three weights of Socks that Rock, they're also carrying Laci (100% merino laceweight--gorgeous 1750 yard skeins), Silk Thread (100% silk, very fine & beautiful), Luscious Single Silk (50% merino, 50% silk, DK weight, in huge 500 yard skeins!), and Woobu (60% merino, 40% bambu, DK weight, also in huge skeins of 620 yards). It was fascinating seeing how the same colorway can look completely different on a different base yarn. The most striking difference was the Woobu. I picked up a skein of it in what looked like a charcoal gray color and was surprised to see that it was Thraven, the same colorway I'd been drooling over in the Laci (and in the Luscious, for that matter). In the Woobu, Thraven looked like charcoal gray with very subtle greens. Lovely, but not obviously the same as the black with blues and greens I'd been looking at in the Laci.

I LOVE that color--it's so pretty in every yarn I looked at. I may have to get some someday...

on the street today

nospam@example.com (Michelle) — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:18:40 -0700

Around 4:00 this afternoon, I was sitting at a table on the sidewalk outside of Grand Central Bowl, waiting for Nik to pick me up. (We went on a work outing, bowling and food at Grand Central. That place is NICE!)

The weather was beautiful and I had 15-20 minutes to kill, so of course I was knitting. In fact, I was knitting this:

That's square #7 in progress, for my Lizard Ridge project. I've described this one as "clown colors." Heh.

So I was sitting there knitting, enjoying being outside, and a woman walked by (very quickly). On the way by, she said, "Pretty hat!"

Me: "... ... Thanks!"

Hat? I decided that it wasn't worth trying to correct her since 1) she was obviously in a hurry, and 2) I suppose the point was that she thought it was pretty, and it probably doesn't really matter whether or not she knows it isn't, in fact, a hat.

I was amused.

today's progress...

nospam@example.com (Michelle) — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:49:49 -0700

One complete Sorta Charade sock:

One nearly-complete Lizard Square:

A little bit of a baby sweater:

(I didn't actually work on this today, but I hadn't shown any pictures of it yet, so...)

seizing up

nospam@example.com (Michelle) — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:25:26 -0700

Do you ever sit down to write a blog post and nothing coherent wants to come out? I have all sorts of topics I could discuss, from knitting to upcoming house projects to Nik's vision problems. But I've started this post about five times already and...meh.

So...I'll save the majority of it until another time. I can summarize my knitting of late, though:

I've done 5 squares so far for my Lizard Ridge. They're gorgeous and I can't wait to get more Kureyon to make some more.

My Twisted Sky Socks are quite close to being finished. If I can keep my hands off the Noro enough over the next few days, I'll probably finish them this weekend.

The Noro has become quite the siren song for me right now. I ran out of skeins for the Lizard Ridge, so I hunted up a project that I'd started and abandoned some time ago--felted potholders for my brother. They're in a pretty riotous colorway (165), to go with his colorful Fiestaware dishes. I did one and wasn't terribly happy with how it felted, so I put the whole project in timeout. Today I almost completed a second one. (I have some ideas on how to improve the felting result, which may be part of my motivation. Also, if I finish the potholders and have a skein of Kureyon leftover, I can make another Lizard Ridge square!...I might be a little obsessed.)

Oh, and I also FINALLY finished sewing up all the ends in my Flair and blocking the darn thing. As soon as it dries I'll sew on the buttons and TAKE PICTURES. You have no idea how long that thing has been sitting around waiting for me to put the finishing touches on it...

It's really cute, though. :D