And heading back home through the lush, summer streets. I try to make the most of it now and go out twice a day because I know in a few short months, not only will it not look so lush, the temperature will be about 45 degrees cooler. I hope it stays in the 90s for as long as possible. It makes the evening temps in the 70s which is so lovely.
One woman's journey to self-love in the midst of daily demands from work, family, and modern life.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Morning walk
And heading back home through the lush, summer streets. I try to make the most of it now and go out twice a day because I know in a few short months, not only will it not look so lush, the temperature will be about 45 degrees cooler. I hope it stays in the 90s for as long as possible. It makes the evening temps in the 70s which is so lovely.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Its getting interesting
Monday, July 27, 2009
A little bit
Sunday, July 26, 2009
YAY!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
I voted
It sounds like Sock Summit is the brain child of Stephanie Pearl-McFee and Tina from another Oregon celebrity, Blue Moon Fiber Arts. This is such a huge event that registration for classes crashed the server and once it was back up and running, it sold out pretty much right away. Registration for classes has been closed for awhile but anyone can attend the Marketplace at the convention center where many yarn vendors and others from all over the world (there is a vendor from Britain) will be selling their wares. I plan on going up to Portland on Saturday morning just to check out the Marketplace. After looking at the yarns in the contest on Ravelry, I can't wait to see them in person! My other new favorite, Three Irish Girls, will be there.
The mailbox is still empty so I've been working on my summer sweater and as par for the course, I've made a pretty big error. I was supposed to begin the body increase at 7 inches up but knit all the way until 12 inches before I realized. I do not want to pull out all the tedious stockinette so I've done a quick and dirty increase at 12 and will still go ahead and begin the arm-holes just past 14 and see how it goes. Knitting in the round makes these 'design-element' changes a little more flexible, I hope.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Who is Somerset. . . ?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Waiting for the mail
I'm also waiting to get my first sock club shipment. That one I know won't ship until the end of the month so I don't have the expectation and that helps me be a little more patient. I'm just excited to get yarn in the mail!
I'm excited too to have a small project to work on in between the endless stockinette stitch body of the summer sweater. I think it helps it go more quickly when you can break it up into smaller chunks.
I better go check the mailbox, I think Charity Kitty left a present for the mail lady as a bribe.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
10 is a magic number
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Summer sweater
I thought this might be a quick knit but I figured that without figuring in summer itself. Every night is so full of activity, there is no time for sitting and knitting. And there is no lunch-time knitting this week as I am taxi-service for my knit-wear model's Orchestra camp.
The sweater is patterned after the Pleat-front top in Knitsimple's spring/summer 09 issue. I'm adding an edging at the bottom hem for interest and to make it a bit longer. I like this pattern since it can be knit in the round. I haven't had much luck so far with sweaters that have to be knit in pieces and seamed up. I am hoping this will go as well as the Olympic Challenge project I completed last summer - same type of knit-in-the-round t-shirt pattern and in the same yarn.
Maybe it will be done before summer is.
Charity kitty and a cup of coffee help me blog early in the morning.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
June's scarf
I enjoyed knitting this scarf, it was a good project to work on a little at a time. Good summer knitting.
Now I'm ready for this month's scarf challenge, I can't wait to see what it is.
Charity Kitty relaxes in her pool. Its going to be hot today.Saturday, July 11, 2009
Lunch-time knitting
Now that the weather is warm enough to sit outside during the day, my favorite thing to do for lunch is go to the park and knit. I pick a park near the river so I can see water and people enjoying themselves, I sit on a park bench, and get out my knitting. Its peaceful and yet, I feel like I'm part of the fun that everyone is having.
I can watch the rafters walking through the park with their boats, launch them, and head down river. I can watch the little kids splashing on the edge of the water. I can usually catch a game of frisbee or watch other lunch-time people reading and eating. Its nice to be part of it all and yet seperate and doing your own thing. I get a little knitting done and I get some outside time to balance out the rest of my day inside a building.
The only bad part about it is that I wish lunch-time was longer and that I didn't have to go back to work.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Multi-crafting
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Wednesday night knitting group
Three Irish Girls
I came across this yarn company in an on-line advertisement and I've never seen such beautiful photo marketing of yarn as they do. (See their photo to the left) Three Irish Girls is a fairly new (within the year) on-line, hand-dyed yarn company. They have clubs - stash clubs and sock clubs. And a web site full of drop-dead, knock-down beautiful photos of yarn in just amazing colorways! There is a blog - Yarnista - that tells the story of their beginnings, I've just read a bit so far.
I fell so in love with their yarn that I had to join the sock club. I've never joined a sock club before, but I've wanted to. Most sock clubs I find are too expensive to pay all at once but don't have an option for monthly memebership - this one does. You also get to choose from two color options each month and they send you little goodies in between the yarn. I'm so excited!
I've gone from never-joined-anything to joining two different yarn clubs in two months. It must be that I'm getting old - 40 is only two days away.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Scarf of the month
In June I joined Patternworks 'Scarf of the month club'. Its the first 'joiner' thing I've done and I'm excited for the challenge. I am going to try to finish each monthly project before the next one arrives.
This club sends you a scarf pattern and a different type of yarn to make the pattern each month. It sounds like the pattern and yarn will stay seasonal so cooler fiber and smaller designs for the summer. June's selection was Nashua's Creative Focus Silk, a 100% silk yarn in a sea-foam green. The pattern is a 22 row lace repeat in a diamond pattern that repeats about 14 times to make the scarf. This will be a very decorative scarf.
The end of school and beginning of summer have been very busy on the kid and job front but I'm hoping that I have settled into a summer schedule now that will allow me more time for blog posts. I LOVE the warm weather and all the light. Morning walks and lunch-time park sitting are in the plans for the forseeable future!