Friday, August 29, 2008

Just stuff

Tomato

Been trying to keep busy so that I don't go nuts this week. Ya know "houseguest" is still here. So, I decided to can a bunch more tomatoes so I would have them in the winter.

Also, we took "guest" to a Nubian Goat farm in the Berkshires and I bought goats milk to make cheese. So, I made cheese.

Goat cheese

I have also been keeping busy with IIBS's (Impulsive Internet Buying Spree). I bought this yarn from Woolen Rabbit to make Moroccan Days/Arabian Nights Shawl. I also bought beads at some little bead shop near the house (yeah, I went out of the house).

New yarn

Oh yeah, and there has been psycho knitting. That means I can't stick to one thing for more than 5 minutes. I am making "Mr. Yarn" the Na Craga Starmore sweater and at the same time I am making Butterfly socks.

For him:

Na Craga

For me:

Butterfly Socks

And poor Esther looks like *I* feel

Doggy

Notice she is by the front door waiting to make that great escape...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Not a good week

Lets just say that I have been under some stress due to a guest that is here.
I am knitting a little bit but it makes it hard to concentrate when you feel like you are going to jump out of your skin.
So, I knit what I usually knit when I want to do something mindless

Socks

Socks. I can't get the color to come out so they look awful in the picture, but I loved the Classic Elite Sock yarn. This is what the color really looks like:

Herb

Wish me luck. 5 more days.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Life is too short

DSCF0906

Know what that is? That is the poetry in stitches sweater packed up and about to be buried somewhere that I will never have to look at it unless I clean that closet which by that time I will just throw it away. You know that life is too short and I want you all to remind me if I ever go to do a colorwork sweater again that I shouldn't do it because I hate doing it and I will just bail on the project anyhow.

Ok, I got that off my chest. I am going to go start somethin else now.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Fern

Fern

"Fern" is done and blocked!

Friday, August 08, 2008

Some knitting going on

Poetry in Stitches P. 140

I started the sweater that I have wanted to make for a long time. It is from Poetry in Stitches and is by Solveig Hisdal. I don't know what I am thinking by starting this sweater. If I didn't love it and didn't want to wear it I could never get through it. I hate doing color work of any kind.

Knitted Garter Stitch Blanket

At the same time, I am working on Elizabeth Zimmermens Garter Stitch blanket. Although most versions I have seen of it really don't appeal to me because I think they are ugly, I loved Brooklyn Tweeds version and shamelessly copied his exactly. I need it for winter. It is a boring knit but I will be glad I did it come winter.


Dining Room

Last but not least, I was excited because we finally ate in our dining room the other night with neighbors that I invited over for Paella. They brought the sangria and the board game Redneck for us to play after dinner.

Friday, August 01, 2008

More stuff

New Friend

I forgot to mention that my sister and brother in law are in town and we went to Sturbridge Village. It was way cooler than I thought it would be. We ended up spending the whole day there. I loved it.

Now for promised pictures (you know who you are that kept bugging me for them) of the kitchen

New Kitchen

(if you click on it you can see a bigger picture of it mom)

and another of the new built in for the kitchen

New Kitchen

I just noticed that I have the same chicken sitting on the counter as the one at Sturbridge. Only difference is the one on the counter is fake.