45 Things You Could Care Less About

1. FIRST NAME? Patricia

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No.

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Tuesday night.

4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Sometimes it has character and sometimes its just messy. Ilike when its not too messy.

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Corned beef I guess.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yeah. I'm a good time.

7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Do this blog and another online one count?

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I guess shredded wheat. I'm not a big eat of breakfast.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Not until I want to put them back on, usually.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Smelling? Yes.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Peach.

14. SHOE SIZE? six and a half

15. RED OR PINK? Red is my very favoritest color.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I wish I were more of an on-the-go accomplisher of things. I love my downtime a little too much.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My friend who lives in Spain

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? I wouldn't read it anyway.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Black, blue and black

20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Hamd and swiss with mustard on rye

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? I'm trying to tune out my coworker's phone conversation.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I guess the black one. Or red.

23. FAVORITE SMELL? Something citrusy

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My brother

25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their smiles I guess. Or sense of humor.

26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? I forget where I got it.

27. FAVORITE DRINK? Chopin martini up with a twist

28. FAVORITE SPORT? I guess baseball. I'm not a big sports fan.

29. EYE COLOR? Hazel

30. HAT SIZE? Average. I forget exactly.

31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No, just glasses. :)

32. FAVORITE FOOD? Pasta

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? I love to be scared.

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter

36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs rule. Kissing is overrated.

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cheese

38. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? The Historian just took over for Everything is Illuminated, which I found unreadable.

39. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I don't have one. :(

40. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? I didn't watch tv.

41. FAVORITE SOUNDS? The noises my cats make playing, talking and padding around on the hardwood floors

42. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Beatles!

43. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? The Canary Islands

44. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Lounging

45. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Pennsylvania

Ragamittens



Lamb's Pride Worsted, color M145 "Spice" to match Fuzzy Feet
(pardon the lint)

VIII

I know how to intentionally drop stitches and "reravel" them when I find a mistake in a previous row - a stitch that should have been a knit but is a purl, or vice versa. I'm always impressed with myself when I get to use that trick.

IX

I love my ballwinder and swift.

X

I constantly commit (sometimes just internally) to knitting things for people, and while I like the idea, I don't like the actuality.

To be knitted

Cowltop from Morehouse Merino

I've been thining about this sweater for a few weeks, but the fact that Theory is selling a version just put me over the edge.

More cat pies and half an FO

Anther cat tried the bed:


and then modeled the left ragamitten. Its a fun and quick knit but I have seconditis right now.

Kitty Pi

from blob


to bed*


Almost like magic. Using the washer was never so much fun.


*or at least plaything.

Some photos

Happy Saturday. Its reasonably sunny today so I got a few good (relatively, considering the photographer's skills) pictures of Fetching


Those are in Morehouse Merino that I bought at MD Sheep and Wool in 2005.

and Kitty Pi just before the decrease rounds - hopefully it will get finished today.

I'm nervous about fulling it. My washer is a frontloader. I have a choloate mohair boucle and a teeny bit of beige mohair that I think I'll carry along with the Big Kureyon for a few rounds when I get to that point. Stashbusting!

Update
Three spins through the whole washer cycle and the kitty pi is blocking nicely on the front porch. I didn't bother to weave in ends. I figure I can cut them now that they're felted.

VII
I like to knit while I drink my coffee in the mornings before work, but I often forget that I enjoy that so much.

Its a nice little treat to start the day.


Current Knitting

I started Licorice Whip five more times at Sit and Knit at the shop and took it out all the times. I'm getting mixed up somewhere early on. I'm going to let it rest a bit more and then next time if I'm still mixed up I think I'll keep going. Maybe I just *think* I'm mixed up?

I have Kitty Pi as a backup project going too. I think I have a bit of mohair boucle that will coordinate, and if I do I'll add that around the top in place of the fun fur. My cats and I aren't really fun fur types. I'd like to finish it tonight and felt it this weekend.



Future Plans

Ragamuffins and Jo Sharp Mount Olive socks are going to be backup projects while I finish
Salina,
and then Ariann from Chicknits which I plan to knit in
Cascade 220 in a nice deep brown (number 7822 I believe.)

"But aren't your fingers the part that gets coldest?"

Now that my Fetching are fixed and finished* (pics to come - they're on the camera) I saw these lovelies. I promised a friend a pair of fingerless mitts (we think they'll be great for dog walking) so maybe she'll get these instead of the Fetchings.


*I know I said I wasn't going to fix them but it seemed silly not to. It only took an hour or so and I got a nice FO out of it.

VI

I have no faith in my own craft. I wanted to donate something to a charity auction, but I'm too afraid there'll be a problem with it. I wouldn't want anyone to pay for something I knit.

I'm not sure if this is quality control or paranoia on my part.




On a more upbeat note I have to make this! Utilitarian Cascade 220 or something more treaty? Rowan Kid Classic is on the recommended list...

Knittery Thing the Fifth

Fusing my obsessions - knitting and beauty products - is easy thanks to Neiman Marcus's (annual or twice annual, I can never remember) Beauty Event, when they give little bags full of product samples as a gift with purchase. My bag always ends up holding knitting. This year's is a tacky red vinyl thing - the juxtaposition of something a hooker would carry with a stereotypically matronly hobby like knitting really amuses me.