doctor who · Knitting

Doctor Who Scarf, revisited

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A lot of people find my blog by web searching “doctor who scarf” or some variation thereof. For those who do not have access to the project information on Ravelry, I thought I’d do a post to briefly review it.

Vitals:

  • This is the pattern I used.
  • Size 10 needles
  • Yarn: Cascade 220 wool. To choose the colors, I took a print out of the pattern and a picture of the 4th Doctor and selected the colors that matched or were, at least, close. Sadly, the shop where I bought the yarn is now closed, but this OYS (online yarn shop) has “all colors in stock”.

I have to admit, this is not a project I would call “fun” or “stimulating” or “enjoyable”. It’s yards and yards garter stitch with random color changes and therefore, numerous ends to be woven in. I really had to force myself to get it finished. However, my husband was very appreciative and the look on his face when he donned the scarf for the first time was well worth the effort of sticking to the project.

My final thoughts on the project are here and you can read all my doctor who scarf posts here. Good luck, Doctor Who scarf seekers, and godspeed!

Speaking of Doctor Who, stop by tomorrow for a KI special in honor of Saturday’s series 4 premier!

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Right now…

Jen

…at this exact moment, a thunderstorm is passing over our home. The kids, still not in bed, are standing next to me on my chair, looking out the window, watching the rain and lightening. Here is what my youngest said to me when I explained to him that it’s only the weather:

it’s nothing afraid.
no robots.
no ghosts.
no monsters.

Exactly. Now, time for bed.

Knitting

F is For…

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Fatigue, as in project fatigue, which seems to be going around, and is partly the reason I’ve been a boring blogger lately. The endless stockinette stitch on the sleeve of Isaac’s sweater does not make for interesting knitting or knitblogging. My husband has tragically enormous feet. I no longer need or want a Clapotis. I am considering giving up on the master knitter program. I am longing to cast on a new project, but am racked with guilt. Shouldn’t I finish my other projects first? I mean, I should at least finish the TKGA, right? I was going to try to have it in the mail by yesterday. Train-Zoom.

In addition to project fatigue, certain forum discussions over on Ravelry have been far more entertaining than my life and my knitting so I’ve been spending all my time there rather than living a life to blog about or even knitting on my boring projects.

Anyone else with project fatigue? What do you do when you are bored with the projects you are working on? Do you push through and reward yourself with a new project only when you’ve completed them? Or do you cast on a new project right away, and stuff your boring projects into the bottom of your knitting bag where they won’t bother you any more? Any ideas for an exciting project to get me out of my knitting slump?

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Sorry

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I know I’ve been quiet this week. There has been a sort of strange confluence of circumstances which has made it impossible for me to compose a blog post of any interest. I hope to return to my regularly bloggy (and hopefully interesting) self soon. In the mean time, please enjoy this video. Thanks, twitchyknitter!

TKGA

Master’s Monday 10

Jen

To do:

  • Design the Knitter’s Choice cable swatch and write up the pattern for it.
  • Finish the hat
  • Weave in all the ends and block the swatches
  • Tag and bag the swatches
  • Do the written work (answer the questions about the swatches and write a 2 page paper on the care and blocking of knits)

One week left in the month of March. Meaning I need to stop working on this and these and buckle down to get this project finished and in the mail.

*sigh*

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Another 4 Things

Jen

An old friend (sadly blogless) sent this to me by email.

Jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Flower deliverer
2. Movie Theater Staff
3. Portrait studio manager
4. Preflight Technician

Movies I’d watch over and over
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Princess Bride
3. Gone With the Wind
4. A Christmas Story

Places I’ve lived:
1. Salt Lake City, UT
2. Palmdale, CA
3. Pocatello, ID
4. Norwalk, CT

TV Shows I love to watch
1. Doctor Who
2. Torchwood
3. Boston Legal
4. Pushing Daisies

Places I’ve been
1. Disneyworld
2. Niagara Falls
3. The Grand Canyon
4. Yellowstone

People who email me the most often
1. TAS
2. Mom
3. Blogless Alexandra
4. Jessica

Favorite Things to Eat
1. Chocolate
2. Chocolate
3. Potato Chips
4. Chocolate (hrm, I wonder what time of the month it is…)

Places I’d rather be right now
1. on vacation
2. near the ocean
3. where it’s warm
4. and the sun is shining

Things I am looking forward to this year
1. premiere of season 4 of Doctor Who
2. knitting my first adult sized sweater
3. the Summer of Socks (I hope!)
4. Christmas

Things I could do without
1. bills
2. the rise in the cost of living
3. cold weather (hurry spring!)
4. assholes

holiday cheer

Happy Easter!

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My children have been eating candy since 5 am. Does that make me a bad mother?

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Don’t Be a Douche.

Jen

Lick My Sticks posted an excellent rant about the rampant douchebaggery out there in the knit-blog-o-sphere in general and on Ravelry in particular. She says:

I have come across some really miserable people on Ravelry. People that go out of their way to make snippy comments about other bloggers, someone’s preference to acrylic or “throwing” method of knitting, etc. I know, I know…knitters are just people, and well…a lot of people are assholes, but I tend to bury my head in the sand and go on thinking we’re all sort of in this together. I tend to think that we would celebrate each other’s accomplishments and mourn together when we accidentally felt that beautiful cabled sweater. But I have, more often that once, seen this branded as “pathetic” and most recently as “treating knitting like a disease”. What?

Check it.

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Oh, Happy Day!

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Hooray! It’s Booty Club Delivery Day (or BCDD as it’s known in our house).

Isn’t it pretty?

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WIP Wednesday 7

Jen

7? Already? Time really flies, doesn’t it?

Of course, Clapotis is still on the needles and I’m still trying to motivate working on the Master Knitter thing. There’s just no new progress to photograph. As always, the details of all my projects, should you be interested, are posted on Ravelry. Now, if you will excuse me, I’m going to go read.