Chevy–the make of my minivan. I wouldn’t say I love my car, but I sure enjoy it and get a lot of use out of it. There’s room for all of our crap and I’ve been known to sneak in a few rows if the kids fall asleep. I do love my bumper sticker, though.
Finished Object Friday
Don’t Forget to Save the Yarn!!
We live on the second level of a ranch style condo. Recently our condo association decided to build a parking garage underneath the first story. So, we were all hanging out in the kitchen, visiting with someone (it isn’t clear who but I think it was my Totally Awesome Sister) when my husband said suddenly, “Hey, does the floor feel like it’s swaying back and forth?” We all looked out the window and became aware of a seesawing motion. I ran downstairs and outside to see what was going on.
Beneath the condos, I could see where the builders had been excavating for the parking garage and where the supports of our condo had shattered. It was balanced precariously on the center support beam! I hurried back upstairs and managed to evacuate everyone safely. Then, I decided to go back in and save my yarn (I am not making this up). I ran up the stairs, bracing myself against the wall to counter the violent sway of the walls and floor. I opened the closet where I keep my yarn and agonized over which skeins to rescue when the lurching motion became rather too intense to ignore. I grabbed a fluffy hank of roving in a colorway similar to this (only it was richer and flecked with glittery bits) and ran outside.
It was windy. I watched as the gusts pushed at my home, which continued to teeter back and forth in the most alarming manner, until it fell to the ground in the most spectacular and sickening thunderous crash. It was horrifying. I ran up to see if anything could be salvaged; if, by some miracle, any of my yarn had survived. Strangely, our big 42″ LCD TV was still working. Only, I realized that the builder had taken the TV. He was looting my condo! I started to lecture him. “First your BREAK our HOUSE and now you’re STEALING our TV?!” Boy, was I mad.
Then, I woke up.
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Cheers!
Newsday Tuesday Returns
A BBC news spectacular!
Hamster prices in China skyrocket. (Which is too bad, really, since rats make much better pets.)
World’s Fastest knitter to defend title. 85 sts/minute! Dude.
Saudis Ban Valentine’s Day. No Babybel cheese for them!
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Effed Up Baby Surprise Jacket
Update–>Mom and baby are feelin’ fine! My friend delivered her beautiful baby girl this afternoon. Hooray! Now–off to finish the sweater. :-)
On Wednesday last week, I learned that my dear friend would be going into the hospital today to deliver her baby (early) due to some complications. I am worried for her and her baby, but have faith that everything will be all right. She has a wonderful doctor and is in good hands, I’m sure.
In the mean time, what do knitters do when they are worried? They knit. On Friday, I hit the LYS, with the intention of procuring some yarn for one of these. I chose Mission Falls 1824 Wool and brought it home, casting on immediately. I’d had hopes of finishing it up by today, and was ready to knit furiously on it all weekend. The only problem is that I didn’t get the gauge of 7 sts/in that would give me a newborn size. No. And d’ya think I could have been troubled to go down a couple of needle sizes to get the correct gauge according to the pattern? No. I decided to adjust the pattern for my gauge (oh, the hubris!) and attempted to work the pattern with 75% fewer stitches.
I knit and knit and knit, planning the stripes carefully and working the decreases, going back and forth and back and forth late into the night. That was Friday. I woke up Saturday morning and had a good look at my progress. One side was about five stitches shorter than the other. I tried to make it work, counting back and making sure I was decreasing in the right places, but I just couldn’t figure it out. Given my yen to have a baby sweater for my friend by today, I abandoned my attempt at the BSJ in favor of this quick little knit.
And then I ran out of yarn.
No sleeves until I go back to the yarn shop today. *sigh*
Speaking of my trip to the LYS on Friday, I ran into another knit blogger who recognized me from either my blog or ravelry. She introduced herself by the name of her blog (also her Ravelry handle) which is really funny to me. I was so enthused to meet another knit blogger that I thought afterward I might have come off rather too strongly. I guess I was wrong. She describes our meeting and said some really sweet things about me on her blog (hi, Jen!). We hope to get together for some knitting soon. Yay!
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Three swatches that need to be washed, tagged, and bagged. I’m going to shoot for three swatches a week and get these puppies done!
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Super WTF Tuesday
Something happened to me today that has never happened to me before. As I was standing in line to get my ballot, a sudden realization struck me–I still hadn’t decided who I would be casting my ballot for. I got very nervous; my heart leapt into my throat. I took my ballot to the booth and I stared at it like I was from another planet, not knowing what to do next. Their names burned on the page. I took a deep breath and closed by eyes, searching my heart. I strained to hear a single name, rising above the cacophony of internalized political adverts and talking heads, the answer to my question. I looked again at the ballot and my eye was drawn to a name. I sighed, relieved, and bent over the page with my pen to fill in the oval and cast my vote. But then I was overcome by another moment of indecision. If I’d had a coin I would have flipped it.
Did you vote today? Was your decision easy or difficult?
PS–>my Totally Awesome Sister has a great post today about the primary vote. Check it.
Hello, Literoticans!
I was going to post this on your board, but am too lazy to sign up for an account. I just wanted to point out that Knitty.com has a bunch of odd stuff to knit. My favorites? The knitted uterus and the knitted breasts. Enjoy!
Knitting Interrupted 
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