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OK, I haven't been posting progress on the sweater. Sorry about that -- what with tribe being down so much (we love you, Darren!) and then the fact that I'm not really at a photographical point, I just didn't. Well, those and I'm lazy ;)
1) Sleeves are done done done!!! They're perfect -- 3/4 length, which is exactly what I planned (can push up to the elbows without them getting bunchy). I'm not used to 3/4, though, so they're annoying. Perfect, but annoying. Hmm. :) Anyway, they're...
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On the Needles:
- The Ravelympics sweater!!! (Working my way down the body)
-Spring Forward socks with Shibuiknits Pebble sock yarn (first is done, just need to bind off the second!)
-Christmas scarf for my boss (25% done)
-Branching Out scarf (Christmas present for someone to be determined later; done, but still needs to be blocked before I put it in a bag and then forget where it is by the time Christmas rolls around)
-Twitterpatish purse for someone for Christmas (knitting part is done; need to sew in the lining)
Planned and not yet started:
-something in the cowl-neck category with my HA 100% Alpaca dk weight
-2 Christmas sweaters for The Nephews (yarn is bought and they've requested more top-down raglans, so they'll be pretty easy. Won't start them until the fall in case my mutant nephews grow some more)
-lots of Christmas knitting planned (lace scarf for a friend; possibly another scarf for a colleague; twitterpatish purses for some teens; and my boss' scarf)
On Indefinite Hold:
-Shetland shawl in Wensleydale longwool (12/16 of the outer lace is left)
-Hearts-and-cables afghan in pale sage acrylic/wool (sitting forlornly on the couch about 30% done)
-Falling Leaves (pattern on knitty) with Chameleon Colorworks Bambino yarn (first is done; now sitting in hibernation; I really don't like the yarn as sock yarn, so I think I'll maintain the single sock and use the rest of the yarn for some sort of lacy scarf)
Coffee Cup Cozy (joint project with Nephew A) -- brother
Green Gable in Catalina Baby Pima for me
Twitterpatish purse in spare wool for a friend (prototype for Christmas gifts)
The Ecogrey sweater (top-down raglan with long sleeves and one offset cable) -- Me
Blue-grey Regia silk spiral socks -- me
Flag of Luxembourg for the 198 Countries for Peace Project
knotmagick.blogspot.com/2008/0...it.html Green ribbed socks with mock cables for meee
Grey 4" square for Thom's Afghan -- grey Zara
Set of five facecloths for a friend -- cotton remnants
Christmas sweater for Nephew A - light blue acrylic mix with dark blue accents; top-down raglan
Set of nine facecloths for my sis-in-law -- various cottons
Christmas sweater for nephew B - dark green acrylic mix (with light green accents)
Christmas scarf for my boss - entrelac in two blues
Second christmas bag - light blue with a dark grey-blue patch pocket
First christmas purse - dark green with light green patch pocket
Those damn blue socks! :) (Christmas present for supportive colleague)
Scarf (Lorna's Laces Minesweeper) in my own design (given to a homeless person)
Same small purse, but in a delightful leaf green, for a tribe friend
Small purse for the raffle winner in a delightful slate blue
Green tank in denim yarn (finally)
Mummy's socks - blue/green ribbed & cabled
My first pair of socks -- olive silk/wool blend, plain but ribbed (and for meeee!)
Set of 9 washcloths for a girlfriend -- various cottons
Christmas camisole for me -- green merino
Lovely blue hearts-and-cables scarf in alpaca -- Friend's christmas present
One sock of the blue (trial) pair -- Uncle's Christmas socks now on hold indefinitely
Crewneck sweater in blue/green/black var. wool (it's so warm you wouldn't believe)
Blue sample shawl (doll-sized) in the baby cashmerino remnants (the doll likes it)
Blue hearts-and-cables scarf in acrylic/wool (given to a homeless person)
Blue tank top in cotton cashmere (I love it)
Sweater for Nephew B (sans sleeves; couldn't be bothered)
Double-heart scarf in brown/beige var. alpaca (totally appreciated)
Sweater for Nephew A (he's 3; what do you think?)
Feather and fan stole in baby cashmerino (she loves it)
Double-heart scarf in same cotton (Blue Sky Organic) (not sure)
Single-heart cotton scarf (unappreciated)
Grey silk rib scarf (not sure)
Script CAL logo washcloth in navy cotton
Grey wool checkerboard scarf (unappreciated)
Blue/grey scarf in yo/k2Tog lace with fringe (for charity)
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-Them Duke Boys without their shirts on (yeeeehaw!) 031508
-Apples with almond butter 031408
-Nice Operations Manager 031208
-Compliment by a stranger on my knitting 030708
-Squealy hugs 030608
-Homemade clotted cream 030108
-New friends 022908
-Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 022708
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-Old friends 021208
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about me
Faaaabulous cook, slow knitter, and can walk farther than you can without breaking a sweat
Re: Front 242 - Religion
(in JUKEBOX)
Don't forget the chocolate, man!
discussion post on Tue, August 19, 2008 - 7:44 PM
Re: Front 242 - Religion
(in JUKEBOX)
Ditto!
I think I've got three of their cd's (and remember, I'm a cheapskate).
discussion post on Tue, August 19, 2008 - 6:58 PM
Re: THANK YOU Darren and staff
(in ! Gold Star Tribe !)
I think I'm going to contribute a "Yay Darren!" to this and leave it at that.
YAY DARREN!!!
discussion post on Mon, August 18, 2008 - 8:15 PM
Auto detailing?
(in East Bay Peeps)
Anyone know a good place to get their car detailed in the Concord area?
discussion post on Mon, August 18, 2008 - 6:14 PM
Re: Unsolved Pictures
(in ! Trivia Tribe !)
I don't know; is he cute? Bad breath? Weird teeth issues I should know about?
discussion post on Sun, August 17, 2008 - 7:58 PM
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-Chocolate covered marshmallow Santas 112807
-A little quiet time 112307
-Cherry tart from Toot Suite 112107
-Checking out 11 books from the library 111907
-When a sweater goes by pretty fast (and it's still cuter than I expected) 111807
-Doing something for someone else 111707
-My own flannel sheets and my own down comforter 111607
-Finishing an audit way fast 110807
-An afternoon with Nephew B at the zooooooo 110307
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-Sleeping in 102707
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-That first day after a cold when you can finally breathe again 101907
-Single serve Haagen Dazs ice cream 101807
-Heroes. Oh. My. God. Heroes. 101707
-Hot apple cider 101507
-The dance sequence on the Muppet Show 101407
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-Being totally overscheduled and then having the courage to drop the whole thing 100607
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-Random compliment from random guy when I'm tired and anxious and have no makeup on (thanks!) 092807
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-Checking off another thing on my to do list 092607
-Lovely note from a friend in my mailbox 092507
-Queensryche vids 092307
-Hoooooooome 092107
-Another FO! (those damn blue socks are done) 091807
-Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren 090807
-Oranges 090707
-Chicken goulash 090307
-New shoes! 083107
-Planning Christmas gifts to knit 083007
-Tyrone Power! 082707
-Sourdough toast with huckleberry jam 082607
-Fresh cool watermelon 082007
-Weird-ass dreams 081907
-mmmmm bliiiiiiintzes 081807
-Region being nice to me when I audit them (same bastards that complained about me last month) 081607
-New sweaters to plan! (Now, if only I finished some of them) 081307
-Bad girl, drunk by six, kissing some kind stranger's lips 081007
-Nephew love! 081007
-Recchiuti key lime pears 080807
-Eatin' good on the company dime 080707
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-Project Ready to Learn and donating to help needy kids (CoCo Times 080107) 080307
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-Leftover chinese food for breakfast 072807
-Chinese from my favorite place for dinner 072707
-Leisurely lunches 072307
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-Cute boys 070807
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-Someone stumping up for a good cause 062307
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-See's candies 060607
-Helping others (see my blog entry of today) 060507
-Knowing I'm hot-damn sexy 060407
-Crepes 060107
-The first five years of SNL on dvd 052707
-Spending some quality time under my new shade cloth and in my new adirondack chair! 052707
-Scrubs on dvd 052607
-Getting lots of sleep and having no chores to do 051907
-Mummy's first sock is done! 051207
-Getting my chores done 051107
-Netflix in my mailbox! 050907
-Doing something nice for a laid-up friend 050807
-mmmmmm Daniel Craig (I bought Casino Royale tonight) 0500707
-Sleeping in! 050507 (*yawn*)
-NOT finding out that one of my July audits will be Palm Desert (what was my boss thinking) 050407
-Finding out that my favorite author just published a new book 050307
-Crepes 050107
-Visible progress on the first of Mummy's pair of socks 043007
-Love from the branch mgr and operations mgr even after I've finished roasting them over live coals 042707
-Chocolate-covered strawberries 042607
-Written compliments from a branch manager 042507
-Sappy love songs 042407
-A weekend at a great resort on the company dime 042007
-Genuinely nice Ops Mgrs and BOMs 041707
-AbFab 041507
-My first pair of socks!!! 041107
-Homemade corned beef 040907
-Cadbury Creme Eggs ('specially the minis) 040807
-Getting Good Friday off work every year 040507
-Chicken soup with matzoh balls 040407
-Chicken paprikash with noodles 033107
-Falafel 32007
-Nice branch managers and operations managers 031907
-Geraint Wyn-Davies' voice 031607
-Pi Day (happy Pi Day!) 031407
-Clive Owen 031307
-MIIB 031207
-Repo Man 31107
-See's 030907
-Toast and eggs for dinner (with OJ, of course) 030707
-Being able to see again (Lenscrafters cracked my glasses yesterday) 030607
-Happy birthday, mummy! 030507
-Buying lots of candy on the company dime 022807
-Jamba Juice fruit barts 022707
-New shoes! 021707
-Apple juice 021607
-Finding out that England 2007 is a go (and yes I've started planning; it's only 7 months away!) 021507
-Pizza pizza! 021507
-Valentine's day cards 021207
-Getting my groove on 021107
-Young Tom Selleck mmmmmm 020907
-New glasses that are oddly like the old glasses 020807
-Nephew Loooove 020607
-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies 020507
-Selling some old cd's 020407
-Coming to terms with the fact that I won't be using some of my yarn stash (which frees me up to sell it and buy more!) 020207
-Home sweeeeet home 020107
-Hotties at Starbucks 012407
-Miso soup 012307
-Being treated well at my first solo audit 012207
-Getting all of my chores done 012007
-Sweet young things up on my roof REPLACING MY HEATER 011907
-Pate for dinner 011807
-Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux cookies and Symphony Blue bars (together or separate) 011707
-Homemade chicken soup filling my house with yummy goodness 011407
-A space heater, 3 movies, a pot of tea, and some munchies 011307
-Enjoying the tv in the hotel room 011107
-Wowing the people at work with my (nonexistent) social skills 011007
-A little perspective 010507
-My mother being uncharacteristically supportive 010407
-Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu 123106
-Safeway Softly tissues when I hab a code 123006
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-GFY 122706
-Family traditions 122106
-Christmas letters (what can I say) 121906
-Knowing the Parent Dinner is over again for another six months 121806
-Making a coworker's day with a handmade scarf 121506
-Honey nut Cheerios 121406
-Harry and David pears 121206
-Fresh oranges 121106
-Knowing that the family cooking traditions have passed to me even though my mum's still here 120906
-Daniel Craig wearing very litte 120606 (saw Casino Royale with my mum tonight)
-Potatoes dauphinoise 120506
-Finding the perfect arrangement of pillows/down comforter/Dragon for both comfort and warmth 120406
-Reading one of my late grandfather's books and thinking of him 120106
-Home sweet home 112906
-Homemade focaccia 112706
-Lazy rainy sunday 112606
-Sleeping in! 112306
-Being warm and safe under my down comforter with a hot drink and a good book 112206
-Reconstructing my pantry 111906
-Being complimented twice today on an outfit *I* think makes me look pear-shaped 111706
-Totino's frozen pizza (yeah, well, it's true) 110506
-Knowing I could paint my walls any color I wanted 110106
-Little kids in cute costumes 103106
-Cadbury minirolls (esp the strawberry ones) 103006
-A really good palmier 101806
-Goth ducks 101706
-Tea 101606
-Staying in bed pretty much all day 101406
-Cadbury Snack Shortcake bars 101406
-West Cornwall Pasty Co mmmmmm 101306
-Yarn Groping oops I meant Knitting Conventions 101206
-Tea at the Ritz!! 100306
-Taking off for Plymouth just because it's there 100206
-Pret a Manger for lunch 100106
-New dental hygienist telling me my teeth are fine! 092606
-D'MOOOOOOOOOOODE (I luv u Fletch) 092506
-Knitting in Public (and in the dark!) 092506
-The random guy in Long's telling me I have very pretty feet 092306
-Izze, specifically pomegranate and blackberry 092206
-Cashiers who make an effort to be nice 091506
-Coming home! 091406
-Vago, on W 56th in Manhattan 090606
-PG Tips 090406
-Learning a new knit stitch 090306
-Planning my daytrip to WDC and finding a great little bistro for dinner 090106
-Totino's frozen pizza 083106
-Calling my childhood bestest friend on her birthday 082806
-Homemade stew 082806
-Craisins 082606
-Bruce Willis with hair (I'm netflixing Moonlighting) 082406
-The gun-in-the-diaper story 082306
-Those brownies with lemonade 082206
-My Goddamn-They're-Good brownies 082106
-Hot tea, with or without a little honey 081706
-George Clooney 080806
-Deviled ham (yes, really) 080706
-Knowing I've still got it enough to go out and shake my booty two nights in a row 080606
-Marzipan 080406
-A family dinner with no tantrums (6 people, 3 generations, it was truly a miracle) 080306
-Starting a new project (optimistically thinking I'll finish it within twelve months) 073006
-Yarn, glorious yarn! 072906
-Sir John Steed 072606
-Java Chip ice cream with hot fudge sauce 072506
-Cute kittens 072406
-A handsome man walking me to my car after a night dancing at a club 072306
-Ruby grapefruit juice squeeze on a hooooot day 072206
-Sleeping in my own bed after a week on the road 072106
-Starting a new job!!! 071706
-Solving the Deadly Killer Sudoku 071406
-Cherry tomatoes with a little oil and salt and pepper 071306
-Nephew A, having a tantrum about his socks, and Nephew B, poking my lipstick because it's a different color than usual 071206
-The little birds that fight outside my front door every evening 071106
-Finishing a project 070906
-Basil lemonade 070806
-Getting a day off work in the middle of the week 070406
-Nephew A, in all his adorable glory 070206
-Thomas Kemper ginger ale and grape soda 062906
-lots of people at work saying they'll miss me 062806
-getting the damn paperwork!!!! 062706
-looking through umpteen cookbooks to find the perfect birthday cake 062306
-I'm going with Artur again, even though he's not as good a goalie as Poland evidently needed :( 062306
-Jason Bateman 062206
-The first nectarine gratin of the summer 062006
-Artur Boruc 061906
-Making someone laugh so hard she really truly did fall off her chair 061606
-Knowing that 4:30am can come and go tomorrow and I don't have to get out of bed 061606
-Netflix 061506
-Trader Joe's 061406
-Getting a job offer, even if I really don't want that job 061306
-Helping out a friend in need (and giving her a happy little surprise, too) 061206
-Niiiice cleeeeean refrigerator 061106
-Wheat thins and Allouette 061006
-Getting a phone call from my not-yet-three-yo nephew asking me when I can come visit 060706
-Rereading a classic (especially if it's been so long that you've forgotten whodunit) 060606
-Finding a nearby place for a great burger 060306 (although it'll never be The Tasty, RIP)
-When a really nice broker comes into my office for a signature, sees me all depressed, and says "you look like you could use a box of Godiva. Which kinds do you like, again?" 060206 (thanks, Laura!)
-That sexy new-haircut feeling 060106
-When someone else knows what I mean when I offer to defenestrate a coworker 053106
-Double Chocolate Malted Crunch ice cream from Rite Aid (nee Thrifty's) 053006
-Towels straight out of the dryer when I'm straight out of the shower 052906
-That little red asterisk 052806
-Knitting while watching a good movie or talking to a friend 052606
-My little forest of tomato plants 052606
-When the 8-year-old kid on his bike (missing a front tooth) called me a sexy lady 052606
-When Ronnie Baby and I call each other and cheer each other up after ugly days at work 052606
-That my hair is once again long enough to be put entirely in a ponytail 052606
-The fabulous taste sensation of lemon curd and blueberry preserves on homemade scones 052606
-Sleeping wrapped up in my flannel sheets 052606
-Knowing that even Godiva can make some nasty-tasting truffles 052606
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