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WIP
Now that the Divine Miss E is back in school, you'd think I'd have more time to knit and blog. No such luck. I'm going into the office more days than I expected, I've done a whole bunch of errands and the driving is maximized, what with trips to school twice each day, driving to the library two to three times per week, driving to dance lessons twice per week, driving to work, driving to run my errands. Why doesn't this place have a decent public transportation system. Sometimes I really hate Orange County and Southern California in general.
Here are my current WIPs. That hat has had the top knit and re-knit. I just can't decide what it needs to be. The sock is just past having the heel turned. I missed placed the book (it was under the seat of my car)and lost momentum. The scarf is a pattern I've knit before but the yarn is new to me. It's wool and soy. None of us, including my parents could figure out which part of the soy is used. Bless Google, the internet and the Crackberry. While driving around Palmdale, I was able to look up the information. Soy fiber is made from the "soybean dregs" that are left over from the process used to make tofu. A whole conversation ensued about whether anything in the world was truly synthetic when all items are made from materials that come from the earth is some way, shape or form. Either way, I like the yarn.
I generally use whatever is at hand for stitch markers - Contrasting yarn, little slivers of colored drinking straws, (clean) hair elastics. Today I broke down and made these little guys. Nothing particularly original or particularly well executed but they get the job done. I really like the rough polished peridot. It is from the Jade Market in Hong Kong. I have a bunch more and may make as set. You can see a fourth marker in the first photo. It has a blue bead with a little crescent moon and some stars on it.
I'm hunting for the perfect baby yarn for my first ever baby sweater. Everything is either far to difficult for a new mom to care for, is too sklunky to consider or doesn't have the contrasting colors I want to use. Maybe when Velona's re-opens after their vacation.
Here are my current WIPs. That hat has had the top knit and re-knit. I just can't decide what it needs to be. The sock is just past having the heel turned. I missed placed the book (it was under the seat of my car)and lost momentum. The scarf is a pattern I've knit before but the yarn is new to me. It's wool and soy. None of us, including my parents could figure out which part of the soy is used. Bless Google, the internet and the Crackberry. While driving around Palmdale, I was able to look up the information. Soy fiber is made from the "soybean dregs" that are left over from the process used to make tofu. A whole conversation ensued about whether anything in the world was truly synthetic when all items are made from materials that come from the earth is some way, shape or form. Either way, I like the yarn.
I generally use whatever is at hand for stitch markers - Contrasting yarn, little slivers of colored drinking straws, (clean) hair elastics. Today I broke down and made these little guys. Nothing particularly original or particularly well executed but they get the job done. I really like the rough polished peridot. It is from the Jade Market in Hong Kong. I have a bunch more and may make as set. You can see a fourth marker in the first photo. It has a blue bead with a little crescent moon and some stars on it.
I'm hunting for the perfect baby yarn for my first ever baby sweater. Everything is either far to difficult for a new mom to care for, is too sklunky to consider or doesn't have the contrasting colors I want to use. Maybe when Velona's re-opens after their vacation.