Summer's finally here!
Nothing like a couple of 90 degree days to make you long for the, well, 80 degree days! Yuck, yuck, yuck!
So I'm really just stopping in briefly to say that I'm still away! Today (in about an hour if my partner in traveling crime is running on time) I'm heading for Vermont! WaaHoo!!!
So a big MWAH to you all, and I'll see you next week sometime with more pictures than I will know what to do with. Stay cool!
Thursday, June 19, 2003
fake-u-out award from artgekko
Actual content coming soon. Really. I've just been doing more reading than knitting lately. ("Outlander" for the umpteenth time!) And I ripped the neck out of my current project for the third time because I kept making dumb mistakes. (Grrrrrrrr) And I'm gearing myself up to head to the Vermont Quilt Festival next week with a friend! (WooHoo!!! I took well over 500 pictures last year. Talk about sensory overload.)
Monday, June 16, 2003
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
2 times the fun!
So last night the big city girl, Alison, made her way out into the 'burbs for a few hours of knitting. The experience was enhanced by the fact that we managed to snag the best chairs that Starbucks had to offer. It made the time we spent sitting that much cosier.
Even better was the fact that she, and her boys, came back out today. We met at the local A.C. Moore, for a Cotton Ease exchange (and, yes, I bought a few skeins). Then it was over to the next mall where lunch was had of the finest in McDonald's cuisine. Afterward we cut the kids loose in the play area and let them wear themselves out for a good long time. (I'll tell you a secret...You know how cute the pictures of Alison's sons are? They are even cuter in real life!) Irina had a blast playing with them, and can't wait to see them again. I think a generally good time was had by all.
So now I have some black and orange Cotton Ease to make a Halloween sweater for the short one, as per her request. Now I just need to find some...oh, what's that stuff called? Oh yeah, TIME!!!
So last night the big city girl, Alison, made her way out into the 'burbs for a few hours of knitting. The experience was enhanced by the fact that we managed to snag the best chairs that Starbucks had to offer. It made the time we spent sitting that much cosier.
Even better was the fact that she, and her boys, came back out today. We met at the local A.C. Moore, for a Cotton Ease exchange (and, yes, I bought a few skeins). Then it was over to the next mall where lunch was had of the finest in McDonald's cuisine. Afterward we cut the kids loose in the play area and let them wear themselves out for a good long time. (I'll tell you a secret...You know how cute the pictures of Alison's sons are? They are even cuter in real life!) Irina had a blast playing with them, and can't wait to see them again. I think a generally good time was had by all.
So now I have some black and orange Cotton Ease to make a Halloween sweater for the short one, as per her request. Now I just need to find some...oh, what's that stuff called? Oh yeah, TIME!!!
Sunday, June 08, 2003
I haven't knit in a few days.
Terrible, horrible thing to admit, but I've been sucked into a book. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Very strange, and very good.
Went to visit my parents the other day before I realized that they weren't going to be home (have a good time, Mom?), and ended up taking the small one for a walk through the woods. The only good thing about all of the rain we've been having, as far as I'm concerned, is that fact that you can see things like this:
I love the fact that there are orchids that grow wild in Massachusetts! Finding a dozen Lady Slippers made running the gauntlet of mosquitoes worth while!
And if anyone wonders where I got my odd sense of humor, I need only direct them to my parent's yard.
Terrible, horrible thing to admit, but I've been sucked into a book. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Very strange, and very good.
Went to visit my parents the other day before I realized that they weren't going to be home (have a good time, Mom?), and ended up taking the small one for a walk through the woods. The only good thing about all of the rain we've been having, as far as I'm concerned, is that fact that you can see things like this:
I love the fact that there are orchids that grow wild in Massachusetts! Finding a dozen Lady Slippers made running the gauntlet of mosquitoes worth while!
And if anyone wonders where I got my odd sense of humor, I need only direct them to my parent's yard.
Friday, June 06, 2003
Redoing some stuff
So the much neglected blog formerly known as "Free Range" is getting an overhaul. You know how sometimes you start a project, but the materials you're using don't agree with what you'd like it to be? It's kinda like that. It just wasn't right. Back to the drawing board.
I've also had a lot of thoughts going through my head lately about being a parent and what a bizarre, strange trip it is. I mean, there's nothing like having a kid to completely turn everything that you *thought* you knew upside down. And it's getting even worse as Irina gets older, wiser, and so much more her own person. Add on top of that the fact that she starts Kindergarten in 12 weeks!!! YIKES!
SO Free Range is being reincarnated as Momma Hen, someplace for me to deal with/chronicle the fact that my baby isn't a baby anymore. (Yes, I know, she will *always* be my baby...)
So the much neglected blog formerly known as "Free Range" is getting an overhaul. You know how sometimes you start a project, but the materials you're using don't agree with what you'd like it to be? It's kinda like that. It just wasn't right. Back to the drawing board.
I've also had a lot of thoughts going through my head lately about being a parent and what a bizarre, strange trip it is. I mean, there's nothing like having a kid to completely turn everything that you *thought* you knew upside down. And it's getting even worse as Irina gets older, wiser, and so much more her own person. Add on top of that the fact that she starts Kindergarten in 12 weeks!!! YIKES!
SO Free Range is being reincarnated as Momma Hen, someplace for me to deal with/chronicle the fact that my baby isn't a baby anymore. (Yes, I know, she will *always* be my baby...)
Yay and Hooray for KIP-ing!
So Amy and I met, talked, warmed comfy chairs, and knit our fingers off for about two hours last night! Unfortunately Tammey couldn't make it this time, hopefully we'll see (and meet) her next time! We were a little thrown off our stride when we got to the bookstore last night because they were having an art opening right where we wanted to be sitting; but we made it over to the cushiest chairs near the cafe and grew roots. It was a little funny, because we managed to seat ourselves right next to a woman who is a beginning knitter and had just finished her first scarf. I hope that she keeps it up.
So we are planning to knit again next week. Tuesday this time, because Tony's schedule is suddenly all over the place and he doesn't have the same nights off two weeks in a row. If anyone wants to join us, I think that we'll be doing Chestnut Hill this time. (Alison?)
And I finished the boa!
So Amy and I met, talked, warmed comfy chairs, and knit our fingers off for about two hours last night! Unfortunately Tammey couldn't make it this time, hopefully we'll see (and meet) her next time! We were a little thrown off our stride when we got to the bookstore last night because they were having an art opening right where we wanted to be sitting; but we made it over to the cushiest chairs near the cafe and grew roots. It was a little funny, because we managed to seat ourselves right next to a woman who is a beginning knitter and had just finished her first scarf. I hope that she keeps it up.
So we are planning to knit again next week. Tuesday this time, because Tony's schedule is suddenly all over the place and he doesn't have the same nights off two weeks in a row. If anyone wants to join us, I think that we'll be doing Chestnut Hill this time. (Alison?)
And I finished the boa!
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Well, oops.
I owe a belated Thanks to all of those who commented on my vest! I am glad that you liked it. I think that I was just so numb by the time I finished it that I didn't want to think about it for a while. How those people who design the frighteningly intricate knitting patterns do it, I don't know. I can understand the drive and urge, but it really was quite exhausting! I do plan on putting up a page with my basic directions eventually, if I can figure out how to write them clearly!
Now I know why the original pattern that my Mother had shown to me was so confusing; because until you actually start doing it, it *is* hard to wrap your brain around what the process looks like. OK, clearly marking the left front, back and right front sections of the pattern would have gone a loooooong way to helping! A diagram would have been nice, too.
It was a happy day in our household yesterday! We discovered that there is indeed a Deity, she does listen, and does grant prayers! How? The "monster neighbors" down on the ground floor, the guy who liked to party loudly and who's every other word began with the letter *F*, MOVED!!!!!! We were absolutely giddy, running back and forth to the window, watching them load up the truck. It wasn't until I saw the building maintenance people going in there with ladders and paint cans this morning that I believed he was really gone. Now maybe the kids in the building will start playing out in the common area again. I know that ~I~ didn't want my kid out there while he was around!
I've been doing a little bit of knitting. Sunday turned out to be a complete wash-out knitting wise though. The change in atmospheric pressure as the rain came through triggered a major migraine. Double yuck. I did manage two rows of the Vigrin sweater, but I know that in the time it took me to do those two rows, Wendy would have managed to do about two inches! (I'm only half joking!)
I've also done about half of a boa out of some copper Lion Brand Fun Fur that Irina begged me to buy at the craft store a couple of weeks ago. How do I know that I may have a budding fiber lover? She had to just keep the skein and 'pet' it for a while before asking me to make something out of it for her! Can it be long before she has a yarn stash of her own?
I owe a belated Thanks to all of those who commented on my vest! I am glad that you liked it. I think that I was just so numb by the time I finished it that I didn't want to think about it for a while. How those people who design the frighteningly intricate knitting patterns do it, I don't know. I can understand the drive and urge, but it really was quite exhausting! I do plan on putting up a page with my basic directions eventually, if I can figure out how to write them clearly!
Now I know why the original pattern that my Mother had shown to me was so confusing; because until you actually start doing it, it *is* hard to wrap your brain around what the process looks like. OK, clearly marking the left front, back and right front sections of the pattern would have gone a loooooong way to helping! A diagram would have been nice, too.
It was a happy day in our household yesterday! We discovered that there is indeed a Deity, she does listen, and does grant prayers! How? The "monster neighbors" down on the ground floor, the guy who liked to party loudly and who's every other word began with the letter *F*, MOVED!!!!!! We were absolutely giddy, running back and forth to the window, watching them load up the truck. It wasn't until I saw the building maintenance people going in there with ladders and paint cans this morning that I believed he was really gone. Now maybe the kids in the building will start playing out in the common area again. I know that ~I~ didn't want my kid out there while he was around!
I've been doing a little bit of knitting. Sunday turned out to be a complete wash-out knitting wise though. The change in atmospheric pressure as the rain came through triggered a major migraine. Double yuck. I did manage two rows of the Vigrin sweater, but I know that in the time it took me to do those two rows, Wendy would have managed to do about two inches! (I'm only half joking!)
I've also done about half of a boa out of some copper Lion Brand Fun Fur that Irina begged me to buy at the craft store a couple of weeks ago. How do I know that I may have a budding fiber lover? She had to just keep the skein and 'pet' it for a while before asking me to make something out of it for her! Can it be long before she has a yarn stash of her own?
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