Monthly Archives: August 2007

Cruising with Her Car

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I had a coupon for 20% off at Toys ‘R Us and I got Amelia a little push car. It stands up for her to push, and it also lays down so she can ride it when she gets a bit older. She loves it. She spent hours playing with it this weekend and she even pushed it all by herself! We got video of it too to share with the grandparents. Unfortunately they can’t seem to load the video, darn Windows! It recorded and exported fine on my Mac as a short quicktime movie, but windows won’t play it. ugh!

Last night, she took a half step all by herself. She’ll be walking in no time. Then I will be constantly chasing after her. I thought for sure she’d fall over with the car, because she would lean way forward, but then I guess she realized she was going to fall if she didn’t move her feet and she took off. She was holding the car, pushing it, but she was walking all the same! It’s so cute to watch her.

Need a Name

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I’m redesigning Amelia’s photo gallery website and I need a name for it. I had originally chosen “munchkin munchkin” but DH doesn’t like it. So I’m trying to come up with something else cute that will fit in with the fonts I chose. The name I chose lined up perfectly in the “logo”, but I can’t find any other name that would like as good. Any suggestions?

The Tunisian

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I’m learning how to do tunisian crochet. It’s so fun and I love the fabric that it creates with the vertical bars. Right now I’m working on just a dishcloth using the basic simple stitch and a slight variation that is helping with the curl. But I’ve got an afghan book in my wishlist that has quite a few tunisian patterns in it. I’ve wanted this book for a while anyway since I just love afghans, but this is all the more reason to get it.

Why I Love Ravelry

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I really love Ravelry. Why?

  • Because when I find myself getting overwhelmed and somewhat disinterested in my knitting/crochet, I just have to browse the patterns and/or projects and I’m once again rejuvenated and excited to work on my WIPs and get them done, so I can start another fabulous project.
  • Because when I have problem that I can’t figure out, I just have to start a new topic in the forums and I get mountains of feedback, suggestions and advice to help me get “unstuck”.
  • Because when I’m trying to figure out what I can make with the yarn in my stash I once again just have to browse the projects/yarns/patterns and I’m almost guaranteed to find something.
  • Because if I need to know if I have a particular needle, all I have to do is check my needle inventory and it’s there at a glance.
  • Because I can share the excitement and and pride I feel when I finish a project by displaying pictures of my work.
  • Because it feels great when someone leaves comment telling me they love my project or when I see that one of my projects have been flagged as a favorite.

I love what I do, I love creating stuff with yarn. As my husband called it, it’s my therapy. I get such a feeling of pride and accomplishment that I made it myself. And Ravelry helps remind me of that when I see everyone else’s projects and think, gosh, I should be focusing on getting my stuff done, so I can keep making more great stuff.

The Homespun Problem

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Trouble with Homespun

Here is what happened to my skein of Lion Brand Homespun. I had to cut the yarn before this and join in the middle of the square because this mess showed up. I just can’t believe how poorly this yarn is constructed. There literally is no yarn in this section. It’s gone. All that’s there is the thread that holds the fiber together cause it’s not really spun or plied. It’s just crazy. So once this project is done, that’s it. Nothing else will ever be knit or crocheted using this yarn.

It so happened that I was at my SNB tonight when I came across this problem. So after some whining, I cut the bad section out and continued on. But yes, in good blogger fashion, I saved the crap so I could take a picture and post it here. :)

Besides that I’m really enjoying the simplicity that is N’s afghan. At least till I get to the seaming and ripple border.

The Dolman Sweater??

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OK, I just finished reading Dolman Rerouted at Mason-Dixon Knitting and now I’m rethinking the whole idea of knitting this sweater. It looks gorgeous in the picture in the magazine, but I guess I’m totally out of the loop. I didn’t realize that dolman was a style of sleeve that doesn’t have a seam, it’s an extension of the body. Seeing the picture on the MDK site of Pam wearing it makes me think UGH! I’m not so sure I want a sweater like that after all. I guess it’s a good thing I stumbled on the post before I started the sweater. Maybe there was a good reason I’ve had the yarn sitting in my stash for 3 years instead of being knit up into this sweater.

Now I’m off to find something else to knit with that yarn. :(

Update: I’ve browsed the projects at ravelry and saw one really gorgeous dolman sweater. So now I’m thinking it might not be so bad. I guess I might just have to knit it and see. If I don’t like it, then I’ll frog it and find another use for the yarn, but I won’t know till I do it. Maybe this can be a “next up” project. After I get some of my current WIPs done of course.