Thursday, January 11, 2007
Draggin
Good gawd, will this week never end? Over the wacked-up time schedule of the holidays, I've switched my day off from Friday to Monday (It'll switch back after eight weeks, and will continue to go back and forth.). Is that why it feels like I've worked 24 days in a row? Even though today is only my third day of work this week? Blah. I'm so looking forward to the weekend.
Or maybe I feel this way because when I'm not at work, I'm Rogue obsessed. My house is a wreck, the cat boxes are disgusting, my car desperately needs oil, and I've done nothing but knit in my time at home. I've worked very hard this week to finish Rogue's sleeves, accomplishing the task last night along with cleaning the cat boxes. No more knitting on it! Tonight I'll seam the hood using lots of help from on-line sources, as I've never grafted cabling before. This should be interesting. Then I'll weave in the few ends that remain (I try to do that as I go, because I just dread it.) and maybe *maybe* even block it tonight. We'll see.
As Rogue dries, I'll already be swatching for Hot Tamale! I'm *very* excited about this skirt. Jodi Green is one of my heros. I love her designs. And her hair. And her tattoos. Fine, I'll take the whole package. I've wanted to start this skirt for a few months, but couldn't find appropriate yarn in an affordable price range. But last weekend I picked up six skeins of black King Tut cotton for $5 each at AC Moore in Jacksonville. Half price! I was then able to find the same in red on-line for $7 or so per skein. It arrived this week and is a gorgeous shade of deeper red. I doubt if I'll add the yellow highlights. It's embroidered on, so I can always add it as an after-thought, but I think it will look fine without it. This skirt is going to be soooo hawt! I must remember to actually measure myself so that I make the correct size.
Or maybe I feel this way because when I'm not at work, I'm Rogue obsessed. My house is a wreck, the cat boxes are disgusting, my car desperately needs oil, and I've done nothing but knit in my time at home. I've worked very hard this week to finish Rogue's sleeves, accomplishing the task last night along with cleaning the cat boxes. No more knitting on it! Tonight I'll seam the hood using lots of help from on-line sources, as I've never grafted cabling before. This should be interesting. Then I'll weave in the few ends that remain (I try to do that as I go, because I just dread it.) and maybe *maybe* even block it tonight. We'll see.
As Rogue dries, I'll already be swatching for Hot Tamale! I'm *very* excited about this skirt. Jodi Green is one of my heros. I love her designs. And her hair. And her tattoos. Fine, I'll take the whole package. I've wanted to start this skirt for a few months, but couldn't find appropriate yarn in an affordable price range. But last weekend I picked up six skeins of black King Tut cotton for $5 each at AC Moore in Jacksonville. Half price! I was then able to find the same in red on-line for $7 or so per skein. It arrived this week and is a gorgeous shade of deeper red. I doubt if I'll add the yellow highlights. It's embroidered on, so I can always add it as an after-thought, but I think it will look fine without it. This skirt is going to be soooo hawt! I must remember to actually measure myself so that I make the correct size.
Labels: Knitta please
idyllicchick, 8:34 AM
2 Comments:
Oh. Mah. Gahd. How is it that I never saw that skirt before on knitty? Get that Rogue out of the way so you can get down with the badass skirt...
Joe & Beth, at Jan 11, 2007 7:29:00 PM
Can't you just see Sharon tooling around Rhinebeck this year, Beth, wearing Rogue and Hot Tamale? And carrying a big ol' sack of yarn? Tee!
