Pictures!

The photo of my Red Sweater which I *promise* I'm mailing this week Nina!



And my Santa's Toe Socks, done in Bernat Pink Hot and Jet Hot on 3ga needles.

I think I'm about one stripe away from the heel, but we'll see. Anyone know when the new knitty is going to be up? I'm dying to see their new spring patterns!
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Formatting, again.

Wow, all this non-blogging leads to plenty 'o knitting time. Bought a couple misc. notions today, and uh, updated the sidebars over >>>> (There) and over <<<< (There) too. Took pictures of my socks and sweater, and as soon as I find some suitable way to edit them, will have them up up up. Trying to decide how long I need to make this sock exactly, because I realised the original pattern is more for people with longer legs than mine, (Five Foot Four In Da House!), but I have really big feet, so the yarn use should probably be the same at least. I did the last two decreases early (over 12 rounds instead of the prescribed 34), and probably have about six more rounds to go before I head into the heel. I could really probably do it now, but I want the heel the opposite colour the pattern recommends, so I need to end on the other colour.

Anyhow, in NON-Knitting news, I got a new job today, that I start on April 12th. (Hooray) My old friend, Kent, has a book being released tomorrow! It's titled: A Portrait Of Yo Momma As a Young Man you should buy it. Or at least read about it. Kent is a funny guy, he writes for The Onion even. I wish I would finally get around to editing MY book, so I could think about trying to get it published, but.. alas.

Uh, I guess that's it, will edit those photos between shifts at work tomorrow hopefully, so uh, hang tight. :) Of course, I'm totally just assuming anyone reads, or cares for that matter.

*Update* Blogger is being strange right now, so I'm not sure if my formatting is broken in Firefox, or if it's just Blogger's ickyness..
*Update 2* Don't you just love when you change something in the html that shouldn't fix your problem, but for some reason, does? Mark this as the first time IE would read something that Firefox didn't, even though it should have.
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A Camera, Hooray!

Alright, finally went and got a camera. Of course, today I also went to the symphony, went jogging, made french toast, bought a copy of Scarf Style and played some World of Warcraft, so I'm too tired to do anything with the camera. Heh. Expect pictures tomorrow of at least my red sweater, and probably at least one of the two pairs of socks I'm currently working on. Also planning on casting on for the Under the Hoodie from Stitch 'N Bitch sometime. As far as the Scarf Style book goes, there's quite a few patterns in there I'm lusting after. The Lady Eleanor Stole would be beautimus, but the yarn is pricey, and well, the yarn in it would be about what I need for that My So Called Scarf I've been wanting too. Not to mention that it's March in Texas so I don't really have a need for scarves anyway. *sigh*

I think that the Hoodie would be good though, because I have this odd tendency to get cold everytime I eat, and when we go out to eat inevitably end up sitting curled in the fetal position trying to get warmer. I couldn't find a cardigan pattern I really wanted, and I've already got a bit of stash yarn I could use for.. about 3/4s of the hoodie. I bought some Lion Brand Wool-Ease awhile back when it was on uber-sale, and was looking for something that would be a decent use of it. Since I've never really attempted something like a hoodie, I figure I could use the cheap, not as good stuff for the first go round.

First from Scarf Style may actually end up being Annie Modesitt's Backyard Leaves pattern, wich is a pretty, semi-lacy pattern, which calls for some Karabella Aurora 8 yarn. Since I'm a bit on the poor side these days (Waitresses represent!) I'm pondering whether or not Knit Picks' Wool of the Andes would be a sufficient substitute or not. It certainly is quite a bit cheaper. Although, now that I think about it, Bernat or someone was making some form of 100% merino yarn these days, but I don't believe that I saw it in a green shade. Will have to go to grab some row counters tomorrow or the next day anyway, because I seem to have misplaced some of mine. Or well, I have so many UFOs at any given moment that I can't possibly keep count of all of them sadly.

Anyhow, I suppose the boyfriend is looking over at my blog, and my knitting with a bit of a jealous eye, so I'll try and get that stuff up tomorrow, or the next day.
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Damn You Haloscan!!

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Of course, it didn't warn me that it would apparantly delete all my pre-exsisting comments. Or if it did, I sure didn't notice. Oh well, I did receive Carriebelle's suggestion to use the absolutely gorgeous Forest Path Stole from Interweave's Summer 03 mag. I'm looking into it. I've not done any entrelac, so I'm looking for a less intricate pattern to practice on..
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Camera Delay..

Grr, no camera until Saturday. Damn people needing their own belongings! Anyway, my best friend in the whole world called me from United Arab Emirates (She's in the Air Force) a couple weeks ago and informed me she's getting married in August. Well, next August. In Kansas probably. (Blech, Kansas!) Anyway, I'm to be the Maid 'O Honour and all, which I suppose is cool, there haven't been a lot of forthcoming details yet, since you know, she's all the way over in the desert. I'm really happy for her, even though her fiance is a bit on the odd side, she loves him, and that's what matters. But! I want to knit something up for her, as a wedding present, or something, you know. I was thinking of something.. lacy. I'm not sure exactly what to make, we're both kind of unfrilly girls. The frilliest thing I own is this blog. Anyway, I figure if I start trying to figure it out now, then well, I won't be sitting there next June knitting 13 hours a day because I was too dumb to prepare a head of time. If anyone has any ideas, pleaselet me know. Thanks!
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New Layout

After loads of work, digging through CSS files, and using a lot of lost html memory, I've come up with a new layout. Huzzah. For the record, it is sort of based on the Blogger template: Minima, but I've re-coloured everything and given it an extra column. There's a couple other extra things that I want to do (probably) if I get around to it. Sadly, in all of my putzing around on the computer today, I got no knitting done. Hopefully I should be able to acquire a camera tomorrow though, so I can actually give my blog some real knitting stuff. Yeap, I suppose that's about it today though, well, that and trying to think of some warm weather projects. Anyone have ideas?
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Oh My Goodness

Well, I started, and subsequently finished my first Red Sweater today. Hooray! I should be sending this cute little bad boy out in the mail, as soon as I get a hold of a camera to post a picture of it first. In other knitting news, I'm a bit tired of socks. Well, sock. I dunno, maybe once I get to the stripey part (only about another 1cm) I will be more engaged by it. Also about 8 in done with this Afghan Sampler Square that I'm making. About.. 2/3s I suppose, as it's supposed to be 12 in total. Pictures should be forthcoming, hopefully this week, once I go pilfer someone else's digital camera that is. Still trying to figure out the layout and all, so, we'll see where that ends up too. Wish me luck.
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Testing the Waters

Trying to format everything properly, find a layout I like, and you know, new stuff. Yes. And knitting. Socks, long toe socks, with pink and black stripes. Pictures to come.
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