More Project Spectrum


On Friday, while the birthday girl was horseback riding with her friends the hubby and I went to Golden Gate Park. It was a wonderful there, warm, but with a little high fog that gave everything a fairy tale glow. I found lots of yellow and orange!







These are pictures of tulips growing under one of the wind mills.











I thought these yellow adirondack were great! What a great place to sit and watch the birds fly by.

Happy Birthday Baby!

This weekend was all about A who turned 16 on Saturday. It started on Friday with horse back riding....

Then on Saturday she had a sleepover with a few friends
At times it got pretty crazy, it even looked like there might be a coup d'etat.....

finely, after hours of fun (And after the boy went home!) it was time for bed.

Huh!

I took a silly test.

A Bit Of Both You are 50% Calvin and 50% Hobbes

Calvin & Hobbes, like a scruffy yin and yang, are in perfect balance within you. Like Calvin, you're weird, a bit insecure, and can be a trouble-maker. But like Hobbes, you're down to earth and sensitive. It's a risk to say it here, after just a ten question test, but I'll bet you're smarter than most. Both Calvin and Hobbes are crafty, clever characters, and any one made from equal parts of each is a force to be reckoned with.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 61% on calvin You scored higher than 26% on hobbes

Link: The Calvin Or Hobbes Test written by gwendolynbooks on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Finished Object!

It seems like lately I've been working on so many different projects that I haven't completed any, but yeah!!! Finally I have a FO. Over the weekend I took a felting class at Commuknity taught by Chloe. It was great, I learned a couple of new techniques, picking up stitches and grafting. I also learned that I was purling wrong......that really explains a lot! I've been have lots of trouble with my tension whenever I purl. The stitches have always been so tight I could hardly get my needle back into them. I'm hoping this will make working on steel much faster.

As for the bag. It's a mini booga bag. We only cast on 15 for the bottom and then picked-up 60 stitches around the side. I love this bag, and it cost under $10 dollars to make. I used one skein of Cascade 220 in color 8888, part of a ball of Crystal Palace Kid Merino in color 9812 and a small amount of Crystal Palace Fizz I had left over from a scarf. I think it would be great to give as a gift filled with lotions and soap. I posted the before and after felting pictures so that E could see what felting is.

Lemons are Yellow

I think lemons are beautiful, maybe the prettiest yellow in nature. These lemons are hanging from a tree in my neighbors yard into mine. I get to enjoy all of the beauty from the tree without giving up any space in my yard. I also get the benefit of year round lemons. Lucky me!

Inspired by the thought of knitting something in yellow I went to my favorite LYS, Commuknity (who just happens to be having a sale)to look for a yarn that seems to only exsit in my mind. I wanted something that was wool so it would felt, and self-striping. I wanted it to be yellow and orange with a nice blend of color changes.
Emy suggested that maybe I should think about dyeing something. Wouldn't that be fun! Emy is so nice, she helped me look for other yarn. I settled for a couple of skiens of Cascade 220, one in a pale yellow, and one in a pale orange. I also got a ball of Cherio to use with the Cascade. I think it's all going to end up being a small felted bag. We'll see. My goal is to post the completed project by the end of April.

I also got some fabulous hand dyed wool from Magallanes. The colors are deep and rich. The picture does not do it justice. I see a felted book bag in it's future. I will be so stylish in the fall when I start grad school. Assuming I get in...I'm still waiting to hear. That's it for now. I'm off to work on Crimson.

Pretty in Yellow

I joined Project Spectrum, and this months focus is yellow and orange. The idea is to notice the colors around you and to do creative projects during the month using the colors. The projects can be anything and you can use any materials to make your projects. Of course knitting is what a lot of people do.....so expect to see some new project in yellow and orange. Perfect for spring.

I'm very excited about getting started, but alas so far life has gotten in my way. I've worked a couple of shifts at my new job. Starting a new job has been a very freeing experience, it's great to just have to show up and do a job.....and not really have any responsibility. That will change, but right now all they expect is for me to do is learn all of the procedures. I've been knitting on crimson, I should be done by the end of the weekend.

In the meantime, here's a picture of baby A in her yellow jammies and holding her yellow blanket.

Crimson and Steel




I've been working mainly on 2 UFO's crimson and steel. This is steel I'm mostly knitting it with Habu silt stainless steel in color 4. The border is tsumugi in color 10 combined with tobi moire in color 10 on size 10 needles. It's going REALLY slowly. It seems like I've been knitting for days and days and hours and hours on this and I'm only got about 20 inches done. I think everyone else I know would be must farther along by now....

To save my sanity, I'm also working on crimson a felted bag. It's from Pursenality Plus. It's knitted on size US15 needles with Debbie Bliss SoHo color 37510. I've only been knitting on it for a couple of days and I'm already halfway done with the main part of the bag.

Hubby and I are off to the Symphony and dinner in the city. Have a great Saturday!