And since my weekends are Sunday and Monday, today is the perfect day to catch up. I did a bit o knitting and movie watching this weekend, I'm quite pleased with what I watched first up was Ghost World I absolutely loved this movie! Next up was Year of the Dog again, highly recommended. Last but not least Amelie this I was up until 2am watching and reading subtitles. It was truly magical! A fantabulous weekend of viewing all around!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Back In The Saddle Again
As far as knitting goes anyway :o) My finger is still numb, so I've had to set my socks aside for a while, but I find I'm able to work just fine with larger needles... YAY!!! I've been itching to make this pretty number since I first laid eyes on it. I had some free time after work yesterday and was going to stop by my regular LYS, but didn't feel like dealing with the parking and traffic, so I decided I'd go explore another LYS
and am I ever glad I did!! Everyone in the shop was soo nice and very helpful. I was specifically looking for the Noro sock yarn, they didn't have that, so I was directed to the sock yarn they had in stock, there I found absolutely drool worthy Indi
ra Gandhi colorway from Schaefer Yarns.
It was a wee bit pricey (by my standards) but so
beautiful, I just kept going back to it, so after tinkering about the store a bit longer, she came home with me! It looks so different wound, but I love, love, love it so much. I decided I'd use it for Branching Out from knitty.com. Later last night, I cast on and am just pleased as punch. This is my first time using a "real pattern" aside from my poor little sock, but this pattern involves more than just knitting and purling :o) So I officially feel like a real knitter now. I have a day of knitting, reading and movie watching planned! A perfect day as far as I'm concerned! Here's my progress so far,
and a peek at my poor little sock.
and am I ever glad I did!! Everyone in the shop was soo nice and very helpful. I was specifically looking for the Noro sock yarn, they didn't have that, so I was directed to the sock yarn they had in stock, there I found absolutely drool worthy Indi
ra Gandhi colorway from Schaefer Yarns.It was a wee bit pricey (by my standards) but so
beautiful, I just kept going back to it, so after tinkering about the store a bit longer, she came home with me! It looks so different wound, but I love, love, love it so much. I decided I'd use it for Branching Out from knitty.com. Later last night, I cast on and am just pleased as punch. This is my first time using a "real pattern" aside from my poor little sock, but this pattern involves more than just knitting and purling :o) So I officially feel like a real knitter now. I have a day of knitting, reading and movie watching planned! A perfect day as far as I'm concerned! Here's my progress so far,
and a peek at my poor little sock.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Knitting Related Injury
During my weekend of feeling o so crappy, I decided last night, that I would knit the time away and work on my lone sock. I am obviously a painfully slow knitter, and a really tight knitter it seems when I'm working with tiny little DPN's. So about 3 hours into my knit fest, I stopped for a break and noticed my ring finger on my right hand was numb. I put everything aside thinking that by morning it would be better. Noooooope It's after 5pm and I'm still numb. Hmmmmpf! Now that I'm through the biggest part of the sock (the leg and heel) I'm really anxious to get this thing done and start on the second one. Looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Feeling Fussy
I don't know what my deal is as of late, but I'm feeling very unmotivated and just plain old fussy. I'm quite serious when I say I don't feel like doing anything. Like really nothing! The fact that my allergies are acting up like crazy and I've had a bit of a stomach bug this past weekend don't help my cause any. I'm wondering how much of this might be the change of seasons, it's finally feeling all warm and snuggly and that makes me want to hibernate (rather than be outdoors like usual). I'm also wondering if it's just a case of I've got too much crap around me, weighing me down and I need to PURGE big time. Sort of like the less crap I have, the less I have to worry about keeping clean, dusting around, etc. For instance, I have clothes out the wazzoo, most of them I don't wear, but have hung on to for who knows what reason (perhaps my hopes of being able to fit in them again) same with shoes, a ton of them littering my closet floor, but I only ever really wear a few pair of them. Cabinets full of dishes, serving pieces, storage containers, mugs o plenty, when it's only me. Sort of ridiculous really. I suppose the only good things to come of this slump in life is that I'm getting time to read and knit :o) I'm halfway done my first sock!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
New Pretties!
New pretties are listed in the shop! Grand opening sale $1 shipping on all orders for the month of September! LittleBrownDogStudio.etsy.com
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Messy House = Messy Life
After many months of feeling stalled and stifled in my life, I've decided that the biggest contributer to all of this must be my messy surroundings. Mind you I do clean like a good girl, and keep the clutter to a minimum, but it seems that during the work week, all of my best intentions are placed on hold, then I'm left on my days off with piles of junk mail, laundry, cleaning, dusting, and oh yeah, plies of cat hair to contend with. Being the procrastinator that I am, I tend to let these things go, then end up spending the time I should be relaxing, working on crafty goods, or just being with friends, frantically cleaning my ever so humble abode. My mission today is to start decluttering, and work out a system so that all I've got to do on my Fridays off are sweep, mop, vacuum and dust, and maybe a lil laundry. Junk mail and miscellaneous crap that's junking up my life BE GONE!
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