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More lunch fun

karrie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:30:38 +0000

You know how I was just writing about cuties and my new handcrafted lunch bag? i kinda combined the two ideas and made a cutie cozy

Now I need to make about 5 more since I eat them about 6 at a time…

[ravelry project page]

There are two reasons why I have been good about bringing my lunch to work….

karrie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:55:55 +0000

There are two reasons why I have been good about bringing my lunch to work…

1.) California cutes are delicious

2.) My new lunch bag

[Ravelry Project Page]

The pattern is from the japanese book Motif Crochet winter accessories and I think it is for a little bento lunch box. So that is what I am using it for.

For yarn I chose Knitpicks CotLin, which at the time I purchased it had a really limited color palette. I can’t believe I lucked out and picked something I like so much (especially since the colors are much brighter in person than they are on the webpage). I just looked, and they have added some new colors. that’s good news, because this is NICE yarn. It is DK weight 70% Cotton 30% linen blend that after washing makes a fantastic fabric. There was a significant color bleed and lightening that happened during the Eucalan bath, but it still looks great (and smells a heck of a lot better). I want to use it to crochet all kinds of washable household items like washcloths and placemats.

I thought the bag was so photogenic, I did a photo shoot. I’ll leave you with the results:

It’s cold outside (relatively speaking)

karrie — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:18:16 +0000

Back home in the middle of the country, when the first ice coats the streets the local news goes crazy. They send all of their field reporters out to the salt barn for on the spot news. The salt barn is a giant shed where the city stores its supply of winter road salt. If they declare some kind of “snow emergency,” or the ice occurs close to christmas, there will be so many reporters there that you will be able to see them in the background of each others shots. I find this completely riveting. Mind you, NOTHING is happening there. The most excitement you can hope for is a shot of a plow getting a salt refill.

Today i awoke to a cold morning in the bay area. It was below 40 in my backyard, and the local news quickly made it clear that it was below 30 degrees in some of the valleys nearby. And how did they do that you ask? Through ever-fascinating live shots of frost. Yes, frost. They described a light coating of frost as a “winter wonderland.” They also showed a shot of a woman defrosting her car by spraying it with her garden hose. That one really got my attention. Lucky for her it warmed up quickly and i don’t think it had time to re-freeze completely. And the sad thing – I think it is really cold too! They have assimilated me!

The chilliness has motivated me to work a bit on the Knitpicks Emma Jacket that I planned to finish in early December.

The blob on the left is the body, knit in the round to the armpits and awaiting steeking. The sleeves are on the right with a lovely fold up ribbed cuff. i love the yarn. I think it would look great for cabled projects – a little bit of color, but not too much. I am still undecided about the pattern..

Projects on my mind

karrie — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:47:20 +0000

I don’t know if you have taken a peek at my sidebar lately, but I have joined a couple of casual knit-alongs. The first is Socktoberfest. The rules seem simple – knit some socks in october. Perfect, since i just turned a heel last night.

I am also comfortable enough to declare that I have figured out how to do short-row heels for toe up socks…. EXACTLY the SAME way as for top down socks. Took me long enough to realize they were symmetric so it doesn’t matter what type of sock you use them on.

I also joined the Fall Cable Knit along. i did this because I thought the next thing I would start on would be the ‘Central Park Hoodie’ from the Fall Knitscene magazine.

I know that I swore off hoods after the rogue… they take too much yarn, they make it seem like you should be done with the sweater, but you’re not… But i can’t resist. And now I can;t say for sure that his will be my next sweater project… Problem is, Knitpicks knows I am a sucker. If you have ever bought something from them, they send you almost weekly emails advertising a new pattern or yarn. Being a sucker, I open them. And this time I love the pattern and the yarn. go take a look at Emma. Inticing because it has it all: steeking, knitting in the round ( no purling!), suggested yarn in colors i like, and an awesomely huge collar.

Whoa! I just had an awesome idea – I think this yarn would also work for the central park hoodie!! Ahhhh, a green cabled sweater, and a brownish jacket… wouldn’t that be nice.

Finally, shamelessly, since I have yarn lust and no yarn budget I have to pimp my etsy shop

I’ll give you free First class shipping (priority if you order more than one) on yarn if you comment when you purchase that you read about the yarn on my blog. WAIT for an invoice from me before submitting payment!

Chit Chat at the knitting circle

karrie — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:44:59 +0000

The only thing I really talked about at knitting this week was a neat little thing I read about on allie’s blog – Stretchy Circulars. They have a cord that is stretchy and i am guessing it is made out of something similar to the the drive band on my spinning wheel…. unfortunately they only come in size US2 and i like my socks on something a little smaller, but I am going to keep my eyes on their site.

Things i should have talked about:

The new Louet spinning wheel, Victoria. It is portable and an interesting alternative to the Ashford Joy.

The new needles over at Knitpicks. They have a new interchangeable set, as well as sock sized DPN’s and circulars that are CHEAP! They look like imitation addi turbos. Seriously, check out those circular needles.

Here come the sweaters….

karrie — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:04:22 +0000

I used some
handpaintedyarn,com Ejido 160 to start an Incredible Custom Raglan . Unfortunately i followed the directions a little too closely, and made a snug measurement around my neck. Of course, this resulted in the neck hole being the exact size of my neck…. And smaller than my head. So I couldn’t get it on. I liked how it was progressing, though. to prevent weird color pooling, I was using two balls of yarn, and alternating them every two rows. It was looking good.

so i ripped it out and started over.

I also got my Knitpicks order that I have been waiting on for a long time…. Some merino style for Eunny’s Deep-V Argyle vest. I joined the Knit-along too.

in this project I will attempt two-handed fair-isle knitting, and finish it off with some steeks. i can’t wait.

And because I like looking at it,
I present my altoid-tin tv-dinner.

Drumsticks, Mashed potatoes, Cherry compote, and succotash.