knitting – Page 24 – Behind the Smile

June 7, 2008June 24, 2010

All Good Things

Well, I am back in California after a really awesome trip to Texas. I am beat!

Yesterday Tara, Cindy, Julie and I headed up I-35 to Austin, the state capitol.

We just drove by the actual capitol – we had better things to do, such as stopping at Hill Country Weavers, where I totally gorged on sock yarn:

Here’s what I bought:

Nature’s Palette, Jitterbug, Araucania Ranco Multy, Araucania Ranco Multy, Jitterbug, and Malabrigo Worsted.

I love Hill Country Weavers. If you are ever in Austin, you must stop there!

The girls were pretty cool about me dragging them to a yarn store, since none of them knit. I think part of it had to do with the intriguing Airstream right across the street:

Did we totally partake of cupcakes following the yarning? Yes, yes we did.

After that, we stopped at the huge Half Price Books on North Lamar, then headed back to San Antonio.

And took a lot of pictures. As you can see, I am now a redhead, courtesy of Garnier Fructisse.

I had a GREAT TIME on vacation. I miss Texas a lot. But it was good to get home, especially when I knew this was waiting for me:

(Note the chapstick for scale!) It’s my new tiny laptop, an Eee PC. I was hoping it would arrive prior to the trip, but it didn’t. It’s Linux, which I was expecting to be difficult to get used to, but it’s easy and I love it.

Now I am broke, but it was SO WORTH IT – the trip, the computer (though that was courtesy of the U.S. Government and their ESP [hahaha esp]), and seeing my best girlfriends. I am mentally recharged and ready to write – and finally finish a novel or too.

Also: damn, June already? Yikes.

May 24, 2008June 22, 2010

Beads and Yarn… it’s always beads and yarn.

DUDES!

At Joann’s they are having a mighty mighty clearance! On some of the stranded beads that hang on the wall! I mentioned this previously, but now I must show you the bounty that I purchased for a mere MERE $7.56:

Um, hello $50 worth of beads? Hellooooo. I do like a good clearance. You can find this rack up by the magazines in the front. From left to right is pink resin, red resin, turquoise resin, black painted wood, green resin, wood, and glass.

What will I make with this? I do not know! But I have been wanting a lot of the black wood for months. I didn’t know they were going to clearance it. I used all my other ones for a Christmas present (sob).

Also at the Beverly’s they have the new Lion Brand sock yarn, Sock Ease:

I know, I know, I don’t need more sock yarn. But so what. I liked all the other colors too and I refrained from buying them, so that shows some small semblance of restraint, yes? Yes?

They do not have the Sock Ease at Joann’s or Michael’s. I know this because I looked. I do these things for you.

Okay, I don’t, I do them for me.

And finally, fun with Photoshop!:

In Vitro

I amuse myself in many ways.

Tomorrow: Thai Food! The Big Ross in San Francisco! And! DSW!

The fun never stops around here. Oh by the way, I am two weeks off carbs and I officially do not miss them.

Say it with me now:

WTF.

I KNOW, right? I personally never thought I would see the day. But I have been feeling a lot better and I don’t even WANT bread or tortillas or noodles or whatever… I just want half a spaghetti squash and chicken.

Let me say it again: WTF.

While bizarre, this is a good thing! I’ve been looking forward to having carbs again, only to realize that I don’t really want them. Was my two weeks of cleansing successful? Could very well be! Now I am afraid of rice, nice.

Remind me not to post when I am all tired because it is like drunk posting apparently. No cabazáns here! (they have carbs.)

May 19, 2008June 24, 2010

An FO and a Bacon Bag

I finished the Waving Lace Socks:

They are awesome and I love them. Will I make this pattern a fourth time? Undoubtedly! It’s beautiful – and I think it would knit up nicely in a happy yellow. I’m glad I went slightly nuts at Christmas time because I have about five more colors to choose from (chinese red, lily/yellow, wasabi/green, sky blue, and orchid) for future socks.

Now I am working on the second Spey Valley sock while I try to decide what pattern I want to knit next. I could just pull a pattern from the tin and knit that but I don’t wanna. I think it will probably come down to Mingus or Rivendell.

If I pick Rivendell it will be in the Araucania Ranco Multi, and if I pick Mingus it will be in Dream in Color Smooshy. Despite my constant yarn purchasing, I really am trying to use the ole stash yarns. *cough* REALLY *coughcough*

I still have to work on the pink stripey Felici socks and the Tofutsies socks but they’re pretty easy. I think I’m on the heel of the Tofutsies socks.

In other news, to reward myself for suffering through stupid Atkins, I got myself this bag at Target:

It is pretty silly, but I still love it anyway. It will be good to take on the plane stuffed with books. Mmm, eggs.