{"id":124,"date":"2009-06-22T16:39:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T23:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2010-06-24T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:12:29","slug":"things-i-make-when-youre-not-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/things-i-make-when-youre-not-looking\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Make When You\u2019re Not Looking"},"content":{"rendered":"

I totally knitted an Ishbel shawlette<\/a> while nobody was looking.<\/p>\n

\"Ishbel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ishbel01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Least of all myself – this was a fast knit.)<\/p>\n

I have turned into a chart knitter without noticing – if a pattern doesn’t have a chart, I won’t use it. The charts on Ishbel are great; easy to read and interpret. I will definitely be making this shawl again, probably in the bigger size.<\/p>\n

I knit it in Malabrigo Sock in the Terracotta colorway, and this thing weighs nothing<\/em>. I will have to show a pic of it modeled because wowza, this yarn feels so nice against your skin, soft and wonderful.<\/p>\n

I knit this on an Addi Turbo lace needle in size US 6 that I picked up at Cottage Yarns in South San Fran a few weeks ago. These needles are great, and I really think that helped with how fast I knit this sucker up.<\/p>\n

I also had an urge to crochet on my Babette squares, which comes and goes in fits and starts. But I’m almost done with the 49 4-round squares.<\/p>\n

\"Babette<\/a><\/p>\n

(Aren’t they purdy?)<\/p>\n

Yesterday I cast on for an Aeolian shawl<\/a>, also out of Malabrigo sock, plus beads. Pretty awesome!<\/p>\n

And finally, I made sushi for the first time and it was great:<\/p>\n

\"Sushi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I am too chickenshit to deal with raw fish, so there was none of that, but I did use a variety of fillings, including avocado, cucumber, crab (fake), tuna, green onions, and tempura shrimp. Above you will see my practice sushi; I forgot to take pictures of the “real” sushi that I made for when my friends came over on Saturday to sample it.<\/p>\n

Above all, my favorite was the spicy tuna roll, which was a mixture of canned tuna, mayonnaise, and sriracha sauce, plus green onion I think. I am not sure how my friends liked that one, but they did enjoy all of the different varieties and I was complemented specifically on the California roll, and also how “nice” they looked, which I thought was funny, but apparently some people don’t roll them very well.<\/p>\n

Anyway, super easy to make, and now I’m going to have to keep tuna on hand for when I want a spicy tuna roll. WTF! I never eat tuna. UNTIL NOW, apparently!<\/p>\n

…And I thought I was sick of sushi but I guess not because now I want a spicy tuna roll again. Go figure.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

This weekend is my ten-year<\/span> eleven-year high school reunion, which should be interesting. I am going to bring my camera to document the event. I am looking forward to it, but I’m going to be bummed if a couple people with whom I would specifically like to chat with don’t show up.<\/p>\n