Wrap Up
1) Holy hell that was fun -- watching professionals work is really inspiring. Also a tiny bit envy-making. But mostly inspiring. I feel so good about having hired a real live grown up to come take the pictures for this. 2) Man oh man was that tiring -- try to schedule your colds and your photo shoots for different days. Because I know you carefully schedule your colds. To do otherwise would be foolish, as I've just demonstrated. 3) I will likely die of impatience waiting for the final version of the images -- no really, they are that good. [...]
All My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go
I am (finally) all packed and ready for the photo shoot tomorrow. That's Box 1. It contains model releases, shot lists, a wee knitting repair kit in case something goes wrong, and lint roller. Oh, and knitting. A fair bit of knitting actually. You can see tiny snippets of about 15 of the 20 projects there, though peer as you might, you aren't going to be able to tell much about them. You'll just have to take my word for it that they are nifty. Box 2 is lurking off camera. It is even larger (and much much heavier). It [...]
I Checked
It's not every sock that can say it was knit on during a Tuvan throat singing concert. Really it may be a fairly small percentage of socks that can add that to their resumes. But the gray ones can. And it was darn nifty. Though I must say, if you're also a child of the 80s, you may well think Dark Crystal as soon as they start singing. It was an ever so slightly trippy flashback to my youth and childhood. After the show we went to Sweetie Fry, the new ice cream and french fry shop that opened just [...]
Crisp
As promised, actual socks on the needles. This is the first cast on with some of the Sock Summit yarn. It's Plucky Knitter's MCN Primo in the color Barely Birch. This is a nice thick yarn, and the socks are going to be perfect for wearing around the house when it gets cooler. Assuming it ever does...it's unseasonably warm at the moment. For now we'll just have to pretend the pumpkins make it feel fall-like (please ignore the whirr of the ceiling fan in the background).
Hint
When someone rings your doorbell and hands you a kitten, you might want to try hard not to see the kitten. Instead, you might want to see the very tall stack of vet bills (all carefully timed to coincide with other expenditures like house painting and vacations and car repairs). You probably won't succeed. The power of kitten cuteness to overcome good sense is quite impressive. I obviously did not succeed and was instead overcome with the cuteness of the fluff. Which is why Douglas and I went to the vet yet again yesterday. He has an ear infection, and [...]
Still Kicking
Sorry for the sparse posting. I'm here and fine, just a wee bit swamped. All the projects for the book are re-blocked, tagged (there is a chart...a giant organizational chart...it's kind of cool), oh so carefully laid out, and tucked safely in a box ready for the big day. I'm also assembling a wee box of props and goodies to be sure to bring with me (Alphonse and his fellow lodgers are coming along of course). Add into that an extra vet visit (Douglas has some sort of really epically disgusting ear crud), school projects, a cold for both The [...]
Warm Up
You remember the (ever so slightly crazy making) reign of painterly doom. They did lovely work, but while they were here, I just could not pay attention to one thing for more than an hour or so at a time. It just wasn't happening. So in celebration of a short attention span, I made this set of mitts. At least that's the excuse I'm using for the otherwise pitiful amount of stuff I got done while they were here. The mitts are an excellent consolation though! Each one takes only minimal mental effort (hey, we all have those days, I [...]
Brrrr
It is 58 degrees in my dining room (the warmest room in the house). I think it's time to break out the woolies. Handy that the new mitts are all done and ready to wear. They'll be out tomorrow.
Tick Tock
Folks, have you looked at a calendar lately? I'm less than two weeks away from the book's photoshoot. Do you have any idea how cool that is? Do you have any idea how nerve wracking that is? The balance between cool and nerve wracking shifts from moment to moment. To cope, I'm going into super organized mode (yes, scarily enough, it is actually possible to be more organized than I usually am). As part of this organizational frenzy, I'm reblocking most everything for the book. Some of it had been folded up in the box, and those folds sort of [...]
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