Good thing I'm prepared.
This out-take is for Sarah (it was a little bit windy today....)
Showing posts with label wisteria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wisteria. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2009
Ta da....
As J. said, it's time for cozy knits.
Good thing I'm prepared.
This out-take is for Sarah (it was a little bit windy today....)
Good thing I'm prepared.
This out-take is for Sarah (it was a little bit windy today....)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Love / Hate
I hate....
....traffic.
....knitting the second sleeve.
....Cadillac Escalades.
....cleaning out my garden at the end of the season.
I love....
....warm fall days.
....leaves falling.
....deciding my Christmas knit list has 1 item. If it gets done then I'll move on to the secondary list.
....my boys. All 3 of them.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Grumpy
That is the best word to describe me today. I'm at work getting ready for a meeting that will last the whole day and then I have to "entertain" people for supper. It's not the work itself, it is just the fact that I'm AT work on a Saturday in mid-September and the high is going to be 25.
I'd rather be at home, in my backyard, watching the boys swing themselves higher and higher, knitting on this and possibly drinking a beer.
Back to meeting preps. Dreaming of being outside.....
I'd rather be at home, in my backyard, watching the boys swing themselves higher and higher, knitting on this and possibly drinking a beer.
Back to meeting preps. Dreaming of being outside.....
Monday, September 7, 2009
Challengers and Enablers
Some of the work I do at my day job focuses on identifying Challengers and Enablers that people believe help/hinder them from doing their job (does that make any sense? If not....skip ahead).
I often find myself doing the same thing at home - what things are enabling me to cook dinner tonight (a full fridge, docile children)? What things are preventing me from having a relaxing evening (no beer in the fridge, children who refuse to sleep)?
With the current project I'm working on, I've already identified some properties that are keeping me from progressing and other things that are keeping me on track.
Challengers:
1. The changes in yarn colouration - the DIC Classy is gorgeous yarn. Soft, interesting colour changes and knits up beautifully. However each skein is very different in colour. So I've spent some time trying to figure out what is the best skein to use next, what skeins should be save for the arms, and how best to hide the colour changes.
2. Company - we had company for the long weekend. Friends we wish desparately lived down the street rather than 3 hours down the highway. We had an amazing time with them. I did not, however, knit the whole time they were here (I blame all the food and drink....).
3. Stocking stitch boredome. Self-explanatory. I'm currently in StSt hell.
Enablers:
1. The yarn. As previously stated - gorgeous. Soft. Lofty.
2. The pattern - Kate Gilbert is on a whole different level. There are some designers who you just have to stand back and say wow - that is some talent. Kate is in the group.
3. Jo. Knowing that my dear dear friend knits like a fiend (she's faster than fast, quicker than quicker) and just trying to stay within the same ball park as her is good motivation.
I'm soldiering on.
I often find myself doing the same thing at home - what things are enabling me to cook dinner tonight (a full fridge, docile children)? What things are preventing me from having a relaxing evening (no beer in the fridge, children who refuse to sleep)?
With the current project I'm working on, I've already identified some properties that are keeping me from progressing and other things that are keeping me on track.
Challengers:
1. The changes in yarn colouration - the DIC Classy is gorgeous yarn. Soft, interesting colour changes and knits up beautifully. However each skein is very different in colour. So I've spent some time trying to figure out what is the best skein to use next, what skeins should be save for the arms, and how best to hide the colour changes.
2. Company - we had company for the long weekend. Friends we wish desparately lived down the street rather than 3 hours down the highway. We had an amazing time with them. I did not, however, knit the whole time they were here (I blame all the food and drink....).
3. Stocking stitch boredome. Self-explanatory. I'm currently in StSt hell.
Enablers:
1. The yarn. As previously stated - gorgeous. Soft. Lofty.
2. The pattern - Kate Gilbert is on a whole different level. There are some designers who you just have to stand back and say wow - that is some talent. Kate is in the group.
3. Jo. Knowing that my dear dear friend knits like a fiend (she's faster than fast, quicker than quicker) and just trying to stay within the same ball park as her is good motivation.
I'm soldiering on.
Monday, August 31, 2009
September Changes
This is a busy busy month over at Baad Medicine Industries. We have 3 children starting school (2 for the first time - and they get to go together, Princess #1 and my Stinky), new work schedules, going back to work preps for J. and just general insanity.
To try and keep J. and I from losing it (and we teeter on the levels of sanity at the best of times) we've decided to both start Wisteria. We're knitting it in the same yarn (different colours - any guesses who is knitting in blue and who in orange?). We're trying to complete a totally selfish project before more Christmas knitting overtakes October and November.
Do you want to join us? Get the pattern, wind the yarn and let's go......
To try and keep J. and I from losing it (and we teeter on the levels of sanity at the best of times) we've decided to both start Wisteria. We're knitting it in the same yarn (different colours - any guesses who is knitting in blue and who in orange?). We're trying to complete a totally selfish project before more Christmas knitting overtakes October and November.
Do you want to join us? Get the pattern, wind the yarn and let's go......
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