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Wrinkly.

April 6, 2011 peneloping

I have a feeling this sweater is going to sneak up on me.

With my current work schedule I’m mostly brain dead by the time I get home, so when I sink onto my bed, turn on Lost, and pick up my knitting, I’m mostly zoned out. It’s only the ribbing, anyway. I stop every half hour or so just to make sure I haven’t gone over the number of rows before the next buttonhole but other than that I don’t even register most of what I’m doing.

So I was kind of surprised when I actually looked at it last night and realized I’m more than halfway finished with the ribbing. I still had that “I just started and it’s going to take forever to finish” feeling.

Now, it’s more like, “I’m almost at the birds!” -twitch twitch-

In other news, last night when I was pulling more yarn from the skein, I noticed that I was down to the middly bit where the yarn starts looking small and wrinkly. For some reason this was amusing and worth photographing.

Needles

April 5, 2011 peneloping

I find it entertaining that while most people’s phone galleries contain photos of pets, infants of relatives, food, kissing pictures, cocktails, and random funny signs, the majority of the pictures on my phone are snapshots of the “tools required” section of knitting patterns.

This whole knitting obsession really only started about three months ago, so my collection of needles is sadly sparse, especially since I was yoinking from my mom’s collection, which I had to leave behind when I moved out. So every time I start a new pattern I pretty much have to run to the store and grab the proper needles.

I know, I could just make a list. But then I’d get to the aisle with the needles and think, “Those can’t be right! They’re practically microscopic*! I must’ve written it down wrong.” And then I’d wish I had the pattern with me.

It’s just easier this way.

But right now there are so many little pattern snippets in my phone that it’s pretty hilarious to flip through.

Hmm maybe this is an excuse to invest in a set of nice knitting needles of varying sizes!

*Seriously, does anyone else think US size 1 needles are adorable? Especially in DPN form?

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Jumble.

April 1, 2011 peneloping

Just thoughts today; I’m still at work.

-I can’t wait for the weekend. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job but I’m tired of being excited all day to go home and knit, only to get home and realize I’m too tired to do anything but stare stupidly at balls of yarn. Did I mention I’m not a morning person?

-I have 67 projects in my Ravelry queue. Only about 15-20 of those are things that just looked cool but that I’ll probably never make. I’m pretty sure that when I’m forty I’ll happen to look in the mirror one day and realize that I’ve become Mrs Weasley.

-The back side of Beatnik is done! I finished it last night and couldn’t decide whether to do sleeves or the front next, so I pulled out Little Birds instead.

-For some reason the longest hour at work is always lunch. I usually get here around 9:20am and the next time I look at a clock it’s always around 10:45am. And then time flies by to about 11:50am. And somehow 11:50am until 1pm just drags. Backward?

-I’m about 99% positive I’m moving to Boston in the fall, and having grown up in California, I think the idea of living somewhere where snow is a regular part of the year (zomg seasons!) is partially fueling this knitting obsession. I have a mental list of several projects I want to finish this summer before I move over there. On that note, I wonder what it’s like knitting with wool in the summer time.

-I get paid in ten days. OHAI knitpicks!

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I miss my yarns.

March 29, 2011 peneloping

I don’t know about you but that photo makes me want to run home, light a fire, and curl up on the couch for hours and just knit.

I did get to spend a decent chunk of my Saturday working on the ribbing, but since I’ve only been using sport-weight and up for sweater projects, I’m not used to it taking so long. I don’t care though, I lurve this yarn. And the colors. And I can’t wait to get to the birds.

This is how far I got.