Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Look What Iiiii goooottt!
Well yes.. it has been a few days since I posted last... and I have some great news.. and some pretty darn bad news.. but I enjoy the good news first..
A beauty ain't it? And I just love my walpaper.. The oh so nice Nancy provided it for me.. I just love her Yarn Porn.. (Lol. I still laugh about that.)
One huge difference I'm noticing here is that when I'm typing in blogger my letters aren't lagging.. It really is somethin when you can type too fast for a computer. (Bonus: Less typos!)
I'm also able to edit pictures much easier.. unfortunately getting the pictures out of the camera isn't so easy as the USB cord is attached to our desktop PC.. and it doesn't like to come out and play. (Translation: Kim doesn't like to crawl under the desk to free it from the spaghetti of wires.)
But soon I hope to own one of these and all of my problems will be solved! (Well.. camera wise anyway. lol.)
Well... now for the bad news...
...There are 8 days until Thanksgiving... And...
I have to frog Aunt Faye's project.
...Yes... I said have to.. There is no saving it... it all has to go and it has to be redone.
...This could be suvere disapointment to my dear Mammy.. Who also mentioned paying me for my knitting efforts. (I thought it was cool of her to pay for the yarn.. but I didn't expect anything else.)
I'm hoping I can whip it out anyway.. I need a serious knitting miricle.. but the way it is right now just won't do.
For some reason it is coming out GIGANTICALLY huge.. I think two of Aunt Faye could fit in it the way it is now..
So my plan is to frog, and then reknit into the XS size.. which probably will turn out right..
I honestly don't think that it is my fault.. I think that this is a very badly written pattern.. (I know, what do you expect for free?) and there are certian elements that are left out that could be entirely useful to know..
"Gauge: 3 sts to the inch"
...A bit vauge aren't they? Is that "stitch" stockinette stitch? (Which I assumed) Or the pattern stitch?
And what about row gauge?!!
It also doesn't list any finished width measurment.. only length. How does that EVEN make sense?!
Ugh.. anyway.. I told Mammy that I absolutely didn't ever want to knit another one of these ever again.
Ps. I also have a backup plan... if I can't get this thing finished by Thanksgiving, I will be presenting Aunt Faye with a shawl I knitted as my first big project.. I've been wanting to give it to her anyway.. but she doesn't know that. (And I'm pretty sure I never got the chance to show it to her anyway.) Then when I get this stupid project finished I'll give it to her.
Pss. Does anyone have any tips for frogging a project in which two yarns were used? Wish me luck! (I really need it.)
Psss. I forgot the Sapphirey splendor!! Shame on me!
Well yes.. it has been a few days since I posted last... and I have some great news.. and some pretty darn bad news.. but I enjoy the good news first..
A beauty ain't it? And I just love my walpaper.. The oh so nice Nancy provided it for me.. I just love her Yarn Porn.. (Lol. I still laugh about that.)
One huge difference I'm noticing here is that when I'm typing in blogger my letters aren't lagging.. It really is somethin when you can type too fast for a computer. (Bonus: Less typos!)
I'm also able to edit pictures much easier.. unfortunately getting the pictures out of the camera isn't so easy as the USB cord is attached to our desktop PC.. and it doesn't like to come out and play. (Translation: Kim doesn't like to crawl under the desk to free it from the spaghetti of wires.)
But soon I hope to own one of these and all of my problems will be solved! (Well.. camera wise anyway. lol.)
Well... now for the bad news...
...There are 8 days until Thanksgiving... And...
I have to frog Aunt Faye's project.
...Yes... I said have to.. There is no saving it... it all has to go and it has to be redone.
...This could be suvere disapointment to my dear Mammy.. Who also mentioned paying me for my knitting efforts. (I thought it was cool of her to pay for the yarn.. but I didn't expect anything else.)
I'm hoping I can whip it out anyway.. I need a serious knitting miricle.. but the way it is right now just won't do.
For some reason it is coming out GIGANTICALLY huge.. I think two of Aunt Faye could fit in it the way it is now..
So my plan is to frog, and then reknit into the XS size.. which probably will turn out right..
I honestly don't think that it is my fault.. I think that this is a very badly written pattern.. (I know, what do you expect for free?) and there are certian elements that are left out that could be entirely useful to know..
"Gauge: 3 sts to the inch"
...A bit vauge aren't they? Is that "stitch" stockinette stitch? (Which I assumed) Or the pattern stitch?
And what about row gauge?!!
It also doesn't list any finished width measurment.. only length. How does that EVEN make sense?!
Ugh.. anyway.. I told Mammy that I absolutely didn't ever want to knit another one of these ever again.
Ps. I also have a backup plan... if I can't get this thing finished by Thanksgiving, I will be presenting Aunt Faye with a shawl I knitted as my first big project.. I've been wanting to give it to her anyway.. but she doesn't know that. (And I'm pretty sure I never got the chance to show it to her anyway.) Then when I get this stupid project finished I'll give it to her.
Pss. Does anyone have any tips for frogging a project in which two yarns were used? Wish me luck! (I really need it.)
Psss. I forgot the Sapphirey splendor!! Shame on me!
-Kim- 11:58 PM
2 Comments:
Wow - frogging, yuck - laptop, NICE - Shawl, GOOD IDEA!
thanx for the sweet comment
thanx for the sweet comment
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I'm a tiny short woman who loves to knit clothes that actually fit me. I first learned to knit when I was about 10 but I never got beyond knit and purl. I didn't pick up knitting again till about 2 years ago, and now with the help of tons of library books, I'm chugging along and I think I'm pretty darn good : ) I'm married, and love my Australian husband dearly.
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