We were part of some serious history here today. The New Orleans Saints won their very first ever Superbowl. And we were here, in the French Quarter to see the whole thing. I couldn’t have planned the whole thing better, even if I tried.
I shot some video right after the Saints won. Warning, it’s a big file, but well worth it. I wish I could convey the atmosphere here to y’all. It’s crazy!
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So, TG and I are hopping off into the Skies and heading out to the city of beads.
That’s right, we are headed off to New Orleans for almost Mardi Gras. And, no, despite the title of this blog post, I won’t be showin’ my 38 longs and collecting beads.
We are going for the food, fun, and hopefully we will see a crocodile or two. I will let you know all about it when we get back.
In the meantime, I am thinking of what knitting to pack. See, they have upped the security on flights to and from the US, so, I think metal dpn’s are decidedly out.
I plan to bring my spice market sweater.
and some roundy rounds.
I just finished some of these and I think they will be the perfect project for the trip.
And no, we aren’t taking the kids. That way lies madness. See you on the flip side.
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I started another clap. This one is being knit out of the Wollmeise; but this time I am using a color called Krauterbeet.
Clap in Repose
It’s also not for me. Once I finish this clapotis, I have only one more pair of socks to knit and I can call the contract knitting quits. Wish me speedy needles.
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First post of 2010; let’s do it up right.
First, the first FO of the New Year to achieve blogworthy status. My new years babe, if you will.
Pattern: Clapotis
Yarn: WM 100% in Maus Jung
Needles: US 5 (3.75mm)
Cast on: Nov 30
Cast off: Dec 30
It will be going off to live with it’s new owner shortly.
I am resolutely not making any New Years goals for my knitting on this blog. I did that last year and didn’t knit a single thing. So, 2010 will be my go with the flow year. Let’s see what it will bring.
Happy New Year everyone!
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Tonight I celebrate New Year’s with a glass of wine in my hand and a heaviness in my heart. I really enjoyed 2009 and am honestly sad to see it go. This year was full of love, life, good friends, family, and yarn. Lots of yarn.
And knitting. In 2009, I knit…
A Smattering of Socks
A Sweater or Two…
A Couple of Clapotis
and a Sock Monkey
Whew.
I wonder what next year will bring?
Happy New Year everyone! See you on the flip side!
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I really need to get my butt in gear and take some pics of my knits in progress as there are a few noteworthy projects on the needles right now. But, honestly, it is so dark by the time that I get home that I just can’t seem to bring myself to take any photos.
Case in point – this photo was taken without any light. It took me 20 minutes of fiddling to get it this purdy. Oh, how I long for a proper photo set-up. Have I mentioned this? Maybe not enough.
Va-va-va-voom Red
This was knit with the left over Malabrigo from my red vest. It’s perfect.
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I have a sore throat. So, I thought the right thing to do would be to get in a blog post before the thing that is to be a head cold takes over my body and I am no longer able to make sense at all.
I knit a fish. It is also a hat.
Sew Me Up!
The hat is from Knitty’s Winter ‘08 issue. I used left over Malabrigo, handspun, and some other, unidentifiable yarn. It will soon belong to this person:
A Hat for Bunnah
Tonight she told me that Cowboys is a dumb name because they don’t ride cows. She prefers “Horse Guys”. We settled on “Horse Persons”. Wacky is as wacky does, I guess. Hopefully she loves the hat.
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A new sweater jumped onto my needles a while back. It’s being knit in fingering weight and has a gajillion stitches. So, the progress has been slow and not very picture worthy to date. This morning though, I decided I had enough of a sweater to really show off the amazing color that is the Wollmeise.
Sweater, Begun
The yarn is Wollmeise 80/20 twin in Spice Market. The pattern is Slipped Hours, which I think will show off the yarn, and hopefully my figure, to it’s best advantage.If all goes well, it will look like this in the end.
So far, I have had some mixed reviews of my gauge and the overall density of the fabric that the yarn/needle combo that I have choosen is producing. See, the Wollmeise has a tendancy to act a little like cotton when knit. It does not bloom. At all. And so, the fabric is not very dense at all.
At first, I was very worried, but as I knit more, things are looking much better and I think that in the end, I will be happy with the rather drapey fabric that is produced. It may mean that some waist shaping will be needed as the fabric won’t cling the same way it would normally, however, I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
See? Swatching; it’s for chumps.
p.s. Hubby, if you are reading this, I really really need a light box, tripod, and light for Xmas. Just sayin.
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I think I have you licked.
Today I feel better.
While you may have kicked my ass for two whole weeks, I am now on the mend and fully back in control.
I admit, making me think I was really putting the car in drive and not reverse was well played. However, making me actually back into the car behind me was a little over the top and not really funny at all.
And, making me miss a whole week of work was unnecessary and mean.
So, here is where we part ways. I wash my hands of you.
I’m going back to knitting. Soft, safe, non-fog inducing knitting.
Hey flu? We’re done.
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I finished the Mushroom sweater on October 22, 2009. I don’t know why I haven’t blogged about it sooner.
It fits like a dream. I swear.
I used less than four balls of Malabrigo and added about 3 inches of length. I normally have to do this because most patterns don’t seem to be long enough for me. I also added a few inches of length to the sleeves.
I also added in some waist and hip shaping as the original pattern doesn’t seem to have any shaping. I am just too curvy not to add in at least a little shaping.
I knit both sleeves at the same time on one long circular needle. I picked up this handy trick while at Sock Summit this year ( I took a two socks on one circ class from Melissa Morgan Oakes) and while I will admit that I still prefer to knit my socks on dpns, the technique was especially handy for ensuring that the sleeves were identical. I sometimes find that my sleeves end up to be two different lengths or that the decreases don’t happen at the same spot. Rest assured, these sleeves are completely identical.
Finally, I added cabled ribbing to the sleeves and the bottom of the sweater.
Next up? Silken Scabbard. Stay tuned.
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