Quietish

After a long, long haitus, The Fangirls are back. Our latest episode is now live and we’re looking forward to doing more.

I awoke this morning already clutched by the desire to craft something. I keep thinking about quilts and softies and stitching. I want to applique something onto something and embroider something onto something.

When I reached my desk, I randomly sketched an owl on a postie note. (I’ve been doing that a lot lately, as I’m searching for just the right design to call my own.) Once I’d done that, I suddenly wanted to sew an owl, or stitch an owl, or applique an owl. Sigh.

I should probably act on one of these impulses today if I plan on keeping the title “crafter.”

Then when I finally signed online my mind, which had been utterly occupied by crafts, suddenly was filled with this: (If you don’t like spoilers, don’t look too close at these.)

I’m currently in an odd state where my mind is racing and frozen in place at the same time. Thankfully I have some mindless knitting that I can do while I wait for my brain to grind back into action. Behold, the very plain part of the Lacy Waves Top that goes on for quite awhile before you get to the parts that qualify it for Lace Style:

Yay for run-on sentences! Yay for the splash of cold water that is a new Harry Potter announcement! I need some coffee.

Finished Saturday afternoon, took all evening and most of Sunday to dry with this lovely humid weather.

As usual, black is not the easiest color to photograph. There is lace there, I promise. Squint. Or use your imagination ;) Thanks go to Shell for snapping this for me while Jamie was in class.

Pattern:
Simple Knitted Bodice
Yarn:
Berroco Love It
Comments:
I made gauge perfectly with the yarn, but having read in a lot of places that the pattern runs large, I made the size down. Fits rather well, I think. I especially love the fit in the shoulders. There isnt any extra fabric under the arms, which really bugs me in some of the commercially made raglan shirts I have. The neat little lines of the raglan shaping make me happy.

So, onward towards more springy/summery knits. And perhaps some sock knitting as well.

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Rivendell update: Been walking quite a bit. I dig the warmer weather, and wish it would just stop at this temp or so.

On path in the Forest. Path climbs gently. (84 miles)

Just so-s: You can always check my progress in Middle Earth as well as my weight loss ticker (eeps!) here.

Just a few minutes, and it wouldn’t have been Sunday anymroe, heee. Here’s what I’m doing right now. Or what I was doing before I came on here to post this.

I should have some finished knitting to show tomorrow or so :)

Someone might have told me that I should maybe tell you to that if you’re the scrapbooking and/or art journaling type, or if you’re the type that simply likes me and is compelled to check out things just because I say so without much further information, that you sorta might be interested in this link: When I Grow Up

I shall say no more, for now.

Courtesy of the Waits hobbitses.

Simple Knitted Bodice, now into the 5th ball (whee!), sits by while I work on non-knitting stuff this afternoon. Knitting to recommence this evening.

I have always been a mess. That is to say, I’ve always been one to completely immerse myself in whatever I’m doing. When I clean, I am covered in whatever I am cleaning with. During my short stint in dog grooming, I was always soaked head to toe and covered in hair and shampoo (and often other stuff). And of course, when I’m being arty, I become quite colorful.

Currently my hands are coated in gel medium, white acrylic, and india ink.

What’s on your hands today?

Knitting.

Been working on Simple Knitted Bodice more than anything this weekend. Which is probably not the best plan for someone who has a few other things on her plate. But, it’s a pleasant knit. So yeah.

Here is SKB, at the beginning of ball 3.

Ball 4.

Onward into the waist detail.

And now I must abandon my knitting at least for a few hours to work on other stuff. Justin has a nice knitting-related SPS for us today, though.

I’m not sure why I always feel the need to note this date, like its another Friday the 13th or something. I’m sure I only read the play like once.

So far it’s been a good day, despite possible impending danger. I just got back from lunch with Justin, the kids, and another new knitting project.

Mmmm angel hair pasta with artichokes from Johnny Carino’s. I ate maybe 1/3 of that.

The new project is Stephanie Japel’s Simple Knitted Bodice, which is now into the 2nd ball of Berroco Love It as of the return trip from home. You can’t tell from the picture, but the yarn is black. Black is hard to photograph.

Just a little something to break up the seemingly endless lace that is the project I mentioned the other day. A repeat here, a repeat there. Both are fun to knit and I’m a happy elf today.

The fam packed up and left a bit ago, so it’s back to real life for me. It always seems that while we’re on a trip or we have visitors it’s like we’re not living in the real world. I’m out of my routine and things just seem to suspend while I’m doing other things. This, of course, is an illusion so the to-do list just sits untouched and deadlines come closer. Thankfully I don’t currently have many actual deadlines, so I’m still in good shape.

The happy news is that my sister in law walked out of here today a new knitter! Last night Sarah found my copy of Mason Dixon Knitting on her own and parused. Today, she grabbed a ball of kitchen cotton and some needles and went to it. Her first knitting was the start of “just a square.”

She ripped it out before she left, but took some needles and my Stitch and Bitch book. Score! I didn’t even have to apply thumbscrews use my CraftBorgish influence.

In other knitterly news, Justin’s socks fit and he’s wearing them today. Certainly makes the miles of stockinette worth it. And because when life is pretty good bare needles are quite possibly the hardest thing to endure, I got a little something cast on.

Wont go too much into detail yet as its still an experiment, but I can show you that it’s lacy.

A previously knit swatch:

I don’t know how much knitting I’ll get done this week. I have a few non-crafty things I want to make sure I pay attention to and I also have an exciting little book craft to design and construct. Fun!