Jon's Knit Blog

Yay!

I made a sock! And I cast on for the second one.

Because even I need a change of pace from the fair isle...

When I get some better lighting, I'll photograph it for you. It's blue and orange and fabulous - made from Schaeffer Anne. And since I have huge-ass feet, I knit almost all of it on a 12" long Addi - US1 - so it went really fast. AMazing how much faster it is to knit a sock when you don't have to switch from needle to needle. Quite a lot of fun! You see, I knit the whole big ole sock in less than 5 days!

And what else.... hmm... Good news from my boss at work. A promotion of sorts, at least in the prestige department. I don't think it will come with a raise, but it's still a big deal and I'm excited about that. And, have you ever watched the movie "Madagascar"? It's really cute. I watched it on my TiVo tonight while I was finishing up the sock. Great fun!

Now it's time to either go to sleep or to start the next sock. Hmmmmm.

Promises Kept

OK, so it's not the best photo (I shot it with my phone. Give me a break. I'm lazy.) But it does show you that I'm through one full repeat of the pattern on the sleeve. And given that I haven't spent a ton of time knitting it since I cut the steek on Friday, I think that's pretty good. And it gets better because the rounds keep getting smaller! I'm going to Washington, DC tomorrow, and I'm going to take Z with me. You may even bump into us at Knit Happens, because I'm contemplating going there for some fun and games. Plus, Kristine is just super-cool.

What else? I'm going back to Ohio to visit my mom and dad next week; Mom wants to start a new knitting project so I'm going to help set her up with something fun to make. Probably a baby blankie, but we're not sure.

In other, other news, well, that's kind of it. I have gallstones, which is of course not exciting. I have to schedule an appointment with another specialist to find out what happens next. I will keep you posted!

Also, a big thanks to all the advice you've given me lately, from quilting frames to Scottish knit bloggers. You're all the best!

The Ole Snip Snip

Guess who came out of the closet to play?

Zauberflote, that's who! I thought it might be too hot to muck about with all that wool, but the feel of that Scottish 2-ply turned out to be too much to resist. I had Friday off, so I took her down to Knit New York and first I grafted the shoulders together. Now that would be a silly photo because, well, you can't even see where the grafting is, because I've figured out how to do it decently.

The timing worked out really weird, though. I had a horribly strong caffeine buzz (yay for iced coffee at KNY) right when it was time to whip out the Ginghers and snip snip snip through the first steek. I decided to cut her left arm first, so voila, look what we have:

If I had taken a picture now, you'd see that she has about 3 inches of arm, too, but, well, I have to save something for later, now, don't I?

In other news, we're still looking for good recommendations of somewhere to buy fantastic yarn in Scotland. Anyone with great advice, post to the comments, and hopefully it will work! Thanks!

What's Going On Is...

I have a few questions that I'm overdue to answer.

1) I am not paper piecing the quilt. For some reason, paper piecing just doesn't really appeal to me.

2) I am not backing the top with anything at this point. I plan to make it as a whole top, then I will use batting and a backing fabric, and will probably hand quilt the whole thing. Of course, I'll need a quilting frame or hoop or something in order to do that, but we'll burn that bridge when we get there. As in, in a few months when I finish the top. Which will also be delayed by finishing the baby projects I'm currently working on, as well as the Big Gay Wedding Afghan and, of course, Zauberflote.

3) Zauberflote is not done. It's on hold, because I don't really feel like having that much wool in my lap during the summertime.

4) I'm working on too many things at once!

The saving grace? I finally feel like blogging again! So I hope you're enjoying reading it...

(Ed. note, added Sunday afternoon) And oh yeah, I think I fixed the problem with the comments. For some reason, MT Blacklist decided to ban the letter "G." So that's fixed, thank you very much. And that said, it's amazing how much spam can be generated without the letter "G" in it. Amazing.