I spent New Year's with my friends Veronica, Anne, Anne's fiance' Andy, and Anne's cousin Kelly. We had a nice, low-key evening hanging out, watching some retro music videos and playing games. Oh, and eating. A lot. Or maybe that was just me. It was a good time, anyway.
Since then I've been taking it easy and coming up with new ideas for my research project. After months of frustration with a project that just does not work, I've got a new direction and it's pretty exciting. I'm pretty happy about it. I'll talk more about it when the wheels are actually in motion.
I only have one new year's resolution. I will not apologize if I don't blog for awhile. It's a hobby and, let's face it, an ego trip (look at me and what I did! Cool, huh? Yeah!). So if I fail to be trippy, we'll all survive. I have plenty of real things to worry about, I'm not about to let myself feel bad for not posting to a blog. Why I let myself feel guilty about not posting in the first place, I prefer not to examine too closely.
That said, Hi! How are y'all? Wanna look at the cool stuff I made? Yeah? AWESOME.
I didn't get my last FO's of 2007 posted while it was still 2007, so I'll do it now.
Gator received his Christmas hat just a couple of days late and he claims it fits great and that he likes it. Yay! His request was a hat with cables and I had some really great clearance yarn that I was dying to work with. I first tried to make cables all around the crown, but it made the hat almost too small for me so I knew it wouldn't fit him. So I frogged and redesigned. There are three cables up the crown with stockinette in between.
It looks kind of funny when it's not on a head, but it's big enough that it looks ridiculous on me...
You can't really tell that there are multiple cables unless I turn around, so...
Info: Three Cable Hat of my own design. Rowan Big Wool Fusion (discontinued) - 1 1/2 balls. Double pointed needles, sizes 9 and 9.5.
Though the Fusion is discontinued, Rowan still makes Big Wool. If you ever get a chance to use it, jump. It's so great to knit with and the resulting hat is crazy warm. I loved every minute of making this hat! I wasn't even that sorry to have to frog it and reknit!
Last fall I found out that Sugar n' Cream started making a self-striping line. I had a little trouble finding some, but I was really psyched to find out how it would look to use it for a garterlac cloth. It pooled more than I had hoped, but it's an interesting result. It's pretty trippy, I must say:
I kind of like it -- it's got a folksy look to it.
So this concludes the 2007 FO parade. I also already have a 2008 FO, but I'm saving that for my next post. I'm super happy about it. I'm sure you'll be on the edge of your seat until I share it with you. Because I'm just that important. And I refuse to apologize for that fact.
Hee!
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3 comments:
So glad you're eliminating guilt about not posting! Also, so glad to see your fun finished objects.
I am on the edge of my seat regarding your new finished object, though don't feel guilty about not posting about it yet... Really, don't feel any guilt at all... Really... None!
Finally, you sound so excited about your new direction in your research! Perhaps disappointing results are just the thing you needed in order to get you to think of your breakthrough!? I hope so!
Happy New Year!
I have to agree. You shouldn't feel guilty about not posting. Life is more important, after all!
Love the hat.
Does that mean I won't see you at this year's NaBloPoMo? C'mon, where's your OCD? Just kidding. Do what you need to do. Have a happy and productive New Year!
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