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Showing posts with label Monday Me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monday Me. Show all posts
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Monday Me
One of my good friends from grad school, Dallas, had an idea to start doing "Monday Me"- one day a week to blog interesting facts about herself, or do a meme. I keep this knitting blog fairly free of my day-to-day life and focused on the knitting (and crafts), but I thought maybe posting slightly more personal things wouldn't be such a terrible idea. If you've managed to find this blog, you either know me anyways, or you're already willing to subject yourself to a little bit of crazy Mikaiya talk. I'll post my Monday Me for today a bit later, I think.
I have very little knitting content for today, since I haven't taken photos of my most recent completed project (the Wisp stole), nor my two current works-in-progress. I'm still working away at Hanami- I'm pretty far into the basketweave section. I also started a new project with yarn I purchased at Knitch with Jamie's mother. It's Mountain Colors Bearfoot. I cast on during my flight back from New Year's at my sister's, and have been working on them as my main project since:
The color is so amazingly me- it's mostly a deep purple-ish magenta, but it has little hints of hot pink. I adore it! In the photo it looks significantly more subdued than the true colors in person, but I think it will photograph better in sock form. The pattern is a lot of fun, too. I chose to knit Friday Harbor from Nancy Bush's Knitting on the Road, and it's adorable. The cuff is reminiscent of the Broadripple sock, but with a twist, and I love the fact that the front of the sock is lacy and the back is ribbed to keep it nice and snug. I think the lace pattern isn't perhaps my favorite, but I can easily see myself knitting another pair much like these, with a more traditional arrow lace pattern. I'm halfway through the second repeat of the lace, which puts me a good bunch of inches into the first sock. I aim to finish them ASAP, because my feet have been very cold and I want more wool socks!
They're not so cold today, at least. We're supposed to hit a high around 65 this afternoon- what wacky weather for January. I'm not complaining! In my wool suit, I didn't even need a coat, and I somehow managed to lose my hosiery between home and work. I should probably stop into CVS and pick up some new hose, but maybe I'll just choose to be a 20something rebel for today, and stay bare-legged. I have almost three more years to use that excuse... when I hit 30, I'll have to come up with a new one.
Maybe I'm just a rebel in general. A mostly well-behaved, knows what cutlery to use when, sort of rebel. Maybe my Monday Me should be about that!
I have very little knitting content for today, since I haven't taken photos of my most recent completed project (the Wisp stole), nor my two current works-in-progress. I'm still working away at Hanami- I'm pretty far into the basketweave section. I also started a new project with yarn I purchased at Knitch with Jamie's mother. It's Mountain Colors Bearfoot. I cast on during my flight back from New Year's at my sister's, and have been working on them as my main project since:
The color is so amazingly me- it's mostly a deep purple-ish magenta, but it has little hints of hot pink. I adore it! In the photo it looks significantly more subdued than the true colors in person, but I think it will photograph better in sock form. The pattern is a lot of fun, too. I chose to knit Friday Harbor from Nancy Bush's Knitting on the Road, and it's adorable. The cuff is reminiscent of the Broadripple sock, but with a twist, and I love the fact that the front of the sock is lacy and the back is ribbed to keep it nice and snug. I think the lace pattern isn't perhaps my favorite, but I can easily see myself knitting another pair much like these, with a more traditional arrow lace pattern. I'm halfway through the second repeat of the lace, which puts me a good bunch of inches into the first sock. I aim to finish them ASAP, because my feet have been very cold and I want more wool socks!
They're not so cold today, at least. We're supposed to hit a high around 65 this afternoon- what wacky weather for January. I'm not complaining! In my wool suit, I didn't even need a coat, and I somehow managed to lose my hosiery between home and work. I should probably stop into CVS and pick up some new hose, but maybe I'll just choose to be a 20something rebel for today, and stay bare-legged. I have almost three more years to use that excuse... when I hit 30, I'll have to come up with a new one.
Maybe I'm just a rebel in general. A mostly well-behaved, knows what cutlery to use when, sort of rebel. Maybe my Monday Me should be about that!
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