As much as I like the Tarski layout, I needed a theme of my own to grace my site. Maybe I needed to see something different for a month or two, because I like my green layout again. I want to tweak it a little bit more, but tonight I am tired.
I will hopefully write more about my weekend tomorrow. I spent most of my time in a car in Kentucky, knitting my sock and looking at fabric. I had a good time.
Christmas stars, in March.
I’ve been quiet this week, mainly because I’ve been so tired after a day of work. Today’s been a good day, mainly because I’ve been able to relax, get a few things done, and take time to update Wordpress to the 2.5 release candidate. (Which I’m digging so far. I really like the new look of the admin interface.) I love weekends.
I finished the left side of Arisaig the other day. As I predicted, as soon as I finished the ribbing from hell, it took me maybe three days of casual knitting to get the top part done. The shaping on the top part of the left side differs slightly from the right; I decreased a little earlier on the left side than I did the right, but I don’t think it will be too noticeable. We’ll see what happens.
My biggest worry throughout this project is that this thing’s going to be way, way too small for me. I keep on forgetting that this is a lace project, knit on tiny needles; therefore, once I block the pieces, they’ll look a bit more normal in size.
This is what the lace pattern will look like once this is blocked.
I also finished my first Jaywalker sock a couple days ago. I met up with a new (to me) group of people in town on Wednesday and the sock flew off my needles as I sipped my hot chocolate and chatted with the new people I met. All in all, good times, and I’m halfway done with a cool looking pair of socks! It fit me perfectly as well, though due to the lack of stretch in the pattern, I had a difficult time putting the sock on and taking it off. Still, I’m looking forward to getting the second sock done.
Much to my dismay, we received a few inches of snow here yesterday and today. Even though I’ve lived in places that get considerable amounts of snowfall each winter, I still dislike it. I hate clearing off my car, driving in slush, and slipping on ice. I had hoped winter was over, but no. Not just yet. Hopefully now we won’t get much more snow, but knowing this area, we’ll have a blizzard in April. Winter, I’m so over you.
I spent the majority of this past weekend knitting one of the front panels of the Arisaig cardigan and watching Season 1 of Heroes, which I borrowed from a friend months ago. (Yes, Josh, I’m finally watching the series. Finally.) We didn’t do much this weekend, but we enjoyed ourselves and I felt pretty productive.
I’ve been working on Arisaig now for over a year. I started back in January 2007 after I bought soft purple yarn from WEBS when I visited my parents for Christmas. I love the pattern; I love the lace and I love the stretchiness of the fabric I’ve made. What I don’t love is knitting lots and lots of ribbing on size 1 US needles. Thankfully, finally, I finished all the ribbing on the last part that needs it last night, so hopefully the last panel and the two sleeves will go quickly. I want to finish this cardigan before spring is over.
Let me tell you a story. Last week, somehow, one of my cats managed to tangle my yarn around my computer chair arm. Not on it, or under it; around it. I still don’t understand. It took me all day to untangle, wind, and rewind the ball to look halfway useable, and now I’ve learned my lesson. No leaving knitting projects on my desk.
Speaking of computers, I went ahead and bought a laptop this past weekend. I’ve been talking about it for the past few months, and we set aside some money and took the plunge. I’ll be able to finish my novel, surf the internet in other rooms besides this one, and bring it with me wherever I go. I can’t wait for it to come in.
On Sunday, Scott and I went to a new restaurant a few miles from our house. We’ve passed it on the street many times; a nice, new looking, green and red stripey building with tinted windows, outdoor deck area surrounded by a black wrought iron fence, and plenty of parking illuminated by decorative lights around the perimeter. As we sat down, we looked at our paper menus with football themed titles for the sections (’first down’ was appetizers, etc) and glanced at the shiny new flat screen TVs broadcasting the Florida - Kentucky basketball game, musing that this place must be a sports bar.
Until we heard the first few strains of “Keep on Loving You” by REO Speedwagon over the loudspeakers and glanced at the ‘Live - Laugh - Love’ and ‘Home is where the journey begins’ framed pictures on the rust colored walls which would have looked more in place at my mother’s house. We couldn’t stifle our laughter. We were so confused as to how this place wanted to present itself as a restaurant. A mid-end family eatery? A down home, local sports bar? We couldn’t tell, but we enjoyed ourselves. I ordered chicken fingers with honey mustard sauce and topped it off with a raspberry cheesecake, and didn’t end up eating dinner that night, I was so full. We definitely enjoyed ourselves.
This morning, I woke up groggy and devoid of sleep, wishing I could go back to bed. Today, at 7:30, watching the setting sun, I decided I didn’t mind the coming of Daylight Saving Time.
