Central park hoodie... (or what have I gotten myself into)

Well... after fits and starts, and more fits and starts I have a decent beginning (for me anyway) on the sweater... The pattern called for 4 inches of ribbing... being one to 'tweek' patterns, I've done 3 1/2 inches... and I have about 3 1/2 inches of the cable patterning... I'm usually not one for doing sweaters... I've knitted 2 others... but I get bored with the knitting after a time and it becomes drudgery... when will it ever end?????? Something that I am liking about this pattern is that there is cable work... and I have to keep track of where I am in the cable pattern...

on the needle part the 2nd...

I had to take a break in knitting the sweater... so that I could finish the slipper sox... they came out great... and my building mate made all the appropriate ooooooohs and ahhhhhhhhs... :-)

They are made from Lionbrand woolease, worsted weight... I cast on 40 stitches on size 8 dpn's.

The thing that I like about woolease... its washable... throw it in the washer... in the dryer... put them back on!!!

Knitting On

Well... its been a while... after working at Northern, I pretty much put down the needles... the hooks, and the spindles... pretty much just didn't want to do anything... I did go to Riverside Artwalk in November, and spent a few hours demonstrating spinning with a friend... but other than that... zip... until Dec. 8th...

I had a guild meeting for a group that does the Riverside Dickens Fair and decided to take some yarn with me... just because... and started these fingerless gloves... in a golden brown... and then finished them the next day at a non-guild meeting / brunch...

When I started knitting on the gloves I again realized how much I like to knit... an have spent the last several days finding patterns for things like scarves based on Orenberg patterns sweaters... more gloves... socks, socks and more socks...

On the needles currently are...

a pair of slipper socks for my building mate her part of the office is always cold... has tile flooring, and no rugs...

a cardigan style sweater from interweaveknits, the Central Park Hoodie (go to project 13)

and various other surprised for the Adult child who is moving to Michigan next month!

Local Yarn Shoppe...

For the past 5 weekends I've been working up at Northern Faire... at my own Local Yarn Shop... selling yarn, drop spindles, knitting needles and fiber for spinning... The yarns and fiber that I've been selling are from Royalehare.This is the last weekend for faire, and sales... and its been grand fun, but I don't think I am going to give up my day job for it... However, I think that I will be up for doing it again at the Southern Faire!

Friends

I have incredible friends...

I have awesome friends...

I have ... friends.

Some time back one of my friends bought new bicycles... she had an 'older' 18 speed mountain style bike... 'hey Margie, I have this bike that I'm not going to use... it has a slow leak but...

Monday I heard thru the grapevine that the transit system I use on a daily basis may be going on strike... I can understand why the drivers want to strike... I went to my friend and said... If the offer still stands for the bike, I'll take it... we got some stop leak stuff, pumped the tires... and rode the bike to work yesterday morning... almost 8 miles... in an hour... good exercise!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday morning I also got a call from another friend of mine... "I can't take both cars, and I have been blessed beyond measure... I want to pass on the blessings... would you take the volvo... I now have a 1988 volvo wagon I am blessed... beyond measure!

New Pix!!!

I've been learning more and more about my camera... the endish of December, beginning of January, I bought myself a Canon a540 digital camera... which goes with me most everywhere... some of my pix can be seen here...

Life has been life... good, bad, up, down... I'm working at Northern Renaissance Faire again and info for it can be found at this site.

Knitting projects... Lots and lots of socks have been done, including a pair for one of my guild mistresses... I had avoided doing much of anything for her as lots of folks will 'do' for her in the hopes of being 'noticed... and gaining favor... ' I had found some yarn from royalehare that looked like something that she would like... and asked her if I could make some socks for her... she said yes... and was happy to get the socks!

I'm still working at the scale... and am feeling very comfortable with the job that I do... and 'o.k.' with my 'anal-ness' as far as things being 'right'...

The Arch Angel

www.okcupid.com/tests/take

You scored 25 alien-ness, 65 mythical-ness, 42 angelic-ness, and 34 regal-ness!

Arch Angel, there are few who will make it to this catagory. As an Arch Angel you had the power to create and destroy anything anywhere in the universe, you answered prayers, took lives, brought the sun or the rain. It's a bit of a come down to be on the earth in human form. Why are you here? Is is to prove yourself after some disobedience or to accomplish some great and serious mission? You need to figure that out. At your best you were just, gentle, wise and majestic. At your worst you were arrogant, biased, destructive and oblivious. With love your fellow man and animal alike you can achieve miraculous things this lifetime. You just have tofgure out exactly what!

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on alien-ness

You scored higher than 99% on mythical-ness

You scored higher than 99% on angelic-ness

You scored higher than 99% on regal-ness

Back in December I bought myself a digital camera... and I've been having lots and lots of fun using it...

Here is a link to the pix... I'll be adding more albums as time goes...

pix

Musings

Well...

It has been a while!!!

Lets see...

Faire started and I turned 55 in April... so far its be a grand faire... I am not "working" working... at faire... I 'work' with my guild... but this year ... for the first time in many years I am not working at a job job there! The only thing that I "have" to do is guild stuff... like sitting with my spinning wheel... or my Inkle Loom... or... walking in a parade!!!

Other things in my life...

I was gifted a gift that left me blathering... a friend gave me a Celtic lap harp... 25 strings... I can play... Mary had a little lamb... but have aspirations to play more...

May 2nd was my 1 year 'jobiversary' (as my daughter put it)... I made a year here at the scale... and I still am liking the job... its great 95% of the time... yes I have the drivers who I wonder how they got their liscenses... (can they read at all... can they see the exit sign... ) and the ones who getting information from them is interesting at best... but... I'm not dreading coming to work which is an important factor in any job!

Today... I had an aha moment! Being an obsessive knitter I tend to knit things that catch my eye... but... I've avoided toe-up socks, as I didn't want to do the heels... and tube socks just aren't my thing!! However... today in reading Wendy knits she had a link for a pair of socks that are done toe-up... and I could 'see' how it was done!!!

Your Life Path Number is 8

Your purpose in life is to help others succeed You are both a natural leader and a natural success. You are also a great judge of character. You have a head for business and finance. You know how to make money. A great visionary, you can see gold where other people see nothing. In love, you are very generous - with gifts, time, and guidance. You love to inspire people, but it can be frustrating when they don't understand your vision. Great success comes easily for you. But so does great failure, as you are very reckless. You are confident, and sometimes this confidence borders on arrogance.

What Is Your Life Path Number?

projects...

In February, I participated at the Dickens Festival, in Riverside, CA... a friend of mine had some beautiful bright yarn that she called "Rose Garden" that she had spun and dyed... I saw the yarn, and saw a pair of socks... These are the socks!! They were great fun to do, and I had several friends watching the progress as they 'grew'...

My next projects are...
a) a pair of gloves in handspun Merino, and
b) finishing a pair of California Mutant Red, and
c) a pair of socks from this pattern... probably in a burgandy (but I'm not sure yet...)

Work has been... work... I am still loving the job, after 10 1/2 months, and for the most part (97% of the time) it is great!

I am also gearing up for Faire this year again at Irwindale... We open April 7th at Santa Fe Dam... I will be demonstrating spinning with my guild, St. Cuthberts, and playing some with the mongers... I'm going to be the garlic lady...

Mercury

is in Retrograde....

And then some...
This week...

I had a driver decide to tell another driver that he needed to move... (instead of letting me deal with either having him move / or having him go ahead of the 1st driver...)

I have had a driver tell me that his container was full, then empty, and that he was going to Ft. Bragg, Calif... then no, to Ft. Bragg NC... 3 voided tix later...

I have gotten the...

are you sure you can do that...

are you sure about your scale...

are you sure that you know what you are doing ...

Yes I am sure that I can do that,

Yes my scale is correct,
yes you are overweight,
yes you need to remember ...

MY SCALE... MY RULES.

I have to remember that with Mercury in retrograde...

Mercury rules over the mind's processes, studying, communication, businesses, travels and the like. When Mercury reverses its direction, all these areas are affected as well...

Is it time to go home yet!?!

Anniversary!

Nine months ago the 2nd, I was hired at the scale... its been an interesting 9 months...

With other jobs, after a few months I have wondered... when are they going to wake up and realize what a huge mistake it was to hire me... with this job, I don't say that ... I say... I am so glad that they hired me because I AM an asset here!

Strange weather

here in So. Calif...

Friday morning... it snowed... in Colton where I work... it snowed... it wasn't cold enough where I work for the snow to stick, but there were fattyfat flakes, big fluffy fattyfat flakes... and from what I hear the snow leval was down to 1000 feet... by noon the snow had melted on the hill that is close to my work... (the picture was taken at work, of the hill...) and saturday dawned crisp, cold ... COLD... COLDER THAN COLD... and the winds were kicking up again... sigh... but then I could be in Denver...

A new year...

The ending of 2006...

I went to see a friend of mine in Long Beach CA, to see if
a) he would invite me in or...
b) he would shut the door in my face...

He had been extremely depressed for many months, and didn't let any one into his life at all... and I finally said... either he lets me into the house, or he shuts the door... but he has to make the decision... and went to the house... (we had a wonderful 3 hours)

I also went to another friends for the weekend, spent Saturday evening, Sunday day and evening, and Monday with him... we went and had Sushi early Sunday evening, then went to a party with his room-mate, and friends... and welcomed in the new year... not watching the ball drop on t.v.

beginning of 2007...

We went to see Eragon... Interesting movie... I need to read the book tho... I have a feeling that allot was left out! And we went to see Night at the Museum... excellent (in my Opinion) movie!

And I started yet another pair of socks, these are toe-up, knitted with some California Red yarn that that 'J' had given me... It is a courser wool, reminds me almost of Dorset, or Karakul definitely not the merino that I have been working with from royalehare.com, but it is nice... and finished sock one of some socks started with Windsor Denim Chocolate I'll post pix 'later'