More soon...Piggy's into her fourth drinky-poo. Also, there's a tofurkey-like product in the oven I must attend to. But I'll have a bit of a doozy of a gift-knitting tale. Seriously, you won't believe it.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you the very best for Christmas (or just for Friday, if that's the way you roll) -- family, friends, food, peace, harmony, the whole shebang.
More soon...Piggy's into her fourth drinky-poo. Also, there's a tofurkey-like product in the oven I must attend to. But I'll have a bit of a doozy of a gift-knitting tale. Seriously, you won't believe it.
More soon...Piggy's into her fourth drinky-poo. Also, there's a tofurkey-like product in the oven I must attend to. But I'll have a bit of a doozy of a gift-knitting tale. Seriously, you won't believe it.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Piggy goes BIG (and saves her bacon!)
I just got in from a nice, low-key Christmas party given by old family friends up the Sunshine Coast a bit from my mum's. A few hours before leaving for the get-together, I remembered I'd promised one of the hosts something handmade (by my hands!) by the end of the year in that facebook thingy that was going around months and months ago.
Ooops.
(That wasn't actually the word that came out of Piggy's mouth. But you get the idea.)
So, what's a pre-process knitter (particularly one who doesn't knit quickly once she's finally decided what to knit) to do when faced with this type of emergency? There is really only one possible answer: Super. Bulky. Yarn.
Not chunky, not bulky. SUPER BULKY.
In my (admittedly rather limited) experience, I've encountered some disdain directed at super bulky yarns by some knitters. I get the sense they think "real" knitters don't use them, and those who do are somehow cheating.
Well, piglets, after today's near-disaster, I say bollocks to that. I may be a bit of a yarn snob, but I have officially embraced super bulky yarn. And I urge you -- particularly my fellow pre-process knitters -- to do the same.
I don't have a lot of the stuff in my stash. In fact, this morning I had only four balls of it. Which (providentially?) I picked up just yesterday at Dressew*. Four balls of the discontinued (I assume) Rowan Ribbon Twist. I didn't really like it, but I figured at $1.99 a ball, what could I lose?
(This is how crazy I am with yarn sales: I'll buy just about anything that is heavily discounted, even if I don't like it. This is where two of the balls of Noro in that scarf came from -- the 50% off bin.)
So this afternoon, just before heading to the ferry for Gibsons, I made a frantic search of Ravelry, and picked a pattern that sounded too good to be true: the Instant Gratification Scarf.
And after about 75 minutes of actual knitting time, I was weaving in the ends.
Apologies for the craptastic photo. No time to wait for decent light. The close-up is maybe a wee bit clearer?
Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Project Details
Pattern: Instant Gratification Scarf, by Cyn of Half-Assed Patterns
Yarn: Rowan Ribbon Twist, 1 skein, Rapid colourway
Needles: 9 mm/US 13 Clover Daisy straights (thanks for the loan, Mum!)
Notes: I cast on nine stitches. Final dimensions: approximately 4.5 x 55 inches. Unfortunately, I brought two mismatched skeins with me; I'd prefer a slightly longer scarf. But it is definitely serviceable as-is.
Now, I'm not saying this is the most beautiful pattern ever, but I think using a nicer yarn would yield something quite lovely. And it's certainly a gift-knitting-emergency lifesaver.
I see more of these in my future.
*For non-Vancouverites, Dressew (no website) is an amazing shop filled with fabric, notions, and a usually small selection of yarn. 100% acrylic yarn, mostly of the furry/eyelashy/ribbon variety. Every skein, no matter the brand or size, is always $1.99. But last week, they got in a big shipment of nicer stuff, mostly from the (now defunct) Nashua Handknits. All at the usual price. Piggy was uncharacteristically slow about making the pilgrimage, yet managed to come away with 21 skeins.
Ooops.
(That wasn't actually the word that came out of Piggy's mouth. But you get the idea.)
So, what's a pre-process knitter (particularly one who doesn't knit quickly once she's finally decided what to knit) to do when faced with this type of emergency? There is really only one possible answer: Super. Bulky. Yarn.
Not chunky, not bulky. SUPER BULKY.
In my (admittedly rather limited) experience, I've encountered some disdain directed at super bulky yarns by some knitters. I get the sense they think "real" knitters don't use them, and those who do are somehow cheating.
Well, piglets, after today's near-disaster, I say bollocks to that. I may be a bit of a yarn snob, but I have officially embraced super bulky yarn. And I urge you -- particularly my fellow pre-process knitters -- to do the same.
I don't have a lot of the stuff in my stash. In fact, this morning I had only four balls of it. Which (providentially?) I picked up just yesterday at Dressew*. Four balls of the discontinued (I assume) Rowan Ribbon Twist. I didn't really like it, but I figured at $1.99 a ball, what could I lose?
(This is how crazy I am with yarn sales: I'll buy just about anything that is heavily discounted, even if I don't like it. This is where two of the balls of Noro in that scarf came from -- the 50% off bin.)
So this afternoon, just before heading to the ferry for Gibsons, I made a frantic search of Ravelry, and picked a pattern that sounded too good to be true: the Instant Gratification Scarf.
And after about 75 minutes of actual knitting time, I was weaving in the ends.
Apologies for the craptastic photo. No time to wait for decent light. The close-up is maybe a wee bit clearer?
Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Project Details
Pattern: Instant Gratification Scarf, by Cyn of Half-Assed Patterns
Yarn: Rowan Ribbon Twist, 1 skein, Rapid colourway
Needles: 9 mm/US 13 Clover Daisy straights (thanks for the loan, Mum!)
Notes: I cast on nine stitches. Final dimensions: approximately 4.5 x 55 inches. Unfortunately, I brought two mismatched skeins with me; I'd prefer a slightly longer scarf. But it is definitely serviceable as-is.
Now, I'm not saying this is the most beautiful pattern ever, but I think using a nicer yarn would yield something quite lovely. And it's certainly a gift-knitting-emergency lifesaver.
I see more of these in my future.
*For non-Vancouverites, Dressew (no website) is an amazing shop filled with fabric, notions, and a usually small selection of yarn. 100% acrylic yarn, mostly of the furry/eyelashy/ribbon variety. Every skein, no matter the brand or size, is always $1.99. But last week, they got in a big shipment of nicer stuff, mostly from the (now defunct) Nashua Handknits. All at the usual price. Piggy was uncharacteristically slow about making the pilgrimage, yet managed to come away with 21 skeins.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Piggy knits with the greats
Pardon me for sounding boastful. But it's not often one works with some of the biggest names in knitting. We're talking the Yarn Harlot. Cat Bordhi. Lucy Neatby. We're talking Barbara freakin' Walker, my friends.
Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, how does this nobody, this pre-process knitter who can't master feather and fan lace, for Pete's sake, get to work on a project with these (and more!) knitting celebrities?
Well, by knitting a bit on this baby:
Yep. It's lacy (does not compute!). It's white. It's not-so-affectionately known to me and a few of my yarnies as "The Raisin". Let me give you a better look:
It is the white thing I usually refuse to refer to by its real name. It is, in fact, my friend Meg's...wedding veil.
I may need a drink after typing that. The whole idea of this project just makes me shudder in fear. It's a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. Hence the code word the Thursday night yarnies came up with one night.
Meg knows about my fear of The Raisin. On the few occasions she's brought it to knit night, my knitting is even worse than usual. I am a quivering mass of fear in its presence.
This does not mean I'm not supportive of Meg's work on The Raisin, however. I'm always encouraging her to get the bloody thing done, already. Further to that goal, I suggested she bring The Raisin to Sock Summit with her. And ask the knitterati to knit a few stitches on it.*
So she did. And so did they. Lots of 'em: Meg Swanson, Tina Newton, Anne Hanson, Jess & Mary-Heather from Ravelry...the list goes on.
And on Thursday, when I arrived (late) to knit night, Meg ambushed me. And made me knit about 27 billion -- ok, ok, it was about 12, but it felt like 27 billion -- stitches on it. The others at the table had already done their bit, and I hadn't even taken my own knitting out, so I had no choice.
So I joined the ranks of the living legends of knitting. And managed to live to tell about it. Not in too much detail, though...it was all a blur of trembling hands and hyperventilation.
Which is too bad, because it's extremely unlikely to happen ever again. :o)
* Meg probably thought about this as well, but since I broached the idea in public, I'm taking the credit. So there.
Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, how does this nobody, this pre-process knitter who can't master feather and fan lace, for Pete's sake, get to work on a project with these (and more!) knitting celebrities?
Well, by knitting a bit on this baby:
Yep. It's lacy (does not compute!). It's white. It's not-so-affectionately known to me and a few of my yarnies as "The Raisin". Let me give you a better look:
It is the white thing I usually refuse to refer to by its real name. It is, in fact, my friend Meg's...wedding veil.
I may need a drink after typing that. The whole idea of this project just makes me shudder in fear. It's a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. Hence the code word the Thursday night yarnies came up with one night.
Meg knows about my fear of The Raisin. On the few occasions she's brought it to knit night, my knitting is even worse than usual. I am a quivering mass of fear in its presence.
This does not mean I'm not supportive of Meg's work on The Raisin, however. I'm always encouraging her to get the bloody thing done, already. Further to that goal, I suggested she bring The Raisin to Sock Summit with her. And ask the knitterati to knit a few stitches on it.*
So she did. And so did they. Lots of 'em: Meg Swanson, Tina Newton, Anne Hanson, Jess & Mary-Heather from Ravelry...the list goes on.
And on Thursday, when I arrived (late) to knit night, Meg ambushed me. And made me knit about 27 billion -- ok, ok, it was about 12, but it felt like 27 billion -- stitches on it. The others at the table had already done their bit, and I hadn't even taken my own knitting out, so I had no choice.
So I joined the ranks of the living legends of knitting. And managed to live to tell about it. Not in too much detail, though...it was all a blur of trembling hands and hyperventilation.
Which is too bad, because it's extremely unlikely to happen ever again. :o)
* Meg probably thought about this as well, but since I broached the idea in public, I'm taking the credit. So there.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Barking up the right tree
As I'm sure anyone who knows me at all guessed, that list of Piggy's Christmas knitting was pure fantasy. That said, I am, against my better judgment, doing some gift knitting again this year.
Today I'm working on a neckwarmer for my second cousin (or first cousin once removed? I can never remember...anyway, she's my mum's first cousin). I'm hoping she'll get more wear out of it than she did last year's offering. Which is, to say, any use at all.
Just a few weeks ago my mother informed me my cousin had re-gifted the cowl (which, I feel it is important to mention, was made of Malabrigo) to someone I've never heard of. Apparently, my cousin has an unusually large noggin, over which the cowl would not pass. I don't think I will comment further, except to say that Piggy's head is not of the petite variety, and it offered scant resistance to said Malabrigo cowl.
So this year, I've decided to go with a button-up neckwarmer instead. Also in Malabrigo (Piggy likes to think of herself as the sort of person who gives people second chances).
It's the start of a Fourteen. Except it's really an Eighteen, as I cast on four extra stitches.
This is going to be a wonderfully soft, squishy little number, thanks to the combination of Malabrigo goodness and the brioche rib.
I've decided to go with the brk (a.k.a. bark) stitch method for brioche -- yfwd,k1 slip 1, k2tog, repeat -- rather than the k1, k1 into stitch below method prescribed by the pattern, both because I'm still not sure I understand the latter, and because I just learned the former last week, on a MalTravelers scarf.
If you've never knit the brioche stitch, let me give you a tip: it takes several rows for the pattern to show up properly. Don't be like Piggy and frog two or three rows over and over again. :o)
Today I'm working on a neckwarmer for my second cousin (or first cousin once removed? I can never remember...anyway, she's my mum's first cousin). I'm hoping she'll get more wear out of it than she did last year's offering. Which is, to say, any use at all.
Just a few weeks ago my mother informed me my cousin had re-gifted the cowl (which, I feel it is important to mention, was made of Malabrigo) to someone I've never heard of. Apparently, my cousin has an unusually large noggin, over which the cowl would not pass. I don't think I will comment further, except to say that Piggy's head is not of the petite variety, and it offered scant resistance to said Malabrigo cowl.
So this year, I've decided to go with a button-up neckwarmer instead. Also in Malabrigo (Piggy likes to think of herself as the sort of person who gives people second chances).
It's the start of a Fourteen. Except it's really an Eighteen, as I cast on four extra stitches.
This is going to be a wonderfully soft, squishy little number, thanks to the combination of Malabrigo goodness and the brioche rib.
I've decided to go with the brk (a.k.a. bark) stitch method for brioche -- yfwd,
If you've never knit the brioche stitch, let me give you a tip: it takes several rows for the pattern to show up properly. Don't be like Piggy and frog two or three rows over and over again. :o)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I am not, never have been, and never will be a Noro Whoro
...but at least now I can claim some degree of authority when I tease all those of you who are.
I cast off and wove in the ends of the "I can't believe I'm knitting with Noro" scarf more than a week ago, but I didn't get around to giving it a good soak in lavender-scented Eucalan until Monday. So I didn't have any photos to post until today.
So here it is, piglets:
Project Details:
Pattern: The Noro Slip Stitch Stripe Scarf, by Renee (non-Ravelers, go here)
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Chunky, two skeins each of colourways 3 and 11
Needles: 6.5 mm/US 10 1/2 Crystal Palace Daisy circulars, 40 cm/16 in
Modifications: The pattern calls for Noro Matsuri, a DK weight yarn, knit on 4 mm/US 6 needles; as I was using a chunky yarn, I reduced the number of stitches cast on to 24 on larger needles.
Overall, I'm quite happy with the results. I have nothing negative to say about the pattern; it's very simple and repetitive, yet I found it far less tedious to knit than the "original" Noro Whoro/K1P1 Virus scarf. I would definitely use it again with a softer yarn that offered Noro-like long colour repeats.
As for the Noro...Well, I'll be honest: the experience wasn't quite as awful as I'd expected it would be. I was pleasantly surprised to come across just two knots in the four balls I used (I couldn't be bothered to perform surgery on them, and just knitted the knots in; I defy anyone to find them). And while there was that one piece of "vegetable matter" that practically drew blood, there wasn't too much additional fibre in my fibre.
But -- you knew there had to be a but, and it's a big one -- while it was o.k. to knit with, I find the resulting fabric -- even after a long soak -- too itchy too wear against my neck.
So, the scarf is going to a new home, with the Queen of the Noro Whoros herself.
And now excuse me while I dive into my stash of Malabrigo.
I cast off and wove in the ends of the "I can't believe I'm knitting with Noro" scarf more than a week ago, but I didn't get around to giving it a good soak in lavender-scented Eucalan until Monday. So I didn't have any photos to post until today.
So here it is, piglets:
Project Details:
Pattern: The Noro Slip Stitch Stripe Scarf, by Renee (non-Ravelers, go here)
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Chunky, two skeins each of colourways 3 and 11
Needles: 6.5 mm/US 10 1/2 Crystal Palace Daisy circulars, 40 cm/16 in
Modifications: The pattern calls for Noro Matsuri, a DK weight yarn, knit on 4 mm/US 6 needles; as I was using a chunky yarn, I reduced the number of stitches cast on to 24 on larger needles.
Overall, I'm quite happy with the results. I have nothing negative to say about the pattern; it's very simple and repetitive, yet I found it far less tedious to knit than the "original" Noro Whoro/K1P1 Virus scarf. I would definitely use it again with a softer yarn that offered Noro-like long colour repeats.
As for the Noro...Well, I'll be honest: the experience wasn't quite as awful as I'd expected it would be. I was pleasantly surprised to come across just two knots in the four balls I used (I couldn't be bothered to perform surgery on them, and just knitted the knots in; I defy anyone to find them). And while there was that one piece of "vegetable matter" that practically drew blood, there wasn't too much additional fibre in my fibre.
But -- you knew there had to be a but, and it's a big one -- while it was o.k. to knit with, I find the resulting fabric -- even after a long soak -- too itchy too wear against my neck.
So, the scarf is going to a new home, with the Queen of the Noro Whoros herself.
And now excuse me while I dive into my stash of Malabrigo.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Piggy Needs a Little Christmas*
Because I'm rather Grinchy this morning. Yes, it's afternoon to most everyone else in Vancouver, but to me it's morning.
I stayed up all night stalking the Wollmeise shop for updates. Grab bag updates, to be precise. Did I listen to the sage advice from veteran WM stalkers, who told me these updates usually occur late afternoon, German time? No.
What did I do instead? Well, I stayed up, determined to be victorious when the shop was updated a little earlier. Until I fell asleep. About half an hour (judging from my forensic study of the Wollmeiseholics Anonymous group's update thread) before the yarny goodness hit the shelves, I fell asleep.
In a rather awkward position, posture-wise.
So I woke up just a hair before noon, with a twisted neck and dangerously low blood caffeine levels. And no new Wollmeise. (Never mind the fact I need more yarn like I need another hole in my head.)
Plus: there's no snow on the ground. I was expecting snow. I was looking forward to it. Yes, it will be a pain, because Vancouverites, for the most part, are hopeless with dealing with snowfall if it isn't atop a ski hill. But darn it, I love snow at Christmastime.
And double-plus: I managed to get zero Christmas knitting done yesterday (but don't worry, yesterday's list was pure fantasy -- even Piggy isn't that insanely ambitious). Piggy needs to pull up her store-bought socks and get cracking.
And festive.
So, I leave you with a picture of the very wee (three feet, but actually shorter, since I have to bend the top branch in half to make it fit) Christmas tree I put up last week.
* Bonus points (and maybe a wee prize) for the first person to tell me where today's title comes from. The original performer. No googling!
I stayed up all night stalking the Wollmeise shop for updates. Grab bag updates, to be precise. Did I listen to the sage advice from veteran WM stalkers, who told me these updates usually occur late afternoon, German time? No.
What did I do instead? Well, I stayed up, determined to be victorious when the shop was updated a little earlier. Until I fell asleep. About half an hour (judging from my forensic study of the Wollmeiseholics Anonymous group's update thread) before the yarny goodness hit the shelves, I fell asleep.
In a rather awkward position, posture-wise.
So I woke up just a hair before noon, with a twisted neck and dangerously low blood caffeine levels. And no new Wollmeise. (Never mind the fact I need more yarn like I need another hole in my head.)
Plus: there's no snow on the ground. I was expecting snow. I was looking forward to it. Yes, it will be a pain, because Vancouverites, for the most part, are hopeless with dealing with snowfall if it isn't atop a ski hill. But darn it, I love snow at Christmastime.
And double-plus: I managed to get zero Christmas knitting done yesterday (but don't worry, yesterday's list was pure fantasy -- even Piggy isn't that insanely ambitious). Piggy needs to pull up her store-bought socks and get cracking.
And festive.
So, I leave you with a picture of the very wee (three feet, but actually shorter, since I have to bend the top branch in half to make it fit) Christmas tree I put up last week.
* Bonus points (and maybe a wee prize) for the first person to tell me where today's title comes from. The original performer. No googling!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Piggy's Christmas deadline singalong
Time for a wee break from the holiday knitting (or, if you're a pre-process knitter, from your holiday knit planning). It'll only take a minute, you know the tune.
In the twelve days 'fore Christmas, yarnpiggy must complete:
Twelve tasseled bookmarks
Eleven coffee cozies
Ten woolly soap sacks
Nine golf club covers
Eight Silky mittens
Seven sets of coasters
Six tuques with cables
Five lace smoke rings
Four so-called scarves
Three French bags
Two turtle toys
and a blanket for a car seat.
So...how's your list coming? Almost done? Just starting? Or are you that most clever of beasts, the selfish knitter?
In the twelve days 'fore Christmas, yarnpiggy must complete:
Twelve tasseled bookmarks
Eleven coffee cozies
Ten woolly soap sacks
Nine golf club covers
Eight Silky mittens
Seven sets of coasters
Six tuques with cables
Five lace smoke rings
Four so-called scarves
Three French bags
Two turtle toys
and a blanket for a car seat.
So...how's your list coming? Almost done? Just starting? Or are you that most clever of beasts, the selfish knitter?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Piggy Strikes it Rich
No, not in the massive-lottery-win/marriage-proposal-from-octogenarian-billionaire-with-dodgy-ticker-but-no-dependents/call-from-lawyer-of-a-hitherto-unknown-but-grotesquely-wealthy-distant-relative-relating-news-of-massive-bequest-in-will sense. But almost as good.
Piggy was spoiled at the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers' "Festivus Miracle Swap" dinner last weekend. In both the material sense and the less tangible but more important holiday spirit sense.
Eighteen of us gathered at Steamworks to eat, drink and be merry (and then drink some more). We attracted a fair amount of attention, particularly after dinner, when the knitting came out.
There was lots more fun going on along the looooong table, but Piggy was rooted to her seat, and didn't get any half-way decent shots. :o(
I did, however, manage to snap a passable shot of my take of the swap's spoils the next day.
I was thoroughly spoiled by nellum! A gorgeous cowl in heavenly soft Malabrigo Sock (Velvet Grapes colourway); a super-cute notebook with kawaii piggies on the cover; a nommable bar of dark chocolate with chili; and some gorgeous Sweet Libertine mineral eyeshadow, in a lovely shade to match the cowl:
All the purple (one of Piggy's favourite colours) was especially thoughtful, since it is the one colour nellum LOATHES.
As for my spoilee...well, I managed to get my knitted item done and wrapped in time for the party. I made a krtek scarf/neckwarmer, in Malabrigo Chunky. Unfortunately, I completed it with really no time to spare, so I wasn't able to take any pictures. But my spoilee, the fabulous wenchlette, came to the rescue a let me use this one of hers:
I want one myself, now.
It was a really fun night. I hope we do it again next year.
Piggy was spoiled at the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers' "Festivus Miracle Swap" dinner last weekend. In both the material sense and the less tangible but more important holiday spirit sense.
Eighteen of us gathered at Steamworks to eat, drink and be merry (and then drink some more). We attracted a fair amount of attention, particularly after dinner, when the knitting came out.
There was lots more fun going on along the looooong table, but Piggy was rooted to her seat, and didn't get any half-way decent shots. :o(
I did, however, manage to snap a passable shot of my take of the swap's spoils the next day.
I was thoroughly spoiled by nellum! A gorgeous cowl in heavenly soft Malabrigo Sock (Velvet Grapes colourway); a super-cute notebook with kawaii piggies on the cover; a nommable bar of dark chocolate with chili; and some gorgeous Sweet Libertine mineral eyeshadow, in a lovely shade to match the cowl:
All the purple (one of Piggy's favourite colours) was especially thoughtful, since it is the one colour nellum LOATHES.
As for my spoilee...well, I managed to get my knitted item done and wrapped in time for the party. I made a krtek scarf/neckwarmer, in Malabrigo Chunky. Unfortunately, I completed it with really no time to spare, so I wasn't able to take any pictures. But my spoilee, the fabulous wenchlette, came to the rescue a let me use this one of hers:
I want one myself, now.
It was a really fun night. I hope we do it again next year.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
When will I ever learn?
Right now it's 2:45 in the morning, and Piggy really should be in bed. Well, actually I am; but I'm wide awake and typing this post, when I should be getting some much-needed beauty sleep (hibernation's more like it, in my case) in preparation for tomorrow's "Festivus Miracle" gift swap dinner (read, night of debauchery with 17 of the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers' finest).
My secret spoilee's knitted prezzie is not finished. I have run out of yarn. I am kicking myself for procrastinating on this for so long.
So tomorrow morning, I'll be off to Three Bags Full to buy a third skein of yarn. I won't need very much of it, and I'll be able to finish it on time (providing I manage not to sleep through my alarm!), so it's hardly the end of the world. But I'm pretty angry with myself.
The really frustrating thing: even with my epic procrastination, I could have easily avoided this whole problem by choosing the pattern's Option 1. I even told myself this earlier tonight. "You should stop here, it will totally work, and I don't think there's enough yarn for Option 2."
But I kept going, uncharacteristically optimistic there was enough yarn.
Sigh.
My secret spoilee's knitted prezzie is not finished. I have run out of yarn. I am kicking myself for procrastinating on this for so long.
So tomorrow morning, I'll be off to Three Bags Full to buy a third skein of yarn. I won't need very much of it, and I'll be able to finish it on time (providing I manage not to sleep through my alarm!), so it's hardly the end of the world. But I'm pretty angry with myself.
The really frustrating thing: even with my epic procrastination, I could have easily avoided this whole problem by choosing the pattern's Option 1. I even told myself this earlier tonight. "You should stop here, it will totally work, and I don't think there's enough yarn for Option 2."
But I kept going, uncharacteristically optimistic there was enough yarn.
Sigh.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
It's Christmastime
And soon, Bodhi Day (December 8), Chanukah (starting December 12), Muharram (December 18), Yule (December 21), Kwanzaa (starting December 26) and Gahambar Maidyarem time, (December 31) too.
Yep, it's official: 'tis the December holiday season. I know you were waiting for Piggy's formal go-ahead on this, and I appreciate your patience. ;o)
As I've mentioned before, I'm a firm believer in not starting the holiday season too early. But to be fair, Christmastime technically started on Sunday (or, if you follow the Eastern Orthodox faith, way back on November 15) which officially marked the start of advent.
But as just about anyone who grew up in the Christian tradition knows, advent calendars start on December first.
And the good folks at Garnstudio & Drops Design have, once again, brought knitters and crocheters the world over a special Christmas calendar, with a new holiday-themed pattern behind each door.
And, unlike the advent calendars stuck to the fridge/sitting on the table/taped to the wall, you can't cheat and open up all the windows ahead of time. You'll just have to be patient and visit the site each day. No peeking!
Yep, it's official: 'tis the December holiday season. I know you were waiting for Piggy's formal go-ahead on this, and I appreciate your patience. ;o)
As I've mentioned before, I'm a firm believer in not starting the holiday season too early. But to be fair, Christmastime technically started on Sunday (or, if you follow the Eastern Orthodox faith, way back on November 15) which officially marked the start of advent.
But as just about anyone who grew up in the Christian tradition knows, advent calendars start on December first.
And the good folks at Garnstudio & Drops Design have, once again, brought knitters and crocheters the world over a special Christmas calendar, with a new holiday-themed pattern behind each door.
And, unlike the advent calendars stuck to the fridge/sitting on the table/taped to the wall, you can't cheat and open up all the windows ahead of time. You'll just have to be patient and visit the site each day. No peeking!
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