3 project update

Hourglass: So can we all say "Boring!"? But I continue on with this one. I tried it on and much to my surprise, it fits pretty darn well. Yeah!!! The yarn is lovely and once washed will be much more soft. It is in waiting for a few more days because I am waiting for my delivery of size 7dpn's for the sleeves.

German Stocking: Just cast-on. Not much to say, the yarn is soft!

Starsky: What can I say about this one? It is hard to knit at this point due to the bulk of the fabric. I hope it fits!

Welcome back...Howya been?

Well, we have been very busy bees around here. This is just a quick post so my blog doesn't get lonely. We have finished with the painting of the rooms. We only have to paint the trim and put up new trim/crown molding. So the 2 projects that are left...1. but up and paint trim, 2. strip and refinish the floors. I have my bedroom back now, it is no longer being used for a place to put stuff from other rooms that are being worked on. It is a proper bedroom now, which is nice, makes it a comfy place to go to sleep. So, in the next few days I plan to take lots of pics of the house and my progress on projects and post them.

Break from remodeling

The side panels have been finished and the back is very close to being bound off for the sleeves.

Paul's dream machine. He got the Halo XBOX 360, also not pictured, he got the Legendary Edition of Halo 3.

Friday night I got a new tat on my upper forearm. I love it!

Cat Rocks!

So, I am probably one of the last to figure out that Cat Bordhi rocks! But, I have been hearing lost about her and I had seen one of her videos on YouTube. Well, I figured I would take a look at her other videos. OMG, she makes so much sense and makes me want to try to a magic cast-on again. I tried it once and it did not work for me. And I just reached the increases on the Hourglass sweater which were ktfb increases and I wasn't that happy with them, like Cat says they leave a knit zit. Like I said, I watched the video on decrease and used her SSK decrease technique. I love this because it is the nicest looking SSK. So, her increase technique is going to be used for the rest of the Hourglass, just saying. I know I am rambling, but I am very excited.

perfection sucks!

The left panel of the Starsky cardigan went very smoothly. The right panel howerver has been kicking my ars! First I was about 5 inches in the pattern portion of the panel when I discovered that I twisted the cable in the wrong directions. Instead of holding the 3 stitches to the front, I held them to the back. At first my though was to just let it go and then I decided that I would never be totally happy with it if I knew there was this ugly goof up. So I frogged that. Then, I was about 1 inch from binding off at the top when I realized that I had no decreased enough on one of the edges. Was it the center edge or the armhole shaping? Who knows. So, again I frogged it to the point of shaping the center edge. I am currently re-knitting this and have finished the armhole and center shaping and I have the proper amount of stitches on the needles.

On the home front...I painted the dinning room yesterday and DH scrapped up all the linoleum in the kitchen/dinner area. It was so ugly and yellow and old...it had to go. It wasn't part of our original plan, then again the original plan was only to paint the project room. Since then we added the bedroom, kitchen/dinning room, and living room. I also convinced DH to let me put up a tile back splash in the kitchen. Damn DIY channel!

okay...thats bright.

The project room is painted, well the walls are painted I still have to paint the trim. I picked this turquoise color which is kinda scary right now, but I know that once the furniture goes in it will not be so bright. So, furniture plans. In this corner I want several book shelves, in different shapes. I also want to get a cushy chair for that corner. In the front of the room will be my sewing machine, cabinet and sewing area. On the opposite side will be a very long counter top for a lot of working space. the counter top is going to span almost the hole length of the wall.
On the knitting front. I got the left panel of the Starksy done. The Flirtation cable pattern worked out great I think. I am very happy with it.

I can explain...

We have been so busy around here.


Did we watch too much DIY? First it was the craft room (right). I wanted to take down all the ugly ass wallpaper, paint the room, and add a nice long project table. So, we started this. Then, I have been wanting to remove all the hideous paneling in the whole house. There was wood paneling and fake brick paneling in the living room. There was more wood paneling in the dinning room and fake red brick paneling in the kitchen. There was also wood paneling in the bedroom. So, one day after work DH decided to pull off all the wood paneling. This has led to lots of spackling, and drywall work. And...lots of DUST! The best part, if you notice on the bottom left pic of the dinning room there are black strips on the wall. This was were the paneling joined and they didn't want the light paint showing through. Who knows how much primer it will take to cover these. The strips are in the dinner room and bedroom. Good times!





Also, Sunday while at the coffee shop I was going to take some pics of my WIPs, but instead I decided to break my camera. I set my knitting bag down in a chair and it fell over and the camera went tumbling to the brick. There is a crack across the middle of the viewing screen, which meant I could not see what I was taking a pic of. How can I live without my camera? So, Monday night I went and got my new toy.

It is so cute and thin. I love it. I had an Olympus before and I'm familiar with the many functions, so another Olympus meant I didn't have to learn how to use it.