Tuesday thoughts
So I took my second (and last) beginners' knitting class today. Per Liz's request, I took some snaps -- starting with the food and intending to move onto the yarn -- but the picture-taking made one of the staff people visibly uncomfortable, so I stopped. I felt bad. Once I put the camera away, he immediately relaxed and started chatting about how Staples is his favorite store and if he spends fifty dollars there, it's a tame trip.
Here are the cupcakes and brownies:
I started a new mauve scarf a couple of days ago, and also bought some merino wool at the knitting cafe for a seed-stitch scarf. (That's a new stitch we learned today - you cast on an odd number of stitches, and then you knit 1, purl 1 for each row.) Although I usually knit with acrylic because wool makes me itch, the merino is so smooth and beautiful. It is also a dream to work with. So hopefully it won't irritate my skin :)
The mauve scarf:
The seed stitch:
We saw Sherrybaby last night. If you like Maggie Gyllenhaal, I would recommend it. There is something very likeable about her, even when she's playing a hostile crackhead.
Here are the cupcakes and brownies:
I started a new mauve scarf a couple of days ago, and also bought some merino wool at the knitting cafe for a seed-stitch scarf. (That's a new stitch we learned today - you cast on an odd number of stitches, and then you knit 1, purl 1 for each row.) Although I usually knit with acrylic because wool makes me itch, the merino is so smooth and beautiful. It is also a dream to work with. So hopefully it won't irritate my skin :)
The mauve scarf:
The seed stitch:
We saw Sherrybaby last night. If you like Maggie Gyllenhaal, I would recommend it. There is something very likeable about her, even when she's playing a hostile crackhead.
Comments
D, I like the tie on the duck :)
I love that color of the new scarf. I've been afraid of using wool. Not only for the itchy factor, but also for the washability.
I'm so jealous of your speedy knitting. I'm still working on a scarf that I started back in November. And I still haven't finished an afghan that I started a year ago! (And that was supposed to be a wedding gift for my sister, who was married six months ago. Oops.)
I like your new scarf, too. You're good at this and you learned so quickly.
I found as I played around more with different fibres I became a yarn snob,lol I'm all about the natural fibres now.Very expensive habit to have,lol Wool makes me itchy too:(
But I dream of owning Alpacas so I can have my own supply!It's just SO nice to knit with compared to the other stuff.
some places in NY don't want you to take pictures...there's a frozen yogurt store that says "photography prohibited." this place has no such warning, but i guess they don't like being photographed.
oh, and i had to re-install all this software on my computer b/c i, um, dropped it. so i'll probably have to download instant messenger again...
I took pictures of our food in almost every restaurant we ate at in Italy, even the fancy ones. No one said a word.