Ru’s Second Sweater!
Posted by: cut the cord on: January 13, 2009
Here is Rufus modeling his new sweater:
and here is his old one!
It was unraveling and all-around falling apart so he really needed a new one!
I am currently working on the “Little Sister Dress” for Esme in a cute variegated orange/pink/purple yarn. Very girlie. It’s an easy pattern but it is SLOW and mind-numbing. I needed a project like this after the stockings, though!
Sidenote: I would love this job.
Jason and I had a great holiday – updates are located at the wedding blog: http://bellsoftheball.wordpress.com!
We visited our friends, Jessica and Joel over the weekend and Joel made us some FANTASTIC pizza and cheesecake! He even spun the dough out and everything! I missed the show, but Jason saw it and it was, apparently, quite impressive! That was the true highlight of the weekend – good friends and good food.
I also sold my old white Macbook and got a new aluminum one. I love it.
This weekend we are high-tailing it out of the DC area – we’re going to the lake and bringing Jessica and Joel (and their dog, Foxy) with us – no one should have to deal with the craziness that is surely going to ensue! We are leaving the craziness behind and plan to laze around playing games and watching movies, Jessica and I will knit while Linda and Kathy sew, and Foxy and Rufus (and maybe Riley) will get to run around outside like crazy dogs! OH! And of course we will make smores too! We will be down there Sat-Tues which will be a nice little break!
Finishing Projects!
Posted by: cut the cord on: December 22, 2008
These are the ornaments I made for my dept at work for Christmas! I think they’re darling. There isn’t really any significance to the colors except that Louisa’s is yellow and burgundy ala Harry Potter and Leslie’s is pink and green because those are her favorite colors… the other three are just pretty colors! I used the yarn from my stockings to make them!
And! Lane’s mittens!
And now 3/4 stockings are blocked. I am finishing knitting the one that was previously done that Rufus chewed a hole in and will block it tonight as well as make the hanging loops. I’m praying that I will be able to do the stitch to get the two pieces together… I’ve never done it before. Eeps! If I really can’t do it it won’t be the end of the world because it is actually my stocking so I will still be able to gift the completed ones! They’ll be ready to be gifted on Tuesday night for a Hanukkah. I will, of course, get a picture of them when they are completed!
I know for a fact that I will not finish Lane’s sweater before X-mas. Sigh. By the time I do get it finished it probably won’t even fit her. I do have something else to give to her though – my favorite wombat book – Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French. It is the most adorable book EVER and the story behind it (which you can see by clicking on that link) just makes it even more precious.
It’s a good thing Christmas is almost over because Rufus has destroyed his sweater. It lasted a good while he wore it a LOT so it’s not surprising. He is still wearing it but it is slowly unraveling and the yarn is just so pulled and destroyed that there is really no point in trying to repair it. So he needs a new one made! Jason is going to buy more yarn today! Hooray!
And today I forgot to wear my ring. OOPS! This is the first and probably not the last time that it will happen. I’d wear it all the time but my sensative skin demands that it gets breathing time so I take it off at night before I shower and leave it off until I leave the apt again (unless I’m walking the dog alone in which case I don’t wear it). I have forgotten it before but realized it when I was in the elevator so I would just run back up to get it, but today I was at the bus stop so I would have missed my bus if I ran back. I’m kind of sad I don’t have it!!!
thanksgiving
Posted by: cut the cord on: December 4, 2008
Whew! I am ready for this week to be over. Thanksgiving was great, but a little bit nutty. There was dress-trying-on, dog sitting, family visiting, two birthday parties, the annual 5K turkey trot in our neighborhood, and of course lots of good eating! My grandma helped me put my winder and umbrella thing up to wind my balls. I’m in love with them! It takes a minute or two to wind balls now instead of many, many minutes of me winding them by hand! It is glorious. Well worth the money!
Wedding planning has made knitting sit a little bit on the back-burner, but I’m still managing to get things done. I finished a cute bag and a matching scarf for my Back-Tack partner, Bridget, and even made some new lip balms in a honey vanilla flavor for her.
Jason’s Christmas present, which I cannot disclose, is nearly finished. Lane’s lady bug mittens were started and then frogged, and then started again. They are now nearly done – I finished the embroidery on one of them and now have to finish the second one and the string between them. The four stockings are practically done and the other day I had an epiphany – I am not allergic to bamboo. What I AM allergic to is the yarn that I’m using to make the stockings. I think it’s a good thing that I only just figured this out. Had I figured it out early on I probably wouldn’t have finished them or I would have quit using the yarn which would have been a huge waste of money. I’m going to stick to it – I’m so close to finishing them! The yellow one, which was previously done being knitted, now needs to be fixed because Rufus chewed a hole in it. Luckily, the little devil only chewed it in one place before I caught him and it was at the top, which means it’s pretty easy to fix. I’ve already cut the mess away – now I just need to re-knit it. The green one is blocked and good to go except for the hanging loop which will take all of 10 minutes to do. The blue one is pretty close to done – I only have a little bit of the toe left to knit. The red one is now at the heel. So I’m close! Of course now I only let myself knit a little bit of them before I stop and wash my hands. Last night I continued for a little bit too long because now my hands are itchy and a little broken out in hives. Luckily, I found some allergy cream!
Jason and I are going to begin saving for our honeymoon… we don’t know exactly where we want to go, but we do want to start saving. I’m going to put all baby/pet-sitting money into that fund, and we’re both putting any overtime we earn at work into it, as well as $100/mo minimum. We’ve talked about going to Alaska, and if we stick to that then we will probably wait for a while after our wedding to go so that the weather is nicer which means that we have a bit more time to save up some money. We are also trying to rent our apartment out for inauguration week so that we can get some extra money too! We’ll see what happens…
craziness!
Posted by: cut the cord on: November 24, 2008
Things have been a little nutty since the engagement – we’ve been planning as best we can. We visited 4 venues this weekend and one in particular looks really, really perfect. Jason wrote a bit about it in our blog: http://bellsoftheball.wordpress.com.
Yesterday, Rufus’ trainer, Tati, came and visited us so that we could take him to the dog park. I was freaked out because I had only ever been there one time before and Rufus was not well behaved. But yesterday he did GREAT! We kept him on the leash and he let other dogs come up and sniff him and play with him! He hip-checked them if he wasn’t interested – he never snapped or growled! The only time he did was when another dog was on a leash. So, I think we’ve figured out that he’s okay with other dogs as long as THEY are not on a leash. Weird, right? Regardless, I am SO happy. I took him to the park for our morning walk this morning and he did great. I am really proud of him!
I’m pretty close to done with all of my knitted x-mas presents which is nice….. more on that later!
i’m engaged!!!!!
Posted by: cut the cord on: November 13, 2008
As of Nov 8, Jason and I are engaged!
EEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Wedding date is tentatively October 11, 2009. Or sometime in October because it’s the best month ever!
YES!
Posted by: cut the cord on: November 5, 2008
I am proud of my state – it went blue!
And I am SO HAPPY that Obama won!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, this article is awesome, but even more awesome than the article itself are the comments on it from people around the world rejoicing. It is incredible. It is awesome.
I am so proud.
I Voted!
Posted by: cut the cord on: November 4, 2008
Whew! Sleepy day today after getting up early to vote. I have my fingers crossed for a D victory!
I’m getting very excited about my upcoming vacations. I need a break! On Friday night Jason, Rufus and I will go to the lake until Tuesday. It’ll be nice and relaxing… and lots of time for knitting! Then, Wed-Sunday I’ll be in LA visiting Maitha and Erin – yay! Can’t say I like LA much, and it’s definitely not going to be relaxing, but it’ll be fun and it’s worth visiting when two of my favorite people live there.
I finished my second (green) stocking and started the third (blue) one. I have also been working on undisclosed projects which are presents for people who read this blog. So, come x-mas I can reveal them… but not until then!
Feezin!
Posted by: cut the cord on: October 28, 2008
Had to turn the heat on this morning – Rufus was freezing… as was I. Our walk was frigid – pitch black out since the clouds were covering the little sun that would have been there and raining. Oh, and like 40 degrees. BRR!!!
I finished Lane’s legwarmies last night and started on her mittens! Yay!
It was a nice break from my next stocking. I’m getting sick of knitting them – I did the leaves this weekend and I had to reward myself each time I finished a leaf. Leaf one: go get coffee for me and a smoothie for Jason. Leaf two: back up my hard drive. Leaf three: brush teeth. Etc. Ahh!
Time to go to work!
RIP clover needles :(
Posted by: cut the cord on: October 24, 2008
I love my Clover needles. But, I need to get rid of them. My fingers do not like bamboo. I never used to have problems with them, but lately I am getting splinters or some sort of bad reaction to them and my fingers are always sore. It’s not fun. So now I have 10 or so sets of DPNs, a few circular needles, and a few straight needles that I need to replace. It’s heartbreaking. I have zero other DPNs. I have maybe a few circular needles that aren’t bamboo. This makes me want to cry.
Yellow Stocking Knitting DONE!
Posted by: cut the cord on: October 22, 2008
It needs to be blocked and the ends need to be woven in, but I’ve finished knitting it! I’m pretty impressed at how quickly I did it!
Next up, the green one. It’s green where this one is yellow, red where this one is blue, and blue where this one is red. Basically, I’m sick of yellow right now so I’m avoiding it!
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