tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89255348179377060382024-03-05T08:03:37.254-05:00GrumbleKnitsStar trek, science and knitting.Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-21188826344173510432010-12-03T23:18:00.002-05:002010-12-03T23:38:45.664-05:00Time travel paradoxes anyone?I love all the time travel episodes of star trek. Which got be thinking about time travel paradoxes. Just think about the following scenarios:<div>- If you go back in time and shot your mother before you are born, then you would no longer exist. But if you no longer exist, then you will never go back in time and shot your mother therefore your mother will have you, but that means that your going to go back in time and shot her and.... well you get the point</div><div><br /></div><div>-In the animated series spock goes back in time to visit his 7-year-old-self. 7 year-old spock is upset because he can't to the Vulcan nerve pinch like the other children can, so older spock teaches it to him. So who taught spock the Vulcan nerve pinch?</div><div><br /></div><div>These aren't really paradoxes but some other things I would like to add about time travel:</div><div><br /></div><div>- If people invent a time machine in the future, shouldn't there be time travelers living among us?</div><div><br /></div><div>- If you did travel in time you would have to worry about changing the future. But what if you are supposed to change the future? what if you are supposed to kill somebody in order for the future to be as you remember it when you get back?</div><div><br /></div><div>does anybody have any thoughts on time travel? </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-67085502491938523322010-11-29T21:37:00.004-05:002010-11-29T21:56:30.588-05:00Because only good can come out of mixing star trek and magic school bus<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today I was thinking out magic school bus, which was by far my favorite tv show when I was in kindergarten. I seemed to recall an star trekish episode. And <a href="http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Book_Related/Magic_School_Bus/the_magic_school_bus_out_of_this_world_7606.html">here</a> is is </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">if you feel like watching it. The friz's outfit that she was wearing while on board the bus/enter</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">prise looked like one of the many horrible outfits that counselor Troi wore. They referred to liz (who had pointy ears and spock hair) as "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lieutenant" and everybody knows that spock is commander. And when Dorthy Ann tries to melt a asteroid (because it worked on a comet) all I could think was "Damn trainee crew". I mean I though Wesley Crusher was pathetic. At least he knows a thing or two about some pretty basic physics. Like how a small space shuttle can not move an asteroid 200 times it's own size. Again, Damn trainee crew. Ok. I have just realized I am ranting about the inconstancies in a kids show that is sort of star trekish. I feel pathetic. And you had no idea what I was just talking about. </span></span></span></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-4662331649571163112010-11-27T10:54:00.002-05:002010-11-27T10:57:37.837-05:00new focusSo I am changing the focus of the blog a little bit. Since I am less obsessed with knitting now, and more obsessed with geeky things like star trek and science and math, I though it would make sense to make my blog more about geeky things. Don't worry, there will still be knitting, but there will also be posts about (surprise!) star trek and science. <div>-live long and prosper. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-33371425018129144932010-11-23T01:18:00.004-05:002010-11-24T12:38:19.889-05:00The crafty star trek fan (Version 2.0)I just finished knitting this:<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblOX4NZHOfIfZNRapsnxZ8_VozA3gFZnXn9ZaFOBPQzNCoMD4Lai3vRer41shoWQ8QEk2vnVpGf79DKhdDg_YRwSLap1-KyMonlJEXUOosawbUG8h-wMZv45QB0ogSPOCxlV1Vuat8vV6/s320/Photo+171.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542625982028189538" /></div><div>I thought it turned out rather well considering that I had barely planned any of it. I even added waist shaping which is a first for me. I also like the way that the trim around the neck turned out. And it's blue, so my chances of surviving a mission are significantly higher then if I where wearing red.</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTJV8Q73xRd_l7S0M6AmAeM091JOtoMSzyPAUiYXoE7PGDzIxm2_7QIM2nHssHCt0oVhuIg_g6AvFUC2e0shN5sqw526C8bP1uNFHjgYurTiX4ooVfw3ken0LWjZ2I9gB4q6wCPaPHI-E/s320/star-trek-sexy-costume2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543145135659276242" /></div><div>Edit: Here's a picture of the dress that this is based on. As you can see I made the sleeves shorter (because I am lazy) and made it a shirt and not a "dress" (if you can call it that). If I had made the sleeves long, I would not have put the rank stripes on because 1. having gold rick-rack on your sleeves is quite tacky and 2. this is not a costume. I want to keep it wearable. And speaking of wearable, I have no idea how this woman could breath, it looks like she's wearing a corset. Well, I have no idea how any of the women could do anything in a uniform that short. But that's not the point. I kept the a-symmetrical neck line and the black trim as well. I used short rows to make it drape in the front like it does. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-5796870877027508462010-10-28T07:32:00.002-04:002010-10-28T07:38:00.231-04:00it's (almost) halloweenIt's ware your halloween costume to school day today. I thought I would quickly share my halloween costume. I'm leela from Futurama. what do you think?<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYzfqvR5T2J9zeHdUvBAYuG7E8nXbrPgEOgMGeAFmUA0_qSSzuXngiuOT7dd6HW6Dz_7LpUKROBh27iyiW1nY2TQdTikYZ27mJT3WoxUj-PttOIjzUBG0bm7vVCN1b_hyFaVH4BkdiXop/s320/IMG_5665.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533058801413355538" /><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOmBiZRSzrGpJMQkTgdKCYy4sy6PqM55Q_rWV2qJI5rDz4tzQZziT6fe7kT6r8hRDQr-LiCVFgAH6aNyEDFt_JGXYb1IPVqpPc6LPwZUubrStfLlh700n-e-uhOLE3ZvVpMZ-SRjzDw_9/s320/leela-1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533059620704708354" /></div><div><br /></div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-32554911335209731202010-10-19T21:40:00.003-04:002010-10-19T21:51:22.753-04:00the crafty star trek fan....I now love star trek. I have only been watching it for a few days and suddenly I find my self working on this:<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiC5jeRM9ZEg8Hxigv_nrmFrmk9feoJ8Pq1L01ItwrbMrrkENCMkTk_PZohS93QIntsuREE0PDzBXVV_rUVPPEXCnG9USglj4fOflk0VPlDEd9LMnCL6T_Ij_gHibThbnLcyf_MdQq47r/s320/IMG_5556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529937808654557266" /></div><div>I took a shirt that I had and embroidered the star trek logo on it. Then I cut the neck out from another black shirt and sewed it in. It turned out surprisingly well. What do you think? </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-188629910504582002010-08-19T14:44:00.004-04:002010-08-19T14:52:13.970-04:00Steampunk jewelry!I have been trying to find ways to make my outfits a little more steampunk/Victorian (for those of you who don't know what steampunk is then <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk">here</a> is a link to the wikipedia article). I don't want to go overboard with the steam punk, and I don't want to pay too much so I thought of making jewelry. I went digging through my dad's spare hardware box, and in about 5 minutes I came up with this:<div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Izy-BJoj5-X5mp5IYTfSBEgPfMn3nizVy98GxRWcrGmObSEEWaZG1OAjHMje-9PDoqty5RAVPLyqs3JHlOD7AxWf9dgvJOB1M4fWFY5r9CKvtLbWSFqfsrJimxmtwSMqV5rbnufJfOkk/s320/Photo+103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507195313444284658" /></div></div><div>Not bad for 5 minuets of time and about 5 cents of materials. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-27238369026155582902010-07-15T18:08:00.001-04:002010-07-17T00:05:02.455-04:00Bad dog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiq5PJ6bKB70rdN-e1BrEfeva72BIPwcekXNAGxWTqp4NUsc31vtqwXnSUO8OZW83NoD748V-RaQVi6xpzLRoOPmbT_Iv3FBfAzzhhl7lw6gpyB43D86xHR5_E6eegVOMhTiXbve9ao2wO/s1600/IMG_4180.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiq5PJ6bKB70rdN-e1BrEfeva72BIPwcekXNAGxWTqp4NUsc31vtqwXnSUO8OZW83NoD748V-RaQVi6xpzLRoOPmbT_Iv3FBfAzzhhl7lw6gpyB43D86xHR5_E6eegVOMhTiXbve9ao2wO/s320/IMG_4180.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:NONE">I guess thats what happens when you leave your yarn in a remotely accessible place. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-49473574874838781702010-04-24T14:18:00.003-04:002010-04-24T14:32:55.372-04:00Just an update.I am so sorry I haven't posted in months. Just been too lazy. Oh, well I'm posting now. Any ways I am moving soon which kinda sucks because I hate going through all my stuff and shoving it in boxes, But it kind rocks because I will be biking distance from the beautiful town of <a href="http://www.almonte.com/">Almonte</a> and the beautiful yarn store in almonte called <a href="http://www.textiletraditionsofalmonte.com/">textile traditions</a>. I will also be going to high school next year, which means I won't have as much knitting time. <div><br /></div><div>In other knitting news I finished my first tank top. </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqihDnmrlgtJ8LqVg1LltW26a_ULo150G0l75FTIkezLI5GWkSJex5k_Q1xpWLh8Qm0ecFDLUS1bqG-xzNwwuQbZfM4aN1yqgfT-kJobq-pfYHqN0urNZHtJuoj5Iax_QRL5DzGPMMZZF/s320/Photo+66.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463772872358236706" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I know it looks like <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTemmaline.php">this</a>, but it's not. It's just a basic top-down seamless sweater recipe from some where that I just left out the sleeves. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-70201650259164820342010-01-21T15:46:00.005-05:002010-01-21T15:59:35.681-05:00Extreme knittingAbout a year ago I was in a very artistic mood and I came up with the idea of using arms as knitting needles. Surprisingly, it actually works. I was playing around with it again today, and in about 2 hours I knit this:<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oakjMibAWjqaqJZhPtiCcK90r67rSPQ03Y9EB_GHoSY6GWlrCZ5bP_LOKOALS5BpmdDMiGA7QtZ_8L61C5u-2gECIv4iyfMvmQTCg4ez86QtGVB99XeEH7Fa77K2RABNrd9EAJ4fHpzM/s320/IMG_3480.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429299143291849538" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVPCqP7cduTU6sHv_oQ5KoRTw0R4iDmPpoTw_13rbUQiH98E00D6SJG_t6vNDBArac_rGKMGvGPrCOebtNkwjzINqEGIAV9k3v4Jjzad46vmHSg8SeLdAFIQi-mOdMtEL-2UGY1RUajWp/s320/IMG_3479.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429299790750050242" /></div><div>I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it kinda looks like a badminton net or a fishing net. What ever it is though, it sure is cool......<br /><br /></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-14138065700389461552010-01-19T18:06:00.006-05:002010-01-20T16:20:51.505-05:00GrumbleKnits has a new pattern!Lorrie is a cute little scarf perfect for those pretty skeins of sock yarn that are to beautiful to hide in your shoes. It is a very quick and easy knit and would make a good last minute gift. See it on ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lorrie-2">here</a> or the PDF <a href="http://grumblepatterns.googlegroups.com/web/lorrie%20.pdf?hl=en&gsc=n8M1fwsAAAAkUpmn5PLp9Hk73S0b4Qj7">here</a>.<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDdC5XzWZ7rWCBsWde_alemQvhgAnxu4sCEAWA2uQrXJLjfQ8FQV9VXVNZ6XMOth0EvpMFGTWydLO40CIcykcwxEDqKY4fVECrglobY4bb7H0TZgVE21xQet2N2kEkjCJOKjCzAQyu_58/s320/IMG_3452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428592247659164594" /></div><br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=lorrie-2"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=lorrie-2&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-84354524612104523962010-01-08T12:46:00.007-05:002010-01-08T19:00:59.699-05:00things that make me happyDo you know what makes me happy? Finishing a sweater in under 24 hours.<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOS5QvjuPeP2Byn1GMvi9ddNZCcU5VX0vcW9rytNl-2B_-W5d-hbHU1_dHgrj2JUj54PVf17SaEegwvphT4sTbEsJGwURi_0aZMsJaodE5lGMjC-eZjJe5KDlWOE_RPx9NylZr8slp2Sc/s320/IMG_3408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424432316223670098" /><br /><div>Ok, it has short sleeves but it's still a sweater. And a nice one at that. Now for another thing that makes me happy: big boxes from knit picks.</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2QWQ8icAFyY3pOj6t0FKDHvR98Vqa0YvI2SjxORSWfGB4MREc7Bn6W5iDQYMLLAnjhkr_Pxafb4PH2JEKQCd9ZW6-wSGqV8vj2P6Z-3Tft8WhC3YbrUE8gLcOAeY7jVxOE9_o08ignx2/s320/IMG_3421.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424519312954016386" /></div><div> </div><div>I got 10 skeins of <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Wool_of_the_Andes_Bulky_Yarn__D5420155.html">Wool of the Andes bulky</a>, 7 balls of <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Palette_Yarn__D5420132.html">Palette</a> and <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/needles/Options_Interchangeable_Zephyr_Acrylic_Circular_Knitting_Needle_Set__D90398.html">A zephyr interchangeable needle set</a>. Very exciting.</div><div><div> </div></div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-51329266518325294622009-11-30T16:35:00.005-05:002009-11-30T19:44:46.848-05:00Don't worry, I'm not deadSorry I haven't been posting for a while but there hasn't really been anything post-worthy happening lately. Actually that's not true, I've just been too lazy to post. I did finish a rather large project, though . <div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD5EcP1nXMY7FCQNez4cy1tWnOlkXYQRYARRHac1WxrFQl0Vnuaimu-3Cdauz0-fRoVYoYCsX9NkmtQKYpr0ifkrNqniUNvd1sNIyf60wK31sOpu_vpFj688IybTddkZcbPb-l65hI1J9/s320/IMG_3124.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410018420613831202" /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/half-circle-shawl-2">half-circle shawl</a> by <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/jennifer-jones">Jennifer Jones</a>. For something called a half circle shawl it's not very half circle-y. It's like a pentagon with a bite taken out of it. I'm not sure if I missed a step or something to get that shape but I am baffled, but aside from that I'm quite happy with it. It's huge which is nice. I'm always mad at shawls for being so small, I like things that keep more that the back of your neck warm. Like for example, <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60118.html?noImages=0">this thing</a>. But I won't go doing a big rant about the size of shawls, I'll just continue talking about my shawl. So, anyways I used Needful Yarns Woodstock and it only took 400 grams. That's a lot of shawl for 400 grams. </div><div><br /></div><div>In other knitting news I have been trying to find a pattern for one skein of hand-dyed Misti Alpaca lace.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_aX6jgHIE87kxWmvK8OhXobC9POm4ewUt151sHCnywq2KfGj7BtToBNwWcgMZcnFP1iKaIm7kL1qgVvaCba6sYkXzdfJlHD-IrWQT9OrFjrhbRZWqjtEZ6Gxri6Z9ioxBtH2CDa2VP7n/s1600/IMG_3136.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_aX6jgHIE87kxWmvK8OhXobC9POm4ewUt151sHCnywq2KfGj7BtToBNwWcgMZcnFP1iKaIm7kL1qgVvaCba6sYkXzdfJlHD-IrWQT9OrFjrhbRZWqjtEZ6Gxri6Z9ioxBtH2CDa2VP7n/s320/IMG_3136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410033545215872594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Actually, I found a <a href="http://www.ullaneule.net/0108/ohjeet_aquila.html">pattern</a>. It's very pretty, looks like it would sufficiently hold my attention and is for hand-dyed yarn and I have enough. What's stopping me? The fact that my perfect pattern is in Finnish. They do provide a sheet with translations of the abbreviations and it is all charted. I prefer to knit from English patterns, so I think I'm going to do <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alpine-knit-scarf-with-double-rose-leaf-center-pattern-and-diamond-border">this</a> one instead. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-13599058446848958422009-11-11T19:40:00.006-05:002009-11-12T10:57:41.842-05:00I am happy<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am happy right now for 2 reasons. The first reason is look at what I have re-blocking. It's the </span></span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swallowtail-shawl"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">swallowtail shawl</span></span></a><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. I love this pattern, although the nupps where a little bit tough. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRMaur1ooJxdz7NExBIVtwFQBkFmR8xJkCMj_d463AZzvPWVNPuhnPpOGvNAZMgFVO9p1lPdbL8qD2ieQ9rRfh4C3Tt7iS641WgRNj2puaKrDq5GFE7zAYkiw1ftdZUJ0N4lFvbr1z9fd/s1600-h/IMG_3092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRMaur1ooJxdz7NExBIVtwFQBkFmR8xJkCMj_d463AZzvPWVNPuhnPpOGvNAZMgFVO9p1lPdbL8qD2ieQ9rRfh4C3Tt7iS641WgRNj2puaKrDq5GFE7zAYkiw1ftdZUJ0N4lFvbr1z9fd/s320/IMG_3092.JPG" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I say re-blocking because I actually finished it yesterday morning and it was blocking all of yesterday but when I un-pinned it parts of it looked un-blocked. So I re-blocked it last night and it's been drying all day today and all last night. I'm only showing you the tip because my room is a mess (Hey! I'm 13. When you were 13 the default state of your room probably wasn't that tidy either.) Anyways, you might have noticed the green yarn there. I'm probably not the first one to think of this, but I felt pretty clever when I stretched some yarn between the corner pins so that I have a straight reference line to block the edges evenly. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anyways, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the second thing that is making me happy today is this message that I found in my ravelry e-mail box.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Madeleine, I own a little yarn shop in Swansboro, NC called The Salty Sheep Yarn Shop. I have been trying to come up with some one skein ideas for Christmas knitting and came across your scarf pattern. I love it! I think it would be a great teaching pattern. I don’t know how you feel about shops teaching from your patterns. I would love your permission to use it. Have a great day and Happy Knitting! Peggy </span></i></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now, of course I said yes because that is the most exciting thing that has happened in a week.</span></span></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-39301712772222890892009-11-04T20:33:00.006-05:002009-11-05T10:58:53.234-05:00Madeleine:1 Scarf:0I have defeated an enemy whose main weapon is boredom. But I persevered through a project that was just repetitive enough to be boring, but required too much attention to be mindless knitting. It's <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATThalcyon.html">Halcyon</a> from Knitty winter 2007 that I knit on commission. The yarn is Zephyr wool silk from Fiddlesticks Knitting that I hand-dyed using <a href="http://peasoupoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-dye-yarn-with-food-colouring-and.html">this</a> technique. <div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFjSYfMQfd_BvkFYFqhlGy3YfVMGSHbe7uuuflw1khxtVXCAxzIIACbs2jYNfeKuEB1adjBJ5ahLltM2MPypBMIBKW96Pis7aOuPQK23fi0gWMjj6nO1wWA9xd6KN62ixyaLJ5HkdDgpJ/s320/IMG_2943.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400430414714126994" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a close-up. the picture is a little blurry, so it looks like there is halo to the yarn, but it is pretty smooth. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjrk_W9llwFdhSvC5wuweLxGUllbMApd4i9laVEqyU66_R2_TenwF_ABhmvKelI_gu_BPPkkc6u4iwMbT1Ic9z-auXiGaGHuTAQwVp5v8C5wsHEvBnwAYpO9PTVEPseuM0bOTOB1ql0hK/s1600-h/IMG_2946.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjrk_W9llwFdhSvC5wuweLxGUllbMApd4i9laVEqyU66_R2_TenwF_ABhmvKelI_gu_BPPkkc6u4iwMbT1Ic9z-auXiGaGHuTAQwVp5v8C5wsHEvBnwAYpO9PTVEPseuM0bOTOB1ql0hK/s320/IMG_2946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400431214973262658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-20502953281672975652009-11-03T15:23:00.003-05:002009-11-03T18:36:46.182-05:00Poll!You may have noticed the new poll on the side bar. The idea for it came about last night when I was thinking to my that it would be really nice if stockinet stitch didn't curl up. Think about it. we could have stockinet scarves and blankets that don't curl up in to a small tube. Or we wouldn't have to do button bands or worry about the sides of the arm holes rolling up on vests. We wouldn't have those roll brim hats, but we can live with out those. And than I thought "wouldn't it be cool to see what knitters would change about knitting if they could". And thats exactly what I did. Unfortunately, due to the laws of physics this is not a poll asking you what I should change about knitting, because I do not have the power to change the laws of physics. It would be nice, though.Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-47151501545002093002009-10-31T13:17:00.003-04:002009-10-31T17:14:14.644-04:00Happy Halloween!Meg decided to dress up as a person, but found the costume rather uncomfortable.<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtjq7rZxzHcos_8UZN5rGThfrUie6rj8HW5V3skOfbOJsVuIeOwF8E-WDYlnl8yRW6GeNHatifZ0CefFagoy3A9u4W-iw_dCTGdS8ZWeT8pXEx1XEdwg6i75iKeSGoBD7na-Wz2tEaDHQ/s320/IMG_2898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398816414528178418" /> </div><div><br /><div> </div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-90890163763662597252009-10-25T23:35:00.002-04:002009-10-25T23:45:25.648-04:00RIP Coco Bean<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdU_1uyQbNuRcp1TB3q0rCD4QjAGhUTDbEikJy7EYOiDHjDCNBhkK0ij6J2hM9k9A-QdsXmK1uWdeMWLPst3-gUNjyZ77tlX7RJ7FZ-z1yejN4ial51Diz8Lk3JQVll4rDiMXnYo3qNhtV/s320/2007_0916Image0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396749118680320930" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I am sad to announce the sudden passing of Coco Bean the rat (pictured learning how to knit on the right) he was two (the equivalent of about 68 human years). He will be missed by his brother Cheerio and all his human friends.<div> </div><div><br /></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-85355342811024130142009-10-19T21:39:00.004-04:002009-10-19T22:40:20.831-04:00vendor's night!!I just got back from vendor's night at the Knitting Guild! Very exciting. Eight tables of alpaca, cashmere and merino in every colour and colour combo known to knitter. Meet the new members of the stash. I didn't buy anything hand dyed - actually it's all pretty boring. But I scored some great deals on some great yarns. So here is yarn number 1:<div><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5a6Ou977MgSPohqLcdFEOO2QpbfkT36vtrc2biFic86X9_HvRQY2GYV_Pd1ea-bmc-gs5Ux2YAIWK939Yq6xsEZa-OqqagPGpkj6gwqmuY3bTD8CE1dISPcOTb8h1Id8OOBHf910tpvkF/s320/IMG_2868.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394498683041473682" /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's two balls of the yarn that I need to finish <a href="http://yarnorknitter.blogspot.com/2009/10/well-yesterday-my-dad-and-i-got-back.html">this vest</a>. It was good that they were there because I haven't seen this yarn at any yarn store. So now I have no excuse for not knitting the vest.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTmllTA0oL02-bt-nv7CAUSm5ToKnloAPxjlXByi4y3IoDwUqyr00hCTTuKmvuh4v4xw5R2zrBlujOsHq-gvymkCSca0tX02g7mTGnVpd0hXdxAVkmKDuWLuYeB0xE5Oq2JLbN0zbzXW-/s1600-h/IMG_2867.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTmllTA0oL02-bt-nv7CAUSm5ToKnloAPxjlXByi4y3IoDwUqyr00hCTTuKmvuh4v4xw5R2zrBlujOsHq-gvymkCSca0tX02g7mTGnVpd0hXdxAVkmKDuWLuYeB0xE5Oq2JLbN0zbzXW-/s320/IMG_2867.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394498696594838514" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTmllTA0oL02-bt-nv7CAUSm5ToKnloAPxjlXByi4y3IoDwUqyr00hCTTuKmvuh4v4xw5R2zrBlujOsHq-gvymkCSca0tX02g7mTGnVpd0hXdxAVkmKDuWLuYeB0xE5Oq2JLbN0zbzXW-/s1600-h/IMG_2867.JPG"></a>Yarn number 2 is 8 balls of <a href="http://www.englishyarns.co.uk/acatalog/Products_RYC_Soft_Tweed_224.html">Soft Tweed</a>. I got it at 5 bucks a ball, and with no tax. It's $12 normally! It's going to become a vest. My goal is to make a vest that doesn't look hippie/gypsy-ish, unlike the vest that I made last year. It's made out of super bulky weight, rainbow colored wool. I like it a lot, but it can contribute to some very hippie/gypsy looking outfits. And don't get me wrong, I love the hippie/gypsy look but I would like to have a vest I could wear into town. Like outside clothes. I mean outside my property clothes. </div><div><div> </div></div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-87654773964993028382009-10-18T17:15:00.005-04:002009-10-18T17:49:18.299-04:00knitted organsThis post is a response to Heather's <a href="http://yarnorknitter.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-seem-to-be-getting-little-trilobite.html#comments">comment</a> on an older post. I too have been trying to figure out how to knit a brain. I have however knit other human organs.<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsUWWpGgOGNHlziN_zfGOrk1Y6D-bPSALePusJXcM-RV5uhAVkRck_SSEDy0mihgtSZodnRyP725c9weMaO1petgqru6DSKm12hDA2lqHi67OUsUIZ2ICue4ApGo0ibTcWtLZEKjHzX-R/s320/IMG_2860.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394057851791538850" /></div><div>Here we have the thyroid gland</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei30Tdbs8xu1zchrjc5J9iQBGKz2ny_QNZjxXlUajuXSAJwRxu4h81ElC-R2bFJD7qC4E3ib4wecgYC_9RMPBfLoY-Iki0hyphenhyphen-zw85gFQVSdxR1er_4R7ZEuSsu1Jhsjf24WLtJNZozTKJ/s1600-h/IMG_2859.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei30Tdbs8xu1zchrjc5J9iQBGKz2ny_QNZjxXlUajuXSAJwRxu4h81ElC-R2bFJD7qC4E3ib4wecgYC_9RMPBfLoY-Iki0hyphenhyphen-zw85gFQVSdxR1er_4R7ZEuSsu1Jhsjf24WLtJNZozTKJ/s320/IMG_2859.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394057875181061090" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>and the lungs </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYF5OLBf9a-Q33QCBgK7Gu5yxKEuEpy_cs6owWR0g_F2U5sOobhF-8-TsqT4lSIw7PdZsVWwayyJZUU-eDagFH5wHD8bFlSj3j2NqS_Bd1RqIF1gdgPh3B3u0VrfOD3OONyoOklvD6OJE/s1600-h/IMG_2863.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYF5OLBf9a-Q33QCBgK7Gu5yxKEuEpy_cs6owWR0g_F2U5sOobhF-8-TsqT4lSIw7PdZsVWwayyJZUU-eDagFH5wHD8bFlSj3j2NqS_Bd1RqIF1gdgPh3B3u0VrfOD3OONyoOklvD6OJE/s320/IMG_2863.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394057858705580722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>and last but not least the digestive system. I would like to knit every organ in the body, but not being <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Knitting-Debbie-New/dp/0942018222">Debbie New</a>, I am confined to organs that can be portrayed in a flat-ish way. </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-26341162155679459332009-10-17T14:42:00.008-04:002009-10-18T08:43:20.628-04:00do I have to give it a title?Today I went to the <a href="http://www.theashtonstore.ca/index.htm">Ashton st</a><a href="http://www.theashtonstore.ca/index.htm">ore</a>, witch is not only a yarn store but also a little general store (it's been a general store since 1851) so my dad was sufficiently occupied with a news paper. they only have a corner of yarn and knitting stuff, but they have lots of great stuff. Aka, fiddlesticks kitting, louet and fleece artist and some other brand of yarn I have never heard of. Now let me show you the haul.<br /><div><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IkVobzmy70jvVyZOl0797SbySSm0xzL44PnOrYETwMd-woyx6t33NI74d-nM94uxuyXdPv2qY9lT86EGbydjrhxfWsG2D3lIrxIpV-f7aDm3FcX86vgbIv2Eu6ryY66tA-eGwgsXSa7r/s320/IMG_2838.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393652537708962578" border="0" /></div><div> Ok I got two skeins of yarn, not much of a haul. I'm saving my money for the vendors night at the knitting guild. Anyways I got 1 skien of louet gems sport wight (left) and 1 skein of hand-dyed fleece artist Merino 2/6 . </div><div><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kc28yrvmVTXVT-x2JGrD9sW6QMl4t518LqwmInQEZyCDe0F31ySNq8EMtYqjWBbjSsI2bP3VYu8oTffNuAqoPyPgrY6gAPSMokY5N80HP4zKGtWt-YtEYxW1q5mBvTWIQUkl8vSSfv6t/s320/IMG_2839.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393652548113091890" border="0" /></div><div>Here's a close-up of the merino 2/6 </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWAjIkC1aRhWt2uJRQgrzPo4mlNrahqJZ0OSKVbvbt95ar48WleOGIvUWvGGhbh-McbcP-F4Me2V8Ogqo6GNbYdoM42YpMr11pgjtpJQqQ2l8wFAT-Vj5OTSqzR8gh7-fEebOLfgRS9Ve/s320/IMG_2840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393652564829871362" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></div><div>Here's the gems. I think Im going to make socks out of the gems and the merino 2/6 is going to be a scarf. </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-Jl2bAPFF-UcIfNjyf8cASqbZ-ruf4rxh7dSao5UoaSIjB4uQooTnj48HAJnFXyc7BttQxcmmsmj79cSUSgzMmfwbjtbZ06DmcnbEiakCzt2Rs1ANgRAxZs8POpOObYnFDyn4eN2DgpW/s320/IMG_2842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393656269985059314" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>In other knitting news, I picked this up the other day</div><div>It's a lopi sweater for me. I've been working on it for a few years now, and I completely abandoned last winter (you can only work on it in the winter, would you what to have all that wool on your lap in the summer?) but I think I'll finish it this year. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I started it a few years ago and I just started the first sleeve. It's going well. I also just started this:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVwiXzGVreOkOA7FCQokw09oqnAWb2c42WEHGPCrLAbTd-pwEJUfVFqxmLBO0lFfca7sGRI8phyphenhyphenC7VYNNwnIp70Ii2TlEtOQvsaQPMEDdYhijHpenLswaX043z9BOoy-MyoXcsr0soQn1/s320/IMG_2853.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393658750096418162" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></div><div>its <a href="ttp://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATThalcyon.html">halcyon</a> and the yarn is fiddlesticks knit<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span><span><span>ting Zephyr Laceweight Wool-Silk that I dyed. It's turning out better that I thought. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"></span></span></span></span></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-51275608209394617142009-10-14T15:36:00.010-04:002010-01-20T16:22:21.264-05:00grumbleknits strikes againIntroducing the <a href="http://grumblepatterns.googlegroups.com/web/Knit%20Cell.pdf?gsc=C4J5fwsAAAB4TvTDhjWKHmSxQ8hTs_IR">knitted cell</a>.<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgzY_dTFSdsfTilSv4JV6OBgGnvqyygmWn8QOB0b2CY8lrG7XEZOfsULEeMqt6Yq4tUztsaR-xizZPghWIgijwy1gswJ3GQePs5EV5S5zWO2cxZV3uS9_pOx6M0d1lfkzvewJQ5grYXoN/s320/IMG_2815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392560112264704370" /></div><br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=knit-cell"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=knit-cell&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-81711936061688215382009-10-12T15:21:00.007-04:002009-10-12T17:35:14.975-04:00I feel stupid right nowI got back from my Grandma's house today and sat down with <a href="http://yarnorknitter.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-do-you-solve-problem-like-one-skien.html">this</a>. After a few rows I decided that I would't have enough yarn. Actually, I have known that for a while, but I ignored the smart little knitter with the little knitting crystal ball that sits in the back of my head. Now I feel kinda stupid for thinking that I could get a scarf out of a single 100 gram ball. sdk.ghaj svwe3746 wareghdfhs. Sorry, that was just me banging my head on the keyboard. Ow. Anyway, I thought of the scarf rescue hat from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-Rules-Yarn-Harlots-Tricks/dp/1580178340">Knitting Rules</a>. It involves knitting your scarf until it fits around your head, casting off, then sewing the ends togther, then picking up the stitches around the top and knitting it into a hat. This was the plan, but I'm lazy and don't like picking up stitches and I already have enough hats. So I just did the casting off and sewing the ends together and made this:<div><br /><div><div> </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDEnp1MJoE-90f9txGUaFfqMFuHawApMCnDMa-hvU2xEorcpZ_mQfK5EHUNB2zw10B8sEhxNv4aQGEpGIdthKttSH6uYoIYtMojqsq_uMGUqNQR3kQEuHc9yMMFQZHaUxdwOxxTmZAQYM/s320/IMG_2799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391813853740702258" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_bls0C1EHzvrH9yAtIYmw1wbWGrFPdpz9YxXLvrEtLkJ1-53z9_P0XrH_o1YY3E2IDUXfxDQWW0DfL03449PDwdVpI4ZlPwKMk9xcgVs4WAQSMouewNr_NR5YFKvXkc8ZLB9Gvaby3HM/s320/IMG_2798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391807116608684466" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I took two photos so that you can see the great colors. Grumble grumble - if I lived in a 4 dimensional world I wouldn't have to take two picures I would only have to take one - grumble grumble. Sorry. But anyway, I like it this way. I can use it to tie back my hair and it keeps my ears warm, and I only have two other head bands like this. I kinda wish I had made <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTquant.html">this</a> though. Oh well. Stupid me missing out on a chance to learn entrelac - grumble grumble. And free yarn is the best place to try new things. Again, oh well. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div>In other knitting news the world's most boring sock is coming along. When I'm done these I'll definitely go and buy some of <a href="http://www.yarnforward.com/ca/arequipa.html">this</a> and make me some nice socks. </div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRMePbRXrlX-WMwqGwBvY80IdVJw8Pp2Umkewyrc1Z4BJLCKcpxwU7jBw8M8hukWTg0ugwl0xY4FrMY6FdByezCS3YRU8YP_V-B4agwfJTJSP-WnuNI05pzIloqNgroRXDCYy00re7tZ8/s320/IMG_2802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391813299606029154" /></div><div> </div></div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-66285524951624354332009-10-10T11:26:00.003-04:002009-10-10T12:30:17.673-04:00Sock UpdateI am at my grandma's house this weekend (so no photos) which is a 5 hour drive from Ottawa. I brought the world's most boring sock to knit on the way and realized that it was going to be too small about an hour into the trip. I was following the sock recipe from <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Knitting-Rules-Yarn-Harlot-Unravels-Stephanie-Pearl-mcphee/9781580178341-item.html?pticket=dhrrpj55flds1n55tzjyim55NVECVipTvlKykdDHd99AWILJI3Y%3d">Knitting Rules</a> and she says to multiply your gauge times the circumference of the place where the calf muscle ends, then remove about an inch of stitches (so that you don't get droopy socks) to get the number of stitches to cast on. So I multiplied 8 stitches to the inch by 11 1/2 inches to get 92. I removed about an inch worth of stitches to get 84. This would have worked except one thing. Removing an inch of stitches is assuming you're going to do most of the cuff in stockinette stitch, unlike me who prefers a ribbed cuff. The ribbing makes it smaller and so removing an inch of stitches and doing ribbing will make for a sock that not only stays up, but cuts off the circulation to the foot. Not how I want to thank my dad for taking me to Quebec City. So I rip the 3 inches I had and cast on 92 stitches. I have about two inches now. This is not the first disappointment for the sock, though. At the yarn store in Quebec City I bought a pair of fancy pants turbo needles for 20$ and it turns out they're the wrong size and I am knitting with an old set of metal dpns (one of which is slightly bent) and what's more, I already have a set of nice wooden needles somewhere in just the right size and they are nowhere to be found. All of them but one and one dpn doesn't help me. Sigh. <div> </div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925534817937706038.post-54110180956679582702009-10-07T16:27:00.008-04:002009-10-09T10:01:49.662-04:00Ramblings of a travelling knitterWell, yesterday my dad and I got back from Quebec City and now I can show you the new additions to the stash.<div><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBrr3sZzGerZRZK512WqaQNX9IhKkftdSI1Y-grWjBnrrHX0aHFNKFHBTKth2Hrx5GIXUBgBEX1vlreMryWa_haVI9WZGPAL9Yd1rO0E8PDS1UdywzcE7dRjh2ZZxS5iFUkBeIyJ4c6TU/s320/IMG_2770.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389959724906271810" /></div><div>Here we have the 4 balls of sock yarn for my dad's socks. It's Regia 4 ply in the world's most boring color to make the world's most boring socks. Sigh.</div><div> <div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdOQVrGfsywbhvnC22pKNrzVq2BX1OddF1hv_WmxN9sekv8bHNcKZuFjgrC3b98TmaUXbleXjtojTp8BR3Xzux4RWJw3ptpJcFGtfX3CYMvDkiuK8VsUOTLdX17DPF9lm_XUGC2Bkox4E/s320/IMG_2768.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389959695352203330" /><br /><div>Now meet the 8 balls of Galway chunky. Apparently It's a Plymouth yarn, but it doesn't say so on the ball band. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. I was thinking sweater, then blanket, then poncho, then blanket again, now it's back to the sweater idea again. Oh well, I'll think of something. But not before I finish this: it's the vest I told you I'd tell you about.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWZyqBH9vuPPQiDNzoBRpkjqJbAdscTu3Glmpa8-_tK48B9kgrp37cfNGLRBlCRTzNeuqAZupoHCiDOoLau8bfDWg7QQHQ2mzqB_t2_N2pCSY8Q3JPsG7ESm0fo4tH8NJdi5841LVom2C/s320/IMG_2772.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389966759786581090" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><div><div>It's made out of 3 shades of un-dyed wool from <a href="http://windblestfarm.ca/">here</a>. I love this yarn, it's scratchy in a soft way. Very nice to knit with. I bought four skeins of it at Fibre Fest, thinking that 4 100 gram skeins would be enough as it has been enough in the past. I cast on and started knitting. Some ribbing, lace, fair isle, plain knitting then some more fair isle and now stripes later I look at the yarn that I have left and think I don't have enough. That's when it went into hibernation with the logic that me not knitting it will spontaneously generate more yarn. Unfortunately Aristotle and his thing about spontaneous generation is not allowed under the normal laws of physics. Maybe in a quantum world, but not in ours. Did I tell you I'm a bit of a nerd? Ok fine, back to the knitting. So about 3 weeks later, I go to <a href="http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/">Upper Canada Village</a> and find <a href="http://yarnorknitter.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-mom-now-has-very-nice-socks.html">this</a> at the gift shop. Anyways this is where the 2 un-dyed 50 gram skeins are going.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzjmH_lUudrkLVLyPkcF7GbIxm_uMJ4WwNVDWaw2P8VRwVr89mRYBsGTExBk1b3TfVYeVX9gaBvxMBs6fHKPbLoAHN0uHY66OT6yMyxbkOdrJ-HPaXy-oTxP7MAVtFnOS0sf9Qqx8SUvc/s320/IMG_2778.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389983439668226082" style="cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px; " /></div><div>In other knitting news, I finished a mesh market bag made of some crochet cotton I found laying around the stash. It's pretty small, but holds a lot. This was my project for the 6 hour train ride to Quebec City and unfortunately I finished it at the hotel so I had nothing to knit on the way back. So with the leftover yarn I knit a little pouch for it because this is a kind of bag that you have pouches for. But it doesn't take 6 hours to knit a pouch so for the rest of the ride I knit a swatch for the socks and read a book about quantum physics. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679544894247645470noreply@blogger.com1