Clapotis is done!

The colour is really not photographing well. It is much brighter and prettier and there is much more blue in there than appears in the pics. I dyed the yarn on December 9 and 10 if anyone is interested, and those pictures show the colour of the yarn much better.
I made my Clapotis smaller, using 82 (I think) stitches across the middle rather than the 107 called for . The finished dimensions are 40cm x 150cm, or 16″ x 60″. I used an 8ply yarn I bought off eBay and handdyed with Landscapes dyes.
Seeing as we’ve been experiencing temperatures in the high 30’s and low 40’s the last few days, I haven’t actually wrapped myself in it yet to see how I like it!
Now I’ll jump on the Meme train 🙂 Seen originally over at Nake-id Knits, and since then on many blogs!
Grooming Products:
* Shampoo – Garnier Fructis
* Moisturizer – Avon
* Cologne – Elizabeth Arden Red Door if I’m going out, otherwise none
* Razor – Wax, baby!
* Toothpaste – Macleans
Electronics
* Cell phone – Nokia 3100
* Computer – A mishmash my DH built me
* Television – Sanyo
* Stereo – something crappy, I usually listen to CD’s through the computer
Home
* Sheets – years old
* Coffee Maker – nope
* Car – Mazda 121 – with nice new brakes!
* Stationary – nope
Beverages
* Bottled Water – H2Go
* Coffee – Instant (DH calls it Magic Dirt) or Gloria Jeans
* Vodka – Absolut, much more rarely than I used to
* Beer – No
Clothes
* Jeans – Whatever is cheap and fits
* T-Shirts – usually plain
* Briefcase or Tote – neither
* Sneakers – something cheap
* Watch – nope
Favorite Places
* Home
Necessary Extravagence
* Yarn, anything for Em, but looking above, I think it should be clothes for me.

I have a finished project to show you all! 🙂

It’s only Em’s socks, but they’re done. I used Elann’s Sock it to Me yarn in Tiffany Roses (from the first batch they sold!) on Pony Pearl 2.25mm DPNS. The pattern is a mishmash of patterns. I knitted them toe-up, using Elann’s toe style, Wendy’s heel style, and a stitch pattern from the 365 Knitting Stitches a Year calendar. I told you she likes her socks short. I wanted to go a bit longer, but she insisted that these were long enough.
I also finished Clapotis, but she’s blocking right now. Two finished projects in one day. Amazing what I can accomplish when I’m the only one home and I ignore the housework 😉
And what else?

I started the RIbby. It’s not much, but it’s started. 🙂

I’m having a nice mail week 🙂
On Tuesday, I received this from Celia.

Pencil roving so that I can practice spinning and get the hang of my wheel.
Then today, I got this from The Knitting Zone.

One of my Crystal Palace size 0 DPNS got broken while I was on holiday, and they are my favourite sock needles. So, while I was ordering them, I ordered some more beads so I could do Em’s beaded socks, and when I saw the Regia Clown sock yarn, I just knew I had to have some of that too.
Yarn diet, my butt. See why I find it so hard to lose weight? I have no willpower.
And I did stay up to order some Highland Wool from Elann. I had Wisteria and Dusky Purple for my Ribby Cardi, but I wasn’t happy with them together, I thought they needed more contrast. So last night I ordered eggplant for the sleeves, and I will stick with Wisteria for the body.

Hopefully, I shall finish Clapotis today, and swatch for Ribby. 🙂
It’s going to be horrendously hot again, and Em is off to a pool party, so perhaps I shall just sit in front of the fan and suck down iceblocks.
We’ll see 🙂

It’s very, very hot today.
I had huge knitting plans, but I don’t think it’s going to happen.
I am done on the straight part of Clapotis, and am up to the decreasing rows, so I thought I might finish that today, but it’s far too hot to have that in my lap.
Em’s sock is a toe-up sock, and I’m up to turning the heel, so I might get that done, especially as she likes her socks short. Very short, barely peeking out of her shoes short. Kinda makes you wonder why you bother, doesn’t it?
I have decided that the ribby cardi will be next. Elann is putting more Highland Wool up tomorrow (1am local time) so I think I will get a different colour for the sleeves, because I’m not happy with the colours I got, I really wanted a better contrast.
So I’m going to sit up very, very late and buy yarn. Woo-Hoo, party on!! 🙂

Well, guess what’s going on here today? After five years of asking, the Real Estate is finally doing something about the gigantic gum tree in the back yard. A bit of notice would have been nice, but you can’t have everything. Emily came barrelling into my bed at 7.15am shouting “There’s a bunch of men at the door and they tried to open the garage!!”
I must have been looking at her dumbly, because she said “Am I supposed to tell them to give you a minute?”
Of course, then I realised that there were men at the door, and I was supposed to get up and do something about it.
The tree loppers are here to chop down the tree. The neighbour will be happy, he’s been complaining to me about it since the day I moved in. The gutters are constantly full of leaves, it creaks in the wind. We had a gigantic storm a few weeks back, and I fully expected it to come down on the house. Two trees went down in the empty block next door, and surely this one was next in line.
However, now it’s coming down. It’s noisy, messy and Twinkie is locked in and peeved.
Perfect day to knit! 🙂