April 22, 2007
Lets start with some good stuff.
The winner of the book draw is Jejune!
I wish I had enough copies to send everyone, but lets do it again in a little while.
Now some bad.
What pisses me off.
Part One.
I put my car into the Smash Repairs. It was there all week. I got it back on Friday afternoon, and it was beautiful again.
Yesterday afternoon I was going out, and found this.
I hadn't taken it out all day, so it must've happened Friday night at the supermarket within hours of picking it up. Some jerk apparently sideswiped me in the carpark and drove away. I'm hoping the worst of it will polish out, but that won't help the ding. If I want it fixed, I'll have to pay. Again. Thanks, dickhead.
Back to knitting.
The Shetland shawl is now past stage one.
I've done the first edging, and I've picked up 365 stitches to start the first border. At 1 am this morning.
The green bits of yarn aren't necessary to the shawl, they're my counters. I hate counting and recounting 365 stitches, and I lose count all the tme, so I place a marker every 50 stitches so I never need to count more than 50 at a time.
Now I get to start really long rows!
Comments
Eeeeee! I'm so excited about the book - THANK YOU! :D
Bummer about your car :( TOTALLY annoying. We used to park our car on the ANU campus, and these d***heads used to wreck the front door lock every couple of weeks so they could steal the incredible riches (~80¢) sitting inside. $100 to repair it. Eventually we gave up and left the car unlocked, with a steering wheel lock on.
The lace is looking great!
Posted by: Jejune at April 22, 2007 01:53 PMOh, no, that's not a scratch that can be buffed out. Effing S.O.B.! Watch for cars with blue paint on their bumpers. Then run over them. Whether they're the one who hit your car or not, you know they've hit someone and they deserve to be knocked to the ground.
(Nobody get your panties in a wad, I'm just kidding!)
That bites...big time.
But I like the color of your car and your knitting looks fab.
Posted by: Danielle at April 22, 2007 04:12 PMThat is just a total suckhole of a thing to happen especially after the excess you just spent!! I'm sending happy knitting vibes! :-) Shaz
Posted by: thestripeytiger at April 22, 2007 06:15 PMUrk re car, that really sucks. But the shawl, oh the shawl. Picking up 365 stitches would seriously send me batty! But it will be beautiful!
Posted by: roseredshoes at April 22, 2007 06:47 PMSo sorry about your car. I dream about large demolishing balls falling the cars of selfish losers who do things like that to other people's property.
Congrats on the show prizes and on dealing graciously with the nosey and patronising little old lady.
Posted by: Taphophile at April 22, 2007 08:02 PMouch about the car it is a royal pain in the arse then.
Glad to see we are over counting the 30 rows for the edge hope the next part is just as good.
Posted by: metal and knit at April 22, 2007 10:18 PMAbout the car, "ouch". That looks like quite a scratch.
*cheers you on for the shetland shawl* Gambatte ne~!
Posted by: Kessa at April 23, 2007 12:43 AMouch! those are the bang-ups that hurt the most, the ones you didn't know you had......congratulations on your knitting prizes! i love how your tea cozy turned out-fetching!i also love the set-up of the exhibition-nicely displayed the knitted items....
Posted by: debbie at April 23, 2007 05:05 AMThere are some really nasty p%#@*'s out there. Obviously not a person with a conscience.
That shawl is looking great.
Oh No! Your lovely car! What A.H.! When we went to Perth I was really worried about our Tarago as we own it now and really should be able to afford a polish etc but the money that used to go into payments is new becoming a new kitchen,the decrepid one goes soon...
You are so game to have all those sts on the needles!
Ived started the KOGO knits for winter,I am really knicking myself,too many projects as it is and here I go again!Only thing is they sent yucky 5o% wool yarn that I havent heard of before!!!!!
I am really sorry to hear about your car. I can't stand AH's that do such things.
Shetland shawl is looking good. I lose count too and mark it in sections so I know where the repeats start and end for when I need to pull it back. Your tea cosy is WOW! Congratulations, it really is just beautiful, you should enter it in the Bendigo show which is coming up soon and also enter it in the Melbourne show.
Posted by: Helen at April 23, 2007 09:06 PMThat really stinks about your car. When I first got my current car three years ago, I had several incidents within the first few months of ownership that put it in the repair shop -- all of which happened in car parks. It is VERY disheartening.
Posted by: Wendy at April 23, 2007 11:32 PMWhat's wrong with people today that they don't take responsibility for their actions? Unbelievable that a person could walk away without leaving a note. Really sad when you think about it.
At least you're having good luck with the shawl. It's beautiful.
Posted by: wool winder at April 24, 2007 01:15 AMOw, that side swipe really hurts! Your poor car! It sucks that people can't take responsibility for their actions. I hope that person gets some bad karma for not owning up to scraping you car.
Posted by: Evelyn at April 24, 2007 05:32 AMThat totally sucks. What is up with people? Now something really good has to happen to you to balance out.
Posted by: Madame Purl at April 24, 2007 01:59 PMAh I agree with Madame Purl! Bloody dreadful really.
ps. I love Twinkie =D
Posted by: Rain at April 27, 2007 06:29 AM
I can't tolerate dickheads that bang up cars and drive away without any guilt. It drives me insane!
Posted by: Diana at April 22, 2007 11:37 AM