I had time to knit this weekend. So guess what I did? I didn't knit. Knitting on this afghan is already getting a bit old. I have the pattern memorized (mostly, I only need to look at it 2 or three times per 10 rows to double check which stitch sequence I'm doing) and it's getting monotonous. It's really beautiful, and I'm thrilled with it and I'm 25% done. Only 25% done. But the colors are gorgeous, the pattern is lacy but not too "holey" or fragile. I really need to just suck it up and keep moving. The photos of Baby J with his blanket will be such an awesome reward for all this work. It may wear out from use, but I'll always have the photos, and seeing him using it will be the best part. (I'm doing a bit of the cheer leading stuff at myself to make me work on it, but I'm feeling a bit better after having had a couple of days away.) I think if I ever do this pattern again, I'll add several rows of stockinette to the start and finish of the strips so that the bottom edge doesn't "bubble" out so much. You can see it did the same for others who did this pattern. Annoying, but not enough to start over.
Ravelry is awesome! My screen name is saneknitter. I finally got the flickr photos linked in properly (um, I forgot to make the photos public, my bad) but it's still not checking my blog. It's found it and on my profile the correct page is there and the link works properly, but it doesn't seem to be reading it otherwise and updating the post info. I wonder what I'm doing wrong now. It's embarrassing that I'm having any trouble with this when I work with computers and programming all day. Oh, well. Live and learn to deal with humiliation. ;)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
The Wait is Over
I came home this evening from a nice outside tea party with a dear friend (and Mama and Husband) and what do I find in my inbox? MY RAVELRY INVITATION! If I could stay awake much longer I'd do all the cool stuff, but I guess I'll have to settle for just setting everything up. I created a Flicker account, but it doesn't seem to want to load my photo to Ravelry. Hmmm... I'll have the play with it. Oh, boy! I may never sleep again! Oh, wait. I'm going to sleep now. I guess I will sleep, but I'm sure there will be some late nights. Ah, the joy!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Ravelry Wait (Part 9) - Under 1000!!!!!!
OMG! Only 864 people ahead of me in line! OMG! It's almost my turn! I'm almost in! When I checked the list this morning, I almost had a heart attack with joy!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Photo and Dog Update
Okay, so I finally got the time to take and upload the most recent stage of Baby J's blanket.
Not including the border, it's about a fourth done. I have the next strip in progress after a major incident whereby I lost a lot of work (okay, all of it - tears were shed), but it's coming along nicely now and is a fifth done. That's actually pretty good progress given the amount of time available to do any knitting. I get something done mostly every day since I carry it with me everywhere I go. What's that? Ten minutes until the next meeting? That's a ton of time for knitting! And sadly sometimes all I get in a day. But whatever. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was this blanket. Baby steps, baby steps.
How sad is it that the only time I could find to take and post a photo was while I was in my office? I really do work!
The dogs are fine. They scared us silly! We spent time calculating how much chocolate they could actually have ingested, and if the little Bichon had eaten it all, it would still not have been lethal, too close for comfort, but not lethal. We did worry anyway in case he was especially sensitive (since some dogs are), but he's fine. And all evidence now points to the Dachshund getting most of it. Let's just say the fat content of it didn't agree with her stomach, but otherwise she's fine. Since she's twice his size, she could handle twice as much before approaching toxic levels. Here's the math of it for chocolate: If you have a very high dose of poison, let's say toxic levels, but share half of it with someone twice your size, you get half of a toxic dose, while the other person only gets a quarter of a dose. It may have been closer to her getting two thirds (she's quite the oinker). Either way it was mercifully okay, since if she had the whole thing it would have been close to a half a toxic dose, while for him alone it would have been close but still not toxic.
Now they all get locked up, not just my Border Collie and my Golden Retriever. They have separation anxiety, so I cage them for their own good. It keeps them calm and prevents them from chewing on things that could hurt them or cost us a bundle to replace. Mama didn't want her babies locked up, and since they were usually good (99% of the time), we left them loose. Well, since Alex got neutered, he's been a real pain in the butt about food. He has no compunctions about getting up on tables (which he somehow manages even with the chairs pushed in!) to get at bags of food ready to be gifted to others (this is how he got the bag of brownies). Before the snippy-snippy, he didn't do this. Tigger can't get up on anything because she has permanent damage from her blown disc from 4 and a half years ago. So if it's not on the floor, or within two feet of the floor, it's safe from her. This is why the house is basically baby proofed already. Now here's the rub. Alex will get whatever goodies he can find, then bring them down to share with Tigger. He could take them up on the couch or the bed, and have it all to himself, but no. This generosity on his part potentially saved his life. So after the scare last night, Mama gave me carte blanche to discipline them as I see fit and not coddle them. So they are all in the doggie room Michael and I have been working on in the basement. It's not done yet, but it's good enough for now. All we need to do is paint the walls, but it doesn't have to be done to be a safe place for them. Kelsey barked for a few minutes after we put them in it, but that's pretty normal for her, while the others were more quiet. She's the one I'd worry about ripping the door off and getting loose. Don't laugh! Once, she ripped the molding off from around a door and was halfway to getting through when I stopped her. I was only gone 10 minutes, but the noises she could hear motivated her to want to get out to help me. (It wasn't serious, but she didn't know the neighbor wasn't a genuine threat to me.) Anyway, that was fun to fix. So it was nice this morning that we could finish getting ready and leave without them getting hyper and underfoot.
Another plus for the dog room is that I never again have to worry about any of the dogs getting at my yarn. Yay! Actually, since I've been home from California, none of them have even looked twice at a ball of yarn. I guess it just smelled like me and they absolutely HAD.... TO.... HAVE.... IT. I should be flattered that they love me so much, but we're talking yarn here.
Not including the border, it's about a fourth done. I have the next strip in progress after a major incident whereby I lost a lot of work (okay, all of it - tears were shed), but it's coming along nicely now and is a fifth done. That's actually pretty good progress given the amount of time available to do any knitting. I get something done mostly every day since I carry it with me everywhere I go. What's that? Ten minutes until the next meeting? That's a ton of time for knitting! And sadly sometimes all I get in a day. But whatever. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was this blanket. Baby steps, baby steps.How sad is it that the only time I could find to take and post a photo was while I was in my office? I really do work!
The dogs are fine. They scared us silly! We spent time calculating how much chocolate they could actually have ingested, and if the little Bichon had eaten it all, it would still not have been lethal, too close for comfort, but not lethal. We did worry anyway in case he was especially sensitive (since some dogs are), but he's fine. And all evidence now points to the Dachshund getting most of it. Let's just say the fat content of it didn't agree with her stomach, but otherwise she's fine. Since she's twice his size, she could handle twice as much before approaching toxic levels. Here's the math of it for chocolate: If you have a very high dose of poison, let's say toxic levels, but share half of it with someone twice your size, you get half of a toxic dose, while the other person only gets a quarter of a dose. It may have been closer to her getting two thirds (she's quite the oinker). Either way it was mercifully okay, since if she had the whole thing it would have been close to a half a toxic dose, while for him alone it would have been close but still not toxic.
Now they all get locked up, not just my Border Collie and my Golden Retriever. They have separation anxiety, so I cage them for their own good. It keeps them calm and prevents them from chewing on things that could hurt them or cost us a bundle to replace. Mama didn't want her babies locked up, and since they were usually good (99% of the time), we left them loose. Well, since Alex got neutered, he's been a real pain in the butt about food. He has no compunctions about getting up on tables (which he somehow manages even with the chairs pushed in!) to get at bags of food ready to be gifted to others (this is how he got the bag of brownies). Before the snippy-snippy, he didn't do this. Tigger can't get up on anything because she has permanent damage from her blown disc from 4 and a half years ago. So if it's not on the floor, or within two feet of the floor, it's safe from her. This is why the house is basically baby proofed already. Now here's the rub. Alex will get whatever goodies he can find, then bring them down to share with Tigger. He could take them up on the couch or the bed, and have it all to himself, but no. This generosity on his part potentially saved his life. So after the scare last night, Mama gave me carte blanche to discipline them as I see fit and not coddle them. So they are all in the doggie room Michael and I have been working on in the basement. It's not done yet, but it's good enough for now. All we need to do is paint the walls, but it doesn't have to be done to be a safe place for them. Kelsey barked for a few minutes after we put them in it, but that's pretty normal for her, while the others were more quiet. She's the one I'd worry about ripping the door off and getting loose. Don't laugh! Once, she ripped the molding off from around a door and was halfway to getting through when I stopped her. I was only gone 10 minutes, but the noises she could hear motivated her to want to get out to help me. (It wasn't serious, but she didn't know the neighbor wasn't a genuine threat to me.) Anyway, that was fun to fix. So it was nice this morning that we could finish getting ready and leave without them getting hyper and underfoot.
Another plus for the dog room is that I never again have to worry about any of the dogs getting at my yarn. Yay! Actually, since I've been home from California, none of them have even looked twice at a ball of yarn. I guess it just smelled like me and they absolutely HAD.... TO.... HAVE.... IT. I should be flattered that they love me so much, but we're talking yarn here.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Progessing, But With Distractions
Okay, I've finished more of Baby J's afghan, but I haven't had the time or the equipment necessary to take a photo and post it. Since I'm now in the middle of watching the dog be manic from eating chocolate (non-lethal amount) that he found on the table in the kitchen while I was at school teaching a help session, it's unlikely to happen at any point tonight. But I promise another picture is forth-coming.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Ravelry Wait (Part 7)
OMG!! I'm under 3000! This last 1000 went very quickly. In fact, by the time I get my invitation, I may not be done taking photos of my stash and projects. Okay, I should probably start taking photos, but whatever. I'm a bit busy! No, really! I'm TAing and doing research and getting ready for Baby J and taking care of the dogs and the Husband and having a social life (tame though it may be, I still know people!). I'm also getting ready to give a talk at a Seminar that I only found out about yesterday, and getting ready to go to a conference that I only found out yesterday that I was going to attend. At least I'm not bored...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Seaming and a Prenatal Visit
I finally got the first two strips seamed together two days ago. It looks wonderful and it reduces the curling of the stockinette. Here's how it looks:
The next strip is coming along, but there doesn't seem to be much time for knitting. Time for knitting is at a premium right now.
Pregnancy update: I had my latest prenatal visit yesterday. Everything looks good except the baby (okay, actually the uterus) is measuring at 26 weeks while I'm only 23 weeks. So the doc wants to do another ultrasound next time to see if he's just normal or growing big from gestational diabetes. I'll have the blood work done in 2 weeks to check for diabetes, but he still wants the ultrasound. He said it could be nothing, and that it would measure big if the baby wasn't laying sideways. I think that's what it was. I could feel him kicking down low and punching up high, which usually puts him as being upright. But it will be good to get another look at him and make sure things are developing normally.
The next strip is coming along, but there doesn't seem to be much time for knitting. Time for knitting is at a premium right now.
Pregnancy update: I had my latest prenatal visit yesterday. Everything looks good except the baby (okay, actually the uterus) is measuring at 26 weeks while I'm only 23 weeks. So the doc wants to do another ultrasound next time to see if he's just normal or growing big from gestational diabetes. I'll have the blood work done in 2 weeks to check for diabetes, but he still wants the ultrasound. He said it could be nothing, and that it would measure big if the baby wasn't laying sideways. I think that's what it was. I could feel him kicking down low and punching up high, which usually puts him as being upright. But it will be good to get another look at him and make sure things are developing normally.
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