Oh, how I want to knit this. I’m not a big Star Wars fan, I have no need for it, I would probably never wear it – but I just adore The Leia Hat. Really, how could you resist? [via Mac, who wants to make it for her husband. Mwuhaha!]
I can’t believe what a whirlwind this past week has been. No, I still can’t tell you what is up. I will soon. Today was the first day in over a week that I didn’t feel like I was walking around in a fog. Of course, only getting 2.73 hours of sleep Sunday night didn’t exactly make Monday a great day. I still didn’t get quite a full night last night, but 6-7 hours is a lot better than less than 3. I was just too wired.
Now that the majority of the dust has settled, I’m just waiting for Mike to finish his online geek class so that I can go and podcast. I’m running out of steam though, so if he isn’t done soon it might have to wait until tomorrow afternoon. Which is seriously frustrating, because I wanted it out by last weekend. Two weeks – I have a schedule here! Gah.
Oh well. I guess I have to play nice and share the computer – for now. Until I find a way to record decent sound quality on the laptop, that is.
As for other news – I got to have lunch yesterday with Staci, which was a fabulous treat. Except we both were suffering from an attack of The GERD, which cut it short. We will definitely have to do it again soon though. Her dogs are so fabulous – I adore them, and she has for them the best beds from the dog bed reviews at dogsrecommend.com. If I could have smuggled one of them out of her house without her noticing, I seriously would have considered it. Of course, I would have had to post photos of them all the time because they are so darn sweet, and she would have busted me – but I live way out in the ‘burbs and she would have to find her way out into the wild wilderness of the outskirts of Houston. I also got to see her Steekin’ Project up close and personal, along with her Master Knitter goodies and some other gift items that can not be seen on the blog. I am always so impressed with her knitting. Oh! I got to see her new knitting bag in person too! I’ve got my album ready to send off to have one made up for me – I can’t wait!
Elaine came over Sunday night so we could discuss photography stuff. She is making me be organized, and good things will come of this. We have plans in the works, and will be sharing more details as soon as we get everything lined up. My Big Thing had thrown a sudden kink in everything, but now I think we are rolling ahead. I’m so psyched! I *heart* photography. And Elaine.
On the knitting front, I started a sock in the pink Regia Bamboo sock yarn, and I am going to frog it and make it larger. I might make it ribbed all the way down, but I haven’t decided yet. I might just rip it off the needles and dig into the Vesper “Big Pink Cookie” sock yarn that is calling my name. Loudly. I am also part of the way into my sweater sleeve, for the third time. I think this one is a winner. I love working with the Brooks Farm 4-Play yarn, it is so fabulous! Photos of all to come soon. I promise.
But first? Episode 8 of PointySticks! (I think I hear Mike getting off of the desktop, and I’m going to snag it while I am still awake!)
This week has been pretty interesting. Tuesday something happened that set a ball rolling that really needed to be rolled. Big changes. Good changes. I’m quite excited about the changes, actually.
Yes, I am being cryptic. I have to be until the rest of the details are ironed out. But that is why I’ve been so quiet the past few days. This has been keeping me pretty busy. It took top priority out of nowhere, and has occupied my mind a lot ever since.
(Before you ask, no, I am not pregnant.)
I haven’t finished the podcast – I will tomorrow night. The homework must come first.
More details to follow when the time is right. I just had to record the moment for the future.
Remember how I said I finished the baby blanket and the Clapotis last weekend? Well, that isn’t completely true. I have yet to weave in a single end of yarn, and on the Clapotis there are still some rows where the stitches haven’t been dropped all the way to the end.
The truth is, I hate doing the “finishing” work.
So Katy Blogless and I are getting together today for Finish it Friday, and I wanted to invite everyone else to join along. Get out those projects that aren’t quite all the way there – the sweaters without sleeves attached, the blankets without the ends woven in, whatever it may be, and get it finished!
Come back when you are done and tell us about it! (She reads the blog too.) Post photos on your site and share the link. And if anyone has time to finish a button for it for us, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks to Sara’s comment over on the PointySticks site, I just discovered that PointySticks won 2nd place in the “The Addicts Choice Knitting Blog Awards” best knitting podcast! Dude, how cool is that?!? Considering there are so many knitting podcasts out there now, I’m totally stoked. I didn’t even know the show was up for an award, and it came in second place. Sweet!
Want to help with the show? Get the word out! Blog about it, tell your friends about it, listen to the show and spread the word. I’m going to do a “commercial” as soon as I can get Mike’s help with the music editing to send to the other podcasts. Seems taking the summer off leads to fewer listeners. Eep! We can’t have that now, can we? Also – please – if you have anything you want to submit for the show – an advert for your business, a story to be shared, links that you think the world should know about – let me know. I would love to hear about it!
Next recording session is tomorrow, so episode 8 will be live this weekend! (Maybe even tomorrow afternoon!)