Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.
I was tempted to complain about the weather and how it is freakin’ cold here again (it’s now 40 and it was 80 the other day), but then I turned on the news. Then I read a few blogs. Yeah…
I think I’ll shut up and not complain about our near freezing temps after all. It could be so much worse…
I just discovered this free RSS to HTML PHP Script. I’m all about the free, and it looks like it could be useful for some future project.
Speaking of projects, last night we went to Kathy and Tom’s house, and I was smart and brought the yarn I bought to make Kathy a scarf. Her sister was the inspiration for the first scarf I crocheted, so the I’m making the second one for her. It’s a cream colored chenille, the pr0n star of yarns because it is “Thick and quick.” While watching Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition), I managed to crochet about half of the scarf, even while laughing – that movie was pretty damn funny. Two thumbs up. (Two crochet hooks up?) I hope to finish the rest of it today while spending some time in the car.
I already have requests for future scarves – can I just tell you how happy that makes me?!? Wheeee!!! Crocheting for others is FUN!
Off for a day full of crafty goodness. It’s going to be a busy weekend, but I can’t wait!
I work from home. For the first time in many years, I should not have to worry about the annual crud that seems to go around this time of year. I should be safe.
Am I safe from it? Nooooo…
Mike and Jason seem to think it is nice to pick these things up and bring them home to me. Don’t they get that I want to be crud free? And then Mother Nature screws with me too, changing the weather from 40 degrees to 75 degrees to 34 degrees to 80 degrees at a whim. Damn it, damn it, damn it.
I woke up with sticky eyes, a stuffy nose, and a chunky feeling throat. This sucks. And I don’t even get to call in sick to work or share the crud with any of my co-workers. Man…
I’m all set. I finally found where I put my “Stitch ‘N Bitch” book – right on the bookcase where I could easily find it, and then couldn’t find it for 2 weeks. (It was by the CDs, the only book there, and sort of hidden behind the side of the bookcase, and Mike couldn’t find it either when I enlisted his help.)
While my SnB book was missing, I found a copy of “Knit Wit” at the store and picked it up – only to discover that it focuses on the Throw Method. Great. Conflicting instructions. Oh well, everyone says to try both and one will just feel more “right” than the other. Plus there are some cute patterns in the Knit Wit book.
I have knitting needles. They were on sale at Hobby Lobby this week for 40% off, so I have needles in aluminum, plastic and bamboo. May as well cover all my bases, right? Especially at 40% off! I picked up both a size 10 US and a size 8 US, just to have a little variety.
I have yarn. Nice, basic, worsted weight yarn. Nothing fancy about it at all – it’s the cheap stuff ($1.99 for a giant skien, on sale) so that when I screw things up and just want to pitch them I don’t have to feel bad about it.
I have three episodes of Knitty Gritty saved on the TiVo. Their first episode goes over, slowly and clearly, how to do the basic knit stitch. They even have the KnittyCam, where they show the work from the angle of the knitter – which was a huge help. It was good to be able to see it from that view, see how it works up. They had the author of “The Knitter’s Companion” on the show giving instructions, and I found that book on clearance at Hobby Lobby, so I picked up a copy.
Yep, I think I’m all set. I’m ready to knit.
But just to be safe, last but not least, I found a book on clearance that has complete details on how to convert a knitting pattern to a crochet pattern! (Called “From Needles to Hook: Complete Guide to Converting Knit Patterns to Crochet“) So if I never learn to knit, I can still make cute stuff! Because somewhere deep down I’m convinced I’ll never be able to knit. I really, really, really want to know how to knit, but will I be able to? Not so sure. I’m going to give it a try though, and I hope I can do it!
I have started a “Five in ’05” group for the The President’s Challenge. If you log in 5 days worth of activities for 6 out of 8 weeks, you will earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award. Not only that, but I’m going to figure out prizes to send to people along the way too! If you would like to join the group, the ID number is 26501, and select your own username on the group page – something easy to remember that I can identify you by also. (For example, I’m listed as “Christine” – make sense?)
NOTE: If you join, please leave a comment here with your member ID so I can match up who is who – it seems that even as the group admin, I don’t have a way to contact you through the website. Eep! I need to be able to contact you if you want motivational prizes along the way!
Come join us in working out and getting fit! You can do it!!!