Episode 11: Take Number *mumblety*

“Take Number *mumblety*”

This episode's name came about because it took an embarrassing number of takes to just get the raw footage taken!

I mention a giveaway in the show - have a watch.

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No episode last week due to unexpected family health issues! In related news, I moved a tree! Thing was as big around as my waist. Also: dead.

Projects :

This Week's Socks: The mystery pattern from the last episode is revealed as the Irish Ale socks, designed to look like a well-poured Guinness. Yarns are Schaeffer Yarn's Heather, a discontinued but very nice silk-containing sock yarn in their deep brown Julia Childs color way, and your bog-standard, old faithful, basic ole white Red Heart Heart & Sole in white.

Two Cookie A. patterns, both from her book knit. sock. love. The first pair is Lissajous in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in the colorway "Pilsen." I don't do this very often but this pair is being done two-at-a-time instead of in tandem, and Magic Loop. The other pair is a pair I started last night while relaxing with the fam and catching up on some tv, so I've got about 3 rows of Cusp completed in Lang Jawoll Superwash 75/25. The colorway doesn't have a name that I can be bothered to find but it's a marled yarn in white and taupe.

My other project at the moment is getting all the last bits together for a class in Elizabethan Hand Sewing that I'm teaching at an SCA event this weekend. It's a lecture followed by a hands-on section and is more than the typical Big 5 taught in introductory handsewing classes. I'll post a link to the handout later.

Stash:

No stash this week - too busy getting work done!

Pre-Med Moment today is about being on the waitlist/hold list/alternate list at this time of year. It's also about my willingness to continue this for another year if necessary, which means getting my application things together NOW and getting proactive right nownownow. Even if it means retaking the MCAT/taking the new MCAT. Argh! Do not want! But I will if necessary. (Dear Lord, please let it not be necessary.)

“Sea Change”

You can also find related things at the group on Ravelry, or at the blog page on Facebook.
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Projects :

This Week's Socks: Oooh, a mysterious pattern that involves a frothy cuff! More on this later - I want to get a bit more sock done so that it's easier to enjoy for someone not the knitter. Yarns are Schaeffer Yarn's Heather, a discontinued but very nice silk-containing sock yarn in their deep brown Julia Childs color way, and your bog-standard, old faithful, basic ole white Red Heart Heart & Sole in white.

More Ananke Shawl! Yet again, a discontinued favorite from medium-deep stash: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Silkie Socks that Rock yarn. I've made pretty good progress in the past week-plus. I'm pleased. It's knitting up nicely.

Longer term projects are discussed, too, everything from exercise as mood-lifter to homeschooling my six-year-old for the sake of giving her some consistency when we move.

Stash:

Not yarn this time! This week is eyeshadow from Aromaleigh Cosmetics, from the new Galactic collection. This is a series of duochrome colors - think about dragonfly bodies, with the single-color base but iridescent color overlay, and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about. The colors I've got on are Monoceros (lid) and Cepheus (crease) - I think that post might have got the wrong label though because a peek at the website suggests it's supposed to be Cassiopeia.

Pre-Med Moment today is... different. Check it out.