My right index finger hurts!
That's my mouse clicking finger people!
The horror. The horror.
Friday, November 21, 2008
get checked
Ever have those times when everything just seems to be going on?
So far, we've had two car accidents in less than two weeks--my older sister got hit during the season's first snow/ice storm, her and about 10 other cars where pulled up on the side of the road. She compared it to bumper cars, and then went on and on about how awesome her brakes work ( I guess it's better than finding out your car brakes are total crap). My younger sister--not the teenager--got t-boned earlier this week during another bit of icy/snowy weather, she was waiting to turn left and considering the way she got hit, she's very thankful that oncoming traffic was stopped on a red light.
Both cars have pretty extensive damage--my older sister's audi needs to wait for parts, my younger sister's infinity had over $11,000 worth of damage, this will probably go up once they manage to pry open the doors and see the full extent of the damage.
Luckily they both made it out with minimal injuries, just a case of whiplash for my younger sister. In the meantime, I'm taking my car to the shop to get checked out. Nothing reminds you to have good car maintenance like a couple of accidents.
Knitting content is forthcoming, I just have to yell at my camera and see if I can get it to properly read color. I think it secretly hates me.
So far, we've had two car accidents in less than two weeks--my older sister got hit during the season's first snow/ice storm, her and about 10 other cars where pulled up on the side of the road. She compared it to bumper cars, and then went on and on about how awesome her brakes work ( I guess it's better than finding out your car brakes are total crap). My younger sister--not the teenager--got t-boned earlier this week during another bit of icy/snowy weather, she was waiting to turn left and considering the way she got hit, she's very thankful that oncoming traffic was stopped on a red light.
Both cars have pretty extensive damage--my older sister's audi needs to wait for parts, my younger sister's infinity had over $11,000 worth of damage, this will probably go up once they manage to pry open the doors and see the full extent of the damage.
Luckily they both made it out with minimal injuries, just a case of whiplash for my younger sister. In the meantime, I'm taking my car to the shop to get checked out. Nothing reminds you to have good car maintenance like a couple of accidents.
Knitting content is forthcoming, I just have to yell at my camera and see if I can get it to properly read color. I think it secretly hates me.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Great Times
I had a whole political/change we need post going, but I changed my mind. This is a historic time and I'm glad to witness it, but this is a knitting/spinning/dyeing blog, so let's focus on that.*
Part of my whole let's expand my spinning repertoire, is to try new fibers. On that note I tried Targhee wool from Mountain colors purchased here in the 'Wilderness' colorway. Have you spun this stuff? It is so springy and easy to spin. This would actually be a really good yarn to start spinning on: the fibers have enough crimp and length to cling enough to form singles really easily. The one thing I didn't like was how muted the colors where--but that's just a personal color palette thing.
See I spun this:
and two-plied it here:
It's got purple, green, red, blue, and a little yellow. I thought about navajo plying the yarn, but I decided it would look better with a little more blending of the colors.
Ignore the horrible pictures. My camera has decided it hates taking pictures of yarn. My pink roving comes out orange-y, my blues and purples completely blend together and come out fuzzy--not to mention the purple becomes blue. I don't use flash and take my pictures with indirect light as much as possible.
*plus when you have to use a million exclamation points to write something, distance is usually needed.
Part of my whole let's expand my spinning repertoire, is to try new fibers. On that note I tried Targhee wool from Mountain colors purchased here in the 'Wilderness' colorway. Have you spun this stuff? It is so springy and easy to spin. This would actually be a really good yarn to start spinning on: the fibers have enough crimp and length to cling enough to form singles really easily. The one thing I didn't like was how muted the colors where--but that's just a personal color palette thing.
See I spun this:
and two-plied it here:
It's got purple, green, red, blue, and a little yellow. I thought about navajo plying the yarn, but I decided it would look better with a little more blending of the colors.Ignore the horrible pictures. My camera has decided it hates taking pictures of yarn. My pink roving comes out orange-y, my blues and purples completely blend together and come out fuzzy--not to mention the purple becomes blue. I don't use flash and take my pictures with indirect light as much as possible.
*plus when you have to use a million exclamation points to write something, distance is usually needed.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
can't be bothered
You know you had a good party when it takes you a week to recover, and then came Halloween. My family loves Halloween--my dad, not so much. Luckily he's learned to accept the limited amount of crazy that usually accompanies the occasion.
This year, the holiday was a bit of a bust. Not a lot of people in our neighborhoods passed out candy, luckily the 4 year old enjoyed his 2 block trick or treat walk and then spent the rest of the night bossily handing out candy and chips.
May I just say how annoying I find the large number of teenagers who didn't even bother putting on a costume--really people! The process is quite simple: You dress up in some sort of get up and then I provide candy. Why should I bother to give you candy if you can't be bothered to dress up?
This year, the holiday was a bit of a bust. Not a lot of people in our neighborhoods passed out candy, luckily the 4 year old enjoyed his 2 block trick or treat walk and then spent the rest of the night bossily handing out candy and chips.
May I just say how annoying I find the large number of teenagers who didn't even bother putting on a costume--really people! The process is quite simple: You dress up in some sort of get up and then I provide candy. Why should I bother to give you candy if you can't be bothered to dress up?
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