yarn fail

So i’m knitting away on multiplicity, i’m up to the arm holes on the back, then i started flipping out. I ordered 10 balls of yarn, but i am nearly done the 3rd ball and im still on the back, that cant be good. So i go and double check the yarn needed for the sweater and i apparently reversed my numbers and ordered to little, FAIL.

I just placed an order for more yarn and put in a little note mentioning the situation and what dye lot i want if they happen to have any left, which i’m hoping they do. Now, for attack plans if they dont! i’ve been thinking if there is a big difference between the dye lots i’d hold off doing the ribbed cuffs on the sweater and i’d make those cuffs and the flowey shawl like coller part out of the different dye lot. If you look at my previous post you can kind of see what i’m talking about, i think it’ll be okay, but i’m really not sure. I suppose i’ll know more when i get the yarn in and i can see how well it matches. I’m pretty sure i over bought yarn now, i only need like a skein more and i bought 4, haha. Its always better to have to much then to little though!

Anyway, i should stop worrying about my yarn troubles, i’m off to boston tomorrow and wont be back till tuesday or wednesday, i get to help my friend move apartments, yay! well, thats only one day of it anyway, the rest should be fun and include an ikea visit!

Mulitiplicity

Just thought i’d share a photo of my multiplicity progress, i’m about 8 1/2″ into the back of the sweater, and considering the fact that its dk weight yarn it knits up quite fast, its pretty exciting. I picked the grey color because, well, i make boring color choices, haha. Everything i knit is either blue, purple or grey, its a very bad habit.

I’ve been working on buying some other color yarns, for example i have a light pink for a summer top i’m going to be making, and a dark red for another summer tank top.  Oh, and last time i went to the yarn store i picked up some HOT PINK yarn from greece, yum! no idea what i’m going to make out of it yet though, perhaps a lacy scarf, i bet my sister would want it though, she loves hot pink.

so i guess i’ll add in a picture of my stash then while i’m at it…

you cant really tell how much blue and purple i have from that shot, but trust me there’s a lot. Apparently when i rearranged it a few weeks ago i hid all my boring colors and put the brighter stuff out front. The yellow is left over from a baby blanket, i also made a really cute tam out of it. the bottom shelf isn’t yarn, its boxes with picture frames that i need to paint and swap out pictures (i don’t really need high school photos framed anymore) and also some leftover fabric from a purse a made a few weeks ago.  the cupboard itself is unfinished and needs to be stained, you can do that for me if you want, i HATE staining, haha.

hmmm, well i suppose that’s it.

Photograhpy

Now i’m not the best photographer in the word, but i’m also not the worst, it is my favorite hobby though. A few years ago i took my tax return and invested in a Nikon D40, and i absolutely love it. I also have a Nikon coolpix camera that I keep in my purse for when i don’t have my SLR on me, or when its more likely that my SLR is not going to be appropriate for the situation (ie when i go out). i just thought i’d share a few of my favorite photos, and seeing as the first is from my SLR and the second from my point and shoot you can really tell how different the picture quality really is.

The first photo is from Jordan Pond at Acadia National Park, Maine and the second photo is from Block Island in Rhode Island.

If you click on the photos it will open a bigger version if you want more detail. I’m sure this is not the most interesting photo in the world, but i thought i’d share a hobby of mine.

Brand New!

I previously had a crappy little never updated blog on blogger, and hated it, then i moved to tumblr, but i wanted comments, so now i’m doing wordpress. Lets see how this goes! i’m going to copy and past my tumblr post from earlier today, cause there’s nothing new for me to say 🙂

“cast on for Multiplicity (out of “sensual knits”) the other day. Spot on with my gauge swatch, so with any luck this sweater will be the proper size, unlike the fiasco with February Lady (TERRIBLE). i’m only about 6” into the back, so i have a ways to go.

Also ordered the new zypher needles from knitpicks! i’m pretty excited about them, i got sizes 4-7. Currently i have the nickle plated options, and the small sizes make me rip a hole in my finger and then it hurts like a bitch to knit, so i figure i’ll try these ones out and see if they are not quite as sharp. i’m thinking because they are acrylic they wont be, and i’ll be much more comfortable, but we’ll see.”

Ikea is Fab

I was looking through the Ikea catalog that my mother brought home from Pittsburgh (because we sadly do not have an Ikea in Maine, booo) and i found this GORGEOUS desk that someone should get me for my birthday:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30115537

obviously it needs some legs, but they don’t have any with drawers so I’d have to figure something else out. I love love love that glass top though, my sewing machine and computer would look so good sitting on it!