Totally unrelated to the Fourth of July
Jul. 4th, 2008 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
suzy_queueThe history meme floating around yesterday was fun to read. I was going to do it myself, but when I went to the archives, I realized I have never posted on July 3 in the six years I've been here. I figured, why mess with tradition? So I posted nothing.
An odd thing happened yesterday - I was looking through the SRP pictures that co-worker R organized at work. I ended up in the background of several, from working the weekly drop in program, and you know what? I was not immediately horrified at how I looked, nor did I cringe even a little. I was actually okay with how I looked. This has never happened before. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it. It feels kind of odd.
I also spent a few hours organizing my Ravelry queue and favorites list, tagging everything for easy location. (What do you mean I need to get a life?!) I weeded items out of my queue that I like but have no intention of knitting in the near future, and I'm all excited about it now.
It's just...I have a lot of scarves in my queue. I'm knitting mom one with my July club yarn. I'm knitting myself a cabled heart scarf with the Lorna's Laces from ames. I'm working on a belt now (with Carys BFL, the same type of yarn that's the July club yarn) which is basically a skinny scarf. I would, at some point, love to knit the snowflake illusion scarf, because I own the yarn, it's snow and it's sparkly. They are all awesome patterns that I would get use out of. But, um, my attention span can be short, you know? And scarves are long. I love the belt I'm working on now, but omg dragging! If I want to get all this done, I need to devote more time to knitting and less to reading books and the internet. Which I don't know that I'll do. *g*
I also ordered some merino in the Siofra colorway, and intend to make these neat Clapotis-inspired gloves with it, plus either a matching hat or scarf. And then the August club yarn colorway was revealed today, and I'm wildly in love with it and need to figure out what to do with that! It's somewhat similar to Siofra, but more muted and a bulky yarn. I kind of found a hat I like, but I'm debating on if I'd really wear it. I had kind of thought to make a very simple and fast drop stitch scarf as a Christmas gift, but I totally want this color for myself. I could, I guess, still do the quick scarf, but I think the pattern would look best with variegated yarns and this is a semi-solid blend of blues and greys.
ARGH!
Basically - I have too many things that I want to do, and not enough time to do it in. *g*
My plan this afternoon is to sit outside and knit, so we'll see how far I get in the belt today.
An odd thing happened yesterday - I was looking through the SRP pictures that co-worker R organized at work. I ended up in the background of several, from working the weekly drop in program, and you know what? I was not immediately horrified at how I looked, nor did I cringe even a little. I was actually okay with how I looked. This has never happened before. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it. It feels kind of odd.
I also spent a few hours organizing my Ravelry queue and favorites list, tagging everything for easy location. (What do you mean I need to get a life?!) I weeded items out of my queue that I like but have no intention of knitting in the near future, and I'm all excited about it now.
It's just...I have a lot of scarves in my queue. I'm knitting mom one with my July club yarn. I'm knitting myself a cabled heart scarf with the Lorna's Laces from ames. I'm working on a belt now (with Carys BFL, the same type of yarn that's the July club yarn) which is basically a skinny scarf. I would, at some point, love to knit the snowflake illusion scarf, because I own the yarn, it's snow and it's sparkly. They are all awesome patterns that I would get use out of. But, um, my attention span can be short, you know? And scarves are long. I love the belt I'm working on now, but omg dragging! If I want to get all this done, I need to devote more time to knitting and less to reading books and the internet. Which I don't know that I'll do. *g*
I also ordered some merino in the Siofra colorway, and intend to make these neat Clapotis-inspired gloves with it, plus either a matching hat or scarf. And then the August club yarn colorway was revealed today, and I'm wildly in love with it and need to figure out what to do with that! It's somewhat similar to Siofra, but more muted and a bulky yarn. I kind of found a hat I like, but I'm debating on if I'd really wear it. I had kind of thought to make a very simple and fast drop stitch scarf as a Christmas gift, but I totally want this color for myself. I could, I guess, still do the quick scarf, but I think the pattern would look best with variegated yarns and this is a semi-solid blend of blues and greys.
ARGH!
Basically - I have too many things that I want to do, and not enough time to do it in. *g*
My plan this afternoon is to sit outside and knit, so we'll see how far I get in the belt today.
