A Stitch in Time

Another for the "now I've seen everything" file

2009-05-03T11:36:00.000-05:00

Because every 'pandemic' needs some levity...

No drugs, no crafting

2009-03-31T16:59:00.001-05:00

I was laid off last Friday. No job means no insurance means no drugs means no crafting until further notice.

Hands still a mess, but . . .

2009-03-01T10:07:00.001-06:00

. . . I did stumble across a seriously cute pattern to make for Easter.

http://www.alandart.co.uk/products/product/38

A quick update since I have been notoriously absent

2009-02-07T12:43:00.001-06:00

My doctor has taken me off my medications because they are interfering with my liver. I've been off the one since September and the other since November. Needless to say, the psoriasis is back with a vengeance and the arthritis has decided to settle in my hands - which is good since it isn't anywhere else in my body, but it's bad because, well, it's in my hands. I can't do much of anything with these iffy hands. Today is actually a good day. I can turn the doorknob without help and I can type - hence this post. But what I would really like to do is knit and I just don't think my hands would put up with that. Oh, well. Life goes on. I'm just trailing a little behind it right now.

!! Happy New Year !!

2009-01-01T11:12:00.001-06:00

May the best thing that happened to you in 2008 be the worst thing that happens to you in 2009.

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Now playing: Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon

2008-12-24T12:49:00.001-06:00

Illogical

2008-06-27T19:38:00.001-05:00

Another one for the "Now I've seen everything" annals . . . Spock ears!

Argosy guarded by Horus and inspected by Bear

2008-04-12T15:11:00.003-05:00

I haven't worked much on the Argosy scarf from knitty.com. I've been tracking time and I've only spent 4.25 hours total on it. I have almost eleven repeats of Section 2.

I tried to take indoor update photos, but, as always, Horus had to sit guard over the item and this time Bear had to come inspect it as well. Horus is very firmly sitting in place, but you can just barely make out Bear sneaking up on the ball of yarn just in case it is EVIL and willing to attack an unsuspecting cat.

I took an "unposed" snap of the scarf being held in front of my bedroom door as I was taking it back to safety. This one doesn't have any cats in it but it does show up the color mix.

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Now playing: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
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Happy Easter

2008-03-23T11:32:00.000-05:00

Argosy Scarf

2008-03-22T23:09:00.003-05:00

I didn't have much opportunity to work on the scarf this week. I only managed about half an hour on Tuesday, so this isn't much as far as weekly updates go. I still haven't decided who the recipient of this will be.

Knitting time: 1.5 hours

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Now playing: Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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Jingle Bells (#130)

2008-03-22T22:44:00.003-05:00

Pattern #130
201 Cross-Stitch Christmas Designs
by Kooler Design Studio

I stitched this piece for my Friend From Work for Christmas, 2008. It was stitched on 14 count white Aida by Charles Craft.

Sure and begorra, 'tis a fine day!

2008-03-17T19:08:00.001-05:00

The History of St. Patrick's Day

Not your standard shamrock . . .

Would you believe knitting content?

2008-03-15T15:24:00.002-05:00

Yes, after all this time there really is honest to goodness knitting content on my blog. I can hardly believe it myself. This is about an hour's worth of work on the Argosy scarf from knitty.com. I started it at work on Wednesday during lunch. Let me tell you that it's really hard keeping count when you sit with a bunch of friends in the lunchroom at work and gossip. It took three tries to get it started without making a mistake. I'm not sure who I'm making this for yet.

It doesn't look like much, but it does pretty up the further along I get. I know this because I actually started the scarf last year before the finger business put a kibosh on my life and I had it about a quarter done. After the surgery and before the arthritis came along, when I thought I was fit enough to knit, I added a couple of pattern repeats only to realize I'd made a serious boo-boo. There was no way I could keep going with the pattern mistake I'd made so I finally frogged it on Tuesday and started over again. I intend for this to be my lunchtime project until I finish it.

And speaking of the finger business, here's a shot of me holding the yarn after I snapped the picture above. Doesn't really look much better, does it? I still can't straighten the finger, but I can use it for typing and knitting and holding things so that's progress at least.

And, yes, my had is a bit swollen. I'm back on blood pressure meds. The one I'm on now is a diuretic since I'm retaining over 20 pounds of water weight that I've put on in the last two months. That's apparently when the blood pressure went out of whack again. Oh, well. At least I can knit again.

Now, isn't that interesting . . .

2008-03-08T18:33:00.003-06:00

OK, it probably isn't to everybody else on the planet, but it is to me. I was messing around getting some email accounts created at (in . . . on?) my domain so I thought I'd take a gander at some statistics since I haven't done that in a while. My little corner of the 'web seems to be popular in Norway (2.24%), Germany (2.22%), and France (1.05%). When you keep in mind that slightly better than 91% of all my web traffic comes from ".com", ".net", and ".edu", those percentages are pretty impressive.

I wonder who I know in Norway and France. I know who I know in Germany but I don't think she's generating all that traffic by her little lonesome.

I also wonder which blog is generating all the traffic. Instinct tells me it's this one since there are a lot of knitters in Europe.

So, anyway, if you're from Norway, Germany, or France - or any other place, for that matter - leave a comment and say "Hi!".

Yeowda

2008-02-23T08:14:00.001-06:00

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Now playing: André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 5, Op. 47: IV. Allegro non troppo
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I'm on Ravelry!

2008-02-18T22:52:00.004-06:00

Woohoo! I got my invite tonight and I've signed in. I haven't done much yet other than some basic profile stuff, and I probably won't get much of anything else done until this weekend, but I'm on Ravelry! Woohoo!

Oh, of course, I'm Seitherin there so that's how you can find me.

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Now playing: Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream
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I got books!

2008-02-03T08:49:00.000-06:00

This is as close to crafting as I've gotten since the arthritis caused by the finger ailment put me on Remicade treatments in December. Did I ever mention the ordeal of the finger caused an outbreak of psoriasis which lead to an extremely debilitating case of psoriatic arthritis for which I've been undergoing treatment since December? If I didn't before, I have now. The finger still doesn't work worth a darn, but at least I can mostly use it to do mostly normal things like holding cups and cutting my own meat. Anyway, I've finally perked up enough to be interested in knitting again and I ordered two books which arrived yesterday. I really like both of them. I'm toying with the idea of scarves in people's futures.

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Now playing: Loreena McKennitt - Kecharitomene
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!! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

2008-01-01T00:04:00.001-06:00

May the best thing that happened to you in 2007 be the worst thing that happens in 2008.

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Now playing: Corvus Corax - Urmawi

2007-12-25T09:38:00.001-06:00

Still no knitting

2007-12-12T20:54:00.000-06:00

Or anything else either. But I have hope that will change come January.

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Now playing: Eagles - Hotel California

Knitting on hold

2007-11-10T14:21:00.000-06:00

As if you couldn't tell since I haven't posted anything in practically forever. The finger is not improving (in my opinion) but the doctor seems pleased with the pace of the therapy. Anyway, my hands get very tired very quickly so I haven't done much of anything and the finger has taken to swelling again. I've gone to see another doctor, but I'm not prepared to say anything about that yet since I don't know anything definitive and may not even know anything after I see her again the end of next week.

Oh, well. At least I'm catching up on my reading.

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Now playing: Enya - Less Than A Pearl
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My eyes! My eyes! Oh, the horror!

2007-10-13T09:48:00.000-05:00

Horror on the Slopes!

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Now playing: Bowling for Soup - 1985
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Want a Ferrari?

2007-10-13T09:39:00.000-05:00

Knit it yourself.

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Now playing: Five for Fighting - 100 Years
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Been a while

2007-09-30T10:35:00.001-05:00

Finger is status quo. I can knit, but I'm not in the mood at the moment. I'm reading two books and I can't seem to maintain interest in either. However, I did stumble across a link that falls into the "now I've seen everything!" category and I just had to share it . . .

Dog Star Wars Costumes - Pictures of Halloween Pet Costumes

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Now playing: Mediaeval Baebes - Kilmeny
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There was knitting

2007-09-04T21:43:00.000-05:00

Woohoo! I stopped at the Pasadena SnB on my way home tonight to introduce myself and I pulled out the knitting I haven't touched since March or April and I actually knit two repeats of the pattern. Although the finger still isn't worth a darn, it works well enough to knit.

I am such a happy camper, you can't even possibly begin to imagine.

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Now playing: David Arkenstone - The Quest of Culhwch
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