tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9303369.post-1108684245316359842005-02-17T18:45:00.000-05:002005-02-17T19:25:16.976-05:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55981983@N00/4975023/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos3.flickr.com/4975023_b0a67b0a03_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></div><br /> <br />I have been meaning to blog lots of things...but I have been bad! For starters, last week I got my pretty yarn from Axelle...not only is the yarn itself pretty, but look at the lovely way it came all wrapped up! Gotta love opening a present... This yarn is soooo soft... I am loving it! I am having total ADD with my knitting lately, and can't figure out what to work on. Since I was at Valentina's this weekend watching her and Jackie both working on beautiful Clapotis, I had to cast on (all 2 stitches) and my attention was captivated for at least 2 hours. Then I picked up my first attempt at lace knitting, Kiri, and tried my hand at that. Tuesday I was waiting at the passport office for an expedited passport (going to HK on March 1, don't ask where my old passport is. Trust me!) and all I did while waiting was knit Clappy...Very long socks? What are those? I seem to have kicked the crack sock habit... Yes, I need to post pictures of all these new things.<br /><br />In non-knitting news, I did actually make it to Central Park...<br /><div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55981983@N00/4975029/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos3.flickr.com/4975029_5138d1399d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></div><br />where I realized that the hat I've been working on for the BF is in fact the same color as the Gates. What's that? You thought it was a dark green hat? Oh yeah, so did I. Then I ran out of yarn. <br />He suggested I rip back a bit and make the dark green a stripe and finish in orange. Not the hat I had intended, because (shhhh..) I really don't care for orange. But I put that behind me, because it's not for me after all. So I ripped (which was funny, because he was quite surprised that all I did was take out the needles and pull. <br /><div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55981983@N00/4975022/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos5.flickr.com/4975022_c0d06d5ae3_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></div>He seemed to expect it to be more complicated. It is finished now (phew, one finished thing for 2005!) but I'm posting this pic anyway, because I'm amused by it. Of course, there is a post-completion saga, because the theme of my year seems to be one step forwards and two steps back. But I'll drone on about that next time.<br /><br /><br clear="all" />Cassiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586383381624182204noreply@blogger.com