Many things, and photos

Mar 02, 2011 22:59

Charlotte came over this morning and the two of us got her first page done for the wedding album she's putting together! I had shown her some of my albums so she could get an idea of what's possible to do, then helped organize/plan the order for her photos, offered a variety of papers and stickers I thought may go well, and settled in to help her get the page done. It was so much fun! I love seeing others' photos and learning things about their lives; we all have a story to tell - what's yours?

Teri and Glen's final night at bowling with the Scrat'o'sphere team is now in the books. Sigh. We split, taking the first and third games but losing the second and total pins. Not the "go out with a bang" type of finish we'd hoped for their final night, but at least it wasn't a blow-out loss of all games, either. Glen bowled while Teri sat out with me, cheering on Crystal, Mike and Doug while we knitted away. And Crystal basked in momentary glory (which will now live in blog fame!) for "beating" all the guys' scores in the second game! Yay Girl Power!!

Do you remember waaayyy back when I went to Tongeren and talked about my finds? Finally got the pictures out of the camera, so here ya go!


My sewing box/cabinet thing, with the pendant on top...



It just needs a couple of knobs on the ends of the upper lids so you can pull the boxes open without having to open the lids to do it. And of course, it could use some TLC either in the form of a refinishing job or a good oiling/polish job. The fittings could use a polishing too... but I find it appealing in its kind of worn/used look, too. I will probably at least oil the hinges so it opens more smoothly.



Here is the pretty pendant; I haven't made the cord/necklace for it yet, nor have I decided on which pictures will go into it. It's enough right now to just admire it and dream.



And here's the Fiber Frisbee Hat, Finis! Cynthia is such a patient model... she doesn't complain one bit about holding the pose while I decide on the "just right" angle for my shot.



View of the top/center; I am pleased with how it turned out, in general. Doing it again, I would remind myself to use a smaller needle size on the headband's ribbing, and to cast off LOOSELY.



And here's the Generic (somewhat ginormous) Ribbed Hat. As you can maybe tell, it's got a bit of slouch to it too, especially after adding the band to tighten up the fit. I think I like it too... and again, if I were to do it again I'd adjust how many stitches I cast on - or maybe try knitting it top-down.



I'm happy with how the crown shaped up; the decreases I did worked well with the ribbing pattern and I was able to get it to a low-enough number of stitches so the drawn-loop finish was not humongous.



And here's the Previously Knit, Now Repurposed Hat; again, a simple thing I concocted, using the same Homespun yarn by Lion Brand. It has an inch or two of ribbed band, then goes to stockinette for a few inches, then a couple of rows of purl, then stockinette... etc.



Unlike the Generic (and Ginormous) Ribbed Hat, I did not do any decreases at the crown (I don't think... it's been a while) so the center "hole" from the drawn loop finish is more noticeable, as are the gathers of knitted fabric. But it's still fairly cute.



And hey, a treat just for Ro! Here's the first Spiraluscious Mitt, nearly finished... the odd-colored yarn is the provisional cast-on, which I am figuring out how to remove so I can do the lacy edge. I had no brain power for that today, so perhaps tomorrow I'll make some progress.
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