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ting took over as my craft du jour i m really happy with how it turned out but it is really small a little too small i d love to make another one that s about 2 3x larger it s on my to do list i also just finished up this hat for my cousin s new baby it s the pixie hat from knitting for two by erica knight just in case you are looking for this book i think it may have been reprinted with a new title baby boom this was super fun and easy to knit i used cascade 220 for the yarn my pompom technique definitely needs a little work these are my first pompoms ever and although it s hard to tell from the photo they are a little skimpy does anyone know of a good pompom tutorial i m thinking of adding another pompom to the top what do you think in my book you really can t have too many pompoms but maybe it s just me posted by ginnie at 6 00 pm 9 comments thursday july 30 2009 hello and something to show well hello it s been quite a while since i ve posted here i m not sure where the time went but i guess i just needed a break i haven t meant to completely desert things here so i m going to try to get back in the habit the past few months have been very busy i finished up my 15 month long mini mba program at work now i just need that promotion cheered on my husband in one 5k and two 10k races started running myself and stuck to my other healthy resolutions too traveled to yosemite smashed the competition in connect 4 that would be joel and much much more that i cannot remember right now i actually haven t been doing a ton of knitting i ve been feeling a little uninspired lately i m not sure what it is but maybe i just need to get back into the swing of things however i do have one fo to show you it s the reclamation scarf from stephanie japel sadly i seem to have lost the information on the yarn but i will try to find it i do know that it s 100 bamboo and was hand dyed somewhere local i believe i bought it on our norcal vacation last november here is a closer look at the color this pattern was very enjoyable and super easy to knit it only took me a week too which was nice considering how large it turned out the pictures are from april proof that i did have intentions of blogging i have a slightly different haircut now which i ll have to post a picture of i have lots more to say but i need to save it for another post i ll be back soon with more knitting and maybe even some pics from my new hobby jewelry making posted by ginnie at 6 21 pm 4 comments thursday march 05 2009 still around yikes it has been almost two months since i last posted time goes by so quickly it s a little scary sometimes all is well here i decided after the new year that i was going to stop making excuses and start eating healthier and exercising and i have been i ve always been a somewhat healthy eater but i think i lost sight of what a normal portion size is and we eat out a ton so i ve been cutting back on both and exercising a lot it has really paid off but it has been taking up a lot of time especially during the week so that is excuse 1 for not blogging i ve also been in kind of a knitting funk i m not sure why but i just didn t have the urge to do any knitting for a while there lately i ve started a few new projects and that s helped here s evidence that i ve been doing a little knitting it s the montego bay scarf from interweave knits this is the perfect thing to knit while watching tv not the most exciting pattern ever but very easy to follow i m using the called for yarn handmaiden sea silk which is amazing so soft light and silky i ve been working on a few other things too so hopefully i will something else to show you soon p s if anyone is interested i highly recommend checking out sparkpeople it s online tool for tracking your diet and exercise plus much more both my husband and i use it and it has been super helpful p p s a couple people have emailed me knitting related questions if you are reading this i promise i will try to get back to you soon posted by ginnie at 6 24 pm 3 comments tuesday january 06 2009 playing catch up i don t think i ve ever blogged about my tree jacket which was started it in october 2007 i didn t get very far before setting it aside to work on forecast for naniswemo i haven t finished forecast either but that is another post don t ask me why i didn t just knit the tree jacket for that i finally picked it up again a couple months ago and have been working on it off and on since my progress so far i still have a way to go on the body but i m getting there i m using malabrigo and it s very soft this is the first of several wips i hope to finish before moving on to bigger and better things or just other sweaters i truly admire knitters who can focus on one project my own attention span is not that great something i hope to improve upon this year i m a little behind here but i thought i d share some pictures from our thanksgiving road trip the destination on our first day was mt shasta the town and the mountain the only snow was on the peak but it was very cold i really regretted not putting on my winter coat before taking this picture unfortunately we couldn t go too far up because the road was closed for winter mt shasta looms over the landscape for miles though so i don t feel like we missed too much the next shot was taken on our way down mt shasta we saw a totem pole in weed a small town located near mt shasta it was located in a grocery store parking lot though so i m not sure how authentic it was the next day we got up early and headed toward ashland oregon with some stops along the way the weather was strangely foggy it was a little eerie the weather cleared up as we headed into the mountains again but there was a strange haze hanging over ashland as well we checked out downtown ashland and then stopped at morning glory for breakfast i am not a breakfast person at all but this was one of the best meals of our trip and definitely one of the best breakfasts i ve ever eaten so good that i even attempted to recreate a few recipes if you are ever in ashland i would recommend stopping by cheery decor at morning glory that day we also stopped at a couple wineries and then headed to crescent city california to spend the night we made an error in judgement and ended up driving over a very twisty mountain road in the dark to get there it was scary next time we ll be sure to plan that stretch of road for earlier in the day we eventually made it to our destination though curly redwood lodge this place was very cool and retro it was built from one curly redwood tree that produced 57 000 board feet of lumber joel doing his best don draper pose as you can see the decor has not been updated in some time perhaps since it was built but it was very clean fun and cheap not to be missed if you enjoy that kind of thing this is getting long so i will do another post with photos from our next two days one last highlight though all the cool vintage signs along the way most shot from the passenger side window unfortunately the mosaic maker clipped a lot of the photos if you re interested click the links below for the full photos 1 hi lo motel weed 2 townhouse motel weed 3 yreka motel 4 rex club yreka 5 shamrock dinners 6 motel ashland 7 omar s ashland 8 roy s italian dinners eureka 9 bob s fine cars eureka i hope everyone s new year is off to a great start posted by ginnie at 4 55 pm 3 comments friday january 02 2009 happy new year i can t believe that another year has passed it is amazing how fast time goes by the older you get i thought i would do a little wrap up of what i ve been up to this year knitting wise i think it was the year of the fingerless mitts for me i really love those and i think the pair on the top row may be my favorite project of the year it s definitely the one i wear the most actually i m happy with everything and it s nice to think back to when i was working on these projects it has been kind of a slow year for knitting looking at the above i feel like something is missing if i counted all my wips i think i d need double the space i m hoping next year will be a little more balanced work wise especially and that i will have more time to knit my main knitting goal is to finish the sweaters especially the one for my husband which he doesn t think i will ever finish and other projects that have been lingering too long i hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season we froze in the midwest i d show you pictures but it was too cold to take any it s now official i can t take the cold and snow anymore hopefully we will be able to spend next christmas somewhere warm and sunny which also leaves out san francisco happy new year posted by ginnie at 1 13 pm 2 comments thursday december 04 2008 a hat mittens to keep me warm i ve been preparing for winter hat feeling frizzy from the yarn girls guide to simple knits mittens knit simple magazine fall 2007 yarn ggh soft kid this hat and mitten set has been finished since mid november but it s hard to get a good picture at this time of year with so little light both patterns were very quick and easy i absolutely loved the yarn which was used tripled for the hat and doubled for the mittens so soft i ve had an overwhelming desire to knit lots of scarves hats and gloves mittens lately i m not sure what it is because i can t really remember wearing any hats last winter it does get chilly in san francisco but not that chilly scarves i definitely wear those but how many do i really need mittens hmm maybe fingerless mitts i d originally planned to use this yarn for a short sleeved wrap sweater i ve been thinking a lot about some of the projects i have yarn for though and and whether or not i have any use for these things here a lot of my yarn was bought when i was still living in chicago so i m trying to rethink things a little anything sleeveless or short sleeved and anything very heavy or wintry will probably not get worn either too cold or too hot maybe this hat and mitts will get worn on our christmas trip to the midwest it s bound to be cold there posted by ginnie at 6 43 pm 4 comments wednesday november 12 2008 a single sock all i have to show for the last few weeks is a single sock i started this sock way back in june on a trip to florida and obviously it has been slow going there is something about this stitch pattern it s not very stretchy and it s a little boring to knit i think the yarn looks ok in this pattern although there is some pooling of colors my favorite sections are the bottom of the foot and the toe i m just not sure i want to invest them time knitting the second sock i think i will let this sock sit before doing anything drastic though i ve also been working on a hat and mittens and a long forgotten sweater i should have some pics of the hat and mitts soon i have half a mitten to go the past few months have been busy the last time we were in sonoma wine tasting we came across a fiber fest and some adorable alpacas i have to say that they are very cute but a little strange very skittish and they made some funny noises although if i was caged up with a bunch of ladies gawking at me i d probably be a little jumpy too we had a too short visit from joel s sister and we attended a beautiful fall wedding i also got a major haircut at least 5 6 inches i ve wanted to cut it for quite a while now but finally got the nerve and i love it it s been at least 5 years since i ve had it this short so it has taken me a while to get used to it it s a lot more high maintenance than i remember short hair being so much for retiring my blow dryer the next month and a half promises to be very busy we are going on a northern california road trip over thanksgiving can t wait for that then my sister and her husband are visiting in early december for christmas we are heading home to the midwest to spend time with family and friends so much to look forward to posted by ginnie at 6 16 pm 6 comments tuesday october 07 2008 two new fos a sweater and some mitts although i haven t blogged much lately i have been knitting in fact i ve been doing a lot of knitting and i have two new fos to show you pattern mirabella cardigan by jennifer tallapaneni interweave knits spring 2008 yarn blue sky alpacas dyed cotton this cardi was something of an impulse knit but i m very happy with how it turned out i started this sweater back in june and knit a little here and there the knitting itself went very quickly and the pattern was very easy to understand i even learned a few new techniques double knitting and a little crochet it was actually the crochet that held me back from finishing it sooner but it was very easy in the end the pattern has lots of nice touches i love the ribbing along the front edges and all the little buttons i love the hem it adds a very neat finish the darts are also a nice touch i do need to block it it s not tight but the buttons gape a bit around the bust and i m sure some blocking will fix that i loved the cotton yarn but i m hoping this sweater does not grow to gargantuan proportions when wet cross your fingers my second fo is a pair of fingerless mitts pattern welted fingerless gloves from churchmouse yarns teas yarn manos silk blend i picked up this pattern and yarn while on a quick overnight trip to seattle a couple weeks ago joel and i were planning to rent bikes and tour bainbridge island but the weather didn t cooperate instead we toured the town and came across churchmouse yarns teas i swear that i wasn t planning to buy any yarn on this trip but this was just the nicest store everyone there was so friendly the man who rang me up actually invited me to sit down and knit a few stitches beautiful yarn and helpful nice staff my idea of the perfect yarn store anyway the pattern was free with purchase of the yarn the mitts were super fun to knit and super quick too i finished both in a couple nights the yarn is a dream i love a silk wool blend and the color is gorgeous the shop model was adorned with three tiny shell buttons and i think this is what drew me to the pattern in the first place i searched my button box for a few options but couldn t find quite what i was looking for i like these crystal buttons but i think they are a little too big i actually love this big button it has a slightly retro feel alas i only have one of these buttons in my box though so the search begins for the perfect buttons but in the meantime i will wear them without what s next i ve been going through all my wips specifically sweaters and i m a little alarmed at the rate at which they are piling up so i m hoping to finish a sweater or two or three before beginning any new ones at least that is my goal for the rest of the year i ve decided accessories are ok but no big projects wish me luck posted by ginnie at 4 53 pm 6 comments monday september 08 2008 fo cabled mini jumper well it s a miracle i actually finished something pattern cabled mini jumper from knit 1 fall 2007 yarn lion brand wool ease i re...