More Socky Goodness
You may be fed up with hearing about the sock, but I’m absolutely in love. This is my first sock pattern that I’ve put a lot of thought into and plan on making a pattern of it. (pssst test knitters don’t do chart three and four cause I’m going to change those) Keeping track of what I’m doing has been a bit of a challenge for good ole me who just kinda wings it a goes with the flow, but that’s what I’m doing. Once it’s all completed and such and I have it completely test knit then you can buy it! I hope. I haven’t actually worked out my webstore’s kinks and such, but hopefully you will be able to buy it! Okay I can hear you all enough of the chatter bring on the pictures. So I’m halfway through chart 2(not that, that information helps you much now does it) which is the point in which the cable starts it’s journey inward.
Work, turn to the left
Work, now turn to the right
Work, sashay shante
I can hear you all go ooooh look at that texture. This shot is just for you.
It don’t matter what you wear
They’re checkin’ out your savior faire
And it don’t matter what you do
Cause everything looks good on you …supermodel
Look at thos bump and ridges. Little morsels of colour popping out at you. BAM! BAM! BAM! The more I knit the more I fall in love with this yarn especially the colours they are just YUM! If your just tuning in the yarn is Vintage Purls Sock in Gondwana. You can buy some by clicking on the link over there ———————->>
Finally after all of that tough modeling work the sock was sweaty and dirty, and my bunny decided that it deffinitle needed a bath. she thumped and thumped when I put the sock away. Maybe I’m not the only one in love.
Organizing!
One of the first things I noticed when we moved into our current flat is that I was going to needa good solid way of storing my stash. Originally we had found this really cool pvc pipe and nylon hanging basket storage thingy that used to be Ryan’s. I thought yes that’s perfect absolutely perfect! At first it was, then I bought more yarn, and more yarn and mooore yarn! The weight of all that yarn slowly caused the frame to torque and twist, while the bags started to rip I started to have to put less and less stuff in the baskets and instead on the floors next to it!
This is what it looked like!
I knew it was time for a new system but what? I started to have a look around and besides your generic large tupperware boxes with lids I wasn’t finding anything I thought would work well. Then I was browsing one of my favorite stores, Plastic Box, which is a lot like the container store in San Francisco, when i found something that would work! There were these stackable baskets that were partially open on one side and seemed really sturdy. The best part was they were affordable! So I started out getting four of them and was able to turn that previous picture into this!
I would still like to get two more of them so that I can put all my UFO/WIP’s in one instead of staking them on top of the whole thing and also so I have one to put needles, gauge rulers, and other assesories into instead of having to put them in random places with the yarn. they also have stable ways to conntct them next to each other! While I was in an organizational mood I made my embroidery threads go from this.
to this.
I love being organized it helps the creativity flow so much easier. When you want to do something with something everything is all right where it should be!
Ugggggh!
This is the kind of day I have been having!
That’s All!
On this night!
On this night a year ago I was on a plane over the dark night waters of the pacific ocean. When I got off that plane I was met by a wonderful man who I was madly in love with. I still love him with all my heart and soul! This last year in New Zealand has been awesome and amazing in so many wonderfule ways!
So here is to new beginings!
New lives!
New friends!
New family!
Here’s to the next year, and the one after that!
Picture Post
This is your warning this post is going to be very very picture heavy…
So yesterday I spent all day taking things to thrift store, putting them on the sidewalk for free or giving them up on freecycle and this is the fruit of my labor:
BEFORE
AFTER
So
Two days in a row… look at me go… I’m going to really try to be a better a blogger. I have a plan! I am going to make write post page my home page so every time I open my browser this page will be here for me to see and hopefully encourage post writing. I’m going to be very busy the next couple months and such between moving(15 days EEK) and that fact that I have signed up for NaNoWriMo which takes place starting November 1st.
I have been planning out the things I want to write about for NaNoWriMo and figuring what kind of style, and genre I want to write in… I used to write all the time and have gotten out of practice and hopefully this will get me back in practice. I have heard some people freak out about it and everything but it’s only 50,000 words in a month thats only approx 1667 words per day and i bet my average blog posts go way beyond that. I’m hopping that the raw novel I pump out can be rewritten and edited into something actually publishable.
I still have a lot of packing and giving away of stuff to do before I move and it’s scary but I think I can do it. Anyone need a 1930’s American Dutch style low but wide 9 drawer dresser? Email me and it’s yours!
Brooklynne
*sigh*
Well I have a new blog now… I’m going to miss blogger… NOT!
Wow I also have my own website now, I find that odd. I also have a website for The Mosh Knit, its over here. This site is hopefully going to have all my eclectic crazy artist en devours on it.
16 days till I get on a plane for New Zealand and start a new life in a new country. It’s going to be really weird living in a place that I don’t know and am unfamiliar with. I’m so used to knowing how to get exactly where I want to go when I want to go there. I started to get really sad today as I unsubscribed to a bunch of listservs that are SF/Bay Area focused there are a couple that I haven’t yet unsubbed from yet cause they are resources I will probably need up to the last day I live here. I’m going to miss this place and the people I have met here, but now it’s time for me to make a new home and make new friends. I have been really busy working hard and many many many jobs to ensure that i have enough money to last and survive off of when I arrive.
Well this is it for today I guess I will talk to you all soon
Brooklynne
