28 January 2009
18 January 2009
A Mini Update
I have to admit to being naughty for the past couple of weeks by not posting. However, there has not really been anything worth posting about :(
Knitting-wise. The unbloggable project has hardly moved any further forward. I have made a mistake on it. The instructions read that I was to work the rib and then start x rows increasing. I then got to a certain point where I was to change the pattern and have y number of stitches. Unfortunately I got to the point and y stitches were not there :( I then did the math and it turns out that I should have started the increasing right from the beginning. I couldn't be bothered to frog everything and did a bit of stitch creativity and I now have the right number of stitches and working up again.
Non-knitting wise. I'm having a bit of a nightmare weekend. I'm just so lethargic and waking up tired and going to bed even more tired. I also have no explanation as to why as there's not been anything stressful going on that I could attribute it to.
One thing though that has given me stress today though is MonsterMog. He decided that he would have a show off session this morning and leave a nice present on his food mat. After removing the "present" I popped it in the washing machine and left it going. I came back later and found that the washing machine is now bunged up and not draining properly. I managed to use the drain option enough that I could open the door and promptly flood the kitchen floor. Luckily I had a blanket to hand which acted as mop up. It turns out the backing of the mat had disintegrated and blocked up the outlet. Unfortunately I hadn't cleaned out the outlet enough as the next cycle the machine has blocked it up again so I'll be calling Mr Plumber Person tomorrow to come out and cure the problem for me. Fortunately I'd done all the clothes on Friday so I don't need to be recycling clothes just yet - phwaor!
It has also been a bit of a depressing this week in terms of silver screen people. Patrick McGoohan, Ricardo Montalban and Tony Hart have all passed away this week.
Knitting-wise. The unbloggable project has hardly moved any further forward. I have made a mistake on it. The instructions read that I was to work the rib and then start x rows increasing. I then got to a certain point where I was to change the pattern and have y number of stitches. Unfortunately I got to the point and y stitches were not there :( I then did the math and it turns out that I should have started the increasing right from the beginning. I couldn't be bothered to frog everything and did a bit of stitch creativity and I now have the right number of stitches and working up again.
Non-knitting wise. I'm having a bit of a nightmare weekend. I'm just so lethargic and waking up tired and going to bed even more tired. I also have no explanation as to why as there's not been anything stressful going on that I could attribute it to.
One thing though that has given me stress today though is MonsterMog. He decided that he would have a show off session this morning and leave a nice present on his food mat. After removing the "present" I popped it in the washing machine and left it going. I came back later and found that the washing machine is now bunged up and not draining properly. I managed to use the drain option enough that I could open the door and promptly flood the kitchen floor. Luckily I had a blanket to hand which acted as mop up. It turns out the backing of the mat had disintegrated and blocked up the outlet. Unfortunately I hadn't cleaned out the outlet enough as the next cycle the machine has blocked it up again so I'll be calling Mr Plumber Person tomorrow to come out and cure the problem for me. Fortunately I'd done all the clothes on Friday so I don't need to be recycling clothes just yet - phwaor!
It has also been a bit of a depressing this week in terms of silver screen people. Patrick McGoohan, Ricardo Montalban and Tony Hart have all passed away this week.
02 January 2009
New Year Resolution
My new year resolution was that I would go through my stash and allocate it all to projects. Well I kind of have managed this but have also fallen short.
I've gone through all of my non-laceweight yarn and allocated it to projects. Most of which are jumpers, there are a few scarfs and a few pairs of socks. I ran out of carrier bags though to put the various projects in individually so they have been dumped back into my trunk unbagged up but I'll be getting some more bags.
There was a large amount of odd or half balls which I've been clinging on to for well the stash sake of it. I've put all of this into a large black bin bag. Don't panic. I've decided that I'll be crocheting this into blankets. Anyone who has seen me crochet knows that I am well somewhat speedy when I get going so this half-sack will soon disappear into a FO.
The laceweight is going to take me somewhat longer to go through as I hadn't realised I had quite as much as I have! Once I have bought some more plastic bags I will go through my Jamiesons and my Cherry Tree Hill and that will have taken care of one-third of it.
Its times like this that I wish I had been born an octopus ;)
I've gone through all of my non-laceweight yarn and allocated it to projects. Most of which are jumpers, there are a few scarfs and a few pairs of socks. I ran out of carrier bags though to put the various projects in individually so they have been dumped back into my trunk unbagged up but I'll be getting some more bags.
There was a large amount of odd or half balls which I've been clinging on to for well the stash sake of it. I've put all of this into a large black bin bag. Don't panic. I've decided that I'll be crocheting this into blankets. Anyone who has seen me crochet knows that I am well somewhat speedy when I get going so this half-sack will soon disappear into a FO.
The laceweight is going to take me somewhat longer to go through as I hadn't realised I had quite as much as I have! Once I have bought some more plastic bags I will go through my Jamiesons and my Cherry Tree Hill and that will have taken care of one-third of it.
Its times like this that I wish I had been born an octopus ;)
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