This week in pictures

Monday

I went fishing at Ithaca Falls with children from my program. I did a little line tying, but mostly hunted for fossils.

Tuesday

Spring is finally here and I did some flower watching

Wednesday

Me knitting. It's not in motion 'cause no one was around to take a photo for me. I typically knit in my sweats which is what I am wearing here and slippers or sandals. I always knit contintal for stockinette in the round, although right before this I experimented with left-handed purling.

Progress on the buttonhole bag. It's almost as big as a sweater.

Thursday

This weekend?

Comments

JustApril said…

cool idea! great photos as always! =) awesome polish on the toes, btw

April 14, 2006 at 10:41 PM

Anonymous said…

Really lovely photos. I'm particularly impressed by the contrast you got on Tuesday's pic.

April 15, 2006 at 10:42 AM

Teyani said…

What cool photos ! - Love the pic of you knitting outside - sweatshirt sleeves, and bright colored tootsies :-)
And is that a lace apttern YOU wrote? I'm impressed!
K and I were trying to guess which falls those were.

April 16, 2006 at 10:19 AM

Miri Mack said…

Thanks, April! Once spring hits I bust out the polish :)

Thank you, Bev :-) I think I got lucky.

Teyani, I wish I could write my own lace patterns. Alas, I just made some charts to put together for the scarf. I am ending up only using one though.

April 18, 2006 at 8:30 AM

Pattern: Ice Princess Panta

For a long time now I have been wanting for make something to match the fingerless mitts I made with Cayli's gorgeous home-grown, hand-dyed, handspun that she gifted me with the holiday season before last . I had some left over still but wasn't sure about the yardage. However, I had a vision of making a head band, as I find them cute and convenient for a gal that wears her hair up in the winter. And they hardly take any yarn. Originally I wanted to make a headband like the cabled panta I made before, but the gauge was all wrong. So I improvised something late the Saturday night. And here it is: I love the subtle blue striping and the feel is OMG soft. Cayli's yarn is truly amazing and was such a pleasure to knit up. Ice Princess Panta Yarn: Heavy worsted Handspun <50g Needles: US 8 and a cable needle or DPN Gauge: not critical, but a row gauge of 5 rows/inch with make a nice fitting panta 18 inches in circumfrence. Special Stitches: FC (front cross) = Slip 2 stitch

Golden Gloves

So let me just start out by saying that I didn't win my match at the Syracuse Golden Gloves, but I did have a good time, a good fight and learned a great deal. We left Ithaca before noon on friday. There were 11 fighters plus coaches riding up together in a van from GIAC. It was crowded, but fun. The guys and gals from my gym are good natured and easy going so sitting hip to hip was not uncomfortable at all. When we arrived at the fairgrounds in Syracuse, we were able to weigh in right away. After the numbers were recorded the organizers looked to find matches in your weight and experience class (coaches kind of RSVP their fighters). It turned out that I didn't have one which really bummed me out, but with the weigh ins over there was something really important to catch up on: Eating. We all went out to lunch and then came back to the fairgrounds. If you were matched up, you had to see the doctor. It turned out that while I was gone someone my weight had registered. So I was se

Boxing, Knitting, Job Search Blues

The past two months haven't been a good ones here in kung fu knitting land. I think I have been depressed. Well, I know that I have been. I mean, about two months ago I stopped doing a lot of stuff that I normally do, like blog and knit and read. And I had a few days where I was barely able to keep it together. I mean I was on the verge of crumbling into a little heap. Yes, a little heap of sad-Miriness. I thank my sister and Ms. Missy for getting me through there. I'm no longer in danger of heapness, small nor large. In fact, I feel more balanced than I have for a long while. I'm not exactly sure what brought on this bout of melancholy. I was under a lot of stress to try to find another job that fits my schedule so that I can keep my School Age Program job. I have one now that fits the bill for the time being. So that's a little better, but I really think I was suffering from some sort of post-trauma depression. I mean it felt so good to get out of my old relationship.

Kung Fu Knitting

Search This Blog