NOT THE BLOG

Hi reader,

my blog is not longer hosted by blogger, I'm hosting it on my own domain name again. You can find me at summer-wind.net.

thanks!

Dear search engine users:

Thank you for providing me with entertainment. When I read the terms you use to find my website, I am endlessly amused.

Here are some of my favorites (not knitting related):

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• fat head hats

Guess I should stop posting all that porn, huh?

Oh, and the person who found me via: "I will cuckold you tonight", I am both confused and greatly amused by the search term and can't help but be curious about what this means.

These aren't the only terms people have used to find my site - there were plenty of knitting related search words, but they just aren't as funny. This post is probably going to cause a bunch more hits, now that I think about it. And it's going to disappoint a lot of hopeful people who are looking for something vastly different. Dear those people: I am sorry. Please see the humor in my situation. Good luck in your searches.

Thank you, internet.

Work Ethic

It's actually kind of funny - when I'm at work now, I get irritated when the phone rings because it takes away from my knitting or spinning time (yes, I've been spinning at work). Nobody has a problem with it, and if anything, people are very interested in whatever I'm doing.

Anyone remember me mentioning a certain Noro hat?

I've already finished up all the colorwork. I was working happily along until one of my needles just...snapped, and now I'm kind of stuck, because I need to knit the inside of the hat, but there's no way I'm doing it all on DPN's - the stitches keep trying to slide off the end. I've got to get a new circular in order to finish this thing. I really want to finish it (and give it a good hard blocking) because it looks super cool.

(roll of duct tape included for scale, it was just one of the things on the table at the time).

I'm going to need to be really aggressive when I block it, because I've got quite a few lumpy bumpy spots where I pulled my yarn too tight. I have a tendency to do that I when I knit fair isle because my right hand (the one I throw with) I get all paranoid about, and so I pull the yarn tighter than I need to. See?

I can't wait to wear this once the weather gets cool again - there are two options for wear: one being with the brim out, so the hat is extra long (a tassel is supposed to go at the tip, too):

Or with the brim folded under, for extra ear-warmth.

I just need to go out and get a new circular needle so I can finish things up!

On the spinning front: I finished up a teeny batch of some wool that had been on my spindle for quite a while yesterday at work. I navajo plied it so I could use it with another batch of navajo plied stuff I spun up a few months ago. I think I've got about 100 yards total of navajo plied yarn that I'm trying to think of something to do with.

This little bit is only about 40 yards, but the other piece is about 66 yards, if I remember correctly. I've predrafted half of the remaining roving I've got lying around, and I'm planning on doing a 2-ply - kind of going for that twisty barberpole look. I think it looks gorgeous. The navajo plying (seen here) really makes the colors vivid, but I'm jonesing for some really neat looking two ply.

On a semi-unrelated note, I've been thinking about what a terrible progress blogger I am (I don't really take photos of my projects in their infant states) so I've decided to expand the focus of the blog a bit. While I'm still going to keep this mainly a knitting blog, I'd like to include a bit of stuff that isn't necessarily related to knitting (for example: sleepwalking stories, stupid customer phone calls, generally hilarious antics, etc.). That way I can keep updating on a regular basis, because lately I haven't had a shortage of things I'd like to talk about - I just tend to want to focus on knitting when I'm here. I hope nobody minds. I promise I won't be posting things like: today I brushed my hair and it was pretty. Don't worry. I just want to update a lot more often with what (I hope) will be entertaining stories about my shenanigans.

Also: the program I've been using for quite some time now to upload my files and photos to summer-wind.net has just informed me that it will no longer be free. Because I am currently existing in a state of voluntary poverty (read: college student) I'd rather not pay for something I'm sure I can get for free somewhere else. Can anyone recommend a good (free) FTP program? All suggestions appreciated!

Garter and Seed Baby Blanket

I am very happy to say that this is finally completed.

It's been a long time coming, but the end result is definitely worth it.

Although my measurements were a bit off, I've still created something that a brand new baby out there is (hopefully) going to get a lot of use out of.

I loathed the process of knitting this thing, but now that it's done, I really like it.

It's big enough to keep me warm, so I'm crossing my fingers that this will see a lot of years of warming little (and big!) people.

Mostly, I really hope that someone else can snuggle into it and appreciate it for the warmth and comfort it provides.

I know I have in the last couple of days. And weirdly enough, now that I'm finally finished with this behemoth I've had such a poor relationship with the last several months, it's hard to put it in the mail and be done with it. Having to part with this one (simple and plain as it is) has made me wish I had a hand knit blanket I could call my own. There's something about it that feels so much warmer - knowing that a real pair of hands made the object makes it so much better than anything you could buy in a store. I love that about this blanket, and as as much as I didn't like knitting this one, I think I'd like to knit a blanket for myself sometime before the year is up.

It's funny how we change our minds about things, isn't it?

The fates are against me.

I was all excited to take photos of my things for le blog today, and then I realized I'd left my knitting bag at work. Sigh.

It's underneath my desk and I don't think it'll be disturbed (cross your fingers for me here) so with any luck, I'll get around to the photographic evidence tomorrow.

Just so that my update isn't completely boring, I'll share something exciting:

I had a phone interview today for an internship position with translations.com, and it went really super well. The woman on the phone told me she'd contact me within the next couple of days to follow up on things.

Exciting for me, maybe not quite so exciting for readers, but that's all I've got for today.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the opportunity to post the good stuff, as long as no more unforseen circumstances get in my way. Until then!