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march!


posted 1 March 06 & filed under fair isle bag, my wheel

off to san francisco for the day in just a few hours ~ so very excited! i intend to enjoy every moment ;) in the meantime, a few links and a pic for you..

first, project spectrum has begun! every month, and maybe even more often, my background will change* to reflect the colors for that month and, as you can see, this month is red and pink. so i picked a, i think, great shot of.. can you guess what? answer below, thought not upside down ;)

here’s the progress on my fair isle bag ~ i’m happy with it so far. colorwork is really really fun to do and just speeds ahead. i was even able to fix an error a few rows down – totally not as hard as i thought it’d be. i’m taking it with me to s.f. to show off to meowgirl, yay

~ check out the new spindlicity! it’s been re-designed and is just pure eye candy, really lovely. the patterns are cute (felted tea holders!) and the articles (flame yarn!) are good. and there’s a little book review in there by me, too.

~ the new magknits is up as well (and isn’t knitty due soon?) – i especially like the delphine wilson-inspired top

~ i want to go trapezing. i’d feel like a bird, how cool would that be! this spinner posted about her own swinging and now i’m googling like mad to find l.a.-area resources.

~ things like these little containers recycyled out of old contact lens cases make me happy

~ cute elann free pattern alert

~ if you’ve read the last harry potter book, read this – a very interesting theory. warning: spoilers abound in the url alone, so don’t even hover over the link if you haven’t gotten through book six yet

~ another great reason to work in a library: library cats map

~ the internet archive, always incredible, has a great selection of classic cartoons, including the eerily-pitched betty boop and annoying woody woodpecker. very fun.

~ last but by no means least, congrats to all you knitting olympians! you make me proud

happy march ~ ~

*if you don’t see any change and it’s still all snowy winter wonderland, try clearing your browser’s cache (usually in preferences or options) and then hitting reload a few times.

[answer: right, blood! maybe initially disturbing, but really, we all have it; without it, we’re dead; and shoot, it’s pretty to boot. just think, we’re all walking around with all this red inside of us! is it only me that finds that fascinating? ;) ]

update: just got back. had an excellent time – everyone should be so lucky to hang out with meowgirl – and though my legs are exhausted from walking (what a wimpy angeleno!), i now know that a majacraft rose is in my future for sure. exactly when, i don’t quite know, but that’s the wheel for me, hands down. more later.. it’s almost the weekend, yay

Comments

The blood is very cool, though I thought it was vintage stain glass matt globes of glass. Since a lot of them have bubbles.

I love the colourwork bag. That is going to be so cool.

Have a great day in San Fran.

Spin, Spin, Spin

~ Kitty Kitty (Mar 1, 09:38 AM#)

Your bag is gorgeous! Loving it! I hope you are having fun in SF! Happy Birthday :).

I enjoyed your links, esp. the one about Harry Potter. My hubby and I were discussing this very thing a couple of nights ago. Very interesting theory, indeed…

~ moni (Mar 1, 07:42 PM#)

I forgot to say Happy Birthday this morning… Sorry…

~ Kitty Kitty (Mar 1, 10:02 PM#)

Your bag-in-progres is so lovely and colorful. Have a lovely time in SF… what a great way to treat yourself!

~ Liz (Mar 2, 08:00 AM#)

The bag is beautiful! I love the background too – blood is pretty fascinating.

~ Kate (Mar 2, 04:38 PM#)

Such a pretty bag! I love all the colors against each other. The blood looks a lot like gummy something or others, so jewel-like and shiny.

~ Kathy (Mar 2, 09:15 PM#)

i love the new background too. beautiful color. luminous. and it does look like gummies.

the fair isle bag looks sooo good—in the photo and in person. :)

and a link for you!! http://flyinggaonastrapeze.com/_wsn/page4.html

~ meowgirl (Mar 3, 04:40 PM#)

that is such a lovely bag, andrea. such vibrany colors! have fun up north!

~ winnie (Mar 3, 05:49 PM#)

vibrant.. i meant vibrant

~ winnie (Mar 3, 05:50 PM#)