knitting

well, i haven't done a whole ton on the cardigan lately - between the new computer on wednesday night, setting it up, then the new computer on friday night to replace the new computer from wednesday night

and getting my car fixed, the door latch (driver side) stopped working....

i'm not having a whole lot of real good luck lately, it HAS to get better!

but I finished clue 5 of my mystery stole... it's pretty. i can't get a handle on what the final shape is yet, though I guess if i assume totally symmetrical, that might not be too far off - this is clue 5, out of 9 clues, so i'm finally past the half way mark!



now i can work on my cardigan again!

and the computer bites the dust

yup. i got it wednesday night. i made the recovery discs on thursday. friday morning, the cd drive wouldn't work. the motor wouldn't turn off.

packed it up, took it back, they confirmed that it was, indeed, psycho.... and gave me a whole new computer.

so last night,i spend the entire evening putting the NEW new computer up and running.... this one seems to be ok. got my basic programs installed again.

bought an enclosure for the old hard drive, to try to salvage the files on there (all those patterns.... )

wrong connectors. can't hook the hard drive up to the enclosure.

so that goes back tomorrow, and we'll try one more time...
and the worst case, i lose the files. that'll teach me!

so today, i've been working on clue 5 of the secret of the stole. this is still the thinnest yarn i've worked with, though i'm getting more comfortable working with it... i'm about halfway through, would still love to get the clue done by tomorrow, so i can be done with that for the week and get back to the cardigan.

time pressure... one more week till they fix my shoulder... i don't look forward to a sling, but i sure do look forward to it not hurting all the time...

getting back to 'normal'?

been a very strange couple of weeks. one of the things was my computer. it failed. miserably. held back to repeat booting up 101. failed again.

i'm a computer pro. do you think i backed up my stuff regularly? do you think i thought to make the flippin' recovery discs?

yeah, right.

so i have a working computer over there now (points over shoulder) - and once i get all my stuff in working order, my work laptop will get a well-deserved rest (i hate this keyboard anyway)

right now.... i'm making the recovery discs. 3 discs in all. first things first.

who said you can't teach an old broad new tricks??

of course, this means i didn't get ANY knitting done last night. my poor cardigan must be feeling neglected!

cardigan

looks like i'll be alternating between my 2 primary projects - Secret of the Stole-II, and the carolyn cardigan.

I finished the clue for this week on the stole yesterday. Friday, i had cast on the cardigan, and tonight i finished the back. onto the front pieces now...

strange week

wow, what a week it's been. routine testing before having my shoulder fixed, and it looked like i was really REALLY ill. thankfully, i'm not. so now, we'll get the shoulder fixed.

on the needles... i have the carolyn cardigan from knitty.com - pictures once there's something to see - still in the middle of the back, about 23 stripes into it.

clue 4 of the secret of the stole came out yesterday - and i actually managed to finish it tonight!



oh, and i'm working really really hard on not smoking - from about a pack a day (that's 20 in a pack for you non-smokers, though i was actually smoking about 15-17 per day), i'm now down to 2-3 a day. all in a week. thank the powers that be for knitting... it makes it easier to not smoke!

what's up on the needles

ok, so it's been a really stressful week. and knitting is my therapy. each friday, i get the next clue for the SOTSii, but that's done by sunday - so what shall i work on...

so i really debated between the felted flowered bag i want to make, and this striped sweater from knitty... and i decided i need a wearable..

it'll take me a while... but that's ok - there's something really rewarding about finishing something like a sweater, and then wrapping it around you - sort of like giving yourself a hug...

this is the Carolyn cardigan from knitty.com (check the archives) - i've gotten more done tonight, i think i'm on stripe number 7 by now

And the Secret of the Stole is Still a Secret

I've just finished clue 3 of the SOTS-II - not sure I have the answers to the clues yet, need the crossing words to see which one is the right one - but i admit to cheating a little, and googling the combination of the 3 likely words so far, to see if I can get a handle on the theme.

I can't.

Anyway, here's my progress...