knitandtonic

http://www.knitandtonic.net/knitandtonic/2008/05/no-picture-nece.html

I just used that new Veet hair remover, the one you can use in a shower. On the commercial, there's this long-legged gal frolicking here and there and let's just say, if you're anything like me, one view of that commercial, and you'll buy into the scene, hook, line and sinker.

So I sat there tonight, on the couch. I sat there and saw the commercial again and remembered I bought some and ran upstairs thinking about this Sunday, Mother's Day, and how we'll be roller skating around Dooze's "outdoor roller rink" (it's really a giant painted parking area in front of her house with a big boom box sitting nearby) and how cute I'll be with pig tails and shorts and really smooth legs.

Newsflash: If you read the label carefully like I did, you'll read how you shouldn't go out in the sun for at least 24 hours or more after you apply the stuff. Worse, you can't reapply it within 72 hours, much less slather on some self-tanner any time soon.

And now that I'm out of the shower and I'm realizing it only worked in spots, truth be told, I'll have bearded legs by the time I can actually go out on the "rink" with my new roller skates, pig tails and shorts.

Such is the life of a 40-something wannabe roller derby queen.

I guess things could be worse. I suppose I could be that gal on that one divorce court show whose fake tooth flew out on national TV. Even worse, I suppose I could be sitting in the tub with a green mint mask on my face and musing about whether or not it's better to collect stamps, or coins.

cabinsisters

http://cabinfeverknittingdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/05/checks.html

I finished the blue sock last night. I do like knitting this pattern. And that's a pretty good picture of the double wrap short row heel.

The sock on the left has been washed and the pattern still stands out nicely. This wool is knitting up to exactly 7 sts per inch. Is this a little heavy for a woman's sock?

I also started a man's version. It will not have holes in the boxes but I'm thinking of little knots on the leg portion. I want to name the man sock 'checkmate' but I don't know what to call the original sock. Any chess players out there?

-Deb

knittingincolor

http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-summer-im-planning-on-playing-with.html

cabinsisters

http://cabinfeverknittingdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-did-get-some-knitting-done-over.html

knittingincolor

http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2008/05/one-of-prettiest-drives-in-new-mexico.html

knitandtonic

http://www.knitandtonic.net/knitandtonic/2008/05/my-friend-the-o.html

My friend, who could probably be your friend by now based on the number of times I've mentioned her, the one whose cousin plays guitar with his toes and who has a knack for the malapropism, when I called her today for a break in what has been a three-day knit fest (one word: deadline) she said, "Oh! You must have ESPN! I was just thinking about you and boom, the phone rings and it's you!"

Well, she got me thinking about what I was hoping this week would be: a week full of Productive Knitting.

Now, that, my friends is word misuse if I ever heard one: Productive Knitting. Sure, it's a bit more subtle than her remark about ESPN or the remark an old colleague made to HWWV when he walked into the office with a new suit ("I love your entourage!"), but Productive Knitting is about as crazy-weird when the two words are put together and just about as good as any decent malapropism should be, maybe even better. But I'm a knitter.

Sheesh. Knitting these days, at least for me, is about as slow going as ever. And I'm not sure if it is because I have been interrupted constantly (The Bunny throws up a hairball, the dogs fight over it. Girlfriend spills a liter of apple juice, then stands there crying while I try to finish a row. Girlfriend continues to cry while I try to finish another row. I think I see someone running through my backyard in the reflection of my reading glasses. It's a prowler! It's a coyote! No, it's that wad of tissue I keep meaning to pick up off the grass! And then I hear a crash coming from inside the freezer. Seems one of the shelves has collapsed under the weight of all my Lean Cuisine's.)

Oh, and guess what? There aren't any activity points attributed to Knitting in the online Weight Watchers activity list. I checked. If only those people over at Weight Watchers had any idea.

The good news is, at least my neighbors very likely think I'm having a week of Productive Knitting, what with all the closed windows and such. They know, in the same way I know what they are doing too--the Italian Restaurant Neighbor just got a huge LCD panel even though he's never at home--that when I sneak out to the mailbox wearing pajamas and no makeup or bra along with that very old T-shirt from Hallmark with a picture of Maxine splashed on it and the words: "I had a tummy tuck this morning. I tucked it in my pantyhose," that some really great and super productive things are happening under our roof. You know: Productive Knitting.

If only they knew.

knitting_and

http://www.knitting-and.com/blog/001624.html

cabinsisters

http://cabinfeverknittingdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/05/clothing-teddys.html

There's Lynda working hard, well not really, showing some shop owners our patterns which is not hard since who doesn't love to talk about what they do. The New England Needlework Assoc. show is growing and there was lots of them to see.

See anyone you know? It was my first time there. All the shoppers are looking, touching, talking, soaking it all in. You wouldn't believe the amount of knitting at the show. Sometimes it's hard to believe there is one more thing to design. But of course there is. At least I keep telling myself that as I wander around.

These lovely knitters came to see me at the Fiber Loft store in Harvard MA. Over morning coffee we had a lovely chat and I got to talk about the construction of my garments. I brought 2 suitcases of sample sweaters which I thought were interesting to knit up. Fun, fun, fun for me. They seemed to enjoy themselves too. We had a class in the afternoon to learn Top Down knitting and everyone took home a tiny teddy bear sweater. Clothing teddy bears seems to be my mission.

Home for now and I'm going to enjoy it!

-Deb

amyknitty

http://knitty.com/blog/2008/05/its-big-big-boat-time-again.html