Padma, the vulture cat. She likes to perch on things. And then reach down and bat you in the head. Her favorite spot is the back of my desk chair, but she also likes my decoupaged end table.
Padma, the Vulture Cat 
Isn't she so cute? I love my kittens.
posted by Steph @ 9:37 PM
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The Fred-man loves the shawl. Someone needs to tell him he's a boy kitty, he needs manly kitty things, not girly ones! Silly Fred. He loves the yarn, though. I'll have to make him a manly knitted kitty bed.
Fred with the Shawl
He seemed most peturbed when I shoved him off the shawl.
posted by Steph @ 9:37 PM
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Here is a close up of the center pattern panel on the shawl. I had some issues with the sides, where I would purl on the wrong side row, and I'd accidentally purl a yarn over with the stitch next to it. But it turned out okay in the end, so that's good. And I'll be more careful if I make one again.
Pattern Stitch
posted by Steph @ 9:36 PM
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So, I finished the Faroese Style Shawl from Cast On, knitted in Lion Brand homespun.
Shawl
I like the way it turned out, but it's smaller, mostly because I didn't do a guage swatch, and I couldn't find US11 circs, so I used US 10.5s. I like it though, because I don't want a huge shawl. I like it, I think it's cute and cuddly.
If I did it again, I'd probably add an extra pattern repeated, or two, to make it bigger. But I like the way it turned out. And so does Fred, apparently.
posted by Steph @ 9:35 PM
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Ok, so, first of all, I'm thisclose to done with the Farosese style shawl! YAY! I need it to take into work, because it's cold, and I want to have something warm but my sweaters and stuff aren't really dressy so I have on nice clothes and like a sweatshirt and it looks odd. I also learned to single chain crochet in order to do the edge.
Does anyone (read this?) know how to add links and lists to my blog? I looked at the help bar....and it was no help! I know some basic html tags, and how to look them up and use them, but what I DON'T know is where in the template to put them! It's all confusing to me. *kicks blog*
In other news, I am apparently full of fungi. Hence the funky red spots on my arm. Apparently one of the cats has a fungal infection, which (of course) isn't visible, so no one knew about it, and now I have it. So I have meds to put on my skin, and I'm taking the cats to the vet this afternoon so they can get meds.
The derm was great, though, I also have 2 other skin conditions, vitiligo and keratosis pilaris, which I had told couldn't be treated. Neither can be cured, vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder, and keratosis pilaris is genetic, but I had been told they were 'just' cosmetic. Which isn't true--because of my other health symptoms, I need to get checked out for other autoimmune diseases, since, like animals, they often travel in herds--but also dismissed the idea that I might actually care how I look.
This guy however gave me some meds--there is no guarentee either will work, and they will clear up the problem but not make it go away, but it's something. If nothing else, I can at least feel like I tried. There is less chance of the vit getting cleared up, but I'm so pale that it's really rather irrelevant unless I tan. Yay for Irish skin!
Now I have to actually go to work (missed yesterday for doc appts and because of a horrible bout of nausea as a side effect from the antibiotics from the ER, which I don't need and can stop taking) and then to the orthodontist (not mine, but a random one) to get spacers in then to the vet. AAAAHHH! So busy!
My goal tonight is to finish my shawl.
posted by Steph @ 7:52 AM
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Didn't knit much this weekend, I ran all over, Carbon Leaf concert at the 9:30 club and then the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, hanging out at Station 33 with a friend of a friend, then to our station (Station 1) to actually accomplish one of the 80 billion things I need to get done.
Cara straightened my hair on Friday night (after girls night, with yummy crepes and a half off sexy dress from Benetton, WOO!) and it was soooo wierd. I love it. I have to buy a straightening iron now, alas, I have sold out.
No, not really. I love my curls. I just hate the upkeep. I wanna be able to sleep on my hair, and not have to wake up three hours early to shower, and let my hair dry. I'd still wear it curly, especially if I were dressing up, because I think curly hair is cute and sexy (not so much on me, but in general) but during the week, low maintenance is the best.
AND I offically filled out paperwork and the kittens are MINE! Padma and Fred are now my precious kittens and no one shall take them away. *hugs kittens*
I also bought red shorts that have "Keep Back 200 Feet" printed on the ass, and a sticker that says "Sure, firefighters can stand the heat, but EMTs can legally take your clothes off" which makes the lack of knitting so worth it.
posted by Steph @ 7:55 AM
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The Faroese Style Shawl, made from Lion Brand Homespun, this is my first project that has a lot of openwork, I really like how it's coming so far and I think it will be lovely and warm.
posted by Steph @ 9:22 PM
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See? I cast on a new sock right away! YAY! I will be a knitter with TWO socks....I swear.
posted by Steph @ 9:21 PM
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Close up of the waffle stitch on the sock, still blurry. But you can sort of see it.
posted by Steph @ 9:20 PM
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Sock! Sock! The pattern is the Mini Waffle Knit sock from...somewhere online. It's made out of Lion Brand microspun, and this is a horrible picture, but still...SOCK! I screwed up the kitchner stitch somehow, but it's together and fits so...eh.
posted by Steph @ 9:19 PM
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Well, doing a good impression of it, anyhow.
I have summoned up the energy to knit. Sadly, that's about all the energy I have. And as much as I adore the knitting, it really isn't an activity that should wipe me out. I sorta miss my other, higher energy stuff.
That being said.
I FINISHED MY SOCK!! LE SOCK IS DONE!! I like it. So soft and warm. And I was a good knitter and cast on for the second sock right after!
I also (because I am a project whore) cast on for the Faroese-Style shawl made from Homespun that was in the 2004 Spring Cast On. I've been wanting a shawl, I get cold so easily, and I had some spare homespun lying about, so this seemed like a good project.
The kittens seem to think that knitting is their own personal kitten theme park, and Fred especially likes the needles and yarn. He wants to say he's still a very manly kitten, however. He captures the evil shoelace and prances about with it proudly. As long as he never mistakes my current project for an Evil!Shoelace, we'll be okay.
So sleepy...must not go sleep...before 11...or maybe 10...*yawn*
posted by Steph @ 9:14 PM
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Accomplished more on the sock. Should be working on the purse for my mother, but...
The kittens went to the vet today, cause I noticed Fred's eye was looking all funky and gross. :( Turns out they have chlamydia (!) in their eyes. So I have to put ointment on their eyeballs twice a day for two weeks.
Yeah, that should be fun.
I'm so tired; I got up at nine thirty today, and then I took a nap at eleven thirty cause already I was tired.
Yet the doctor says it's all in my head.
*growls*
At least I'll get lots of knitting done in waiting rooms as I chase doctors around trying to figure out what's going on.
posted by Steph @ 6:17 PM
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I'm having angst about giving up the kittens. Worried they will develop abandonment issues--why didn't I want them, ect.
Got lots of progress on the sock. Turned the heel, which seemed to go slightly off, but it looks fine....so yeah.
SEX IN THE KNITTY is live.
So here's my take on the patterns.
Vicky--ADORE! ADORE!!! Looks complicated, but I MUST make it. The one with the fun fur edge, oh, so great. So me. Love corsets.
1930--actually, kinda cute. But I'm not sure how comfortable it would be. I'll have to think on it.
Betty--cute, but not me.
Hush-hush--quite cute, very me. I think I shall make it.
Mon petite chou--cute, but again not sure of the comfort factor.
Allusion--love it. Again, I must say how I adore corsets in all forms. I would say Allusion is the more daring--I'm not sure if I'd have the courage to wear it but it's still super cute. And I'll end up making it, I'm sure.
Iris--bleh. Not me.
Men's Thong--well, I'm not a man. And I haven't got one. And even if I did, I doubt he'd be the type to wear a thong.
Lolita Legs--SQUEE!!! LOVE FISHNETS! LOVE THEM! And now I could have these in many colors..*drools*
Velvet Oblivion--very nice
302 Calories--is it just me, or wouldn't licorice get all sticky and fuzzy and gross if you knit with it? Plus the whole edible panty thing is...well, to start with, totally inapplicable to my life.
Do Not Disturb--cute. but I live alone, so, kinda obsolete.
Condom Cozies--eh. No. Again, no application to my life. I'm like a Nun, but without the religion. Damn.
On the Moon--would make a cute purse, just because, and I actually sorta like the idea....mostly cause I'm always hunting for everything at the bottom of a huge purse or backpack.
Flick--um.....disturbed by knitted whip. Yet, it makes an oddly cute belt. Am I the only one to think that?
And so you have it.
I'm going to go cuddle the kittens and tell them again I love them, and I wish I could keep them but I'll try to find them a good home. *cries*
posted by Steph @ 7:17 AM
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A place for my knitting adventures.
I'm a student at GWU. I'm origionally from western North Carolina and I'm still looking for a place to get sweet tea up here. I'm interested in politics and communications and medicine, and figuring out why DC seems to have forgotten the rest of the country exists. I also like to make things by tying knots in string with sticks (ie, knitting).
