Hello, morning coffee!
After the disgusting humidity of yesterday (which is still going on today), I announced that I was staying at Boyfriend's condo last night. His condo is heavily air-conditioned, which is a vast relief in this weather, and lacks cats, which is a vast relief when I'm trying to knit something involving some very plush yarn and multiple twitching sticks.
We sat down on the couch to watch Coraline, and I spent most of the movie with one of the skeins of Malabrigo stretched over my knees to make a ball. The ball is very nice, but my shoulder was aching by the time I finished. Since all of the yarn I bought yesterday is in skeins, I may have to invest in a ball-winder or change my name to She of the freaky Popeye shoulder.
First ball wound is cast on for Wanett Clyde's Felicity hat. I tend to be a tight knitter, and have a giant head (24" circumference - I've never met a baseball cap that actually fit), so I added ten stitches and went up to size 7 and 9 dpns, instead of 5 and 7. I have it spread out on three dpns right now, but realised this morning that 80 is in fact divisible by 4. Who knew? When the time comes in the pattern to switch to the bigger needles I'll shuffle the stitches around and work in the fourth needle. I considered going ahead and doing it now, but decided it would be too much hassle only to have to do it again when the size change happens. Once I've reclaimed my 7s (hopefully this afternoon), I'll be able to cast on for Boyfriend's scarf. Although none of the scarf yarn has been balled yet, so I may have to coddle him into to helping me with that when he gets home from work.
Random fact of the day*: Although the FedEx corporate logo is purple and grey**, the logos on the trucks and so on has the 'Ex' in a different colour, indicating which division it belongs to (Ground, Express, Freight, Office, etc.). Nifty.
I have some ruminations on Kensington Market that need to be written out, but I'm still not sure exactly how I feel about it, so I'll let them roll around in my head a little longer. Maybe this evening.
*I actually learned this a while ago, but was reminded of it when I took my coffee out on the balcony. There was a FedEx truck across the street.
**I know it used to be purple and orange. The orange 'Ex' is the Express division now.
After the disgusting humidity of yesterday (which is still going on today), I announced that I was staying at Boyfriend's condo last night. His condo is heavily air-conditioned, which is a vast relief in this weather, and lacks cats, which is a vast relief when I'm trying to knit something involving some very plush yarn and multiple twitching sticks.
We sat down on the couch to watch Coraline, and I spent most of the movie with one of the skeins of Malabrigo stretched over my knees to make a ball. The ball is very nice, but my shoulder was aching by the time I finished. Since all of the yarn I bought yesterday is in skeins, I may have to invest in a ball-winder or change my name to She of the freaky Popeye shoulder.
First ball wound is cast on for Wanett Clyde's Felicity hat. I tend to be a tight knitter, and have a giant head (24" circumference - I've never met a baseball cap that actually fit), so I added ten stitches and went up to size 7 and 9 dpns, instead of 5 and 7. I have it spread out on three dpns right now, but realised this morning that 80 is in fact divisible by 4. Who knew? When the time comes in the pattern to switch to the bigger needles I'll shuffle the stitches around and work in the fourth needle. I considered going ahead and doing it now, but decided it would be too much hassle only to have to do it again when the size change happens. Once I've reclaimed my 7s (hopefully this afternoon), I'll be able to cast on for Boyfriend's scarf. Although none of the scarf yarn has been balled yet, so I may have to coddle him into to helping me with that when he gets home from work.
Random fact of the day*: Although the FedEx corporate logo is purple and grey**, the logos on the trucks and so on has the 'Ex' in a different colour, indicating which division it belongs to (Ground, Express, Freight, Office, etc.). Nifty.
I have some ruminations on Kensington Market that need to be written out, but I'm still not sure exactly how I feel about it, so I'll let them roll around in my head a little longer. Maybe this evening.
*I actually learned this a while ago, but was reminded of it when I took my coffee out on the balcony. There was a FedEx truck across the street.
**I know it used to be purple and orange. The orange 'Ex' is the Express division now.
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