Distractions

Would you like to know why I don't blog more? Here are a few reasons:

My new Singer Model 99. I bought this off Craigslist for an obscenely low price, and now I'm working on cleaning it up and getting it to work. I've got a foot pedal on the way to help with the getting it to work part. The Model 99 is made for a knee control that you put into the right front part of the case, but these are very hard to find and kind of expensive. (If anyone has one or finds one, let me know!) Luckily, you can retrofit it with a foot pedal, so hopefully once I get that in, I'll be off and running. I'm also thinking I'm going to have to take the motor apart and tune it up a bit before it runs really well. Right now, I just sit and look at it and force Ben to once again confirm that yes, it is really pretty.

We've also been doing a little antiquing in order to furnish our new house. Last weekend, we found two fabulous mid-century modern slipper chairs.

One of the first things I want to sew on my beautiful Singer is a slipcover for each of these. Eventually, I want to reupholster them, but we have a pukey cat (who has claimed these chairs for his own), so for now, slipcovers it is.

We also found a great lamp for the library (which is what we're calling one of our extra rooms.)

Besides accruing more stuff for our new place, I'm just soaking up Spring. My sad little African violets (these little guys were the favors at my wedding shower, so I'm determined to keep them alive) have been re-potted and are starting to look a little happier.



And last but now least, I'm very happy (and feel much lighter) after the big haircut.


This is the post-shower, sitting on the couch drinking coffee, un-stylized shot. You get the idea. I love short haircuts where you can blow it dry and make it look all polished, or you can just muss it up and look all casual and weekend-y. If you've never had a cut like this, I highly recommend it.

Alright, now that I've performed my duties as a diligent knit-blogger, I'm going to go do some actual knitting!

Did you miss me???

We're finally all moved and the dust has somewhat settled. Don't get me wrong, there are still boxes EVERYWHERE and we still can't find what we're looking for 75% of the time, but that's quite an improvement over just a couple weeks ago. Just yesterday I finally found my camera cord, which I had been looking for for about a week and a half. Baby steps.

So do you want to see some knitting from me? Let me tell you, it's been sparse lately. I started a new sweater though, and that seems to have reignited my knitting mojo. It's the Phyllo Yoked Pullover from Knitting Nature.

Apparently, not blogging for two months renders me incapable of taking a non-blurry pictures. Again, baby steps my friends. I'm using some discontinued Debbie Bliss Wool/Cotton that I think I purchased off of Elann. I bought it at least two years ago in a vast overestimation of my knitting speed and ability to focus, and it has been sitting in my stash all this time. I've also been waiting for the right project for it. It's a little thinner than Calmer, but I think it's going to end up making a pretty similar fabric. The pattern, which calls for Calmer, suggests a US7 needle, and I got gauge with US6, so I'm not too far off. I'm also changing the body of the sweater to be knit in the round because this is my "I don't want to think, I just want to knit" sweater. So far I've got about 5 or 6 inches completed and I'm loving every minute of it.

I'm off now to get 10" of my hair chopped off. I've been waiting to cut my hair as a result of a mixture of ambivalence about styles and because I wanted it long enough to donate. Now is the time my friends. Spring has sprung, the sun is out, and I don't want all this hair weighing me down.