Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 38

From Twitter 05-13-2011

10:56:07: RT @green_knight: #imsorrytoo RT @KHanleyCardozo: I just found this site and it is eating my morning: http://betterbooktitles.com/ #your ...
19:18:00: RT @robinmckinley: YESSSSSS!!!!! :) RT @CambridgeMinor
Women who *do* stuff: http://xkcd.com/896/
21:51:15: Illness in family may interfere with travel plans. Will know more next week (I hope, anyway.)

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From Twitter 05-12-2011

21:35:26: RT @RBReich: Austerity doesn't work in era of recession economics. UK plummeting, Canada on ropes, US growing at snail's pace, even Germ ...
21:37:33: RT @NYTimeskrugman: Seniors, Guns and Money http://nyti.ms/jrkD9H

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From Twitter 05-11-2011

06:36:46: RT @RBReich: Housing prices drop further, but Wll Street surges. Houses major asset of Am mid class, stocks major asset of top 10%. Weal ...
15:40:13: RT @NASA_EO: Heavy Rain in Namibia and South Africa [image] http://tinyurl.com/4yupkkm #NASA

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From Twitter 05-10-2011

06:19:11: RT @gbrumfiel: New video shows extensive damage inside the unit 3 spent fuel pool of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant: http://j.mp/kCTDWv
06:44:50: RT @robinmckinley: Yes but MORE LEGIBLE scan please RT @GuardianBooks link to our 1849 review Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton http://bit ...
06:47:24: RT @PDRandom: Singing to children may help development of language skills http://t.co/tyC96sO via @guardian

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From Twitter 05-09-2011

13:43:33: RT @nellyali: "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." Edward Murrow

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From Twitter 05-08-2011

16:09:28: Sermon today was on "being wrong" and a glance at Project reveals I'm good at that. #knitting. Still, Project is useful & attractive.
18:31:50: Went for drive to show R- the caterpillar-tread sea monster, and found the road I *meant* to take K- on. Still gorgeous.
19:21:04: New LJ post with knitting pix: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/414987.html?view=3282443#t3282443

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Stitch by Stitch: knitting Project 1

Project 1 is progressing, in spite of my mistakes.  I'm past the first horizontal border of garter stitch, and now into the "adding textural interest" phase.   My self-calculated pattern was to have a garter-stitch border on either side 20 stitches wide, then alternating squares or rectangles (would decide when I got to them and saw how they looked) of stockinette and garter stitch.  This would provide plenty of garter stitch to make the blanket lie flat, but with stockinette to vary the texture and the way the color looked.  
Here's the way the whole thing looks right now; these pictures were taken near sundown outside.  Full width, 40 inches.





To the left is the garter stitch border, below is the horizontal (top or bottom) garter stitch border, and the next section to the right is also garter stitch.

And here is the mistake-turning-into-something-interesting:


 
I'm now nearing the end of my first ball of yarn, and although there are plenty of mistakes, I think Project 1 is going to end up as a perfectly usable item.  I've recovered my rhythm for knit stitches, am beginning to pick up a rhythm on the purl stitches, and have learned a lot about the vagaries of circular needles.  The long uninterrupted knit-rows of the garter stitch top border--180 stitches--really helped with the recovery of a nearly-forgotten skill. 

Still have no idea how long it will take to finish Project 1, since I have other things that must be done or else, but I'm now taking the knitting bag with me and managing to knit a row or so while in situations where I can.  

From Twitter 05-07-2011

07:51:40: RT @SaraCreasy: (The longer my blog posts, the fewer pages I'm writing.)
08:23:00: We are having a week of unwanted health effects. I am sulky about it. It is not what I wanted for Mother's Day/Derby weekend. Just sayin'
20:21:49: Why do yarn manufacturers call colors "colorways"??? #knitting

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From Twitter 05-06-2011

15:24:34: RT @DorannaDurgin: The Heart of Dog: a 5-Star read! All heart, all dog, & all for sick @ConneryBeagle. WIN! http://tinyurl.com/3n77g2w
19:21:32: New needle tips for the circular needles. More sizes. I see this is going to lead to more Projects. #knitting
19:23:13: When I finish Project One, I will need to learn/re-learn other knitting skills (have forgotten a LOT) so I can do other than rectangles.

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From Twitter 05-05-2011

09:59:45: RT @KSmithSF: Gail Collins on Mitch Daniels and women's rights: "And dignity be damned." - http://nyti.ms/jh5iz8
11:10:04: New posts up at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ on the book's progress.
11:10:59: Juvie blue jays and black-crested titmice in the yard today.
22:51:42: I can haz purl stitches (and I can haz mistakes, too!) #knitting. Now past end border and into alt. squares stockinette & garter stitch.

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