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Monday Meandering

weebug — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:58:21 +0000

I’m slipping this in at the last moment, but that is sort of how things are rolling these days. Work has been super busy, by the time I get home there just isn’t much left in the tank. I’ve started taking a walk during my lunch break, just getting out and about seems to break things up a bit. I really need to get back into the running schedule again, I find that I feel so much better when I get that little bit of exercise every day. Thankfully, there are plenty of stairs around work and most of the time I can take the stairs rather than the elevator. That helps too.

I didn’t mean to have a radio silence during the holidays. It just sort of happened. Christmas was a quiet affair here at the Weebug household, other than the 4 of us here at the house, there wasn’t much family stuff going on. That felt weird. For the first time in many years, we didn’t at least see my siblings and parents, and the family get together with the Husbeast’s side didn’t agree with my work schedule so that fell through too.

I ended up missing the family get together terribly, and I have been kind of in a funk since then. Strange how something like that will throw you off.

Happy New Year

weebug — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:55:24 +0000

Husbeast has made sure I’m starting the knitting year right! Thank you sweetie!

A knitter’s life

weebug — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:16:56 +0000

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Enough said. One has be able to rip things out occassionally.

The Almost Hitchhiker Scarf

weebug — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:08:12 +0000

It’s my Almost Hitchhicker Scarf! I ran out of yarn with two repeats remaining. So instead of 42, there are 40 repeats.

almost hitchhiker

Details: STR Medweight base, my own dying attempt
Pattern: Hitchhiker
Needle size: I’ll have to check

I love this scarf. I think that I will have to make another one, as this one is destined to be a gift! Here is another view with the colours a bit more true:

Almost Hitchhiker take two

This makes me happy

weebug — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:11:03 +0000

I made these snowmen last year for gifts, and this year I gave one to a co-worker to decorate her workspace. She seemed to think that the snowman needed a hat.

Flash forward to this year when Anna at MochimochiLand asked me to test knit for her Tiny Mochi’s collection 6 I started thinking that the acorn cap would make a pretty nice hat for the snowman. I think that I was right!

It’s Friday Night

weebug — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:30:16 +0000

It’s Friday night and I am tired. Stuff at work is piling up and there never seems to be enough time in my workday to get everything done. I hate that. We have a busy weekend planned too, touring a couple of colleges here in Seattle for Fiona. I can’t believe that she is old enough to go to college, seems like just yesterday she was gearing up for kindergarten.

Then there is the puppy training class in the afternoon, the endless attempts to try and get caught up on the laundry and the housework. Somehow, I don’t think that every thing is going to get done. I’d love to just curl up on the couch and knit, but I will be lucky to sneak in a few rows occasionally. (It only took me four tries to get occasionally spelled correctly).

So on that note I am going to bed. And I am hoping that I I have enough coffee around the house to have a cuppa before heading out in the morning.

Well, that was interesting

weebug — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:56:03 +0000

I made it through November
The daylight hours dwindling
Thanksgiving has come. And gone
The leftovers still lingering.

November 30

weebug — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:09:38 +0000

There. I have done it. Blogged every single day in November. I even finished a pair of socks this month, but until I find my card reader, the photo isn’t available. That particular issue has also delayed my 365 project as well. I haven’t stopped taking pictures, I just need to get them off the camera. One thing at a time I guess.

I finally settled on the yarn for my Hitchhiker Shawl. It is yarn I dyed a couple of years ago at Sock Camp. It is a bit stripy for my tastes, but since it is a gift I am just going to have to deal with it.

November 29

weebug — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:43:13 +0000

Go figure. Yesterday I was in love with all of my knitting projects. Today I swear that they all hate me. Today wasn’t any longer than any other day there was still only 24 hours in it, but I swear … Continue reading →

November 28

weebug — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:05:36 +0000

Almost through with November. I’m not quite sure where it went but it’s gone.

But I’ve started the hitchhiker’s scarf. I wonder how quickly I can crank them out before Christmas?