hes have been cast on. The set up row is done. I am already running a lifeline. I think I have decided to only run one at the last row of every chart, but I may do it more often than that. I may do an additional life line after every WS row. Decisions have not been made on that yet. I hope that I can get this thing going pretty quick. I would like to get it done very soon. I have a couple other projects that I would like to get going. I have an afghan started for my aunt. It is just basic crochet granny squares that I am making out of Red Heart and Caro
n Simply Soft. She will need something machine washable and I have had it in my stash. I wish I had really nice stuff to make something for her with. I need to find some good baby yarn. I want to make a pretty baby shrug for my cousins new baby, Emma. I would also like to find something to knit for Becky's baby that is about to be born or has just been born. I don't know what to do for him. I have some pretty green cotton yarn left over from Jacoby's baby sweater that I knit. Maybe I will make baby Ryan one too. I don't know because I really want too work on this shawl and I tend to be a pretty monogamous knitter. When I worked on it before I got through the first 3 charts pretty quick, but I wasn't using lifelines then. Lifelines take me forever to place. Oh well. No big deal. I have plenty of time to finish it. Lets see on th
e spinning front... well I haven't gotten much spinning in. I am still working on the Kiwi colored Kraemer Yarns, Mauch Chuncky roving. 60% New Zealand Wool, 40% Domestic Wool. I love it. Really it isn't my favorite to spin, but the color is so pretty on it. I have decided to make it 3 ply so it is going to be a little thicker than I would like it but since I have no clue what it wants to be turned into, it really doesn't matter at this point. I was going to make it into a sock yarn, but the 2 ply was just not right. I made it a 3 and it was amazing. I haven't checked WPI on my sample yet, because it really doesn't matter to me right now because I like it 3 ply no matter what size it is. That is probably a bad habit, but it is what it wants to be so I am not going to fight it! : )
e spinning front... well I haven't gotten much spinning in. I am still working on the Kiwi colored Kraemer Yarns, Mauch Chuncky roving. 60% New Zealand Wool, 40% Domestic Wool. I love it. Really it isn't my favorite to spin, but the color is so pretty on it. I have decided to make it 3 ply so it is going to be a little thicker than I would like it but since I have no clue what it wants to be turned into, it really doesn't matter at this point. I was going to make it into a sock yarn, but the 2 ply was just not right. I made it a 3 and it was amazing. I haven't checked WPI on my sample yet, because it really doesn't matter to me right now because I like it 3 ply no matter what size it is. That is probably a bad habit, but it is what it wants to be so I am not going to fight it! : ) As far as my nonfiber life is concerned, Jim has been painting a motorcycle for a friend. The guy stripped the paint and everything before hand. We had some set backs. There was some shipping problems with the paint. We ordered the primer and a co
uple days later, the actual paint. Lets see this was just before Memorial Day. It took the primer a week and a half to arrive and the paint like 2 and a half weeks. The paint was apparently not in stock. I finally had to call to see why I hadn't received a tracking number. She said it was because they ran out of paint (several days after I had ordered, btw) and they would have more that Friday. I was not very please with the fact that there was no email or phone call or anything saying that it had been backordered so it was very frustrating. The paint actually didn't get here until the first day of our Florida trip. Jim was wanting to have it finished before we went on vacation. So there have been some set backs, but it is all done now. There are no more motorcycle parts in our kitchen. We have our garage back, although Jim said he was going to clean it out today and since his is upstairs napping and we are leaving to go swim before the birthday party in about 15 minutes , I don't see that happening today. Oh well. He isn't painting the bike anymore so he will have cleaning the garage tomorrow to look forward to.
uple days later, the actual paint. Lets see this was just before Memorial Day. It took the primer a week and a half to arrive and the paint like 2 and a half weeks. The paint was apparently not in stock. I finally had to call to see why I hadn't received a tracking number. She said it was because they ran out of paint (several days after I had ordered, btw) and they would have more that Friday. I was not very please with the fact that there was no email or phone call or anything saying that it had been backordered so it was very frustrating. The paint actually didn't get here until the first day of our Florida trip. Jim was wanting to have it finished before we went on vacation. So there have been some set backs, but it is all done now. There are no more motorcycle parts in our kitchen. We have our garage back, although Jim said he was going to clean it out today and since his is upstairs napping and we are leaving to go swim before the birthday party in about 15 minutes , I don't see that happening today. Oh well. He isn't painting the bike anymore so he will have cleaning the garage tomorrow to look forward to. Florida was amazing. Our discovery trip went really well. We found some apartments that we like. Now we just need our lease to be up here and find jobs there. I have my resume done and ready to go. Since I guess our lease isn't up until October 1 (how did we end up with a 13 month lease?) we have PLENTY of time to do all of that. We have decided that most of our stuff is not going with us. We already have a buyer for the 62' TV and our queen size bed. I need to make a list of the rest of the stuff that we are selling for our buyer. She said she wanted to know what all we were getting rid of because she may want more. That will at least pay for the trip there. I am debating selling my wheel. I can't make up my mind on it. We would like to have everything fit in the Jeep. I know that sounds crazy, but most of the stuff that we have we don't want anymore. Most of it is stuff from our pasts that we don't want. Like the TV was kind of a symbol of his bachelor days. It was kind of a rebelion against his ex. Stuff like that we just don't want. We have donated a bunch of clothes. There will be more. I am hoping to lose some serious weight and then I will be able to fit into some of my cute clothes again. I didn't keep much that doesn't fit. But there is some. I am trying to work through my stash. I don't have much and what I do have is mostly crappy acrylic. I wasn't allowed to buy nice yarn when I was with my ex so I really don't want most of my yarn either. Books are going to be the hard part. I love my books. I love my bookshelf. I am probably only going to take my favorites and my knitting books/mags with me. Like one box of books. I can do that. I am going to weed out some of my books and what is left will go in a box in mom's house for when she moves. We went through our movies and got rid of about half. We took them to the used game/video store and traded in for a couple new games and movies. Since we don't have cable anymore, we NEED movies! At least our favorites.
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