http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog Spinning, knitting, dyeing and ridiculous-looking dogs Fri, 02 May 2008 23:02:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First, good news: although I'd been playing the odds and wasn't really worried. But it's good to know for sure that the cat that sank its needle fangs through your heavy jeans and deep into your calf muscle while its claws mauled your hand in a frenzied ball of muscle, ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/05/02/its-been-a-woo-hoo-week/ jiggety-jig, Libélula's a bossy little pig! Seattle was fun! Vancouver was fun! (but brief. I got homesick. not sure when I became that girl, but there ya go) I've got some pictures up on a flickr set entitled, oh so creatively "Seattle." Looking through it, ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/25/home-again-home-again/ I'll be heading up to Seattle at the crack of the a.m., barring any weather conditions, so if you need me, call the cell. ;) I've never been to Seattle before; I'll be meeting Ande and Terri on Monday and we'll be checking out the sights and local ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/19/woo-hoo-3/ Last month I finally finished the Bubble Pullover (Ravelry link) from Knitting Nature by Norah Gaughan. I used roughly 7.5 balls of Superwash Cascade 220, and as I am a loose knitter, went down a needle size from the recommended to get gauge. Because the pentagons, the shape, ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/13/the-bubble-pullover/ This is the fabric I bought yesterday that I told you about--a very, very Seventies Spree. The smokey blue at the top is cotton canvas (and pretty thin) and the rest are quilting cottons. I got three yards of each thinking I'd do the pintucked table runner and matching placemats ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/09/happy-birthday-grammy/ This is what happens when you write a post that says "knitting is so easy and simple blah blah." The gods of carelessness and blithe misjudgement rise up and smite yo' ass. D'oh. Sigh. One advantage sewing has is that it is so quick (perhaps if I had paused and used ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/04/doh-deux/ Originally uploaded by tortadetortuga (well and just generally sewing too, although I think we are all agreed that sewing is mostly ironing) I finished something! Actually a bit ago, and finished a sweater as well, but I didn't want to scare people into thinking the Endtimes are nigh what with ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/04/03/i-suck-at-ironing/ One of my issues with sewing is that there's no knit-purl. There's no basic cast on then some simple repetitive motion that is all you need to do to get an FO. (Okay, yeah, you need to know a bind off, so knit two stitches then slip that first stitch ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/03/31/hello-random/ Crivvie got a massage today.   We went after Crivvie with the Furminator today, as it's been a long while. This was all from just one side...and no trick photography here, the hairball is bigger than her head (not including needlenose however). Despite the 'crazy eyes' look in the pic, she loves ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/03/06/greyhounds-dont-shed-and-other-tall-tales/ We haven't been up to much, but we've been taking lots of pictures of the notmuchness. Belu and Crivvie got into it at the fence line in the backyard when they heard the neighbors dog RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OMG! And they got excited and the only one there ... http://www.lanasdelibelula.com/blog/2008/02/28/quickie-linkie-piccies-post/