Saturday, May 12, 2007

Phoenix Rising, anyone?

I'm killing time in the Atlanta airport en route to New Orleans for a rather extended Phoenix Rising-related visit. It's my first real vacation (inasmuch as long hours of volunteering can be considered vacation) in over a year, which makes me sad but mostly excited. Work has been wacky crazy insane for the last two months; I've been working on the same sweater (Wendy's Somewhat Cowl in this yumminess) since President's Day, knocking off a couple rows per day on my commute. I can't say I'm happy to be working so much or so hard -- big upgrades inevitably mean big investments of time -- but it'll get better eventually, and when it does, I'll be more productive with yarny things.

But I'm not really here to complain, because Alison's Charmed Knits, which may just be the coolest thing ever, came out this week. I think it's fabulous, and not just because some of my pieces are in it -- the patterns run the gamut from movie replicas to book-inspired stuff, and the book itself is gorgeous. (And I might've spent a bit of time at work flailing and showing it to coworkers who don't really care... but seeing your name in print is pretty awesome.)

Anyway, about to board now. I think I'll be at the knitting rendezvous at PR, so hopefully I can catch up with you guys then. If you see me, flag me down!

Lauren posted at 15.54 on 05.12.07 comments (6)

Thursday, August 04, 2005

various and sundry

Okay, first off, omg I want one. I'm fairly suspectible to the charm of gadgetry as it is (zoom in on 2 PDAs, sexy cellphone, iPod...), but knitting gadgets? Sign me up, baby.

Secondly - and I'd sworn to myself I wouldn't do it this time around - meet the Goblet of Fire costume reference page. I'd hoped it wouldn't be necessary, but two new, wholly different schools and twelve competition uniforms, not to mention a slew of new adults, mean there's actually so many new costumes that I can't believe no one's beaten me to the punch. As a bonus, my hosting package is now so beefy that I can spare the resources to host the full-sized high-res images that Warner Bros has been so generous with, this time around. I may be a bit slow in updating it, due to my limited internet access, but I'll do my bestest.

Thirdly, I've hit a new impasse with the animal cracker hat - I need to find a superbulky (~2.5 st/inch) forest green and yellow twist or tweed yarn for the top of the hat. Two colors of 220 held together just won't cut it, no matter how many times I try it. Yeah, I know. Good luck.

But! I've made some ridiculous headway on Jon's Koigu socks (nicknamed "Breakup Sox", haha). I've ditched the purl ridges in favor of a mistake rib, which looks really excellent in the brown/olive/burnt orange colorway I'm using. I started on, uh, Monday I think, and I'm already two inches past the heel. kasgofjsadhuio I love Koigu, especially after using Lion Brand for a few weeks.

And for anyone who doesn't knit but is itching for a Hatmione/Hermittens set nonetheless, I'll be knitting a set for the Witching Hour's auction during the Fall Festival. Be there or be, well, a bit chilly all winter. ;)

Lauren posted at 15.52 on 08.04.05 comments (0)

Sunday, July 31, 2005

quidsock pattern - now available!

It's taken a while, but the pattern for the Quidsocks striped sports socks ;) is now available! I don't think I really need to talk these up - I've been teasing for too long already. If you'd like a closer look at the end product, check out our gallery page.

whoohoo! :)

Lauren posted at 17.32 on 07.31.05 comments (0)

Thursday, February 24, 2005

just in case...

I'm moving my site to a new webhost this weekend. All this should mean for the blog is that comments may be busted (depending on how long it takes me to reinstall Movable Type). If anything worse happens, drop me a line at knit@atypically.net.

Thankies!

Lauren posted at 17.20 on 02.24.05 comments (0)

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

the Hermitten pattern is up!

I know it's the middle of the night and I should be asleep and blah blah blah, but I had to had to post that the Hermitten pattern is up for sale! I decided to push on and get it done before we started on my computer (which of course is still going and is why I'm still up), so yeah. There it is! Enjoy!

Lauren posted at 2.28 on 01.11.05 comments (0)

Thursday, December 23, 2004

first post!

Just making this unbroke. Hurrah for boring days at work!

Lauren posted at 12.11 on 12.23.04 comments (0)