Bad Cabbage!

Bad blogger! ::slaps hand with a ruler::
So I haven't blogged. There's a good reason. Well I wasn't blogging at first because it was hot and gross and I wasn't knitting, so there was nothing to blog about. Then I realized I couldn't see any pictures that were hosted by blogspot. So I let it ride for awhile, tinkering with things here and there. And then it dawned on me that I could see pictures on blogspot blogs that were hosted by Flickr. So I tried to post that way, but it didn't work. I imagine that was my fault, I probably effed it up somehow. So then I realized that I should probably just reinstall my operating system on my computer, and then finally I decided to move. Wait, what? Move? Yes, I moved a couple of miles away into a bigger, cheaper place in a safer neighborhood. And then I had to unpack. That takes awhile when you work 53 hours per week. And its the holidays and you're out of town a lot. So finally last night I decided to reinstall the OS. And now I have pictures! However, now I can't find my digital camera. So it'll be awhile til you see anything current, though I have some FO's from the past six months or so that I'll post once I finish importing all of my pictures from my old hard drive. I will try to be a better blogger, I promise!
Until then, hope you have a happy new year!
-Cabbage

Tubey rocks again, finally!

Ok, it has been a good knitting week. I picked Tubey back up, and I knit 9 body rows. I tried it on, and... success! Well, so far. I still have a lot to go. But I'm very excited, because I was seriously doubting that this sweater would ever be finished.



I have also started Pullover Flair from Sping 2006 Interweave Knits. Scroll down towards the bottom of that page to see the sweater.



The yarn is actually really interesting. Its two-stranded, one strand is this tweedy grey and white cotton, the other is this silky very orange ribbon-like yarn. I'm using the recommended yarn, Artful Yarns Olympic in 34 Tokyo and size 8 addi circulars. Its a fairly open gauge, which accounts for the extreme drape of this sweater (a big part of why I like it).



And, for fun, my lazy cat enjoys the sil on this beautiful day!

FO-Classic Tweed

Yo. So Its been wicked hot here and the knitting/finishing has been at a minimum lately. I did manage to finish the seaming, weaving in ends, and ironing (yes, ironing) of the Classic Tweed Sweater. I'm happy with it in that it is a large finished project that doesn't suck. Do I love it? No. The yarn, though very pretty, breaks like its friggin' cotton candy. That's not so bad for knitting, but sucks for seaming. Oh and there's a lot of seaming. There's no waist shaping, so it looks a little lumpy on me. And the sleeves are doing this weird puckery thing... but overall I'm satisfied. I will wear it. Most likely with jeans on the weekend.





I've also made progress on the USMP. I am falling more and more in love with this sweater and getting more and more nervous about the curling that is going on. Again. pray that blocking works!



And, also, because it is the most beautiful WIP I've seen lately, here is the pre-sundried tomato pesto out of Sundays at Moosewood. I think this is beautiful before its blended. I love the layers!

USMP and Classic Tweed Sweater, continued... plus... cherrybutt!

Well its been awhile since I posted... I have a few updates, as well as some booty-fruity (click here and here and here and here and finally, here). So classes have resumed and I can finally work on mindless stockinette again. The USMP is coming along... slowly but surely. I'm on the increases now and its taking friggin' forever. But its nice... and hopefully things will work... and then I'll be a happy camper.



I'm also making quite a bit of progress on the Classic Tweed Sweater, which pleases me (i'm CHUFFED!) considering it is DK weight yarn and size US 6 needles. I'm done with the front and a good way into the back. 2 1/2 hours of the back=sitting in Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest, 2 1/2 hours= Selection and Acquisitions class today.





And finally... the butt-cherry. When I first saw this I thought it was two cherries and then I realized it was supposed to be two cherries and they're all siamese-like instead. Anyways, looks like a butt: