Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Monday, March 15, 2004
Doin' the backwards Boogie!!
I was working on a new pattern that called for knitting back and forth over few stitches. I had to do this a few times. the idea was awful until I thought, hey, I bet I can knit backwards. Needle in, throw that yarn, pull it through and a wiggle of the hips, the Backward Boogie! woo hoo. ::now you try it:: its the wiggling of the hips that makes it possible. I certainly need a bit more practice but I'm on my way. Doing it in that large gauge for a fulled bag made it easier to practice.
I finished another bag to be fulled, I'll start another soon and I finished a hat. The bags are coming along swimingly and should be up for sale about the same time as I go to my show - the end of the month. I'm also working on an easter present for everyone. Stay tuned.
I did a few rows on the Rosedale, I realized that its going to be abit big. I figure that's ok, I only get bigger as I get older and I'm certainly not getting younger (in body anyway, my mind is a different story). I'm on gauge, I just can't seem to gauge my own size very well. Don't even suggest frogging it. Maybe I'll cut and steek for the zipper. I started another project, a sweater for M out of Lion Homespun regency, I have a ton of it. I should have started another bag and just continued on with rosedale. I'm naughty. I can't help it. The compulsion was so strong. The needles were there, the yarn was there and its like a sickness. Now compulsions are one thing, I started it and it wasn't how I wanted it to look. So if I really had no thought behind it, I would just rip it and leave it, having had the compulsion satisfied. No, I grabbed new needles and started all over again. I feel better now, I can set it aside into the ever growing pile of WIP's. In fact my WIP pile is begining to look like a child's tower. Little basket at the bottom with projects piled one on top of another, teetering and ready to collapse at any time. I promise, eventually I'll finish all some of them. Ahhh, sweet indecision.
I spun up one bobbin full of 2 ply llama/polpay. Again I tried to take a pic but its so fluffy, its just no use. I'll keep trying. I'm not a very good photographer, I'm lucky to know which little silver button to press. I'm also working on that roving that I showed the other day the red and blue. I want to do my Quinalt so bad but its just so pretty I don't want to touch it yet. I can't decide if I should go balls out and just 2 ply it and hope to keep some of the color changes or do it navajo 3 ply. I have to practice alot more before I feel safe doing navao 3ply on that.
I got a bunch of new fabrics some from my aunt and mom (how sweet are they!). And so I spent part of my weekend slicing and dicing fabric. J thinks my pottery stuff is looking good so as soon as I get some of that done I'll show it off. The show date is getting closer and closer and I don't feel so prepared. One thing that is bugging me terribly is my tool box is missing, it has every show essential in it and I cannot find it. That's my punishment for being an utter slob. My cold is getting better so we'll see what I can get done. I need to go talk to the accountant today and get my taxes ready to go. Fun filled day is planned as you can see.