Moi

1. FIRST NAME? Rosemary
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My paternal grandmother's name was Rose Mary, but my mother always said I wasn't named after her - hmmmmmmmmm...
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Yesterday when my son gave me a beautiful red Japanese maple leaf for an anniversary present
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I've never really thought about it - I guess so
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Maple turkey
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? This is as close as I get to one
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Maybe - I'd have to decide while looking down :)
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Heart to Heart
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Yes, but most of my shoes are slip-ons
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Chocolate fudge almond
14. SHOE SIZE? 7-7 1/2
5. RED OR PINK? Wine-y red and watermelon pink
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? When I get cranky with people I love
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My friend Sue
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? No
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue jeans, a blue and green tie-dyed shirt and green shoes
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Oatmeal
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? A mocking bird singing outside the window
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Bright green
23. FAVORITE SMELL? The California hills in the evening: bay trees and dry grass - there's nothing like it
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My friend Kay
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their eyes, and whether they look directly into mine
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? Very much.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? Root beer
28. FAVORITE SPORT? Cycling
29. EYE COLOR? Greenish brown
30. HAT SIZE? Medium
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No
32. FAVORITE FOOD? My husband's seafood paella
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings all the way!
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Autumn is my absolute favorite!
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Chocolate mousse creme broulet
38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I didn't send this out
39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Ditto
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Pride and Prejudice (for the 100th time)
41. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mouse pad, 'cause my mouse is cool and doesn't need one ;)
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Survivor
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? My kids laughing
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
45. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? Australia
46. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Looking at things from different perspectives
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? San Francisco
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I copied from Vanessa

Purrrrrrrrrrrrr

A passel of kitties! They were part of an order and looked too cute together not to share. Just goes to show that you *can* herd cats! :)

Blue

Angels, that is! Those of you living in the SF Bay Area may recall that the Blue Angels came for Fleet Week the weekend of Oct 7, 8. Heh. Better late posting here than never, eh? :)

It was a fine and gorgeous fog-free day on the Marina Green and I caught this shot of the Blue Angels as they flew overhead:


And here's a local flight of B1-RD Pelicans on a fly-by. I think they need to tighten up a little, yes?


Everyone applauded as they went by. Hee.

And here's my orange mindless knitting for Blue Angel day. I always try to keep a project going that doesn't require me to pay any attention. :) This is a semi cropped sweater from a sale pamphlet I scored at my lys (whose website, though minimal, is up! Woooo!). Particulars on the mindless knitting to come!


Hmmmmmm. I think I see an orange theme developing here, says the woman who once knit five green sweaters in a row without realizing it. Pathetic, no? *sigh*

And with that, I am back to work! Tune in next time!

Now Playing: Reruns

It's been one two of those weeks where I've been running around like a crazy person. And I've been a bad, bad blogger. *hanging head* So while I get myself together, I thought everyone might like to see how I fix Cables Gone Wrong. The model is Rogue, which has since been completed, but was, for awhile, cursed. I'm sure of it. For various reasons, mostly my own inattention, I ripped it out several times, and then decided on a different yarn. So I wasn't about to rip it again when I found that I hadn't been paying attention again and mis-crossed the cables. *sigh*

Here's the Cable Gone Wrong:


I took just the cable section off the needle, put point protectors on the circular needles I had been using to knit Rogue and ripped it down below the mis-crossed portion:


Then using dpns, I knit the cable portion back up, following the chart. After a little smoothing and pulling the stitches into place, it looked great! The wrong was righted. Woo!


The first picture shows the color of the sweater more accurately. I was using Elann's Peruvian Highland wool in chunky weight (I think it is discontinued now) and it knit up to a perfect aran gauge for me.

Post mortem: if I were to do this sweater again, I would knit the hem facing in a lighter weight yarn. It is a bit too heavy for my taste, perhaps only because I used a heavier weight yarn than specified. There also appeared to be one error in the cable instructions in my copy of the pattern. When you are creating the base of the cable, the instructions read: "on RS, knit into the front and back of st, picking up the vertical strand running downwards between these two stitches just made, twist and knit into this picked-up strand: 3 knit sts made from 1 st." However, in order to create that vertical strand that runs between the two stitches, it was necessary for me to knit into the back and then front of the stitch rather than the other way around. Otherwise, nice pattern and beautifully written! But y'all know that already. :)

The perfect gift

...for the chicken that has everything:


aka, the perfect way to use all of those sock yarn left-overs. Anyone care to take a stab at reverse engineering this baby? ;)

*Hint: click on the picture for more stylin' chickens.*