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CPH Photo Opportunity & Other Stuff

OK, so I made DH wait until the Food Network show on Julia Child was over. He was playing Civilization on the computer anyway. So, as the temperature has dropped 20-30 degrees, I felt like modeling a wool sweater. I also sewed on buttons and wove in the ends. Ta-da! Mr. Pecan Tree seemed amused. The thing above my head is a gourd birdhouse. The yarn is Queensland Collection Kathmandu Aran Tweed in color 117, and is 85% merino wool, 10% silk, 5% cashmere.

DH went to the spring A-Day football game at the University of Alabama yesterday, with around 78,000 other people, and brought me back the "most expensive car tag" in the Alabama Bookstore on the Strip in Tuscaloosa. He got to go to his fraternity house and favorite bar.( I stayed home and cooked pecan-crusted salmon cause he hates fish.) The tag says Alumni at the bottom. My MLIS is from UA.

I frogged Spring Fling and started on Louisa's Harding's Tide cropped cardigan. Here is my progress draped over the yet to be planted Spanish Lavender. Less artistic shot below, with bird poop edited out. TLC Cotton plus leftovers in Periwinkle.

Central Park Hoodie Finished, Mostly

I have finished the knitting and seaming for the CPH. I need to weave in ends and sew on the wooden buttons. The sleeves are a bit long, but I can turn the ribbing up. The sun is partially out for the first time in days, so I took CPH outside. The purple is darker in real life. The yarn is Queensland Collection Kathmandu Aran Tweed in color 117, and is 85% merino wool, 10% silk, 5% cashmere.

A Little Progress

Well, I haven't finished with the CPH ribbing yet with my 60" Options cable, but I have installed 2 GB of RAM and a new network card. I am back on the Web. Tonight I have been plagued with problems with USB devices, and I am wondering if the ports were affected by the zap from the thunderstorm. Anyway, a memory boost has given our old (in computer years) Dell a new lease on life. I followed the directions in the Vogue Knitting book, and placed scrap yarn every two inches, then divided the number of marked sections with the total stitches to come up with the number of stitches to pick up in each section. I should have photographed the yarn-festooned sweater, but Paula Deen was messing with chocolate on the Food Network and I was distracted.

Sockie and Hood

Today I got my Wee Tiny Sock in the mail from Cathy, all the way from Minnesota. I would link to her blog, but the address is on the desktop in another room. We heard a loud bang behind the desktop during a thunderstorm, and I think the ethernet card is dead. However, I am getting a wireless signal, so I am blogging from the notebook. First, sockie. It is resting atop a card from Cara (January One blog)

Next is the hood on CPH, sorry for the dark photo, it was raining cats and dogs and thundering and lightning badly. I did a three needle bindoff for the seam in the top. I am resting and mentally preparing now before attempting to pick up eleventy-zillion stitches or so for the front and hood rib trim.

In a Red Mood

Well, purple is in the family, right? H is for Hoodie. I have gotten about six inches or so done on the hood for CPH. The cables show up a lot better outside in the sun.

The other reds. I got the LG 8350 from Verizon in January, coincidentally. It goes well with Basque Red.  They also communicate well with each other using Bluetooth, after an initial struggle. (Computers!) The nail polish's name had something about scarlet and affair or something. Yes, I wiped the footprint off the freshly detailed by the Honda dealer bumper.


I left the dealership and drove straight to Lowe's and put 120 pounds of topsoil in the trunk. Had to dismantle the brand new cargo net. Looks just like the one on the Web site, except for the cardboard box of crap from the last Accord. (The net may not be in there right-like the nav system, Bluetooth and voice commands, everything has a learning curve.) The little white thing in the lower right corner? It's a Honda logo. (Why it costs more, right?) There is reflective tape on  the top, and it zips closed. Nice. The cargo net was promised by the dealer, who still owes me a tank of gas. It poured down rain this morning, and the road that I take to work has not been repaved yet.. See the dirt on the freshly detailed back bumper?

Last but not least, a little green. The baby tomatoes have been transplanted into large pots. They are a couple of feet tall, and gangly

All Sorts of Things

So I have gotten to the hood for CPH. I think I don't need to worry about running out of yarn anymore, I have lots left for the hood and ribbing trim. Whew

My Wee Tiny Sockie for the Wee Tiny Sock Swap is finished. It seems to brighten up a cool overcast day.

Peanut is tired. This is the best shot I could get, as the camera and I don't hold her interest enough to make her look up.

But, my FIL can sure hold their interest with a dog biscuit. DH entitled this shot, "High Priest of the Bone-bone addresses the congregation."

L to R: Buddha, Junior (DH's namesake), Trellis and Susie. Honey and Peanut, MIA,  get spoiled too, don't worry.

Sleeving Along

I am close to being done with the cap shaping of one CPH sleeve. The second one is waiting for the same treatment. DH was bored with my blog and said it needed updating.  I have been stuck on sleeves all last week.  I even did about half a row in the carwash, but the moving parts kept blocking the light. Click for larger.

I ran out to photograph the peach blossoms before the forecast snow tonight. Click for larger.

Still Marooned on Sleeve Island

I have worked mostly on the CPH sleeves. I had a moment the other day when I thought I had crossed a cable wrong, but it looks OK.

The little tomato plants are also out enjoying the sun. It is supposed to be in the 60s today, and it is gorgeous. I  forgot my sky photo the first time out..