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Random Bottles from the Sea...
Dec. 22nd, 2008 09:13 amGood Yule, Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, and an otherwise happy Winterthing to one and all!
Not-Fiber:
The Hunt rides! Also--happy day--it's raining! More not-fiber stuff after some fiber stuff:
Spinning:
Have whipped out some of the Mountain Colors dyed targhee roving that was included in my wheel package, and have since managed a hank that sucks much less than the first hank, and as such can likely be knitted with. H'ray.
Knitting: (don't worry, there is also not-knitting and, in fact, completely not-fiber)
Socks socks socks!
Mum got socks (Crystal Palace Merino 5, color "ultra blues", all-over pattern of Icelandic Box Stitch & Cat Bordhi's Riverbed sockitecture).
Father-in-Law is getting socks (Mountain Colors Bearfoot, color Grey Wolf, pattern Danny Ouelette's Diamond Waffle sock hacked to Cat Bordhi's Riverbed Sockitecture).
Stepmother-in-Law is getting socks (Yarnsmiths' Cool Wool, color stormy, pattern unknown). This is a yarn that wicks well and is otherwise a good idea for the diabetics in your life, the first commercial yarn I've seen that includes CoolMax.
Then a pair of something or other for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
countgeiger.
Not-socks, still knitting:
The Hrafnar gift exchange got a brioche version of this fad.
Two Faroese shawls, one falcon-wise, one not, both done, could use fringe.
The yarn forwalkyrja's sweater mocks me from its bags (SWTC Pure, 15 skeins each Vineyard Green and Marigold) and remains skeery.
Not-at-All Fiber:
Huginn 1 and Idunna 78 have come ripe at the same time, and not a couple weeks apart as originally planned. Alas, this means that Huginn is getting bumped to after the first of the year. The Editorial Staff regrets this, but it was necessary to ensure the best possible quality of work on our hatchling's first issue.
Concurrent with learning to spin, I'm learning more nuts-and-bolts networking stuff, addressing a significant gap in my sysadmin quiver.countgeiger has made noises about actually getting his CCNA alongside me--that might be fun!
Okay, Mike's back with the car, so it's time for me to drive away south and visit the computers. Until later, Constant Readers...
Not-Fiber:
The Hunt rides! Also--happy day--it's raining! More not-fiber stuff after some fiber stuff:
Spinning:
Have whipped out some of the Mountain Colors dyed targhee roving that was included in my wheel package, and have since managed a hank that sucks much less than the first hank, and as such can likely be knitted with. H'ray.
Knitting: (don't worry, there is also not-knitting and, in fact, completely not-fiber)
Socks socks socks!
Mum got socks (Crystal Palace Merino 5, color "ultra blues", all-over pattern of Icelandic Box Stitch & Cat Bordhi's Riverbed sockitecture).
Father-in-Law is getting socks (Mountain Colors Bearfoot, color Grey Wolf, pattern Danny Ouelette's Diamond Waffle sock hacked to Cat Bordhi's Riverbed Sockitecture).
Stepmother-in-Law is getting socks (Yarnsmiths' Cool Wool, color stormy, pattern unknown). This is a yarn that wicks well and is otherwise a good idea for the diabetics in your life, the first commercial yarn I've seen that includes CoolMax.
Then a pair of something or other for
countgeiger.Not-socks, still knitting:
The Hrafnar gift exchange got a brioche version of this fad.
Two Faroese shawls, one falcon-wise, one not, both done, could use fringe.
The yarn for
walkyrja's sweater mocks me from its bags (SWTC Pure, 15 skeins each Vineyard Green and Marigold) and remains skeery.Not-at-All Fiber:
Huginn 1 and Idunna 78 have come ripe at the same time, and not a couple weeks apart as originally planned. Alas, this means that Huginn is getting bumped to after the first of the year. The Editorial Staff regrets this, but it was necessary to ensure the best possible quality of work on our hatchling's first issue.
Concurrent with learning to spin, I'm learning more nuts-and-bolts networking stuff, addressing a significant gap in my sysadmin quiver.
countgeiger has made noises about actually getting his CCNA alongside me--that might be fun!Okay, Mike's back with the car, so it's time for me to drive away south and visit the computers. Until later, Constant Readers...
