6 posts tagged “jaywalkers”

writing this entry from the mental institution? :D  it was very stressful.  Very Stressful.  I got mad several times... heck, I even got sick feeling a few times.  my tummy was in knots for practically 24 hours.  i threw my sock down no less than 5 times.  I stopped to take deep breaths.  To calm myself. 

I'm not even playing... it's probably the most stressful thing I have ever done.   I did it right before my knit group yesterday... I worked on picking up all the stitches that i thought I already had picked up.  Knitted fabric after it as already been knitted is a odd thing... it's very frustrating.   It probably took me 3 hours of working on it constantly to pick up all the stitches and get them oriented correctly. 

but yeah, it worked. :D

can you tell which one i cut???

i really like them... they are very comfy!  and finished!! :D

send in the men with the white coat.  i think i am still even in denial that i did it.  this is why someone should always be online to talk me out of stuff.  left to my own devices and impatience things just get out of hand.   my heart is beating really hard still. i cant believe i did it.  i'm crazy, it's the only answer.

look, i finished my sock.  the pair is complete! pretty, huh?

but remember how i hated the ribbing?  and i had the idea that i would just undo the cast on and rip out the cuff, lalala.  easy.... well it wasnt easy... it's not easy or fun to rip out from the "wrong" end. 

you cant see how intertwined knitting really is...but this is after i picked out the cast on and tried to pick out some of the stitches too.

but it wasnt happening fast enough... i was getting mad!  and 2008 is supposed to be Happy Knitting.  So I thought of something else that might work.  It was a crazy idea and could work.  Then I came online did some research on the topic then looked online for my knitting friends to talk me out of it.  but no one was there. 

so i just did it. i am so obviously crazy.

so i just started cutting it off. i had put my needle back in to the stitches so they will catch on my cable.

I CUT MY KNITTING LIKE AN IDIOT!  no one cuts their knitting. (well sometimes they do, but not in cases like this) you are not supposed to CUT cuffs off.   I cant even believe i did it.

but i did.

i can barely catch my breath.  this is insane.   i really really hope this works out.

hey amies,

is there flowers growing where you live????  i wasn't sure, just thought i'd ask!!  *evil grin* 

 

 

ok ok... on to what you are really here for!!  the pedicure jaywalkers!   well... jaywalker.  I was working on the 2nd one... doing the ribbing and one my my large butted boys sat on my dpn... dont know if it was derek or the dog, but as derek said, "the toothpick broke" :

 

 

so here is the jaywalker photoshoot! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so!  what do you think??!  i might knit me some toe-less socks at some point... i did a tight bind off because i didnt want it rolling up under her foot.  but they are amazingly comfortable!   i still need to weave in the ends

tonight i am going to watch my boyfriend play some pick up ice hockey... so that's a good 3 hours of knitting time, wonder how much i can get done on that other jaywalker!  must take a trip to joann's for more size 1 dpns first!!

 

 

that, my friends is one awesome sock..... now i am going to get my dpns out of my car and i am putting some ribbing on it and we can put a fork in it... because it will be D-O-N-E!!

well i am florida now... have been for a week... have been job hunting like it's going out of style.  need job now!   i have been knitting a bit... i didn't knit at all on the 10 hour drive down here... crazy huh??   i could have, but i just didn't want to... slept some, and just looked out the windows.  it was quite an ordeal tho... with they uhaul and towing my car.  i was so ready for that weekend to be over!! :D

i do have progress on my jaywalker tho!  and i wanted to show you all a picture!!   I took this yesterday outside our new apt... there was 2 neighborwomen out there and i ended up getting a little embarassed when one asked what i was taking a picture of.  how do you explain why you have half of a sock on your stoop and you are photgraphing it??

but here it is... there is actually a bit more on it now, i knitted on the couch last night while watching hockey with derek.  i am almost done with the foot decrease.  it's moving right along! 

the colors are right on in this picture!!!!! 

 

but there is quite a bit more done on it now.  i will try to take more pictures later... i want to try it one and see how much is left.   oh and this sock has the BEST picked up stitches that i have EVER picked up on a sock before!!  I just keep staring at them :D  i hope these fit the recipient!!!  *crosses fingers*

 

 

because i dont have anything else i should be doing... like packing or something like that!  it's not like i'm moving to florida TOMORROW!    nah.

oh what to start with!!???  how about carrie's shawl.  for ALLLLLL my readers here on vox that dont know... i knitted my best friend a shawl for her wedding late last year.  behold the 70 inches of stockingnette.  it has a small crocheted border.  the color is about right on in these photos...it's debbie bliss pure silk, color ecru.

the wingspan:

 

 

 

 

These are my newest dishcloths.... I had to knit 2 more for my contest because I am a horrible person.

 

 

And this is all 4 of them:

 

And here are the surpise pictures I took, Amy!!!   Since I had to pack the yarn anyways... i took some pictures of it! :D  I have more than i thought... that's a pretty big futon it's all on.  remember how on sunday, i went to ac moore to get some of that paton's divine yarn because i had been eyeballing it and they had it on sale for 2$?  well as i was digging thru  my stash i came up with another skien of the stuff that i DO NOT ever remember buying!  and it was the same color i bought on sunday!  lol  how funny is that?

 

 these next two you can click on and go to flickr and see the notes on the pictures will tell you about what the yarn is, if you care! :D

 

and now for the pictures of my jaywalkers that i have been working on.... i wish there was more light blue in the yarn!!  i dont think the pattern shows up as much on these either.... but you can see it and it will be fine.  they are hard to get over my heel, but that's good.   sorry they are so blurry...it's rainy out.

 

 

it is such a freaking pain in the ass to add pictures on this blog site!!!!  ok now i MUST get back to packing! bleck!