Busy old week ...

It's been a busy week, what with Scottish election going on. It was busy for me as I work in an official publications library, so there was displays to put up and continuous updating required as the results trickled in. I was really pleased to see crowds of interested students around the displays reading the latest news on spoiled ballots, results etc. It made it all worthwhile.

On the other hand some of the students have been getting up to high jinks relieving exam stresses in the library - I came in this morning to find books wrapped in pairs of boys underpants [!] stuffed into the roof of the lift ...


And the Uni has put on a Pedometer Challenge - all staff signing up get a pedometer and those that show the most improvement could win a prize - it's all very compulsive, this step counting. There's all kinds of fancy technologies attached to this gizmo - for example, I've burned 1933 calories walking and walked 2.46 km - the life of a library assistant is quite active it would seem. The challenge begins next week.


Onto knitty content - does anyone know how many calories knitting burns *thinking of Excel spreadsheets and how much chocolate I could have if I exercise-knit*

Icarus is coming on well -although it's kinda 'saggy'-looking when photographed. The safety pin is where I have an extra yarn-over and absolutely no inclination to drop down and try to fix this. A darning needle and some yarn at the end will sort this out.

I read this blog and her happy accident helped me to see how 2 colours would work with Icarus. I have decided to do the same with mine- with this 'just burst into flames' scorching hot yellow colour.






Whaddya think? I may even add some amber-coloured Swarovski bicones to the ends as the designer Miriam demonstrates so clearly how to add them, and I think it might add a bit of weight [and sparkle] to Icarus.

Comments

  1. Kathleen10 May, 2007 20:44

    I'm in love with the "tiger's eye" look of that colourway so if it were me, I'd do it all the way in that, but if you like a bold contrast...
    Thanks to the link for the tutorial about adding beads to an edging. I've tried a variation on that theme using a fine crochet hook on my Leaf Lace shawl but that looks a great way too.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Twelfthknit12 May, 2007 02:26

    http://esurientes.blogspot.com/2006/02/kit-kat-canteloupe.html

    so, you going to check out all the weird Kit Kats available in Japan?
    India

    ReplyDelete
  3. Phaedra13 May, 2007 02:27

    I just finished blocking an Icarus on Friday-- for someone to give as a Mother's Day gift. I also used yarn from handpaintedyarn.com --purple/gold (it's looks alot like your pictures, LOL) I used 1 whole skein and less than 1/4 of the second. And though I used one "color", the binding off gave it a "flame-licked" look. I must make one for myself.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Amanda15 May, 2007 16:15

    Wow, that would be stunning. I love the colour of your Icarus, it is gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Misstea21 May, 2007 04:55

    Adding a solid yellow will make the yellow in your main yarn "pop." I say, go for it!

    And, thanks for your comments on my Icarus. I'm feeling rather alone with it. No one else I know knits lace, and I'm supposed to be the "experienced" knitter in my circle.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Twelfthknit24 May, 2007 12:53

    Thanks for your thoughts, Elaine.
    Outlook is a real pain for me - sometimes it sends, sometimes it doesn't. Trouble is, it seems to save the ones it hasn't sent and then sends them at some random later time - as result I can emails from very confused people...
    India

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A bit of culture...

Image
Well we're back in rainy Glasgow, and I think I'm sufficiently recovered from jetlag enough to be able to operate a PC, string a sentence together and complete my Japan blogging. Just in case you thought we'd spent our entire time playing in yarn shops, arcades and eating - a bit of culture was also had. These pics are from the Meiji shrine and surrounding Yoyogi Park. The top pic is a big pond full of koi karp, terrapins and massive dragonflies. We had our lunch there - it was very peaceful and relaxing. The above picture was the dwarfing entrance to the shrine. We walked around the gardens and had lunch but we never visited the shrine itself. [It was a Saturday so fairly busy and really humid hot, so we were looking for a bit of peace from the crowds.] This was me walking in the park - I used my umbrella to shade myself from the sun, but on this occasion it was up despite being in the shade ... due to the massive spiders that lurked. This was just at the entrance to the ...
Read more

Central Park Hoodie

Image
I can't believe it's Friday already. I've been trying to blog this since Monday, but Blogger and a cold have combined forces to make sure that it didn't happen until today. Thanks for comments and emails re; oiled yarn. Sorry I didn't hear you at the SECC Heather - I may have been a little delirious after having bought all that yarn! See this is why I do the SECC alone - I'm utterly unsociable when there are crafty delights all around begging to be purchased. Cheers Heather - I would love to get any help that anyone can give me on yarn goodies to be had in Tokyo, and also to see steeking 'live'. I have finally finished the back, 2 sides and 2 sleeves for Central Park Hoodie. Blocking was required in order to seam the shoulders and join front and back pieces for the hood. Now you all saw that I did a tension square right? It fit perfectly with the specified tension with no effort on my part. And I remained all calm and zen-like whilst knitting it - tryin...
Read more

Central Park and Apple Meringue

Image
Central Park Hoodie ... the sleeves are blocking ... ... the hood is finished... [not cast off, rather left for grafting later once the ribbing is finished] ... everything I can seam and weave in at this stage has been done ... ...only picking up the stitches along the edge of the right & left fronts and the hood and knitting rib for a few inches to go ... Can you see my problem? Click and enlarge if not ... oh yes. The picking up stitches knitty skill is sadly lacking here. I've been able to wing it with socks, but clearly winging it is just not going to cut it any longer. So I must frog *sigh* You have no idea how long it took me to pick up the exact 150 stitches needed. Frog and consult the knitting tomes in my craft room for help in this area cos I suck at it! I'm not quite ready to frog, and so I have put Central Park Hoodie down and continued with Earnshaw and Xboxing until I can face it. In the meanwhile - Apple Meringue with ginger and brandy. There was not enough m...
Read more