I’m back! And sooo happy about it. The time without my computer proved to me one thing: I can live without the internet at home.
But I don’t have to like it.
I will, however, try to put limits on my internet time during my work week. I can easily come home from work at 7pm and lose two hours, just browsing and emailing. When I didn’t have the computer at home, I came home, knitted on the couch, took a bath and slept. I liked those nights. Course, tonight, she’s like a brand-new toy, so I’m giving myself an exception so I can do this:
HI!
All right:
Let me catch you up a bit.
I had breakfast with Anne of Creating Text(iles) the Saturday after Thanksgiving. And she is even more delightful in person than she is online (hard to imagine, I know).
The place I had originally suggested we meet wasn’t open until eight (and I had to be at work by nine), so we went to my real favorite place. I should have suggested it in the first place–I should have known she would get it. The Lake Merritt Bakery is in downtown Oakland, open twenty-four hours, always has one rough looking young fellow seated with an older woman wearing a large Sunday hat (the faces change, but the set-up is always the same no matter the day, grandma and grandson out to lunch/dinner/breakfast), the shakes cause insta-weight-gain, there are about a million booths, and chicken’n’waffles are the order of the day. Well, okay, we both got bacon and eggs. But chicken’n’waffles are available should you get the hankerin’.
And Anne’s a hoot. Intelligent and charming, she was my first face-to-face blog meeting, and the weird part is that it wasn’t weird. It was just getting together with my friend. Yep.
Here we are.
Hooray!
And here are some Must-Bolero shots. Me, mimicking how I looked when I found out what size I had really made:
What was I thinking? I’m a better knitter than this. Sigh. Gulp. From the front:
From the back:
I’ve decided it’s my Lounge Around sweater. Sure, it’s more cropped chic fashion (and I consider myself neither cropped nor chic), but if I wear it to slug around the house, I think I’ll warm up to it. It sure is damn soft, and it has that great sheepy smell (Paton’s Classic Merino), and I’m gonna wear the shit out of it. Yeah. That’s it.
Oh! And I didn’t tell Brandy I was gonna do this, but here’s my pal’s first sweater (from Very Cherry Knitty pattern):
Isn’t she fabulous? She hates it. I think it looks like a million bucks. MY first sweater was in blue acrylic and I forgot to leave room for my head to push through so whenever I pulled it on, I was left with red scrape marks down my cheeks (granted, I was eleven).
(Aside: Do you have any idea how Very Uncool I was, knitting a sweater at eleven?)
Speaking of Knitty, a new issue is live today!
And I’m back! Yeehaw!
You’re back! You’re back! I’m doing a dance of joy!
welcome back! and isn’t the new knitty just hot to death?! your eleven year old sweater experience is cracking me up.
Welcome Back!
I was the 11 year old crocheter. Granny squares anyone?? Talk about Very Uncool.
Who knew all those poncho making skills would come in handy again one day!
The “lounge around” sweater looks fabulous, and Brandy’s sweater is amazing! Sure doesn’t look like anyone’s first try at sweater making!
I’m so happy you’re back! And I still like the cropped cardi — your cables are luscious. I love that first photo with the mock horror! 😀
I agree with Alison — your cables do look luscious. Almost as luscious as you. 😉
It is lovely to have you back. I can appreciate the ambivalence about time spent surfing. I’ve cut way back to make time for novel writing and I think I’ve lost a few online friends along the way. 🙁 But there’s only so many hours in the day….
Doing the happy dance. She’s back! She’s back! Yippee!
Welcome back! If you didn’t tell us, I don’t think it would have occured to anyone that Must-Bolero isn’t what you intended it to be. Besides, it will always ride down with wear.
Yippee! So glad to have you back!
Love, love Must-Bolero. Pair that baby with a black t-neck, mini skirt and tights. It’s a stunner. Just got the pattern at my LYS sale on Friday. Itching to start. The zipper, btw, completely updates it! Mazel tov!
Rachael’s back! ::Kermit arm-flapping:: Yaaaaaaaaaay!
Oh, if only I had pictures somewhere of my first sweater attempt. Picture a huge turtleneck. Now picture that turtleneck even huger. Striped with neon pink, yellow and green. I was…12? 13?
Yay, we missed ya. Love the bolero – chic cropped sweater. the cables are fabby, ya know, even if it’s not what you anticipated. And Brandy’s sweater is so great! She should be proud…love that color on her too!
I gotta know – what yarn did Brandy use for her sweater? (Which is completely fabulous by the way)
And Rachael – good to have you back. Check Style.com. I think you’ll find the bolero is making it’s mighty comeback. You’re ahead of the game.
But I second the outfit suggestions, only make the miniskirt booty shorts and the tights striped.
Now you’re talking hot!
Yay! You’re back!
You’re just the darlingest girl in the WORLD, ya know.
Glad I get out to SF sometimes — and Pittsburgh’s at your disposal; come stay in the Special Room (many interesting books and objects). We have, besides me, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Intertational Rooms over at the Cathedral of Learning, and the Confluence to Three Mighty Rivers.
Also you can take the little tram up the incline.
Rachael’s back? Rachael’s Back! Whoo Hoo, Rachael’s Back!
Now I’ve gotta go read what you wrote.
Brandy’s sweater is FAB! How could she not love it?!?! She looks great in it too, perfect color for her. Hoping it grows on her and in time she loves it too.. Me? Working on my first doggie sweater, could only hope the spoiled brat shih-tzu looked so divine in it!
Glad to have you back 🙂
Glad you’re back. I really enjoy this blog. Nice cable work on the must have. I have the same Patons and will do a cable sweater soon. tell Brandy her sweater is great and the color wonderful !