Long time, no post

Well, I do have an excuse for my absence. Several, actually. I have been in Denver with my parents doing a follow up for my father's post operative spinal surgery. Then I got a horrific cold, which I still have. Then my computer has crashed, needed to go to the computer doctor to get fixed, and just now came back. Now my uncle and cousin are coming on holiday from California for 10 days, and I will be required to entertain them. But, on the plus side, I have gotten 1 project almost done. It just needs to finish blocking, I will kitchener it together, and lord willing that I have some time on the computer next Finish Friday, it will have pics. And a review of at least 1 yarn next Wednesday. Hopefully.

Wednesday Review: Sweater Quest by Adrienne Martini

I was attracted to this book by 2 things: There was a going out of business sale at Borders. I love books about trying to knit your dream. For the author, it was the Mary Tudor sweater by Alice Starmore. So, I had myself all setup for crack-me-up, pee-in-your pants antics.
While there was some of that, it seemed like she spent 2/3 of the book explaining copyright issues with Alice Starmore's name and patterns. A brief synopsis would have done, but I got the whole gosh darn encyclopedia. Good Lord! Then the never ending quest for the yarn, the color card comparison, etc., etc., etc. as Yul Brenner would say.
Then there was the ultimate philosopical question:"If I change any of my techniques or alter the yarn even a tiny bit, am I still making a Starmore?" WHO THE HECK FREAKIN' CARES?! Just get on with the book! Then she had the audacity go around the country and explore that very same question with every knitting rockstar she could corner. Stephanie Pearl McPhee, The Mason Dixon Girls, the mind reels.
So, in short, I just couldn't wait for the book to end. I would give it 2 stars.

The real me, mountain holiday, orange again, and restructuring

Hello, folks! I am back from a weekend frolic to Aspen, CO, where I spent some time celebrating my 7th wedding anniversary with my husband anniversary. The weather was beautiful, the hotel was much better than anticipated, and I even found yarn where I didn't know it existed! Could it get any better?! I think not!
So, I have made some decisions. First, I am going to attempt to structure this blog as if people are readily reading it. I am going to devote some time to product review. Now, when I say product review, it could mean any kind of product. Knit wash, needles, yarn, books, etc. I anticipate some problems with this that perhaps someone could help me with. First, I do not have the finances or limitless resources to have a new product to review every week. Second, I do not have a snappy name for said review. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Also, I think that I am only going to show my finished projects on Fridays. I am going to call it Finished Fridays. Original, huh? But I will break tradition with that and just get this one project out of the way. I have made the passionfruit armwarmers, so I made the clementine armwarmers for my best friend Marcie. Yes, Orange AGAIN. And we all know how I feel about orange.

Also, I have been debating, humorizing, philosophizing, etc. about pics of the real me on my website. I took some on said mountain holiday. I will post them along with pics of Aspen and hubby. Here goes.

Baby Sets

I have been in a mad frenzy to get baby sets done. Sadly, my other commissioned projects have had to take a back seat to 2 babies that were coming, and coming soon. Equally sad, the only baby yarn I had was acrylic. Yuck. And I just couldn't justify buying new yarn. So I made baby sets out of the pound of love. They were basketweave blankies, hats, and booties. I found the hats to have way too many stitches to cast on, so I cut down the 80 to 60, and the 4 inch length on the bootie to 3 inch. I think that you could even get away to 2.5 inch. Since they both look the same, I will only post 1 pic:

Also, this weekend, I will be in Aspen, CO with my hubby celebrating my 7th wedding anniversary. I would like to take the time to say Happy Anniversary, and thank you for a marriage that has had it's ups and downs, but has never, ever been boring!