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May 23, 2006
give the frog a loan
Hey, what's this thing here? Wait, let me get all this dust off, it doesn't look like this has been touched in a while, whatever it is. It looks like some sort of diary or something. Hey, wait a minute! This is MY diary! And there are still some empty pages in here! Guess I'd better write something in them, eh.
Canada's not quite how I left it, but still a fabulous place to be. I've been kept incredibly busy since I got back: there's just so much tea that needs drinking here, sunshine that needs sitting in, hockey games that need watching, naps that need taking. I've still been able to find a bit of time in this rigourous schedule for knitting, though. And since I just signed on (better late than never) to Project Spectrum, I guess I'd better have something green to show.
Over the May two-four weekend I re-started my Orangina, which had been languishing in a bag since last summer. This is a totally mindless lace pattern, easy as pie and perfect for knitting while watching the Edmonton Oilers kick arse or Twin Peaks dvds borrowed from colleagues (hey, I told you, I've been busy!). The yarn is a recycled cotton that's a bitch to knit with (commercially made cotton sweaters are almost always made with several strands of unspun cotton thread, which means that if you get too caught up in, oh, say watching Twin Peaks or something, you can split stitches all over the place), but it's going to be totally worth it to have a lacy top this colour. I was inspired to break out the bright green for this by Crumpet's lovely Orangina.
In other knitting news, the Opal tigers have been kept busy making the rounds of coffee shops:
at milk
at tims
I thought this yarn was going to be so, so awesome. I wanted it badly, badly enough to go looking especially for it at MDS$W (how geeky does it make us that I asked a few brand-new acquaintances if they'd seen any Opal Tiger sock yarn and they were able to tell me which vendor had it and where I could find them, even though that vendor only had about two balls of the stuff? GEEKS! And I ran straight down there to get it, too). But now that one sock's ready for short-rowing and the other is past the heel, I'm wondering where the heck I'll ever wear these tacky things. Ah well.
Further proof of what a complete slackass I am: I received these artist trading cards from Melanie back in April and I'm only getting around to showing them to you now.
I've been working on some atcs of my own and will have a bunch ready to send out soon. Anybody else want to trade?
Something else I've been meaning to show you: Melanie also did some quilting inspired by the linework in some of my recent woodcuts. Very cool.
One more for May's green theme, then I've got to go sit in the sunshine some more. Somebody's gotta do it.
A new kitchen scrubby frog for my collection.
Posted by jodi at May 23, 2006 01:46 PM | categories: project spectrum : projects : sticks and string : true patriot love
Comments
Wow! The Orangina looks wonderful. I may have to pull mine out of the frog heap and give it another go.
Posted by: Gina at May 23, 2006 02:12 PM
Based on the comment that you left me last week, I think I know what else has been keeping you busy.
Holy crap, I had a short obsession with Twin Peaks that was quelched when I found out that the second season wasn't on DVD and couldn't find the videos at the local indie place. Do you have any season 2 hookups? I miss Agent Dale Cooper!
Still waiting to see pics of your new kickass hair...
Posted by: Jenna at May 23, 2006 02:31 PM
I'll trade cards with you. :)
Posted by: Mandy at May 23, 2006 06:22 PM
that's some gorgeous lace you've got there. i started a lacey green item myself last spring (the isis wrap from interweave) but got wussy and abandoned it too quickly. all of a sudden i'm inspired to pull it out of the stash again.
Posted by: jae at May 23, 2006 07:33 PM
Hey! I want a Tim's mug!
(are you sensing a pattern here?)
Posted by: NWJR at May 23, 2006 08:01 PM
Oh, and Jenna...I have EVERY EPISODE of Twin Peaks on VHS from the original shows. Thank goodness I had the foresight to tape them!
Posted by: NWJR at May 23, 2006 08:02 PM
The tiger socks are AWESOME not tacky. You can wear them anywhere, especially while wearing a bright green top.
Posted by: Melissa at May 23, 2006 08:57 PM
I'd love to swap cards =)
And part of the fun of having tacky coloured socks is wearing them with things that match nothing you have. The only coordinating colours I do are black and white.
I love your orangina in green. The lace pattern is gorgeous!
Posted by: Hari at May 23, 2006 11:43 PM
My family is Twin Peaks obsessed. My first exposure was during a non-stop weekend marathon, and I only missed two episodes at like 4 am or something insane. Later that year my (grown, obviously) mother dressed up like The Log Lady for Halloween and went Trick-or-Treating. With The Log. Babbling actual quotes from the show. Really.
PS...love the frog scrubby dude, and the trading card concept, too. Awesome. ;-)
Posted by: bonnie at May 24, 2006 12:18 AM
Glad you are back home in Tim Horton-land for the summer. The Orangina sweater looks great. Enjoy your time off.
Posted by: Kathode Ray Tube at May 24, 2006 10:08 AM
welcome home! and that green bowled me over - gerrrgessss!
Posted by: brenda in toronto at May 24, 2006 11:25 AM
I took a poll of the other temps here & we think the tiger socks are totally cute. Opal tiger is now on my yarn-stalk list.
Posted by: sage at May 24, 2006 02:43 PM
Your Orangina is looking great!
I'm wearing mine again this weekend!
Love those ATCs.
Posted by: isel at May 26, 2006 09:50 PM
...his old man's a rolling stone. Do I get a prize for knowing the joke? I just arrived here via a link to a link on a friend's blog, and couldn't resist. Tiger is precious, and only tacky if worn with *other* animal print items.
Posted by: Alison at May 30, 2006 06:02 PM
Hey, I will buy those tiger socks from you. I know a guy who knows a guy who would wear those with no embarassment at all.
Posted by: PSB at June 4, 2006 11:53 PM