Okay so yesterday I walked down to Weaving Works again. I had a simple question, I just needed a part of this pattern dissected for me. I had never heard of srpo before, and it turns out no one could help me with this pattern. I had all five of the people working hovering over me trying to help on the short row heel. ARGH!!! We could not get the pattern, so we went through like all the books and I ended up getting the one Kim had recommended the day before: Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy. I need way more pictures than this book had so what did I do? I started a baby sweater of course. Oh and bought some more yarn.


Check out that MEGA skein. It’s 100% soft merino wool, in a baby weight!  And it’s dyable!! And did I mention it’s huge? Like 1,160 yards huge, oh ya. I’m going to dye this up nice. The rest of the yarn is some chenille cotton for me and Sciarrino, and then Tahki Cotton Classic in a bunch of colors to start some log cabin squares for a blankie. After that shopping spree I picked up Bj and we went for a walk around the campus.


It was so pretty with lots of big trees and plants, we’re going to go again this evening. Last night we just chilled and watched some movies and ordered in pizza, it was so nice. This morning after dropping off Bj I decided to give the heel another go. Got out the reading material and went out it. And then pulled it out, and went at it again. I finally got it!


The cool thing is that even though this took me forever to figure out I don’t have to pick up stitches, whoo hoo!!! Maybe I’ll have a finished sock to show you tomorrow, but maybe not, I’m planning on hunting down the new Autumn Leaves book: Designing with Type because they told me my ribbon was in the sources and I really want to see it.

This is the roving we dyed. I think I might have felted it a little when I rinsed it this morning. We’ll see… After my lesson I met up with Bj and Salman (his buddy that he works with) and we went to a fab Indian food restaurant (hmm need to get that out soon for lunch) then X Men 3. I missed movie number 2, so I don’t know I didn’t think it was that great, but entertaining a bit.

Okay it’s no secret that I love my car. My baby’s been around the block and had a big day today, check it:

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I was a little excited and the rollover pictures are a little shaky. I feel good that the car has lasted this long, it needs to hold out a little longer, until they make like hybrid Mustangs or something sweet like that. So how did I get here? Well Bj and I drove up to Seattle last night. He works up here during the week, and usually flies and stays up here alone. My mom said she would help with the Ribbon Jar for the week so I could come with. We pulled in the parking lot of the hotel with only three miles left to the rollover. Now, this matters to you because I had a little contest. Remember? A Sarah won, by guessing the 5th, mom you lost by only 2 days! I’m going to email you Sarah, and I’ve been collecting goodies!!!
So the rollover happened while I was riding with Bj to Microsoft. Before he could talk about the project it was code named “Deep Forest” and I can see why. Big beautiful trees line all the roads and flank the buildings. I’m hoping to go for a walk along some of the many paths I saw today, tomorrow if I’m able. I’ll take pictures if I do. So our hotel is in a great location – a block away from the Weaving Works. I managed to only get two little things I needed and no yarn yet, but don’t expect that to last! They have some awesome stuff. Here is one of my cool finds:

For only five bucks it holds together the sock knitting needles during travel. This is the first batch of sock yarn I dyed, my “oops” but it’s turning out pretty good. I’m using the free Tropicana pattern from MagKnits. Just got to the heal and I’m going to try and do short row heals – wish me luck! I’m off to a private spinning and dying lesson this afternoon that I am so excited about. More later!