Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Green Thai Curry Shots

I apologise for the video quality but I couldn't help myself.

Week Twenty-three

This week we left a dreary, rainy Philly for a not-dreary-at-all, somewhat rainy San Francisco (or I should clarify, bay area). Jason is finally done with his surgery rotation and now we're having a wonderful time with Derek and Anne -- the most gracious of hosts.

The 5+ hr flight wasn't as bad as I'd imagine. Especially, since I was frogging my kimono sweater along to that very well known Weezer tune.
So far, we've explored the vastness of wine country and found ourselves giddy with the aftereffects of going from wine tasting to wine tasting. Yesterday we toured one of the happiest places on earth: The Jelly Belly factory. As expected, Jason was the grumpiest/saddest person there (sorry I have no pictured of this but cameras were kept to a minimum due to the secret to jelly bean goodness). We did walk away with a 4 pound bag of "belly flops" that at a distance look like tumors or molars, depending on the color. So far it's been great.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Week Twenty-two

This week we had close to 80F degree weather early on, perfect for a drink at La Terrace, and annoying last minute snow. On St. Patty's day I was good to my body by not getting sloshed and instead going to Horizons (all vegan/organic all the time) for dinner. The Pacific Rim Tofu was amazing and the pomegranate sangria/peanut butter chocolate bomb combo were extra yum.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

I can't make up my mind


Kyoto Kimono
Originally uploaded by imix_kib.

I can ususally get it down to two but then have the hardest time making it to one.
Will you help?
Pictured here is the Kyoto Kimono I made a couple of years ago and saddly never wear. It looks weird on me -- the common predicament of most sweaters.
So, I've decided to frog it and use the yarn for either the Anthropologie Capelet or Ribena w/o the arms. Let me know what you think.

Monday, March 12, 2007

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Here are a few picture of my 1/2 Afghan blanket. I haven't blocked it yet but I just couldn't resist to take pictures.


I think the color scheme worked pretty well and the yarn -- Knit Picks, Sierra -- was really nice to work with. It had a softness to it but was bulky enough not to be flimsy.

I'm actually not really looking forward to blocking this one and I'm using my lack of enough rust-free pins as an excuse.

Here is my favorite square: the popcorn stitch with the crochet finished edge.



The size is less than perfect but good as a legwarmer type blanket. Jason already got to use it yesterday. Sadly he was really sick with food poisoning...I stayed home to take care of him. He's doing much better now.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Week Twenty

Just wanted to wish Alia a Happy Birthday!

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Knit Crazy

Here are some pictures of me waring the finished product. It all started with the Knit Picks catalog. In it I noticed the most beautiful colored brushed alpaca blended yarn (these pictured don't do it justice -- it's a lot more vibrant), Suri Dream in Ocean. I first started using it, as seen in the post for 365 week seventeen on a pattern I found on Knitty -- Lacey. Although I loved the lace pattern, I was a bit apprehensive toward the poofy sleeves. I'm not sure I could have pooled that off.

Then came the knitting blog sphere where I found my new heroes: The Spiders. One of it's members posted the pattern for the Circular Shrug (fashioned after an Urban Outfitters shrug. It is a really easy pattern and I'm sure looks great with any kind of yarn. I opted for this almost mohair like yarn that gives it that extra luxe factor. Sadly, it looks so fancy I feel I can't use it as often as I'd like. Peony Knits also posted the pattern for an Anthropologie Caplet I may attempt to make in the next couple of months.



The other project of green and brown squares you've seen on various of my 365 entries is an Afghan blanket; pattern I saw on The Knitty Gritty over the holidays. The tittle clearly states that this should be a project set up by more than one knitter and I agree. I may only make it half the size intended for I'm a little exhausted/bored. It took a lot for me to get bored with this one though since It's composed of 7 different patterns done in 3 different colors. The instructions used more than three colors but I decided to simplify by using Knit Picks' Sierra in Bud, Lettuce, Cinnamon, and Natural for the border. I'll probably finish grafting it this weekend and I'll post pics then.

In between these projects I've made the Piggle for Kayla as her B-day gift in a soft pink (I'll post pics on my shutterfly "my knits" when I get a chance) as well as a scarf for Jason in a pesto + natural wool yarn (see week fifteen) that I made up off the top of my head. The pic of Jason's scarf also doesn't show the true color either but it reminds me of my favorite Indian dish: palak paneer & basmati rice.

Now I'm actually trying to make the Le Slouch that I've seen a few knit bloggers make with some left over mulberry colored yarn I had in my stash (look out for it next week on 365). But I'm already lusting after the Anemoi Mittens pattern and an Elizabeth Zimmermmann (EZ) book.

I'm short of saying I have a problem...