Update Part III: The Knits
11 Jun 2008 2 Comments
While I was away I got quite a bit of knitting done. I brought four projects: of those, I finished two and made considerable progress on the third.
KNIT NUMBER 1:
The Pattern: Smocked Tee from Knit.1 Magazine
The Yarn: Vickie Howell Rock (7 balls black) and Trendsetter Tonalita (1 ball, color of your choice!)
The Needles: US 6′s and 7′s
The Verdict: This was a sample for A Mano, and was a fun little knit. Honestly it’s not quite my style, but it looks great on Annette (one of the LYS owners) and it’s a cute knit to display on their table. As for the yarns, I LOVE Tonalita. Rock was a little harder to work with because the hemp tends to shed – I hope that will abate with wear. I love the detailing on the back of this – both the pleat and the seed stitch really set off the top.
KNIT NUMBER 2:
The Pattern: Grumperina’s Picovoli (Can’t get enough of this pattern!)
The Yarn: Frogtree Cotton and Silk
The Needles: US 5′s
The Verdict: I LOVE this top and have already worn it twice – and I just finished it last Wednesday! This was an easy knit and the yarn is fabulous – so soft and cool. This will be a great summer top and I can’t wait to wear it more!
Update Part II: Going Home Again
10 Jun 2008 Leave a Comment
in Fabulous Friends, Here Comes the Bride, Knitting Content Ahead, Let's All Go to the Movies, Los Angeles, Weekend Update
This was a great trip to LA but I do think I’ve learned that you can’t go home again. I few home last Sunday to spend some time finishing up wedding planning, hanging with friends, and hanging out with family. I arrived on Sunday night and had lunch with Sean at our favorite Brazilian place. Then I went home with my parents and enjoyed a quiet evening at home.
Monday morning I got up early and took my dress to the seamstress for alterations. I learned that the shoes I bought weren’t right for the dress, but everything else went off without a hitch. I had lunch with my old roomie in LA and we chatted about everything under the sun. Then we went over to the mall and I got made over for my wedding. Although my sister is going to do my makeup on my wedding day, I wanted to go to the MAC counter and get a little advice on colors. One makeover and a few dollars later, I had my wedding makeup!
Monday evening I headed over to A Mano to join the group for Stitch & Pitch 2008. Dodger dogs, Stitch n Pitch hats, and 3 hours of knitting later the Dodgers had won the game and the knitters had knitted up a storm. I was really glad I made it home for the game. Even my Pomatomus sock enjoyed the game!
Tuesday Mom and I headed out to the wedding site to work out last minute details. We picked napkins and chairs and set up the time table for the wedding and even got to visit the site once more. Then we tried another cake place and headed home for Sex in the City (fun!) and dinner at my favorite Mexican place.
Wednesday was sushi with the gang and more A Mano time. I came home with a bunch of new samples and even a few bits of yarn for myself (don’t worry, I was mostly good!). After knit night Sean and I got together for dinner and enjoyed the evening.
Thursday morning was the final meeting with the florist and Thursday night Wes flew in to LA! Friday was a busy day as we got our marriage license, lunched with friends, picked up my dress and got him fitted for his tux. We managed to find a few spare hours to enjoy Los Angeles though. We sat and watched the sailboats for a few hours before meeting up with friends for dinner.
Saturday Wes and I caught a showing of Indiana Jones and then had dinner and attended the Asia America Symphony with my parents. The show was really amazing – where else can you go see a symphony play Beethoven, Jazz and Flamenco music all in one evening?
Sunday was brunch with my parents and that ill-fated return trip.
All in all it was a great trip. I loved seeing my friends, visiting my old haunts (all the restaurants where the staff knows my name and my order) and spending time with my family. However, I realized that I don’t miss the traffic and some of the other things that go along with a big city. Most disappointing this week was that the neighborhood around the LYS has had some problems recently. I guess I don’t miss that part of living in a big city – who knew I’d want to come home to Kansas?
Update Part I: I visited 5 states yesterday, did you?
10 Jun 2008 1 Comment
I’m going to break this mongo update into parts since I have so much to share and plenty of photos to accompany. So hold on to your readers folks… away we go!
Yesterday I visited 5 states, did you? I had a great time in California this past week (more in subsequent posts) but coming home was a wee bit of a nightmare. Wes and I were set to come home on Sunday afternoon. However, when I booked our flights I was unable to get us on flights together. I managed to get Wes the last seat on the direct flight back to Kansas City, but I ended up with a connecting flight to Milwaukee.
Come Sunday night, storms were raging throughout the midwest and Wes was stuck in Omaha and I wasn’t budging from Milwaukee. Luckily Wes managed to get home on Sunday. I was stuck in the airport until they canceled my flight (at 1am no less) and told me they couldn’t get me home until Tuesday evening.
I managed to find a hotel room by 3am and hooked up with a Professor in the airport who knew people from USC – we ended up renting a car and driving home together. Yesterday we drove through Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. And he had to drive back to Nebraska after that!
Remind me to stop flying places in the very near future.
So now I’m home, doing laundry and cooking and cleaning, hoping for some jobs this week, working on my wedding to do list and knitting (of course!).
