Three and some change.
21 Aug 2011 4 Comments
in A Picture's Worth 1000 Words, Here Comes the Bride, Off the Needles
Often, when close friends of mine get married, or have children, I knit them blankets. I don’t know what else says love and welcomes new life (whether together or for the first time) than a blanket to cuddle under, to keep warm. When Wes and I got married, I really wanted to knit us a commemorative blanket. I wanted us to pick the patterns and yarns together, and I wanted to knit us something for our new life together. My caveat was that I didn’t want to stress about trying to finish it for an August wedding, so with that in mind, I suggested I would finish it for our first anniversary.
Well three patterns, three yarns and three years (and some change) later, it’s finally done. I actually finished it last week – exactly a week past our third anniversary, but only got to take photos today.
The Pattern: Paintbox Log Cabin Blanket
The Yarns: Noro Kureyon (various colors) and Lamb’s Pride Superwash (Northern Lights colorway)
The Needles: US 8′s
The Verdict: The pattern was easy and the squares were addictive. The fun part was laying them all out and picking where we wanted them to go. I also loved that there was no seaming needed – each of the garter sections has a three needle bindoff! I love the finished product and I can’t wait for it to be winter so I can snuggle with my honey under it.
Cliched.
25 Aug 2008 1 Comment
I feel like a walking cliche. Every bride grows her hair out for the wedding for gorgeous photos. Then she goes home and gets her hair cut into a short sassy new ‘do. Now I didn’t intend for it to be THIS short, but here I am…the Cliche Queen.
Honeymooning.
23 Aug 2008 1 Comment
in Adventures in Travel, Eye Candy, Here Comes the Bride
Well I’m finally back in Kansas (as of last night) and Wes and I are enjoying settling into married life. I’m still catching up on laundry, wedding thank you notes and the like. I have, however, posted our honeymoon photos. We hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we enjoyed taking them!
Find the full set here.
Hitched: Now with more photo goodness!
18 Aug 2008 5 Comments
Thanks to a few friends and my dad who sent the following gems:
More photos will continue to appear here at the Flickr set and I should have the professional photos to show soon! Enjoy!
Hitched. (AKA Shameless request for pictures)
18 Aug 2008 3 Comments
in Here Comes the Bride, Weekend Update
We are back, we are hitched and we’re figuring out Mt. Laundry and the daunting task of changing my name (why DID I get so many credit cards?) Actually, we returned from the amazing Alaskan honeymoon this afternoon. Wes is back in KC, and I’m still in Los Angeles. I’m going to chill for a few days and see a few friends and then start the drive back to KC with my mom.
I promise to have more updates and pictures soon… which brings me to the title of my post. My professional pictures aren’t ready yet, but I really wanted to post a pic of me and my honey getting hitched. So all y’all who read and attended the festivities – don’t hold back on me. Send me what ya got!
Still here.
30 Jul 2008 Leave a Comment
in Here Comes the Bride, Off the Needles
Desperately trying to finish this before I leave:
So I can start this.
And packing and last-minute wedding planning. And…. oh yeah! Sanity.
Quick report.
27 Jul 2008 Leave a Comment
in Here Comes the Bride, Knitting Content Ahead, Weekend Update
Things are crazy here, what with the last minute wedding preparations, frenzied knitting (to finish samples before I go), the diminished space in our apartment (due to wedding packages!)
Posting will probably be a little light in the next few weeks. I’m working at my temp job until this Thursday, and then the little sis flies in on Friday morning and we head for LA – we’re driving so I don’t expect to get there until Sunday night. With the hassles of travel these days, I’m glad we’re driving, but right now I’m trying to pack for the next three weeks of wedding, honeymoon, and a few different climates.
I’ll try and check back in as I’m able, and will post pictures when I can find the cable, a laptop and myself in the same room! For now I leave you with a few photos of the weekend. The first is what I came home and found yesterday. Apparently Wes has rescued him (Bob the Box Turtle as he became known) from the middle of a busy road. Somehow he thought it would be fun to scare the bejeezus out of me by bringing him home. Needless to say we will NOT be needing a turtle-sitter while at the wedding. We took Bob to a nearby lake last night and let him go wild.
The last two are photos of yarn I’ve been hoarding in my stash. The yarn is dyed by a semi-local artisan and each skein is one-of-a-kind. I actually took a dying class from her yesterday and will be posting pics of my own hand-dyed once I skein it up. However, these two are destined to become socks on my honeymoon and will also constitute my vacation knitting pictures for Summer of Socks. LOVE this yarn.
The Difference Between Girls and Boys.
23 Jul 2008 4 Comments
This morning I got this:
Dear Laura:
Tomorrow, I plan to go to the Men’s Wearhouse, but I need to know the color tie and cummerbund you’d like me to get as a first choice. Was it white? Ivory?
Love,
Dad
I sent this back:
Dad:
Ivory. 
If you want to match the groomsmen they got something called Tuscany Bisque.
Love,
Laura
Dad replied:
Hey, I’m a guy. Guys don’t recognize colors like “Tuscany Bisque”. (Ask Wes if you don’t believe me.) We only know seven colors: red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple and brown. Oh, yeah, and the non-colors: black and white. But, because I love you, I will go to the Men’s Wearhouse, screw up my courage, and ask with my best straight face whether they have “Tuscany Bisque”!
I forwarded this response to Wes and this is what I got back:
Hey I thought bisque was a soup.
Duly forwarded to Dad. His response:
Told ya!
Men: 2, Woman: Hey they’re wearing it aren’t they?
Well Whaddya Know?
17 Jul 2008 1 Comment
in Here Comes the Bride, Knitting Content Ahead
Guess who’s getting married on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s birthday? How perfect is that? Couldn’t be better if I’d planned it that way….
(which of course I did…. NOT!)
A summer steal.
14 Jul 2008 1 Comment
in Here Comes the Bride, Let's All Go to the Movies, Off the Needles, Weekend Update
This weekend was fairly quiet. Yesterday I got up on the early side and commenced to working on my to-do list, writing wedding gift thank you notes and, of course, knitting!
I whipped up my own little contribution to something new, something blue for the wedding:
Pattern: Eloping from Knitty Summer 2008
Yarn: Lily Chin’s Times Square
Needles: US 3′s
Verdict: It’s a pretty easy pattern that only took me an hour or two to finish. It will be the perfect addition to my wedding ensemble – something new and something blue (and even a little sparkley!)
Last night we decided to have a date night. We found a local movie theatre and headed to a showing of Get Smart. It wasn’t much like the original, but it was still pretty funny. I love Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway made a pretty decent 99. After dinner we grabbed some Thai food and did a little shopping for gifts for the wedding party.
Today I slept in a little. When I woke up there was a brand new bike in front of the couch and Wes was grinning a little sheepishly. Apparently this one was marked down a little and seemed like a good deal, so it’s mine. So I got dressed and we headed out for a short ride. It’s been YEARS since I’ve been on a bike and apparently the stationary bike at the gym isn’t a good approximation. After 2 miles I was tired and after 4 (well we had to get home!) I was downright exhausted.
Then we headed out for a bit more shopping and some lunch. Wes had suggested that we try to get some off season deals on 3-in-1 winter coats, to be used on our honeymoon in Alaska. We managed to get a total steal on one for me – a Columbia jacket with a great removable fleece liner for only $75! (Then I came home and found one online for him for $100.)
Tonight was a simple dinner and some relaxing in front of the TV. I did manage to get photographs today of another knit I completed this week:
Pattern: Knit Impressionism by Kennita Tully from Creative Knitting, July 2008
Yarn: Tahki New Tweed
Needles: US 8′s and 9′s
The Verdict: This is a sweet, easy to knit cardigan for summer. The hem and waist detailing give it nice shaping without increasing/decreasing. The yarn is super soft and gives a real mock tweed look – I’m dying to try it again in a burgundy colorway. This is a sample that’s off to LA tomorrow! The designer, Kennita also owns a yarn shop, Wildflower, in Manhattan, KS (where my in-laws are) that I love to visit.
