gaysknits

don't come knocking on my front door...

because i won't be home and besides...i gave at the office. today is halloween. we have a tradition in our office that used to be for the kid in all of us.  we used to dress in our costumes and trick or treat in the office for candy during our morning break. everyone knew it was mandatory and essential to have some candy for those of us that paraded around looking like idiots and soon that tradition fell away and evolved into the tradition of bringing your kids to work to trick or treat.  i've noticed that has become a trend in more places. tonite i went to the fooland to buy toilet paper...something you hate to run out of...and there were all these little kids in costume...the kids of the employees parading around the foodland making scary noises!  all the employees woho were working were dressed as well. i usually wear some funny panty hose but this year i have none so maybe a blue wig will do but i do have candy for the kids who will be visiting my office today and tonite i will not be home.  the guy will be with the grandkids and i will be at the allergists office getting my weekly shot and lecture on how i don't know how to sign in on the sign in sheet and leave my ticket at the desk and come on time  before they lock the door and remember my serum.  on wednesday nights it is not as crowded  as it is on saturday afternoon where i would  be in line with a thousand children rolling up their sleeves and i would want to shoot myself before i even got a shot in the arm so i'm keeping my usual appointment tonite and i will miss the tricking and the treating.  this sweater is what is playing tricks on me now.   as you can see i have made a decision about where to add color changes but the size is quite possibly all wrong.  it does not measure what it should and i fear it will be too small...but on the other hand this yarn is stretchy and gives a lot so it may work out but in the meantime...woe is me...woe is me.  kntting for someone not in my line of sight is an issue for me as you can see.  i think  i'll be putting this aside until such time as i can convince the little guy to let me pull it over his head and see just how it fits.  cross your fingers.  later...love   g

i've been knitting my little...

fingers off!  i finished both of the juliets and they are washed and dried and ready for some action!  this weekend we will be taking a trip up to the mountains and we may have to do a photo shoot by the lake so keep an eye out for that! i also finished a simple little surprise project which i will photograph and post in the next day or so and i started this  cabo hoodie for the little guy...in red...garnet...to be precise...leftover rowan calmer from my fifi to be even more precise!  it's soft and stretchy and cozy and seemed just perfect for a sweater for a little kid who will appreciate that it's not itchy and won't feel constricted wearing something so stretchy and comfortable to move in...and moving is something he does a lot of!  this pattern is written by wendy of knit and tonic fame and is available through the lanas puras website.  it's amazing how fast one can knit something in a little kid size 6!  wow!  this hoody will be knit in red and in black and will have a hood of course and a pocket of course and i have not yet decided what color will go where but i'd better think fast as this project is flying off the needles!  more knitting news later in the week!  fall has really arrived in the burgh and it is chilly baby! really chilly!  it's perfect weather for the wearing of ones hand knit sweaters and since november is the month that i have been challenged errr should i say ordered to wear 12 hand knit items to work i hope it stays on the chilly side.  but i don't hold myself to any body's rules when it comes to what i wear and since it is chilly outside you know what that means don't ya?  the heat is on inside and work can be a stifflingly hot place to be wearing a sweater all day...even if it is a stunning handknit sweater.  this month what you wear is the subject over at spc so maybe a little of the hand knits that i don't ordinarily wear will come into play! i'm feeling a bit rejuevenated...i spent the whole day sunday alone in our house amusing myself with cooking and eating and doing laundry and putting away my shorts and tank tops and getting bags and boxes ready to donate and getting out my boots and paying bills and knitting...a well deserved break for me. the guy...he and buddy phil floated down the river one last time before the winter sets in and came home to a clean house a rested me and a home cooked meal!  everybody wins!  i'm off and later...love   g

what i wear...

as soon as fall arrives is this favorite corduroy jacket and i'm rarely without a scarf whether it's one i've knit myself or one i've purchased and whether it's cold out side or not so cold.

see more spc's here. november is the month to show us what you wear.

it's still in progress...

even though the knitting is done.  as i write this i am blocking the pistachio juliet.   i dried it  in the dryer half way and am blocking it the rest of the way.  i machine washed the new age teal juliet and  it bleeded all over the inside of the washing machine so i added the vinegar to the wash water and am washing it a second time to rid the sweater of the stench of the vinegar and to get it to stop bleeding.  it will i'm sure but i'd like it to stop turning the water blue before it goes home with the youngladygrandaughter. speaking of blue...the guy and i had a date last night to see the blue man group at the mellon arena and it was quite the spectacle!  loud! bright!  it was really really cool!  i saw the  blue men when they first opened in nyc and the show last night was as i expected much more hi tech than it was then but still fun and i can't decide which i liked the best!  old is good and it was so edgy at the time but new is new and has so much more hi tech.  so either way it was worth the trip!  i spent the morning opening a hint bug account inspired by the fact that when i got my sierra magazine yesterday i discovered a couple of web sites that sell handcrafted items, green items, recycled etc items and fair trade items and some of them were w a y cool.  i have already picked out a few items that i plan to buy as gifts for my giftees this christmas but i also found a few places to buy those things i'd love to have soooooo a new link was born!  i'd love to have this!  later and happy saturday and i'll be at the foodland later today...love   g

did you ever wondered why...

some coats and jackets have a little button sewn on the inside of the button flap in the same spot back to back with the outside button?  i can honestly say that i have never wondered about this phenomenon myself but i will say that i at least i have noticed it. after i finished weaving in the ends of both juliets the other day i sewed the buttons on and then crocheted the button loops but couldn't for the life of me figure out how i wanted to attached those loops.  i think i've already mentioned that this would be an issue for me.  i tried several different ways then remembered how some jackets have a little tiny button sewn into the inside button flap and i figured if i attached the botton loops to a little button it would hold them in place and keep them from coming undone and poping through the right side of the garment. voila!  it worked.  i found some matching blue buttons for the teal juliet and some sort of not really matching black ones for the pistachio juliet and probably clear would've been a better choice but either i didn't think of it at the time or i didn't have any i really don't remember which but anyway this will do the trick and probably keep the garment from stretching when the loops are attached to the buttons.  these two are ready for a washing and blocking but i thought while i was out side picking what is most probably the last pansies and nastursiums of the year for the lizard to have for tonites desert i'd take advantage of the daylight and snap a pic or two.  we will be doing a joint modeling session i'm sure at a later date but for now here are my two juliets folded. i like the way the buttons look and the loops turned out just fine too.  now onto other projects.  tree jacket is still my work project only i have been way too busy to work on it and i am on the cuff part of the first sleeve and it needs to be decreased and made a bit tighter as my teeny tiny wrists are so teeny and tiny.  i am working with some hemp right now and let me say because it is such a coarse fibre with no no give or stretch it is hard on the hands and really hard on the hands using tiny needles and really really hard on the hands when your hands are still suffering from their contact with the floor after falling off the bar stool...i mean the counter stool!  so i'll go back to making my dinner and will be knitting something with the greys tonite and when i start my next project it will be a black and red hoody for the little guy...the cabo hoody to be precise...at least i think so! off i go and later...love   g