Here you go, KT! Sorry it's a bit late, we had to dig up the drumsticks and clean off the table. And of course, we had to improvise a drum, since we don't have any real ones in the house :).
Drumroll for KT from Alison on Vimeo.
I haven't done too much knitting in the last two weeks - finished the vest pieces, but it's still waiting to be seamed up. That's probably a project for tonight. I shall report back once it's finished, I promise!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Scooba and misc
Whew, it's been a while since my last post. How did it get to be mid-January already? I have one FO to present, which I actually finished about an hour after my last blog post (I was gunning to get it done in 2007, and succeeded by about 3 hours :)
But first, I have to share how we cleaned our kitchen floor this afternoon (beware, video is loud!):
Scooba's first run from Alison on Vimeo.
And also test out this embedding video thing, in case we ever take any other ones that are interesting. I did watch a Youtube video of a vintage sock making machine the other night (thank you, Ravelry!).
Anyway, I gave Andy a Scooba (robotic floor washer; goes with our Roomba) for Christmas. It was pretty funny, since he gave me a Dyson handheld vac to replace our ailing dustbuster, and we opened them at the same time. Most unromantic gifts ever! The Scooba went out on its first "mission" today - simple kitchen floor cleaning - and did an admirable job. All told, probably about the same amount of effort as mopping, but higher amusement value. It tends to get stuck in a couple of corners and on the vent grate, so we'll have to either block those or not run it unattended. But not a bad little robot!
On to the knitting - Andy had requested a pair of fingerless gloves for his office, which is often cold in the winter. He wanted longish individual fingers up to about the second knuckle, leaving fingertips free for coding. So I took the Knucks pattern from Knitty, removed the knuckle "tattoos", lengthened the fingers, and added a simple diagonal rib to the backs for interest. Oh, and my gauge was off, so I modified the stitch count a teeny bit. I guess I'm getting bolder about pattern modification (after almost exactly one year of knitting) :). These are a good basic glove pattern, and fun - knitting fingers down is interesting. I'm thinking of making a pair for myself, with a different pattern on the back, as I've been noticing my fingers getting cold at work as well.
Here's one under construction (just after joining the thumb):
And the finished product, in use. I told Andy to try to actually code something for the shot (I named the project "Coding Gloves" on Ravelry, but I think he's faking it ;). You can see a terminal window in the shot, though.
Ooh, I also wanted to congratulate my sister-in-law on completing a wonderful birthday hat for her father. She designed the fair-isle layout and completed it in (what seemed to me) an extremely short time. It even has a 3-color section!
Colorwork is something I'd like to try soon, probably on a smallish project to start (I'm thinking a felted cat bed, since Sasha keeps sitting on our jackets, my felted bag, etc - and felting should be forgiving of beginner mistakes). But I also want to knit a pair of Monkeys, and fingerless
gloves for me, and and and... (not to mention the vest I'm working on now - here's where I am so far, both front done, just starting the mindless stockinette section of the back...)
Oh well, too much to knit, too little time, what else is new?
And finally - yeah Pats!
But first, I have to share how we cleaned our kitchen floor this afternoon (beware, video is loud!):
Scooba's first run from Alison on Vimeo.
And also test out this embedding video thing, in case we ever take any other ones that are interesting. I did watch a Youtube video of a vintage sock making machine the other night (thank you, Ravelry!).
Anyway, I gave Andy a Scooba (robotic floor washer; goes with our Roomba) for Christmas. It was pretty funny, since he gave me a Dyson handheld vac to replace our ailing dustbuster, and we opened them at the same time. Most unromantic gifts ever! The Scooba went out on its first "mission" today - simple kitchen floor cleaning - and did an admirable job. All told, probably about the same amount of effort as mopping, but higher amusement value. It tends to get stuck in a couple of corners and on the vent grate, so we'll have to either block those or not run it unattended. But not a bad little robot!
On to the knitting - Andy had requested a pair of fingerless gloves for his office, which is often cold in the winter. He wanted longish individual fingers up to about the second knuckle, leaving fingertips free for coding. So I took the Knucks pattern from Knitty, removed the knuckle "tattoos", lengthened the fingers, and added a simple diagonal rib to the backs for interest. Oh, and my gauge was off, so I modified the stitch count a teeny bit. I guess I'm getting bolder about pattern modification (after almost exactly one year of knitting) :). These are a good basic glove pattern, and fun - knitting fingers down is interesting. I'm thinking of making a pair for myself, with a different pattern on the back, as I've been noticing my fingers getting cold at work as well.
Here's one under construction (just after joining the thumb):
And the finished product, in use. I told Andy to try to actually code something for the shot (I named the project "Coding Gloves" on Ravelry, but I think he's faking it ;). You can see a terminal window in the shot, though.
Ooh, I also wanted to congratulate my sister-in-law on completing a wonderful birthday hat for her father. She designed the fair-isle layout and completed it in (what seemed to me) an extremely short time. It even has a 3-color section!
Colorwork is something I'd like to try soon, probably on a smallish project to start (I'm thinking a felted cat bed, since Sasha keeps sitting on our jackets, my felted bag, etc - and felting should be forgiving of beginner mistakes). But I also want to knit a pair of Monkeys, and fingerless
gloves for me, and and and... (not to mention the vest I'm working on now - here's where I am so far, both front done, just starting the mindless stockinette section of the back...)Oh well, too much to knit, too little time, what else is new?
And finally - yeah Pats!
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