Recently in Ms. Marigold Category

Kevin and I are currently churning our next ice cream machine creation. This is raspberry sorbet! We blended (in the blender) frozen raspberries, 4 key limes, and a simply syrup (equal parts water and sugar). This is for Sunday to wow some friends who we'll be going on a picnic with.

I decided to order the Cotton Twist for the Roundabout Leaf Tank. I picked the color "Corot" with Kevin's help. It is a nice neutral green. Not to bright, not to dark.

And while I'm not as frustrate with knitting things as I was early, I did decide to sew today because I picked up Threads magazine because they had a cute, simple pattern for a tiered skirt. Well, I just couldn't make it work. At least I had the foresight to be making a practice one with crappy fabric before investing money in good fabric. But I apparently just couldn't make it work. So I'm now annoyed with sewing too. I was thinking of taking a class at Fabric Land to get me refreshed with the basics and maybe have some professional guidance, the class doesn't start until August, but it costs $120. I don't know if I can give up that potential stash money! Haha!

Time to put the sorbet in the freezer!!!

As cool as it is to have HBO now (watching Big Love), we also end up watching the same movie over and over since HBO likes to play the same set of movies over and over and only rotate in new things at the beginning of each month. So Kevin and I have watched Clue at least 3 times in the past 2 weeks. I like Clue. I could watch it frequently (as I obviously have been). But it does mean that our vocabulary involves too many Clue quotations. "Communism was just a red herring." We've also seen Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith nearly 3 full times. Although it is kind of hard to quote Lucas' stilted dialogue. It is interesting though how funny the Star Wars movies become the more you watch them. Anywho, back to the knitting. I've been working exclusively on Ms. Marigold. I still have about 2 more inches before joinging the front. As you can see from the picture it seems to fit pretty well. I should probably not have been lazy and actually put it on waste yarn instead of 2 short needles.

Here is the front as modeled by the desk chair. The 2 short needles just wouldn't allow a decent (and I mean that both ways!) shot of the front, so you'll just have to make do with this. So far I am enjoying the pattern as it is rather easy and mindless knitting. I'm undecided about the ruffles on the sleeves. They seem cute, but I think the top might work better without them.

After seeing Carrieoke's cute Green Gables, I went over to the Zephyr Style website to check out their patterns. And I ended up sending them $5 through paypal for Ms. Marigold. (Ordering patterns online and through paypal is so simple and easy... of course when the download actually works it is simple and easy. But the Zephyr girls are super nice and quick and emailed me an attachment.). The yarn (in the pattern) is KnitPicks Elegance, which I thought about buying, but then it seems for a summery top that 70% alpaca might be a bit warm. Plus, I didn't want to wait for an order to come in to start knitting, so into the stash I went. And out came the leftover cone of Berroco's Glace from Sexie. Of course I didn't get gauge, but meh! I'm just knitting a bigger size because I've probably got enough Glace for 3 of these. I started it Saturday night and have been making quick progress. Unfortunately as you can see from the pic, I only have short circulars to work with, so it is a bit squished up.

Terby asked what it was like knitting with the linen for the towel. I haven't had much problem with it. It feels a little weird and stiff, but it transforms into something soft as the fabric grows. I'm really looking forward to washing it to see how it turns out. Maybe different brands are more problematic? I'm using Euroflax on metal needles and not having problems. Anyone else have experience with linen yarns?

And finally for today... we should all be thankful for the little info button on the TV that can tell us exactly what horrible thing we are skipping past. This was a movie from 2003 called "Leeches". The summary states "Mutated leeches terrorize a college campus after feeding on blood tainted by steriods." Oh, SciFi channel, thank you for making us laugh!