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May 23 2008
Today’s Eye Candy is brought to us by the color green and the letter W.
This yarn was purchased during Stitching Post’s Anniversary sale and is intended for a lovely little Strapless Mermaid Tank.
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Fixation Spray Dyed/Effects
Cascade
DK / 8 ply (11 wpi)
: 100 yards (91 meters)
: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
: 22.0 = 4 inches
: US 5 - 9 or 3.75 - 5.5mm
Cotton, Other
: plied
May 21 2008
I managed to finish the fronts of my sweater this morning. This project is just moving right along. Perhaps there is something to this idea that not everything has to be knit in fingering weight…and that when you use worsted weight it goes faster! (Novel and shocking I know!) I cast on for the sleeves this morning and got one row in before it was time to head to work. Hopefully there will be some more progress on them tonight. 
Have a good day!
The fronts of the sweater as modeled by the hotel bed.
The sleeves, cast on.
PS - I love this yarn, but I hate the way it’s wound. I couldn’t find the stupid end last night and ended up making a big mess (thankfully no knots!) and had to ball the whole thing as you see above…I swear the next bit I have to use will be caked before being added in to the item.
May 20 2008
It appears that my body was “tired” last night. I passed out while trying futilely, to finish the fronts of my minimalist cardigan. After a couple stolen moments of knitting this morning I have less than 2 inches of 36 stitches to knit. Then I can cast on for my sleeves. Alas, there may not be a whole lot of knitting going on tonight as we are having a company happy hour after work. If I don’t get back to the hotel too late then I may force myself to stay awake (as long as sobriety is present) and finish the front. I love this feeling that I am getting closer and closer to finishing an honest to goodness adult sized sweater. Maybe next week will bring forth an FO?
May 18 2008
Yesterday we had our housewarming party. Guess who didn’t take any pictures? At any rate it was still a good time and it was so nice to get to see everyone. The boy and I are now planning what projects we will tackle first with some of the generous gifts we received. Although word on the street is that we have been letting weeds grow, so perhaps that should be the first project. 
(but seriously, I dunno they all look like weeds to me…)
In other news, I created a light box tonight following this tutorial. Guess who didn’t take pictures of the light box? Yeah…but I did take some pictures of yarn which you will see in upcoming Eye Candy Friday posts. Can you feel the excitement?
Now I must finish packing because I leave for DC in the AM.
May 17 2008
Bright and early this morning the boy and I headed downtown to meet up with Servilia and Stanzi of Raverly for some motorcyclin’ fun. We weren’t entirely certain what we were getting ourselves into but we were certain it would be fun and I was ready to brave the high way from the back of the motorcycle (and lookie I made it home alive which means I didn’t die!). When we got close to downtown we saw a large group of Harleys and figured they must be our group, the boy made a quick and safe maneuver so that we could fall in line behind them. As we pulled up we quickly realized that we were in fact the only sport bike in attendance. We parked and looked around until I found Stanzi. Once we found Stanzi, we found the donuts and coffee. The boy partook of the donuts and I chatted. Servilia soon surfaced and informed us that there was a spot next to her cruiser where we could park so the boy moved his bike. It appears that when he went to move his bike the Destroyers cheerleaders mocked him for his bike being out of place. “Shame on you” I say to them and perhaps I quick knock upside their head…clearly they have no sense if they are chastising folks for coming out to support a charity event in the wrong “gear.”
Because dear readers, that is what this was. The Race for the Cure is a 5k run/walk to raise money for breast cancer treatment. It was an incredibly moving event that 40000 people signed up for and participated in. The role of the motorcycles was that they lined us up with about .5 mile left in the race and all the bikers revved their engines, honked their horns, cheered and high-fived the participants encouraging them along their way. It was very touching and I had tears well up in my eyes when I realized that every single person who was walking in an official pink shirt was a breast cancer SURVIVOR. They had beaten it, or were in the process of beating it. It really was absolutely wonderful and I know the boy is psyched to go again next year. This was evidenced by the fact that he had me take a couple more shots of all the people so that he can post them to his motorcycle forum - you know for those crazy crotch rocket folks…maybe next year we can get a few more sport bikes to show up. This year they had 90 bikes! Break it down to 1 scooter, 1 sport bike a handful of Hondas/Suzukis and over 80 Harley Cruisers. It sure was a sight!
The boy’s bike with a pink ribbon and my sexy legs and helmet
Stanzi cheering with the boy revving.
Runners!
More cheering and revving on the left, on the right it’s all about high fives!
More high fives and then just look at all the people (and all the pink)!
This bike is a beautiful work of art as well as a moving tribute:
