Andrew and I are planning to leave tomorrow for our Fargo trip. However, it's now 1:30am, I am still packing, well not at this moment. Andrew worked full day today, went to get a hair cut after work. After he got home, we went to do a travelling-shopping to get some traveling size shampoo, toothpaste, and stuff. Then we went to Barns and Noble, and we were there for qutie a while. Then we had dinner at Cheng's Buffet, I just wanted chinese food for some reason, and of course I was too lazy to cook tonight. Oh well, it was 10pm when we got home. And that is why Andrew is tired now. May be we will leave her around 1 or 2 pm.
While I was looking for some jewerly to wear in Jasmine's wedding, I found this...
I just missed my tiara. Too bad I only got to wear it once in my wedding. So when I saw it today, I couldn't resist to put it on my head right away. When Andrew came home tonight and saw me, he was like, "Are you ok?" haha...
Today, I got the cd that I ordered last week right in time, so that I can listen to it during the trip.
The first clue of the MS3 was released today. I have printed out the charts, and knitted a couple of rows. But it just didn't look quite right to me, so I frogged it. And then I didn't have a chance to knit again tonight :( I have decided to bring couple projects with me to Fargo, I doubt I will have much time to knit, but I won't want to miss a chance. On the way back from Fargo, we are trying to stopped by my in-laws' house and we will get to see Becky, my sister-in-law, since she is visit her parents at that time. When I first knew that we are going to see Becky, the first thing I thought of was what knitting projects I should bring with me, so that I can show Becky when we are on the way back home. I am so silly. Well, I can also show those projects to my mom too since she has only seen couple of my earliest scarves and hats I knitted before. I want to "wow" her when she sees what I have been knitting lately. :D
Alright, it's almost 2am, what should I do? Go back to pack some more? Or should I go to bed?
I will try to keep posting during the trip and tell when I am later.
I usually don't swatch, really, I don't. But because I am not familiar with lace, I did 3 swatches for the stole. I have shown 2 of their pictures on the last post. Here is the last one. I used KP Options size 2 with beads.
from left, size 4 needles, size 3, and size 2 with beads
If Becky still hasn't received her yarn for her stole yet, I am making her jealous again haha:D
I just realized something. The first clue is going to be released tomorrow, but I will start driving to Fargo on Saturday morning, and I won't be back in 2 weeks... that means after the trip, I have to catch up 3 clues of MS3... I am a bit worried now.
I got my yarn for my MS3 yesterday. I ordered it from Knitpicks. It's Alpaca Cloud in Smoke Heather color. I am actually surprised or should I say a bit disappointed when I first saw the yarn. I expected the color would be lighter. Oh well, I can't change anything now, except... ordering another yarn... But then what am I going to do with these yarn if I ordered another kind?
In order to do my swatch, I need to wind the yarn. So I had the swift and the winder set up, sat down, and started winding. Oh my gosh, it took forever, it seems like more than 10 mins to wind a ball of Alpaca Cloud. My arm was a bit sore after 440 yarns of yarn winding. However, while everything was set up, I might wind another ball of yarn as well hehe... So, here is it, a ball of Cherry Tree Hill, Supersock in Sugar Maple. Why did I wind sock yarn? Becuase of the Monkey. I know I know, I should start another project, I just winded the yarn, I may not have to cast it on, right? *evil smile...
By the way, I saw Val and her hubby at Texas Roadhouse last night. Andrew and I went there with Carolina, Ken and their one year old son Kevin. I love that place, we always go there, that is why we are broke. Anyway, we all had fun, since we are all dorky people, all in ME, we get along well. Looking forward to the next time.
Since I didn't take any summer classes, besides work, I spend most of my time on knitting. To me, the progress of the Oversized Lace Top is going pretty fast. I love the pattern, I wish I could finish the top tomorrow so that I could wear it... of course it's only a dream.
After reading couple blogs of the SnBers, I found out about the Mystery Stole 3. I have joined last weekend, plus I also asked Becky, my sister-in-law, to join with me, so even we are far way from each other, we could knit the same thing, neat!! I am a bit nervous about this project. It will be my first lace stole, and first "beads involved" project. Also, I am afraid that I can't keep up with the others. My yarn and beads are on the way to my house, I can't wait to do the swatches!! I think it will be fun.
Besides knitting, I have picked up cooking again too. Last week, I bought a bag of green peppers from Sam's Clubs, you know how BIG that bag is from Sam's. There were 6 big peppers in the bag. I used 2 of them to make Black Bean Chicken last week. I still had 4 left on Monday, I was worried that they wouldn't last very long. So I went to allrecipes.com to find a recipe that I could use all of my peppers. Yesterday, I have cooked my first Stuffed pepper. And they were surprisingly good.
I have done something stupid today. This morning when I got up, I had a very heavy headache and a bad neck pain. I took an Advil and told myself I was fine, then I went to work. When I was driving to work, I felt like I was acting slow. I almost had an accident because the car in front of me was stopping and I didn't know. I worked for an hour and I have decided to leave since I knew my brain was not functioning. It's stupid because I shouldn't even have gone to work in the morning... After I got home, I lied down on bed, and passed out for 4 hours... I feel much better now, if you are concerned.
I just missed my tiara. Too bad I only got to wear it once in my wedding. So when I saw it today, I couldn't resist to put it on my head right away. When Andrew came home tonight and saw me, he was like, "Are you ok?" haha...
