Tuesday, October 26, 2010

National Knitting Month

Well - it is almost here - National Knitting Month and to celebrate I have been lured into the game of NaKnitMo. What is NaKnitMo you ask? It is a challenge like none I have ever faced before. Each registered knitter keeps count of every stitch knit from Midnight on October 31st to Midnight on November 30th - the stats will be posted daily. Base goal that all knitters must surpass is 30,000 stitches for the month to qualify for a chance at any of the prizing.

All competitors are tuning up their math skills, calculators beside each chair, awaiting the midnight hour!

I decided that in a math warm up I would do a 6 day stitch count beginning October 26.

STITCH TOTAL: 12,731

October 29


October 28
pattern stitch hat - class sample - 3,195
pom pom scarf - 1,200
Jake's white sock - 1,008

October 27
Leg warmer - Class sample - 3,200
11 rows of cowl @ 100 stitches per row 1100

October 26 -

9 rows of the brown sweater @ 92 stitches per row = 828

22 rows of the class sample cowl @ 100 stitches per row - 2200 stitches


So check back often as I will be posting my progress here regularly as well as the stats for the other competitors.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Sweater Curse


Seriously - look it up on Wikipedia.


I did not suffer the full sweater curse, but I did learn that a sweater should never be a surprise gift (unless it is a second sweater and you have all the full measurements).


Made DH a sweater for his B-day, knit it in secret - not showing it until the final day.


Now before I go on - I must state that I was not knitting all willy-nilly, I did measure another top that he wears quite often. But still, it was not a proper fit. Not badly constructed - just not the right fit.


So I have spent today dismantling said sweater and adding the additional 5 inches of length.


And what I have learned - before this ever comes off needles I will be sizing to make sure we are correct.

Friday, October 1, 2010

The Lucky Fry


So we are out for an awards dinner at a undisclosed resort of some fame (think letter-number).

The appetizer was a blue cheese tartlet resting on a bed of mixed greens with candied pecan's and raspberry dressing. So my question in, how many plates out of the 600+ plated came with the Lucky French Fry, and exactly how, when the whole meal - all 600+ of them did not contain fries, did it arrive on the plate?