Plastic Horses and Mindless Knitting
Day off yesterday and once again, a bike ride around Portland. This time specifcally looking for the plastic horses. I had 4 locations I was going to try for. None found at two of those locations, but I didn’t search really hard and two standing proudly.
First one near the corner of NW 14th and Hoyt. Rearing and ready to go.
And second near the corner of NW 10th and Couch (pronounced ‘Cooch’). This one had a little note explaining the horse and the URL to the Horse Project and a spot of melted icecream.
On the knitting front. Somehow I managed to *truly screw up* the Feather and Fan Shawl on Saturday and haven’t had time or inclination to sit down and figure how many *hundreds* of stitches I need to tink back. Sigh… I really need to only work on it when I can give it my undivided attention. Twice I’ve tried to work on it in environments that have been too busy to really concentrate. I’ll fix it, just not right now.
I’ve decided it’s time for some mindless knitting, so I’ll probably be working on scarves for a while. First project is a Multi-Directional worked in the ‘Socks That Rock’ yarn I picked up on Saturday. I think I’ve got enough socks on needles and this is turning out kind of interesting.
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Shetha wrote:
ooh I *do* like that colorway! I wasn’t sure when you said the name because, well, red and greeny things aren’t my fave. They’re really good with colorways, aren’t they? When I knit a row or two (as the carpal tunnel allows) I’m working on a multi-directional scarf too. It’s a great way to make a mindless garter thing more interesting. Thanks for sharing the ponies! All the ones in our neighborhood have been yanked
That’s “bad bull” as they used to say at my university…
Posted on 27-Sep-06 at 1:29 pm | Permalink
Judi wrote:
great scarf, lovely colors.
Posted on 27-Sep-06 at 3:20 pm | Permalink
MollyBee wrote:
Love the scarf. Are you sure that’s ice cream…ewwwww! :o)
Posted on 27-Sep-06 at 8:11 pm | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Ice cream … While I didn’t taste it (ewwwwww, indeed), it has all the characteristics of melted ice cream and none of the characteristics of something else…
Posted on 27-Sep-06 at 10:44 pm | Permalink
Molly Bee wrote:
Jerry have you ever heard of geocaching? Reading about your love for ‘going to look for things’ you’d be a perfect fit for this ’sport’. I can’t believe how many caches there are in your area. Check out www.geocaching.com and put in your zip code. All of those little blue and green boxes are ‘treasures’ just waiting to be found. If you are interested and want to discuss it a little more-email me. My husband and I are addicted! Molly-
Posted on 28-Sep-06 at 7:24 am | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Geocaching… I actually had/have an account on geocaching.com. Had an interest a couple of years ago, but with everything else going on, I never did anything. I’ll have to take a look at the site again and I’ll probably be sending you some email later. Thanks for the pointer…
Posted on 28-Sep-06 at 8:30 am | Permalink
Mima wrote:
Great scarve. I have been trying to learn that multidirectional technique to no avail since I haven’t ofund a book or someone to help figure it out. It looks sensational.
Posted on 28-Sep-06 at 6:21 pm | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Mima.. Sorry you’re having problems learning the multi-directional technique. It’s actually pretty simple once you understand the concept. Too bad you don’t live near. I’d be glad to show you how.
Posted on 29-Sep-06 at 7:27 am | Permalink
aimee noel wrote:
*de-lurking* When you first said you got the Christmas Rock color of socks that rock, I thought “I must have!” But when I got to the Blue Moon booth on Sunday and actually held the yarn in my hand, I decided I didn’t really like the colors, even though I normally like Christmas yarn. But now that I see it knit up, I’m kicking myself. It’s wonderful! Is that just a basic multi-directional pattern? I’ve never tried it, but I think I might now.
Posted on 29-Sep-06 at 8:21 am | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Christmas Rock colorway. I’m not sure what it would be like in a straight stitch pattern, but in this garter stitch scarf, I kinda like the pooling that is the bane of self-patterning yarn.
And the pattern is the basic multidirectional scarf.
Posted on 29-Sep-06 at 9:54 am | Permalink