AnotherPurl :: a knitter's life

Finding a good photo service

I just looked at the blog (usually I post and I only look at the text periodically) and a large number of photos are gone. How long were they there? When did they go away? Why did they go away? I can certainly go page by page and fix them all, but that is highly aggravating and is time I can better spend knitting a sock or a hat or making my own halter top pattern.

I was using imagerely.com, which was convenient but if they drop the pictures after a month or so then I really don't want to be using it. Any recommendations? Web sites (hosting, weird domain fu, etc.)? Monkeys? Beuller?

Yarndex.com

I have a To Make list. I figure every crafter does, regardless of the media. One of my friends makes the little metal trees. I, and a couple of my other friends, cross-stitch or knit or both.

My current list:

• My first pair of socks (about half way through second sock);
• Sweater for my husband;
• "I do" shrug from Knitty;
• More socks; and
• a really nice open back halter to show off my tattoo.

The Knitty shrug is something I might have made for my wedding if I hadn't already decided on the Kyoto Shawl. As I am not looking for white and am not looking for wedding and still want to make it, I have been trying to find a good yarn substitute for the Tahki Cotton Classic II or Willow that are recommended substitutes. Thus Yarndex.com. I am looking for a cotton, cotton blend, or silk blend that is low on the fuzz, is plied, and has enough yardage to require either the same number of skeins or slightly fewer. I prefer a lightly variegated yarn to provide slightly more interest or some other similar attraction.

In looking at Yarndex last night, I found a few nice items that weren't too expensive. However, I keep coming back to Bamboo (which doesn't fit all of my yarn requirements above). Maybe I will see how it works with pretty sock yarn. I want to make this before October (something nice to wear to attend a wedding).

Back in the saddle

I am back to work (and have been since Monday) after my lovely wedding and resulting week of sleep. I didn't really do a lot of knitting in my time off. I did some work on my second sock, and started a little something new. Most of my time was spent sleeping and eating with minor amounts of cooking and cleaning. There was also a lot of video games, because we were home and it is one of the companionable things we do together.

My little something new is a sweater for my husband. (Gosh that still sounds weird.) I wanted to make him the Delta Blue sweater (Knitter's Magazine). It's a fairly basic Interrupted Rib pattern with a V neck front. I say basic, but I haven't made a sweater before. He gave me Denise's so I started the sweater over the week.

Hrm. I started the sweater, but made it differently. Instead of the recommended yarn, I am using Matchmaker. I don't appear to have bought enough, so the bottom of the sweater is going to be one shade of blue with a variegated stripe in the middle and a lighter blue probably on top. I have the variegated, because I planned on doing that anyway. Instead of knitting flat like a sensible person, I decided that I wanted to knit my Interrupted Rib in the round. So, I cast on the amount of stitches for the front and back minus 4 (for the seams), and figured out how to change the pattern from flat to round. I am on about my 3rd repeat of the pattern, and have maybe 2 inches of stitching done. Not enough to photograph understandably.

Tonight I will be out with my knitting (socks), so I will hopefully go back to the sweater this weekend. But knitting continues apace!