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Sep. 20th, 2015
Is it you or Memorex?
Sep. 20th, 2015 07:18 amMy Amazon Echo is down. The first time since I started using the service. It's sad. And frustrating because it keeps telling me that my wifi isn't connected to the internet which is very not true. Finally Twitter told me that there was nothing wrong on my end. Amazon is having a major fail. Whew.
Last night I was watching a sewing show that TiVo captured for me. This woman was demonstrating a cool way to add thumb holes to nearly any sleeve. I'm very big on thumb holes these days. But, she pointed out something that should have been really obvious but... The thumb holes I knit inot my sweater were in the wrong place!!! ARUGH. I kind of realized this because of the twist when I put my thumbs in the holes but it didn't really register until she pointed it out.
Happily, the way the pattern had me construct the sweater, it is a fairly easy fix. And I have enough left over yarn to do it. However, I did such a good job of tying off the last stitch on each sleeve that it was a bitch and a half to untie it. I finally got both unraveled down to just before the thumb hole and halfway fixed. Should be about another hour til all fixed fine.
But, first, there will be a swim.
Last night I was watching a sewing show that TiVo captured for me. This woman was demonstrating a cool way to add thumb holes to nearly any sleeve. I'm very big on thumb holes these days. But, she pointed out something that should have been really obvious but... The thumb holes I knit inot my sweater were in the wrong place!!! ARUGH. I kind of realized this because of the twist when I put my thumbs in the holes but it didn't really register until she pointed it out.
Happily, the way the pattern had me construct the sweater, it is a fairly easy fix. And I have enough left over yarn to do it. However, I did such a good job of tying off the last stitch on each sleeve that it was a bitch and a half to untie it. I finally got both unraveled down to just before the thumb hole and halfway fixed. Should be about another hour til all fixed fine.
But, first, there will be a swim.
done and done and omgthatsmellsdelicious
Sep. 20th, 2015 04:01 pmThe grocery shopping backpack is done and folds up small enough to go into my pocketbook. It's now by the front door waiting for its maiden voyage to see if it works. Seattle stores sell shopping bags (aka Bag Of Shame) or you bring your own. I've got a house full of ones that are ok but not at all great. I have a set of great ones in the car for car shopping. I always have one in my pocketbook that folds into tiny. And now I have this new one for when I walk to shopping.
Which brings me to my next home project. I have two very large and very deep drawers devoted to bags. Hand bags, pocketbooks, backpacks... every kind of bag you can think of. Some are expensive. Most are not. Most, I'm talking 90% here, need to go to Goodwill or down on the free shelf. By Friday of this week, I will have one very deep EMPTY drawer and one very deep drawer that will be half full or less.
Also I re-finished the finished sweater. Thumb holes now in the right place.
And I did the summer to winter closet reshuffling.
And remembered the time that Mother and Daddy lived in Charleston, SC. 1989 They lived in an historic home so... no closets so they still did the dry cleaner winter clothes storage thing. Mom had just dumped all their stuff at their dry cleaners when... Hurricane Hugo hit. And hit big. Charleston was a mess. And their dry cleaners was blown away. Literally. Daddy said that his good camel hair coat was probably floating off the shores of Bermuda. They never saw their dry cleaners or their stuff again. As they noted whenever they told this story... cudda been way worse.
I'm infatuated with crock pot cooking all of a sudden. Tonight I'm having![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kayre's pulled pork. She left this tidbit as a comment to one of my recent entries:
I do some delicious and ridiculously simple pulled pork. Get a very thick cut boneless pork chop or small roast. Put it in your crock and pour Trader Joe's Carolina Gold Barbecue Sauce all over it. Cook until you can shred the meat with a fork. Stir in more of the sauce, and/or top the meat as you serve it.
It's my perfect level of meal preparation. The down side is that the smell is driving me crazy. It smells delicious and probably has an hour to go. And hour of that delicious smell. This is just cruel.
Which brings me to my next home project. I have two very large and very deep drawers devoted to bags. Hand bags, pocketbooks, backpacks... every kind of bag you can think of. Some are expensive. Most are not. Most, I'm talking 90% here, need to go to Goodwill or down on the free shelf. By Friday of this week, I will have one very deep EMPTY drawer and one very deep drawer that will be half full or less.
Also I re-finished the finished sweater. Thumb holes now in the right place.
And I did the summer to winter closet reshuffling.
And remembered the time that Mother and Daddy lived in Charleston, SC. 1989 They lived in an historic home so... no closets so they still did the dry cleaner winter clothes storage thing. Mom had just dumped all their stuff at their dry cleaners when... Hurricane Hugo hit. And hit big. Charleston was a mess. And their dry cleaners was blown away. Literally. Daddy said that his good camel hair coat was probably floating off the shores of Bermuda. They never saw their dry cleaners or their stuff again. As they noted whenever they told this story... cudda been way worse.
I'm infatuated with crock pot cooking all of a sudden. Tonight I'm having
kayre's pulled pork. She left this tidbit as a comment to one of my recent entries:I do some delicious and ridiculously simple pulled pork. Get a very thick cut boneless pork chop or small roast. Put it in your crock and pour Trader Joe's Carolina Gold Barbecue Sauce all over it. Cook until you can shred the meat with a fork. Stir in more of the sauce, and/or top the meat as you serve it.
It's my perfect level of meal preparation. The down side is that the smell is driving me crazy. It smells delicious and probably has an hour to go. And hour of that delicious smell. This is just cruel.