If you need me, look inside

[susandennis]

This is as of 8:30 this morning. I am not going anywhere.



I was going to do the shopping I didn't do this weekend. But, nope, this kind of air would make my poor COPD'd lungs cry. And still there is nothing on the list that is critical. So inside is lovely.

Many people who knit and crochet, do it to have lovely knitted and crocheted things. Many others do it because they love the process of knitting or crocheting. I've come to learn that I do it because I love to start shit. I love planning and thinking about a project and then getting it going to prove I can do what I thought up in my head. Sadly, I rarely get to the end point, it seems. Knitters and crocheters have acronyms they love - LYS: local yarn shop, SABLE: stash accumulated beyond life expectancy, UFO: unfinished object, WIP: work in progress.

I have a house full of the latter and several UFO's. (UFO's are WIP's that you've given up on totally.)

So, yep, yesterday I started another. I saw a tweet about an article on ROYGBIV... this is an entry of acronyms all of a sudden! I didn't read the article but I do love a good rainbow pallette - Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet = ROYGBIV. [EDIT. I left out the Blue! Thanks runeshower]

I went to the Wall o' Yarn and found the skeins I needed.



And then I proceeded to spend nearly 4 solid hours 'painting' options in a spreadsheet. I finally settled on...



Last night, I got started...



So that's pretty much what I'll be doing today, I think. That and waiting for xina_g to post more pictures of her new kittens.

Comments

[viagra.livejournal.com]

I shudder to think of all of the ends to weave in from that project! I swear I'm always tempted to look up people that I can send my projects to and just pay them to weave in my ends!

[susandennis]

I hear ya.

You know, somehow, I developed an obsession with weaving as you go. I am so grateful that I did. I do it by sections. When I get to the Red on this, I'll stop and weave in all those ends before I move on.

I discovered that all laptops have a magnetic spot. My current one has two. It keeps my needle handy and ready (and protected from the cat).



If I waited until the end... well, I rarely get to the end... but, if I did, I'd be coming to you for the name and address of those end weaving people!

[viagra.livejournal.com]

Wow, I never knew that about the magnetic spot! I'll have to keep that in mind since I usually am reading patterns off my laptop.

I know I should weave as I go, and I try to, but once I get into the groove the last thing I want to do is pull out that darning needle. But then I think about my first granny square blanket and how I just plowed through it and it felt like it took longer to weave in the ends than it did actually crocheting it! And maybe I think I oughtta start practicing weaving as I go. :D

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

I'll have to remember about that trick the next time I need to do mending and have to re-thread the needle. A while ago, I had my needle roll off the edge of the desk and I couldn't find it. Until I finally found it again, I was so worried the cat would find it, try to turn it into a cat toy, and get hurt. If I'd known to stick the needle to the magnetic spot on the laptop while I cut the thread, I could've spared myself a bunch of fuss and bother.

[susandennis]

It's in different places on different laptops. My last one had a spot in the margin of the monitor. It's a great place to store metal stuff for sure.

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

Nice and colorful! Hey, isn't it ROYGBIV (Roy G. Biv)? Need the B for blue.

[susandennis]

YES! I thought it was weird when I was typing but I moved on before I thought more :) thanks. Am fixing.

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

Oops, still not quite right. ROY G BIV, not ROY B GIV.

[susandennis]

ok i no longer care :) - my yarn is right and my spreadsheet is right. and that's good enough for me.

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

Love the rainbow color scheme!

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

I have the "I like starting projects" problem with my writing. I keep getting a cool new idea, and end up writing two or three scenes and lose interest, or have another Cool New Idea push in front of it. Over several decades of writing, I've accumulated a sizeable number of filing cabinets full of stuff that got off to a good start, then foundered somewhere in the Messy Middle.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

every job and hobby has its jargon. :)

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you don't have to go out in that, I hope it's not so bad tomorrow.

The yard is so bright and cheery. I love that you plan it out on a spreadsheet! That seems like something I would do. lol Although I have the same problem, I'm great at starting projects and never finishing them. I have enough random crocheted squares that I could probably put them together and have a good sized afghan. I should check.

[mollywheezy.livejournal.com]

"Many others do it because they love the process of knitting or crocheting. I've come to learn that I do it because I love to start shit. "

OMG! Substitute quilting above, and you totally have me, LOL. I think I have at least half a dozen partially finished quilts, not to mention the planned projects I haven't started yet. And the cross-stitch projects in the same shape . . . except I stopped crossstitching before I got bifocals, because I couldn't see to do it. I really should try again now that I have had bifocals for 3 years . . . ;)

ROYGBIV is my favorite color! :D

[susandennis]

soul sista!!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

That is going to be gorgeous

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Interesting note on the air-quality number: I gather from what I've been seeing on Facebook that California uses a system where higher numbers mean worse quality.

[susandennis]

Oh Washington does, too but their system does not have a fun fone app that is easy to check quickly - which is the origin of this screen shot.

The official state number, for instance today for my neighborhood is 159. 0 is deep breath... ahhhh 500 is bang, you are dead.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

Oooo that looks fun, looking forward to seeing the progress! And definitely stay in and keep yourself safe!