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phinnia ([personal profile] phinnia) wrote2006-10-22 08:16 pm
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Obama is considering running for president.

Please, let democracy work. Let him run and win. I'd love to have a president who can spell without the aid of Hooked on Phonics...

Things I need right now:
To write something that I'm actually happy with. ARGH.
A rice cooker
Someone to clean my bathrooms
Dessert
New knees
The new Haruki Murakami book to magically teleport itself from the holds shelf in the Central Library downtown to my present location.

I want to make this sweater for myself (I love it, but a sweater?). (Although I'd probably do it in Knitpicks Main Line, in either Blueberry or Red Velvet Cake. Mmm, cake.)

While I'm talking about sweaters, I'm thinking about doing Kyoto (yes, still) in Knitpicks Crayon, but I don't know how to size it up (I have a 46" chest, and it only goes up to 42" in the pattern.) Help? If I can figure this out (having passed the 'I can't afford that much yarn' hurdle) I might actually do it. Of course, it would still take forever. I have enough problems finishing small patterns.

That said, I am making decent progress on this knitted hat-thing I'm making for one of my sibs. If I can keep the boy and the cats away from it, I might be done by the end of the week. Considering that keeping the boy and the cats away from it is no easy task and if I knit too awfully long at a sitting my hands start to hurt, that's not too bad. I'm making it in Suri Dream, (Ocean) which has been sitting in my stash for ages because it's too damn fluffy to do just about anything with but pet.

And after I'm done the few knitted gifts I'm doing this season, I'm making myself a pair of very tall socks. Because secretly, I like wearing skirts.
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[identity profile] just-carrie.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
I am in the market for a new rice cooker myself.

[identity profile] seattlejo.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
We should do a very tall sock knit a thon. :-) I really want to do a pair in Husky Colors.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure! That would be cool. :-) (To be fair about it, should we start with a trip to the yarn store to pick up the yarn? :-))

[identity profile] seattlejo.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh of Course! Where do you prefer to go for yarn?

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually have no preference; I'm still in the 'discovery' phase of my Seattle yarn store odyssey. I've heard lovely things about Weaving Works, but have yet to go...

[identity profile] seattlejo.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. We may have to find our way over there on Sunday if we have time....
I've got other places we should go too Pacific Fabrics , the place up in Edmonds, Acorn Street...

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I have heard wonderful things about Pacific Fabrics; I didn't know they sold yarn ... :-)
(Are we still on for Sunday? What time is good for you? The Burke opens at 10AM ...)

[identity profile] maladaptive.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Please, let democracy work. Let him run and win. I'd love to have a president who can spell without the aid of Hooked on Phonics..

Democracy is what got Bush elected in the first place.

Sorry. I'm being really cynical today but I seriously saw "let democracy work" after Obama and went "he's a black guy. Half this country-- more than half-- thinks blacks are inferior in some way or another even if they don't think they're being racist." My anthropology seminar makes me sad sometimes.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. :P But I can hope, I guess.

[identity profile] mirrormargaret.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the hat!!

I am stalled on Leg #2 of Dinosaur #1. I think I'm going to make the next dinosaur smaller. This one has too many stitches. :)

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I totally love those dinosaurs. :-D If Sean didn't already have /far/ too many stuffies, I'd knit him some.

[identity profile] moonrose.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
ooh ooh! I love the Coif :D I made it with some mohair and wool I had laying around held together and sent it to her Jayeness, [livejournal.com profile] justjay. The furry stuff makes it awesome, the Suri Dream should be superb!

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It's shaping up really nicely so far (although /really/ fuzzy.) If I get ambitious I may do some simple mittens and use the remaining Suri Dream as a cuff or something like. My sister has one of those Curly Church Lady No-Hat Hairdos, so hopefully she'll like it. :-D

[identity profile] moonrose.livejournal.com 2006-10-23 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaye has some pretty no-hat hair and it worked out rockin, I hope she does like it ^_^
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