just not mine.

on my prom night… my date threw up and disappeared… it rained… there was a party that everyone went to… it was outside… it sucked because it was raining.

i hope my sister had a better time at her prom than i did at mine.

lately i’ve not been doing much. it’s been raining for the last 7 days. so much for that tan i had going on. oh wells.

this weekend has been a tidying up and getting my shit together weekend. events have included: grocery shopping, ikea dresser building, dusting, and becoming generally organized where organization didn’t exist before.

my nails are really long right now. by long i mean, i can see the tips of the nails when i look at the palm-side of my hand. this is boring… on to more important things.

this evening i’m knitting a man-scarf in basketweave stitch. the recipe is as follows:

basketweave scarf

-cast on a multiple of 8 + 3. i picked 27.
-use awesome wool. i chose a 4-ply , dk weight, 100% alpaca yarn from the yarn lady who used to be at the currie barracks farmers market
-pick some needles. i used 5mm [US 8] bamboo cheapies i’ve had forever and have grown to love.
-use a pattern. i used one of the two from about.com, found here.
Row one: Knit across.
Row two: K4, P3, *K5, P3; repeat from asterisk across, end K4.
Row three: P4, K3, *P5, K3; repeat from asterisk across, end P4.
Row four: Repeat row two.
Row five: Knit
Row six: P3, *K5, P3; repeat from asterisk across.
Row seven: K3, *P5, K3; repeat from asterisk across.
Row eight: Repeat row six.

Here’s a picture of the yarn I’m using… enjoy its manliness:

A picture of the actual scarf should arrive soon!

i am now tracking expenses. for myself, and as part of my job.  with my savings, i will save the planet.

and buy new shiny things.

please enjoy the pictures in my flickr stream. some were taken with my new telephoto lense.

my wrist is too crapped out to capitalize. again. must slow down the downtime knitting.