WNBP

It's time for another Wednesday Night Bullet Post.

Knitting:

~ The majority of my knitting time has been spent on the Metro Pullover I'm knitting for myself.  The weather has turned a bit chilly here and I find that I am sorely lacking in sweaters that fit me comfortably.  Progress so far:

~The left front neck shaping and a couple of sleeves are all that's between me and a new sweater.

~Well, that and a "bit" of blocking to change this from a close fitting sweater to a comfy sweater.

~It reallly is a good idea to check gauge before beginning a knitting project.  Just saying.

~The Fogbuster hat is about half done and it's looking good.

~You'll have to take my word for it as I have no photographic evidence.

Spinning:

~I finished spinning Brian's singles last Thursday night at spinning group.  As a matter of fact, I finished it much quicker than I thought I would and had nothing left to do but gab for the last half of the time there.

~As planned, I used Alice with the jumbo flyer & bobbin to ply the singles together.

260 yards - heavy worsted to bulky weight (forgot to do wpi)

~It's much darker than the pictures indicate; it's really almost black like this photo.

 

~I lost several yards of Brian.  There was quite a bit left on one of the bobbins and I tried to Andean Ply it.  I've never used that method before and apparently I did not wrap it correctly because it knotted all up!

 

~Brian isn't going to stay with me long; I'm sending him to a friend.

 

Contest:

 

~Thanks to those of you who jumped through all the hoops to vote for Clover in the Great American Photo Contest. 

 

~Anyone who hasn't yet voted but would like to (and can handle the stress of clicking through MULTIPLE screens), you have until the end of the month. 

 

~There will be a prize drawing on November 1st and I promise it will be a very good prize.

 

Flickr/Clover:

 

~Samm and Jay have asked that I make Clover's flickr sets private (friends and family only).  I will still be posting her pictures here; we just think it's better not to have the Flickr photos public.

 

~I've sent e-mails to many of you, but I'm sure I've missed some of you.  If you'd like to be able to see Clover's sets and haven't received an e-mail, please let me know.

 

~If you notice pictures missing on old posts, it's because the links will be broken when I change the sets to private.  I plan to fix the links, but it'll take some time.

 

 

Politics:

Clover likes to stay informed.

Comments

[Brenda]

You have been busy! Can't wait to see Brian, but I'm not going to make it to spinning tomorrow - I have not done one bit of packing for our vacation and the pre-vacation stress is setting in. See you in a couple of weeks!

[Sheepish Annie]

Clover is a better American than I. I did not watch the debates. I have never watched a debate. I think I was in one back in high school but that was because I needed the grade for English credit.

Maybe I should just hand my vote over to Clover...

[Chris]

I'm voting in my head - I hate registering for things and going through screens... but I will mention this tomorrow!

[dana]

Brian turned out beautifully and your sweater looks great too!

It's probably better (and undeniably safer) to go private on the photo sets. As long as I can still have my Friday fix, I'm good! LOL

[Tanya]

Wow, you have been busy! Been stalking mostly lately but not posting much. Will surely go vote for cutie clover!

[5elementknitr]

I voted - good luck!

[Eve]

I signed up! Now I just have to click the confirmation email. Hope Clover wins!

[colleen]

Brian looks great! good work
the metro pullover is looking pretty good too, you go girl!

[lisa]

And we know she'll vote for the right (um, I mean left) guy!

[~Kristie]

Brian looks great! Your spinning is just looking better and better all the time!